Chapter 55 (Part 3)

To be honest, Yu Yu was a little shocked.

“Daoist Lingyu, do you feel that this old monk’s conduct was too harsh?”

The head seat of the Discipline Hall looked toward the only two people present who were not disciples of the Buddhist Sect. Originally, they had not wanted to resolve this matter in front of outsiders, but Yu Yu and Lingji were also involved parties. They could not punish Yuantong while bypassing them.

If the two of them had not possessed extraordinary strength, they would have been victims too.

“It is indeed somewhat unexpected. Doesn’t Buddhism often say that the sea of suffering has no shore, but the moment one turns back, the shore is there?”

Yu Yu still could not understand the saying that if one put down the butcher’s knife, one could become a Buddha on the spot.

If a person guilty of the most heinous crimes killed enough people, then put down his knife and said he would do good deeds from then on, and then he became a Buddha, would becoming a Buddha not be far too much of a joke?

Those who had died at the hands of bad people—who should be responsible for their lives?

Could it be that just because the murderer put down the butcher’s knife, the victims had died for nothing?

He could not understand it, and he did not want to understand such conduct either, so Yu Yu’s impression of Buddhism was not very good.

Of course, Buddhism also had good people. During the earthquake in Shu Province in his previous life, there had been Buddhist masters who opened a door of convenience for pregnant women and infants.

Yu Yu felt that only such people deserved to be called eminent monks by everyone. As for those who hung up a sheep’s head while selling dog meat, forget it. Yu Yu never entered Buddhist temples. Rather than ask Buddha, it was better to rely on oneself.

After transmigrating, his impression of Buddhism was still very ordinary. This time, if he had not had his eldest senior brother protecting him, his life would also have been difficult to preserve. Yu Yu could counter the Myriad Ghost Banner, but he could not beat the evil cultivator.

That was equivalent to him finally surviving from the hands of bad people, only to die at the hands of an evil cultivator. Who would he go to for justice then?

At that time, not only would he lose his own life, his bonded spiritual weapon would also fall into the evil cultivator’s hands, and perhaps even help a tyrant commit evil.

The moment he thought of this, Yu Yu’s mood grew even heavier.

No. After he returned, he had to think of a method. If he unexpectedly died, and the person who obtained his bonded spiritual weapon was not one of his senior brothers or senior sisters, then he would make the bonded spiritual weapon self-destruct.

That idea would have to wait until he returned to the sect. For now, he would temporarily listen to the answer from the head seat of the Discipline Hall first.

“If Yuantong had only taken a wrong step for a moment, then naturally he could have corrected it. But what he wanted was the lives of several million living beings in Immortal-Receiving City. Even the Buddha would be angry and would not spare him. A disgrace to Buddhism must repay it with his life.”

The head seat’s words made the Buddhist disciples present lower their eyes and silently recite “Amitabha.”

Perhaps the head seat was also knocking a warning into the Buddhist disciples at the same time: do not casually try things that should not be tried. Otherwise, once discovered, Yuantong would be their outcome.

“So that is how it is.”

Yu Yu smiled.

It was just that the smile did not reach his eyes. The head seat silently recited a Buddhist invocation.

What a little fox. No wonder Daoist Lord Qingyang saw him as a treasure. Daoist Lord Lingji beside him had not reacted, yet this little junior brother of his had seen through his thoughts at a glance.

Indeed, he had killed Yuantong not only because Yuantong had violated the precepts, but more so to warn Buddhist disciples not to learn from Yuantong’s actions.

This time, the Buddhist Sect had lost face before the Daoist path, and the abbot was angry as well.

They were originally monks from outside. It had not been easy for them to claim a piece of territory in the Holy Feather World, and it was even in the most barren border region.

If not for the fact that Buddhism did not have high requirements for spiritual energy, it would have been impossible for the Buddhist Sect to develop into one of the ten great sects in a place where spiritual energy was thin.

Likewise, the Daoist path had always been waiting for the Buddhist Sect to become a joke. Today, the Daoist path had finally waited long enough.

Everyone said monks from outside knew how to chant scripture. So this was how they chanted it.

The head seat could already imagine how the people of the Daoist path would talk about the Buddhist Sect. That was why he had decided to kill Yuantong as a warning to others.

Yuantong’s death had a very good deterrent effect on the Buddhist disciples. The only problem was the little fox in front of him, who gave the head seat a headache.

He hoped that after the other party returned, he would not say anything that affected the Buddhist Sect’s reputation.

The head seat thought this without holding much hope. The main reason was that Yuantong’s actions were truly too shocking to hear about. He had been an eminent Buddhist monk!

His collusion with an evil cultivator was already enough to surprise everyone, but no one had expected that he would disregard the lives of several million living beings, single-mindedly seeking only merit.

How were such actions any different from an evil cultivator’s? No, there was still a difference. At the very least, evil cultivators were open and aboveboard, and never concealed their evil deeds.

This was the only thought everyone had after hearing about the events in Immortal-Receiving City. The Buddhist Sect wanted this matter to pass so blandly.

But they had forgotten that apart from Yu Yu and Lingji, there had also been many cultivators in Immortal-Receiving City who had come to do tasks.

Although their cultivation was not high, they had relatives and friends. So in less than a day, the entire Holy Feather World knew.

When Yuande and Yuanxing escorted them to ride the teleportation array, Yu Yu looked at them with innocent eyes.

I did not say a thing. But with several million mouths, you cannot block them even if you want to.

They might as well honestly admit their mistakes and gain everyone’s understanding instead.

As for what the Buddhist Sect did afterward, Yu Yu and Lingji did not care at all. Because the two of them had saved Immortal-Receiving City, the City Lord’s Manor specially opened the teleportation array early, so the two of them could immediately return to the immortal cultivation city under the Taizhen Immortal Sect’s sphere of influence.

Perhaps there was a bit of intent to send away disaster. After all, such a major incident had happened in Immortal-Receiving City as soon as the two of them arrived. Although it had nothing to do with them, who told the two of them to become witnesses? They had even saved the whole city of common people.

The Buddhist Sect wished the two of them would leave sooner. Out of sight, out of mind.

Yu Yu and Lingji likewise did not want to stay another moment. Amid Yuande and Yuanxing’s bitter-melon faces, they left Immortal-Receiving City.

Only after they rode the teleportation array away did the Demon Mother and the Demon Lord show themselves in Immortal-Receiving City.

The appearance of the two of them greatly shocked the Buddhist Sect.

“Hahahaha! Bald donkeys, you have truly laughed this king to death this time.”

The Demon Lord was as arrogant as ever. His laughter could be heard throughout all of Immortal-Receiving City.

Oh-ho, even the king of the demon cultivators knew. Now there was a good show to watch.

As for other worlds, no one knew, but in the Holy Feather World, demon cultivators did not have a bad reputation. The moment the Buddhist Sect arrived, they had targeted them, but demon cultivators were not easy to bully either.

Although both sides currently disliked the sight of each other, they had fought several battles in the past.

So now that something had happened to Buddhism, the demon cultivators naturally could not wait to watch the show.

“Amitabha.”

The Buddhist Sect disciples were so angry they kept reciting the Buddhist invocation. This Demon Lord was far too hateful.

In the past, Buddhist Sect disciples would definitely have been unable to endure it and would have jumped out to refute him. But this time, they were all as quiet as chickens. The Demon Lord shouted for half a day, yet not a single Buddhist disciple came out to confront him.

It was also rather boring to perform a one-man show. The Demon Lord curled his lip and stopped speaking too.

“Let us go back. Count them sensible for not making a move against that child. Otherwise, the Demon Realm would not mind going to war with the Buddhist Sect.”

After the Demon Mother said this, she vanished from Immortal-Receiving City. If not for Little Lingyu, she would never have wanted to come to the Buddhist Sect’s territory at all.

“Mother is exactly right. Fortunately, you did not make a move against Little Lingyu. I hope the Buddhist Sect can manage its own disciples well. Stop spending all day doing no proper business and thinking up crooked ideas instead.”

After warning the Buddhist Sect, the Demon Lord also ran off, leaving behind a crowd of Buddhist Sect disciples whose noses were nearly twisted crooked from anger.

They had bullied Buddhism too far, but there was nothing they could do.

Most Buddhist Sect disciples were not good with words. Add in the fact that the Buddhist Sect was in the wrong this time, and they could not even find anything to say in rebuttal.

They could only watch helplessly as the other party came arrogantly and left arrogantly.

Yu Yu and Lingji were teleported to Taiyin City. The city lord here was a senior brother from the Ling generation, while the elder stationed here was Yu Yu and Lingji’s martial uncle.

“Ai, you two are finally back.”

Qingsheng and Qinghe, who had come to receive them, both let out sighs of relief.

“Eldest Martial Uncle, how is my Master?”

The moment Yu Yu came out of the teleportation array and did not see Qingyang present, he grabbed Qingsheng and hurriedly asked.

“Little Martial Nephew, do not panic. Qingyang is fine. It is inconvenient for him to leave the mountain right now, so your Martial Uncle Qinghe and I came to receive you.”

Qingsheng stroked Yu Yu’s head. This child had suffered.

Although Yu Yu and Lingji had not said anything, with Qingsheng and Qinghe’s cultivation, they naturally saw the trouble inside Yu Yu’s body.

Spatial power. The most troublesome and difficult-to-treat energy.

Even they had no good method to expel the spatial power remaining in Yu Yu’s body.

As long as the spatial power was not expelled, Yu Yu’s body would have no way to fully recover. It could only be expelled a little each day, slowly discharged and slowly recovered.

“Child, you have suffered!”

Qinghe was not as steady as his eldest senior brother, who could keep his pain from showing no matter how badly he felt inside. Qinghe directly held Yu Yu and cried. After their little martial nephew had taken a master, when had he ever suffered such hardship?

It was all those bad people’s fault. They did not even know to buy a better teleportation array when abducting someone.

If the culprit knew of Qinghe’s complaint, he would definitely cry loudly.

Next Chapter >