Chapter 309: Heart of All Things
The battle in Yangcheng is still going on.
Lu Yi has returned to Yincheng, and Wanxiang is with him.
Shenzui used his magical powers and rushed over from Beijie City - Yinhui's expeditionary force had already set out, and Shenzui and a group of old Buddhist monks were in Beijie City to support Yinhui and give him courage.
In Yincheng, Qingpingle Garden, in the main hall where Lu Qingyang practiced meditation, Shenzui, Wanxiang and Lu Qingyang sat side by side.
Lu Yu was standing by, tending a small charcoal stove, slowly boiling water, washing the tea leaves, and brewing the tea.
"I have observed for a long time, and observed many people. In the end, I chose this young friend." Wanxiang pointed at Lu Yi and said calmly: "If I am not mistaken, he is the person who will be blessed by the consciousness of heaven and earth when the heaven and earth revive in Jishengtian this time... At least, he is one of them!"
The intoxicated old monk fiddled with his Buddhist beads in silence.
Lu Qingyang held the teacup, sipped tea, and also didn't say anything.
Wanxiang didn't care and also held the teacup. A layer of white steam rose from the mouth of his teacup. Under the control of his spiritual into flying swords, flags, talismans, mountains and rivers, mythical beasts, birds, seas, forests... All kinds of strange visions appeared one after another, and each vision represented a lineage of inheritance that Wanxiang had practiced.
Shenzui was initially indifferent to the strange phenomenon of water vapor changing at the rim of the Wanxiang cup.
But when the shadow of a kind-looking Bodhisattva and a mighty and ferocious Vajra appeared in the water vapor, Shenzui's expression suddenly changed: "I didn't expect that my Jishengtian Buddhist inheritance fell into the hands of your Senluo Sect."
Wan Xiang smiled: "The inheritance of the Great Vajra Temple is a first-class life-saving skill because it can temper the body and enhance defense. Therefore, I have been practicing the main skills of the Great Vajra Temple orthodoxly since I was three years old."
Shenzui's face turned very ugly.
It would be fine if the core inheritance of our own sect was lost in Yuanlingtian, but it was actually used by others as a "life-saving technique"?
"In addition, I also practiced the core inheritance of the Great Brahma Pure World Sect." Wan Xiang raised the teacup in his hand: "In ancient times, there were only two sects in Jishengtian, which could be called the 'supreme' sects... the Supreme Beiming Immortal Sect and the Supreme Great Brahma Pure World Sect."
Lu Yu's heart moved.
He knew about the Supreme Beiming Immortal Sect. The Supreme Dafan Pure World Sect... Did Buddhism also have a Supreme Sect?
The Supreme Beiming Immortal Sect is obviously a Taoist sect. The Great Brahma Pure World Sect is the orthodox Buddhist sect. In other words, in the ancient Jishengtian, the demon sect was the most pitiful? Tsk tsk! They don't have a 'Supreme' sect to rule!
"Buddha has mercy on me." Shenzui looked at Wanxiang with deep eyes: "Donor, please continue."
Wan Xiang took a sip of tea leisurely and said, "Well, I will continue... My friend Lu Yi, there is a 99% chance that you are the one who was blessed by the consciousness of heaven and earth when the Supreme Saint Heaven and Earth revived."
"Just like when my Yuan Lingtian was almost destroyed by your Ji Shengtian, Yuan Lingtian's heaven and earth consciousness suddenly fought back, thus creating the 'Taishang'."
"That is the 'Taishang'. When he rose to power, you, Jishengtian, failed to kill him in time. After he rose to power completely, you, Jishengtian, were attacked by him and you were almost destroyed by a single sword strike!"
Shenzui nodded slowly: "I also think that Fahai is a man who is destined to be calamity. He will achieve great success."
Lu Qingyang coughed lightly and said, "May I ask, who is the one who is destined to be robbed?"
Although he dug countless ancient tombs and obtained countless good things, Lu Qingyang's foundation was shallow after all. He was not a cultivator from a correct background, and he still did not understand many specialized terms.
Wan Xiang said calmly: "The so-called people who are destined to face the calamity, will only come out when the heaven and earth are in great calamity, be favored by the heaven and earth, enjoy infinite luck, and achieve supreme achievements. This is the person who is destined to face the calamity."
Back then, Jishengtian almost wiped out Yuanlingtian. Then, someone who was destined to face the calamity took advantage of the situation, grew rapidly, and fought back strongly in desperation, almost severing Jishengtian's path of cultivation.
And now, the spiritual power of the heaven and earth in Jishengtian has revived, just like a seriously ill and dying man who has found a panacea. After taking it, he has cured his fatal illness and is slowly recovering - but in addition to being seriously ill, a sick man whose body has been hollowed out will inevitably need a long time of recuperation to regain health.
At this time, the cultivators of Yuanlingtian, after receiving the order from the Supreme Immortal, concentrated all their efforts to counterattack Jishengtian!
It was as if a group of tall and strong thugs suddenly appeared outside the sick man's yard wall. They were holding wooden sticks and wanted to break into the yard, rob the sick man, and kill him completely!
What can be done about a sick man lying in bed dying?
He could only risk everything, emptying out most of his assets, to hire someone, or some people, to help him resist the invasion of his mortal enemy outside the wall.
As long as he could buy some time and wait until the sick man recovered and became strong, he would have enough means to deal with those mortal enemies.
This is what people who are destined to have calamity are like!
Responding to disasters, responding to disasters, means that at the moment of life and death crisis, the consciousness of heaven and earth will select the help that will protect you .
Just like the 'Supreme One' of Yuan Lingtian back then!
Lu Qingyang nodded slowly and said softly, "So that's how it is. It's quite interesting. Is the consciousness of heaven and earth really so wonderful?"
"The universe is unpredictable." Wan Xiang smiled gently, "If you are interested, I can send you some of the secret files of the Senluo Sect about 'people who are destined to be calamities' for your reference."
"Of course, the reason why I met you two today through Mr. Lu Yi is because I have other plans." Wan Xiang smiled indifferently and glanced at the old monk Shenzui.
"I guess, Abbot Shenzui, your reaction to Yuan Lingtian's preliminary test is a bit interesting."
Wan Xiang said leisurely: "One, you use Xin Yin as a tool, wanting to kill people with borrowed knives, borrowing the power of Yuan Lingtian to slaughter the demons, and make advance preparations for the future prosperity of your Buddhist sect."
Wan Xiang smiled and nodded: "Yes, if I had a disciple like Lu Yi who was destined to face the calamity, I would also have such ambitions... Why not unify the Supreme Saint Heaven?"
Shenzui smiled and said nothing.
"The second one, you are also waiting for the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to recover... Because only when the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is constantly restored can you exert greater power. In my opinion, the means that Abbot Shenzui can use now are less than one ten-thousandth, right?"
"Compared to Abbot Shenzui, the current Jishengtian is still a pond that is too small and the water is too shallow."
"You want to use the Six Demon Sects to attract Yuan Lingtian's attention, and let the Six Demon Sects' small fights buy you time."
Shenzui fiddled with the Buddhist beads in his hand and interrupted Wanxiang: "So, what exactly does the leader want to do by looking for us?"
Wanxiang laughed "Hey", squinted his eyes, put down the teacup, and formed a strange fingerprint with his hands in front of his chest. An invisible wave blocked the entire hall.
"A deal!"
Wan Xiang looked at Shen Zui, Lu Yi, and Lu Qingyang one by one in a very serious manner: "A deal!"
Shenzui, Lu Yi and Lu Qingyang looked at everything quietly.
Wan Xiang said softly: "This time, many sects in Yuanlingtian, following the order of the Supreme Immortal, counterattacked Jishengtian. In this process, the sect that has established the most merits and seized the most luck from Yuanlingtian can obtain the Supreme Immortal Edict and thus achieve enlightenment and ascend to heaven!"
Wan Xiang said calmly: "The people behind me don't want this to be done."
Shenzui's eyes widened, and he looked at Wanxiang in shock: "The leader is saying..."
Wan Xiang said leisurely, "Just as the abbot thought, the people behind me don't want this counterattack against Ji Sheng Tian to succeed... and they don't want to see any cultivators from Yuan Ling Tian use the Supreme Immortal Edict distributed this time to prove their Dao and ascend to heaven."
With a strange light flashing in his eyes, Wan Xiang whispered, "What do you think, Abbot?"
There was a strange light in Shenzui's eyes, and the speed of moving the Buddhist beads in his hands suddenly increased by more than twice.
He frowned, squinted his eyes, and didn't know what he was thinking. He sighed softly, "The sect's classics were lost too much back then... Scary. However, I can roughly guess, Master... Hehe, so our goals are different, but our objectives are the same."
Shenzui said briskly: "What I want is for the Buddhist sect to unify Jishengtian and survive the attack from Yuanlingtian safely."
Wan Xiang quickly added, "What I'm thinking is that as long as Yuan Ling Tian's counterattack against Ji Sheng Tian fails this time... As for how many casualties other sects suffer in the process... I don't care!"
Intoxicated silence.
After a long, long time, Shenzui stretched out a finger and gently pointed at Wanxiang: "But, how can we trust the leader?"
Wanxiang let out a breath softly.
He smiled and took out a palm-sized jade beads, which were shining all over and seemed to be made entirely of countless streams of light, and gently handed it to Lu Yi.
"Of course, for something like this, you need to have a pledge of allegiance."
Wan Xiang looked at Shen Zui solemnly: "You and I are sworn enemies... Of course, your sect's tradition says so."
"However, in the secret book of my Senluo Sect, there are some other statements. Of course, only the successive leaders of my Senluo Sect are qualified to know these things... You, the Great Vajra Temple, are obviously not qualified to know these things. In Jishengtian, only the current leaders of the two great supreme sects were qualified to touch them."
"Because of the information asymmetry, it is difficult for us to gain mutual trust."
"But I will provide a sufficient pledge of allegiance... and you must also provide a sufficient guarantee."
"You and I restrain each other and hold each other hostage."
Wan Xiang smiled at Shen Zui and said, "Only in this way can we gain mutual trust and...advance and retreat together, and share weal and woe!"
Lu Yi took the jade pendant in his hand and played with it up and down. He felt that the jade pendant was light, but it contained an extremely mysterious power. With his current realm and cultivation, he had no idea of the attributes of this power, nor where its strength limit was.
He looked up at Wanxiang, who was smiling at Lu Yi: "That's why I said that I admire little friend Lu Yi very much... He is the key figure for us to work together and share honor and disgrace!"
Shenzui was silent for a while, then he slowly asked Wanxiang: "Does your pledge of allegiance have this weight?"
Wanxiang took a deep breath: "Yes!"
