Chapter 242: Provide Guidance, Six Words, He’s Undoubtedly Our Sect Leader
Everyone healed quickly under the effects of the Spring Breeze Healing Technique.
Chu Kuangren was about to come down to the ground after he cast that technique in mid-air. However, he had a sudden hunch that made him look towards the Ancient Battlefield.
His gaze crossed the sea of clouds and fell onto a white-robed figure that was standing on the Ancient Battlefield’s sand dune.
The white-robed figure was holding a spear. His face was covered with a hideous-looking mask while his deep dark eyes looked at Chu Kuangren.
“The White-Robed General?”
Chu Kuangren frowned slightly as he wondered why he was seeing that person again.
Following that, he saw the White-Robed General struck his spear on the ground and bowed towards him. It seemed like he was either thanking Chu Kuangren or paying his respects to the million now-departed tormented souls.
Chu Kuangren was stunned. ‘What is he doing now?’
Just when Chu Kuangren wanted to ask him some questions, the White-Robed General lifted the spear before his figure disappeared in the sandstorm.
“Is he related to the million-unit Tormented Army? Wait, could he be a citizen of the Tranquil Kingdom?” Chu Kuangren thought.
Since the million-unit Tormented Army was transformed from the Tranquil Kingdom’s troops, could it be that the White-Robed General was a general from the Tranquil Kingdom?
Otherwise, why would he express his gratitude to Chu Kuangren for purifying these one million tormented souls?
The more Chu Kuangren thought about it, the more he felt that it might be possible.
However, there might be some other hidden reasons that he did not know of too. Hence, without thinking any further, he retracted his spiritual power and returned to the ground.
The Horizon Wing Sect Master, Wu Ye, Leng Changkong, and others went up to him.
“Greetings, Sect Leader. I’m the Horizon Wing Sect Master!”
“Greetings, Brother Chu. My name is Wu Ye.”
One by one, the few of them greeted and bowed to him.
Chu Kuangren chuckled. “It’s alright, there’s no need for pleasantries.”
After that, he looked at Leng Changkong who then looked back at him with a bitter smile and said, “Brother Chu, you’ve taken great lengths to hide your identity from me.”
“Changkong, don’t be rude.”
The Horizon Wing Sect Master scolded from the side.
Leng Changkong had come back to his senses too by then. Since his own Sect Master had addressed Chu Kuangren as Sect Leader, it would be impolite for him to address the other party as a fellow Daoist.
His expression turned serious. “Greetings, Sect Leader. I’m Changkong.”
“It’s alright, Brother Leng. You can drop the formalities,” Chu Kuangren replied.
The few of them then went to clean up the battlefield.
The Horizon Wing Sect Master could not hide the sadness in his eyes when he saw the Horizon Wing Sect’s cultivators who had died in battle. “They were all my Horizon Wing Sect’s remarkable children!”
“Please allow me to send them off with a prayer.”
Wu Ye sighed and sat on the ground. A faint Buddhist Light emanated from his body as he started to recite the Buddhist scriptures.
A wave of sanctity and harmonious qi emanated everywhere.
Once the battlefield was cleaned up, Wu Ye went to seek out Chu Kuangren. His eyes were bursting with great interest.
“Brother Chu, are you a Buddhist cultivator?”
“Venerable monk, you must be joking. I’m the Black Heaven Sect Leader, so how can I possibly be a Buddhist cultivator?” Chu Kuangren shook his head and laughed.
“That’s impossible.” Wu Ye shook his head firmly. “If you’re not a Buddhist cultivator, then how do you have that kind of Buddhist Light? I believe that even myself and the Thunder Temple’s Abbott pale in comparison to that Buddhist Light.”
“That’s just a type of technique, so it can’t really prove or explain anything.”
“No Buddhist technique will be able to exert much or even its full power without the support of Buddhism. Since Brother Chu was bathed in Buddhist Light just now, it means that you possess a deep understanding of that Buddhist Technique. For this very reason, I believe Brother Chu’s attainments in Buddhism should be at the top,” Wu Ye said confidently.
Based on that argument, Chu Kuangren was no doubt a Buddhist cultivator!
He was a little speechless.
He had obtained the Tathagata Rebirth Scripture through the Fantasy Roulette, so he never had to learn about Buddhism. After all, the knowledge and insights were directly imprinted into his mind upon retrieving that technique.
However, he did not bother to explain that in detail.
Meanwhile, seeing how silent Chu Kuangren was made Wu Ye more certain that he was a Buddhist cultivator who possessed a vast amount of Buddhist knowledge.
A hint of respect flashed across his eyes as he said, “Brother Chu, I’ve traveled to the Ancient Battlefield because the concentration of rage qi is the densest here. I wanted to release these tormented souls while taking the opportunity to gain a deeper insight into Buddhism by doing so. I’ve been stuck in a bottleneck for many years now, I hope Brother Chu can provide me with some guidance.”
Chu Kuangren was dumbfounded.
Provide guidance?
What kind of guidance could he possibly provide? His only understanding of Buddhism was limited to some famous proverbs, novels, and plays from his past lives.
“You’re too polite, venerable monk. My understanding of Buddhism is very shallow, so I’m not worthy to even speak of it at all. I’m afraid you’ve found the wrong person.”
“There’s no need to be humble, Brother Chu. Please do provide me with your guidance.”
Wu Ye looked at Chu Kuangren excitedly.
He was too eager to break through his current state.
As a dignified monk disciple and also the leader of the younger generation of Buddhist practitioners, Wu Ye had been known as the most intelligent figure in the Thunder Temple for thousands of years.
However, no one knew that his Buddhist attainments had reached a bottleneck and the fact that he could not make any progress troubled him a lot.
He had been trying to find a way to break through his bottleneck in Buddhism for all these years. He had gone through all of Thunder Temple’s Buddhist scriptures so many times that he could almost recite all of them by heart. Despite that, it only had a little effect on him, and he still could not break through his bottleneck.
It was only when he saw Chu Kuangren’s Buddhist Light and the towering golden ancient Buddha statue just now did a flicker of hope ignite within his heart.
He figured that person could perhaps solve his dilemma.
Chu Kuangren had a slight headache when he saw how persistent Wu Ye was.
‘Fine.’
‘I guess I’ll try to make something up.’
He casually replied, “See through, let go, be free.”
Those mere six words immediately unleashed the depths of Wu Ye’s mind.
“See through……”
“Let go……”
“Be free……”
It may only be six words, but it contained most of Buddhism’s essence.
The mystery and wonders in those words were hard to comprehend even for a monk disciple like Wu Ye. However, he seemed to have grasped something amid that process.
“See through…… Let go…… Be free!”
Wu Ye’s expression kept changing as he mumbled on.
‘What should I see through? What should I let go of? How do I be free?’
The more Wu Ye tried to gain insight into those words, the crazier he gradually looked. Even the spiritual energy on his body was fluctuating subconsciously.
“That’s not good, he’s going to go mad.”
Next to him, the Horizon Wing Sect Master suddenly exclaimed.
He could feel his head numbing.
Those six words alone managed to make a monk disciple rack his brains and even show signs of going mad. It was extremely terrifying indeed.
“Why can’t I feel anything at all then?”
A puzzled Leng Changkong asked. Although he heard the six words that Chu Kuangren uttered as well, nothing happened to him.
“You’re different from the monk disciple. Those six words contain countless essences of Buddhism. Since you’re not well-versed in Buddhism, it’s natural for you not to understand the mystery within it. But the monk disciple has been reading Buddhist scriptures since young and has a very high cultivation level in Buddhism. That’s why he ended up like this when he grasped the profound meaning within those six words.”
The Horizon Wing Sect Master explained in a serious tone.
Leng Changkong was confused instead.
To put it in another way, nothing happened to him because he understood too little.
The Horizon Wing Sect Master looked at Chu Kuangren sternly and said to him with his voice trembling, “I can’t believe the Sect Leader’s attainments in Buddhism are so profound. Just the essences of Buddhism in those six words alone were enough to make even a monk disciple struggle.”
“Is it that overwhelming?”
“Your level of understanding is still insufficient, so, naturally, you can’t comprehend anything.”
Leng Changkong’s mouth twitched slightly.
‘That’s great. This is my first time being called stupid and I can’t even refute it.’
“Sect Leader, I’m afraid that the monk disciple will go mad if this goes on. What should we do now?” The Horizon Wing Sect Master asked anxiously.
When he looked to the calmed-faced Chu Kuangren beside him as if nothing had happened, an immense admiration towards him suddenly filled his heart.
‘The Sect Leader is no doubt worthy of his role. He’s so calm even in a situation like this.’
“It appears that I still have much to learn.” The Horizon Wing Sect Master secretly sighed and lamented.
Chapter 243: Continue Making Things Up, The Monk Disciple Formally Takes A Teacher, Entering The Ancient Battlefield Once More
F*ck me!
‘What’s going on with the monk disciple?’
‘Going mad?’
‘What have I done to make the monk disciple go mad?’
Chu Kuangren may appear very calm on the surface, but deep down, he brooded over the monk as he had a lot of questions.
Did he not just say six words?
How could it possibly make a monk disciple go mad?
If he knew something like that would happen earlier, he would not have made things up on the fly. If something bad were to happen to this monk disciple, would Thunder Temple seek him out for payback?
Chu Kuangren kept on thinking about various measures to save the monk.
Although he was not afraid of the Thunder Temple, he did contribute to Wu Ye’s current situation. He could not possibly stand idly and watch without helping.
Chu Kuangren looked at Wu Ye and secretly gritted his teeth.
‘I must continue making things up!’
“Life is made by oneself, while appearances are made by the heart, hence everything in the world is simply an appearance. If the heart doesn’t move, all things are immovable. If the heart doesn’t change, nothing changes.”
“A foolish thought is the end of wisdom, while a sensible thought is the birth of wisdom.”
“All appearances are illusory. If one sees that all appearances are not, in fact, their true manifestations, then one shall see the Buddha……”
Chu Kuangren no longer cared if those verses made sense. He simply continued to recite the Buddhist classics that he had read from his previous life.
The Horizon Wing Sect Master was stunned speechless. From what he heard, every word that Chu Kuangren uttered contained an extremely exquisite Buddhist doctrine.
‘What level of enlightenment must one achieve in Buddhism to speak these words!’
‘Our Sect Leader can’t possibly be the living reincarnation of the Buddha, right?’
Beside him, Leng Changkong looked at Wu Ye with pity in his eyes.
‘It’s over, it’s all over.’
‘The six words that our Sect Leader said have already led Master Wu Ye to the brink of madness. Now that he’s spoken even more words……’
‘Is Master Wu Ye going to blow up on the spot?’
The more Leng Changkong thought about it, the more he felt that it could happen. He then quietly gestured to the other disciples behind him, signaling them to
step back.
As the exquisite Buddhist verses came out from Chu Kuangren’s mouth, Wu Ye’s grim face gradually turned serene.
His previously agitated spiritual energy had calmed down as well. Suddenly, a very strong Buddhist Light radiated from his body and burst into the skies.
He had gained a realization!
One by one, the doubts that had troubled him for many years were now solved under Chu Kuangren’s guidance, and the realm of his Buddhist cultivation had gone up a notch as well.
Although he had only comprehended a small part of what Chu Kuangren said, it made him admire the latter even more.
“Please accept my respects, teacher.”
In the eyes of the public, Wu Ye then knelt before Chu Kuangren and kowtowed towards him.
The sight of that shocked the cultivators around them beyond words.
That was the Thunder Temple’s monk disciple and also a Young Emperor among the younger generation, yet he was now prostrating willingly before Chu Kuangren.
It was truly unbelievable.
“Please stand up.” Chu Kuangren stood unmoved and accepted Wu Ye’s respects, but he felt relieved at the same time too.
‘Finally, everything’s over.’
Wu Ye stood up and said, “Teacher, please allow me to be your student. Your Buddhist cultivation is so high that it’s unbelievable. Just a little bit of guidance from you was enough to answer my doubts, even if I only comprehended a small part of it.”
“Your guidance has benefited me for the rest of my life, how can I repay such kindness you’ve given me? So from today onwards, I shall address you as my teacher.”
“Master Wu Ye, you’re too polite.”
Chu Kuangren chuckled. The fact that Wu Ye wanted Chu Kuangren to be his teacher did not mean that he truly acknowledged Chu Kuangren as a true teacher but it was simply an honorific instead
He would not mind it as long as it did not affect him.
With the release of the Tormented Army and cleaning up the battlefield done, Chu Kuangren was considering whether he should enter the Ancient Battlefield’s Core Area again.
After some pondering, he decided to go ahead and take a look. However, because the Ancient Battlefield’s Core Area was an extremely dangerous place, he decided to leave Lan Yu behind in Sunsoil City temporarily and went ahead to explore himself……
On the Ancient Battlefield.
Within the Inner Zone, Chu Kuangen had just passed by the Ancient Lou Kingdom.
After the Tormented Army had broken through their seal, the enchanted boundary had already dissipated, exposing the great ancient city under the Sun.
Chu Kuangren sighed softly as he looked at the dilapidated wall of the ancient kingdom. The Lou Kingdom was also a powerful sage orthodoxy back in the day as its foundation was even stronger than that of the likes of the Royal Azure Dynasty.
Yet despite how strong it was, the great Lou Kingdom still could not escape the fate of destruction.
This proved that nothing was everlasting in this world. At that thought, Chu Kuangren’s desire for strength grew stronger.
He could only ensure the Black Heaven Sect’s survival by becoming stronger.
By becoming an Emperor!
No, he wanted to surpass even the great Emperors!
Chu Kuangren’s eyes then lit up with determination.
Looking at the ancient city in front of him, he suddenly recalled something. “I guess Shang Han took that Boundary Emperor weapon away, huh? That’s interesting. I do wonder when he’ll dare to seek me out after obtaining that Boundary Emperor weapon?”
He suddenly looked forward to their encounter upon thinking of that.
He was unbeatable among the younger generation. If a few strong cultivators were to appear before him, he would gladly meet and take them on.
He would treat it as a way of relief so that he would not be too bored all the time.
At that moment.
Sounds of a fight suddenly came from the Lou Kingdom’s Palace.
Chu Kuangren’s figure turned into a stream of light and in the next instant, he was at the Lou Kingdom’s palace.
A group of cultivators was there fighting over something.
“Hand over the Sage’s bones! Otherwise, don’t you think of leaving here alive,” a sturdy-looking man yelled at another young man.
The cultivators around were staring menacingly at the young man as well. The unyielding young man then replied coldly, “You guys want this Sage’s bones? In your dreams!”
“Hmph, then death shall come to you.”
Everyone then rushed forward and attacked the young man.
The overall cultivation base of that group was not weak, and even the weakest was a Battle Monarch. Meanwhile, the young man’s combat strength was at the level of a Late-Stage Honorable.
However, there were at least three people there who had similar combat strength to him, so the young man was outnumbered and he soon fell into a disadvantage.
When Chu Kuangren arrived, that young man was already filled with bruises and injuries.
Chu Kuangren pondered upon overhearing their conversation.
“A Sage’s bones.”
“If I’m not mistaken, that must be the Lou Kingdom Ruler’s remains. I can’t believe that his body was left here.”
The Lou Kingdom’s appearance naturally attracted many adventurers to it.
After Chu Kuangren had cleared out the Lou Kingdom’s treasure and Shang Han took the Boundary Emperor weapon away, the most valuable thing there was naturally the Sage’s bone.
That was what those people were fighting over as of now.
Seeing that the young man was bruised and injured, Chu Kuangren had no intentions to strike. After all, he did not know the young man.
Incidents where cultivators killed each other to steal, loot, and pillage were very common.
After a while, the young man had his arm cut off by another cultivator who took off with that arm and the Yin and Yang ring on it.
The Sage’s bones were kept within that Yin and Yang ring!
Everyone immediately rushed to it.
“The Sage’s bones are mine.”
“F*ck off!”
However, a surge of absorption force then landed on the broken arm. Chu Kuangren simply reached out to grab it and took off that Yin and Yang ring.
His spiritual thoughts could sense that the Lou Kingdom Ruler’s remains were indeed stored inside that ring.
The surface of the remains radiated golden light and emanated faint surges of Daoist Rhyme. That skeletal remains were much stronger than the remains of ordinary Sages.
Chu Kuangren concluded that when the Lou Kingdom’s Ruler was alive, his cultivation base could be close to a Great Sage.
It was extremely rare to find such a strong cultivator now as not all the sage orthodoxies on the Firmament Star had a Great Sage watching over them.
“This set of skeletal remains is no doubt extremely valuable.”
Chu Kuangren’s eyes lit up.
Meanwhile, the cultivators’ expressions suddenly turned ugly when they saw Chu Kuangren taking that Yin and Yang ring. Some of them did not even say a single word before they armed themselves with weapons and rushed up to him, wanting to kill him and steal his loot.
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