"I know," Li Mubai said, head bowed. "I need to repent before Buddha, recite scriptures, and help them transcend."
"You!" The Guardian Monk was taken aback.
How had a bloodthirsty executioner turned into a disciple seeking repentance before Buddha in an instant? The Guardian Monk couldn't grasp the situation right away. He hastily asked, "What on earth is going on? What did you experience in the Blood Pool? The Monk King said you could come out after forty-nine days, so why did you struggle for fifty-five days instead?"
"I made a deal with a devil," Li Mubai knelt before the Buddha and said at length: "I have become the successor to the nine-headed hydra. I possess the powerful strength of the Devil Clan, capable of summoning Spirit Beasts, and even have the memories of the nine-headed hydra. Now, my strength is astonishing."
"Good heavens!" The Guardian Monk almost fell to his knees.
"Where is His Holiness, the Monk King?" Li Mubai asked.
