Chapter 160 Qixiu (2/2)

Shen Lian heard the clue and started searching through his memory. Within moments, he recalled everything. He did not expect to have such strong fate with the Xiao family of the Flying Celestials Island. After killing Xiao Shiyi earlier, he ran into the little girl rescued by his founding master Ziling after the tragedy at the Flying Celestials Island.

As Ziling Fairy did not plan to keep her, she had sent her to Liu Qing Shitai at Zi Zai Hermitage.

Given the status of his founding master, it would not be strange for her to know Liu Qing Shitai.

His was thinking quickly and had sorted everything out in his head.

”So it was you. Look at how you have grown! The chief had mentioned briefly about you to me. He said that you were rescued by my founding master, but I did not expect you to be under Liu Qing Shitai now,” Shen Lian smiled.

Qixiu was overjoyed when she found out that Shen Lian remembered about her. Though, she forgot how cultivators like Shen Lian could recall anything as long as they wanted to. Moreover, Shen Lian’s spirit was a lot stronger than the normal Huandan cultivator.

After all, it was Shen Lian who saved her life. She was young and hence had remembered it till today. This was why when she was cultivating one of the thirty-three techniques of Zi Zai Hermitage, Du Ren Codex of Medicine King Guan Yin, she had to return to the secular world despite her pure mind and massive improvements.

Liu Qing Shitai knew about this, which was why she sent her to cultivate in the secular world.

Liu Qing Shitai predicted that without external influences, Shen Lian would encounter Qixiu sooner or later.

Shen Lian did not know that he was part of Liu Qing Shitai’s calculation. He was still unaware of the mystics of holy deities who had passed through the nine states of cultivation.

He found it intriguing how the little girl he rescued was standing in front of him in this vast and populated world.

”So Aunt Ziling is Shen Senior Apprentice-Brother’s founding master; three years ago, she came to borrow the Bamboo of No Desire from my Master. However, my Master refused to lend it to her as she had killed too many. Both of them almost got into a fight. Before Aunt Ziling left, she took away one of the bamboo plants my Master had been growing for three hundred years. My Master was in a bad mood for a few days,” Qi Xiu spoke.

”You refer to Ziling Zhenren as Aunt, and Ziling Zhenren is Shen Lian’s founding master. So how does the hierarchy between you both work?” Song Qingyi laughed.

”Of course I would address him as Shen Senior Apprentice-Brother,” Qixiu blushed and replied.

”No, no, at this rate, wouldn’t your Master need to address Ziling Zhenren as Uncle-Master?” Song Qingyi said.

”Hierarchy is not important to us. We can just address each other however we want to,” Shen Lian spoke casually.

Qianmo yawned lazily as she hinted at how they were boring her to sleep.

”You thief of a bird, I would have roasted you if not for your Master,” Song Qingyi stared at Qianmo.

Qianmo flapped its wings and clawed at Song Qingyi.

The distance was short and Qianmo was quick. Song Qingyi could not react at all. It was Shen Lian who caught Qianmo’s calves with two of his fingers, and Qianmo was just inches away from pecking Song Qingyi.

”I didn’t realize it earlier, but what is the background of your demonic beast? At this distance and with its speed, myself aside, most Huandan cultivators would not be able to react at all,” Song Qingyi remarked.

Shen Lian laughed and tossed Qianmo into the air. He wanted to let Qianmo extend its feathers and to have fun on its own. It was better that way, so that there would not be a conflict with Song Qingyi. Xiaoxun followed Qianmo into the sky. Qianmo circled the air but did not descend. It flapped its wings in the snow as it played with the snowflakes.

”I found it somewhere. Please do not be offended by it. This bird is proud, and it would not bother dealing with normal people,” Shen Lian spoke slowly.

Song Qingyi was surprised at how Shen Lian could find a spiritual bird so casually. He still had not experienced Qianmo’s strange Qi before; otherwise, he would be in for more shocking moments.

Shen Lian did not elaborate further. The three of them conversed casually, and Shen Lian found out that Song Qingyi and Qixiu too, had come for the debate between Hui Ke and Baoyue the Venerable.

Hui Ke was getting more and more reputable, and it was not just for the fact that he was the Xingzou of Ming Wang Temple.

For the past few months, he had been traveling in the nearby nations to propagate new Buddhist teachings. At a few thousand mile radius, there were plenty of Buddhist orthodoxies. Some of the temples even had hundreds and thousands of years of history. Most of their doctrines were old. Hui Ke had been going around propagating Buddhist teachings. He went to liquor shops, butcher houses, markets, and the likes of it. A lot of the monks from the older branches frowned upon this, as they thought that he was degrading Buddhism by dealing with these lower beings.

Moreover, Hui Ke spoke of cultivation and having a clear heart. He did not place his focus on meditation and building grand temples. The monks were offended by this.

Even though Hui Ke was the Xingzou of Ming Wang Temple, but his actions were affecting the monks’ livelihood and shaking the very root of these temples.

To these monks, the stupid masses just needed to believe and worship blindly at Buddha. It was sufficient so long as they contributed their beliefs. If all of them were to cultivate, where would the expenses for incense come from? It would not be conducive to the stability of the nation as well.

Moreover, there was a huge inequality in these Buddhist nations. If poor people got wiser and realized why they were poor, they would not slave away willingly anymore. They would definitely harbor other plans.