Master Tam Yuan wanted Chu Xiu to inherit his inheritance. Even Chu Xiu himself did not expect that he would be able to replace Li Yuan so easily and successfully seize the opportunity to transform into a dragon that belonged to Li Yuan.
However, before Chu Xiu could say anything, the people around him were already agitated.
They would not care if Chu Xiu obtained an inheritance of the demonic path, but how could a Holy Monk like Master Tam Yuan teach his inheritance to Chu Xiu?
In particular, the Buddhist martial artists present were the loudest in their objections.
"Master Tam Yuan, please reconsider! Chu Xiu is not a good person. You can't give him your inheritance. "
"Yes, please retract your order, Holy Monk. There are countless talents in our Buddhist Sect. Why must you give your inheritance to an outsider?"
The surrounding Buddhist martial artists were not the only ones who were agitated. Even the two Martial Dao masters from Subodhi Monastery frowned, thinking that Master Tam Yuan's action was inappropriate.
However, they did not say it out loud like the others. After all, the Martial Dao masters from Subodhi Monastery were present, so it was not appropriate for them to directly interfere with Master Tam Yuan's choice.
As for Zong Xuan, he would not say a word. To be more arrogant, he did not care about Master Tam Yuan's inheritance at all.
Even though Master Tam Yuan was once a powerhouse in the True Fire Spiritual Cultivation State at his peak, he was still a rogue cultivator after all.
The True Fire Spiritual Refinement State was strong, but for so many years in the Great Light Temple, there were at least eighty, if not a hundred, strong practitioners of the True Fire Spiritual Refinement State. With so many people, would the inheritance they left behind really be inferior to Master Tan Yuan?
With Zong Xuan's status in the Great Light Temple, he could choose any of these inheritance techniques, but Zong Xuan had never even learned them.
From the day he started learning martial arts, Zong Xuan had only cultivated the Bright Ruler Seal. He had forcefully cultivated this technique, which was not considered a top tier technique, to the acme of perfection. The Bright Ruler Seal could transform into tens of thousands of techniques, and its power was much stronger than if he were to learn other inheritances.
Master Tam Yuan frowned. The intense reactions of the people around him were somewhat out of his expectations.
Just now, the Long Tianying had only mentioned Chu Xiu's identity and other things. He had not mentioned that Chu Xiu's reputation in Jianghu was actually this bad.
At this time, Lv Longji directly stood up and said indignantly, "Master Tam Yuan, this Chu Xiu has a bad reputation in the pugilistic world. He is ruthless and has killed countless people. If you impart your martial arts to such a person, I'm afraid that your reputation will be ruined as soon as you become famous! If you let a person like Chu Xiu obtain your martial arts inheritance, he will only use it to kill people. Why would he use it to save people? "
When Master Tam Yuan heard that, he immediately frowned. He looked at Chu Xiu and said, "Chu, is that really the case?"
If only one person had said that, Master Tam Yuan would not have believed it. However, now that everyone was saying the same thing, even Master Tam Yuan was a little shaken.
Chu Xiu's expression did not change as he said, "Master, it's true that I, Chu Xiu, don't have a good reputation in Jianghu, but I've never killed innocent people.
"In this pugilistic world, it's either people who kill me or I who kill them. If I didn't kill, I wouldn't have reached my current realm and strength.
"Moreover, when I was the Patrol and Torture Officer of the Guanzhong torture room, the people I killed were all for the sake of order in the Guanzhong torture room, so that more people could live.
"The previous Torture Officer of the Guanxi region did not do his job and caused the entire region to be in chaos. All the major factions fought and killed each other, and many people died as well.
"It was me who used an iron fist to completely control the entire Guanxi region, minimizing the conflicts. Only then did the entire region become increasingly peaceful.
"Nothing can be accomplished without rules. If I hadn't killed those people, more of them would have died in the future!"
Lv Longji gritted his teeth and said, "Sophistry! Then what do you say about how you foiled my plans in the southwest and incited the various factions to kill each other? For the sake of my second brother, you also caused no small number of killings in the southwest! "
Chu Xiu indifferently said, "I still say the same thing. Nothing can be accomplished without rules. In the past, there was no ruler in the southwest, so it led to the various factions in the southwest killing each other. Their methods were extremely fierce and cruel.
"Now that the southwest is under the Second Prince's control, everyone can no longer kill each other as they please. In the future, there will undoubtedly be fewer deaths.
"There are gains and losses. In my view, it's very worth it to use those people who died in exchange for the stability of the entire southwest.
"But Your Highness, because I foiled your plans in the southwest, you slander me in front of Master Tam Yuan. I think that the one with bad intentions is you."
Master Tam Yuan sank into deep thought. What Chu Xiu had said was actually quite reasonable.
For example, in the East Sea, the hatred between the various islands was as deep as the sea. Everyone attacked and killed each other. Even if there was no hatred between them, they would still fight to the death for the sake of profit.
Thus, after Master Tam Yuan arrived at the East Sea, his first step was to use force to completely subdue them and then spread the Buddhist dharma to establish order.
However, Master Tam Yuan was only one person, so this process was very long. Even now, the order he established had not yet spread to the entire East Sea.
And from a certain perspective, Chu Xiu's methods and Master Tam Yuan's were the same. It was just that Chu Xiu's methods were more ruthless.
If Master Tam Yuan was as ruthless as Chu Xiu and directly killed people, the East Sea would have long since quieted down.
Master Tam Yuan was not one of those pedantic old Buddhist monks. Everything he did was based on Buddhist scriptures, and he viewed good and evil so simply.
In the past, when Master Tam Yuan was preaching in the East Sea, he had encountered something like this.
There were three islands in the East Sea called the Three Evil Islands. There were some extremely vicious people who were ruthless and extremely greedy.
The master of the Three Evil Islands, the Green-eyed Blood Demon, Han Dongming, was a famous devil in the East Sea. He did all kinds of evil and was extremely cruel.
At that time, Master Tam Yuan had just stepped into the martial arts grandmaster realm. It just so happened that the leader of the Cetacean Society, Long Tianying, had personally asked him for help. Thus, Master Tam Yuan had prepared to get rid of the Three Evil Islands.
As the saying went, capture the ringleader first. Master Tam Yuan had come to the Three Evil Islands and fought with Han Dongming. He had tried his best to kill him.
Just when Master Tam Yuan thought that the ringleader had been killed and the Three Evil Islands had been completely dealt with, the other villains on the Three Evil Islands had fled at the sight of him. They had scattered throughout the entire East Sea and caused even more evil consequences. They had killed countless people. In the end, it took Master Tam Yuan a few years to get rid of all the villains on the Three Evil Islands.
In just a few years, this group of people had caused more damage to the East Sea than in the past few decades!
This karma was undoubtedly on Master Tam Yuan's head. At the same time, it made Master Tam Yuan blame himself.
If it had been other Buddhist martial artists, they would probably not care about anything else after killing Han Dongming and becoming famous in the pugilistic world. However, Master Tam Yuan was reflecting on whether he had done the right thing or not.
Han Dongming had committed countless crimes, but he had established the Three Evil Islands and controlled most of the villains in the East Sea within a certain range, so the threat they posed was limited.
However, after he killed Han Dongming, the evil people of the Three Evil Island lost their restraints and caused even greater destruction.
From then on, Master Tam Yuan understood a principle. Sometimes, good and evil could not be seen clearly at a glance.
Someone did something that everyone thought was good, but in the end, it caused great evil.
Some people seemed to be wicked beyond redemption, but their existence saved countless lives.
Karma was the most difficult thing to predict. Therefore, Master Tam Yuan could not decide if he should impart his cultivation technique to Chu Xiu.
However, after seeing the glimmering jade slip, Master Tam Yuan made up his mind.
He was not good at divination, but he believed in his old friend Daoist Tianshu's attainments in divination.
Since the jade slip had glowed after meeting Chu Xiu, it proved that he was the person he had been waiting for. He did not have much time left and could not afford to delay any longer.
Therefore, Master Tam Yuan said in a deep voice, "Everyone, there is no need to say anything more. I have made up my mind. Since Chu is willing to be my successor, I might as well impart my martial arts to Chu instead of bringing them to the grave."
Seeing how determined Master Tam Yuan was, everyone present immediately revealed confused expressions. Lv Longji's expression was even gloomier.
The martial arts inheritance belonged to Master Tam Yuan. He could give it to whoever he wanted. How could they snatch it from him?
However, Lv Longji was still secretly cursing Master Tan Yuan in his heart. It seemed that he had truly become muddle-headed with age. He had such a great reputation overseas in vain, but in the end, he had blindly chosen Chu Xiu as his successor. How could he go about explaining this?
Because of the internal injuries in Master Tam Yuan's body, he was afraid that he would not be able to hold on for long. Therefore, he did not want to delay any longer. He turned to Long Tianying behind him and said in a deep voice, "President Long, please help me find a quiet place. I want to impart my cultivation technique to Chu."
Not only did the Cetacean Society have businesses in the East Sea, but they also had some businesses in the East Sea County.
Hearing this, Long Tianying immediately arranged for Master Tam Yuan and Chu Xiu to an inn that belonged to the Cetacean Society. He directly chased everyone away, leaving only Master Tam Yuan and Chu Xiu. He then personally guarded the door.
Seeing that Master Tam Yuan had made up his mind, the monks from the Subodhi Monastery could only shake their heads helplessly and leave, including Zong Xuan.
Abbot Xu Ci had only asked Zong Xuan to invite Master Tam Yuan to the Great Light Temple to preach. Now that he had said that Master Tam Yuan would not come, his task was naturally considered completed.
As for the outside of the inn, there were still many busybodies waiting around. They wanted to see how things would develop.
Inside the inn, Master Tam Yuan sat cross-legged and looked directly at Chu Xiu. He said in a deep voice, "Chu, although my cultivation is not considered strong, it is not weak either. Now, I will hand them over to you, but can I trust you?"
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