(Chapter One!)
Chapter 867
The Clash of Buddhism and Daoism
In the night sky …
Purple clouds shot into the sky. Purple Qi came from the east, and the moonlight and the starlight became the background. A man with long hair tied up was wearing a Daoist crown and a hairpin in the shape of a dragon.
He was thin and wore a Taoist robe with the Eight Trigrams embroidered on it. There were mountains, rivers, the sun, the moon, and the stars in the sky. There were also flowers, trees, birds, beasts, fish, and insects hidden on the robe. This person had an elegant and modest temperament. He was like a weak scholar in the mortal world, and he gave off the feeling that he did not have any lethality. If he had not announced his identity, ordinary people would not have imagined that the Saint of the Purple Mansion Immortal Sect would look like this.
The Purple Mansion Sage slowly descended from the sky. His smile didn't change.
Xuanyuan looked at this person. His face was like jade, and his lips were red and teeth were white. His features were delicate, and he had the demeanor of a sage. He hid his strength well. There was a Dharma Array on his body that concealed his strength. Even Xuanyuan couldn't sense how powerful this Purple Mansion Sage was.
He cupped his hands and bowed. His smile was elegant.
"Greetings, everyone."
Everyone returned the greeting.
"I've long heard of the name of the number one female cultivator of the Beizhou Dynasty, Miss Jiang Yan. Now that I've seen you for myself, you are indeed extraordinary. Just your aura alone is enough to make countless prodigies and Sages unable to forget you for the rest of their lives. However, I seem to have come at a bad time. Looks like everyone is about to leave, right?"
"Not really. It's just that Brother Kong and I are going to leave first. Miss Jiang Yan is just sending us out. You can continue. It's fine." Xuanyuan smiled.
"Purple Mansion Sage, kill him. I will give you what you want. Haven't you always wanted it? If you kill this person, it will be yours! " At that moment, Qu Zhi sent a telepathic message to the Purple Mansion Sage. His target was Xuanyuan. He hated Xuanyuan to the extreme. Today, Xuanyuan had already trampled on his dignity. He couldn't take this lying down. Only Xuanyuan's death could appease his hatred.
When the Purple Mansion Sage heard this, his heart skipped a beat. Three years ago, the Purple Mansion Sage had gone to the Hundred Thousand Mountains and met Qu Zhi, who was only seven years old at the time. The two of them had found an extremely wondrous stone, and they had naturally formed a Daoist Five Hearts Facing Heaven Posture. The two of them had used their respective mystiques to fight over this wondrous stone.
The Purple Mansion Sage naturally wouldn't go easy on Qu Zhi just because he was seven years old. After all, in terms of cultivation time and experience, the Purple Mansion Sage was far superior to Qu Zhi. If Qu Zhi hadn't had so many supreme treasures to protect himself, he would have been defeated long ago. The two of them battled for an entire day. Just as Qu Zhi was about to be beaten to death, the Ink Qilin appeared and saved Qu Zhi. The Purple Mansion Sage naturally wasn't a match for the Ink Qilin. The Ink Qilin used its Great Dao Mystique to teleport him back to the Purple Mansion Immortal Sect. The wondrous stone was naturally obtained by Qu Zhi.
All these years, the Purple Mansion Sage had been obsessed with that wondrous stone. It seemed to contain some kind of secret. He had a Connate Dao Constitution, and his Purple Mansion Divine Sense was extremely accurate. He had repeatedly offered Qu Zhi to buy that wondrous stone, but Qu Zhi had always rejected him. All these years, the Purple Mansion Sage had always wanted that wondrous stone.
"Are you for real?" Now that Qu Zhi had used this stone as a bait, the Purple Mansion Sage was obviously tempted. Although he didn't know why Qu Zhi wanted to kill this person, he just wanted that wondrous stone from that day.
"Of course. I swear a blood oath that if you can kill this Su Xuan, I will immediately give you that wondrous stone with the daoist's five hearts facing the sky. Otherwise, I will be struck by lightning, and I will never be able to reincarnate." The Purple Mansion Sage was absolutely certain of Qu Zhi's oath. Unless he really wanted to be destroyed in both body and soul.
The Purple Mansion Sage looked at Xuanyuan and walked up to him.
He smiled and asked, "You are?"
"I am Su Xuan. I am a nameless itinerant cultivator. I am not worth mentioning." Xuanyuan didn't know that the Purple Mansion Sage was about to attack him.
"Sir Su, you are fated with Buddhism and seem to have inherited the Buddhist Thearch's legacy. In the future, you may very well become the ruler of the Great Leiyin Temple. Why should I belittle myself?" The fat Peng Fei was bragging in front of so many people. He wanted everyone to know that he and Xuanyuan were from the Great Leiyin Temple and that they couldn't afford to offend him.
Unexpectedly, the Purple Mansion Sage smiled and said, "Buddhism and Daoism are incompatible.
"Buddhism and Daoism are incompatible. The origin of the Purple Mansion Immortal Sect is the Western Prefecture's Daoist Sect. I didn't expect to be fortunate enough to meet two senior monks from the Great Leiyin Temple today. I'd like to see how powerful the inheritors of the Buddhist Emperor are."
As he spoke, the Purple Mansion Sage's seemingly weak hand swung toward Xuanyuan. Everywhere it passed, the power of wind, thunder, water, and fire surged. The air was shattered, and the killing power was overwhelming. Even an Earth Immortal's head would be turned to dust if they were touched. This blow was aimed at Xuanyuan. He wanted to kill Xuanyuan.
Xuanyuan didn't expect that the Purple Mansion Saint would suddenly try to kill him. He raised his eyebrows, but he wasn't afraid at all. He punched out. He didn't use any fancy moves, nor did he use any violent fighting Qi. All he used was the simplicity of the Great Path. All his strength was restrained and condensed, then exploded. It was like the power of an ancient volcano. It rushed out and collided with the Purple Mansion Saint's brush.
There was a deafening sound like a thunderclap. Countless people present were deafened. The terrifying energy swept in all directions. Qu Zhi had already retreated to the side.
Xuanyuan knew that there was no point in saying anything else. The Purple Mansion Sage was extremely powerful. Xuanyuan's punch had shattered his attack and landed on him. But he felt that half of his strength had been dissolved by the Eight Trigrams Daoist Robe.
The Daoist robe that the Purple Mansion Sage wore was known as the Qiankun Daoist Robe. It could nullify the attacks of all things in the world, and it was extremely profound. Even if the attack didn't stick to the Purple Mansion Sage's body, it would slip away the moment it touched the Purple Mansion Sage's body.
Xuanyuan knew that the Purple Mansion Sage's attack was definitely strange. He immediately put some distance between himself and the Purple Mansion Sage.
"Purple Mansion Sage, why are you doing this? I have no quarrel with you. Why are you trying to kill me?"
Clearly, no one present had recovered from the shock. Everything had happened out of the blue. The Purple Mansion Sage still had a warm smile on his face.
"Nothing much. I just want to experience the Buddha Thearch's legacy and see which of the Daoist sects or the Buddhist sects comes out on top."
The Purple Mansion Sage's words were impeccable. No one would think that he was being unreasonable. It would only make people feel that the Daoist sects and the Buddhist sects were at odds with each other. He just wanted to spar with them.
Indeed, that was the truth. It was something that everyone knew. Otherwise, the Western State's Daoist sects and the Buddhist sects wouldn't have spent so many years trying to break free from the Western State's Daoist orthodoxy.
However, Xuanyuan didn't think so. He knew that there was definitely something fishy about this. It probably had something to do with Qu Zhi. But even if Qu Zhi had sent the Purple Mansion Sage to kill him, so what? He had no choice but to accept the challenge.
The Purple Mansion Sage looked at Xuanyuan, who was rising into the sky, and smiled.
"Brother Su, the cultivation of your body is really shocking. I'm afraid even an Earthly Immortal Realm expert would die at your hands if they fought you purely with their bodies. As expected of the person that obtained the inheritance of the Buddha Emperor. But could it be that your strength is only this? If that's the case, I'm afraid you're no match for me! "
The Purple Mansion Sage spoke calmly and unhurriedly. His voice was gentle as he rose into the sky and faced Xuanyuan.
"My strength is more than enough to deal with you."
Xuanyuan stared at the Purple Mansion Sage coldly. Even though he said this, he didn't dare to be careless. The Buddha Kṣitigarbha Beads appeared in Xuanyuan's hand. This was a Buddhist treasure that Xuanyuan had purchased in the Land of Green Darkness. There were nine Buddha Kṣitigarbha Beads on it, each with a different form of Buddha carved on it. They possessed incredible power. Xuanyuan had originally bought them to deal with Eternal Life. He didn't expect that he would use them against the Purple Mansion Sage now.
Xuanyuan held the Buddha Kṣitigarbha Beads in his hand and activated the Buddhist mystique that he had cultivated, the Diamond Sutra. The boundless Buddhist Dharma was vast, and the sky was filled with Sanskrit chants. Nine different forms of Buddha appeared around Xuanyuan.
"Great Buddha of Virtue, suppress!"
With a single thought from Xuanyuan, one of the ancient Buddha statues, which was filled with the aura of great virtue, lifted its hand and pressed down on the Purple Mansion Sage.
The Purple Mansion Saint didn't try to dodge. He faced the attack head-on. Purple aura rose from his body, and the rhythm of the Great Dao flowed. An ancient pipa suddenly appeared in his hand, with the Eight Trigrams and Tai Chi patterns on it. This pipa had been crafted by a Dao Emperor, and it was called the Moon Embracing Pipa. It was an Emperor's Possession that had been crafted from supreme treasures. Although it wasn't a supreme dao treasure, it had been personally crafted by an ancient Dao Emperor, and it had been played by his side day and night.
The Moon Embracing Pipa started to move, and the Eight Trigrams on it started to move. The Tai Chi Diagram also started to move, and the might of the Great Dao was unleashed. In an instant, the sound of the Great Dao rolled out, accompanied by the purple aura that filled the sky. It transformed into a huge purple aura dragon, which directly disintegrated the hand of the Great Buddha of Virtue that was pressing down on him.
The sound of the Dao reverberated in all directions. Xuanyuan's expression was solemn. This Purple Mansion Sage's mystique was strange, and his strength was astonishing. Battling him would probably not be an easy task. Within the Buddha Kṣitigarbha Beads in Xuanyuan's hand, nine ancient Buddhas appeared: the Great Buddha of Virtue, the Great Mercy Buddha, the Great Chakravarti Buddha …
The appearance of the nine ancient Buddhas caused the entire sky to be filled with Sanskrit chants, which made the spectators around the Southern Sky River feel an indescribable sense of devotion. They couldn't help but kneel and kowtow. It was as if their hearts had been transformed into Buddha, and all that was left was compassion and peace.
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