Chapter 24: The Appearance of Daoist Master Li Quan
Word Number：318
Author：闲穿径竹
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Release Time：2025-06-26
A woman dressed as a Buddhist nun stormed out of the temple, her voice ringing with righteous fury. “Heretics of the demon cult! How dare you openly worship the so-called ‘Radiant Lord’, spreading deceitful doctrines? You twist the true teachings of Buddhism, mixing them with foreign beliefs to mislead the masses. Such blasphemy cannot be tolerated! My Chongfu Nunnery will never coexist with your wicked sect—we shall exterminate every last one of you!” Liu Chengyuan studied the nun with quiet curiosity. She was a small, sallow-faced woman in her late thirties, her cheeks speckled with freckles, lending her an air of wearied resilience. But it was the weapon in her hand that truly caught his eye—an odd contraption with the hilt of a mace, yet adorned with an oval plate that gleamed like burnished bronze, resembling, in its curious way, the ceremonial fan held aloft behind the emperor on his grand processions. Behind her, two young girls trailed in silence, no more than sixteen or seventeen, their plain robes marking them as lay disciples, though there was something in their watchful gaze that suggested they were more than mere attendants. The nun raised her strange weapon—neither quite a fan nor a paddle—and brought it down toward the Khitan woman of the Manichaean sect. The latter, outmatched, staggered backwards, the blow all but inevitable. In a flash, Liu Chengyuan leapt between them, his movements swift as a falcon in flight. With the force of a Guanzhong fighter’s fierce legwork, he drove a powerful kick toward the nun’s wrist. But she was quick—twisting aside with practised ease, she let his strike cut through empty air. With a swift motion, the nun swung her peculiar weapon sideways, aiming straight for Liu Chengyuan’s waist. Yet he did not retreat. Instead, he sprang off his left foot, his right knee shooting upward in a shar
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