The royal garden, the courtyard is deep! There is a smell of blood in the air.

Tang Zhiqian and Lv Yingxi did not move.

Feng Yi and Fu Jinlin’s bodies were still nearby, with flies landing on them, which was creepy. So, as long as it was not the time when the fish died and the net broke, Tang Zhiqian and the others did not want to fight desperately with Xue Zhao.

Not everyone can bravely draw their swords in the face of death!

Xue Zhao rushed to the eunuch in front of him and drew a palm-sized bronze dagger from his pocket, stabbing it towards the eunuch’s neck.

But before he could stab, the soldiers with crossbows had already shot.

Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! The crossbow arrows, with the sound of breaking wind, accurately nailed Xue Zhao’s right arm, left leg, and chest.

Ah! Xue Zhao screamed in pain and fell to the ground.

“Someone! Someone! Chop this beastly man into minced meat!”

While quickly retreating, the eunuch shouted loudly with a sharp voice, piercing to the ears.

The soldiers immediately rushed towards Xue Zhao, the sound of their armor rubbing against each other, emitting the sound of iron and blood colliding, and a strong killing intent immediately filled the air.

“He’s doomed!” Guo Zheng sneered. It seemed that killing the eunuch was not the way to get out of this contaminated situation.

Clang! Clang! The soldiers drew their swords and started hacking and chopping at Xue Zhao.

The sharp blades cut through Xue Zhao’s body, causing his skin to split open. The soldiers who exerted more force could even chop off a piece of flesh!

Ah! Ah! Xue Zhao screamed in pain, but after a few screams, he fell silent. He lay motionless on the ground, but the soldiers did not stop. They continued chopping for a full minute.

When the eunuch ordered the soldiers to stop and leave, everyone saw that Xue Zhao lying in a pool of blood on the ground was no longer recognizable.

“Ugh!” Zhou Ya covered her mouth, otherwise she would vomit.

“Lowly commoner!” The eunuch cursed, “Go and bring a few dogs to eat him!”

“Yes!” A soldier took the order.

“You, as medicine people, offering your lives to the king is the great fortune you have accumulated in three lifetimes. Remember to be grateful!” The eunuch admonished, “Anyone who dares to rebel will be dismembered by five horses!”

“Fuck you!” Everyone cursed in their hearts, although they dared not say it out loud.

Tang Zhiqian didn’t have much resistance in the first place, and now seeing Xue Zhao in such a state, the last bit of courage in his heart dissipated.

The young man with an earring felt desperate. It seemed that he was really going to become a eunuch.

“Take them down for bathing and changing clothes!” The eunuch put his hands into his wide sleeves. These medicinal wines were for the supreme king to drink, so these commoners had to be cleaned and not a trace of filth should be left.

The eunuch who had previously handed the handkerchief to the eunuch with a blue hat stepped forward from the crowd. His gaze swept over everyone. He didn’t speak, but his meaning was clear: follow him.

He was in charge of the bathing and changing process.

[As the saying goes, there is a greedy official above, naturally there is a money-loving subordinate below!]

[My bottom line is flexible, as long as you have money.]

Everyone followed the eunuch with the blue hat and walked towards the bathhouse in the courtyard, with soldiers following closely to guard against any escape.

“What should we do next?” Hua Yueyu was very nervous. “Are we really going to become those medicine people? I feel like we will die!”

“We have to. Without fully understanding and breaking the contaminated rules, there is no way to solve this!” Xia Hongyao explained quietly.

The terrifying thing about the contaminated rules was that even if everyone went all out and killed all the soldiers in the courtyard, who could guarantee that there would be no new reinforcements? In the God’s Ruins, many of the physics knowledge and common sense that everyone usually came into contact with and learned could be twisted and overturned.

“It’s fortunate to be with Xiaobai!” Hua Yueyu sighed. This was the only thing that made her feel at ease.

“I just want to pick up my Giant Locust Leg!” Guo Zheng stared at the weapons in the distance, feeling so uncomfortable that he wanted to cry.

Although this weapon was not very sharp and only had an additional effect that allowed people to jump high, it was Guo Zheng’s first weapon and had great sentimental value.

“Wait!” The eunuch suddenly spoke up. The eunuch with the blue hat immediately stopped, turned around, and bowed respectfully, waiting for the eunuch’s instructions.

The already anxious crowd became even more panicked.

What did this dead eunuch want to do? The eunuch walked over and stopped in front of Gu Rongjie.

Gu Rongjie lowered her head, trembling all over, and constantly lamenting in her heart. Why did he target me again?

“Take off your clothes!” The eunuch commanded.

“Ah?” Gu Rongjie was dumbfounded and subconsciously grabbed her collar.

Lin Baici frowned, enough to crush a crab. What did this eunuch want to do? And after “dealing with” Gu Rongjie, would it cause trouble for others?

“Take off your clothes!” The eunuch scolded, his voice stern this time.

Gu Rongjie dared not disobey and quickly unbuttoned her clothes, took off her Hermès belt, and removed her white suit dress.

The female CEO covered her chest with both hands, looking timidly at the eunuch.

“Continue undressing!” The eunuch ordered.

Gu Rongjie burst into tears, but when she thought of the unlucky ones who were killed earlier, she didn’t dare to refuse. She could only take off her pearl-colored shirt and remove her flesh-colored pantyhose.

“What does this dead eunuch want to do?” Gu Rongjie was very scared. She was now only left with her underwear and the pair of white high-heeled shoes with hollow sides on her feet.

“Continue undressing!”

The eunuch stared at Gu Rongjie expressionlessly.

The girls panicked when they heard this. After all, once Gu Rongjie was dealt with, it might be their turn!

Gu Rongjie burst into tears this time. She turned her head and looked at Lin Baici for help.

“Take off your necklace, earrings, and give them to it!” Lin Baici spoke up.

“Ah?” Gu Rongjie was stunned.

“What ‘ah’? Hurry up!” Lin Baici noticed that the eunuch didn’t care about Gu Rongjie’s body, but was examining the quality of her clothes, with his gaze wandering over her jewelry such as the necklace and earrings.

Considering the food god’s comments on this eunuch’s ingredients just now, it was clear what this greedy eunuch wanted.

This auntie was the CEO of an entertainment company, with a net worth of at least hundreds of millions, if not billions. So, her clothes, including her jewelry, were all luxury items.Therefore, the eunuch chief set his sights on her. He wanted these valuable items. Gu Rongjie quickly took off the Cartier necklace and earrings she was wearing.

“Hold them with both hands and present them!” Lin Baici reminded.

Upon hearing this, the eunuch chief glanced at Lin Baici and smiled approvingly.

She was sensible. If it weren’t for her being too good-looking, which posed a huge threat to herself, she could have been chosen as an eunuch.

Gu Rongjie was just too flustered. She was not lacking in emotional intelligence. Now that she heard Lin Baici say this, she understood everything. She looked at the expression of the eunuch chief.

Understood! Not only did she present the necklace and earrings, but she also took off the Audemars Piguet watch worth over a hundred thousand yuan from her hand and presented it to the eunuch chief with both hands.

“Please accept them!” Gu Rongjie smiled apologetically.

“Mmm!” The eunuch chief was very satisfied. The wide sleeves of his robe brushed over Gu Rongjie’s hands, and without any specific movements, the things in the hands of the female CEO were gone by the time the sleeves brushed past.

“You may leave!” The eunuch chief’s words granted Gu Rongjie amnesty. She felt relieved and her legs went weak, almost falling to the ground.

“Indeed, I still have to rely on Lin Baici’s guidance!”

Gu Rongjie pondered on how to cling to Lin Baici’s golden thigh.

At present, that female bear and the steel girl were the biggest rivals. As for his senior sister Zhou and her green tea best friend, they were not worth worrying about at all.

If it were a palace drama, Gu Rongjie was confident that she would not let them survive past one episode.

“You, come out!” The eunuch chief called out again, this time it was Lü Yingxi.

Coming from a noble family, Lü Yingxi’s family was very wealthy. The things she casually bought for daily use were all top-notch. That’s why she caught the sharp eyes of the eunuch chief.

Without Lin Baici’s reminder, Lü Yingxi took off all the valuable items on her body and presented them to the eunuch chief.

“Good girl!” The eunuch chief praised and waved his hand, letting Lü Yingxi leave. Then, his gaze swept over the crowd and landed on Du Xin.

Du Xin loved to dress up and buy luxury goods. She often wore large earrings and bracelets, and even the bag she carried was a famous brand that ordinary people couldn’t afford. Now that she was targeted by the eunuch chief, Du Xin immediately panicked and explained.

“They’re fake! They’re all fake! They’re actually worthless!” Du Xin said while taking off all her jewelry and even her bag, holding them with both hands and handing them to the eunuch chief.

At this moment, her heart was bleeding.

Because this Chanel bag was real, and she still hadn’t paid off her credit card for buying it.

The eunuch chief swiped his right hand over Du Xin’s hands, and the things immediately disappeared. However, it didn’t let Du Xin leave. Instead, it looked at her feet.

“What the hell, even my shoes?”

Du Xin was about to be furious, but she didn’t dare to complain and quickly took off her shoes.

She was wearing a pair of Valentino high heels with crystal decorations on them, which looked like diamonds. That’s why the eunuch chief targeted them.

The eunuch chief was not satisfied and frowned. It felt that this woman was still hiding valuable items.

“I really don’t have anything left!” Du Xin cried. She only had a tight skirt left on her body.

“Hmph!” The eunuch chief snorted coldly and kicked Du Xin in the abdomen.

Bang!

“Get lost!” The eunuch chief scolded. It hated poor people who couldn’t squeeze out any oil.

Du Xin held her stomach and quickly moved aside. Then she saw the eunuch chief standing next to Lin Baici. Everyone else also looked over.

“Xiaobai!” Hua Yueyu looked worried. Xiaobai had too many good things. If the eunuch chief took them away, it would be a huge loss.

Xia Hongyao gave Lin Baici a meaningful look. If Xiaobai started a fight, she would give it her all.

Lin Baici was well-prepared. He took off the Rolex watch nicknamed “Green Water Ghost” on his left wrist and presented it to the eunuch chief.

The eunuch chief didn’t accept it. Instead, it looked at the backpack Lin Baici was carrying on his back.

“What’s inside?” The eunuch chief was like a greedy Brave Troops, not letting go of any piece of meat it saw.

“Some food, paper and pen, umbrella, tissue.” Lin Baici introduced, took off the backpack, opened it, and poured the contents out on the ground as if they were worthless toys.

The eunuch chief glanced at it and focused on the black alms bowl among them, observing it carefully.

“Damn, it’s still targeted!” Lin Baici was most worried about this situation.

“Why do you have a monk’s alms bowl?” The eunuch chief questioned.

“I just recently left the monastic life, and I’m relatively poor. Sometimes when I don’t have food to eat, I carry an alms bowl to beg for food from house to house!” Lin Baici explained.

Not to mention that the black alms bowl contained all of Lin Baici’s spoils, even the alms bowl itself was a very practical Divine Taboo. If it was taken away by the eunuch chief, he would cry to death.

Lin Baici was nervous inside, but he didn’t show it on his face. In order to enhance the persuasiveness of his words and reduce the eunuch chief’s greed, he began to chant the Heart Sutra.

When the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara was practicing the profound Prajna Paramita, he illuminated the Five Skandhas and saw that they were all empty, and he crossed all suffering and difficulty.

…

In order to increase the persuasiveness that he was a monk, Lin Baici used Sanskrit and activated the divine grace of the Sanskrit chanting of the Buddha’s voice. His voice immediately became ethereal, melodious, and profound, as if a highly accomplished monk was preaching.

Resolving all the world’s hardships and transforming all the sufferings of life.

The eunuch chief was not interested in Buddhist scriptures. It was about to tell Lin Baici to shut up, but after hearing a few Buddhist chants, it didn’t speak anymore. It stood there, quietly listening.

Xia Hongyao and Hua Yueyu were originally worried about Lin Baici’s safety and that his things would be taken away by the eunuch chief. But when they heard this chanting, their spirits immediately calmed down. The others were almost the same.

They had been suddenly trapped in God’s Ruins and experienced consecutive death incidents, which scared them to the core. Now, hearing Lin Baici’s chanting, their wounded souls felt as if they were being gently caressed by their mothers, and all the exhaustion and scars dissipated.

The Heart Sutra was not long, consisting of only 260 words. Lin Baici quickly finished reciting it.

“Amitabha!” Lin Baici imitated the appearance of the Muscle Buddha, reciting the Buddha’s name and bowing, without any flaws in the details. He was perfect, like a master of profound Buddhist teachings.

“Amitabha!” The eunuch chief instinctively responded.”Take them to bathe and change clothes!”

The eunuch commander ordered the eunuch with the blue hat to stop plundering other people’s wealth.

“Alright!” Lin Baici secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the alms bowl was plain and simple, with only a gold rim at the bottom and the mouth of the bowl. It was all black and looked more like an iron wrist. If it were golden or the magnificent purple-gold alms bowl that Tang Sanzang had, it would definitely not be preserved.

Of course, Lin Baici’s chanting also played a big role.

“Follow me!” The eunuch with the blue hat led the way to the bathhouse.

Everyone followed. Tang Zhiqian and the young man with the earring stayed behind. They were going to be cleansed. If it were before, they would definitely be restless and distressed, as they were about to be cut. But now, after hearing Lin Baici’s chanting, they were quite calm.

What joy is there in life, and what suffering is there in death?

Cut off this root of troubles with one slash!

Amitabha.

Tang Zhiqian felt like a master who had seen through the world, able to burn at least a hundred relics after his death.

Xia Hongyao and Guo Zheng were divine hunters, with strong mental willpower, so the impact of the Buddhist chant on them was relatively less.

After walking about thirty meters, Guo Zheng suddenly came to his senses.

“What the hell, another divine blessing?” Guo Zheng was shocked, looking at Lin Baici, his eyes widened in disbelief, mixed with intense envy and jealousy. “Brother Lin, how many kinds of divine blessings do you know?”

“The Buddha said it cannot be said.” Lin Baici smiled faintly.

“…”

If jealousy could turn into lemonade, the juice squeezed from Guo Zheng could fill up West Lake.

“My eye for picking people is simply amazing!”

Xia Hongyao smiled and patted Lin Baici’s back forcefully, feeling proud!

No, when I go back this time, I have to have a fight with my older sister. Losing Little Linzi, I will regret it for a lifetime.

It doesn’t matter, I won’t be a member of the Nine Provinces Dragon Guard anymore. I’ll become a wild divine hunter with Little Linzi.

The eunuch with the blue hat led everyone into a bathhouse.

“Men on this side, women on that side, hurry up and take off your clothes to bathe, don’t keep the eunuch commander waiting!” The eunuch with the blue hat urged in a sharp voice.

The bathhouse had two rooms, with curtains hanging on them, each with the character ‘男’ (men) and ‘女’ (women) written on them in seal script.

This was the place where the eunuchs and palace maids bathed.

They couldn’t dare to serve the king and the noble ones while being dirty.

“Hongyao!”

Lin Baici worried.

“Don’t worry, leave it to me!”

With a high ponytail, Xia Hongyao gave a thumbs up and followed a palace maid into the women’s bathhouse.

Lin Baici and the others, under the urging of the eunuch with the blue hat, entered the men’s bathhouse.

“Quick, take off your clothes!” The eunuch with the blue hat covered his nose with his robe, his face full of disgust, as if Lin Baici and the others were dirty and smelly, as if they would defile it.

Everyone had no choice but to comply and quickly stripped naked.

“Go and bathe!” The eunuch with the blue hat waved his hand, urging them to enter the bathhouse. However, when Lin Baici walked in with his bag, he was stopped.

“Why are you still holding onto this thing?” The eunuch with the blue hat scolded, “Throw it away!”

“…”

Lin Baici didn’t expect there to be such a little incident, but he was prepared for it.

Guo Zheng was feeling comfortable this time. He had lost the leg of the giant locust, and he was already feeling dissatisfied. Now that he saw Lin Baici about to suffer a loss, he felt extremely delighted. Moreover, no matter how you looked at it, Lin Baici had more divine taboos than him, and they were more valuable.

“Someone, take these tattered clothes and burn them, be careful of fleas!” The eunuch with the blue hat ordered.

A eunuch came in and immediately took away the clothes of Lin Baici and the others.

“Brother Lin, don’t lose sight of the bigger picture. Give it to it first, and we’ll get it back later!” Guo Zheng comforted.

Lin Baici glanced at Guo Zheng and suddenly walked up to the eunuch with the blue hat, reaching into its robe sleeve.

“What are you doing…” The eunuch with the blue hat was startled. In a scream, it suddenly stepped back, about to call the guards, but then it suddenly shut its mouth.

A strange expression appeared on its face, then it became ecstatic.

“This alms bowl is my eating utensil, can I keep it?” Lin Baici suggested, and then he reached into his backpack and grabbed a handful of knife coins, gold beans, and turtle shells, stuffing them into the eunuch with the blue hat’s robe sleeve.

The eunuch with the blue hat shook off Lin Baici’s hand, but it had already taken the things.

“Cough cough!” The eunuch with the blue hat coughed twice, looking at Lin Baici’s backpack.

“It’s gone, I’ve given it all to you!” Lin Baici muttered softly.

He had seen the eunuch commander’s greed earlier and thought about the food god’s comments on this eunuch with the blue hat’s ingredients. So on the way to the bathhouse, he took some valuable items from the black altar alms bowl and put them in his backpack.

As the saying goes, it’s better to deal with the king of hell than with a troublesome little ghost. Lin Baici was prepared for any unexpected situations, but he didn’t expect to use it so soon.

These knife coins, gold beans, and turtle shells were collected by Lin Baici near the altar and the Sword Pavilion. Among them, the knife coins were the cheapest.

The turtle shells were used for divination and were taken from a thousand-year-old giant turtle. They were polished very smoothly and were actually quite valuable.

“May the Buddha be merciful. You can keep the alms bowl, but not the backpack!” The eunuch with the blue hat looked at the money and made a compromise.

Lin Baici sighed and pretended to be reluctant, placing the backpack on the ground. “Alright!”

“…” Guo Zheng was dumbfounded.

This is possible? But thinking about it, it does make sense. Who doesn’t love money?

Even the Buddha needs tribute.

Everyone left the changing room and entered the bathhouse, immediately feeling the hot steam rushing towards them.

“Brother Lin, I admire you!”

Guo Zheng gave a thumbs up, full of admiration. This guy was born to be a divine hunter. Regretting not trusting Lin Baici a little more earlier and keeping the leg of the giant locust for him, he wouldn’t be empty-handed now.

Inside the bathhouse, there was a large pool filled with hot water, sprinkled with flower petals.

This was because Lin Baici and the others were going to soak in the medicinal wine, so they were given this treatment.

“Ah, my stomach hurts. You guys go ahead and bathe, I’ll go to the toilet!” Lin Baici turned around and left.

Guo Zheng soaked in the water, thinking about what troubles they might encounter next and how to solve them. The more he thought about it, the more he got a headache.

Damn! This rule pollution is too difficult, leaving people clueless. They could only take it step by step and see what happens.Lin Baici returned to the changing room and saw a man in a blue hat rummaging through his backpack, obviously looking for hidden compartments and potential wealth.

The man in the blue hat was visibly embarrassed when he saw Lin Baici suddenly appear.

“The weapon that looks like an insect leg that my friend lost earlier, go find it for me, and I’ll give you a golden bean!” Lin Baici said, sitting comfortably in a chair, tossing a few golden beans in his right hand.

The man in the blue hat was first delighted, then angry, “Didn’t you say you were out of money?”

“This is my friend’s. He has a special ability to hide things in his stomach!” Lin Baici made up a reason on the spot, but his tone was very serious, “There are many strange things in this world that you haven’t seen.”

“Wait here!” The man in the blue hat believed him and hurriedly left after speaking.

Lin Baici habitually glanced at his wrist.

His Rolex was gone. Lin Baici’s mouth twitched slightly, feeling a bit lost. After all, he had been wearing it for a month and had grown attached to it.

“I’ll buy one when I get out of God’s Ruins!” Lin Baici now had the confidence and strength. He was about to receive a million-dollar prize, and he had already obtained two Divine Taboos and a meteorite from this trip to God’s Ruins.

The Ask God Turtle Shell was somewhat useful, but the Dragon Tooth King Sword was top-notch. If he sold it on the black market, it would probably cause a frenzy.

He wondered if he could get a Divine Grace next?

“There’s no one around, time to eat!”

The Food God was referring to the meteorite.

Lin Baici looked around and saw that there was indeed no one. He quickly put the black pot to his mouth.

“Eat porridge! Eat porridge!” A vortex immediately appeared at the mouth of the black pot.

Lin Baici reached in and took out the meteorite, along with a bottle of mineral water.

But before he could clean the meteorite, two translucent slender arms extended from his shoulders, shimmering with a faint blue light, like condensed starlight.

Stop! The starlight arms grabbed the meteorite and tried to stuff it into Lin Baici’s mouth.

“No! I’ll do it myself!” Lin Baici didn’t want to be treated roughly.

He quickly unscrewed the bottle cap, poured the mineral water on the meteorite, then took the stone and put it in his mouth.

“Thank you for the gift of nature!”

The Food God routinely prayed before meals.

The temperature in his mouth immediately rose, as if he had taken a sip of hot water.

The meteorite softened quickly upon contact with saliva, turning into a liquid state.

Gulp! Gulp! Lin Baici swallowed, the hot liquid slid down his throat, flowed into his stomach, and then quickly spread to his limbs.

Hiss!

White steam rose from Lin Baici’s body, and his skin turned slightly red, as if he had just taken a hot spring bath.

This process lasted for about a minute, and his skin color returned to normal.

Lin Baici rotated his neck and clenched his fists. He now felt comfortable and healthy, as if he could kill a brown bear with his bare hands.

His senses became sharper, and he could feel the humid steam flowing from the bathhouse pool. He couldn’t hear the noise over there before, but now he could hear some faint voices.

His skin had also improved, becoming smoother and more delicate.

Of course, the most important improvement was the increase in divine power in his body.

Lin Baici needed to consume divine power to throw the King Sword Dragon Tooth to kill enemies. He had only used it once before and felt a bit tired, but now he was full of energy.

He felt that the increase in divine power this time could allow him to throw the Dragon Tooth twice in a row.

“Delicious!” Lin Baici smiled, planning to get a Divine Grace next, find a God’s Corpse to feast on, which would be perfect.

“I’m starving!”

Lin Baici’s ears twitched as he heard hurried footsteps outside.

Soon, the man in the blue hat returned.

He walked up to Lin Baici, flicked his sleeve, revealing a piece of insect leg, which was Guo Zheng’s weapon.

“Here!”

The man in the blue hat stared at Lin Baici.

One hand for the money, one hand for the goods.

The man in the blue hat touched the golden bean the size of a fingernail, grinning from ear to ear.

“What’s this about soaking people in wine?”

Lin Baici took advantage of the pleasant atmosphere of cooperation to ask.

“It means you guys get cleaned up and soaked in a wine jar to make medicinal wine!” The man in the blue hat explained.

“I’ve only heard that boy’s urine has medicinal effects, but that’s for children. Can we adults also be soaked?” Lin Baici found it amusing.

“The king has a chronic illness that hasn’t been cured for years. After praying to the gods and ghosts, he got this secret recipe, so it should be useful!”

The man in the blue hat finished speaking and resumed his cold face, “Go take a bath quickly. Delaying the wine soaking is a capital crime!”

Lin Baici shrugged and headed for the bathhouse.

Using the cover of his body and the steam, Lin Baici put the Leg of the Giant Locust into the black pot.

“What took you so long? Did you fall into the toilet?” Guo Zheng, soaking in the pool, complained loudly, “Come here, let’s discuss what to do next?”

The others were also anxious. The idea of soaking people in wine sounded terrifying! They needed to find a way to survive.

There were eighteen pools in the bathhouse, big and small, hot and cold. There were wooden stools, wooden buckets, and many wooden clogs on the ground.

No one was soaking in the cold water. Lin Baici didn’t want to bathe with these people, so he chose a cold water pool.

“Why are you going so far?” Guo Zheng was speechless, “Also, you’re smart, help me figure out how to get my weapon back. Don’t worry, I won’t let you suffer. If you can get the Leg of the Giant Locust back, I’ll give you a meteorite coin, how about it?”