The Wandering Immortal

Chapter 96 Vajra Subduing Demon Skill

Jiang Yuan knew, of course, that he and Qinghe were already entangled in malevolent energy, and that they would inevitably have to kill people and demons. However, once they had mastered the Vajra Technique to the seventh level, the evil energy would naturally dissipate.

Little did they know how the monk knew that Qinghe's whereabouts were predicted because of the evil aura surrounding her.

"Please enlighten me, Master!"

"Hey, that's more like it! You won't say anything about me stealing the relics, and I won't say anything about you stealing the Vajra Subduing Demon Technique either. It's just that you're practicing it incorrectly and ruining the Buddhist techniques!"

Jiang Yuan hadn't thought of it that way. The Vajra Mantra came from Tianlong Star. That guy stole the Buddhist Vajra Subduing Demon Skill, modified it into the Vajra Mantra, and mastered it. Otherwise, how could he have dominated Tianlong Star for hundreds of years?
"To be honest, Master, what we practice is not the Vajra Subduing Demon Skill, but rather a copy of the Vajra Manual that we obtained by chance. We do not know what errors it contains?"

"Let me take a look."

Jiang Yuan didn't hesitate and immediately handed over the jade slip containing the "Diamond Sutra". He had finally met the right person and this was a rare opportunity.

The senior monk held the jade slip in his hand for a long time, then laughed and said, "Talented, talented! He has completely ruined the Vajra Subduing Demon Skill, but he can still find a way back in the end. However, it will take at least several hundred years to reach the seventh level. Why can't you wait that long?"

The senior monk tossed the jade slip back, which Jiang Yuan caught and scanned. The *Vajra Mantra* cultivation method was even annotated, and the original *Vajra Subduing Demons Technique* followed. A genuine Buddhist mental cultivation method—the senior monk had just tossed it out like that.

Jiang Yuan bowed deeply, "Thank you, Master, for transmitting the Dharma!"

The senior monk had already dodged aside. "You scared me half to death! Don't bow so casually. Are you trying to send this monk away?"

Jiang Yuan wanted to say something, but the monk had already disappeared, and a voice came over, "We're even now!"

Qinghe only asked after the senior monk had walked away, "What level of cultivation did that master attain?"

"On the surface, he appears to be an Arhat, but he probably has something to hide."

Qinghe was shocked, "Could the Arhats be heavenly gods?"

Jiang Yuan laughed and said, "This Arhat is not the Arhat enshrined in the temple. He is like a Nascent Soul cultivator in Taoism. Even if he has some skills, he is still a mortal in the end."

"What realm is higher than that of an Arhat?"

"Above the Arhat realm is the Bodhisattva realm, and above the Bodhisattva realm is the Buddha realm."

Qinghe still didn't quite understand, and Jiang Yuan didn't explain further. They were both ordinary monks and Arhats, but the Little Broken Ball Arhat was far inferior to the Heavenly Dragon Star Arhat. Even the Western Heaven True Bodhisattva had fifty-two ranks, yet they were all called Bodhisattvas.

In the early stages of Buddhist cultivation, there are only the Novice Monk Realm and the Practitioner Realm, but there is also a Martial Monk system, which focuses on body refinement. Novice monks who cultivate an indestructible Vajra body can directly advance to the Vajra Realm, the same level as Arhats.

The Vajra Subduing Demon Skill is the authentic mental cultivation method of the Buddhist martial arts system. It is very easy to learn, but its power is boundless when mastered to a high level.

Although Taoism has numerous methods for body refinement, eliminating malevolent energy is quite troublesome, which is why it advises its disciples to be kind to others and reduce killing. Buddhist disciples, on the other hand, never suffer from malevolent energy when subduing demons and monsters, undoubtedly because their techniques are effective.

Jiang Yuan was naturally delighted to have obtained the authentic "Vajra Subduing Demon Skill". He boarded Qinghe's lotus flying boat and began to study it on his own.

Although the abbot gave the "Vajra Subduing Demon Skill", he also annotated it with the "Vajra Formula". He must have calculated that it would be difficult for non-Buddhist disciples to master the "Vajra Subduing Demon Skill" without a foundation. Otherwise, why would the master of Tianlong Star change it to the "Vajra Formula"?
With the original text for comparison and some important annotations, one would know where the bottlenecks are in cultivating the Vajra Mantra, and naturally progress would be faster. Jiang Yuan only wanted to know the method to eliminate evil energy; nothing else mattered.

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Meanwhile, Nangong Qiu did not stay in Changbai Mountain. He rushed back to Lushan Mountain and went into seclusion to cultivate diligently.

The other three were too embarrassed to leave so easily, and remained waiting near Changbai Mountain until Qin Feihong returned, at which point they were finally relieved. However, they were all speechless when they gathered together, and had all sworn an oath against their own conscience, vowing never to harbor any thoughts of revenge again.

Qin Feihong was still unsettled and didn't know what to do. Taking the Green Fox Bow to Chu Yunfei like this was uncertain; even if Chu Yunfei agreed to see him, he might not be able to explain. How did the Green Fox Bow end up in his hands? Could he really explain it?
After a long silence, Qin Feihong finally said, "We have indeed misunderstood Cui Qinghe. She just swore to me that she has never killed innocent people indiscriminately, nor has she ever deliberately provoked trouble. On the contrary, she has been hunted down by Laoshan for many years."

"The couple will be fleeing overseas and will not be returning. Let's leave this matter at that and go back to our respective sects!"

Those few had indeed lost their spirits and left on their own.

Qin Feihong naturally returned to the sect first. She wanted to find out how an outsider knew that the Su Nu Gong was a dual cultivation technique. Could it be that the sect was really hiding a part of it?

The most terrifying thing is not the concealment, but the alteration!

If the Su Nu Gong is a dual cultivation technique, why does it explicitly require practitioners to remain virgins? Isn't that going against the grain?
Chu Yunfei was naturally very busy. He was the initiator and commander of the main battlefield in the destruction of Laoshan. Later, all the major sects joined the war, and the division of the spoils was quite complicated.

Disciples within the sect should also be rewarded according to their merits, as should those affiliated minor sects and independent cultivators, especially the Divine Sword Sect and the Azure Cloud Sect, who are not actually that great, but cannot be discarded immediately after they have served their purpose.

Now that the battle is over, those Nascent Soul Grand Elders in the inner sect will inevitably cause trouble again. Unless Chu Yunfei advances to the late Nascent Soul stage, he will never be able to keep those few in check.

If there hadn't been any conflicts before, it would have been fine, but they had all made things difficult for Chu Yunfei. Now that Chu Yunfei had become the sect leader, they were naturally worried that he would take revenge for personal reasons.

Jiang Yuan was studying the Vajra Mantra on the high seas, so Qing He flew slowly, occasionally stopping to rest on a small island. It took her seven or eight days to return to the South China Sea.

Li Shouzhong had naturally arrived at the small island in the South China Sea long ago, and was delighted to see Jiang Yuan and the other two return.

Shen Wangzhi instructed his disciples to prepare a banquet and invite Jiang Yuan to share his experiences from this trip.

Jiang Yuan thought to himself that there were quite a few things to talk about, but some he really couldn't bring himself to say them. He briefly recounted some of his experiences and then steered the conversation toward the destruction of Laoshan.

Since the development of Wanghailou was at stake, Jiang Yuan didn't want the children involved. He entrusted the Level 6 Golden Lion Beast and the Level 5 Golden Eagle's carcass, stored in his storage magic treasure, to Shen Wangzhi's two disciples and Liu Caiwei's disciple, Nan Zhi, letting them handle them themselves. Some of these items could be used as refining materials, making them excellent for Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Jingxuan went to tend the herb garden, leaving only Shen Wangzhi and his wife, Jiang Yuan and his wife, Lao Lu and Li Shouzhong in the cave, where they could speak freely.

Jiang Yuan got straight to the point: "The matter of Wanghailou returning to the Central Plains to establish a sect will probably have to be postponed."

After the Nascent Soul cultivator made his move, Shen Wangzhi returned to the Central Plains to gather information, so he naturally knew how formidable the cultivator was.

Let alone the Wanghailou, which has no foundation, even a major sect like Maoshan, which has been passed down for thousands of years, would fall apart without a Nascent Soul cultivator in charge. Now that Deity Transformation cultivators have become an open secret, second-rate sects have no way to survive.

Only now did Shen Wangzhi and the others understand that the major sects had been extremely ruthless in exploiting the smaller sects, yet they had always been courteous to each other, at most engaging in minor skirmishes. This was because there were Nascent Soul cultivators who could deter each other.

Jiang Yuan knows some top-level secrets, but he cannot reveal them, otherwise it would cause an even greater uproar.

Ancient planets like Little Broken Ball are countless in the Southern Continent. Their spiritual energy is too thin to support cultivators above the Nascent Soul stage, making it impossible for them to ascend to the Heavenly Realm. They can only ascend to places with abundant spiritual energy, such as Tianlong Star, to continue their cultivation path and experience the three high realms of Refining Emptiness, Integrating the Dao, and Mahayana before they can possibly ascend to the Heavenly Realm.

Every ancient planet originally had a path to ascension. Only those in the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm were qualified to ascend to the next level of the spirit world, but this little broken planet had clearly lost the method of ascension.

Perhaps the major sects have left behind some records and legends, but Jiang Yuan's current cultivation level is too low to even be qualified to investigate, so he'd better keep it to himself.

In the same year that Laoshan was destroyed, the mortal empress passed away, and the Li Tang dynasty was able to continue.

In the same year, Li Bai was born in a small place called Qinglian in Sichuan.

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