Chapter Thirty-One: Imm

"What is happening?" The three of them showed expressions of surprise as they pushed through the crowd to the arena.

At this moment, the guards in the arena had captured a man in his thirties, seizing the bow from his hands and handing it over to an official on stage.

The official glanced at it and then turned to a monk standing nearby, asking, "Master, is this bow really so extraordinary?"

The monk nodded and replied confidently, "This is a treasured artifact of my Fulong Temple, and if you don’t believe me, I can demonstrate it for you right now."

Saying this, he took the bow and an arrow. The observation platform was not situated directly opposite the target but rather to the side.

The monk aimed forward and shouted, "Hit the bullseye!" The arrow flew out at high speed, forming a perfect arc that struck the center of the target.

"As long as you focus on your target, the arrow will surely hit. Therefore, this man’s achievement is not his own. I don’t know if he stole the bow, but bringing it back is enough for me," he said, bowing to the official.

The official waved his hands repeatedly, saying, "Master, you flatter me. I never expected such a cunning trickster to appear under my jurisdiction. I will imprison him and decide his fate on another day. Since this divine bow belongs to your esteemed temple, please take it back for safekeeping!"

"Is that monk truly from Fulong Temple?" Little Dragon frowned, sensing something was off.

"Why is that bow in the hands of that hunter? Shouldn't it be with Brother Shao Tan?" Little Orchid asked.

"He wanted to draw out the thief, but it seems he has failed. However, if this monk really is from Fulong Temple, that could be a good thing," Little Dragon yawned.

"I feel something is wrong. This person is suspicious; we need to investigate him!" Little Tiger asserted.

"Let it go! Since Brother Shao Tan did what he did, he must have his reasons and solutions. There's no need for us to worry. Let's head back to the inn for a meal! Who knows, we might see him return soon," Little Dragon said, starting to walk out, only to be grabbed by Little Orchid.

"Can't you be a bit more spirited? You were never like this before!" She seemed quite upset.

But Little Dragon remained his lazy self, and Little Orchid felt like slapping him to wake him up.

Little Tiger said, "If you’re not going, then fine. Little Orchid, let's go together." He grabbed Little Orchid's hand and walked out, while Little Dragon frowned and mumbled, following them.

Meanwhile, after wrapping the bow carefully, the monk rode his horse along a small path heading out of the city.

Once outside the city, he suddenly accelerated.

Little Tiger and the others closely followed him, and within the woods, they made a sudden move, knocking off his hat.

"His head has just been shaved! He’s not a monk!" Little Dragon concluded with a glance.

Little Tiger added, "I know now; he is the one who stole the bow!"

However, the man shot them a furious glance before taking out the divine bow and shooting a signal arrow into the sky.

Minutes later, the Black Fox King appeared.

"Indeed, the one after this thing is the Black Fox King!" Little Dragon exclaimed.

"The Divine Bow of Hou Yi, this is fantastic!" The Black Fox King grabbed the bow and transformed into a black whirlwind, departing.

The imposter monk was stunned; he hadn’t expected the Black Fox King to abandon him so easily!

Just then, Little Dragon and his companions surrounded him, realizing what the Black Fox King would do with the divine bow, so the most urgent matter was to find out where he had gone!

On the other side, Sun Meng was racing after the magical signal, even his current strength was beginning to wane.

Before he switched the Divine Bow of Hou Yi, he used a talisman to mark its position, but it had a range limit of about ten kilometers.

Thus, he arrived here a bit earlier, never expecting the Black Fox King to take action himself!

He pursued all the way to the foot of an unnamed mountain, where the location indicated that the treasure was somewhere inside the mountain; it seemed this was the new stronghold of the Black Fox Gang.

After noticing that the position had stabilized, Sun Meng took a moment to recover his inner energy. Meanwhile, the Black Fox King, back in his cave, confirmed from the power manual that the Divine Bow of Hou Yi was indeed genuine.

"Great! As long as I shoot an arrow near the location of the power manual, I can follow it to find the book!"

"You’re thinking too highly of yourself, Black Fox King!" Sun Meng appeared in the cave, having dealt with the other Black Fox soldiers.

"It’s you again! Do you really think I wouldn’t kill you just because I let you go a few times?" The Black Fox King waved his hand, and blue-purple flames formed a ghostly face, lunging at Sun Meng.

The Indestructible Vajra Technique!

Sun Meng transformed into a small golden figure, punching through the flames and landing a blow on the Black Fox King's face.

"What! What kind of martial arts is this?" The Black Fox King had encountered those who used inner energy to resist his flames and those who blocked them with water, but this was the first time he met someone who dispersed flames with sheer physical strength.

Reeling back a few steps, the Black Fox King turned to flee; he had the divine bow now, and securing the power manual was the priority.

But he found that one of his legs wouldn’t move. It was his shadow; Sun Meng had caught his shadow.

"You’re digging your own grave!" The Black Fox King became furious, drawing his bow and firing an arrow at Sun Meng.

Sun Meng smirked disdainfully, reaching out to catch the arrow and snap it in half.

"The Divine Bow of Hou Yi can indeed hit the target that the archer envisions, but it never claimed it couldn't be blocked. The main point is, you need to know what the target looks like. Do you know what the power manual looks like?" Sun Meng looked at the Black Fox King.

"What?" The Black Fox King glanced at the bow in his hands, wanting to test it. At that moment, Sun Meng suddenly charged at him, knocking the Divine Bow of Hou Yi out of his hands.

Their positions were exactly at an opening leading to the outside world, and the Divine Bow flew out, plummeting to the ground.

"No!" The Black Fox King roared, and the next moment, Sun Meng felt a tremendous force push him back, crashing against the wall. After standing up, the Black Fox King looked down the cliff and vanished like a black wind.

At the foot of the mountain, seeing the Divine Bow of Hou Yi intact, Sun Meng smirked, "This Black Fox King is really something; how could this thing possibly break? Or does he think it’s useless and just left it behind?"

Stowing away the Divine Bow, the new task was completed; he had obtained the fourth strange artifact.

As for this bow, he definitely wasn’t returning it to Fulong Temple.

On the other side, after capturing the imposter monk and handing him over to the Kaifeng Prefecture, Little Dragon and his companions waited for Tripitaka's arrival.

Two days later, Sun Meng returned to Shaolin Temple, where he heard that another incident had occurred when the emperor visited.

He shared his own experiences, and everyone was puzzled, "Could the Black Fox King's speed be this fast?" Although every appearance of the Black Fox King was accompanied by a black whirlwind, they didn’t think it was akin to flying like a deity; it was just speed.

"Perhaps he has many clones or substitutes with a fraction of his power!" Sun Meng speculated.

In the following days, both Little Dragon and his friends as well as Sun Meng returned to their normal lives.

However, a problem arose: collective insomnia.

"Master, something seems off," Sun Meng approached Tripitaka. "I feel exhausted, but I can’t fall asleep."

"You can’t sleep either?" Tripitaka frowned, looking at a book. "It seems the Black Fox King may have found the door to the divine realm!"

As he spoke, he stood up. "Go call the children; I think this time we might need you all to help resolve this issue." He then shared the contents of the book with Sun Meng and the others.

"So you’re saying that gods still exist in this world?" Sun Meng was quite surprised; although he had speculated that this world was once a higher realm, the emergence of deities now seemed a bit premature!

"I can’t be entirely sure, so I need you to search for answers in the temple of the Sleep God and Sleep Goddess mentioned in the book. I believe something must have happened to them."

"In order to sleep well, we will definitely complete this task!" Little Dragon declared.

"Exactly!" Everyone echoed.

The feeling of being unable to sleep was too unbearable!