The Purple-Robed Celestial Master has turned into a zombie?! Who can stand that?!

Chapter 248 This battle will determine life and death.
Zhang Tianlu looked at the two Venerable Ones in the sky, high above, looking down upon the world.

He glanced again at Panshan City below, now reduced to ruins.

Zhang Tianlu felt a chill run down his spine.

He said, “The dignified Western Buddhist sect, the venerable Buddhist monks, keep talking about benevolence and morality, but what they do is even worse than evil and crooked ways.”

People say that after I turned into a zombie, my appearance became hideous and terrifying, like a demon. But in my opinion, you bald monks of Buddhism are only good-looking on the outside; your inner selves are a thousand times more disgusting than I was after my zombie transformation!

"In this city, there are millions of people, countless families, and countless lives, including babies and children. How could you bring yourself to do this, just to kill me and make so many others die as cover for you?"

Zhang Tianlu sneered: "Very well, very well, what a Buddhist sect, what a 'peace for all beings' slogan!"

The two Buddhist masters coldly watched Zhang Tianlu below.

They said, "Zhang Tianlu, what's the use of saying all this now? If you hadn't offended our Buddhist sect and killed our senior brother, things wouldn't have turned out this way."

"You are also responsible for their deaths! Today, we two are here on the Buddha's orders to rid the world of this wicked scourge. By eliminating you, the world will be free of one more scourge, and countless lives will be saved. Compared to this, what are these millions?"

These two Buddhist masters spoke without any remorse, as if it were commonplace.

They lost their humanity after becoming Buddhas.

Zhang Tianlu said, "What people do is seen by Heaven. Although you have become Buddhas, are you not afraid of Heaven's judgment and the karmic consequences that will befall you? When the time comes, you will attract the Red Lotus Karmic Fire, and you will not be afraid of being burned to death by the fire."

Two Buddhist venerables: "Cause and effect? ​​Hahahaha, Zhang Tianlu, you are too naive. Only you Taoists are afraid of cause and effect. What do we Buddhists have to fear about cause and effect?"
The Red Lotus Karmic Fire will only burn you Taoist cultivators. We Buddhists, the Buddhas, are all sculpted into golden statues and attain sainthood through incense offerings. The karma will be borne by all living beings under heaven.

Zhang Tianlu was taken aback.

I've seen shameless people, but I've never seen anyone this shameless. However, what they said is also true.

Taoism focuses on self-cultivation, cultivating one's own spiritual power, and transcending tribulations to become an immortal. Therefore, they are afraid of being tainted by karma.

Because of the many karmic entanglements one accumulates, the lightning tribulations that descend from heaven and earth when one transcends tribulations to become an immortal will be exceptionally terrifying.

Therefore, those who cultivate the Tao generally avoid getting involved in karma and are very measured in their actions.

This is why, in "Journey to the West," all the Taoist demons, monsters, and immortals' mounts always leave room for maneuver in their actions.

For example, the Green Ox Demon ate oranges in the mortal world for several years without eating any people.

The Nine-Headed Lion Saint was too lazy to even leave his house; his greatest hobby was taking in adopted sons.

King Golden Horn and King Silver Horn both acted with moderation.

They were all afraid of getting entangled in karma, which would affect their spiritual practice.

In contrast, the demons who descend to earth to be with the Bodhisattvas in Buddhism, such as the Great King Linggan, take pleasure in eating children and eat a pair of young boys and girls every year.

Needless to say, the three demons of Lion Camel Cave are all mounts of Bodhisattvas and Buddhas, and they are the most arrogant in their actions.

Not only did they allow their demon subordinates to devour an entire country, but their cave dwellings were also a scene of hell.

Skulls piled up like mountains, bones were scattered like forests, human hair was washed into sticky pieces, human flesh rotted into mud and dust, human spirits were everywhere entwined on trees, blood flowed like a sea, the city reeked of starlight, and corpses lay everywhere!
Even the eighteen levels of hell are nothing more than this.

Because they all follow the path of incense offerings.

What is the Way of Incense Offering?
The path of incense offerings involves creating a golden statue, absorbing incense offerings from the mortal world, satisfying the desires of all people, increasing one's cultivation, and ultimately becoming an immortal or ancestor.

In other words, they absorb offerings from others; the more people who offer them offerings, the stronger they become.

The most crucial point about the Incense Way is that they don't need to undergo Heavenly Tribulation.

If you don't undergo the Heavenly Tribulation, you won't be afraid of getting entangled in karma.

So on the surface, they appear to be compassionate, but in reality, they can be far more terrifying than the Heavenly Court.

If the Buddha was not greedy, why did he transmit false scriptures to Xuanzang?

If Buddha is not evil, why does he condone the three demons' slaughter of humankind?

The Fazhong Temple incident and the Daleiyin Temple incident both illustrate these points.

Certainly, there are good people in Buddhism, but among all the gods and Buddhas in the world, good people are few and far between.

The events that occurred in Panshan City also prove this point.

These guys will stop at nothing to kill Zhang Tianlu.

They would kill millions to cover up the truth.

Zhang Tianlu looked at the two Buddhist venerable figures in the sky.

He said, "My men do not kill nameless nobodies. You two, state your names."

Two Buddhist venerables spoke up: "We are Venerable Huaye, disciples of the Buddha."

"I am the Venerable One Who Eliminates Evil, a disciple of the Buddha who came from the East!" Both of these are Venerable Ones under the Buddha.

In terms of status, they were not as high as the Mugyan who Zhang Tianlu had previously killed at Leiyin Temple.

Maudgalyayana's status within Buddhism was far higher than theirs.

After all, Maudgalyayana was one of the ten foremost disciples of the Buddha.

Although these two venerable ones held positions within Buddhism, they were not as high as those in the Buddhist community.

But that doesn't mean they're easy to deal with.

Zhang Tianlu was able to defeat Mujianlian because he had an advantage.

Because at that time, Maudgalyayana was going through a calamity, and his soul descended to the mortal realm to undergo tribulation.

At that time, his cultivation level was less than one-thousandth of what it was at its peak.

Therefore, it's not a problem for Zhang Tianlu to abuse him.

After all, he didn't descend to the mortal realm in his physical body, and his strength was insufficient.

If that was during Maudgalyayana's heyday.

He could probably crush Zhang Tianlu with a single finger.

After all, Zhang Tianlu wasn't even a zombie at that time.

Maudgalyayana, at the peak of his cultivation, was a Great Luo Golden Immortal.

The real gap between the two is enormous.

Maudgalyayana suffered too many losses.

But the two venerable ones before us are actually descended to earth in their true forms.

Although their cultivation level was not as high as that of Maudgalyayana's true form.

But it was still more than a hundred times stronger than the Maudgalyayana who had descended to the mortal realm to undergo tribulation that Zhang Tianlu had previously defeated.

The cultivation level emanating from them was at least Celestial Immortal.

The fact that the Buddhist sect dispatched two celestial beings to deal with them was indeed a significant move.

Zhang Tianlu looked at the two venerable ones.

It seems today will indeed be a tough battle.

He had already sensed it.

Within the Panshan City area, they cannot communicate with the Heavenly Court, let alone summon the gods from the upper realm to descend and help them.

The Buddhist community has indeed gone to great lengths to deal with itself.

They certainly have the means to completely cut off their own escape route!
Unable to summon the gods for help, Zhang Tianlu had to rely on himself.

He examined his current level of cultivation.

The realm of the dead.

The Taoist cultivation level of the original body can not be restored to 50% of what it was before death.

His cultivation level in thunder magic has recovered to less than half of what it was before he died.

Even at the peak of his life, he would have had a hard time dealing with these two celestial beings.

Not to mention my current situation.

Fortunately, he still has the added benefit of his zombie cultivation.

It can also make up for some of the missing strength.

Moreover, Zhang Tianlu has some powerful trump cards up his sleeve.

The Twelve Ancestral Witch Banners and Several Divine Fires.

If we make good use of these resources, we might be able to turn the tide if we look for opportunities.

Zhang Tianlu's expression turned serious.

This battle will decide life or death.

(End of this chapter)