The Guanyin Bodhisattva smiled and bade farewell to the Grand Saint of Nine Spirits. The Grand Saint of Nine Spirits nodded in return.
The atmosphere between the two was harmonious. One couldn't tell that the two of them had fought against each other during the war between the Western Pure Lands and the Demon Race.
The Grand Saint of Nine Spirits watched as the Guanyin Bodhisattva left and understood.
Just like him, the Guanyin Bodhisattva was also part of the Western Pure Lands' formation. She had some connections with Daoism, and their relationship was considered harmonious.
With the Guanyin Bodhisattva representing the Western Pure Lands to attend the ceremony in the Zhuluo Royal Reed Heaven, the Buddhists were undoubtedly trying to ease the tension with Daoism.
Due to the Great Calamity, the two sides held many grudges against each other.
Not long ago, the Dipankara Ancient Buddha was injured by Yang Jian, and the Daoism lineage and the Western Pure Lands fought over the Wuji Apricot Yellow Flag.
However, this didn't affect the cooperation between the two sides.
Just like how the Nine Underworlds helped the Demon Race to fight for the Buddha's Sarira, and now, they were helping the Western Pure Lands to search for the Wuji Apricot Yellow Flag.
With the Immortal Extermination Formation as their trump card, and the Daoism lineage that produced many experts, they had the strength to stand on equal footing with the other forces. Naturally, they had the value of being roped in by the other forces.
Perhaps there would be a day where they would fight to the death. However, it wasn't now.
As such, it wasn't surprising that they were using this opportunity to accumulate their own wealth.
The Grand Saint of Nine Spirits knew that Daoist Lu Ya invited him to the Daoism Myriad Heavens for a similar goal.
There was no need to discuss this matter openly. The Grand Saint of Nine Spirits purposely came here to attend the ceremony. His attitude couldn't be any clearer.
Yan Zhaoge and the others were also aware of this. They chatted with the Grand Saint of Nine Spirits, "Old man, do you have any clues regarding the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord's true body?"
"He was transformed by a Daoism Heavenly Lord. From the looks of it, there are only a few candidates. However, I can't say for sure which one it is." The Grand Saint of Nine Spirits answered, "In the past, the old Heavenly Lord had some suspicions. He took the Humanly Essence Stone fragment from me and left. Unfortunately, he didn't mention it."
The 'old Heavenly Lord' he mentioned was naturally the Taiyi Nirvana Heavenly Lord, the legendary Eastern Extremity Viridescent Splendour Emperor, one of the oldest Heavenly Lords in the history of Daoism.
Although the Heavenly Lord of Taiyi and Nirvana had already perished and the Grand Sage of Nine Spirits had long been free, the Grand Sage of Nine Spirits' wording and tone were still very respectful when he mentioned the other party.
Although he had been subdued by the Taiyi Nirvana Heavenly Lord and lost his freedom, he had been listening to the Taiyi Nirvana Heavenly Lord's sermons in the Eastern Extreme Strictness Palace and had gained a lot.
In the past, it was mostly because of this that he was able to overcome the Origin Heavenly Tribulation to attain the Golden Immortal Realm.
To a certain extent, he could also be regarded as a half-disciple of the Primordial Unity and Salvation Heavenly Lord.
The Grand Sage of Nine Spirits paused for a moment before continuing, "Someone in the Western Pure Lands should know the truth about the Immeasurable Heavenly Venerate."
"At the very least, Amitabha definitely knows. I'll make a wild guess. Randeng should know too. As for Guan Yin Bodhisattva, it's hard to say if she knew at that time, but she probably knows long ago."
"I see." Yan Zhaoge's eyes lit up as he looked at the Grand Saint of Nine Spirits.
The Grand Saint of Nine Spirits nodded. He took out the bamboo slip and passed it to Yan Zhaoge.
"This is the letter that Daoist Lu Ya asked me to pass to you." The old demon said, "Some of the matters that happened in the past might make you less perplexed after reading this letter."
"Oh?" Yan Zhaoge received the bamboo slip and didn't immediately open it. Instead, he nodded towards the Grand Saint of Nine Spirits and said, "If that's the case, thank you for sending me this letter."
"You're welcome." The Grand Saint of Nine Spirits said, "If you have a reply, you can pass it to me."
Yan Zhaoge said, "Of course."
Both sides tacitly changed the topic and continued chatting about other things.
After the Grand Saint of Nine Spirits was arranged to rest in the guest room, Yan Zhaoge sat back in his chair. He held the bamboo slip in his hand and pondered silently.
After a while, Feng Yunsheng, Yang Jian, and Nezha arrived in the hall. Yan Zhaoge said, "Let's take a look at it together."
Although Feng Yunsheng, who was about to become a bride, wouldn't receive any guests before her wedding, she didn't avoid Yang Jian, Nezha, and the others. She came to Yan Zhaoge's side and sat down.
Yang Jian and Nezha also sat opposite her. They looked at the bamboo slip in Yan Zhaoge's hands curiously.
If Yan Zhaoge didn't publicize the contents of the letter, they wouldn't investigate it. However, since Yan Zhaoge was willing to publicize it, the two naturally wouldn't reject him.
After reading through the information within the bamboo slip, the four of them looked at each other and remained silent.
After a long while, Nezha let out a long sigh and said hatefully, "As expected, it's the Western Pure Lands!"
"The Maitreya Buddha's Humanly Essence Stone didn't come from the Rulai Buddha or the central Blessed Lands of Saha. Instead, it came from the Demon Race." Feng Yunsheng muttered to herself, "The East Sovereign created the Maitreya Buddha and the Blessed Lands of the White Lotus."
"The Immeasurable Heavenly Lord's Humanly Essence Stone belongs to the Buddhism. Amitabha Buddha created the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord and the Immortal Court …"
Yan Zhaoge and Yang Jian didn't speak. Their gazes flickered, and their hearts fluctuated.
Previously, Yan Zhaoge and the others had similar speculations. Only, they couldn't verify it.
Yan Zhaoge wanted to sigh when he thought about it.
Due to everyone's influence and concealment, the Dao Realm bigwigs weren't aware of everything.
However, relatively speaking, most matters in the world were as simple as looking at their palm lines.
As such, the Demon Race could ask the East Sovereign Taiyi for help. The Western Pure Lands could ask the Amitabha Buddha for help. The Nine Underworlds Devilish Dao could ask the Vast Freedom Heavenly Devil for help …
However, while Daoism had the Supreme Elder Lord, it wasn't the same as not having him at all.
Naturally, Daoist Lu Ya's words weren't necessarily the truth.
However, after comparing it with the other information Yan Zhaoge and the others possessed, they could make a rough guess.
In the past, the central Blessed Lands of Saha's Buddhism was in chaos. The Maitreya Buddha was supposed to take over the Tathagata Buddha's position. In the end, he failed because of the Dipankara Ancient Buddha.
At this point, his hopes of ascending to the Dao Realm had been severed.
However, after that, the Maitreya Buddha unexpectedly used the Humanly Essence Stone to walk on another path and successfully ascended to the Dao Realm. The Future Buddha was born, and the central Blessed Lands of Saha transformed into the Blessed Lands of the White Lotus.
As a result, Buddhism underwent a huge change, and its orthodoxy split apart.
Many years later, other than the Buddhism heretics, the Daoism heretics were also born.
After the Great Calamity, Daoism's lineage and the Heavenly Court's Divine Palace both withered away. At the same time, the Buddhism heretics gained an opponent that was constantly competing with them for faith power.
Immortal Court.
"Lu Ya's information holds deep meaning!" said Yang Jian after pondering for a while.
"That's right …" Yan Zhaoge leaned against the chair and looked up at the ceiling of the hall, "Although Daoist Lu Ya's simple words only stated a result that we already knew, why would there be such a result?"
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