Chapter 300 Success
The next day.

Ananda sat by the Eight Treasures Merit Pond, guarding the golden lotus of merit, never leaving.

Yang Jian knew this place. It was originally the Demon Pond.

For some unknown reason, it suddenly transformed into the Eight Treasures Merit Pond.

The pool is surrounded by eight treasures, with a conch in the pool and a Dharma wheel on the top. There is a treasure umbrella in the air with a white cover.

Beside the pool, there is a treasure bottle, from which clear water continuously flows into the pool.

From time to time, a goldfish leaps out of the water or plays around the lotus.

If Yang Jian wanted to enter the pool, he would not be able to hide it from Ananda.

We must find a way to divert it.

Yang Jian thought about it for a while and then came up with a plan.

Ananda stared at the goldfish in the pond in a daze. This goldfish was a rare treasure formed by the merits of the pond water, symbolizing liberation from calamity and transcendence of the world. It was rumored that this goldfish was the innate eye of gods and demons represented by the Hinayana Buddhism.

"Ananda, you are really here!"

Suddenly a voice came from behind.

Ananda looked back and exclaimed, "Brother Kasyapa?"

The person who came was none other than Kasyapa.

His heart suddenly skipped a beat. Senior Brother Jiaye was the most upright person. If he found out that Taoist Mosquito had neglected his duty, he would definitely expose the matter.

"Brother, why are you here?"

"There is something I don't know if I should tell you or not. It's related to Jin Niang. Jin Niang was transferred to guard the incense, flowers and candles at midnight yesterday. Who knew~."

Kasyapa wanted to say something but stopped himself.

Ananda stood up suddenly and asked hurriedly: "What happened to Jinniang?"

"The monk who secretly misappropriated the precious candle had an argument with Jinniang. Jinniang was seriously injured and her soul almost collapsed. She won't live for long! Brother saw that you care about Jinniang very much, so I came to inform you."

Upon hearing this, Ananda wanted to leave and visit Jinniang, but then he changed his mind and thought that the Golden Lotus of Merit was extremely important, and he couldn't get away from there.

Think of this.

He looked embarrassed and said, "Brother, Ananda has a favor to ask of you. Could you please help guard the Merit Golden Lotus for a while? Ananda will be back soon."

A look of joy instantly appeared on Kasyapa's face.

Ananda frowned slightly, feeling somewhat puzzled by Kasyapa's abnormal reaction.

"Brother, you~"

Jiaye's face suddenly turned gloomy: "Brother, I am also curious, why are you guarding here, why is Uncle Mosquito not here, could it be that he has deserted his post? I asked you to guard here for him!"

Ananda had no time to think about the strangeness of Kasyapa's behavior just now.

Jinniang was in imminent danger, and he had no time to explain to Jiaye. He could only shirk his responsibility and said, "Please forgive me, this is a long story. I will go see Jinniang first and apologize to you later."

"You go now. I hope you will have thought of an explanation when you come back."

"Thank you, senior brother."

Hearing this, Ananda looked at Kasyapa with gratitude and flew away.

Only Kashyapa was left by the Eight Treasures Merit Pond.

Suddenly, a three-pointed, double-edged sword appeared in Kasyapa's hand. He jumped into the pond, his legs sinking into the mud, and walked towards the lotus in the center.

He had only taken two steps when his expression changed.

Unable to maintain the seventy-two transformations, Yang Jian's true form was revealed.

There was an inexplicable force in the pool water, and it kept surging towards his body.

He only felt that the blood in his body became boiling hot, and blue blood vessels showed clear marks on his body.

As Yang Jian continued to go deeper, the blue blood vessels gradually turned red, as if there were flames burning, and then turned from red to black, and then black with a hint of red.

It was the karmic fire in his blood that encountered the pool of merit. A steady stream of merit was injected into his body and absorbed by the karmic fire, making it more and more vigorous.

An inexplicable feeling grew in the blood and muscles, which was extremely terrifying.

"Boom~"

Yang Jian was set on fire.

His karmic fire body began to move uncontrollably and he turned into a man of fire.

All of a sudden, he felt the world begin to spin, and the golden lotus of merit in the distance seemed to be dancing, and the water in the pond was floating.

"Demon Eye! What's going on!" Yang Jian questioned the Demon Eye.

He had never heard of such an unusual situation.

The abnormality in his body at this time caused him great trouble and prevented him from moving forward smoothly.

[There are too many karmic fires. The karmic fire in your previous body was far beyond my imagination. This pool of merit saw you as if it had seen its real father. The karmic fire is strengthening your physique! Quantitative change leads to qualitative change. Perhaps your previous pure golden body will go a step further.]

The Demon Eye explained.

Yang Jian endured the discomfort and walked towards the Golden Lotus of Merit.

With every step you take, a huge amount of merit and power will flow into your body, serving as nutrients for the karmic fire.

After approaching the golden lotus, Yang Jian felt that his legs had vaguely touched the lotus root. He suppressed the dizziness and reached his hand into the mud to feel around.

As soon as I reached inside, I touched something cold and round.

He lifted it with one hand.

"Wow~"

Yang Jian brought up a piece of lotus root, which was sectioned like bamboo, but rounder and thicker than bamboo.

It was stained with black silt, but it did not have the usual stench of silt, instead it exuded a fresh fragrance.

"One, two, three, four, five, six~"

The lotus root of the Golden Lotus has only six nodes.

Yang Jian counted five sections and then broke them apart with force.

"Click~"

The cross-section of the lotus root is as white and delicate as mutton-fat jade, and the fragrance becomes more and more intense.

Yang Jian put the lotus root into his sleeve and left the pool.

He didn't dare to stay long, and quickly changed into a flying insect and flew away.

Ananda went towards the main hall and when he entered he saw Jinniang cleaning the candlesticks. She didn't look like she was seriously injured or dying.

"Jinniang, you~"

"Ananda!"

When Jinniang saw Ananda coming over, she was instantly delighted: "You were the one who transferred me here, right~"

Ananda responded dully.

It was as if a thunderclap sounded in his mind.

The shock made him dizzy.

Mei Niang is fine, Jiaye is lying to him, why?
Could it be that he is plotting to obtain the Golden Lotus of Merit?
He turned away stiffly, and rushed back to take a look.

"It's really inexplicable~"

Jinniang was a little confused and watched Ananda come and go.

Ananda ran into Kasyapa halfway through the journey and said, "Brother, why are you here? Shouldn't you be at the Eight Treasures Merit Pond?"

Jiaye looked puzzled: "Eight Treasures Merit Pool? Why should I go there? You don't have any inappropriate thoughts, do you? The merits in the pool can enhance cultivation, and many fellow disciples do want to enter it.

But the Eight Treasures Merit Pool is guarded by Master Mosquito. If you approach it without a valid reason, you will be forced to face the wall for a hundred years at best, or even have your cultivation of a hundred years abolished at worst. Don't do anything stupid!"

"Nothing, nothing~"

Ananda shook his head slowly.

At this moment, he suddenly realized that the Brother Kasyapa he had just seen might have been an impostor.

Then he said goodbye to Kasyapa and hurried back to the Eight Treasures Merit Pond.

There was no one here.

There were ripples on the water.

It looked no different from when he left.

wrong!

Ananda keenly noticed something unusual.

The water surface was slightly turbid, and the golden lotus and the goldfish in the pond all looked a little listless!

There is only one possibility for this situation to occur, and that is that the merits in the pool have decreased!

(End of this chapter)