Chapter 405 As Everlasting as the Sky (2/2)

Once the karma of Shanjue and his was involved Chengshi Sect's undisclosed Dharma, it will evolve into a huge dispute. Since Shanjue had left Chengshi Sect and joined the Dipamkara Temple instead, he found it hard to ask for Zen Master Miaodi's help. To ask Zen Master Miaodi to aid him would be a difficult task.

As for the Mind Lamp ceremonial cultivation technique, Shen Lian had a deep-seated fear towards it. There was a fine line between the laws of Buddhism and demonism. He was afraid that after extended periods of using the Buddhist sect's Dharma, its foundation would be unconsciously altered.

Throughout the ages, many Daoist connoisseurs were converted to Buddhism like that. Although there were means to extricate oneself, the doctrine was incompatible to Shen Lian's intention. Thus, Shanjue's two conditions did not do anything to move him. He went so far as to think the first condition was designed to trick him.

Shen Lian had always been someone who lived with this principle, 'Good is not to be returned for evil; evil must be met simply with justice.' If he were to think from Shanjue's perspective, he would not think Shanjue would treat him kindly. Since this monk would be willing to leave Chengshi Sect and, in turn, worship the Dipamkara Temple as a mean of escape. It could be seen that he was a character that would do anything, regardless of the means to attain powerful Dharma.

Shanjue noticed that his intention had been exposed, but he was not worried, and went straight to the point instead, ”What do you actually want?”Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please clickfor visiting.

Shen Lian calmly said, ”What secret lies in this netherworld soil to the extent of having it suppressed by the entire Dipamkara Temple? Even if there is no Dipamkara temple, having the netherworld soil expand itself, it will at the most turn into a small Yin mountain, separating Yin and Yang. There was no need to go to such extent. Since you coveted the Mind Lamp, your concern was probably about the power of the netherworld soil, as it would pose the biggest threat to you. But now that it is gone, you did not hurriedly leave the netherworld soil. It is obvious that you have another purpose, am I right?”

Shanjue said, ”Nothing can be hidden from you. You are indifferent towards the Dharma of Buddhism, but I am curious about the Dharma of Daoism. Truth be told, the Dipamkara Temple had suppressed a celestial being beyond the skies, named 'Xuantan Zhenjun', who was an extraordinary individual from the Daoist's deity realm. It was rumored that his hierarchy beyond the skies was on par with the ancient Dipamkara Buddha. However, in the end, his attainment was still no match to the ancient Buddha, finally being trapped in a palm-sized abode of Buddha. Xuantan would rather choose death than to bow to the ancient Dipamkara Buddha. Lastly, the intention to die silently covered the abode of Buddha, converting it into a netherworld's soil, even leaving an excerpt of real technique in the netherworld's soil.

The ancient Buddha gave birth to fury, and in the end, he maintained grievances and Mind Lamp, suppressed the snow-capped mountains, and blocked the earth. Later, the first generation of the founding master of the Dipamkara Temple was a sadhu who had traveled and dreamed of the ancient Buddha. He passed down the Daoist system here and it was passed on since then. If I did not have the Mind Lamp and the excerpt of real technique in my mind, why should I come to the Dipamkara Temple, and I would never think that after all this painstaking effort, in the end I have cheapened you.”

Shen Lian did not know the truthfulness of the statement and whether it was just a series of rhetoric. Even if the ancient Dipamkara Buddha was no match for the great Buddha, he was still considered as a supreme power in the universe regardless of the past, present, or the future. Although the celestial being Xuantan lost to him in combat, it was still an unimaginable terror. Thinking about this, Shen Lian's heart paled, he even lost the intention to thoroughly investigate. Either way, it was still a worthwhile trip as the netherworld's soil enabled him to realize the exquisitivity of a Buddhist sect.

He directed Fang Yanying and said, ”You carry the sword and send Monk Shanjue on his journey.”

Fang Yanying heard, and without hesitation, carried the sword and steadily walked towards Shanjue.

Shanjue was so angry, he laughed and said, ”Daoist Shen must you really execute me? I'll have you know that I know of many secrets. Don't you want to know?”

Shen Lian kept his silence, even more so for Fang Yanying.