Great Red Immortal Sect

Chapter 78 Xiaolian's Pure Land

Lotus Temple on the north bank of the Li River.

The colorful glazed light overflowed, the sounds of chanting sutras and reciting Buddha's name arose everywhere, and the incomplete little lotus opened up because of the pure land hole, barely covering this area of pavilions and ancient temples.

Ci Hai has returned to the temple, still wearing the colorful gold-woven brocade robe and the lotus-shaped Vairocana hat. He is now sitting in the main hall with an embarrassed look on his face.

A warrior monk in a yellow-brown robe stood by. The hall was silent, and the panicked voices of monks could be heard in the distance.

"Master, the demons brought by the Fire Crow are still rampaging and have surrounded the gate of the Changsheng Temple. Master Huayuan is battling the Demon King Daoyan in the vast void. We don't know the situation at the moment."

The officer in charge of the law below got the news and looked a little uneasy, so he reported it first.

"After all, it was Changsheng Temple that initiated this, and Fire Crow has a connection with the Song family. Now that the two Purple Mansions are still tied, no immortal is willing to mediate."

"Our temple has suffered an unexpected disaster, but the enemy's target is not us after all. We can just hold on for a while."

Ci Hai opened his mouth, his voice like a bell. His cultivation has now reached perfection, and he only needs to accumulate more willpower to break through to become a magician.

But this time, monsters swept in, and many mortals fled, and the progress of the breakthrough was delayed again.

This time, Fire Crow sent many monsters from Chonghua here to surround the Jinqiu Mountain of Changsheng Temple. The two sides fought with real fire, affecting many surrounding forces.

The main temple of Lotus Temple is located in Huaqingye on the north bank of the Li River. It originally occupied the large area of Qingwei and built another temple as a branch temple.

Now these Buddhist monks had no choice but to retreat, take out the secret treasures in the temple, combine them with the dilapidated Little Lotus Pure Land, and stay away from the temple to avoid the monsters.

"[Bingri Fengyan Ya] is, after all, the ancient blood of the Xia Dynasty. They adhere to the morals of the ancient times and would not do such a thing as slaughtering an entire county and using mortal cultivators as food. Currently, they are only targeting the Changsheng Temple."

"Those attacking here are all monsters with ordinary bloodlines. There have been a few foundation-building monsters. As long as our temple remains in place and uses the blessing of the small pure land, there will be no problem."

After thinking for a moment, Ci Hai understood the situation and gave cold orders.

The Dharma Master below felt a little relieved, looked at the busy monks outside the hall, and said softly:
"Host, over there on the market, can..."

"Don't worry, I've already sent Senior Brother Cishan to look after him. He's a perfect Arhat. Although he's hopeless as a Dharma Master, his methods are formidable."

Ci Hai's voice was deep and echoed in the hall. The Dharma Master below heard it and said in shock:

"Master, Master Tsz Shan is nearing the end of his life and is in deep slumber. I'm afraid it would be difficult for him to go."

"Don't worry, Brother Tsz Shan has a deep connection with Buddhism and will be able to turn danger into safety. Moreover—"

Ci Hai turned around, a layer of black air gradually covered his old face, and then it disappeared. He smiled and helped Chi Fa up.

"I have taken out the [Miao He Body] left by my master from the Small Pure Land and placed it in the temple in Dapan, just in case the other party won't come."

When Zhifa heard this, his teeth trembled, cold sweat broke out on his back, and fear appeared in his eyes. He felt that he could not recognize the abbot Ci Hai.

He hesitated for a moment, but knelt down decisively and said in a deep voice:

"Master, I'm afraid this is inappropriate. Master Miao He is a man of great merit. Xiao Lian's Pure Land is inherently unstable. Past generations of masters have had their bodies placed in a suppression system after their death. This matter concerns the lives of everyone in the temple. I'm afraid..."

Chifa's voice was extremely low, his forehead almost touching the cold floor tiles. The hall was silent for a moment, and only his heavy breathing could be heard.

"Stand by the law."

The voice of Master Ci Hai was mixed with the roar of animals, like thousands of blasphemous words ringing out at the same time, dimming the light in the hall.

Chifa looked up tremblingly and saw that a pair of large horns with twisted spirals and emitting bright red light had grown on Master Ci Hai's forehead.

The other person's face became extremely hateful, and the originally luxurious robes undulated, as if the body underneath was changing.

The incense in the hall went out, and two lines of blood-red turbid liquid gradually flowed from the gilded face of the enshrined [Bodhisattva Lian Yin Dahua]. A howling cold wind started to blow in the hall at some point.

Ci Hai's voice filled the hall and echoed continuously. Five fellow disciples of Zhifa walked in from outside with smiles on their faces. They were all in the middle stage of the Arhat cultivation level, which was similar to the middle stage of the Qi Refining level of the Immortal Cultivator. They all looked at Zhifa.

"Host, you, you are possessed by a demon!"

Zhifa stood up and shouted angrily, looking at several fellow disciples behind him, he was surprised and puzzled. These people had clearly just entered the realm of Arhat not long ago, but in such a short time they had all broken through to the middle stage and were able to compare with him.

"Possessed by the devil? Chifa, you simply don't know the true Dharma. Ever since my master passed away, I have practiced day and night, and finally heard the voice of [Bodhisattva Lian Yin Dahua]."

A happy smile appeared on Ci Hai's face. He took a step forward, and a strong red light shone from his big horns.

"His Dharma image has fallen into the vast void and cannot return. He needs me to guide him."

"When I become a Dharma Master, Xiaolianyin's Pure Land will be the passage for Him to appear in the world. Master Miaohe's remains are just taking up space, so they can be put to good use in our temple. Don't worry, I won't move the golden body in the deepest part. After all, the Pure Land still needs to be maintained."

The Dharma Master below was speechless. The founder of the Lotus Temple, Master Lianxiang, was originally at the perfect state of Pratyekabuddha. He wanted to attain the position of Vajrasattva and open up a small pure land, but he did not see the opening of Mount Sumeru and died halfway.

This simply proves that the [Bodhisattva Lian Yin Dahua] disappeared or died long ago, and there was no response, so he could not be led away. This matter has been determined long ago and cannot be false.

"What is that sound the host is hearing now?"

Chifa wanted to say a few more words, but soon fainted and lost consciousness.

"Send him to the small pure land. He will be obedient after a few days." Several monks below came forward, their smiles becoming more and more intense. They chanted the Buddha's name together and left.

Ci Hai had a smile on his face, and the big horn emitting red light gradually disappeared. His face returned to its previous peaceful state and he looked outside the hall.
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Luo Qing and Feng Chiquan had already entered the side hall for receiving guests. They felt a little restless and looked around, feeling that everywhere was extremely dangerous.

"After all, he's a decent man, so he wouldn't resort to such despicable tactics, right?"

He silently comforted himself. If this sect had not always had a good reputation and had not committed any acts of killing, stealing treasures, or refining blood and energy, he, Feng Chiquan, would never have come here.

But now he is sitting under someone else's formation. There are many people in this mountain who have higher cultivation than him. I heard that there are only two people who have passed the sixth level of Qi Refining. If he really wants to kill him, it will probably only take a moment.

Liu Xiaowen took him into the mountain gate and said that he had important matters to report, and asked Feng Chiquan to stay in this hall first.

"Could it be that he is calling for someone to bring some magical instruments to capture me alive and interrogate me about the spirit creature?"

The more he thought about it, the more scared he became. He now blamed himself for being greedy and putting himself in danger.

"Father, I hope you can be more discerning and not pick such a hypocrite."

Feng Chiquan was only at the first level of Qi Refining, and these casual cultivators had no good inheritance. Even though his father had luckily obtained a third-grade martial arts book, the rest of the secret techniques were basically only at the first or second level.

If they really fight, I'm afraid that the spiritual crane on Liu Xiaowen's shoulder will not be enough to defeat him.

"It's indeed a major sect. The concentration of spiritual energy here is incomparable to anything outside."

Originally, with his father's cultivation level of the fourth level of Qi Refining, he could barely protect himself in Chiyun, but once the disaster happened, he was left alone.

Feng Chiquan has been running around like a wild dog these days. He really has nowhere to go. Thinking of the deal his father made back then, he temporarily goes to someone else's mountain gate to avoid disaster under the pretext of fulfilling the contract.

"Changsheng Temple, this sect is full of people with mental problems. Why would they provoke monsters for no reason? They can't live a peaceful life and bring suffering to people like us at the bottom."

He only dared to criticize a few times in his heart, but he didn't have the courage to complain to others.

"I'm just cursing in my head, and no one can listen to me, this is just some bullshit longevity."

After cursing for a few times, he felt a little better.

Another place is on Tianqing Peak.

Liu Xiaowen had already found Xu Xuan and discussed the matter with his master.

"Master, it seems that Changsheng Temple has been hit by a disaster this time. Many monsters are invading from the north."

Liu Xiaowen reported in a deep voice.

Xu Xuan pondered for a moment and did not give an order immediately. He was thinking about the key to the matter.

"Yang Yuanyi told me that Huo Ya and Chang Sheng were fighting, but Dao Yan was still stronger. I'm afraid that Master Hua Yuan would not get away with it."

"There was no movement from the surrounding immortals, perhaps they were just trying to see what Fire Crow was capable of. After all, if that old demon king really recovered from his injuries and came out of seclusion again, even with the Five Magics, he would still be someone with a short lifespan and unrequited grudges. It would be truly terrifying."

Xu Xuan brought in several immortal sects. These people were probably getting uneasy because they had heard the news about Guanlu Palace.

"The Song family has a history with the Fire Crow, but they are an imperial clan after all. It would be bad for them to side with the demons, and they will not come forward. But this Hua Yuan Zhenren, is he a reckless person?"

He immediately discarded this idea. Those who could become Purple Mansion were all people with deep thoughts. How could they waste their own power to help others find out the truth about Fire Crow? There must be some hidden secret in this.

"How's the situation on the market?"

Xu Xuan didn't think about the affairs of the two families for the time being. The most critical thing now was the Lotus Temple. As long as Ci Hai retreated, even if some old antiques from his temple were invited, they would not be Xu Xuan's enemy.

Ci Hai is the most gifted person of this generation in Lotus Temple. He is the master of the Pure Land and has been recognized by Xiaolian. He can use the power of vows accumulated in the Pure Land to bless himself and the monks.

If it was a fight based on their own abilities, Xu Xuan felt that he could defeat the opponent now, but as long as the old monk retreated into the temple and transferred his power from Jiangbei, the situation would be reversed.

'After all, it was transformed by a high monk who almost attained the status of Vajrasattva. Although Xiaolian Yin's Pure Land is incomplete, it is still very magical to these Qi-refining monks.'

"If Ci Hai really retreats, it would be an opportunity to take back the market."

Xu Xuan's voice contained a hint of murderous intent as he continued:

"Let's go check out the real situation of this place first. If we take this opportunity to destroy the temple on the big plate, the power of the small pure land will not be able to pass through, and the big plate will truly return to our hands."

Liu Xiaowen below was excited. The land was rich in energy and had many spiritual fields. If he could take it back, the harvest of spiritual medicines in the sect would increase several times.

After Xu Xuan gave a few instructions, Liu Xiaowen stepped back to make preparations.

"This matter still needs to be discussed with Senior Brother Xi Wei and Junior Sister Si An. Fan Qingzhu can also come and help."

As soon as he thought of this, he activated the jade pendant in his arms and waited for someone to come.

When Tian Tuo's voice sounded, the old monster laughed non-stop, as if he had encountered some happy event, and said with a smile:

"Dealing with bald donkeys, right? I'm the best at it."

(End of this chapter)