chapter 27

Countless golden words and inscriptions, coupled with an immeasurable amount of merit, completed the nine-story Golden Pagoda of Merit.

One could vaguely see countless golden words engraved on the nine-story Golden Pagoda of Merit.

It exuded an extremely strong Buddhist aura.

The old man opened his eyes, and Daoist Rhymes circulated in his eyes.

He had already memorized the scriptures on the stone tablet, but he was unaware of the changes in his body.

He did not realize that he seemed to have suddenly become extraordinary because of the inscriptions on the stone tablet.

"Amitabha."

The old man unconsciously chanted the name of Buddha. He put his palms together, and his eyes were filled with infinite devotion.

At this moment, he seemed to have found his spiritual home.

He glanced at Shaoshi Mountain.

The old man knelt on the ground and kowtowed devoutly. Then, he stood up and walked nine steps forward before he knelt on the ground again and kowtowed devoutly.

An aura of faith unknowingly exuded from the old man's body.

He wanted to kowtow to Shaoshi Mountain every nine steps.

The old man only had one thought now, and that was to become a monk under Shaolin.

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Shaoshi Mountain. The mountains were high and the forests were dense. The scenery was beautiful, and the clouds were moving freely. There was a small mountain temple at the peak of the mountain.

There were four or five old and run-down houses.

Xuan Gang was half-naked, revealing his strong and muscular body. He was concentrating on circulating his inner strength and absorbing spiritual energy.

His body exuded an aura of extreme Yang.

Xuan Gang was cultivating the Bodhi Embrace Technique in seclusion when suddenly, the aura on his body shook.

"Acquired ninth stage."

Xuan Gang opened his eyes, and his eyes burst with bursts of light. He could not help but feel happy and excited.

He had broken through!

"The Bodhi Embrace Technique is worthy of being a top-tier ninth-grade technique."

An extremely domineering protective aura emerged from Xuan Gang's body.

Its defense was unparalleled and extremely powerful.

As a martial arts fanatic, Xuan Gang now truly experienced the power of the Bodhi Embrace Technique.

Not only was the protective aura's defense unparalleled, but it was also extremely domineering.

In Xuan Gang's opinion, the inner energy of the Virgin Buddha Embracing Technique was pure and vigorous, and it was not something that other top-notch techniques could compare to.

"From now on, I, Xuan Gang, will protect Shaolin."

Now that Xuan Gang had broken through to the Houtian ninth stage, he felt that he was Shaolin's number one expert.

A sense of duty to protect Shaolin rose in his heart.

He imagined that from now on, he would stand by his junior apprentice-brother Abbot's side and protect him. He would be the number one master of Shaolin, ready to stand out and protect him at any time.

He, Xuan Gang, was the Guardian Vajra of the Abbot's Junior Brother!

Xuan Gang, who had just broken through, was very pleased with himself. He put on his monk robe and walked out of the meditation room. He saw Xuan Yuan, who was tidying up the courtyard.

He was so excited that his voice was like a bell as he shouted, "Junior Brother!"

"Take my fist!"

After breaking through to the Houtian ninth stage, Xuan Gang could not wait to show his achievements.

He gathered his fist and excitedly punched at Xuan Yuan, who was busy tidying up the courtyard.

Buzz!!!

Xuan Yuan turned his head and calmly looked at Xuan Gang. His body emerged with an extremely strong aura of Yang.

Domineering and unparalleled defensive Protective Upstanding Qi emerged.

Bang!

Xuan Gang's fist, as if hitting a granite, was directly bounced back by the Gang Qi.

He also retreated four or five steps.

"Junior Brother, you …"

Xuan Gang's eyes widened. His voice was loud, and his face was full of disbelief.

He was stunned!

He, Xuan Gang, was the most talented martial artist in Shaolin. He had been practicing in seclusion for a day and a night to break through to the Houtian ninth stage.

As far as he was concerned, even though Xuan Yuan had extraordinary talent in the Martial Dao, he was far from being able to compare with him.

In these few days, Xuan Yuan was able to completely convert the Virgin Body Technique into the Virgin Buddha Embracing Technique's internal strength.

It was already incredible.

But he did not expect that Xuan Yuan not only practiced the Virgin Buddha Embracing Technique, but also reached the Houtian ninth stage.

In terms of internal force alone, Xuan Yuan did not lose to him at all.

How was this possible?

Xuan Gang clearly remembered that before he went into seclusion, that was, one day ago, Xuan Yuan was only at the Houtian sixth stage.

He was a trash.

Xuan Gang could beat ten trash like Xuan Yuan with one hand.

How long had it been? Xuan Yuan's martial arts strength had caught up with him, and his martial arts realm had reached the Houtian ninth stage?

It had only been less than two days. This was simply too inconceivable.

Houtian ninth stage, martial arts strength did not lose to Xuan Yuan in the slightest under the protection of the unparalleled protective aura.

Not only could Xuan Yuan not do anything to him, but he, Xuan Gang, also could not do anything to Xuan Yuan. It could be said that the two were really going to fight.

Only defense.

That was the same as the two of them.

"Junior brother, tell me quickly, is it because of Junior Brother Abbot?"

"He's the one who gave you special treatment."

Xuan Gang was excited. He thought that Shaolin was the number one expert protector.

Suddenly, after coming out of seclusion, he found that Xuan Yuan was on par with him.

Before, how could Xuan Yuan be his opponent.

In his opinion, after coming out of seclusion, he should have opened up a bigger gap with Xuan Yuan.

But he did not expect that Xuan Yuan silently caught up with his martial arts strength.

It was so incredible!

Xuan Gang was dumbfounded.

After thinking about it, Xuan Gang felt that such an incredible thing could only be done by the reincarnation of Buddha's Junior Brother Abbot.

It must be that the reincarnation of Buddha's Junior Brother Abbot had given special treatment to Xuan Yuan.

"Yes, Xuan Yuan, you … you have a glib tongue."

"Abbot must have been confused by your slanderous words …"

At this moment, Xuan Gang was jealous. He only felt that his Junior Brother Abbot was biased.

Thinking about it, he was originally the number one expert in Shaolin. His martial arts strength was far ahead. This time, Xuan Gang even went into seclusion to cultivate.

His martial arts strength had made a breakthrough with great difficulty.

As a result, he found that Xuan Yuan's martial arts strength had inexplicably increased like a rocket.

He had caught up with him and was on par with him. How could Xuan Gang not be dumbfounded?

It was like a person who worked hard to get a perfect score on an exam, but suddenly found out that a bad student also got a perfect score by cheating.

It was the same as feeling extremely unbalanced.

"You boorish man …"

Xuan Yuan shook his head speechlessly and gave Xuan Gang a look of disdain.

"Come here."

He hooked his finger at Xuan Gang. Xuan Yuan found a place to sit in the courtyard. When Xuan Gang came closer, he said, "Yesterday, Abbot and I went down the mountain to beg for alms. Do you know what happened?"

Xuan Yuan pretended to be mysterious.

"What happened?"

"Hurry up and tell me."

The tall and sturdy Xuan Gang squatted in front of Xuan Yuan like an obedient child.

He looked at Xuan Yuan curiously.

His heart now felt like it was being scratched by a cat.

"Speaking of which, yesterday was really incredible …"

Xuan Yuan immediately told Xuan Gang about what happened yesterday after going down the mountain with Junior Brother Abbot.

At this moment, even Xuan Yuan felt like he was dreaming.

"Junior Brother Abbot, you want a dying old man to give you some sour and smelly rice soup?"

"You also drank a mouthful and broke through to the Houtian seventh stage?"

Xuan Gang listened with wide eyes, looking at Xuan Yuan in disbelief.

He only felt that what Xuan Yuan said was simply too amazing and too fantastic.