Chapter 15: An Unexpected Reversal, The Opportunity Obtained

Xie Shen and Mo Lan exchanged a glance.

Mo Lan opened her mouth as if to say something, but Xie Shen stopped her with his gaze and shook his head.

Xie Jiuniang suddenly spoke up, “Father, Mother, if you know there’s a treasure here but can’t find it, what should you do?”

The married couple was taken aback!

Xie Shen blurted out, “Daughter, where did you hear about this? Is it reliable?”

“Absolutely reliable!”

Knowing her parents had doubts, Xie Jiuniang couldn’t remain completely silent lest they assumed the worst. So she transmitted through her spiritual sense, “Father, Mother, I’ve had a bit of a mystical encounter and know the whereabouts of certain opportunities, but I can’t elaborate…”

“Jiu’er!” Mo Lan promptly interrupted her daughter and sternly advised, “Some things are better kept to yourself, no need to tell anyone.”

Xie Jiuniang was stunned. “Don’t you want to know?”

“We don’t.” Mo Lan dotingly pinched her daughter’s fair and tender little cheeks. “As long as you’re not in danger, that’s enough.”

Xie Shen echoed his wife, “Daughter, your father doesn’t want to know the details either.”

Learning that their daughter’s abnormality stemmed from a mystical encounter, the couple’s lingering worries dissipated.

The three began searching together, leaving no stone unturned around the pond, but there was no sign of the little Buddha statue.

Xie Jiuniang wondered, had Lin Wangchen already obtained the statue before them?

Was this trip in vain?

Seeing her daughter’s visible dejection, Mo Lan consoled, “If an opportunity doesn’t belong to us, there’s no need to dwell on not obtaining it. Treat it with equanimity. Everyone says the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple has opportunities, but how many people actually obtain them?”

Xie Jiuniang smiled wryly. Equanimity wouldn’t change the situation. Since they couldn’t find it, what else could be done?

The family of three returned to the front of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple’s grand hall.

Since they were already here, they should at least enter and burn some incense. There were fewer worshippers at this hour. They first purchased incense and candles and were about to enter when suddenly, a thunderous “boom” came from the rear mountain.

Was someone fighting?

And at the rear mountain of the temple, no less!

Some cultivators swept the area with their spiritual senses and saw a Foundation Establishment disciple from the Tianxu Sect engaged in combat with a demonic cultivator.

One of them was none other than Lin Wangchen!

“Father, Mother, I have something to attend to. I’ll be back shortly.” Xie Jiuniang left those words and dashed towards the rear mountain in a flash.

As she ran towards the pond, she continuously slapped talisman strips on herself—Agility Talismans, Aura Concealment Talismans, and Invisibility Talismans.

Every useful talisman was employed at this moment!

She stealthily crept close to the pond and indeed found signs of combat. Not far from the pond, a section of the mountainside had collapsed, revealing a glint of gold!

Xie Jiuniang rejoiced. Could it be the golden Buddha statue?

Taking advantage of Lin Wangchen being locked in a fierce battle with the demonic cultivator, Xie Jiuniang quickly snuck over and stored the Buddha statue in her storage pouch.

As soon as she got her hands on it, she immediately turned and fled.

She had snatched that dog man’s opportunity!^[1]Dog man: A derogatory term synonymous with calling a person a scumbag.

Hahaha, the treasure now belonged to me.

As she ran, Xie Jiuniang inwardly exclaimed with excitement.

Not long ago, she was utterly dejected, thinking she could never seize this destined opportunity and that fate was hard to defy.

Who knew there would be such an unexpected reversal?

After Lin Wangchen finally unleashed his trump card to kill the evil cultivator, he looted the demonic cultivator’s body for valuables, then set the corpse on fire.

As he was leaving, he circled back to the pond’s edge.

During that split second when earth and stone had collapsed earlier, he thought he glimpsed a flash of gold, but his Foundation Establishment spiritual sense found nothing after repeated searches.

Lin Wangchen left with regret.

Xie Jiuniang, on the other hand, returned to her parents flushed with excitement.

Seeing her state, Xie Shen and Mo Lan understood and swiftly led their daughter down the mountain.

Due to the incident on the rear mountain, some others were also hurrying down out of safety concerns. Xie Jiuniang’s family’s rushed demeanor was inconspicuous amidst the commotion.

Upon returning to their rented courtyard, they activated a defensive and isolation formation to block the spiritual sense probing from other cultivators.

Xie Shen stared at his daughter’s bright, gleaming eyes. “Daughter, did you find it?”

“Yes!” Xie Jiuniang nodded vigorously, her little mouth nearly splitting into a grin. “Let me show Father and Mother something amazing! Come, come, the great treasure little golden Buddha.”

Lo and behold, a small golden Buddha statue appeared.

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