Chapter 232: The Monk Who Knows Guests

Most of the area in Yunzhong Temple is desert, but the clouds are floating in the low sky. They are like some kind of living creatures, moving slowly on the sand dunes.

 The low-altitude cumulus clouds condensed into tall cloud-shaped figures, each of them three times as tall as the little apostles, with their arms almost dragging to the ground.

They float and walk on the ground, some go all the way to the sky, or disperse, and some come and go with the wind. There are also some tall four-legged animals condensed from the clouds, and they are also moving slowly on the ground.

Lu Yao clicked on a cloud man.

 …

  【Hua Yun Monk LV33】

 Health: 1440/1440

 Mana: 307/307

  Damage: 29

 Defense: 16

 Speed: 10

【cloud】

 Itself is part of the cloud.

  【Undead】

For unknown reasons, he possesses the property of immortality and can be resurrected continuously.

  【Regular projection】

 The projection formed by the power of rules.

 …

The Huayun Monks cannot communicate with each other. They seem to live in their own world, escaping from the clouds and following the wind, wandering and strolling in the world of Yunzhong Temple.

They are also not aggressive and ignore strangers.

 As long as they are not attacked, they will not initiate combat.

Lu Yao tried to let the apostles kill several Huayun monks.

 After being eliminated, the body of the monk dissipated into white clouds. These white clouds floated in the air and reshaped the deceased not far away.

 Huayun Monk continued to walk erratically.

 In general, the Huayun Monk group has no personal consciousness and has integrated itself into the rules [cloud], and now the figures of the past emerge one after another. It is only formed due to the power of rules, and its essence is more like a group of afterimages of the past.

 The apostle team continues to move forward in the desert.

You can see tall [Shadu Towers] along the way. These towers built by Sand Walkers stand quietly in this quiet world. It can be seen that there were many Sand Walkers here in the past.

 Suddenly, Bai Shen had an exclamation mark on his head.

“Lord Zhengshen, there is some kind of special treasure approaching quickly from the due north direction.”

 He has the characteristic of [Treasure Hunter] and is very sensitive to all kinds of treasures.

 Soon, the treasure that was approaching came out of the sand.

 It is a huge fish head.

Lu Yao even distinguished it and thought it should be a catfish head. Because the shark has a relatively flat head, a large mouth, several long whiskers, and a pair of straight eyes.

The only problem is that it is made entirely of sand, with only a fat fish head sticking out of the desert.

 The shark opened its mouth, and a dialog box popped up above its head.

“Visitors from afar, Yunzhong Temple welcomes you to visit. The young monk is the guest monk here.”

 Lu Yao clicked on the fish head.

 …

 【Drumfish LV88】Zhike Monk

 Health: 28679/28679

 Mana: 4407/4407

  Damage: 122

 Defense: 160

 Speed: 18

  【Undead】

For unknown reasons, he possesses the property of immortality and can be resurrected continuously.

  【Symbiosis】

  Existing in a symbiotic manner with multiple entities, gaining additional benefits.

  【Secret of Sand Element】

 Double your speed in the sand and gain the [Undead] characteristic.

　　【Debater】

　　Compared with fighting, he prefers to decide the outcome through words.

  【Convince people with virtue LV8】

 【Drum fish exclusive ability】

No matter who you face, you will be polite and courteous, and if the other person is decent, the drum fish will be more humble. Once the opponent continues to be rude or lacks etiquette, the drum fish's anger will rise and it will enter the [Conquering Others with Strength] posture, and all combat attributes will be greatly improved.

 …

Lu Yao read the ability description twice.

Different from the regular projection of Huayun Monk, the reason why this catfish is immortal is because it has mastered the secret of the sand element. In other words, it is immortal in this desert home. Only by taking it out of here or changing the environment can it be completely eliminated.

In addition, Guyu’s [Conquering People with Virtue] ability may also trigger transformation, which may increase the combat power by a large amount, which is also a hidden danger.

But Lu Yao is not worried.

 If you want to chat, let’s chat, and if you want to fight him, he has the LV99 Forrest’s Apostle Soul Seal. If it doesn't work, rainfall will change the surrounding environment, and killing by force is not impossible.

The monk Zhike asked: "Do you have a lot of confusion?"

“There have been no guests here for many epochs. It’s a blessing to see you all. There are actually gods here. I am deeply honored.”

 Isabel negotiated with Lu Yaofang as ambassador.

“Excuse me, are the gods here still there?”

“Lord Yun Chunke disappeared in the 511th era.”

 “Disappear? The gods gave up the kingdom of God?”

Zhike Monk did not shy away from it and said: "Young Monk corrected me. It is not that the gods abandoned Yunzhong Temple, but that the gods gave this place the last gift. Master Yun Muke hopes that new gods can be born here."

Isabel continued to ask: "Then will the **** come back?"

　　　…”

 The fish-headed monk seems to be thinking.

 After a moment, text appeared in the frame above its head: "Master Yun Zhuke once integrated many gravel worlds into Yunzhong Temple, hoping to make this damaged world complete."

“Lord Yun Muke was impacted by the power of the world’s rules, exhausted the fire of faith, and finally left.”

A question mark appeared above Isabel's head: "Why did the gods do this?"

 “Sir Yun Chunke wants to return to his hometown.”

 “Hometown?”

“Master Yun Zhike comes from a distant world. He cannot stay there and can only continue to rise or fall.”

Zhike Monk almost knew everything: "In a huge disaster, the Kingdom of God was damaged and continued to fall, so it became Yunzhong Temple."

“Lord Yun Muke needs many gods to restart the Kingdom of God and return to his distant hometown.”

When Lu Yao heard this, he felt that Yun Zhike must have been quite powerful in the past.

Isabel raised a key question: "Why must we cultivate local gods instead of trying to obtain other gods? It should be much easier if we look for them through external gods."

“Because it takes many gods, thousands of them, to complete this long-distance journey of the Kingdom of God.”

 “The Kingdom of God needs to give birth to gods.”

Lu Yao was a little confused.

Yunhuike’s idea is very bold and he has made many attempts.

 But, is it really possible?

With the power of the gods alone, without the need for godhead, can you create your own gods?

He always felt that Zhike Monk seemed to be hiding something.

Lu Yao asked Isabel to question Zhike Monk.

Catfish Head replied: "Gods need divine power, but the Sand Walker created by Lord Yunhuike can hold the fire of faith. The Sand Walker can enter other gravel worlds to collect the power of faith."

Lu Yao suddenly realized.

 The Shadu Tower was discovered in the world of the banquet bird before. It must be that there are sandwalkers looking for the fire of faith there.

“Guests, do you want to visit this world further? Zhike Monk will lead the way and explain it to you.” Catfish Head volunteered.

Isabel said: "That will be troublesome."

 “Please stand on the back of the young monk.”

 The drum fish’s broad back emerged from the desert, and everyone stood on it.

 Then it began to swim in the sand, seemingly moving slowly, but the surrounding sand dunes continued to recede.

As they moved forward, Zhike Monk said: "The fall of Yunzhong Temple caused serious damage to the rules of the world, so only the two rules of Yun and Sha are relatively sound. Therefore, there is no rich environment like other divine kingdoms."

“As you can see, there used to be only two living things here, one was the life in the sand, and the other was the life in the clouds.”

“It’s just that many epochs have passed, and as the world’s environment has evolved further, all life has disappeared. Now the only ones left are Huayun Monk and me.”

Isabelle asked: "Where is the Sand Walker?"

“Sandcrawlers who successfully ascend can enter the nearby gravel world outside. Sandcrawlers who fail to ascend are completely bound by the rules and cannot leave the boundaries of the world.”

“Those who went out did not come back, and those who failed to ascend were eaten by me.”

Zhike Monk was waving his tail in the sand.

 (End of this chapter)