[You choose the three-entry courtyard closest to you. The White Elephant Demon withdraws the Dharma cloud and brings you down to the ground.]

[Your sudden arrival draws the attention of many Extreme Evil monsters. They all turn their heads to stare at you, their gloomy black pupils filled with dense malice, and their smiles strange and terrifying.]

[The White Elephant Demon’s expression tightens, and it is about to take out its pair of lotus iron hammers, but then it sees that the monsters have already withdrawn their gazes and continue wandering.]

[It cannot help asking you aloud, Junior brother, these monsters look like mad dogs about to bite people, and it is obvious they have already lost their minds. Why did they become obedient when they saw us?]

[Could it be that these monsters also know to bully the weak and fear the strong?]

[You shake your head. The reason the Extreme Evil monsters have not taken the initiative to attack is because the White Elephant Demon and your Child of Evil Shell both belong to their kind.]

[In their eyes, the White Elephant Demon is also an Extreme Evil monster, while you are filled from head to toe with endless malice. It would not be an exaggeration to call you the source of all evil.] 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

[If not for the fact that they still have instinct-like faith and need to offer their incense malice to gods, they might even bow down to you and worship you as the chief of all evils…]

[You and the White Elephant Demon pass through the crowd of Extreme Evil monsters, circle around the surrounding wall outside the building, and arrive at the main gate. You see giant red lacquer pillars, and the horizontal plaque above the gate reads Fengyang Academy in large gold characters on a black background.]

[You recall the records in Vermilion Geographical Records. Fengyang Academy was initially a temple that worshipped gods and Buddhas. Later, for various reasons, it was rebuilt into an academy for scripture lecturing, Dharma spreading, and researching scriptures and ancient texts.]

[The scripture masters inside who studied scriptures and examined Buddhist classics were all people with exceptional wisdom-root, one in ten thousand. They could learn all kinds of great divine arts from Buddhist classics…]

[You push open the academy gate. The creaking sound of the door opening is very ear-piercing.]

[Behind the gate is a long brick and stone walkway. On both sides are courtyards, artificial mountains, and trees. The walkway extends and connects to the ceremonial gate and a large hall behind it.]

[Quite a few Extreme Evil monsters wander in the courtyard. The sound of the door opening causes them all to turn their heads, but after they clearly see you two senior brothers, they move their gazes away without much interest.]

[The White Elephant Demon leans close to you and says softly, Junior brother, these monsters are all ordinary mortals with very poor strength. Leaving them here is very obstructive. Why don’t we…]

[As it speaks, the White Elephant Demon makes a throat-slitting gesture.]

[You consider briefly and nod.]

[The White Elephant Demon picks up its pair of lotus iron hammers and casually smashes an Extreme Evil monster passing in front of it into meat paste.]

[In an instant, many monsters stare at the White Elephant Demon in unison, malice surging and boiling in their eyes, and all of them pounce forward at once!]

[These monsters seem to deliberately avoid you, all launching attacks toward the White Elephant Demon.]

[The vajra pestle in your hand transforms into a three-pointed spear. As cold light flashes, it pierces through the heads of several Extreme Evil monsters, causing them to collapse to the ground one after another.]

[You have defeated Extreme Evil Fengyang Academy Pure Assembly. Experience slightly increases.]

[You have defeated…]

[Many gazes filled with malice look fiercely toward you. You sneer and glare back into their gazes, the malice in your eyes even stronger and purer than that of the Extreme Evil monsters!]

[The monsters all avoid your gaze, not daring to look at you, and continue attacking the White Elephant Demon.]

[After a few breaths, the White Elephant Demon cleans up all the wandering monsters in the courtyard. What leaves it somewhat puzzled is that you clearly also launched attacks against the monsters, yet for some unknown reason, the monsters all rushed at it…]

[After eliminating the monsters, you and the White Elephant Demon follow the walkway through the ceremonial gate and arrive before the first large hall, which has a plaque reading Hall of the Most Sacred.]

[You push open the hall doors, and you and the White Elephant Demon both stand frozen in place.]

[Because the divine image worshipped inside the hall…]

[The divine image is in the form of a woman, draped in black gauze and holding a treasure vase. Her figure is slender, her waist is slim, and her feet are bare. Beneath her is a black lotus Dharma seat.]

[You have discovered the divine image of Great Dark Endless Delusion Bodhisattva!]

[You cannot help swallowing and ask the White Elephant Demon beside you, Senior brother, is this your Bodhisattva’s territory?]

[The White Elephant Demon comes back to its senses and is about to step forward to worship and bow. Only after you forcibly pull it back does it say to you with an equally puzzled expression, Bodhisattva’s Incense Power dojo in the human realm is not in Vermilion, but in Sindhu Kingdom west of Vermilion.]

[Hearing this, you recall the records in Vermilion Geographical Records. West of Vermilion, crossing one thousand li of the Gobi desert and ten thousand li of another great desert, there is a kingdom of Sindhu. The title Sindhu has varied disputes and old names such as Shendu, Xiandu, Tianzhu, and so on. It is the land of gods and Buddhas beneath Western Pure Bliss Heaven.]

[To put it more plainly, Vermilion is the flourishing country of a mortal dynasty, while Sindhu is the country established by the family members, offspring, clansmen, and descendants of gods and Buddhas after they awakened and proved the Dao.]

[That place is closest to Western Pure Bliss Heaven, and is also convenient for the descendants and relatives of those gods and Buddhas to prove the Dao, attain liberation, and go to Western Pure Bliss…]

[The White Elephant Demon is also very surprised that a Bodhisattva divine image appears here, but after remembering that this is an academy, it suddenly understands.]

[Its Bodhisattva’s original Buddhist title was Great Wisdom Endless Intent Bodhisattva, known as foremost in eloquence in the three realms, possessing great prajna and great wisdom. Fengyang Academy is a place for studying scriptures and Buddhist Dharma, so it is not surprising that this Bodhisattva is worshipped here.]

[You sweep a glance through the Hall of the Most Sacred. Seeing there is nothing special, you quickly exit the hall, tightly close the doors, and pull the White Elephant Demon deeper into the academy.]

[The White Elephant Demon scratches its head and says, Junior brother, not worshipping after seeing our own Bodhisattva, isn’t that too rude? If Bodhisattva finds out, She will definitely blame us…]

Lin Xun thought to himself that if your Bodhisattva discovered the two of them were here, how could it be as simple as blame? If She did not flay them and pull out their tendons, it would only be because She was not on Her period.

[You pull the White Elephant Demon and quickly go deeper, arriving at the second building within the academy.]

[This place seems to be a lecture hall, with teaching tables, desks, chairs, brushes, ink, and other teaching tools. However, the many seats are all empty. Only before the leading teaching table is there an old scripture master holding a scripture and wearing a kasaya.]

[This old scripture master’s figure is flickering and indistinct, hazy and somewhat unreal.]

[You focus your eyes and discover that this old scripture master is actually not a living person, but a divine soul!]

[In the corner of the lecture hall lies a set of rotten white bones. It wears the same kasaya as the old scripture master, and comparing the two, their body types are almost the same.]

[You instantly understand that this old scripture master has already been dead for a long time. It is just unknown what divine ability he used to make his divine soul temporarily remain here.]

[Judging from the degree of solidity of his divine soul, it is far from the level of immortality, but more like a cultivator’s soul leaving the body.]

[When the old scripture master sees the two of you arrive in the lecture hall, he glares angrily and shouts, Hey! Why did you two dissolute monks only just come to listen to the lecture?!]

[Go stand by the wall! Stand there for a full hour before rolling out!]

[Being ordered around by a mortal and pointed at while spit is sprayed on its face, how could the White Elephant Demon ever have suffered this kind of anger? On the spot, it is about to erupt and smash him with a hammer until his soul scatters and spirit disperses.]

Lin Xun narrowed his eyes, knowing this was most likely some plot event.

[You stop the White Elephant Demon, shake your head, then say to the old scripture master, Master, it is wrong for us two to be late, but we are already the earliest to arrive.]

[Did Master not notice that none of the other monks have come to attend class even at this hour?]

[The old scripture master is stunned when he hears this. He looks toward the empty lecture hall. There is not a single person among the seats, only you two standing at the doorway.]

[He sighs somewhat dispiritedly, then forces himself to regain his spirit and says, You… if the two of you can answer his examination question, he will waive the punishment and allow you two to listen to the lecture.]

[Listen carefully. Our academy worships Great Dark Endless Delusion Bodhisattva. Do you know what fruit rank this Bodhisattva first awakened and proved the Dao with? And what fruit rank She has now attained?]

Lin Xun smiled disdainfully. Wasn’t this a free point question?

Although he was a fake disciple and did not know the Bodhisattva’s exact information, the White Elephant Demon, as the Bodhisattva’s eldest disciple, definitely knew.

[You look toward the White Elephant Demon beside you, preparing to let senior brother answer, but see the White Elephant Demon’s mouth slightly open, its expression very conflicted.]

[Your heart thumps, and you have a very ominous premonition.]