Xie Shen and Mo Lan exchanged a glance.
Mo Lan opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but Xie Shen stopped her with a look and shook his head.
But suddenly, Jiujiu spoke up, "Dad, Mom, what should we do if we know there's a treasure here but can't find it?"
The couple were startled together!
Xie Shen blurted out, "Where did you hear about this, my girl? Is it reliable?"
"Reliable!"
Jiujiu knew her parents had doubts and that she couldn't say nothing or they'd worry, so she communicated via Divine Sense, "Dad, Mom, I've had a bit of a fortunate encounter, and I know where certain opportunities lie, it's not good to discuss the details..."
"Jiujiu!"
Mo Lan promptly interrupted her daughter's words, sternly warning her, "Some things are better kept in your heart, no need to tell anyone."
Jiujiu was taken aback, "Don't you want to know, Dad, Mom?"
"We don't want to," Mo Lan said endearingly as she pinched her daughter's tender little cheek, "as long as you're not in danger, that's all that matters."
Xie Shen echoed his wife, "My girl, Dad doesn't want to know either."
Upon learning the cause of their daughter's anomaly was a fortunate encounter, the parents finally put their worries to rest.
The three of them started searching together, not even sparing the area around the pond, but the Small Golden Buddha was nowhere to be seen.
Jiujiu wondered if Lin Wangchen had already obtained the Buddha statue before?
Had they come all this way for nothing?
Seeing the visible dejection in her daughter's eyes, Mo Lan comforted her, "If it's not our fate to have it, there's no need to be upset. Many people say there are opportunities in Wanfo Temple, but how many actually get them?"
Jiujiu smiled bitterly.
There was no use in feeling frustrated; what could she do about not finding it?
The family of three made their way back in front of Wanfo Temple's main hall.
Since they were here, they might as well offer incense. There were fewer visitors at this time, so they bought some incense sticks and were just about to enter the hall when suddenly, a loud "boom" came from the back mountain.
Was someone fighting?
And it was taking place in the temple's back mountain!
Some people scanned the area with their Divine Sense and saw a Tianxu Sect Foundation Establishment Disciple fighting with an Evil Cultivator.
One of them was Lin Wangchen!
"Dad, Mom, I need to go take care of something, I'll be right back," Jiujiu dropped the line and ran off in a flash.
As she dashed towards the pond on the back mountain, she slapped a Featherweight Talisman, Breath Concealment Talisman, and an Invisibility Talisman onto herself.
She was going to use every useful Talisman she had!
She sneaked near the pond quietly and indeed found traces of the fight, and not far from the pond, on the mountain wall, a large piece of mud and rocks had collapsed.
Revealing the corner of something gold!
Jiujiu was overjoyed.
Was it the golden Buddha statue?
While Lin Wangchen and the Evil Cultivator were fighting to the death, Jiujiu quickly sneaked over and put the Buddha statue into her Storage Bag.
Once she got it, she immediately turned and ran.
She had snatched the opportunity right from under that scoundrel's nose!
Ha ha ha, the treasure was Jiujiu's now.
As Jiujiu ran, her heart was shouting with excitement.
Just a moment ago, she was steeped in disappointment.
Thinking she couldn't grab the opportunity and that fate was unchangeable.
Who would've thought things would take such a turn so suddenly?
By the time Lin Wangchen finally used his trump card to kill the Evil Cultivator, took the valuables off his body, and burned the corpse with a fire,
He left, turning back towards the pond.
When the mud and rocks collapsed for a moment, he thought he saw a glint of gold, but despite searching multiple times with his Foundation Establishment Stage Divine Sense, he found nothing.
Lin Wangchen left with regret.
When Jiujiu returned to her parents, her little face was flushed with excitement.
Seeing this, Xie Shen and Mo Lan understood.
They quickly took their daughter and hastened down the mountain.
Because of the sudden incident on the back mountain, some visitors were anxious for their safety and hurried down. The hurried departure of Jiujiu and her parents actually attracted less attention.
They returned to the small courtyard they had rented.
They activated the Protective Array to block the probing of other Cultivators' Divine Sense.
Xie Shen looked eagerly into his daughter's eyes, "My girl, did you find it?"
"Yes!"
Jiujiu nodded vigorously, her smile almost splitting her face, "Let's show Mom and Dad! Come out, my big treasure, the Small Golden Buddha."
Lo and behold, a Small Golden Buddha statue appeared.