Chapter 520: 520
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Lone Wolf lay on the ground when he heard that . "Junior Brother, go ahead . I'll just stay behind to watch the monastery . I'm the number one Guardian Protector after all, and I'm the senior brother . Master said that I should give you guys some leeway . "
"Why don't all of you go while I stay behind?" Squirrel felt a little embarrassed as he spoke up .
In return, Lone Wolf, Monkey, and Red Boy rolled their eyes at him in unison .
Squirrel was instantly infuriated as he exclaimed, "Why are you looking at me like that? Do you think lowly of me? The only thing about me… Is that I'm a little lacking in strength! And a little tiny! My claws aren't… that sharp… But my teeth are very… Alright . Boohoo! I'm being despised!"
The more Squirrel spoke, the less confident he felt, causing him to eventually burst out crying .
The others shook their heads in resignation . Lone Wolf said, "Enough, Junior Brother Jingkuan, if you want to play, go ahead . "
Monkey said, "Amitabha . Master said that everyone specializes in something, and everyone has their own place in the grand scheme of things . When it comes to protecting the monastery, Senior Brother Jingfa is the best . This Penniless Monk is still alright when it comes to cleaning the place . As for seeing what you are lacking, that depends on yourself to realize . "
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The moment Monkey said that, Squirrel felt a lot better and stopped crying .
Red Boy jumped off the roof and said, "Alright, cut the chatter . We are only going to fly for a moment . What's there to be afraid of? Now that I have my Dharmic powers, which idiot will dare steal from our monastery? Just a thought from me, and everything in a hundred kilometers will appear in my head . Even if a thief comes, they won't be able to escape my eyes . With a wave of my hand, I can capture them even if they escape to the corners of the world . So there's no need to worry . "
"Really?" Squirrel was the easiest to be fooled and the most naive . He immediately widened his eyes in excitement as he asked hopefully .
Red Boy blushed . He had been bragging, after all, but after being looked at by the little guy with such reverence, his pride made him nod affirmatively as he patted his chest . "Of course!"
"I want to fly!" yelped Squirrel .
Red Boy looked at Lone Wolf and Monkey .
Both of them shook their heads . Helpless, Red Boy could only fly into the sky with Squirrel and have fun .
Monkey looked at Lone Wolf and asked, "Do you regret not going?"
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Lone Wolf nodded with tears welling in his eyes . "What about you?"
"If you had not been stupid, I would have gone into the heavens together with all of you… Don't you know that I was only posturing?" Monkey rolled his eyes at Lone Wolf as he went to the backyard in a peeved mood .
He left Lone Wolf in the wind too deep for tears…
Lone Wolf drooped his head . Since he had stayed behind, he had to get to work . Therefore Lone Wolf began patrolling the monastery's perimeter to begin his observations .
Just as Lone Wolf was circling the monastery and letting his mind wander with thoughts about what to eat for tomorrow's breakfast, he heard a series of footsteps .
"Is Master back already? That can't be . There are so many footsteps . There are quite a number people . Are the villagers coming up the mountain in a collective attempt to dig the bamboo shoots?" Lone Wolf peeped his head out and looked into the darkness . A wolf's night vision was far superior to an ordinary person's . He saw a bunch of people come up the mountain from afar . They were carrying a lot of things on their shoulders, and they acted quite suspiciously .
"It's so late at night . They came up the mountain in a group for no reason . This perfectly matches the characteristics of thieves the way Junior Brother described them!" With this in mind, Lone Wolf hid in between some grass and stealthily approached . He wanted to know what the people were there for . They were not Uncle Da and company, so Lone Wolf was unable to ascertain if they were thieves or not .
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"Boss Xiong, don't tell me the bell you mentioned is that one? Isn't that too big?" A person pointed at the bell tower's bell and was so alarmed he turned slack-jawed .
Boss Xiong was equally dumbfounded as he cursed . "F**k, That idiot Da only said it was a huge bell, but he didn't say it was this huge! F**k me . Thankfully I took the necessary precautions . Let's go and take a look . "
With that said, Boss Xiong led more than forty people to the bottom of the bell tower . He went up the bell tower alone and when his eye met the Yongle Bell, his eyes widened! He was an antique's expert . As the saying went—while the connoisseur recognizes the craftsmanship, the layman simply enjoys the show—he could tell at a glance that the bell was extraordinary! He exclaimed, "This is good stuff! It's no wonder that Da, a tomb raider, was willing to cross over to directly stealing just like that! Even I want to snatch this away! No one can stop me today . I'll kill anything or anyone that comes in my way! This bell will have the surname Xiong from today forth!"
"Boss, the problem is that this bell is too big . We have quite a number of people as well as tools, but to bring it down intact will probably be difficult…" said a person .
"Difficult? It would indeed be difficult to take it down intact . But who said we would be taking it down intact?" sneered Boss Xiong .
"Boss Xiong, if it's not intact, do you intend to dismantle it? But wouldn't that cause a drastic drop in price!?" an elder exclaimed . The elder had a beard and wore a huge top hat . He wore his hat low as though he was afraid of being recognized .
"Drastic drop in price? Earning even one cent is still earning . It's worthless if it just stays here! After we dismantle it, Da will find the best restoration master . Although it won't be perfectly restored, there will still be buyers willing to buy it at half the price . There is no lack of idiots with money in this world," chuckled Boss Xiong coldly .
"This…" The elder felt his heart wince .
"Elder Li, I invited you here to help me dismantle it, not to listen to your nonsense . Take a look at the bell and decide how it should be dismantled to keep the damage at a minimum, so that its value can be preserved to its fullest . Draw a line, and Boor and the rest will unsolder it . "
"Unsolder? Sigh… Even if it's unsoldered, this thing weighs more than a hundred tons . Just the few of us will not be able to bring it down," said Elder Li .
"No one said anything about bringing it down . I brought a pulley team here . The bell fragments will be brought to the end of the cliff and thrown down . There are cranes at the foot of the mountain . By hoisting the parts up lorries and driving off, won't that be the end of it?" said Boss Xiong matter-of-factly .
"What a reckless waste of a treasure! This is a priceless rare treasure . To destroy it like that… Sigh! What a pity . " Elder Li struck his breast and stamped his foot .
"Reckless waste of a treasure? You are wrong . I've said it before . Placed here, it's only a bell . Worthless . In my hands, even if it's in fragments and damaged, just its weight and the text on it alone will make the bell deserve a good price . Even if it won't be priceless, it will still be enough for us to make a fortune . Cut the crap and begin working . Don't forget that if you do not do this, I won't be helping your wife . Sigh, leukemia sure is an expensive disease…" said Boss Xiong eccentrically .
Elder Li finally sighed as he went forward to carefully observe the Yongle Bell . As he observed it, he cried . He was moved, but the strongest feeling he felt was hate! He did not hate Boss Xiong . Instead, he hated himself! For his own selfish reason, he was going to destroy a rare treasure .
Although he felt hate, Elder Li used chalk to draw lines on the bell . He knew that this matter was set in stone . Clearly, no one was inside the monastery . The people down the mountain had also been fooled by Boss Xiong . With the high mountain, the police would not arrive in time even if someone called them . Hence he drew the separation lines such that the bell's textual value would be preserved as well as possible . If Boss Xiong were to do it himself, the bell would truly be ruined . Besides, he was really in need of money . Therefore, under Boss Xiong's urging, Elder Li quickly divided up the bell into more than a hundred regions . Then he retreated and sat down on the ground, feeling completely dispirited .