Chapter 753: Chapter 285: Revisiting Alchemist Geng, Sudden News of Kuji Temple

After leaving Alchemist Geng, Xiao Chen headed straight for the Spiritual Communication Pavilion.

Although the Spiritual Communication Pavilion’s information was notoriously unreliable, it was overflowing with gossip and rumors, which was better than nothing.

With some careful analysis, one could still glean a few useful tidbits.

It was a stark contrast to the desolation outside.

The moment he pushed the door open, a cacophony of voices assaulted Xiao Chen’s ears.

Some were drinking and carousing.

"Ah, Liu, allow me to offer you a toast!"

"Wang, over here! We were just waiting for you!"

Others were commiserating with each other.

"The wind last night was something else, wasn’t it? WHOOSH, it blew all night long."

"Tell me about it. All sorts of things were clattering about. It was so noisy I couldn’t get a wink of sleep."

On the central stage, a storyteller was still recounting the latest news.

"And then there’s the tale of the Bitter Melon Arhat, a once-famous and distinguished monk from the east."

"Wielding his signature Round-Head Shovel, he was a formidable figure in his youth, capable of taking on three Golden Core Great Demons single-handedly and holding his own."

"Alas~!"

"What a pity that this time, he was besieged within Kuji Temple by the Ten Thousand Demons, who swarmed and attacked him as one."

"He had just parried the claws of a Crab Demon in front of him when a Fish Monster ambushed him from behind."

"A spine nearly eight feet long pierced right through his Heart Acupoint, leaving a gaping hole the size of a large bowl."

"To call it tragic would be an understatement..."

Xiao Chen had just been passing through, but his ears perked up at the mention of Kuji Temple.

He began to pay closer attention.

After all, just two months ago, he had met the Bitter Melon Arhat in the newly discovered Relic.

The man had been a mountain of muscle, and he’d even thanked Xiao Chen before they parted ways.

’But from the sounds of it, something happened to him?’

’That can’t be right.’

’With their Sect Protection Array and Zen Master Kuji presiding, how could Kuji Temple fall so easily?’

But in the next moment, Xiao Chen recalled that the Sea Race had set up an Array specifically to deal with Zen Master Kuji.

’Don’t tell me I was too late to warn them.’

HISS!

He drew in a sharp breath.

’It can’t be... did something happen to Zen Master Kuji as well?’

’He’s a Tier Four Cultivator, on par with a Nascent Soul True Monarch!’

At this thought, Xiao Chen instinctively quickened his pace. "Give me all the important intelligence from the last six months."

"Especially anything from the past two months. I want the most detailed reports you have."

The manager of the Spiritual Communication Pavilion remained composed, deftly picking up a pre-prepared stack of documents from his left. "There’s been a lot of new information recently, so the price is a bit higher."

"That’ll be two hundred Spirit Stones."

"Wait, Senior!"

Seeing his customer toss down two hundred Spirit Stones and turn to leave, he quickly called out, "We also have a collection of street rumors, which might be just what you’re looking for."

As he spoke, he picked up another document from his right.

He handed it to Xiao Chen with a broad smile. "The Shopkeeper said this one is sold separately for one hundred Spirit Stones."

"As for the contents... well, feel free to flip through a page. I guarantee you won’t be disappointed."

Xiao Chen frowned. "Is there anything else? If so, just bring it all out. It’s not like I’m short on the money."

’Why are they being so secretive about this stuff?’

"Please, Senior, calm down. The higher-ups are cracking down on this information and won’t let us sell it as official intelligence."

The manager quickly put on an apologetic smile and waved his hands frantically. "That’s why we’ve compiled it as ’street rumors.’ It’s all right here. Nothing else, I swear."

’Cracking down?’

’Nine-tenths of what the Spiritual Communication Pavilion sells is pure fabrication. What’s there to crack down on?’

HISS!

Xiao Chen drew another sharp breath. ’Just how serious has the situation become?’

He immediately tossed down another hundred Spirit Stones, abandoning any thought of going elsewhere.

He found a slightly less crowded spot nearby, sat down, and immediately began to flip through the documents.

The first page he opened contained three large lines of text.

In mid-Eleventh Month, rumors began to circulate that someone had personally witnessed Zen Master Kuji trapped in an Array and besieged by Great Demons.

In the latter part of the same month, Kuji Temple was besieged by a massive school of Sea Fish, the likes of which hadn’t been seen in a century.

As of the twenty-second day of the Twelfth Month, no new, reliable information has come to light.

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