The master comes down the mountain: I don’t want to be a son-in-law

Lin Manqing still didn't speak.

"Madam, do you not believe me?"

Li Chengzhong saw that although Lin Manqing was silent, she did not explicitly object, so he felt that there was hope.

"Madam, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! You are the wife of the Li family, and the Li family in the capital is the descendant of the Li Tang Dynasty. It was because Wu Zetian obtained the body of the Pure Light Goddess that she established the Wu Zhou Dynasty and became the world's number one empress. Now the statue of the Pure Light Goddess and the Dayun Sutra are in front of you. Isn't this destiny? Madam, you are destined by heaven. If you don't accept what heaven gives you, you will suffer. Madam, you must think clearly!"

Lin Manqing laughed, glanced at Wu Yuqi, and then looked at the dark void in the corner.

"It's destiny...hahaha, this is the first time I've heard someone use this phrase to describe me. Goddess of Pure Light...the sun and the moon in the sky...haha, how interesting!"

"Madam Li, don't be fooled by his evil words!" Xingkong said anxiously.

"Demon talk? Hahaha! Xingkong, you are just afraid that I will take your throne. If it weren't for that old man Huideng who doted on you, with your lack of understanding and wisdom, how can you compare to me and Xiankong? What qualifications do you have to hold the Manjusri Seal?!"

Li Chengzhong seemed to have really hit the nail on the head. Rage surged up, his face became ferocious, and he increased the strength of his hands.

Wu Yuqi whimpered, as if in extreme pain.

Lin Manqing's expression changed and she said, "Li Chengzhong, I can cooperate with you. Then hand over this girl to me, along with your so-called mental method."

Li Chengzhong chuckled and took two steps back: "Madam, you treat me like a child. If I give her to you, what if you turn against me and refuse to acknowledge it?"

Lin Manqing said: "It seems that you have no sincerity at all. How can I believe your words like this?"

"What I said will only benefit Madam, and not cause any harm." Li Chengzhong said, "Even if I change my mind, Madam will not suffer any loss. She will still be the number one lady in the world when she returns to the capital. Moreover, with the strength of the Li family, I don't want to make them my enemy. Based on this point, Madam can trust me."

Lin Manqing had to admit that Li Chengzhong was very smart. If she were a greedy person, she might be persuaded by him.

"Haha, you are so sharp-tongued. I don't think you look like a monk, but more like a professional liar! You deceived Wu Hongli, and you want to deceive me? Look who is over there?"

Lin Manqing pointed to the corner of the underground palace to the left of Li Chengzhong.

Li Chengzhong turned his head and saw a person standing there.

When he saw the face clearly, he was shocked.

Not to mention Li Chengzhong, even Li Asi and Wu Yuqi were frightened.

"Aunt!" Wu Yuqi exclaimed.

"Hong... Hongli?!" Li Chengzhong's voice was trembling. "You... you are not dead?"

There was a woman standing in the corner, it was Wu Hongli.

She took a step forward, pointed at Li Chengzhong, and said, "Do you think I'm dead?"

"Hey, you are not Wu Hongli, you are fake!" Li Chengzhong recognized it immediately after hearing the voice.

But at this moment, a shadow appeared behind his head, which turned out to be an arrow.

When the murderous intent appeared behind his mind, Li Chengzhong thought to himself that something was wrong and twisted his body to try to dodge, but it was too late.

The arrow shot into his ear canal with a "whoosh".

Li Chengzhong screamed, covered his ears with one hand, but still held Wu Yuqi tightly with the other hand. He jumped backwards and hid in the secret door cave on the wall.

"Chase!"

Li Asi followed in first.

Lin Manqing and others also entered the cave.

This is a secret passage, which is extremely dark inside. It twists and turns all the way as you go deeper. After a while, it suddenly opens up and a huge cave appears.

There is a hazy white light in the cave, and there are strange rocks everywhere. Some of them grow from the ground and connect to the dome, like giant pillars supporting the sky; some hang down from the top of the cave, like inverted mountains and silver spears hanging.

The caves ahead are connected, one cave after another, and I don’t know where Li Chengzhong went.

Lin Manqing swept her spiritual sense over and found that the ground energy here was greatly disturbed, as if the entire Taihang earth vein was winding here, being pulled by another strange aura.

The two forces intertwined together, like two dragons entangled, difficult to separate, and distorted and disrupted the surrounding aura, making it impossible to find Li Chengzhong for a while.

"Yuqi..." Li Asi called worriedly.

Lin Manqing said, "Don't worry, Li Chengzhong doesn't dare to hurt her. Yuqi is the only card in his hand now. In addition, when I taught her half of the Great Cloud Sutra, I added a secret mantra to my mind. She should be practicing according to this method now, which can fill the void of mana before the awakening of the Pure Light Goddess bloodline. I just delayed time to wait for her mana to recover and her bloodline to fully awaken."

"Wu Hongli" next to him said, "I was reckless."

Li Axi had already recognized from the voice that this Wu Hongli was not the real Wu Hongli, but Yin Ying.

Yin Ying inherited the Mohist tradition and was unrivaled in disguise and sneaking around. She pretended to be Zhou Shaoyi and almost fooled Li Muchen.

But Li Axi didn’t know when Yin Ying came to Mount Wutai, and how could she pretend to be Wu Hongli?

In fact, this was all arranged by Lin Manqing.

Ever since Lin Manqing moved into the Li residence in Beijing, Yin Ying has never left her side and has become her true confidant. However, Yin Ying is elusive and few people can see her unless she shows up.

When Lin Manqing went to Mount Wutai, Yin Ying naturally followed her, asking her to pretend to be Wu Hongli in order to lure Li Chengzhong out.

Although Wu Hongli was dead, she was the head of the Wu family. It was not difficult to find her photo and pretend to be her. However, Yin Ying had never heard Wu Hongli's voice, so Li Chengzhong recognized her as soon as she opened her mouth.

Lin Manqing said: "It's not your fault. The timing of your attack was perfect. We underestimated Li Chengzhong. He was shot in the head by the Xuanji crossbow, but he is still alive!"

"What should we do now?"

"This should be underground in Mount Wutai. I didn't expect that there are caves like these in the north Taihang Mountains that look like those in the south." Lin Manqing continued to scan the caves with her spiritual sense, hoping to find traces of Li Chengzhong's passage.

"I know where this is!" Xingkong suddenly said, "This is the cave deep in the mountains behind the Ancient Buddha Cave! Because the Ancient Buddha Cave is a forbidden area, the Wutai disciples can only worship outside and cannot enter, so no one has ever come in. We only know that the Ancient Buddha Cave is very spacious. I didn't expect that there is a secret passage connecting to the Pagoda Temple."

Lin Manqing said: "It should be Li Chengzhong who dug it. He was seriously injured and can't hold on for long. Let's split up and look for it!"

Several people then dispersed and went to the caves in different directions.

……

Li Chengzhong grabbed Wu Yuqi and ran all the way. He relaxed when he saw the stone in front of him. He threw Wu Yuqi to the side and leaned against the stone, breathing heavily, covering his ears, and shaking in pain.

"Ah - it hurts - I'm going to kill you -"

he shouted.

The crossbow arrow shot into his brain, injuring his soul.

If it were an ordinary person, he would have died long ago.

Li Chengzhong helped Shitou to stand up.

There are a total of nine stones here, spread out in the shape of a lotus platform.

In the center of the lotus platform, there is an upright lamp, which is exactly the same as the lamp in the underground palace of the Golden Pagoda in Baota Temple.

Today, the wick, which is not known whether it is made of copper or iron, is burning with flames, emitting colorful light, which falls on the nine surrounding stones, like a colorful lotus blooming.

“Hahahaha!” Li Chengzhong laughed despite the pain, “Ancient Buddha’s green lamp, ninth-grade lotus platform, who can stop me from becoming a Buddha!”

He climbed up the stone and came to the center of the ninth-level lotus platform. He sat down beside the lamp, with his brows lowered and his eyes closed, truly entering into a state of meditation like the Buddha.