Xu Disheng was still unaware of the tremendous uproar he had caused outside of the inner realm of the Luminous Cloud Abyss. At this moment, when he saw the person standing in front of him, a hint of doubt appeared deep in his eyes.
The discipleâs facial features were ordinary. He seemed to be an elite disciple at the peak Sea of Qi stage, but there was a rare, faint but still discernible aura around him which was surprising to Xu Disheng.
That person laughed and said, âCome.â
His voice was coarse, not like a humanâs voice.
Xu Dishengâs eyebrows furrowed deeper. This person was very much like a ghost with high spiritual awareness who had transformed into a human.
But this was the Shangqing Sacred Sect, one of the overlord sects of the Shan Mountain Territory. There were countless powerhouses here, and even several Clone Avatar stage Greater Lords watching over the place. It would be strange for there to be even a hint of any sinister ghost thriving here, much less a ghost from the outside world. But this personâs auraâŠ
It wasnât exactly ghost qi, but it was similar.
High up in the sea of clouds at the center of the Luminous Cloud Abyss, Primordial Lord Yangze, seated on a spacious, luxurious couch made of clouds, inadvertently glanced over at the strange disciple.
Lu Wenâs voice grew even more coarse as he spoke. âWhy are you still not attacking? I already killed four disciples. If you donât attack me first, I canât kill you.â
âThereâs a protective mist energy. You managed to kill people?â Xu Disheng asked, raising an eyebrow.
Lu Wenâs face warped and contorted, already very much unlike a human face. After a few moments, he forcefully brought his face back into order, the hint of urgency in his tone growing. âHurry up and attack, I want to kill you! Thereâs a really nice smell on your body!â
His fingers began to twitch, like he wanted to attack Xu Disheng. But as if there was some unknown kind of rule binding him, he couldnât lift his hands at all.
With the protection of the mist energy, there really was no way to kill anyone by force here.
But there were strange things about this Lu Wen. Before the disciples could teleport out, a phantom image of a Bodhisattva statue with tightly closed eyes would appear before him, swallowing the disciplesâ souls!
A bizarre occurrence like this should have been discovered by the spectators outside, watching the screens of light, but Primordial Lord Yangze had secretly made a move to conceal it.
The Bodhisattva phantom image was the ârevenantâ that Primordial Lord Yangze had spoken of!
It was a dreadful being formed from the negative aspects of a Bodhisattva!
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The screen of light showing Xu Dishengâs perspective was being watched by too many people. Even Primordial Lord Yangze had no way of forcefully hiding it, so he could only watch over the situation to make sure nothing unexpected occurred.
âWhy arenât you able to attack if I donât attack you?â Xu Disheng asked. He suddenly felt an indistinct, ancient aura coming from this personâs body. In his sea of consciousness, a fragment of a memory floated to the surface of his mind. The cyan jade flute, which had long been sitting in stillness in a corner of his sea of consciousness, unexpectedly began to emit a dull cyan glow once more.
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âPrajñÄ, where is your revenant?â
âThe Human Realm,â the Bodhisattva of PrajĂ±Ä said, looking at the youth beside him. âEveryone with the title of arhat and even Bodhisattvas all reincarnate their revenants into the Human Realm, allowing them to operate under a set of rules. You became a Bodhisattva recently, but you should also know about this.â
âIâm just a bit curious about your revenant, thatâs all. Do you still remember what I spoke with you about last time?â
âI wonât help you,â the Bodhisattva of PrajĂ±Ä said. After a momentâs thought, he continued, âAfter some time, I will be going to the Lesser Sun Realm and taking up a post as one of the three Bodhisattvas of the realm to gather merits. It would be best if you abandoned your thoughts of deviating from all living beings.â
âSuppose I told you that you could get a glimpse past that supreme boundary if you went to the Human Realm and found and absorbed the revenants of every arhat and Bodhisattva in the Great Buddhist Sun World⊠Would you believe me?â the youth said nonchalantly.
On the Bodhisattva of PrajñÄâs face, a rare hint of terror appeared on his face. As he lifted his head and looked off into the horizon of SahÄ Heaven, the divine light around him trembled slightly.
âHow could you dareâŠâ the Bodhisattva of PrajĂ±Ä began.
âDonât bother looking. Lord Buddha is asleep. He wonât hear,â the youth said.
âImpudent! You donât act like a Bodhisattva at all!â the Bodhisattva of PrajĂ±Ä shouted, true anger erupting forth. The halo behind his head shone fiercely with boundless divine light.
âWe are both Bodhisattvas, what can you even do to me? Remember this, PrajñÄ. You will help me with that matter sooner or later. And only your twelve-petaled lotus seat will be able to help me.â With that, the youthâs figure morphed into golden motes of light and left SahÄ Heaven.
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The memory fragmented to pieces. In Xu Dishengâs half-closed eyes, the golden glow of Buddhist divine light was shining.
Lu Wenâs face filled with terror. In a trembling voice, he shouted, âWho in the world are you?!â
Xu Disheng came back to his senses. When he opened both of his eyes fully, the golden divine light disappeared. In his eyes, which were always peaceful and calm, there was unexpectedly a hint of rage within.
Some being had intentionally let him see this memory!
And in this memory fragment, there was a good portion of it that was fabricated!
However, what was even more terrifying was that every time Xu Disheng was submerged in this memory in his sea of consciousness, he could sense the flaws and fabricated points in the memory, but whenever he woke up, the memory would seem incomparably real to him!
Xu Disheng channeled Soul Force into his eyes and examined Lu Wen.
Lu Wen was still looking at him with an expression filled with shock and fear, but there was a dreadful image superimposed over his body!
This image was a Bodhisattva with a frightening, sinister expression. His eyes were tightly closed, and tears of blood were streaming down his face in two rivulets.
As if the Bodhisattva felt Xu Dishengâs gaze on him, his eyes, which were trembling and crying tears of blood, started to open up!
A kind of sheer terror filled Xu Dishengâs heart. He had a premonition that if these two bloody eyes were to open up completely, he would definitely die!
In his sea of consciousness, the cyan jade flute began to blaze with cyan light, and Xu Disheng could feel its monstrous hunger. It trembled and stirred, as if it was about to transform into the Black Sky Yellow Earth Pagoda, then completely swallowed the terrifying phantom image of that Bodhisattva.
Xu Dishengâs eyes turned bloodshot, and he let out a low roar. âReturn for me!â
Pouring all of his Soul Force into this command, he suppressed the stirring cyan jade flute. He submerged it deep into the depths of his sea of consciousness, where it fell silent.