My ordinary path to immortality shouldn't end here.

Chapter 74 The more you play dead, the faster you get killed.
Whether it was a poem inscribed by a celestial official or a celestial Buddha, the Buddhist chant was melodious yet boundless, its rolling sound waves directly shattering the nearby clouds.

"The Heavenly Official writes a poem!"

"The year of death is the year of the weary mind."

"The golden Buddha will be completed year by year!"

Within the Three Refuges City, regardless of their cultivation level, everyone was now reduced to a mere backdrop to Sui Tian Chan's astonishment.

The meaning behind his four lines of poetry inscribed by the Heavenly Official is truly astonishing. First, he "understood life and death," and then he "became a golden Buddha," all of which indicate that the future achievements of this Heavenly Chan are immeasurable.

They belong to the ranks of the most powerful immortals.

Because during their previous sermon, the Chanxin Buddhist sect had already explained in detail the various ways in which the immortal attainment was represented by their lineage to the cultivators in this area.

After all, if these things are not explained clearly, even if they manifest the Heavenly Buddha's poem, the cultivators here will only be shocked by the "Heavenly Official's poem," but will not be shocked by the true meaning that these poems are trying to express.

Therefore, during the first sermon and transmission of the Dharma, the members of the Chanxin Buddhist sect restrained their own "poems inscribed by the Buddha."

Seeing Sui Tianchan make such a grand entrance, Bai Chijing was naturally not intimidated. Auspicious clouds began to spread around him, making Bai Chijing appear as if he were a celestial being descended to earth.

A faint celestial voice then arose: "Once freed from the confines, one's fame will astound the world."

Bai Chijing clasped his hands in a fist salute in response to the other party's greeting: "Bai Chijing greets Fellow Daoist Sui."

"Fellow Daoist Bai is no ordinary person." Sui Tianchan suddenly remarked upon seeing the unusual phenomena surrounding Bai Chijing and his two-line poem inscribed by the Heavenly Official.

Because Sui Tianchan has confirmed that Bai Chijing does not have any immortal blood in his body. As for the blessings of the immortals... Bai Chijing has only cultivated twelve kinds of great evil sword techniques. Apart from the slight protection provided by that peerless immortal, he has basically received nothing.

The protection provided by this peerless immortal was merely to prevent the celestial beings from directly attacking Bai Chijing.

Therefore, the two lines of poetry inscribed by the Heavenly Official were entirely acquired by the White Pond scenery itself!
This is a simple analysis.

This was also the fundamental reason why Sui Tianchan felt a sense of shock.

Even Zhang San was shocked by this at the time, and naturally, the Sui Tian Chan of the Chan Xin Buddhist Sect was no exception.

"Fellow Daoist Sui is no simple man either."

Bai Chijing said.

This wasn't just polite talk; he could sense that Sui Tianchan was definitely no less capable than that young Taoist boy.

So Bai Chijing asked directly, "I am of humble origin and have limited knowledge, so I would like to ask you, fellow Daoist, where is this Chanxin Buddhist sect located?"

Bai Chijing knew about Buddhism, but he had never heard of it before in this world of Yao Tian.

So, where did this Zen Buddhist school come from?
“The essence of Zen Buddhism lies within the heart.” Upon hearing Bai Chijing’s words, Sui Tian Chan smiled, then stretched out his hand, pointed to the location of his own heart, and then pointed to the location of Bai Chijing’s heart.

"Since Fellow Daoist Sui comes from the human heart, then please return to the human heart." Bai Chijing knew that the other party was deliberately saying something with profound meaning, so he didn't tolerate it at all and directly told him to leave.

"Fellow Daoists of the Five Great Dynasties, because of your actions, we are currently unable to eat or sleep properly, and are in great turmoil," Bai Chijing continued.

After all, he needed a legitimate reason to justify his actions, so he had to find a suitable one.

"Is Fellow Daoist Bai going to stand up for the Five Great Dynasties?" Upon hearing this, Sui Tianchan's smile remained unchanged. He continued unhurriedly, "Then, Fellow Daoist Bai might as well look down and see how many members of the Five Great Dynasties' imperial bloodlines are in this City of Three Refuges."

As soon as Sui Tianchan finished speaking, several voices immediately rang out from within the Three Refuges City below.

“Brother Bai Chijing, I am a member of the Chen Dynasty official family, of the Ling generation. I have a cousin who has a fairly good relationship with you. I suppose it was that cousin who invited you here! You may not know this, but I used to share your views until I had the good fortune to listen to a lecture by a fellow Buddhist from the Chanxin Buddhist sect. Only then did I realize how narrow-minded I had been.”

“Brother Bai, what Fellow Daoist Chen said is true. I am like Fellow Daoist Chen. I am the younger brother of the current emperor of Ning Dynasty. I think that with my status, I am qualified to represent Ning Dynasty. After listening to the Dao, I deeply felt that I had been wrong in the past. Brother Bai, why don’t you stay here? I think that after listening to the Dao once, you will understand us.”

"My two fellow Daoists from Ning and Chen dynasties share the same view as me. My name is Shangguan Jinyu, a descendant of the imperial family of Qi dynasty, and also the commander of Qi dynasty's Golden Armor Army. I originally scoffed at the idea of ​​listening to the Dao, but after listening to it, I deeply realized how inadequate my cultivation is."

"..."

These voices all came from people of high status in the five dynasties, such as the younger brothers of the emperor, those holding high positions in the court, or those with great prestige; all of them were people with considerable influence.

These people should have stood with the dynasty, but their attitude at this moment is contrary to that of the five dynasties.

This situation doesn't seem right no matter how you look at it.

Bai Chijing couldn't help but sigh, "You guys are really greedy..."

He had a profound understanding of the aspect of "greed" and used it to perfectly explain many things. Now, hearing what these people were saying, it was clear that they were all influenced by the ways of others.

Preaching is sometimes more than just speaking; it involves explaining what one knows from one's own perspective.

Those with sufficient spiritual cultivation are not easily affected by such sermons. However, those with insufficient cultivation will naturally be directly influenced by the speaker after just one sermon. This is an extremely sophisticated method of controlling sermons.

Bai Chijing only vaguely understood the method and never expected that someone would use it so effectively and have such a wide-ranging impact.

Unconsciously, Bai Chijing's gaze towards this city of the Three Refuges changed completely.

This city has now become a kind of "ghost town".

Any cultivator who enters will have their cultivation path affected and be branded with the mark of the Chanxin Buddhist Sect. From then on, without the Chanxin Buddhist Sect saying anything, these cultivators will spontaneously protect the Chanxin Buddhist Sect. And if they have any insights or create anything, they will directly give the credit to the Chanxin Buddhist Sect, believing that the lecture they attended made them successful.

This is an extremely terrifying form of mind control, tantamount to invisibly taking all the cultivators here as their own "property".

Having figured this out, Bai Chijing turned and left without hesitation.

With the young Taoist boy present, Bai Chijing naturally made a move. But with others of equal status to the young Taoist boy, how could Bai Chijing possibly make another move?
His twelve fierce sword techniques are indeed fierce, but they are not reckless and mindless.

Bai Chijing turned and left without the slightest hesitation, which was not unexpected by Sui Tianchan, because Bai Chijing's words "so greedy" had already explained a lot.

Bai Chijing not only saw things clearly, but also knew exactly what they had done.

“No wonder he was able to obtain a poem from the Heavenly Buddha despite being just a mortal…” Sui Tianchan showed no intention of making a move; he simply smiled and watched Bai Chijing leave.

The reason the young Taoist priest didn't make a move was precisely the reason he didn't make a move.

Mastering the twelve most deadly sword techniques means death is imminent. It might be within a few years, or it might be sometime in three years; in any case, death is inevitable.

Otherwise, this mortal realm wouldn't have so many malevolent sword cultivators and evil spirits.

These evil spirits are invisible to ordinary cultivators, but those of Sui Tianchan's origin can naturally sense some of them.

They could clearly sense that on that Mountain of Swordless Swords, there was a place teeming with the malevolent spirits of sword cultivators. If nothing unexpected happened, these should all be the sword cultivator prodigies of yesteryear.

They were all cultivators who had walked a long way on the twelve great evil sword paths.

In terms of combat power, even if they haven't yet attained immortality, as long as a few of them join forces, they can definitely kill an immortal.

Sword cultivators are already beyond the limits of combat power, let alone sword cultivators of the Great Ferocious Sword Path!

However, although Bai Chijing left decisively, immediately after he left, rumors began to circulate in this city of Sanguiyi that he was afraid of the "Suitian Chan" of the Chanxin Buddhist sect.

Especially after a mysterious figure from the Wuxin Sect publicly admitted that the Wuxin Sect's teachings were inferior to those of the Chanxin Buddhist Sect, this statement reached its peak.

That mysterious Outer Realm expert of the Wuxin Sect is said to be someone who has deeply mastered the true teachings of the Wuxin Sect. With a single thought, he can directly manifest most of Wuxin Mountain.

Such power is enough to temporarily suppress a terrestrial deity.

However, even those with such extraordinary abilities in the external realm admit they are no match for this Zen Buddhist sect. How could they not allow the sect's influence to grow to its peak?

For a time, the entire world was filled with people who wanted to join the Chanxin Buddhist sect.

Whether they held positions in the imperial court or were in the immortal sects, most people had considered this possibility.

As the saying goes, one can understand the profound meaning by listening to the mysterious song. Once the five Buddhist temples in the Three Refuges City felt that the people's hearts were in the same boat, they immediately took action.

These five Buddhist temples represent the five major branches within the Chanxin Buddhist sect.

These five major branches began to expand outwards, especially the branch where Sui Tian Chan was located. After leaving the Three Refuges City, they did not forget to criticize and belittle others.

The person who was stepped on was undoubtedly Bai.

Then, the second temple of the Bodhisattva Temple lineage, where Sui Tian Chan was located, had just been built when a sword light condensed from the horizon and instantly destroyed the entire temple.

All the disciples of the Bodhisattva Temple within the temple were killed.

Upon learning of this, Sui Tianchan was furious and immediately set out to kill Bai Chijing.

Because that sword light was transformed from the Dragon-Slaying Sword Dao.

However, only half a day later, before any conclusion could be reached regarding the various speculations about who was stronger between Sui Tian Chan and Bai Chi Jing, the melodious Buddhist chants resounded throughout a small part of the Northwest.

There, countless golden lotuses bloomed and withered.

Then, a day later, news spread like wildfire: Sui Tianchan is dead!

　I apologize, because it was recommended in the second round of the Sanjiang Awards, I had to speed up the plot considerably, which caused me to experience writer's block when I got close to the White Demon's storyline.
　　

(End of this chapter)