How come the celestial technique I stole is so powerful?!-Chapter 300: The Three Buddha Temple’s Wishful Thinking
Chapter 300: Chapter 300: The Three Buddha Temple’s Wishful Thinking
Lin Xiaosu’s smile suddenly froze...
Lu Rufeng shouted, "Father!"
With a thunderous boom, a huge True Essence Dharma Image appeared atop the peak, stomping down towards the mountainside.
Lu Rufeng sensed something was amiss. With his and Lin Xiaosu’s combined strength, they couldn’t take down Dongfang Xiaoyao; their only choice was to plead for father to swiftly make a move and kill him.
Facing the giants of the Enlightenment Realm descending from the sky, Dongfang Xiaoyao’s expression was exceedingly calm: "Lin Xiaosu, do you know why I’ve been wasting breath with you? Because, for one thing, I no longer need to run away!"
As soon as his voice fell, a lotus bloomed in mid-air.
Right beneath Lu Sanqian’s True Essence Dharma Image.
Upon the lotus stood an old monk with hands clasped: "Amitabha, the sea of suffering is boundless, we hope Lord Lu will turn back to shore!"
As soon as the ten-character incantation was spoken, he raised his head, revealing himself to be Master Kong Ru from the Three Buddha Temple.
Lu Sanqian said coldly, "Back when Xiaoyao Palace and Cangmang Palace joined forces to destroy my Li Palace, did Master Kong Ru ever advise Dongfang Lie that the sea of suffering is boundless and to turn back to shore?"
"Amitabha!" Another Buddhist chant echoed, as a new lotus bloomed in the void, presenting a new face upon the Lotus Platform: "Lord Lu has already destroyed Xiaoyao Palace; no matter how great the hatred, it should have been erased. Taking action again today is too much!"
"Has Master Kong Xing ever lent money?" Lu Sanqian said, "Having borrowed money for a hundred years, is collecting some interest not warranted?"
With a buzzing sound, distant Thirty Miles away at the Three Buddha Temple, something stirred.
From the top of the temple, a golden Buddha statue emitting infinite Buddha light pierced the sky!
The first step was initiated thirty miles away at the Three Buddha Temple, the second approached within ten miles, the third step closer by ten more miles, the fourth step...
This figure had already arrived before Lu Sanqian’s True Essence Dharma Image.
It was none other than the abbot of the Three Buddha Temple, Master Kong Wen.
Abbot Kong Wen folded his hands, sitting in the void, upon which golden lotuses blossomed, forming a giant Lotus Platform: "Lord Lu uses the matter of mundane borrowing as an analogy to belittle the lives of the masses; is indiscriminately destroying palaces any different from the Demon Path? If you remain obsessed, retribution will surely follow, Amitabha!"
His voice was gentle, but the last four words carried infinite sanctity amid the softness, descending into the chaotic struggle on the mountains.
All who were engaged in the fight felt their hearts tremble. The clashing sounds of weapons suddenly ceased.
Amidst the void where Lu Rusi and Ren Zhi Rou were fiercely battling, they suddenly separated...
Lu Sanqian suddenly raised his head: "Indiscriminately destroying palaces isn’t any different from the Demon Path! Master Kong Wen speaks truly; may I ask, when Xiaoyao Palace destroyed my Li Palace, where was the retribution for it? I personally came to Three Buddha Temple asking Master to uphold justice, yet Master evaded me; why is that? Since no one will uphold justice, why shouldn’t I take it by myself?"
The three giants of the Three Buddha Temple appeared simultaneously, yet Lu Sanqian remained immensely unyielding.
His words were sharp and precise, giving no quarter.
"Lord Lu asks, where is the retribution for Xiaoyao Palace’s destruction of your Li Palace? The old monk can clearly tell you! You have taken Xiaoyao Peak and returned the karma of a hundred years; this is the retribution for its past sins. I have never said you were wrong, however, karma also has boundaries; the innocent should not suffer, the lives of over four thousand at Cangmang Palace are not at your disposal for slaughter!" Kong Wen said softly.
Upon hearing this, Lu Sanqian slightly dazed.
Is this considered settled?
Master Kong Wen has characterized the past destruction of Li Palace by Xiaoyao Palace as "evil."
And he has defined today’s destruction of Xiaoyao Palace by him as "karma retribution."
This brushes over the matter he most feared.
The corresponding request, then, is to spare Cangmang Palace...
Is this acceptable?
Seems it might be negotiable...
"Thank you, Master, for your compassion in protecting the palace and saving lives!" Below, Dongfang Xiaoyao deeply bowed: "I, Dongfang Xiaoyao, along with my wife Ren Zhi Rou, are willing to lead all of Cangmang Palace’s members to join the Three Buddha Temple!"
His voice echoed throughout the mountain.
On distant peaks, someone responded: "Three Buddha Temple embodies compassion; the four thousand disciples of Cangmang Palace wish to affiliate with the Three Buddha Temple and bathe in the Buddha’s light!"
"Three Buddha Temple is the orthodox mainstream of Kun Cang; Cangmang Palace is willing to be the back yard of the Buddhist sect..."
Instantly, the whole mountain resonated.
The entire membership of Cangmang Palace, along with families, felt their hearts pound.
In a unique place like Kun Cang, safety is not assured, largely relying on the Palace Master’s presence and the deterrent power of the giants of the Enlightenment Realm to survive.
Should the Palace Master perish, the palace would essentially cease to exist.
Everyone else must choose a new reliance.
Generally, the conqueror of the palace absorbs the remaining members and the mountain.
However, today Three Buddha Temple intervened to protect the path at a critical time, allowing them to fully affiliate with the Three Buddha Temple.
Comparatively, the members of Cangmang Palace prefer to accept the protection of the Three Buddha Temple due to psychological inertia and the Temple’s reputation...
Therefore, at Dongfang Xiaoyao’s single utterance echoing throughout the mountain, he received the overwhelming consent from most people.
Master Kong Wen appeared dignified, sitting poised upon the Lotus Platform, hands clasped: "Amitabha, well done, well done... Lord Lu, now that the four thousand disciples of Cangmang Palace have surrendered to my Buddhist sect, do you still wish to cruelly wield the butcher’s knife against these disciples?"
Lu Sanqian’s hair wildly flapped in the wind.
His heart also was slightly disturbed.
The beginning of the story was completely consistent with Lin Xiaosu’s arrangement.
The story’s progress was smooth as well, and he successfully eliminated Ren Cangmang, a significant threat.
However, the final version took a turn.
He felt it was very wrong, but couldn’t find an effective counterpoint...
Because Abbot Kong Wen firmly held the moral high ground...
The compassion of a Buddhist sect prevents wanton violence and is moral.
The disciples of the mountain are willing to join the Three Buddha Temple, which is fact.
Once the members of Cangmang Palace are within the Three Buddha Temple, his play can no longer continue.
Taking further action would change its nature.
It would become Li Palace acting against the Three Buddha Temple.
Not only is it unwinnable, but there’s not even a reason to begin.
This was why in the early stages, Dongfang Xiaoyao was fixated on fleeing but later no longer ran.
Because he calculated precisely...
As long as the three giants of the Three Buddha Temple arrived, his life would be preserved.
Once his members joined the Three Buddha Temple, Cangmang Mountain would be protected.
His people remained, the members of Cangmang Palace remained, his influence continued.
Given Dongfang Xiaoyao’s capability, with this platform, he might play it more smoothly than Ren Cangmang. From this perspective, Dongfang Xiaoyao, a wise individual of the era, through this sudden crisis event, realized his grand Nirvana — evolving from a supporting player to the protagonist of a mountain peak, truly opening his great era.
Lu Sanqian could use his toes to think of Dongfang Xiaoyao becoming a potential great danger.
But what to make of the current situation?
"Haha..." Lin Xiaosu took a step forward!
All eyes instantly focused on him.
Lin Xiaosu raised his gaze, staring at Abbot Kong Wen: "Master Kong Wen, you indeed have quite a skillful means, burdening Lord Lu with the dirty work of killing, while you lightly reap the fruits of victory, yet somehow still maintaining the shining glory of your Buddhist nature! Though the world is full of those who plunder and seize with craft, to achieve it as an art, probably only Master Kong Wen could."
This statement immediately reverberated throughout the peak.
Lu Sanqian’s heart shook.
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