Actually, I wasn't a hundred percent sure I could find those enemies of the One - Eyed Buddha Mother.
So many years had passed, and the world had changed beyond recognition. Those villains who had bullied and tortured her were probably reincarnated several times over.
"I have some friends in the Underworld. I'll do my best to help you," I said truthfully. I believed that with her current strength, finding her enemies and taking revenge personally would be far more appealing than randomly killing people aimlessly.
The reason the One - Eyed Buddha Mother had let me see her past sufferings was probably that the pain was too much to bear alone. Unable to find anyone to confide in, and knowing that she couldn't survive after being struck by my Yin Five Thunderbolts, she had dragged me into her spiritual consciousness and torn open her own wounds to show me.
"Come with me!" I reached out my hand to her. The Yin Five Thunderbolts were raging in the One - Eyed Buddha Mother's spiritual world, and only the part of her soul that was entangled with me remained.
"What if you're lying to me?" That huge eye still regarded me with suspicion.
"You've got nothing left. We can either perish together, or you can trust me and I'll take you to find your enemies!" I shrugged nonchalantly, but inside I was extremely nervous... If I were to vanish into thin air, Si Jiangchen would surely go crazy. Maybe he'd even turn into a second One - Eyed Buddha Mother!
The one - eye rolled up and down for a while, as if making up its mind. "Fine! This is the first time I've trusted someone. Since you've helped me, I'll repay you!"
As she said that, the huge one - eye rolled around in the purple mist, getting smaller and smaller until it condensed into a semi - transparent bead hovering in the chaotic space.
Feeling no intense hostility, the faint layer of spiritual consciousness that had been protecting me returned to my body. I reached out and picked up the bead like plucking a fruit. Purple light swirled inside the bead, like a purple pupil, staring at me intently.
"Don't worry. Once I'm done with my own business, I'll go to the Underworld to find your enemies and get justice for you!"
I instinctively reached for the soul bottle in the bag on my waist, only to find that most of my body had already disappeared. In the dark and misty void, only the upper half of my body was faintly hanging in mid - air. Countless tiny blue - white electric arcs were tearing at my soul body, and tiny ice - like dust was constantly dissipating from me into the darkness...
"Like this, you still think you can get justice for me?" Mist churned inside the purple bead as it rolled its eye in disdain.
These were the Yin Five Thunderbolts. They weren't the divine generals from the Heavenly Court's Thunder Department capturing ghosts, but originated from the caster's own magic power.
Although I wasn't as powerful as Si Jiangchen, I could still blast ordinary evil ghosts into oblivion!
Now that the One - Eyed Buddha Mother had shrunk into a small bead and been captured by me, all the thunderous intent was now directed at me.
The One - Eyed Buddha Mother's eye churned inside the bead, seemingly enjoying my plight. I knew that although she was seeking my protection, she was also sizing up my abilities.
As my thoughts raced, I suddenly felt a warm sensation on my left hand, as if I were really holding something. I quickly raised my hand to my eyes and saw a crystal - like color emitting a dazzling glow in my palm.
The demon core?!
It was the gift that Lord Mu Yuan had asked me to give to the Lu family's child. I had always carefully kept it on me, but now for some reason, it had appeared in my hand!
The demon core in my hand was like a small sun, illuminating this dark void. Those electric arcs that danced like wild snakes melted away instantly under the absolute suppression of this intense light, just like ice arrows in the face of the scorching sun...
"What... what is this?!" The One - Eyed Buddha Mother was just an extraterrestrial evil god, while Lord Mu Yuan was a true god with a register in the Heavenly Court. The One - Eyed Buddha Mother, now in the form of a purple bead, only had time to let out a panicked cry before being enveloped by the scorching light of Lord Mu Yuan's demon core.
"Stay put. Once I find your enemies, I'll naturally let you out to take revenge." Lord Mu Yuan's demon core had probably appeared because it was afraid I couldn't control the evil god on my own. Naturally, I had to act like a fox borrowing the tiger's might. I said to the One - Eyed Buddha Mother, who was immobilized by the dazzling white light, "If you don't behave and wait patiently, you'll never get the chance to kill your enemies again!"
"..." The One - Eyed Buddha Mother seemed to say something else, but I couldn't hear clearly. Under the blinding light, my body also seemed to be melting, and I gradually lost consciousness.
Suddenly, a warm sensation came from my finger. A big, warm hand grabbed my finger.
"..." Xiao He!! Xiao He!" Si Jiangchen's voice wasn't as urgent as I had imagined, but his fingers were so tight that my finger bones were screaming in pain.
"It hurts, it hurts so much!" I desperately tried to pull my hand back, but Si Jiangchen held on even tighter.
I quickly opened my eyes and found that Si Jiangchen was sitting cross - legged in the dim underground passage, holding my hand tightly. Officer Zhao was standing stiffly like a fool, holding little Xue Shuo, just a step away from us.
The underground chamber was deathly silent.
I was shocked and tried to get up from Si Jiangchen's embrace. "Where are they? Are they all dead?!"
There were more than a dozen people in the chamber, most of them were upright police officers. If they died because of us, how could I ever forgive myself?
"Don't move around!" Si Jiangchen's arm was like an iron hoop around my waist, holding me firmly in his arms.
"Xiao He, you two are really being too reckless..." A somewhat glib voice came from the chamber. Then a tall and thin man walked out of the darkness and winked at me.
"Du... Du Peilin?!" I didn't expect this guy to be here.
"If it weren't for Leng Shan's assistant calling me, I wouldn't have known there were monsters here!" Du Peilin was from the Taoist sect and was extremely disgusted by the treachery in the Buddhist temple. After receiving Ji Chen's call, he had rushed over with his men.
"How are the people inside?" I asked worriedly, struggling to look towards the area where the lights were still flickering.
"We knocked them all out!" Du Peilin made a chopping motion with his hand. "Don't worry. Those who took the hallucinogen from that monk Danba won't make it, but they didn't hurt anyone else."
His words left me even more confused, but hearing his relaxed tone, I finally let out a sigh of relief.
"What's the hallucinogen?" I asked puzzledly.
"Recently, there's a new hallucinogenic drug from abroad. People use it like a drug. Those who take it become like zombies, with stiff joints and high aggression!" Du Peilin explained, "As soon as I saw it, I knew that guy Danba had tricked that coal boss into taking it to convince him of his abilities..."
"Ah... So their madness was caused by the hallucinogen!" I pretended to suddenly understand.