Chapter 410: Meeting Between Old Friends (1/2)
Chapter 410: Meeting Between Old Friends
“May I have your names, Brothers?” Feng Feiyun tried his best to calm down but waves of emotions continued to assault his mind.
Why was a statue from four thousand years ago so similar to her? It felt like a dream.
The two youths staring at the statue had a tidy appearance. Earlier, they helped Feiyun out because they could see that he was special and wanted to be his friend.
The youth to the left was tall and thin with thick brows. He said with a tinge of pride: “Heavenly Tiger Marquis’ faction, Li Fengxin.”
The marquis had a hundred million troops under his banner. He was a top-level noble since the first of his line was a founding father of the dynasty. This won his descendants the inheritance title.
In other words, the faction of the tiger marquis also had more than six thousand years of history. It had produced many amazing talents and was quite influential all around the world.
Thus, Li Fengxin couldn’t be blamed for being proud of his faction.
The youth to the right wore a green robe and was around seventeen or eighteen years of age. He said: “Profound School, Zhu Ming.”
Profound was one of the five schools of the daoist doctrine; the majority of them were vagabonds and became guest followers of the nobles.
Both youths had amazing cultivation with a black solar light in their dantian. They also had an elegant air as well.
“May I ask where you are from?” Li Fengxin took notes of Feiyun’s clothing and couldn’t see through the guy’s cultivation. Moreover, he had a great beauty as his companion. His maids and bodyguards were full of spirit so the guy had to come from a great background.
Feiyun was still a bit out of touch while staring at the statue. Xiangcen answered in his stead: “We’re from a minor sect of the Grand Southern Prefecture, hoping to broaden our horizon by visiting the capital.”
The southern region was indeed desolate in the eyes of these nobles. They believed that real experts were from Central Royal and Earthchild.
Feiyun naturally understood why she answered in this manner. They were here to form an alliance with a corpse cave so a low-profile was necessary.
Fengxin became a bit excited and asked: “I heard a demon’s son came out in that region and people considered him the best in the dynasty. Have you met him before, Brother?”
Zhu Ming was attracted by this topic as well.
Xiangcen didn’t realize that the southern region has shocked the world at this moment. All eyes were fixated on it. She slightly glanced at Feiyun and vice versa.
Feiyun became a bit awkward and said: “He’s a dragon among men, the jewel in the southern region. Little characters like us aren’t lucky enough to meet him.”
Fengxin nodded in agreement: “He even slept with the Seventh Heretical Lord. Such courage is quite rare indeed.”
Feiyun’s smile instantly froze while Xiangcen turned pale.
“Sigh. It’s fine to not see him. I heard he’s poisoned right now and only has two more years to live. It has been one year so I’m sure his vitality has weakened along with his cultivation. He could be dead in a marsh somewhere.” Zhu Ming said.
Feiyun kept on agreeing as the group walked towards Faith Convent.
His mind was in disarray and his expression showed it. Why was a statue of Shui Yueting here in the Jin Dynasty? It was excavated four thousand years ago but surely, the statue must have been there for even longer.
What was going on? Perhaps reading some books in the convent would grant him some clues.
The convent was north of the statue and deep in the clouds.
A stone pathway led all the way to the peak. There were loud bell rings up there but it didn’t break the serenity of the Buddhist building. Occasionally, one could see a young nun preparing some boiled water along the way while reading some scriptures and heading for the top.
The Beastmaster Camp was another sacred ground for Buddhism that only took in female disciples. However, it allowed for female disciples to cultivate without adopting Buddhism completely. Meanwhile, the Faith Convent’s disciples must become nuns and monks. It was divided into the Jialan Hall and Arhat Hall.
Jialan was for women cultivating the Orchid Scripture. The goal was to transcend the world while realizing that everything was nothing.
Arhat was ascetic with the Diamond Wisdom Scripture. It focused on the self while removing all unrelated aspects and leaving behind all pursuits in the world. Wisdom was the way to reach nothingness.
The real difference between the Beastmaster Camp and the Faith Convent was their way of life. The Beastmaster disciples would join the mortal world to polish their nature. However, the disciples here wouldn’t come out and participate in mortal conflicts.
Many cultivators came to light an incense; the majority of the group were young prodigies.
With Fengxin leading the way, the group finally made it to the library of the convent. There weren’t any Buddhist cultivation manuals here, only the most ordinary scripture and old canonical texts. Because of this, only four nuns at early Immortal Foundation kept a lookout.
They all wore a white dress. One stood by the entrance while the other three were cleaning up the shelves.