Mysterious mirror hanging high

Jing Yu was speechless, thinking, "This is truly bizarre. The reason a spirit beast bag can carry a spirit beast is because after the demon beast recognized its master, it had already entrusted a bit of its true spirit to the master. Its life and death were no longer under its control. When it escaped into the specially made spirit beast bag, it was actually in a state of half-life, half-death, like a tortoise."

"Mortals have no cultivation to rely on, so how can they understand the secret method of turtle breathing? Even if they do understand, they cannot entrust it to their true spirit and let the master pinch it at will into a state of half-life and half-death."

"This [Spirit Collection Bag] seems to have only one use, to transport mortals, and doesn't seem to be of much use to cultivators. However, the technological content within it is truly remarkable... I wonder which genius came up with this."

After saying this, he did not return the snakeskin bag, but tied it around his waist and asked:

"Since you're not here to cultivate some blood-refined magic, what's the point of capturing these natives?"

Jin Yunzi said cautiously, "Are you from out of town, sir? No wonder you don't know. I captured this native with the intention of selling him to the Zongming Temple on the southwest Jingkong Coast. There are probably over a hundred natives on this island, so he must be worth at least a dozen spirit stones."

Jing Yu frowned and said, "These natives have no physical cultivation skills and are ignorant of worldly rules. They are not even qualified to be slaves. How can they sell so many spirit stones?"

Jin Yunzi smiled flatteringly and said, "Your Excellency may be from another sea area and not familiar with the local customs."

"The [Sea of ​​Sin] we are currently in is located in the southwest waters of the outer sea of ​​the [Falling Star Sea], and happens to be adjacent to the [Clear Sky Bank] of the [Futu Immortal Continent]. As the most prosperous place for Buddhism in this world, Futu Immortal Continent is naturally home to many Buddhist cultivators."

Jing Yu's mind was stirred. "I was thrown to the southwest corner of Futu Xianzhou, near the Xianzhou Realm? It's quite far away from Penglai Xianzhou in the southeast. I probably won't be able to return in a short time."

Seeing that the Foundation Establishment Master in front of him had no reaction, Jin Yunzi did not dare to pause and continued to bow and say:

"Nowadays, Buddhist monks also have different methods, ancient and modern. The modern method is the Taoist method of training Qi and building foundation for pills."

"Although the ancient Buddhist cultivation method also requires building a foundation, forming a pill, and becoming an infant, their fundamental mana relies on the [incense and vows] to increase their cultivation. They also rely on spiritual energy, but not much, so they naturally need believers who can provide them with a stable supply of vows."

"However, the common believers of Futu Xianzhou have long been divided up by the major Buddhist temples and monasteries. If the Buddhist temples of Jingkong Coast want to recruit new believers, they can only seek them from us overseas..."

"But the population of the Falling Star Sea is not as dense as that of the major immortal continents, so mortals are naturally much more valuable."

Jing Yu narrowed his eyes and said, "Even if it's not murder, it's at least a crime of human trafficking. How can that be considered righteousness? I think it's better to kill you right now and then go and destroy that [Niehai Jinlian Temple]..."

Jin Yunzi saw Jing Yu's expression soften and thought he had a chance to survive, but he never expected the gray-robed foundation-building cultivator to change his expression so quickly. His body softened and he fell to the ground, kowtowed loudly:

"Your Excellency, be wise! If these natives were left to live on an island like this, they would only be hungry and full. But if they were sent to a Zen Buddhist temple on the Buddha Island, they would at least have enough food, clothing, and a peaceful and happy life. They would truly be sent there to enjoy happiness! In this way, I, the humble monk, have accumulated good karma by sending them away."

"Those Buddhist monks spent huge sums of money to buy mortals, just to feed them with good food and drink?"

Jing Yu was suspicious and said, "How could such a good thing happen in this world?"

Jin Yunzi complained, "How could this be false? Although I am a modern Buddhist, I have to admit that this group of conservative ancient Buddhists are quite good to their followers. After all, the better the followers' lives, the more devout their faith will be, and the purer the incense and vows they will generate..."

"On the contrary, if you abuse them frequently, leaving them hungry and sleepless, they will eventually harbor resentment and become unable to truly believe. The incense and prayers you receive will then be impure and useless."

"Do you know how the ancient Buddhist practitioners used the power of incense and vows to practice?" Jing Yu asked again.

"They have their own secret methods to refine their willpower and transform it into merit and cultivation."

Jin Yunzi said, "Moreover, for those who practice the ancient Buddhist methods, the power of incense and vows can also help break through bottlenecks. They call it 'initiation'. As a result, their realm advancement is much faster than that of the Taoist foundation-building and alchemy methods. The speed of cultivation is already comparable to some of the demonic sect's quick-success methods."

"However, the incense-based vow power system also has significant drawbacks. First, it requires a constant supply of vow power. Otherwise, it would be like a Taoist cultivator reaching a land of spiritual energy barrenness. Their cultivation level would remain stagnant, unable to advance an inch... or even regress."

"Secondly, there are only a limited number of intelligent beings in the world, and the incense and vows that can be produced are limited. It is inevitable that the benefits will be unevenly distributed. If the old people don't move on, it will be difficult for the newcomers to make a breakthrough. If a young monk practicing Qi in the traditional Buddhist cultivation method doesn't receive the appreciation of the Foundation Establishment Master or the Golden Elixir Master, and has no followers, his cultivation will be fixed there. It would be better for him to switch to the Foundation Establishment and Alchemy path passed down by the Taoist sect like us."

Jing Yu touched his chin and suddenly asked, "You said you were from the [Niehai Jinlian Temple] and were a disciple of the abbot?"

"Exactly!" Jin Yunzi thought he had grasped a life-saving straw and looked at Jing Yu eagerly: "Sir, do you have any relationship with my master?"

Jing Yu asked, "What is the level of cultivation of Master Jinlian?"

"He is exactly the same as you, sir. He is also in the middle stage of foundation building! But it seems that his foundation is not as solid as yours. After all, he comes from a poor family..." Jin Yunzi flattered him silently with a flattering smile.

"Where is your temple? Show me the way!"

"Yes Yes……"

Jing Yu stopped talking nonsense with Jin Yunzi. He pinched the fat monk's collar as if he was holding a chick, and fled to the southwest wrapped in the escape light.

After about half an hour, an island came into view in the distance. This island seemed to be several times larger than the small island where the natives lived before. There were not many people on the island. On the flat land on the south side, there were some spiritual fruits that Jing Yu did not recognize. A dozen bald young monks who were at the first or second level of Qi training were watching over it, but most of them looked bored and uninterested, and obviously did not care much.

On the slightly higher mountains to the north stood a magnificent temple. The crossbeams of the temple's gate were decorated with many golden lotus ornaments. Jing Yu concealed his aura and walked around the temple. He found that even the walls of the temple were coated with a layer of gold foil. He wondered how much the monks in this temple liked gold.

Jin Yunzi's one-sided statement cannot be fully trusted. Jing Yu simply used a spell to imprison the monk underground on the island. He then used the Ku Du Xuan Guang and concealed his breath to sneak into the temple.

As soon as he entered the temple, he felt the aura of two foundation-building monks in the main hall in the center of the temple. After confirming that it was correct, he did not alarm the warning formation outside the hall, but found a wall base and used the magical power of the mysterious mirror to penetrate into it and peek into the situation inside the hall.