271 Liansheng 32 II (2/2)

Master Lotus became the first Buddhism Sect disciple in history to become the Great Divine Priest of West-Hill Divine Palace.

Several years later, the bloodshed before Lanke Temple happened. The Priest of the Judicial Department of Divine Hall was involved in the matter and Master Lotus, grieving from the death of an old friend was willing to assume responsibility. He disregarded all attempts to make him stay from the Peach Mountain and insisted on resigning from the position as Great Divine Priest and left. He stayed hidden and no one knew where he went.

From then on, Master Lotus had disappeared from the world of cultivation. However, his name remained in the world until today.

In the memories of today's world, Master Lotus had always exuded benevolence and mystery. The benevolence came from his action and the mystery was due to the legendary life that he had led.

Master Lotus was good at writing essays and calligraphy. He had traveled the world, studied the classics and cultivated. He attained Tao enlightenment in the Lanke Temple and entered the Knowing Destiny State after only several years. He was well versed in Buddhism laws and knew all the different ways of the different sects. He was a great writer and calligrapher of his generation. He was a guard of the Buddhism Sect Front Gate and also a Great Divine Priest of Judgment of the Divine Hall.

A man who was willing to come close to all beauty of the world, who had the ability to bring enlightenment to the world, who was willing to shoulder the burdens of the world; a man who was this perfect had never been seen before and might never appear again.

To many, such a perfect person could not have been cultivated in later life. He must have been born this way. That was why the people said after he disappeared, ”There is a lotus in the west that landed in this world. It was born with 32 petals, and each petal is unique. They each make up a different world.”

His monastic title was Liansheng 32.

He was like a white lotus who had floated into the mortal world. With each blooming of a jade petal, he would show a big power that brought solace to the filthy world.

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Ning Que stood in the Great Blockage Formation outside the Front Gate of the Devil's Doctrine. He knelt and kowtowed to the mossy sword marks. He was worshiping his elder, the kin in his blood. He felt admiration and longing within him.

To the Tao Addict and Mo Shanshan, Master Lotus was like a great mountain that they had not stopped paying attention to since they started cultivation. A sense of closeness and admiration flowed in their blood.

That was why they did not care about what Ning Que wanted to do, and had no wish to fight. They kneeled and kowtowed respectfully to the withered old monk.

Compared with the Calligraphy Addict, the Tao Addict was visibly more excited. She was the Grand Master of the Divine Hall's Judicial Department. Master Lotus was once the Divine Hall's Great Divine Priest of Judgment. He was practically her senior. Furthermore, while the Judicial Department held most of the power in the West-Hill Divine Palace, their darkened names surpassed their sacredness due to their bad name from keeping prisoners. In the past century, it was only when Divine Lord Lotus held a position could the Judicial Department take control of the Devil's Doctrine and gain respect from the masses. The elderly members of the Judicial Department still talked fondly of those times, which was why Divine Lord Lotus' status was different in the eyes of those in the Judicial Department.

She could not suppress the shock and excitement in her heart. She looked at the Emblematic Gesture at the old monk made and said in a trembling voice, ”Your disciple, Priest Ye Hongyu of the Divine Hall Judicial Department pays her respect to Divine Lord Lotus. Those from the Peach Mountain thought that you had ascended to heaven and became an immortal. I did not think that I would be so lucky to meet you, Divine Lord Lotus.”

Master Lotus did not expect that he would see a newbie from the Judicial Department here. He was slightly startled, but said with warmth and regret, ”I have said before that I did not know how much time has passed in my time on the mountain. It seems that was very true indeed. A young and loveable young lady like you has been dragged into this pool of muddied water. That is such a pity. A pity indeed.”

If someone else had described the Judicial Department as a pool of muddied water, Ye Hongyu would have tortured that person. However, she did not react to this right now because the person who had said that was an old ancestor of the Judicial Department. She did not have the guts to behave unreasonably. Furthermore, Divine Lord Lotus' voice was gentle and benevolent. He spoke like a grandfather to a grandchild, and it made her feel warm and slightly shy.

The three addicts were world-renowned. Both the Tao Addict and the Calligraphy Addict knelt before the Bone Mountain like obedient children while Ning Que stood still. Mo Shanshan pulled at him surreptitiously, but he pretended not to see her.

Ning Que was not like the Calligraphy Addict or the Tao Addict that had studied within sects since they were children. They knew about the legends of the cultivation world. However, he had only managed to enter the cultivators' world after many difficulties two years ago. The Senior Brothers and Sisters in the back of the mountain of the Academy did not have much interest in telling stories, which was why he was lacking in knowledge regarding some things. He had never heard of Liansheng 32 before.

That was why he did not kneel in respect like Mo Shanshan and Ye Hongyu did.

When he heard the words ”Divine Lord Lotus”, he looked at the old monk sitting in the pile of bones and laughed. He said, ”So you were the Great Divine Priest of Judgment of Divine Hall. No wonder you wanted to vanquish the Devil's Doctrine.”

His smile gradually dimmed. He stared at the old monk and said, ”But I would still like to know, why did you spend half your life on a plot trying to harm my Youngest Uncle? I wouldn't do it even if I had too much time on my hands.”

There was someone in the world who would speak with such disrespect to Divine Lord Lotus!

Ye Hongyu who knelt before the Bone Mountain glared at Ning Que. Her eyebrows were raised and looked like tiny sharp swords.