288: Rain falls from the sky

"Amitabha. This humble monk, Hui Che, an Esoteric Buddhist Buddha's Child of the Mahayana Esoteric Sect, has been invited by Gang Leader Chen today to expel evil and pray for blessings for everyone."

Hui Che's voice wasn't loud, but everyone present heard it clearly.

"An Esoteric Buddhist Buddha's Child!"

"Is it *that* Esoteric Sect?"

"Nonsense, who would dare to impersonate an Esoteric Buddhist Buddha's Child outside? Isn't that just asking for trouble?"

Hearing Hui Che's self-introduction, everyone discussed animatedly, all utterly astonished.

"By the way, did you hear what he said? Gang Leader Chen invited him?"

"Gang Leader Chen is truly powerful. Not only does he have an Immortal from the True Immortal Sect accompanying him, but he can also invite an Esoteric Buddhist Buddha's Child..."

"And Gang Leader Chen himself possesses formidable strength. I have a feeling Gang Leader Gou Long's position isn't very stable anymore."

"You don't know, Gang Leader Gou Long actually wanted to hand over the position of Gang Leader to Gang Leader Chen long ago, but he wasn't willing."

"Tsk tsk tsk, if it were me, I would have eagerly agreed. As expected of Gang Leader Chen."

The crowd's discussions were not quiet, but they couldn't drown out the sound of the Buddhist alms bowl in Hui Che's hand.

"Today is New Years Day, all beings pray for blessings, and all evil retreats."

He tapped the Buddhist alms bowl in his hand again, and streams of golden light shot out from it, piercing into the clouds and disappearing.

Then, drop after drop of pale golden rain fell from the sky, nourishing the entire Qiyang City.

Every common person touched by the rainwater felt their body become much lighter.

Some people who had come to the city-wide banquet with illnesses found their ailments slowly recovering under the effect of the rain.

The Life Qi and vitality originally taken by the mist also slowly increased.

"My, my canker sore has been bothering me for years, and today it's just... gone?"

"Don't talk about your broken canker sore, how did my leg, which was broken for years, grow back?"

"My finger! It, it can move!"

A continuous string of exclamations arose, everyone astonished by the powerful efficacy of the golden rain.

Not only that, faint black qi drifted out from Qiyang City, completely dissipating into the world the moment it touched the rainwater.

"Amitabha, This humble monk's skills are not refined; this is my limit..."

Hui Che's eyes were deeply sunken, and his entire body was shriveled like a squeezed sugarcane.

"Thank you, Great Master Hui Che!"

Just as Hui Che was swaying, wanting to return, a man who had lost a foot but was Reborn today knelt and shouted.

"Thank you, Great Master Hui Che!"

"Thank you, Great Master Hui Che!"

"..."

One thank you after another entered Hui Che's ears, and a faint smile appeared on his shriveled face.

In his eyes, golden threads were drifting out from the people who had received his benevolence.

Gradually, these threads converged, like a golden river!

This was the power of Karma that the Esoteric Sect relied on to survive.

Only those whom they had helped and who genuinely thanked them would bestow upon them imperceptible Karma.

Such a vast amount of Karma, if Hui Che were to accumulate it slowly, would take at least three to five years.

Although he paid a price and lost some cultivation, this Karma was enough to allow him to advance further!

"Amitabha, This humble monk thanks all benefactors here."

Hui Che turned and bowed to the common people with his hands pressed together, then returned to the main venue.

"Sigh, why do I feel like the Esoteric Sect's methods are more impressive than yours?"

Chen Heng poked Bai Jun beside him. This fellow was currently gripping a wine pot and guzzling wine.

"Huh?" Bai Jun hadn't even noticed what Hui Che had just done.

"Big Brother Chen, what did you say? I didn't hear clearly." Taking out the two Medicinal Pills he had stuffed into his ears, Bai Jun looked at Chen Heng with some confusion.

"..." Chen Heng.

"Seriously, do you really dislike these bald donkeys that much?"

"Heh, a bunch of hypocrites, doing good deeds only to gain Karma."

Bai Jun sneered, glaring at the shriveled Hui Che.

"Don't talk about whether he's hypocritical or not, just tell me if you have such methods?"

Chen Heng saw that Bai Jun wanted to change the subject and pursued the question with a mischievous smile.

"I, I, I certainly do!" Bai Jun, already a little muddled from drinking, said with a flushed face.

Chen Heng felt that this kid sounded a bit lacking in confidence.

"I disdain to associate with them. I am someone who wants to uphold justice and save the common people. These things..."

The more Bai Jun spoke, the redder his face became, and he could only hold it in and silently drink his wine.

"Alright, alright, I was just teasing you, and you got angry." Chen Heng patted Bai Jun's shoulder, picked up his wine glass, and clinked it with his.

"I'm not angry with you, Big Brother Chen." Bai Jun shook his head, his expression a little downcast.

"I just feel..."

"Look at you being so sentimental. Be happy today, and think about other things tomorrow!"

Chen Heng saw that the situation was not right and quickly raised his wine glass, pouring it into Bai Jun's mouth.

"Drink, drink! We won't go home until we're drunk!"

"Good! We won't go home until we're drunk!" Bai Jun shook his head, casting his troubles aside, and picked up the wine pot, pouring it into Chen Heng's mouth.

"You rascal, challenging me to a drinking contest, huh!"

"Today, I'm really going to compete with you!"

...Just as the entire Qiyang City was in a festive atmosphere, three hundred miles away, several blood-stained figures were rushing towards Qiyang City.

"Senior Brother Liu, does Junior Brother Bai really have someone stronger than Master by his side?"

A girl who had lost an arm looked at the figure in front with a face full of pain.

"Definitely. Master has never lied to us!"

Although Liu Qi was severely injured, he still used his Protective Aura to protect the several Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters behind him.

"Then Master alone..."

"Don't worry, as long as we escape successfully, they can't do anything to Master!"

But just then, a sound of tearing through the air echoed behind them.

"Hehehe! You little beasts of the True Immortal Sect, still trying to escape from our hands?"

A distorted old man, his entire body emanating ghostly Qi, rushed towards the group.

Behind him followed seven or eight old men radiating terrifying auras.

"You thirty-five sects jointly besieged the True Immortal Sect, and you still have the nerve to say such things!"

Liu Qi's face was filled with rage, but he didn't turn back to counterattack.

The speed of his feet became faster, and his Protective Aura tightly enveloped the several Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters behind him.

"I warn you! Our Junior Brother Bai Jun has someone by his side who can kill a Dragon, you'd best not overestimate yourselves!"

"Hahahahahahaha!" The figures radiating terrifying auras burst into laughter.

"If you truly had such an existence protecting your Dao, would you have fallen to such a state?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, your Master died a miserable death. She was torn apart by five horses and fed to wild dogs!"

"You!" Liu Qi's eyes were bloodshot, and an impulse to die with him surged in his heart.

That person's words now were just bluster. Master's life jade had not yet shattered, so her life was absolutely safe.

"Senior Brother! Let's fight him!" The girl with the broken arm was in tears. She drew the long sword from her waist, intending to fight to the death.

"No! Don't!" Liu Qi wrapped the girl in his Protective Aura, gritted his teeth, and increased his speed by another notch.

"As long as we reach Qiyang City, that Senior by Junior Brother Bai's side definitely won't stand by and do nothing."

"Master said that although that Senior is a bit eccentric, he is definitely someone who can be trusted!"