Longevity Chronicles-Chapter 630 - 408 Cyber City, Nirvana Demon Buddha_2

"All people within Qiantang Province are viewed by the Naked Sect as cultivation resources, cherished with caution yet often plundered."

"He Jinxiu is one of the Naked Sect's Saintesses, who, possessing military prowess, has been granted authority over an army independently."

"Her incursion into Qiantang must be for that Devil Concubine Yuan Mingzhen... Rumor has it the leader of the Naked Sect deems the Devil Concubine Yuan Mingzhen most suitable as her crucible, to aid in achieving the Dao."

Tao Qian had spied out the foundations of the two great armies and naturally had no intention of meddling in their affairs.

Neither party was good; it was just a case of dog eat dog.

However, Tao Qian also knew that the current spectacle must be instigated by the Demon Buddha Temple in the background.

What he didn't know was how those demon monks had managed to do it?

Since they were warlords, none would be foolish.

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Just one glance made it clear: the outcome of this great war would be mutual destruction, both sides utterly devastated.

Harboring doubts, Tao Qian immediately investigated.

Soon, from the chanting, the fluctuating minds of the hundreds of thousands within the city, the logistics areas of the two armies, the surroundings outside the city including various counties and villages... and so on, he gleaned insight into the causes and consequences.

"Besides the main city of Yinping, there are several counties such as Red Kiln, Zhaolu, Shangan, and more than a dozen towns and villages."

"Now, these territories are mostly desolate, with the common people slain to decline, all by the hands of the Pi Mao Army and the Naked Army, even turned into rations for the two armies."

"All of this is, of course, deliberately condoned by the Demon Buddha Temple."

"Yet, the ordinary people are unaware, their hearts filled with resentment and boundless wish power pouring out, collectively chanting Buddhist Scriptures, praying for the Bodhisattva to descend and punish these cruel warlords."

"This is Earthly Buddha Country during such a time."

"So many believers wishing together creates resonance in a moment, directly bewildering the minds of these warlords."

"Willing or not, they must kill each other until none are left alive."

The look on Tao Qian's face was very unsightly.

Even without interrogating Shanyu, the demon monk, Tao Qian could guess: there was a conspiracy at work here.

Now, he surmised even more.

"The Demon Buddha Temple deliberately allowed the invasion of Qiantang by the armies of many Northland warlords, even letting them massacre the believers, all for the purpose of refining the Demon Buddha Exotic Treasure [Great Compassionate and Merciful Transcendent Bodhisattva]."

"But how to refine it?"

"That Shanyu monk stated: in Yinping City, a Bodhisattva will be born."

"Where?"

Tao Qian kept asking himself, and then he had a certain perception.

Without any hesitation, he directly activated "Innate Spiritual Vision" and saw in the fetid quagmire of carcasses and plasma, wisps and tendrils, invisible to the naked eye, of extremely fine blood essence, essence qi, wish power... and other alien items.

Beyond that, there were the toxic substances of the mortal world such as greed, anger, ignorance, hatred, and malice, which converged into a tide of Void.

Rushing towards the depths of Yinping City, towards Treasure Vase Temple, where hundreds of demon monks' backs were turned to the Void.

That place was, originally in emptiness.

Yet now, within Tao Qian's gaze emerged an incredibly strange, incomprehensible scene:

Behind the demon monks, there appeared a layer of an immensely huge "fetal membrane," almost touching the sky and spanning the earth.

At first, that fetal membrane was a milky white.

Like varnish, yet like cow's milk.

Pure and sacred.

As the myriad of alien Source Qi and mortal toxic substances streamed in, the fetal membrane began to discolor.

Turning pitch black, becoming filthy.

Yet it seemed to draw spiritual sustenance from this, and within the membrane, the contour of a great, sacred, and somewhat familiar figure began to emerge.

"Bodhisattva?"

"What kind of refining is this?"

Shocked and puzzled, Tao Qian had no clue.

Although he posed as Buddha's son, his proficiency in Buddhist Law was merely average.

Without any embarrassment, he directly sent a telepathic message to Master Yuan in his arms to inquire.

The next moment, he received an answer.

Master Yuan seemed astonished by the Demon Buddha Temple's actions and first recited:

"With the seed of a faith superior vehicle, the Buddha is born along with the Wisdom Mother of the Dharma."

"Within the place of joyous chants and a nurturing mother's tears, there follows the birth of the Bodhisattva alongside the Buddha."

"This verse means, to birth a Bodhisattva, it's necessary to gather the four major causes: the seed, the Wisdom Mother, the place of the fetus, and the nursing mother."

"Although I do not know what Evil Technique those baldies from the Demon Buddha Temple have brought back from the Outer Realm, they cannot escape these four causes."

"The fetal membrane you've seen ought to be where the Bodhisattva is being conceived."

"The so-called 'Pi Mao Army' and 'Naked Army' ought to be considered as nursing mothers."

"I just don't know what the 'Wisdom Mother' and 'seed' are, but undoubtedly they're not anything good."

"The baldies at the Demon Buddha Temple are the very best at distorting the true meaning of the Buddhist Law, yet somehow, every time they manage to make it sound plausible; in their domain, twisted reasoning becomes the Great Dao."

With this reminder from Master Yuan, Tao Qian's eyes cleared of much of their confusion.

He stared at the battlefield, his thoughts flashing.

"Qiantang Province, I'm afraid, has been regarded by the Demon Buddha Temple as a testing ground."

"The so-called Great Transcendence Bodhisattva is clearly being crafted as a weapon."

"Those four causes that can lead to the birth of a Bodhisattva, the demon monks are artificially creating them."

"That 'Wisdom Mother,' I fear, might be the souls of hundreds of thousands of believers within Yinping City."

"The only thing I don't understand is the 'seed'."

As he pondered this, a stroke of inspiration suddenly emerged in Tao Qian's mind.

That Shanyu Demon Monk had said: aside from the Demon Buddha Dharma, the Bodhisattva that the Demon Buddha Temple wishes to forge also requires a Mechanical Secret Technique brought back from the Outer Realm by a Buddha ancestor.

Could that secret technique possibly be what is referred to as the 'seed'?

"Mechanical... seed..."

At this thought, a light shone in Tao Qian's eyes.

He was about to summon Lian Jing'er to do something when, suddenly, the slaughter within the battlefield ceased.

It turned out!

Unbeknownst to them, the "Pi Mao Army" and "Naked Army" had all perished.

And at the last moment, the two warlords, Liu Guangyuan and He Jinxiu,

Both regained consciousness for a momentary flash, their faces showing expressions of shock and furious anger.

Alas, it was too late for resistance; what was done was done.

"Namaste Buddha!"

"Namaste Buddha!"

Following these two utterances of the Buddha's name, both men were struck at the back of their heads, their skulls shattered and they died.

Two demon monks revealed their figures.

One was draped in a golden kasaya with a face like a red date, a smile at the corner of his mouth, holding a Hei Bo in his hand.

The other was dressed in a patchwork robe with bare chest and exposed breasts, long ears drooping to his shoulders, with a wooden staff in hand.

Tao Qian had previously asked Shanyu, and so he recognized these two monks.

"Hei Bo Venerable, Perfection of Cavernous Mystery, Demon Buddha Temple Elder, cultivates the 'Infinite Life Scripture,' specializes in Subduing Divine Power, with unparalleled killing prowess."

"Flower Staff Venerable, Perfection of Cavernous Mystery, Demon Buddha Temple Elder, cultivates the 'Demon Buddha Nirvana Sutra,' also proficient in the row of killing and subduing."

After the two monks killed, they looked upon the Corpse Mountain and the blood sea, the muddy Purgatory, and both revealed pleased expressions on their faces.

With a stomp of their feet, a burst of black and golden Demon Buddha light erupted, tracing out a huge and constantly expanding Array formation in the earth and sky above.

Behind them, in Yinping City, the chanting sounds suddenly increased manifold.

Hundreds of thousands of citizens simultaneously entered a state of 'sudden insight.'

Joy and the color of wisdom surfaced on each person's face, as if they had attained enlightenment and transformed into Buddhas on the spot.

Above the city, the endlessly repeating chant of "Namaste Buddha," was somewhat ironic, as one after another, reputed Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, Arhats, and Vajras esteemed by all Buddhist practitioners began to appear.

Although all were illusions, the spectacle was still shocking.

And that expanding Array had, in the blink of an eye, reached Yellow Cloud Mountain, not far from Yinping City, incorporating this great mountain within the Array.

Naturally, Tao Qian and his wife were also enveloped by the Array.

Upon contact, a Record emerged instantly in their minds:

[Name: Demon Light Ten Thousand Buddha Verification Bodhisattva Array.]

[Record Type: Array.]

[Record: This Array originates from the Demon Buddha Temple, modified from the Great Freedom's Ten Thousand Buddha Formation. Once included within it, one will be perceived by the host of the Array and come under the suppression of ten thousand Buddhas. However, the power of this Array is far less than the original version, the cultivation of the Array's host is the upper limit of this Array's power. The true function of this Array is to forge the Demon Buddha's treasure, the 'Great Compassionate and Merciful Transcendent Bodhisattva'.]

[Note One: One of the Demon Buddha Temple's Buddha ancestors, 'Namo Nirvana Buddha,' has brought back the Mechanical Seed from the Outer Realm. Combined with the Demon Buddha Secret Technique, it can forge the Buddha Treasure weapon, the Great Transcendence Bodhisattva.]

[Note Two: The forging of one such Buddha Treasure can subdue an Ultimate Happiness Cultivator, the forging of two can subdue the second Ultimate Happiness Cultivator, until eighteen are forged, all the Transcendence Bodhisattvas will merge into a Mechanical Species version of the Namo Nirvana Demon Buddha.]

[Note Three: This Mechanical Nirvana Demon Buddha can sever Daoist Transformations. As it is not a Life, it does not generate Karma, and there are no consequences to its creation; once forged, it can move unhindered through this territory.]

[Note Four: Exemption from being perceived!]

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