Longevity Chronicles-Chapter 625 - 406 Shanyu Demon Monk, Transcendence Bodhisattva

"This is exactly the trouble with those monks from Demon Buddha Temple, the magic skills they spread mostly target the 'Inner Demon Addiction Poison.' In this regard, their attainments surpass even those of the monks from Great Freedom Temple and Dharma Cakra Temple."

"Especially in times of chaos, among the lower echelons of mortals, the Demon Buddha Dharma is truly unmatched."

"When the time comes to eliminate demons and prolong Buddha's influence, if it were a one-on-one combat of magic, Demon Buddha Temple could suppress any Righteous Buddhist temple, including Great Freedom Temple."

"If you really want to save these pitiful people, there is only one method that might work..."

Before Master Yuan finished speaking, Tao Qian had already guessed.

Almost simultaneously, he spoke four words: "Stabilize the chaotic world!"

Seeing that Tao Qian understood, Yuan Gong said no more.

The underlying logic was actually not complex.

Even going directly back to what Tao Qian had previously mentioned:

"Price!"

"As long as the chaotic times disappear, the price will tend towards balance, life and death, pleasure and suffering will be better managed. At that time, although some people will still chant the Burning Incense Buddha Mantra, there will not be many, their will not strong, but the price high, the monks of Demon Buddha Temple will find it as useless as chicken ribs, unwilling to respond or spread it, and thus the disaster resolves itself."

"Unfortunately, who dares to claim that they can end the chaos of today?"

Once again, Tao Qian felt powerless.

However, he was not despondent.

Merely looking at the nearly tens of thousands below, anxious and helpless, he thought to himself:

"While a permanent cure is absent, there is a temporary solution."

With that, Tao Qian blinked and from among the townspeople pulled out a thin middle-aged man wearing monk robes and sporting three strands of beard.

This man was Wang Jinyin, native to Changle Town. He had left home in his youth, studied abroad, and returned to his hometown wishing to fulfill his ambitions, to lead his fellow townspeople out of poverty and suffering.

Unfortunately, as a mere mortal, he could not resist the Demon Buddha Secret Method, and fell to corruption not long after his struggle had started.

Unlike the other townspeople, he did not seek money or beauty, but the Cultivation Method.

Previously, a monk from Demon Buddha Temple had given him a scroll of the Captivating Heart and Indulging Desire Technique, allowing him to perform exotic skills like hypnotism, barely qualifying as a cultivator.

Of course, having chanted that Buddha's verse, no cultivation was useful; most of his essence, along with his soul, had been dedicated to that demon monk, leaving him only a few days to live.

When he first met Tao Qian, what he sought had turned into a method of Life Extension.

At that time, he was crazed and greedy, hardly human.

Now that he had regained clarity, some wisdom appeared in his sunken eye sockets.

He was dripping with sweat, trembling all over, but it was not because he feared the Buddha's son in front of him who would destroy him as a Fallen Demon.

Rather, he was terrified and filled with regret.

Approaching, he knelt down, his hoarse throat shouting: "Buddha's son and Bodhisattva above, Wang Jinyin, the mayor of Changle Town, Qiantang Province, thanks you for the great kindness of saving lives and saving the people."

At this moment, the middle-aged man, with his days numbered, shouted while continuously kowtowing forcefully to the ground.

Tao Qian let him kowtow a few times before suddenly placing a palm on his skull.

The man immediately spit out a mouthful of blood, his cultivation completely ruined.

However, the next moment, Tao Qian passed a stream of mana into him, healing his injuries. He then selected from his mountainous collection of treasures a scripture meant to enlighten and see one's true nature, to destroy disasters and cure diseases called "Medicine Buddha's Talks on Porridge," and a wooden fish considered a low-level Buddhist device, and handed them over.

Immediately afterward, he instructed telepathically:

"Although this monk has cleared the filth and addiction from your minds, the inner demons can still grow and trouble you."

"If you are willing, use the Cultivation Method and treasures this monk has given you to chant the sutras every night to clear the townspeople's recurring addiction."

"This Changle Town has a small population and is near Emancipation Ridge, so as long as you don't actively chant that 'Burning Incense Buddha Mantra,' it should be difficult for the demon monks to find you."

"With this, you should be able to maintain peace for a while."

Tao Qian's method, though it sounded laborious.

But hastily considered, there was no better option.

Firstly, Changle Town was located in Qiantang, far from New Moon Province; it was not feasible to repeat the old trick of sending them to join the Ancestor Dragon Society.

If that were done, these nearly ten thousand people, not killed by the demon monks, would most likely die on the way.

The Buddhist scriptures and treasures that Tao Qian gave to the mayor were neither rare nor could he afford to give anything rare, nor could he offer Daoist spells and magic artifacts, lest he invite trouble unnecessary.

He also had another arrangement that Tao Qian did not voice; when he and Yunrong left, he would cast a spell to erase from these thousands of people's minds any memory related to them, only planting one obsession in the mayor's mind:

Every single night!

He would go from door to door, chanting the Buddha's verse to eliminate the addiction.

Laborious, indeed, and somewhat eerie.

But the lives of ten thousand were surely saved.

Just after he had explained, a smile appeared on the man's face, followed by what seemed like a determined resolution.

Once again, he fervently kowtowed, saying as he did:

"Buddha's son is merciful, this arrangement is extremely good."

"Changle Town is indeed remote, usually no Cultivation monks visit, the past few demon monks were all invited by us at great cost, and almost all were itinerant demon monks who would stop for a bite and then seek bigger and better meals elsewhere, disdaining our small village and town."

"However, to avoid causing trouble for the Buddha and Bodhisattva, please, when you leave, erase the memories related to this matter from our minds, and also entrust someone else with the task of chanting the Buddha's verse."

"Your disciple Wang Jinyin, wishes to undertake a different task."

"Other demon monks will not come, but one monk is an exception."

"This monk, known as 'Shanyu,' is the lowest-ranking Precept Monk of the Demon Buddha Temple."

"Unable to compete with the other demon monks, he was exiled nearby, within a hundred miles, and established Heibai Temple to settle down, considering several nearby villages and towns as his source of Blood Food, with my Changle Town included."

"Every few days, he comes to harvest us, previously unable to resist his lure, I fell to demons, paid a heavy price, and learned a Demonic Secret "@/Method STDMETHODCALLTYPE from him."

"If he doesn't die, I fear Changle Town cannot avoid catastrophe," he said.

"Being compassionate, Female Bodhisattva, could you please implant a Buddha Flame and Buddha Light inside me before you leave, so I can perish together with that demon monk?"

"I understand, disciple knows that all cultivation has its price."

"I am willing to pay with my remaining lifespan, as well as my Three Souls and Seven Spirits."

This middle-aged man, called Wang Jinyin, the mayor of Changle Town, although he hadn't proved his determination and sincerity to Tao Qian by dissecting his heart and abdomen.

There was no need, as Tao Qian had already used a secret technique earlier to see his life story.

Ever since he had participated in the New Moon uprising, Tao Qian knew that this world was not beyond hope.

There were many degenerates, but also not a few heroes.

"Fine! I shall fulfill your wish."

"But only the first part, as for the demon monk called 'Shanyu,' I have uses for him."

"Rest assured, he won't come this way again."

Having said these words, he did not wait for the man or the nearly ten thousand townspeople to react.

Tao Qian directly began casting spells: erasing memories, instilling obsessions.

After the nearly ten thousand people blinked, the so-called Son of Buddha and Bodhisattva was no longer in sight.

Only their town mayor remained, who suddenly shouted with great vigor:

"What are you all staring at, continue worshiping Buddha."

"Right, no need for anyone to close their doors early and sleep tonight, your town mayor has obtained a new Buddha's verse, which I will recite to you later."

"Although this Buddha's verse is simple, it contains profound Buddhist principles, and after chanting, there will be no disasters or illnesses, and it will also satiate hunger. It's truly marvelous."

...

A hundred miles away from Changle Town.

There was a pitch-black Gushan with a temple atop it, and in front of the temple grew a row of sinister dark cypress trees.

These trees, known as [[Wild Monk Evil Pine]], are a type of demon that requires human hearts, human blood, and human fluid to nourish, best with virgins.

For those Buddhist Practitioners fallen demon, it is extremely useful, similar to the Bodhi Tree and Qingjing Bamboo of the Righteous Buddhism, but its rank is very low, and hardly any powerful demon monks would care for it.

However, for the master of this mountain and temple, the demon monk known as Shanyu, these low-level demon trees are crucial for his Breakthrough and Foundation Establishment.

Indeed, this monk originated from the Demon Buddha Temple.

Such a grand title, yet after practicing for many years, he hadn't achieved Foundation Establishment, hence he was ostracized here by his peers.

If not for his cunning, he would have long been devoured by his fellows in the temple.

At this moment, he would rather risk returning to the temple, where perhaps there was still a glimmer of hope.

The reason was simple!

His doom had arrived.

Just looking at this monk, indeed he was wasting the good name "Shanyu"; he was fat with large ears, full of horizontal flesh on his face and a scar stretching from the center of his eyebrows to his chin, truly hideous and ferocious.

In his murky eyes, there exuded a nauseating, unmistakable lasciviousness.

At this moment he was almost half-naked, kneeling inside the temple and frantically knocking his head towards the front.

Around him, a dozen Human Clan women were sobbing.

Just a moment ago, this monk intended to have a grand indulgent ceremony in this Heibai Temple.

After the pleasure, he would have killed these pitiful women and used their flesh and blood to water the evil pines outside the temple.

Now he was incapable of carrying out his plan, as he knelt there weeping bitterly, pleading:

"Seniors spare my life, Great Compassionate and Merciful Female Bodhisattva spare my life."

"I am called Shanyu, deceived into practicing in the Demon Buddha Temple, and because I still harbored good thoughts, I chose this magical name for myself. Little did I know this would cause me to be bullied and ostracized by many of my peers to this desolate area."

"Buddha and Bodhisattva see clearly, although I have committed minor wrongs due to practicing the Demon Buddha Dharma and its side effects, I truly haven't killed excessively, my body doesn't bear unresolved sins that can be transformed into merits, there's truly nothing blocking any disaster or calamity."

"Ha"

Hearing this, Tao Qian suddenly burst into laughter.

Mocking this shameless, cunning demon monk who insulted the name 'Shanyu':

"You sly and shameless demon monk, whose perception is extremely sharp too, knowing from the moment my wife and I arrived that you weren't our opponent, you didn't even resist and just knelt to beg for mercy."

"But despite your cunning, you have got the direction of your pleading wrong."

"Judging others by your own standard, you thought I was the kind of Buddhist Practitioner who depended on slaying deeply sinful demon monks, converting those merits to shield ourselves from disasters."

Upon hearing this, Shanyu demon monk, felt killing intent that chilled him to the bone.

In that instant, he knew he was about to die without a trace.

Even now, he didn't understand why he had suddenly faced this disaster?

He couldn't even guess who this couple of Buddhist Practitioners before him, whose mana seemed boundless and utterly inscrutable, actually were.

The only thing he knew was that if he didn't struggle or try his hardest, it was really going to be over for him.

With his will to live erupting, he loudly exclaimed in his last moments, rapid-fire like a barrage:

"Wait, wait, don't kill me, I still have value."

"Grandpa Buddha and Grandma Bodhisattva, you must have come to Qiantang Province for those [[Great Compassionate and Merciful Transcendence Bodhisattvas]] that my Demon Buddha Temple is cultivating."

"I have a way to let Grandpa Buddha and Grandma Bodhisattva obtain one, I assure you can get one."

"Just spare my life, and I will obey your commands from here on, turning from evil to righteousness."

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