Chapter 1549: The Missing Meng Feixue

“This is a record regarding the Night Bodhisattva that I uncovered in the Nanjiang Royal Court’s library.”

Feng Qingyou produced an old book from her sleeve and handed it to Ye Qing. “According to this, the Night Bodhisattva did not have a precedent for living sacrifice. The sculpture on the sacrificial altar did not resemble the Night Bodhisattva either.”

“This is why I suspect that the altar isn’t built for the Night Bodhisattva, nor is she the intended recipient of the living sacrifices.”

“But of course, these are just my assumptions. Whether it is the truth remains to be seen.” “Let me see...” Ye Qing flipped open the book and quickly found the record regarding the Night Bodhisattva. He began reading.

The record regarding the Night Bodhisattva was only a few thousand words long. Ye Qing quickly finished reading it.

According to the book, the Night Bodhisattva existed long before the Nanjiang Royal Court. Tens of thousands of years ago, before the Nanjiang Royal Court was built, some of the tribes of Nanjiang worshipped the Night Bodhisattva.

At the time, Nanjiang was an environment far worse than it was today. The terrain was treacherous, and the Strangers ran rampant. This was especially true during nighttime. The chaos was endless, and the dangers were everywhere.

The Night Bodhisattva was a guardian deity who protected her worshipers from the threats of the night. Anyone who worshiped her would be protected to all evils and secure during the night.

Not only that, anyone who worshiped her sincerely would automatically lose their negative emotions and become peaceful and amiable.

More importantly, the Night Bodhisattva did not require living sacrifices like many other deities that were worshiped by other tribes. She did not even want offerings or a statue in her name. She only asked for sincerity from her worshipers.

Because of this, the Night Bodhisattva was fairly widespread in Nanjiang for a time. She enjoyed a great base of worshipers as well.

𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

At the time, the tribes of Nanjiang existed independently from one another and so worshiped many deities depending on the tribe. The Night Bodhisattva stole many worshipers and beliefs from these deities with her creed, which was why she garnered their jealousy and hatred.

Eventually, these deities joined hands and suppressed the Night Bodhisattva. They also issued an oracle to wipe out all of her tribes and worshipers. That was why she had disappeared into the annals of history.

That was all that was recorded regarding the Night Bodhisattva. The book didn’t really have any substantial information to offer. All it provided was the Night Bodhisattva’s background.

According to the book, the Night Bodhisattva was definitely a good deity. There was no evidence that stated that she demanded living sacrifice from her worshipers.

But of course, this record was also tens of thousands of years old. It was impossible to say if it was accurate or missing critical information.

Besides, it was said that many deities had come together to suppress the Night Bodhisattva. It was difficult to say what kind of state she was in.

One thing was certain though. The current Night Bodhisattva was an evil existence.

For now, it was impossible to say who was the mastermind behind the construction of the sacrificial altar, and who was the intended recipient.

However, the Night Bodhisattva was probably the one who oversaw the construction. At the very least, she was aware of its existence.

If the intended recipient was the Night Bodhisattva, then this was a simple matter. All they needed to do to wrap up this matter was to kill her.

But if she wasn’t, then there must be a bigger conspiracy at play. Since the Night Bodhisattva was involved in this, she must know some critical information. That was why Feng Qingyou said that they couldn’t kill her for now.

“Oh right, did Miss Meng provide you with any clues?” The sacrificial altar was built inside the Nanjiang Royal Court. There was no way she wouldn’t know this.

The question was, how was Meng Feixue doing right now? Was she under the Night Bodhisattva’s spell, or was she still conscious and aware of her own actions?

“Feixue is... missing,” Feng Qingyou replied after a moment of silence. “The Meng Feixue currently overseeing the Nanjiang Royal Court is a fake.”

“She went missing.” Ye Qing frowned deeply. Disaster truly enjoyed showing its ugly mug in pairs. “Does the fake know where Miss Meng is?”

“I’ve observed her mind with a secret art. She is just a puppet controlled by the Night Bodhisattva. I do not know where Feixue is or whether she’s in the Nanjiang Royal Court.” Feng Qingyou shook her head. “I’ve also tried to calculate her location via divination, but the river of fate is muddied. I am unable to obtain any useful information.”

“I can only confirm that Feixue is still alive.” Ye Qing asked after a short silence, “What of the rest of the royal court?”

Feng Qingyou shook her head. “They’ve all been taken control by the Night Bodhisattva. They have no useful information to offer either.”

Ye Qing sighed. “I guess the Night Bodhisattva is our only lead then.” The true Meng Feixue was most likely captured by the Night Bodhisattva. Even if that wasn’t the case, she should know something.

Therefore, they must speak with the Night Bodhisattva if they wished to find Meng Feixue.

This meant they had a new reason not to kill the deity.

At the very least, she couldn’t die until they had found Meng Feixue.

“Come. Let’s go capture the Night Bodhisattva.” Having made up their minds, the duo traveled straight toward the Four Hundred Kilometers Bodhisattva Mountain Range.

The duo quickly arrived at the hill. Ye Qing asked, “What is your plan, Qingyou?”

“Hit her hard and end this as soon as possible.”

Feng Qingyou replied while summoning the Supreme Primal Origin Celebratory Cloud. It quickly spread out and covered up the entire hill.

“That’s exactly what I was thinking.” Ye Qing smiled and took a step forward. When he appeared on the mountaintop, he raised his foot and stomped the ground hard.

The ground looked unharmed, but the interior of the hill and the Four Hundred Kilometers Bodhisattva Mountain Range were shaking violently. They quickly broke into a million pieces.

“Who dares to threaten the Four Hundred Kilometers Bodhisattva Mountain Range?” An angry shout erupted across the entire hill, and night descended. It quickly transformed into a giant face that encompassed the entire Four Hundred Kilometers Bodhisattva Mountain Range. It was missing its eyeballs.

“Your murderer.” Eyes shining like the sun and the moon, Ye Qing’s internal organs hummed with power, and his vigor ran like a flood. Profound light burned around his body like fire and manifested all sorts of mirages. From a distance, he looked like a god or a demon.

Since the plan was to hit the Night Bodhisattva hard and fast, Ye Qing did not hold back anything. He went all out from the beginning and manifested his adept level Earthly Sovereign True Body.

He brought down his foot again, and—

RUMBLE!

The top of the hill was shattered and caved in. At the same time, the sky of the Four Hundred Kilometers Bodhisattva Mountain Range shattered like a mirror, and a giant foot descended from the sky. It stomped through the heavens and stepped on the Night Bodhisattva’s face.

“Ahhh!!!”

There was a cry of pain, and the Night Bodhisattva’s face was stomped into pieces.

At the same time, Ye Qing fell through the shattered sky and descended onto the true Four Hundred Kilometers Bodhisattva Mountain Range.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

As soon as Ye Qing appeared, a powerful gale blew like a weeping ghost above the mountain range. The deep, dark veil wobbled and gathered into a lotus mudra.

Countless people seemed to be chanting Buddhist sutras inside the mudra. The voices were great and spread everywhere. Wherever the night reached, her divine power seemed infinite and boundless. Both ghosts and gods bowed their heads in submission.

As if the power was too much to bear, Ye Qing fell uncontrollably toward the ground.

At the same time, the Four Hundred Kilometers Bodhisattva Mountain Range writhed and shook like a living creature and split open at the center. It looked like a giant maw.

At the center of the maw were countless rotten hands. They looked like razor sharp teeth from a distance, gnarly and disturbing.