Reborn as a lotus, she initially refuses to hand it over to the state.

Chu Zhou frowned. The footage was too short, only a moment, and it was impossible to see the exact location of the Buddha's tomb.

"System, can you lock onto the Buddha's Tomb?"

A system notification sounded.

"Ding, insufficient pollution source samples, unable to pinpoint specific coordinates. More pollution sources from Buddhist sites are needed, or we can track them through those that have already been tagged."

Those who have been tagged?

Chu Zhou's gaze returned to Xuan Ku, who felt a chill run down his spine under his gaze and couldn't help but ask, "Master, why are you staring at this humble monk like that?"

Chu Zhou said calmly, "You're useful."

Xuan Ku's lips twitched. Why did this sound like a compliment?

Chu Zhou asked, "Have you ever been to any deserted temples before?"

Xuan Ku was taken aback upon hearing this, and his expression suddenly became somewhat complicated.

Chen Mo looked at him and asked, "Baldy, you really went there?"

Xuanku remained silent for a moment before saying in a low voice, "When I was a child, my master picked me up."

Chu Zhou became interested: "Where did you find it?"

Xuan Ku said, "At the entrance of a deserted temple."

"I was young then, and I don't remember many things. My master told me about them later."

He said that when he found the poor monk, the monk was lying in front of the temple gate.

"I have no relatives by my side, no name, only half a string of black prayer beads."

Chen Mo couldn't help but say, "Isn't this too much of a coincidence?"

Xuan smiled bitterly: "I used to think it was fate, but now it seems that it may not be a coincidence."

Chu Zhou asked, "Are the prayer beads still there?"

Xuanku nodded and took out half a string of broken prayer beads from his bosom.

The rosary was entirely black, with fine cracks covering its surface, and it looked very old.

But the moment the lotus roots approached, a wisp of gray light suddenly appeared on the surface of the prayer beads.

The gray light was very faint, yet it smelled almost exactly like the incense ash from before.

In the underground ancient city, the strange stone sneered: "No wonder the Buddha Tomb would target this bald man. It seems he wasn't just recently targeted."

"Instead, they were selected from a young age."

Chu Zhou asked, "You were selected?"

The strange stone said calmly, "To put it bluntly, in their human terms, this guy is their chosen agent in the human world. When the time comes, they will call him back."

Chu Zhou laughed: "Why call me back?"

The strange rock said coldly, "Become a Buddha."

Although Xuan Ku could not hear the sound of the strange rock, he instinctively felt a chill down his back.

He looked at Chu Zhou, his voice tense: "Master, will this humble monk die?"

Chu Zhou said calmly, "You are now my person. If I don't order your death, who would dare to take you in?"

Xuan Ku was suddenly jolted, and his previously flustered heart calmed down.

Yes, the one standing behind me now is the Lord of the Azure Lotus. No matter how strange the Buddha Tomb is, it may not be able to snatch people from the Lord of the Azure Lotus.

Xuan Ku took a deep breath, clasped his hands together, and respectfully said, "Thank you, Master."

Chu Zhou didn't pay attention; he continued to look at the half-strand of black prayer beads.

"System, detect this thing."

A system notification sounded.

"Ding, a damaged Buddhist artifact has been detected, containing a source of Buddhist contamination."

"Pollution level: Low. Should we purify it?"

Chu Zhou did not rush to devour it. Since this half string of prayer beads could bring out the aura of the Buddha's tomb, it meant that it was still useful.

If we purify it directly, the clues might be lost.

Chu Zhou said calmly, "Don't swallow it yet, keep it."

After saying that, Chu Zhou manipulated the base to wrap the half-string of prayer beads, but just as the blue light enveloped the prayer beads...

Suddenly, the prayer beads burst forth with a strange dark light, and from within came the sound of a wooden fish being struck.

Chen Mo and Xuan Ku's expressions both changed. "Master, there are sounds coming from inside."

Chu Zhou snorted coldly: "Playing tricks."

As he exerted his power to suppress the dark light, the light on the prayer beads dimmed in the blink of an eye.

Wisps of gray smoke drifted through the void, condensing into a line of small characters: "The Buddhist gate will open in three days."

Chen Mo felt a chill run down his spine: "What does this hint mean? Could it be that Buddhism really exists in this world?"

Chu Zhou didn't speak, but continued to have the system lock, and the system notification sounded soon.

"Ding, tracking failed. The target is not in the current space and is suspected to be in the interlayer between reality and the Gate of Hell."

Chu Zhou's eyes flickered.

Not in the current space?

This Buddhist tomb is more interesting than he expected.

In the ancient underground city, the strange rock sneered, "Now you know you're in trouble, don't you?"

Chu Zhou asked, "What is the interlayer?"

The strange stone snorted: "You can think of it as a void rift. The Buddha tomb is not in reality, nor is it entirely behind the door. It is hidden in a certain space."

Chu Zhou said calmly, "Now that you mention it, it seems I really am hypocritical, just like a rat?"

Upon hearing this, Guai Shi said with a hint of sarcasm, "Pretty much, that's all those bald guys can do."

Chu Zhou did not pursue the matter further. Since the Buddha's tomb was hidden in the spatial interlayer, there was no point in forcibly locking it.

Although he is interested in the Buddha's Tomb, he is not yet at the point where he would rashly venture inside just because of this clue.

Chu Zhou said calmly, "Since it says the Buddhist gate will open in three days, then I will wait for it for three days."

Upon hearing this, Xuan Ku immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

He was genuinely afraid that Chu Zhou might suddenly decide to let him continue sleeping.

He really didn't want to go back to that awful place a second time.

In the underground ancient city, the strange stone sneered, "Lotus Demon, don't be too confident. The Buddha Tomb is different from the Blood Nest."

Chu Zhou asked, "How is it different?"

The strange stone said, "The Blood Nest eats flesh and blood, but the Buddha Tomb doesn't eat that."

Chu Zhou became interested: "So what does it eat?"

The strange stone paused for a moment before coldly saying, "Obsession."

Obsession?

The seven lotus leaves of Chuzhou swayed, and the strange rock continued, "The more people fear it, the stronger it becomes; the more people believe in it, the more real it seems."

"So the most troublesome thing about the Buddha's Tomb is not what's inside, but that the more you take it seriously, the easier it is to find you by following your thoughts."

Upon hearing this, Chu Zhou laughed: "So, it's best if I ignore it?"

The strange stone sneered, "You lotus demon aren't so stupid after all."

Chu Zhou said, "Little Stone, are you praising me?"

The strange rock immediately fell silent, realizing that as long as it said a few kind words, the lotus demon would take advantage of it.

Xuan Ku stood to the side, his heart pounding with anxiety.

Although he couldn't hear what the strange stone was saying, he knew from Chu Zhou's reaction that things were not simple.

Xuanku asked in a low voice, "Master, what should this humble monk do next?"

Chu Zhou said calmly, "Don't wander around for the next three days."

Xuan smiled bitterly: "Master, am I no longer free to even sleep?"

Chu Zhou said, "Your sleep is more useful than anyone else fighting a war."

Chen Mo, who was standing nearby, couldn't help but chime in, "Baldy, congratulations on your promotion."

Xuan Ku was taken aback: "What kind of promotion?"

Chen Mo replied earnestly, "The number one dream detective of Black Dragon Mountain."

Xuan Ku's lips twitched instantly. Damn it, why does this title sound so unlucky?

Chu Zhou was too lazy to pay attention to their banter.

He placed another blue lotus mark on Xuan Ku's body.

This time, the Azure Lotus Mark did not merge into Xuan Ku's brow, but instead landed on the half-strand of black prayer beads.

The gray light on the surface of the prayer beads tried to resist, but it was forcibly suppressed by the essence of the Azure Lotus.

"Keep this for now. If Buddha Tomb wants to use it to find you, I can also use it to take a look in reverse."

Xuan Ku felt a little more at ease: "Thank you, Master."

Chu Zhou said calmly, "Don't be too happy yet. You'll need this bait later."

Xuan Ku's lips twitched again. He knew that this Lord of the Azure Lotus was not so kind.