The Prodigies War
Chapter 2316 Faceless Buddha

Chapter 2316 Faceless Buddha

Sharpen your heart like a blade.

The sword-like words seemed to be filled with an extreme sense of pride. It wasn’t the ostentatious kind, but rather the type that was restrained to the extreme.

At closer inspection, Lin Xun couldn't help but narrow his eyes, feeling a slight prickly pain from the words.

When he used his heart to feel the words, he found them akin to stars hidden deep within the abyss, or pearls sealed in a box. They gave off a sensation of ethereal profoundness that was both unfathomable and ungraspable.

Lin Xun couldn't help reveal a surprised expression.

The words were completely different when viewed with the eye and the heart. It made him feel as if he was seeing a peerless sword Emperor who was full of fierce pride.

Despite this, his heart was as laid back as the clouds in sky, ethereal, free, and unchained from any prejudice.

"It’s a sword whetstone."

Xi said from the side, "From the words on it, you can tell that its owner must have unparalleled attainments in sword dao. His heart is also accepting and free as the wind like a sword immortal."

There was also a hint of surprise in her voice.

Lin Xun deeply agreed.

To sharpen one's heart like a blade meant to make one’s heart as sharp as a sword.

From how the sword whetstone still retained such an extraordinary aura despite being left aside for only god who knew how long, one could easily imagine how transcendent its owner was.

At the end of the day, however, it was just a sword whetstone. There was nothing else special about it apart from its material.

After some thought, Lin Xun kept the whetstone. The words on it faintly resonated with him as if he had met a close friend of the dao, separated only by countless years.

It made him very happy.

Xi picked out a few more treasures and didn’t look at the mountain of treasures again.

Although there were many treasures, there was no point if they didn’t meet a certain standard.

Lin Xun also carefully sieved through the treasures for a long time before selecting some divine materials, elixirs, and texts that would be beneficial to him.

He then collected some Emperor-grade treasures for Wuque and Yezi.

Likewise, Little Five and Big Yellow obtained quite a number of beneficial treasures.

This was the wealth accumulated over countless years by the Holy Illumination Ancient Sect after all. Even Emperors would go crazy at the sight of it, let alone ordinary cultivators.

In the end, Lin Xun kept the rest of the riches. He planned to give them to Qing Ying who would then distribute it among the Copper Sparrow House disciples.

After spending another day in the Holy Illumination Ancient Sect, Lin Xun arrived at a decision. Big Yellow would stay here to deal with the aftermath, while he and Xi would go to the Earth Treasury Realm to scout the situation.

Although there were still many disciples in the Holy Illumination Ancient Sect, Lin Xun and his companions couldn’t be bothered with such small fries and would leave them to the Copper Sparrow House.

There were also numerous other follow-up matters that required the Copper Sparrow House’s help.

After all, the fall of a behemoth like the Holy Illumination Ancient Sect would leave behind many subsidiary factions, treasures, territories, etc. It would take a long time to deal with the entire aftermath.

Lin Xun had no intention of delving into these affairs.

Big Yellow would stay behind to liaison with the Copper Sparrow House experts and make arrangements to swallow the ‘legacy’ left by the Holy Illumination Ancient Sect.

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Two days later.

Brahma Cloud Region.

For a long time, the Brahma Cloud Region was a territory under the Earth Treasury Realm. It was a Buddhist country where ascetics wearing black robes could be found everywhere.

Recently, however, the Brahma Cloud Region was greatly shaken by the news of the Holy Illumination Ancient Sect’s demise. Countless Buddhist cultivators affiliated to the Earth Treasury Realm fled in panic, causing the vast territory to become rather desolate.

"It seems that the Earth Treasury Realm has indeed sensed the severity of the situation and withdrawn like the outside world said."

Lin Xun and Xi appeared in the Brahma Cloud Region. Along the way, apart from seeing some small fries in hiding, they didn't even meet a single noteworthy disciple from the Earth Treasury Realm.

Xi nonchalantly remarked, "As long as there are no surprises, the two of us shouldn’t have trouble invading the Earth Treasury Realm and overthrowing them."

After all, at this juncture, the Earth Treasury Realm had lost four Emperor Ancestors and eight Emperors.

Based on their information, there should only be a single Emperor Ancestor left in the Earth Treasury Realm.

As for the head of the Earth Treasury Realm, Buddha Emperor Xufeng, he was only at the peak eighth realm Emperor Stage like Yu Kunzi of the Holy Illumination Ancient Sect.

Lin Xun's black eyes turned deep and unfathomable as he calmly said, "Let's scout the situation first. It’s about time we settle this grudge."

He would never forget that as early as in the Ancient Wasteland Domain, he had been branded as a ‘heretic’ by the Earth Treasury Realm and was frequently targeted.

The grudge between them had long been irreconcilable, and it was about time to settle this debt!

Star Sacred Mountain.

The entrance to the Earth Treasury Realm was regarded as their ‘sacred mountain.’ In the past, it had been a supreme holy land in the hearts of countless devout believers.

Lin Xun and Xi appeared in front of Star Sacred Mountain and gazed into the distance. The mountain was shaped like a blooming lotus that supported the sky, appearing incomparably majestic and grand.

Under Lin Xun’s and Xi’s spirit sense, the mountain was revealed to be covered in countless restrictions exuding heart palpitating auras, akin to layers of deadly disasters.

Lin Xun’s eyebrows raised. "The entrance to the Earth Treasury Realm has been completely sealed from the inside. It won’t be easy to sneak in and even ordinary Emperor Ancestors would have a tough time trying to break in."

Toward the end, he grinned and said, "Of course, breaking such arrays is merely a matter of time for someone like me."

Xi glanced at him. "Then why are you wasting time talking?"

Lin Xun rubbed his nose and smiled bitterly, "Just chatting a little since there’s nothing else to do."

As he spoke, he walked forward and stood in the air. He began to inspect the Star Sacred Mountain that was covered by countless restrictions.

After a long period of time passed, he swished his sleeves.

Rumble!

Dao light rapidly filled the sky, transforming into row after row of strange and obscure runes which rushed to different locations on the Star Sacred Mountain.

The entire mountain suddenly began to shake. Divine radiance surged like pillars of light rushing into the skies as thousands upon thousands of restrictions emerged, releasing seemingly endless and terrifying power.

Lin Xun's black eyes shone brightly as his gaze continuously darted back and forth. Meanwhile, his hand gestures changed as various mystical dao patterns and runes were sent into the Star Sacred Mountain.

Rumble~

The shaking intensified, causing the nearby terrain to tremble as well.

In Xi's eyes, the chain-like layers of restriction power covering Star Sacred Mountain was being broken by Lin Xun one after another.

She had no choice but to acknowledge that in the field of dao runes, Lin Xun was currently unrivaled in the world.

Time passed little by little.

After nearly an hour, Lin Xun flipped his hands and pressed downwards.

Rumble!

It was as if the entire Star Sacred Mountain was being flattened by a giant hand. The numerous restrictions covering it abruptly collapsed layer by layer, splattering countless torrents of light.

Even the most gorgeous fireworks in the world were probably not even a thousandth as spectacular as this scene.

Lin Xun squinted and observed for quite some time before he said, "The arrays covering the mountain aren’t that powerful. The problem is that there are too many so it becomes cumbersome to break them layer by layer."

He then added, "Let's go."

He led the way. The true appearance of Star Sacred Mountain was now exposed. Halfway up the mountain, they discovered an ancient altar in a state of disrepair.

Atop the altar stood a black Buddha statue with three heads, six arms, and a large lotus sprouting under its feet. Its face was blank, without any of the five main facial features.

It was like a faceless Buddha.

There was only a single eye lacking a pupil on its forehead, creating a strange sight that anyone would shudder at.

Lin Xun was taken aback. According to his knowledge, the statue depicted the founder of the Earth Treasury Realm, Earth Treasury Emperor.

However, the sight before him clashed with what he knew.

He clearly recalled that in the vast territory controlled by Earth Treasury Realm, every city had a temple containing a statue of a certain mythical beast.

It was rumored that this mythical beast was the true form of Earth Treasury Emperor, the founder of the Earth Treasury Realm.

When he first entered the Ancient Nebula Underworld, Lin Xun once ventured into an Earth Treasury temple and saw the appearance of Earth Treasury Emperor.

It was a Buddhist niche that stood a hundred feet tall.

On both sides of the niche sat stone statues of lions, tigers, elephants, qilins, xiezhis, blood phoenixes and other animals. There were more than three thousand statues in total. [1]

Each lifelike statue exuded a different majesty as if it could wake up at any moment.

The niche also contained an animal-like statue. However, its appearance was extremely bizarre.

Its head resembled that of a lion or a tiger, its mouth was like a crocodile’s, its eyes were like a python’s, its ears were like those of an ox or a horse, it had scales like a fish or a snake, its feet were like a bird’s, its horns were like those of an ox or a deer, its whiskers were like a dragon’s, and its tail and back were like a dog’s!

It was basically an amalgamation of animals!

Shrouded in misty darkness, it sat in the niche like a mountain with its eyes closed, resembling a god from the darkness whose majestic aura overlooked the land.

It was so strange and frightening that anyone who saw it couldn’t help but feel intimidated!

Even Lin Xun had felt an inexplicable chill when he first saw the strange statue. He never imagined that the Earth Treasury Realm’s founder would possess such an appearance.

Back in the present, the statue on the altar with three heads, six arms, a single eye on its forehead, and no face was equally strange and creepy.

One was a statue with animal-like features, while the other was a faceless one-eyed Buddha. Which of them was the true appearance of Earth Treasury Emperor?

Lin Xun fell into deep thought, vaguely feeling that something was amiss but unable to pinpoint exactly what it was.

Xi asked from the side, "What is it?"

"I suddenly remembered something from the past."

Lin Xun told Xi about what he saw and heard when he entered the Earth Treasury temple long ago.

After listening to his recount, Xi thought for a while before she said, "It's normal for someone like Earth Treasury Emperor to have countless forms and incarnations."

Lin Xun softly asked, "Do you know why every Earth Treasury temple in the Earth Treasury Realm’s territory has such a strange statue? What is their purpose?"

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1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiezhi ☜