dognovel Chapter 587 - 327: Circulation of the Six Void Shakes the Ages, The Martial Arts of the Buddhist Sect! (Part 2)
Chapter 587 - 327: Circulation of the Six Void Shakes the Ages, The Martial Arts of the Buddhist Sect! (Part 2)
Then, Xu Tiancheng urged Li Xuanji to build more Buddhist temples everywhere and spread the Buddhist Dao.
The Spirit Mountain faith prospered once more in this world.
High Monks from various regions, wielding the might of the Divine Buddha of Spirit Mountain and adhering to the Buddhist thoughts handed down from Spirit Mountain, sought to progress every martial artist in this small world into the Buddhist Sect.
To turn the entire martial arts world into a Buddhist martial world.
Such actions naturally invited resistance from martial artists.
However, the Divine Buddha of Spirit Mountain bestowed powerful martial arts and techniques upon the followers in this small world.
The Buddhists were extraordinarily strong.
The martial artists from the old martial world simply lacked the power to resist.
Within mere months, it became a one-sided scenario, with many martial artists forcibly inducted into the Buddhist Sect.
And yet, there were still some martial artists resisting the Buddhist Sect, sporadically scattered across various areas.
Su Jing and Li Yujing searched for Su Que for a long time, unable to find him, but encountered such a group.
The leader was a martial artist of no weak cultivation named "Xu Tiancheng."
For two hundred years, he remained secluded in cultivation amidst the wars and martial changes from Liang Kingdom to Qi Kingdom.
Now, Spirit Mountain occupied this world, its followers abundant and dominant.
Xu Tiancheng could no longer remain hidden and sought the force of martial artists to join in resistance as much as possible.
Yet, his continual resistance proved no match for the multitude of Buddhist monks, and he, along with the martial artist group, could only retreat from the Central Plains to the Southern Domain.
By chance, they were met by Su Jing and Li Yujing.
Xu Tiancheng, somewhat disheartened now, decided to flee overseas temporarily.
He asked the martial artists present if anyone wished to accompany him.
Those martial artists, out of despondency or fear of the Buddhist monks, all agreed.
Only Su Jing and Li Yujing decided to stay.
"Miss Su, are you looking for your younger brother?"
A shaggy-bearded man among the martial artists asked.
Su Jing nodded.
"We’ve heard you mention before that your brother has been missing for months with no leads whatsoever; how will you find him?"
"At this time, keep yourself safe."
"If one day your brother is alive, but you are trapped in the Buddhist Sect, how will he meet you?"
The martial artist continued.
The Buddhist monks do not induct everyone into the Buddhist Sect.
They only take in martial artists and those with the talent for techniques.
The common folk are not inducted by the Buddhist Sect.
But they maintain a good image in front of the common folk.
They compel Li Xuanji to enshrine them as the state religion.
If there’s a disaster, they have Li Xuanji provide relief while proclaiming to the people that the Buddhist Sect alleviates the disaster.
They hope the common folks give birth to qualified offspring who would be willingly sent to the Buddhist Sect.
These who have not undergone empowerment, whose minds are uninfluenced, and who devoutly believe in Buddha, are the cultivators desired by the Buddhist Sect.
In the future, they may join Spirit Mountain and become soldiers waging war with the Celestial Court.
After listening to the martial artist’s advice, Su Jing clenched her delicate hands tightly, pondering for a while before finally agreeing to temporarily flee overseas with the group led by Xu Tiancheng.
...
At this moment, at the Grand Celestial Mountain Range of this small world, a group of monks was practicing alchemy.
The leading monk was Elder Qingxuan, who had shaved his head.
Although Elder Qingxuan’s cultivation was not exceptional, his outstanding talent in alchemy led him to be initiated into the Buddhist Sect.
After being initiated into the Buddhist Sect, he was given an elixir recipe.
The elixirs in this recipe were unfamiliar to Elder Qingxuan.
Some ingredients he knew were used to awaken the mind.
Following the recipe, Elder Qingxuan led his alchemists in concocting elixirs.
Soon, he refined several batches of elixirs.
After refining the elixirs, they were the first to consume them.
After consumption, he realized it as an elixir that prevents drowsiness and hunger.
This allowed them to practice alchemy day and night.
Having consumed them, they continued to a large extent to refine such elixirs.
Part of the refined elixirs were consumed by the craftsmen building Buddhist temples, while another part was given to the low-ranking monks in the Buddhist Sect.
After several months of sleepless and relentless refining, Elder Qingxuan was deeply frustrated.
Originally, alchemy was a great pleasure for him.
But now, if ordered by the Buddhist Sect to refine, he wanted to vomit.
All these months, continually refining, it was always the same few kinds of elixirs!
’Sir, will you return?’
At this moment, Elder Qingxuan could not help but long for Su Que.
Su Que, who had sought elixirs from him since his cultivation was low, rapidly rose to become a legendary mysterious martial artist.
He knew "sir" had once slew divinity in the small world.
Moreover, "sir" had been long absent, likely having left the small world.
It was possible "sir" advanced his cultivation after leaving this small world.
He hoped "sir" would come back to see this small world.
...
Upper Realm.
Su Que flew back to Snow Mountain.
After extracting elixirs from his storage pouch, he consumed them, then began cultivating the Circulation of the Six Void Skill.
In the ensuing time, he continuously cultivated within Snow Mountain. When medicinal power drained, he consumed celestial medicine and elixirs.
Unknowingly, twelve days passed.
His celestial medicines and elixirs were finally depleted.
The Circulation of the Six Void Skill reached 10th Realm Shocking the Ancients 2%.
The enhancement of Eight-Colored True Qi within his body also boosted the strengths of his other martial arts correspondingly.
His lifespan extended over eight hundred years.
Remaining lifespan: 42,525
With celestial medicines and elixirs depleted, his cultivation speed would indeed slow down.
Although possessing considerable longevity, ensuring safety and ability to obtain celestial medicines and elixirs, he naturally strived to acquire enough elixirs to sustain his cultivation pace.
From his memory of Arhats and Dharma Guardian Deities, he knew many Spirit Mountain occupied locations where celestial medicines grew.
Several places had Arhats and Dharma Guardian Deities of low cultivation guarding them; if he wished to seize celestial medicines, there was no danger.
Moreover, his strong spirit coupled with Eight-Nine Evil Technique endowed him with immense perception and escape capabilities.
Meanwhile, Su Que also considered where to obtain Karmic Force.
One approach was to rely on accumulated faith within the small world.
The other was to seize it from the monks of the Demon Buddha Lineage.
He once planted a Demon Seed in a group of loose cultivators.
And had the group of loose cultivators gather information on the Demon Buddha Lineage.
Currently, the greater part of those loose cultivators continued to cultivate within that mountain range.
He decided to visit that mountain range, perform telepathy, and obtain the memories of those loose cultivators.
To see whether this group of loose cultivators has made any gains during this period.
Additionally, previously, while seizing elixirs, he acquired the memory of a Daoist Yang skilled in poison.
From Daoist Yang, he gained many bottles and jars filled with poison.
After consuming these toxins, advancements in cultivating the Heart Scripture of Myriad Poisons followed.
And he gained the memory from Daoist Yang of the locations of several poison fields.
Thus, he planned to seize Spirit Mountain’s celestial medicine only after visiting those poison fields to absorb toxins and enhance the mastery of Heart Scripture of Myriad Poisons.
With this thought in mind, Su Que promptly flew out of the cave based on Daoist Yang’s memory, heading towards those poison fields.
Daoist Yang knew of a total of three poison fields.
Spending time equivalent to a cup of tea, Su Que flew to the first poison field.
This poison field was very clandestine and used an array to conceal itself.
Su Que remembered the array’s focal point from Daoist Yang’s memory.
He infused True Qi into his fist, then struck the focal point with his fist.
The scenery ahead warped, the array thus shattered by him.
Before his eyes were flowers with petals of a black color, each roughly the size for five people to encircle.
These flowers formed a sea.
The petals emitted a pungent stench.
Su Que remained unfazed by the nauseating stench and ventured deeply into the sea of flowers, activating the Heart Scripture of Myriad Poisons.
In an instant, black toxins swept towards Su Que like a giant whale imbibing water.
Within the span of a cup of tea, Su Que drained the sea of flowers of its toxins.
Each peculiar flower wilted.
The Heart Scripture of Myriad Poisons reached 12th Realm Unparalleled 35%.