Chapter 158: Exorcising Demons

"Yes!!"

Li Guang nodded heavily. "That's right, I want the telepathic ability!"

"Hmph!" The elderly monk Xuyun let out a cold snort. "To tell you the truth, divine powers are not something everyone can attain!"

"Sometimes, having divine powers is not necessarily a good thing!"

"Hahaha!" Li Guang laughed up to the sky and suddenly fixed his gaze on Xuyun. "Old monk, I cultivate for no other reason than to gain supreme power!"

"Once I have power, I will have authority; once I have authority, I will have influence!"

"Hmph!" Xuyun sneered. "With influence, you'll want this entire realm as well! Am I right??"

"Congratulations! You guessed it!" Li Guang said unhurriedly, "I simply want this entire realm, just like my family's ancestor, Emperor Taizong of Tang, ruling over a myriad of miles of mountains and rivers!"

Xuyun looked at him coldly. "Young man, I will grant you divine powers right now. Do you want them or not??"

Li Guang snapped his gaze toward Xuyun. "If you can truly grant me divine powers, then I will take you as my master!"

Xuyun shook his head. "There is no need to take me as your master! Since you desire divine powers, I will let you experience the troubles that come with them!"

"Bah!" Li Guang scoffed. "What troubles could possibly come with divine powers?! I would be overjoyed to have them!"

"Is that so??" Xuyun looked at Li Guang with an enigmatic expression.

Li Guang was momentarily taken aback by Xuyun's gaze.

He frowned. "Old baldy, what exactly do you mean??"

"Heh, heh, heh!" Xuyun smiled strangely. "What kind of divine powers do you want??"

Li Guang chuckled. "Telepathy!"

"And what else??"

Li Guang touched his chin and thought for a moment. "It would be best to have the heavenly eye as well!"

"And what else??"

"Hahaha!" Li Guang laughed. "And the heavenly ear! And preferably divine foot movement as well!"

Xuyun looked at him with that same eerie gaze. "Very well! I shall grant your wish!"

Li Guang was stunned. "How are you going to grant it??"

"Heh, heh, heh!" Xuyun smiled mysteriously. "The divine powers you speak of are merely the pinnacle of martial arts. In the eyes of cultivators of immortality, they are nothing!"

"To be honest, I hold them in no regard. Divine powers are merely external tools!"

Li Guang glared at Xuyun darkly. "Old man, can you give me divine powers or not??"

"Right now... I shall grant them to you!"

"Boom!!"

A brilliant golden light erupted from Xuyun's entire body. The golden light looked solemn and wondrous, resembling a realm of immortals.

Xuyun extended his withered, twig-like right hand, slowly stretched out his index finger, and pointed it directly at Li Guang.

Before Li Guang could even recover from his astonishment at the supernatural phenomenon Xuyun had produced, he suddenly clutched his chest.

"Hmph! Once we steal the dragon vein of the Dragon Kingdom, we'll wipe out the Li family of the Dragon Kingdom!"

"The girl from last night was truly lovely!"

"Yoshi! The three girls from yesterday were truly lovely!"

"Hahaha!"

"..."

"..."

Li Guang was terrified. "What is happening to me? Whose voices are these?"

He looked around in horror.

Xuyun looked at him with an inscrutable expression. "How does it feel to have divine powers??"

Li Guang looked at Xuyun in shock. "Is this... telepathy??"

Xuyun nodded.

Suddenly, Li Guang grabbed his eyes in agony.

"Ah!! My eyes!"

"What is happening to me!"

"Boom!!"

Two beams of light shot directly out of Li Guang's eyes.

Looking west, he could actually see Dragon Lake.

Looking east, he could actually see an endless mountain range!

Looking up at the sky.

"Boom!"

He could actually catch sight of a golden sacred realm!

Looking down.

"Boom!!"

"Ah!!"

Li Guang let out an instant, miserable scream, clutching his head as if he were going mad.

"What is this?! What is this?！！ I don't want to see it!"

Before Li Guang's eyes appeared a terrifying scene.

A scene beyond description, filled with utter terror!

"What is this??"

Li Guang covered both his eyes and his ears.

Blood was streaming from his eyes, and blood was streaming from his ears.

"The Boundless Hell!"

Xuyun calmly uttered those four words.

Li Guang was in extreme agony.

In that single instant, from just one glance, he had been unable to endure such a sight.

It was too terrifying, completely indescribable.

Li Guang knelt on the ground in agony. "Turn it off, please turn it off right now!"

"Hmph, hmph, hmph!" Xuyun smiled coldly. "Didn't you want to possess divine powers??"

"Master, I'll call you Master, is that not enough?!"

Li Guang knelt on the ground, kowtowing and bowing repeatedly.

Xuyun looked down at him. "Do you still want divine powers??"

Li Guang shook his head frantically. "I don't want them anymore, I don't want them!"

Xuyun extended his right hand and pointed through the air.

All of Li Guang's divine powers vanished instantly.

"Screw your mother!"

"Boom!!"

Li Guang suddenly burst into violent action, throwing a punch straight at Xuyun.

However, Xuyun simply extended his right hand. Instantly, Li Guang's movements froze.

Xuyun pointed through the air once more, and Li Guang's actions completely slipped beyond his own control.

"Boom!!"

He spun around abruptly and hurled a punch straight at a ninja.

The ninja was terrified and tried to flee.

However, the fist had already reached his face.

"Bang!"

His head burst open like a shattered watermelon.

Li Guang stared in shock at his own fist. "What is happening here??"

"Who is controlling me?!"

"Ah!!"

Li Guang screamed in agony.

His body, acting entirely on its own, began a massive slaughter.

The ninjas around him scrambled to flee for their lives.

Yet before they could escape, one by one, they were struck dead.

"Thud!"

Li Guang collapsed to his knees on the ground.

Xuyun stood right before him.

Xuyun looked down at him coldly. "How is it? Do you still want divine powers now??"

Li Guang shook his head frantically. "I don't want them! Master, spare me!"

Xuyun smiled coldly and turned to walk away.

Li Ting cast a sympathetic glance at Li Guang, then hurried along to follow Xuyun.

The night was pitch black.

The elderly monk Xuyun walked very slowly.

Li Ting followed silently behind the monk.

Suddenly, Li Ting asked, "Master, you are a person of religion, why did you kill people just now??"

The elderly monk Xuyun glanced sideways at Li Ting. "Did you see me kill anyone??"

Li Ting froze, completely lost for words.

In truth, the one speaking at that moment was not Li Ting, but Zhao Feng.

Zhao Feng asked again, "Master, you come from Mount Yunjuju, why have you come here??"

The elderly monk Xuyun continued walking forward and replied calmly, "To eliminate demons!"

"Eliminate demons?"

"Yes!"

Zhao Feng frowned. "Eliminate demons? What kind of demons?"

The elderly monk Xuyun pointed toward the mountain hollow ahead.

Zhao Feng looked in the direction of his finger.

There, resting quietly in the mountain hollow, was a temple the size of a football field.

Zhao Feng frowned. "Why is there a temple here??"

Xuyun carried his hands behind his back. "Let us go! We shall come back to look tomorrow!"

Zhao Feng frowned.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, another day had passed.

Dawn broke the next day.

Zhao Feng opened his eyes and brushed the morning dew from his clothes.

Last night, he and the elderly monk Xuyun had sat in meditation beneath the tree the entire night.

Now, the sky was bright, and the mountain air was everywhere refreshingly crisp!