Chapter 223: Jiangbei Is Too Dangerous
The appearance of [Refuge in the True Dharma] instantly opened Lu Yang’s train of thought.
In his view, there was nothing special about this scripture. The initiative was entirely on the Pure Land’s side; whether it was useful or not depended entirely on whether the Pure Land was willing to respond.
Thinking of this, he immediately found a Qi Refining disciple.
Then he handed the scripture to him.
After all, the Pure Land’s scriptures had always been demonic in nature. Heaven knows what hidden dangers there were, so he certainly couldn’t do it personally.
So it was better to leave it to a reliable person.
Immediately after, he began to arrange formations around the Qi Refining disciple: Spirit-Trapping Formation, Soul-Locking Formation… layers of formation patterns surrounded the Qi Refining disciple.
Finally, Lu Yang pinched a seal for a Divine Ability.
“[Hidden Stellar Radiance]!”
This Divine Ability could perfectly conceal karma and aura. Under the guise of the Divine Ability, all formations were hidden, looking completely problem-free at first glance.
That’s right, he was going to chum the waters.
[Refuge in the True Dharma] could summon the Divine Thought of a Pure Land Venerable. Using such a good thing just to convert to the Pure Land was simply a reckless waste of heavenly treasures!
Thinking of this, Lu Yang felt somewhat emotional: “The quality of Jiangbei Demonic Cultivators is too poor! Their thinking is not broad at all. They say one takes on the color of one’s company. These Demonic Cultivators have stayed under the rule of the Saint Sect for so long, yet they haven’t learned a bit of the Saint Sect’s thinking. Rotten wood cannot be carved!”
The Divine Thought of a Pure Land Venerable.
Equivalent to a split soul thought of a Great Perfected One. Used as medicine, it could refine high-quality Soul Spirit Pills; used for Artifact Refining, it could greatly enhance the spirituality of a Treasure.
“If I get a few streaks to feed the [Avici Sword], the [Avici Sword] might evolve again!”
One must know that even the original owner of the [Avici Sword], Perfected One Blood Demon, was only at the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment back then, on the same level as a Pure Land Venerable.
Therefore, those he used to refine the [Avici Sword] were also weaker Perfected Ones at the Middle and Initial Stages of Foundation Establishment.
As for a Great Perfected One, the [Avici Sword] hadn’t tasted one yet!
It was conceivable that if he could devour a few more streaks of Divine Thought from a Pure Land Venerable and use them to offer to the sword, it would definitely allow the [Avici Sword] to gain a huge improvement!
It wasn’t even impossible to gain another Divine Wonder!
Thinking of this, Lu Yang became more motivated.
Soon, everything was ready. Under Lu Yang’s signal, the Qi Refining disciple immediately began to chant the [Refuge in the True Dharma] scripture tremblingly.
Whoosh!
In the next second, a Buddha light slowly emerged amidst his chanting sound. Then, like a peacock spreading its tail, it revealed a vast and boundless Pure Land scene. Within the Pure Land, a lotus platform hung high, and on the platform sat a Dharma Body with a solemn and precious appearance, possessing all thirty-two marks of perfection.
‘Success!’
Hiding in the dark, Lu Yang looked excited. He immediately pinched a hand seal, and countless Spirit-Trapping and Soul-Locking Formations around instantly activated, firmly trapping that Dharma Body!
“Amitabha, this poor monk is [Venerable Vimalakirti]… Hmm?”
Before the Dharma Body finished speaking, he froze in place, discovering that this streak of his Divine Thought had just appeared when its connection with the main body was inexplicably cut off.
‘Not good!’
Just as this thought arose, a soundless, colorless, shadowless, and formless spiritual sword drifted lightly into the back of his head and pierced out from between his eyebrows.
Rip!
In the next second, [Venerable Vimalakirti]’s Divine Thought was killed by Lu Yang with one sword strike. The dispersed Divine Thought was carefully collected by him.
“Change the person. Are there any captives from [Fenbao Cliff]?”
With one experience, Lu Yang was even more familiar the second time. He even optimized the bait to use a Qi Refining disciple from the sect belonging to the Treasure-Laden Youth.
This way, the credibility was higher.
At this moment, in a mountain forest in Jiangbei.
Pfft!
With a mouthful of hot blood spurting out and evaporating on the ground, an old monk with white hair and beard was looking warily towards the direction of the [Kingdom of Qing].
Something was wrong!
Venerable Vimalakirti felt a chill in his heart. Lu Yang didn’t believe it was a coincidence that he could counter the [Mighty Wisdom King], so how could he not detect the trickiness within?
First, the three [Mighty Wisdom Kings] he meticulously created happened to run into their nemesis. Not only did they achieve nothing, but the backlash even caused him a small injury.
Immediately after, he sensed someone chanting [Refuge in the True Dharma], and the cultivation seemed to be only at the Qi Refining Realm. It might be a downline developed by Treasure-Laden. So, to investigate the war situation in the [Kingdom of Qing], he specially split a strand of Divine Sense to go over, but it lost contact as soon as it arrived.
“…I’ve been plotted against!”
Thinking of this, Venerable Vimalakirti dared not think about converting Lu Yang anymore. He only felt that the current Jiangbei was simply a huge pit.
However, in the next second, another sense arose.
“Someone is looking for me again?”
Venerable Vimalakirti fell into doubt. After a slight sensing, it was a Qi Refining disciple just like before, and he found nothing wrong with the surroundings.
“This person… seems to be a disciple of Treasure-Laden?”
Venerable Vimalakirti sensed it several times, and finally, his eyes lit up. “Treasure-Laden joined the Pure Land early on; his disciples should have no problems.”
Thinking of this, he immediately split a strand of Divine Thought.
On the other end, Lu Yang was overjoyed and immediately reeled in the line.
“…Gone again?”
Another strand of Divine Thought lost contact. Venerable Vimalakirti’s mind was somewhat in a trance. Although this loss was nothing to him, it was very insulting.
Do you take me for a fool?
Before long, another sense came. This time, Venerable Vimalakirti decided to go hard and directly projected a Divine Thought at the Foundation Establishment level!
“I want to see who it is…”
Boom!
On the other end, seeing that the Pure Land Venerable opposite could still fall for it, Lu Yang was somewhat shocked himself. Without a second word, he urged the formation to capture again.
In the next second, the Divine Thought projected out lost contact again. Venerable Vimalakirti swayed. One must know he was already in an injured state from the backlash of the Empowerment Method. Losing Divine Thoughts one after another, and finally losing a big one, this time really hurt his foundation.
However, this also sobered him up instantly.
“…No! How could I do such a foolish thing, damaging my own Dao comprehension… Merit and Fate deficit, heart-mind covered in dust—have I been tainted with Tribulation Qi!?”
Venerable Vimalakirti hurriedly sat cross-legged.
A passage of the [Mahayana True Enlightenment Fundamental Sutra] was chanted from his mouth, clearing the Lingtai and quickly suppressing the many distracting thoughts that had just arisen.
However, his heart remained full of doubts.
When exactly?
He hadn’t done anything damaging to merit, so it was impossible to attract Heavenly Punishment. How did his heart suddenly get clouded by Tribulation Qi? This was completely unreasonable!
‘No, it might not necessarily be Tribulation Qi… it could also be other reasons. A Perfected Lord could also achieve similar means, but with a Bodhisattva watching, how could I be hit? Unless… the one taking action isn’t a Bodhisattva? Late Stage of Foundation Establishment? No, more than that! There should also be a supreme treasure related to the Dao Fruit?’
The more Venerable Vimalakirti thought, the more terrified he felt.
‘Jiangbei is too dangerous… I want to return to the Pure Land!’
Thinking of this, Venerable Vimalakirti was about to get up and leave when a hand reached over kindly, supporting him to stand firm.
“Thank you.”
“No problem.”
Venerable Vimalakirti’s body instantly stiffened in place.
What happened just now?
Heaven and Earth have a conscience; he was a Venerable of the Pure Land, a Great Arhat. To return to the Pure Land, didn’t he just need a thought? Why did he need to stand up?
And whose hand is this beside me?
Venerable Vimalakirti turned his head to look behind him. A pair of eyes filled with golden light, faint but not dim, like lamps in a hall, instantly came into his view.
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