Chapter 1551: Imprisoning the Bodhisattva

“Dha ma ga...”

When the rock and soil engulfed Ye Qing, the Night Bodhisattva chanted several Buddhist words once more. The halo behind her head rotated in reverse, and black flame swept across heaven and earth. The ground quickly reformed into the Four Hundred Kilometers Bodhisattva Mountain Range and landed back on the ground.

Ye Qing was nowhere to be found. It was because he had been sealed inside the mountain range.

Before the Night Bodhisattva could rejoice, the Four Hundred Kilometers Bodhisattva Mountain Range began shaking and booming loudly.

Seeing this, the Night Bodhisattva descended from the sky and planted her left foot on the east side, and her right foot on the west side of the mountain range. She was forcing down the entire mountain range with her body.

Black flames spread without a word. The Four Hundred Kilometers Bodhisattva Mountain Range instantly caught on fire.

However, the mountain range only fell still for a few breaths before it started shaking once more. The tremors were only growing worse and worse as the mountains collapsed, and the earth ripped itself apart.

Vast, blazing dark yellow light was bursting out of the cracks and dispelling the black flames.

“Zhe Dha Ba... Di Sa Mo... Lo Liang Duo...”

Crossing her arms in front of her chest, she chanted more Buddhist words and poured down infinite streams of black light from her halo. Each ray contained a single transparent silhouette.

In just the blink of an eye, countless people were standing on the mountain range.

These people were her most loyal worshipers. She had taken their souls into her Kingdom of Buddha and made them a part of it after they passed away. They were also the source and foundation of her power. They numbered hundreds of thousands in total.

Now, hundreds of thousands of people were coming together to suppress one mountain range. How could Ye Qing possibly break out of this? And yet, he could!

Thump!

Thump!

Thump!

Dull thumps came from the belly of the mountain like drum beats.

The first beat shook the entire mountain range and startled the birds and beasts.

The second beat caused tens of thousands of souls to pop out of existence at the same time.

The third beat caused rocks to fall off the mountains, the mountains to collapse on the earth, and the earth to break into many pieces.

The Night Bodhisattva was speechless. Before this, she was planning to suppress and kill her enemy. Now, she finally realized that it was a pipe dream. So, she did not hesitate to turn tail and flee.

The second she turned around, her body gradually melted into many curtains of night and disappeared.

Rumble...

The second the Night Bodhisattva disappeared, the Four Hundred Kilometers Bodhisattva Mountain Range abruptly shattered into pieces, and Ye Qing reappeared in the sky. He looked in the direction the Night Bodhisattva had escaped to but did not hurry to chase after her. Instead, he wore a ridiculing smile on his face and asked, “Do you think you can run?”

The Night Bodhisattva thought she could. She could turn intangible and slip into the night, literally. Most people would not even be able to detect her transformation, much less chase her. On top of that, she could split herself into countless wisps. If even one managed to escape, then she would survive.

She was confident that no one could kill her so long as it was still nighttime.

It was how she survived despite being ganged up on by those evil deities back then.

In reality, she could not.

When she turned into the night and attempted to leave this part of the world, she saw not the night, but many colorful auspicious clouds.

The clouds surrounded her and rapidly squeezed her from all sides. None of her tricks worked against them. She could only watch in helplessness as the clouds pushed her back and restrained her. Worse, when her divine power clashed against the auspicious clouds, it all returned to primal origin and nothingness. It wasn’t long before her true self was revealed: Weak, powerless, and seemingly lesser than even an ant.

“Who are you? I do not remember offending you two. Why—”

Knowing that there was no hope for her to escape, the Night Bodhisattva stopped struggling and changed her tactic. She tried talking sense into her captors.

She knew now that her enemies could kill her if they really wanted to. Since they didn’t, that must mean they wanted something from her.

This meant that she had room for negotiation.

But before she could finish, she suddenly found herself standing inside a stone house.

The mysterious clouds disappeared, and her divine power was gradually recharging once more.

She would have been delighted if not for the fact that several chains of flesh and blood abruptly shot out of the walls and pierced her body. Then, they pulled her and bound her to the wall.

She discovered in shock that her divine power was being rapidly absorbed by the chains. Once again, she became weak and powerless. She could do nothing but slump on the floor.

The good news was that the chains did not continue absorbing her energy and killing her after they drained her completely.

The bad news was that they absorbed every ounce of energy she naturally regenerated over time. She could not die, but she could not live either.

This was a case of a life worse than death.

Great terror gripped the Night Bodhisattva for a moment. If she had to live like this for the rest of her life, then she would rather die.

“Who are you people? What do you want?” The Night Bodhisattva howled and roared at the top of her lungs, but no one responded.

......

“How did it go?”

Atop a collapsed hill, Ye Qing appeared beside Feng Qingyou and asked her a question.

“I caught her. She’s imprisoned in the Seal Abyss Tower right now.” Feng Qingyou asked, “Is Feixue inside?”

Ye Qing shook his head. “No. I turned the pocket world upside down and found nothing.”

Feng Qingyou did not look too disappointed or surprised by that revelation. “As I thought, someone else is behind Feixue’s capture.”

Ye Qing suggested, “Let’s speak to the Night Bodhisattva. She must know something.” Although the Night Bodhisattva wasn’t the one who captured Meng Feixue and her people, there was no way she wasn’t involved. She must know something.

Feng Qingyou replied indifferently, “There’s no hurry. She’ll be more inclined to talk if we leave her hanging for a bit.”

Ye Qing smiled. “Good idea. A confession given freely is more trustworthy than a coerced one.”

“Let’s return to the Nanjiang Royal Court first. I’ll leave White Robe Demon Master here. With luck, we may be able to catch a cunning hare.”

Feng Qingyou had used the Supreme Primal Origin Celebratory Cloud to mask the fate of this pocket world to avoid alerting their enemies. Moreover, they had only captured the Night Bodhisattva, not killed her. It should not be possible for their unseen enemies to notice anything.

However, the intuition of a powerful warrior was unpredictable, and it was possible that they could choose today of all days to visit the Night Bodhisattva. Therefore, leaving White Robe Demon Master behind was a necessary failsafe. If they were lucky, they might even catch a big fish.

Sure, the scenario they imagined had a very small chance of happening. But what if it did happen? They wouldn’t want to be caught with their pants down.

“Very well.” Feng Qingyou agreed, of course. She made a stroking gesture, and gusts of wind began blowing across the tattered terrain. The collapsed hill began returning to normal, the scattered rocks and soils began mending themselves, and the plants began growing out of the earth.

In just a few breaths, the place looked exactly the same as before.

It was almost as if the place hadn’t been turned upside down.

Of course, Feng Qingyou had only restored the hill. The pocket world hidden inside the hill could not be restored.

This was enough though. As long as no one truly entered the Four Hundred Kilometers Bodhisattva Mountain Range, there was no way they could find anything amiss.

The reason Feng Qingyou did this was simple. It was to avoid alerting the snakes.

𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

At the very least, she didn’t want to do so until they found Meng Feixue.

The duo left after wrapping up their business here.