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Chapter 1590 - Chapter 1590: Chapter 55: Asking Buddha_2

Chapter 1590: Chapter 55: Asking Buddha_2

“If it weren’t for the South Heavenly Buddha himself, the Great Zen Masters would surely rise up to condemn verbally and in writing, to let Yanshan realize the cost of his reckless words.”

While observing the thoughts of the Zen Masters, and listening to Yanshan’s sincere replies, the South Heavenly Buddha, who sat like a dried-up tree, finally smiled. From his dark red monk’s robes, he extended his withered right hand, the nails of which had not been tended to for many years and were curled like discs, especially blackened parts curled inward.

Raising his hand was already very inconvenient, but the South Heavenly Buddha still forcefully pointed at Yanshan. His three hundred years of silent meditation had caused his lips to seal shut, so he could only speak through a chant: “All Zen Masters in this hall are not as good as this young monk.”

The Arhats in the hall were flustered with embarrassment, some feeling defiant, like Master Guangming of Xianzong who, after hearing all the absurd claims from Yanshan, stood up indignantly.

First bowing to the South Heavenly Buddha, he then turned to question Yanshan: “Arhat Yanshan states that not a single one of the 84,000 scrolls of Buddha’s teachings contain the true method of enlightenment; may I ask then, what about your sect’s Bodhisattva Fruit Position, and the current Buddha Lords of Buddha’s Country? Are they all fake as well?”

“Replying to Master Guangming, the practice itself is genuine.”

Yanshan responded with a smile: “But the Bodhisattva Fruit Position is fake!”

“Nonsense!”

Master Guangming roared angrily, the eighteen-foot golden body leaped from the light behind him, the Bodhisattva Fruit Position appearing wrathful and glaring directly at Yanshan: “According to what Arhat Yanshan has said, is this Bodhisattva Fruit Position of mine also fake?”

“Indeed, it is fake.”

Yanshan looked up at the dazzling divine body of the Bodhisattva and said lightly to Master Guangming, “A vivid radiance, hiding shameful falsehood inside, such a Dharma Aspect is just an illusory figure fantasized by the Great Zen Master, how can it be real!”

After speaking, Yanshan released his own Treasure Appearance Arhat, which, under the astonished eyes of everyone in the Great Hall, charged directly toward Master Guangming’s Bodhisattva Fruit Position.

…

Law Sect’s Pagoda, First Level

Yun Xiu, diligently searching the bookshelves for the eight scriptures mentioned by Tang Luo, naturally found nothing. At this time, Tang Luo, who was also searching, suddenly stopped and stood staring into space.

After cultivating the Undying Battle Body, Tang Luo’s senses had become extremely keen–an exaggerated keenness that even allowed him to hear things he wasn’t supposed to hear.

Like the vibrations of Spiritual Power in the distance, the flow of blood in the veins of those before him, leaves breaking off branches, whispers in the wind.

It was as though now, with all six senses fully opened, Tang Luo heard the voices from the thirty-sixth tier of the tower.

Perhaps due to the blessings of Law Sect’s Pagoda, Tang Luo even felt as if he was reaching out from the thirty-seventh tier pagoda, this particular feeling like radar imaging, as if someone projected everything above directly into his vision.

He “saw” a gathering of outstanding Great Zen Masters from the eight major factions of Buddha’s Country, including the Buddhist monk Yanshan who once saved his life.

He could “see” the dissatisfaction in the hearts of Buddha’s Country’s Great Zen Masters, and also “see” the openness of Monk Yanshan.

Though he couldn’t understand their conversation, this sensation was truly marvelous, the only thing that puzzled Tang Luo was, why was the direction of Monk Yanshan’s gaze completely empty?

…

Longzhou, Lin Chuan Plain

A month had passed since the defeat of the two saintly land champions, and now, Lin Chuan Plain was no longer capable of supporting human life.

Blood springs gushing from beneath the earth had withered the vegetation, emitting a foul, toxic miasma.

The decadent shrine in the middle of Lin Chuan had its gates completely opened, releasing countless ferocious and hideous Blood Beasts.

They frolicked across the Wilderness, their sharp and long front claws continuously digging deep into theearth, speeding up the infiltration of the Blood River into the plain.

Originally, the Lin Chuan people were already suffering greatly under the mere eight Heavenly Demons; now, with tens of thousands of Blood Beasts equivalent to the Fierce Realm added, Lin Chuan had turned into a terrifying existence mentioned with dread by the people of Longzhou.

Especially as the ordinary people fleeing the broken city continued to increase, the notorious reputation of the Heavenly Demons and the Blood Beast army spread even more throughout Xiehe.

But now, no one dared suggest seeking help to eradicate them anymore; after all, even the two champions of saintly lands had almost lost their lives on Lin Chuan Plain. The commoners did not know whom to ask for assistance.

Just as the native residents of Lin Chuan were in deep despair, the Liu Clan made a high-pitched call, first inviting all families that had escaped Lin Chuan to settle in Chaochang, then announcing to organize people to go to Kunwu County to request the intervention of Martial Saint Mountain to solve the catastrophe in Lin Chuan.

Liu Clan’s actions were very effective, and all those noble families that fled from Lin Chuan considered the Liu Family as their leader.

After all, from the situation where both kings almost perished, it wasn’t that the Liu Clan moved because of cowardice, but rather they truly had no means to deal with the Heavenly Demon.

Public opinion quickly collapsed towards the other side, and Chuanyuan Liu Clan, who provided solutions, subtly became the leader of the Lin Chuan refugees.

Longzhou Calendar 1792, the first day of March

The spontaneously organized teams from various tribes in Lin Chuan set off for Martial Saint Mountain, but were stopped by the Arbitration Office.

The Chief Arbitrator announced the closure of Martial Saint Mountain and tried to send this team back.

Yet the Lin Chuan people, who considered Martial Saint Mountain as their last hope, were unwilling to leave; they not only stayed but settled down in Kunwu County, seeking ways to ascend the mountain.

But what kind of place is Kunwu County? It’s a place where combat is strictly controlled by the Arbitration Office.

In such a peaceful area, swindlers and scoundrels are most capable of playing tricks.

In no time, various shady ways to climb the mountain appeared before these eagerly mountain-seeking Lin Chuan people.

Someone claiming to be the nephew of an elder from Qilin Mountain, someone claiming to be the illegitimate son of the master of Bifang Mountain, someone claiming to be related to the Sect Head of Phoenix Mountain…

In short, all these people, who claimed to have direct access to heavenly decisions, all showed up at once.

This also made the envoys from Lin Chuan, who had never experienced such events, genuinely feel the stark reality of the human world.

The light that appears in your desperation is not hope but another enormous trap.

In just a few days, the envoys from Lin Chuan were cheated out of all their money, causing these already homeland-lost people to completely lose their mental balance.

And what kind of place is Kunwu County? It’s filled mostly with the remnants of defeated noble families and descendants of great demons.

These people, suppressed in the environment of Kunwu County, having cultivated martial skills yet unable to exhibit them, could only stir up trouble from the shadows, their mental states already twisted.

Seeing the rage of the Lin Chuan envoys, they felt them useful and hence instigated them saying that actually, Martial Saint Mountain is concerned about Longzhou, but all messages are intercepted by the Arbitration Office.

If the Arbitration Office could be overthrown, they could get their messages to Martial Saint Mountain, and with the ancient sanctity of the human world, dealing with the Blood Nest would be as easy as flipping a hand.

Not knowing if they were truly bewitched or just venting their anger, these envoys from Lin Chuan actually believed these words.

But they also knew that combatting the Arbitration Office was like throwing eggs against rocks, so they came up with a better plan.

To force their way into Martial Saint Mountain, since the information from Lin Chuan was deliberately blocked by the Arbitration Office, as long as they could meet with the masters within Martial Saint Mountain, they could expose the true face of the Arbitration Office.

Then, they stormed the mountain at midnight, and by dawn, the mountain was full of severed limbs and broken arms.

The envoy group from Lin Chuan suffered over half dead or injured, the remaining were sent back by the Arbitration Office.

“Envoy Liu!”

Outside Kunwu County, Wei Hanyuan sighed to the representative of the Lin Chuan envoy group, “Our sect understands the pain of losing a homeland and the urgent feelings of you all, but to forcibly storm the sacred mountain is to provoke the sanctum, truly reckless!”

“Master Wei is right, but the tribes of Lin Chuan really have nowhere else to go!”

The tearful envoy from the Liu Family pleaded and knelt down in front of Wei Hanyuan: “If Martial Saint Mountain is unwilling to intervene, then the people of Lin Chuan will never be able to return home.”

“Envoy Liu, please stand up!”

Wei Hanyuan helped him up, sighing, “Actually, this time Martial Saint Mountain did not intervene in the affairs of Lin Chuan Plain because just over ten days ago, an envoy from the Yin-Yang Imperial Palace of the Southern Heavenly Wang Clan came, stating they would handle this matter personally, seeking revenge for the Pavilion Master of the Yan Fu City’s Yin-Yang Pavilion. Envoy should understand, with the thousands of years of relations between Martial Saint Mountain and the Southern Heavenly Wang Clan, it’s difficult for us to refuse such a request; that’s the reason why the mountain master refused to meet with you all.”

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