When the "卍" rune gradually faded from the forehead of Sheng Rulai, the sinister glint in his eyes dissipated, and his consciousness regained clarity.

He clasped his hands together and recited a Buddhist name to Mu Jinyu, still feeling a lingering fear in his heart.

He hadn't expected that in just a few months, the demonic Qi within him would swell to such a degree that the moment he broke free from the restrictions, he transformed into a demon.

There wasn't even a chance for him to react.

After helping Sheng Rulai with the rune engraving on his body, Mu Jinyu asked, "Buddha Head, is there anything else you need to bring?"

Sheng Rulai shook his head and said, "Nothing more."

Mu Jinyu nodded, then glanced around the newly breached folded space.

Because Sheng Rulai had been stuck here for more than half a year, this folded space should have originally contained many spiritual herbs, but now they were long gone.

As for the restrictions containing traps.

Curiously, there seemed to be none here.

Otherwise, with Sheng Rulai's cultivation at the fifth layer of the Divine Transformation Realm, once such a restriction was triggered, with the attack power of the late stage Unity Realm, he wouldn't have survived until now.

Seeing that there was nothing to gain, Mu Jinyu nodded again and didn't intend to breach another wall of light fog to continue studying the restrictions.

"Let's go, Buddha Head, let's return."

Mu Jinyu turned and looked at the pale-faced Sheng Rulai, speaking softly.

"Alright." Sheng Rulai nodded, then instinctively asked, "How do we get back?"

After speaking, he then realized that the coordinates used to enter this folded space were somehow destroyed, leaving him completely trapped here. But just now, Mu Jinyu had opened another folded space, and now they could return using the coordinates of that folded space.

At this moment, when Mu Jinyu heard Sheng Rulai's words, he suddenly thought of a question. His gaze sharpened as he asked, "Buddha Head, you just said that shortly after entering this folded space, the coordinates to return were destroyed?!"

"Yes." Sheng Rulai nodded.

Mu Jinyu asked, "Was it destroyed by someone, or did it disappear naturally?"

Along the way, Mu Jinyu had broken through countless folded spaces and discovered that many of them didn't have coordinates for entry left outside Mount Tai.

They were completely sealed spaces.

So he speculated whether Sheng Rulai's situation at that time was caused by someone or was mere coincidence.

"I'm not sure..." Sheng Rulai hesitated upon hearing this, shaking his head.

Mu Jinyu further asked, "Then, how did the Buddha Head know that Mount Tai had the spiritual herb you needed?"

Without hesitation, Sheng Rulai answered directly, "It was Omniscient."

"Omniscient?" Mu Jinyu's eyes flickered upon hearing this.

Sheng Rulai explained, "At that time, I discovered I was falling into demonhood, and after consulting related scriptures, I learned there was a kind of spiritual herb that could suppress this demonic nature. I searched everywhere, but none of the Spirit Mountains had produced such a herb after Spiritual Energy Revival. Just when I was about to lose hope, Bai Xiaosheng, the new Observatory Master of Omniscient, contacted me, informing me that there was such a herb at Mount Tai and provided me with the appropriate route."

"Otherwise, with my current level of strength, I might not have made it here."

Sheng Rulai lamented.

After listening to his story, Mu Jinyu's expression grew somber, saying, "If that's the case, I believe the Buddha Head's ordeal this time is likely another arrangement by Omniscient!"

Mu Jinyu held a poor impression of Omniscient.

After all, apart from Paradise Lost, Omniscient's involvement in the dark turmoil led to that tragedy.

Therefore, the two organizations Mu Jinyu most wanted to settle with afterward were not Fallen Splendor, nor Withered Tree Quest for Spring, but Paradise Lost and Omniscient.

Unfortunately, these two organizations had remained well hidden, and even after leaving Huaxia and entering the Kunlun Ruins, Mu Jinyu had not been able to find their true bases.

Now, hearing Sheng Rulai's experience, Mu Jinyu thought to himself that Omniscient was probably up to something again.

Hearing Mu Jinyu's words, Sheng Rulai's expression showed no surprise or astonishment, only a slight hint of lamentation.

Clearly, from his earlier hesitant expression, he had also speculated that the disappearance of the coordinates to return was likely the doing of Omniscient.

With a soft sigh, Sheng Rulai said, "I wonder if the Dragon Master would accompany this poor monk on a trip to Buddha's Light Shines Everywhere?"

Upon hearing Sheng Rulai's words, Mu Jinyu's heart stirred, understanding that Sheng Rulai had probably realized that if Omniscient indeed had any actions, Buddha's Light Shines Everywhere might have already changed.

He nodded and said, "I have some time, so I'll accompany the Buddha Head for a trip."

Sheng Rulai clasped his hands again and sighed, "Amitabha..."

...

A few minutes later.

Mu Jinyu rode the flying boat, bringing Sheng Rulai and Nai Mucha to hover above Yu Province Sealed City.

As for Wang Tengfei, Zhuo Bufan, and other Masters of Famous Mountains, they naturally parted ways after leaving Mount Tai, not following along.

Because they also understood that if something had truly gone wrong with Buddha's Light Shines Everywhere, though interesting to watch, it wasn't easy to witness.

They'd best return to their own territories and prepare early.

"Shoo!"

Soon, Mu Jinyu maneuvered the flying boat to the front of Mount Song's mountain gate.

Mount Song, the central peak among the Five Great Mountains, was one of the important cradles of civilization in Huaxia.

Mount Song is located in Yu Province Sealed City, composed of Shaoshi Mountain and Taishi Mountain, with the Shaolin Temple on Shaoshi Mountain being world-renowned.

The former Shaolin Temple was a popular tourist destination, open to the public with many visitors. But after the revival of Spiritual Energy, the Shaolin Temple belonging to Buddha's Light Shines Everywhere integrated entirely into it. Mount Song was controlled by Buddha's Light Shines Everywhere, resulting in the Shaolin Temple's closure to the public, gradually seeing fewer visitors.

Now today, Mu Jinyu brought Sheng Rulai, the Buddha Head of Buddha's Light Shines Everywhere, to this place.

"Buddha Head, do you have a way to get inside? Or notify the monks inside to come out and greet you."

Mu Jinyu stopped the flying boat and asked Sheng Rulai.

After all, since he wasn't sure about the changes in Buddha's Light Shines Everywhere, even though he had brought Sheng Rulai, he couldn't just go smashing through Mount Song's Mountain Protection Array to break in, could he?

Sheng Rulai sighed, "My phone is already broken, so there's no way to contact them. Before, since I was the one who managed the Mountain Protection Array, I could enter without triggering its rejection, but now my cultivation has been sealed, so there's no way."

The restrictions Mu Jinyu imposed on Sheng Rulai not only sealed the demonic Qi inside him but also his cultivation, which allowed Sheng Rulai's consciousness to return to clarity.

The restriction Mu Jinyu inscribed on Sheng Rulai was different from the one in the folded space in Mount Tai in that it allowed Sheng Rulai to move freely.

But the inescapable result was that Sheng Rulai, under such circumstances, was essentially like a cripple.

"In that case, could the Buddha Head inform us about the operation and changes of the Mountain Protection Array?" Mu Jinyu asked.

Although sneaking with Sheng Rulai into Mount Song felt a bit improper, it was still better than forcibly breaking the Mountain Protection Array and barging in.

The only concern was whether Sheng Rulai would be willing to reveal that information to him.

After all, if he knew how the Mountain Protection Array operated, he could enter at will, meaning that Buddha's Light Shines Everywhere would be completely undefended against Dragon King Hall.

Even though Dragon King Hall and Buddha's Light Shines Everywhere seemed to show no signs of hostility as of now, generally, no one would willingly disclose such secrets.

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