Filial piety: the supreme emperor

In the barren land 800 miles east of Baihua Valley, a group of disciples wearing purple clouds robes were clearing weeds. After they finished clearing, one of the disciples began to carve the mysterious spirit-gathering rune.

"Buzz!"

Profound and wonderful patterns unfolded, a light blue light surged, and a huge vortex formed in the air, gathering spiritual energy between heaven and earth.

"This barren land will be nourished by spiritual energy and will soon become a spiritual field."

"Then we can plant all kinds of spiritual plants!"

Qin Ruyan looked at the scene in front of her and smiled faintly.

On the side, Su Rou frowned slightly and couldn't help but said, "Senior Sister Qin, don't you think something is wrong here?"

For some reason, Su Rou felt an indescribable sense of oppression in this wasteland.

"Have it?"

"How come I didn't notice?"

Qin Ruyan released her spiritual consciousness and sensed her surroundings, but found nothing unusual.

Then, she seemed to have thought of something, a hint of teasing flashed across her face, and she looked at Su Rou:

"Junior Sister Su, you were not in a good mental state because you looked at Senior Brother Lu's portrait last night, right?"

"Senior Sister Qin, you...don't talk nonsense!" Su Rou's face turned red and she explained hurriedly.

She looks so cute and charming that people can't help but love her.

Qin Ruyan asked with interest: "Really?"

"I still remember that at the Qiankun Sect's Dao Conference, Senior Brother Lu cut off the arm of Lin Heng from the Xueyi Sect just for you!"

Su Rou hurriedly clarified: "Senior Brother Lu did it for the sect. Even if it wasn't me, he would have taken action!"

Qin Ruyan was about to respond, but suddenly her brows furrowed and she looked towards the spirit gathering formation.

I saw that the spiritual energy of heaven and earth that was originally gathered to nourish the land was somehow directly integrated into the deep underground.

"Why is this happening?"

"Why did the gathered spiritual energy suddenly go out of control?"

When the disciples saw this scene, they were puzzled and didn't know what was going on.

In an instant, the earth trembled and a dark light shot up into the sky.

The omen of death enveloped the surroundings and turned into a black mist.

Wherever the black fog passed, all things withered, and several monsters turned into bones in an instant, with no life left!

"Get out of here quickly, don't stay!"

Realizing that something was wrong, Qin Ruyan immediately led her fellow apprentice sisters to run away quickly.

Unfortunately, it's still a step too late.

The place was surrounded by black fog and could not be broken through.

"Everyone, join me and see if we can disperse this black fog and open up a way out."

Qin Ruyan acted decisively, her true energy surged, she condensed her killing power, and suddenly bombarded the black fog.

At the same time, Su Rou and her fellow disciples did not dare to delay and gathered their true energy and rushed into the black fog.

However, these murderous forces were like a drop in the ocean, failing to create even a ripple.

"Junior sisters, inject your true essence into the protective light curtain to protect yourselves!"

"I have sent a message to Senior Brother Lu. As long as we persist, there is hope."

Seeing the black fog approaching, Qin Ruyan gritted her teeth and all her true energy surged out, forming a curtain of light that enveloped all her fellow disciples.

Su Rou and others immediately did as they were told and continued to inject their true energy in the hope of resisting the black fog.

At that moment, black fog descended, and the light curtain lasted only half a breath before it shattered completely.

Qin Ruyan, Su Rou and others' faces changed drastically, and despair surged in their hearts.

"Buzz!"

At the critical moment, the Yin and Yang fish intertwined in the air, forming a huge vortex that sucked all the black fog into it.

After their vision became clear, Qin Ruyan and Su Rou saw the familiar figure in front of them and immediately showed joy.

Lu Ran frowned and said to them, "You go first!"

This time, his master asked him to be responsible for reclaiming the wasteland on the east side of Baihua Valley.

I never expected that such a strange thing would happen just as we started to cultivate the land.

After receiving the summons, he came immediately.

"Brother Lu, be careful, this black mist is very strange!"

Qin Ruyan and Su Rou gave a warning, then rushed to the sect with other sisters.

They knew that they were not strong enough to fight against the black fog, and staying would only become a burden. It would be better for them to leave as soon as possible so that Senior Brother Lu would not be distracted from taking care of them.

Lu Ran smiled and said, "These are all evil spirits. I have ways to deal with them!"

When he saw the black mist, he found that it was similar to the blood mist he had encountered in Qiankun Sect before, except that it was a kind of blood evil, while now it was a demonic evil!

The previous blood evil was condensed by the Five Elements Blood Refining Array, so where did these evil spirits come from?

With his thoughts racing, Lu Ran stared at the crack in the ground, gathered his sword intent, and slashed at the ground fiercely.

"Boom!"

In an instant, the ground shook and a cave appeared underground.

As far as the eye can see, the cave has been shattered by the sword intent, and the ominous black fog of death continuously permeates out from it.

"Buzz!"

Lu Ran used his magical power of turning the stars and shifting the sky to swallow up all the black fog.

He squinted his eyes and saw a blurry figure sitting on the ground.

The figure was wearing a white shirt, with long black hair, a voluptuous figure, and a dot of cinnabar between her eyebrows, but her face could not be seen clearly...

Around Lu Ran, Buddha's light and devil's light intertwined and entangled, forming a strange scene, as if two forces were wrestling in the dark!

The rampant evil spirits were spreading from this woman's body. Now, as Lu Ran continued to refine the evil spirits, the Buddha's light gradually gained the upper hand.

"Excuse me, sir, who are you?" Lu Ran asked respectfully with a solemn expression. Although the woman's cultivation level did not fluctuate, he did not dare to look down on her. When her eyes swept over him, Lu Ran felt his hair stand on end and his whole body went cold, even more shocked than when he faced the Spirit Cod King at the peak of the Emperor Realm.

This woman was extremely dangerous to him.

"May I ask, benefactor, why are you seeking the way of cultivation?" At this moment, the woman in white turned to him, and her voice echoed in the depths of his soul like heavenly music!

Donor? A powerful Buddhist?

Lu Ran was silent for a moment, then replied, "To do whatever one wants."

"What do you mean by doing whatever you want?"

"Follow your heart and do what you want!"

The woman seemed to be asking Lu Ran, but also seemed to be asking herself: "Then why do I practice cultivation?"

Lu Ran was stunned.

How would I know the purpose of your practice? Are you possessed?

Wait, obsession?

Lu Ran had a strange look on his face as he looked at the Buddha's light and the devil's light that were devouring each other on the woman's body.

"The Buddha said that all living beings suffer, and only by saving oneself can one transcend and become a Buddha!"

"But there is only one Buddha in the Buddhist world. What is the point of saving yourself? What is the point of transcendence?"

"The Buddha said that all living beings suffer..."

The woman in white seemed to be in a state of obsession, and she kept whispering these words. Her aura became more and more terrifying, and evil spirits grew, suppressing the Buddha's light and causing the surrounding space to distort.

Lu Ran narrowed his eyes, thinking. Such deep doubts in his heart were enough to show that the woman in white had wavered in her practice of Buddhism.

Therefore, she became the half-demon and half-Buddha in front of him! If it were normal, facing such an extremely dangerous existence, he would definitely leave without hesitation. But it was different now. If he allowed her to continue to be obsessed, she might evolve into a demon Buddha who killed all living beings.

The key point is that this place belongs to the Zixia Sect’s territory and is not far from the Baihua Valley!

Once it gets out of control, the first victim will inevitably be the Zixia Sect.

"The Buddha said that all living beings suffer, and only by saving oneself can one transcend and become a Buddha!"

"But there is only one Buddha in the Buddhist world. What is the meaning of saving yourself? What is the purpose of transcendence?"

Those devilish words rang in her ears again. Although Lu Ran was constantly refining the evil spirit, the evil spirit in her body was growing at a faster rate.

In response to this, he took a deep breath, made up his mind, and said: "Buddha is Buddha, but Buddha does not only refer to Buddha."

As soon as he finished speaking, the white-robed woman's eyes suddenly turned to him: "Why is Buddha not equal to Buddha?"

The evil spirit in her body rose up and completely suppressed the Buddha's light.

Lu Ran felt the terrifying aura gradually surge, like a mountain pressing down on him, but he still gritted his teeth and insisted: "All living beings experience birth, old age, sickness and death, resentment and hatred, love and separation, the five elements are blazing, and nothing can be obtained!"

“Even if you practice, you can’t escape.”

"From this perspective, all beings are equal."

"If that is the case, why can Buddha become a Buddha, but you cannot?"

The woman in white seemed to be asking Lu Ran, or asking herself: "Why can Buddha become a Buddha, but I can't?"

"I have tried to save myself, but I have not been able to achieve enlightenment!"

Lu Ran took a deep breath and continued, "Then why don't you find another way to become a Buddha?"

The woman in white fell into deep thought: "Looking for another way?"

"The Buddha saved himself and became a Buddha, and he only saved himself." Lu Ran smiled and guided step by step: "My Buddha is compassionate and should save all living beings, so I say that the Buddha is a Buddha, but a Buddha is not equal to a Buddha!"

"My Buddha is compassionate and saves all sentient beings!"

"My Buddha is compassionate and saves all sentient beings!"

The woman in white kept murmuring these eight words, and the Buddha's light on her body gradually became brighter and brighter, instantly purifying all the evil spirits.

Lu Ran breathed a sigh of relief and smiled. In his previous life, he had read a lot of books, including Buddhist scriptures, and now they were useful.

The saying really comes true: Read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles!

"Buzz!"

In an instant, a beam of Buddha light shot up into the sky, covering the heaven and earth. The woman in white bathed in it, and seemed to have gained some enlightenment. Two Buddha wheels appeared behind her head one after another, and the place where she sat turned into a lotus platform without knowing when.

Seeing this scene, Lu Ran was glad that he didn't leave just now. Having the Buddha Wheel means that he has attained the fruit position.

As far as he knew, the fruition of Buddhism today was divided into three categories: Arhat, Bodhisattva, and Buddha! There were countless Arhat and Bodhisattva fruition, but there was only one Buddha fruition.

There were two Buddha wheels behind the woman in white, indicating that she had attained the status of a bodhisattva. Lu Ran was not sure how strong the bodhisattva of Buddhism was, but he estimated that it was at least at the level of Sun and Moon.

Once such a powerful being turns into a demon Buddha, I am afraid that only Master Ning Qian can fight against it.

After an unknown amount of time, the Buddha's light dissipated. The woman in white looked at Lu Ran and said softly, "You have a connection with me and you have a heart of Buddha. Are you willing to take me as your master?"

Is it to guide him into Buddhism and become a Zen meditator?

"How is that possible!" Lu Ran responded firmly, "I am grateful for your kindness, but I already have a mentor!"

In fact, he has two mentors.

One is Ning Xian, the mentor who raised him since childhood; the other is his fourth aunt who grew up with him in his dreams, a mysterious existence.

"In that case, I will not force you any more!" The woman in white thought for a moment and said with a smile, "But you have helped me to remove the demonic obstacles and clarify my self today, and you have already incurred two karmic debts."

"Then I will repay you for these two karmas." As soon as she finished speaking, she waved her hand, and a jade slip and a bodhi seed fell into Lu Ran's hands.

"The jade slip records a Taoist technique that you can practice!"

"This Bodhi tree is a personal possession of mine. If you have any needs, just inject your true energy into it and I will be able to hear them and will do my best to fulfill them for you!"

"One more thing. My name is—Fan Jingyi!"

The voice of the woman in white was still ringing in his ears, but Lu Ran found that she had left quietly. He looked at the jade slip and bodhi seed in his hand and was stunned for a moment.

What is this? Is it chance?

It seemed like this was the first time he had encountered such an opportunity in many years.

"Buzz!"

Not long after Fan Jingyi left, the space twisted, a familiar fragrance wafted in, and a charming figure appeared. Ning Qian looked at her beloved disciple and asked, "Ran'er, what happened here?"

Just now, she received a message from the sect disciples saying that a terrifying black fog had appeared 800 miles east of Baihua Valley, so she rushed here immediately.

Unexpectedly, not long after, a dazzling Buddha light shot up into the sky, and Ning Qian immediately realized that was where Lu Ran was.

"The black fog that appeared here before was a demonic evil. I rushed here after receiving a message from Junior Sister Qin, and later..." Lu Ran slowly narrated everything that had just happened, including Fan Jingyi's falling into a state of madness, and the jade slips and bodhi seeds he obtained, without hiding anything.

Ning Qian frowned slightly and whispered, "The powerful Buddhist who has attained the status of a bodhisattva, Fan Jingyi?"

Lu Ran asked curiously: "Does Master know her?"

Ning Qian met his gaze and explained, "Fan Jingyi is a Buddhist girl from the Western Desert Pure Land. She used to be of the same generation as my teacher."

"Unfortunately, before the Buddha's War, for some reason, she turned from a Buddha to a demon and betrayed the Pure Land."

"From Buddha to devil?" The intertwined light of devil and Buddha on Fan Jingyi emerged in Lu Ran's mind.

He knew something about the battle between the Buddhas, which was similar to the battle for the head of the Yin Yang Fa Tian.

In every generation of the Western Desert Pure Land, a Buddha son or daughter born with a Buddha heart will be cultivated. After they have attained the status of Bodhisattva, a Buddha War will be held. Unlike the battle for the leader of Yin Yang Fa Tian, ​​the Buddha War is not decided by force, but by the level of Buddhist teachings.

The winner will become the modern Buddha, ruling the entire Western Desert Pure Land.

Lu Ran asked thoughtfully, "How does her strength compare to Master's?"

Ning Qian replied: "It is comparable to my cultivation level before I fell!"