Surely those disciples on the list and the three religions have no relationship with Buddhism anymore. Born as people of heaven, died as ghosts of heaven. This point has been determined since the beginning of God's entombment, and several saints have also maintained this tacit understanding.
However, with the original Lord of Heaven taking White Crane Child directly away due to the shortage of people to serve him, this tacit understanding has been broken first.
Today, Tongtian Master was also inspired by a sudden idea, very impulsive, not at all like a sage, but once the thought occurred to him, he could not suppress it. Although he felt it was improper, he still directly went to heaven to see the turtle spirit mother again.
He came with high spirits, only to be deceived by Old Zhu on the way. Although he saw through the truth in the time it takes for a single thought, his original impulsive desire was still interrupted.
It's like buying something. You're excited when you buy it, but you regret it after you buy it. He's currently a bit regretful.
What if I see you? What if I don't see you?
Can he bring the Turtle Spirit Mother back to Jie School? Can he just say, "Don't be that useless Doulou Yuanjun anymore, don't mention anything, your teacher will take you home"? Can he really say that?
The sages signed the list of divine beings and he knew the original target of Doulou Yuanjun.
The will of heaven is hard to defy. Even if he takes the Turtle Spirit Mother away, in the face of the grand will of heaven and before Hongjun, who is skilled at taking advantage of the situation, he is very certain that one day, after some kind of incident, he will suffer a great loss of the Golden Spirit Mother. There's a higher chance that both disciples will lose out. He understands his teacher too well.
As soon as his thought moved, many future scenes that are likely to happen came into his sight.
Among them are pictures of himself being surrounded and attacked by the other saints, and Golden Spirit Mother replacing him to defend against the saints' treasures.
There are scenes of Golden Spirit going mad with desire, and he being forced to purge his own sect.
There are also scenes of the turtle spirit becoming passionate and changing his nature, and eventually inciting his disciples to kill Golden Spirit.
Tongtian Master was very certain about this. Save one, and eventually he will have to send one away.
Appointing the divine beings is a requirement of Hongjun. Once it involves this level of cause and effect, Tongtian Master cannot bear it.
The Taixi Heavenly Master has indeed taken away the White Crane Boy, but the White Crane and the Tortoise Spirit have completely different statuses, and the White Crane is just a companion. If Hongjun wants to settle this account, Taixi Heavenly Master can send one hundred disciples "to heaven," but how many disciples can Tongtian Master send?
Both sides of the palm are flesh. Three steps away from the gate of the Doumu Palace, he stopped.
He knew that all the sages were watching him, knew that the Turtle Spirit Mother was behind the door, and as long as he pushed open the door, he could take her away. For sages, any true spiritual bond on the list was nothing. If he wanted to release it, there were a thousand ways to do so.
The problem is what to do after doing so?
At this moment, Phoenix brought Old Zhu to meet the sages. Old Zhu was so scared that he couldn't even speak, much less say anything.
Phoenix also wasn't prepared to say much. We have only an upper and lower relationship. I brought you here to apologize, which is already a favor. It's impossible to ask for a favor, and she doesn't have that face either.
Tongtian Master's gaze looked towards the distance. For a moment, he found it incredibly boring. With a light tap on his Green Dragon Sword, the sword's cry echoed throughout the three realms.
The Shangqing Sage sighed softly: "The will of heaven is hard to defy, so let's go back, go back!"
He didn't pay any attention to the phoenix and Old Zhu, nor did he say a word to the Turtle Spirit Mother within the Doumu Palace. With a step forward, he vanished without a trace.
The Phoenix sighed, speaking the truth, Jie School indeed is a hiding place for all kinds of demons and devils. To be destroyed twice wouldn't be unfair. But Tongtian Master is really good to his disciples. If their original bodies didn't embrace the thigh of Nuwa, joining Jie School would be their only choice.
Old Zhu, trembling with fear, asked: "Marshal, is it settled now?"
He really wanted to hear from the phoenix, "The cause and effect have been settled," but the phoenix only looked at him, saying nothing.
Old Zhu, sweating profusely, said with a laugh: "Marshal, hehe, don't scare old Zhu."
The Phoenix lightly pointed at him: "Ah, you, recently a bit of arrogance has been forgotten. You still need to be careful in your words and deeds."
Old Zhu was clearly feeling his own importance, otherwise he wouldn't have acted so carelessly.
From her perspective, deceiving sages is a serious matter. Tongtian noticed traces of Taiqing magic on Old Zhu and, combined with his poor mood, didn't think much about it. However, upon returning to Yuyu Heaven, he could see through the background that Old Zhu had created by "borrowing the banner of tiger."
Old Zhu will definitely get into trouble in the future. Of course, if you use the "Honghuan Settled Karma Great Law", that's fine. The problem is, can you beat Tongtian Master?
Anyone who knows they are being noticed by sages will feel uneasy, and the emaciated form of Kunpeng is proof of that. No matter how broad-minded Old Zhu is, his round and chubby body visibly shrinks.
In three months, the time passed quickly. Renzhong was still training troops, and Phoenix didn't actively bring up the matter of the monolith with esoteric characters either. She felt that this matter still had a chance of success. The Tao could grant and revoke, which is very reasonable, isn't it? The problem is that she felt reasonable didn't work; Hongjun's thinking was that it worked.
So, this matter can only be discussed over a longer period of time.
At the foot of the Ling mountain.
Within the array of ten thousand Buddhas, there were endless chants of dharma. The area around the spiritual mountain was covered with golden lotus flowers spanning thousands of miles.
Yun Xiao walked over with a smile on his face, his steps light and brisk: "Reverend Monk, how many scrolls of scriptures have you read today?"
Yue Guang Bodhisattva, whose face was filled with purity, bowed respectfully with his palms together: "Madam"
Yun Xiao beckoned to her with his hand on the right side: "Over here, over here."
Yue Guang hurriedly turned around: "Madam, please don't mock poor monk."
Yun Xiao couldn't help but smile at her serious expression. Since learning that the young girl in front had a peculiar connection with Deng ChanYu, and after obtaining some information from Qiong Xiao, she had shown her true colors and was no longer the serene and gentle person she appeared to others.
Seeing Yue Guang, Yun Xiao seemed to remember the scenes of bringing Qiong Xiao and Bixiao to Jing Xiao when he was young.
Yun Xiao has the attributes of "bring sister" and today she brought some pastries she made to Yue Guang. Tomorrow, she would tell her some interesting stories about Jie School disciples overcoming difficulties.
Yue Guang kept saying things like "the allure of beauty will only slow down my progress in studying Buddhism," which only brought Yun Xiao even greater laughter.
"I see that they have a lot of people who don't shave their heads. Don't you need to?" Yun Xiao asked casually as he sat by her side and whispered.
As she ate the lamb leg Yun Xiao had brought, Yue Guang explained: "It is done for ascetic practices. There are not many people in the world who can match up to what we have achieved in our shaving. I am almost becoming a Buddha and do not need to shave."
Yun Xiao nodded with a smile, "This little girl is very proud, and her attitude of being especially able to put on an act is very much like someone I know."
"You want to become a Buddha? But my Master PuBa said that the more one practices cultivation, the more they realize their own shortcomings. Are your cultivation higher than his?"
Yue Guang, upon hearing that it was PuBa, quickly paid attention: "What scriptures is the respected master of your school currently practicing?"
She's serious about being a Buddhist monk herself, so calling PuBa 'brother' is no problem.
