CHAPTER 125: CHAPTER 126: WHO IS THE ATTACKER?

But now society simply can’t let Ksitigarbha hide.

Rather than that, it’s better to send him out proactively...

You can still get a lot of exchange points...

He just wants to gain some inspiration from Ksitigarbha’s state.

Martial Path of the Underworld, and the daggers from the Exotic Realm have brought him great benefits and treatment.

He hasn’t converted them into money, or rather, given his current path of cultivation, converting them to money is the dumbest way. Whether it’s the research progress of the Blood Qi Martial Path or the high-frequency dagger technology, both provide him with quite a lot.

It’s extremely worthwhile for him.

Thinking about it, Lu Ren released his hand and put down the phone.

Ksitigarbha took the chance to retreat several steps, saying displeasedly, "Alright kid, stop playing tricks. The path is wide now; let’s each walk our own way. Neither of us owes the other!"

If the system had a favorability indicator, Lu Ren felt Ksitigarbha’s favorability had already dropped to indifference.

He didn’t care much about this; one shouldn’t be too greedy, constantly seeking others’ things, lest they finally fall into a trap.

Wanting others’ things, unknowingly stepping into their abyss.

Moreover, Ksitigarbha walked a path not suited to him, only able to create a spirit-transcending path due to the impoverished production capacity of ancient times, and as for how far he’s gone, Lu Ren has asked Ksitigarbha, but he didn’t say much, instead skillfully evading.

Watching Ksitigarbha’s departing figure, Lu Ren squinted, pondered a moment, and still pulled out his phone.

"Hey, Sister Li, I’ve found a space-time anomaly point at Baoguang Temple. There’s a small space inside, with Buddhist shadows... Yes, just look at the phone GPS and come... Also, a skeleton came out... Make sure to report this, and give me more exchange items!"

"What? How didn’t I capture him? I only got out thanks to him, and taking him down like that isn’t good. Anyway, he shouldn’t have run far, you can chase him... yes, yes, yes yes."

After hanging up, Lu Ren stood up and slowly left.

Rather than Ksitigarbha getting blasted by unknown forces, it’s better to be taken in and managed.

Consider it saving his life.

There’s no need for him here for now, as the entrance to the spatial anomaly has been closed. To get back in, the current methods of the Security Department and others can’t freely enter these spatial anomalies; they can only find them passively, not even figuring out how they appear.

For modern disciplines that value logic and explanation, this is hard to accept.

It’s the first time humanity truly realized that facing the whole cosmos, they’re like infants in a cradle, their perspectives constantly shifting with recent events.

Many scientific fundamentals need reconstruction under these anomaly observations—a difficult, lengthy process, possibly extending over ten to twenty years before deriving a system theory.

Lu Ren silently pondered a moment, then let this matter go for the time being. But there’s still the question of who sent assassins after him, and the force behind Tie Feng, a Great Perfection Realm of Fist Technique.

Chen Daoli? Or the guys from the groups he previously dealt with?

No, likely not; those people couldn’t possibly use such means for revenge under such circumstances. If he really died because of it, the Security Department wouldn’t rest.

Then how did Tie Feng come about?

To return a favor?

The Security Bureau will definitely find some clues.

Once the Great Perfection Realm of Fist Technique arrives, the various boxing faction venues must be cleared.

Not only because he’s now the favored top protege heavily nurtured by the Security Department, but also because even Li Ziqing says they’ve done a lot to guide Lu Ren.

The supplemental resources from the Security Department have shown no shortages; there’re even secretly developed major medicines to nourish Lu Ren’s body.

Also, due to the Martial Arts Secret Techniques of the Underworld and technologies from the Otherworldly Ruins.

They give him a very special status in the Security Bureau, especially as the analytical progress continues, someone up top really values him.

Beyond that reason, if those boxing factions really dared kill Lu Ren with such impunity, this event would spark a widespread reaction throughout Huaxia.

No matter how powerful civilian boxing factions might be, facing official forces, even without modern weaponry, just the Martial Arts Family under the Security Bureau within the country, those top boxing factions pale in comparison.

Hence this possibility is extremely low; unless someone really lost their mind to do such a thing.

He’s already formulated a thought.

Not hesitating, he quickly descended the mountain, and at the foot, met Zhang Li, Xiao Chen, and others rushing over with Chen Daoli’s group.

Seeing him, they coldly snorted. Although they paused in shock, in the next moment turned their heads with an extremely indifferent look; most had a disgruntled gaze.

The Lamp of Freedom Observation allows Lu Ren to keenly sense this; though they view him negatively, yet without murderous intent, more an uneasy, dissatisfied attitude.

Not these people.

"Lu Ren, how’s your injury?" Seeing Lu Ren standing at the mountain’s edge, Zhang Li immediately parked and asked.

Lu Ren shook his head slightly, "Do you have water?"

"Yes." Xiao Chen handed Lu Ren a bottle of mineral water, watched him chug it, and handed another.

"Thank you!"

Lu Ren unhesitatingly took it and drank, and after downing four bottles of mineral water, his thirst eased.

After confirming Lu Ren was unharmed, Zhang Li began asking questions.

"That skeleton emerged from the anomaly at Baoguang Temple, and should still be in the nearby forest, not too far away."

Looking at the seven or eight helicopters swooshing overhead, Lu Ren silently wished Ksitigarbha well.

Under modern surveillance means, if he lacks special methods, it won’t be long before he’s caught.

It’s not about betraying Ksitigarbha, but being absorbed by the nation remains the best approach. If identified by other forces, Ksitigarbha would likely have a stress reaction to the unfamiliar modern society.

The Buddhist Sect nowadays is far from the Buddhist Sect of millennia ago.

Zhang Li, gazing into Lu Ren’s eyes, asked surprisedly, "What’s wrong with your eyes?"

Lu Ren shook his head slightly, "I’m fine, it’s from attacks within the Secret Realm causing it; rest will fade the blood streaks."

Zhang Li arranged personnel then, local military under orders was dispatched on site to assist mountain searches.

"Rest assured, the Security Bureau will stand up for you!"

Zhang Li spoke solemnly, "I’ll report this; without killing some, they don’t learn restraint."

Quite a spectacle.