Arhat Jubilation's spirit wandered to Elysium. He did not break through to the True Martial Realm by condensing the power of laws. Instead, he took a shortcut. It was a very risky shortcut. He strived to transcend with his powerful spirit and finally drove his body to advance to the True Martial Realm.
In fact, Arhat Jubilation succeeded, but he also failed at the same time.
His spirit had transcended and condensed into the legendary Elysium, but the problem was that he was not from the Demon Clan and did not have the powerful spirit power of the Demon Clan.
He had not practiced the spirit power secret technique from another world recorded on the white jade slab, which could turn the void into reality. He could abandon his body and use his spirit to travel between heaven and earth.
Therefore, Arhat Jubilation fell into a very awkward situation. His spirit had transcended, but his body was constantly weakening. In the end, his body even lost its vitality.
When Venerable Hidden Dragon opened the seclusion, Arhat Great Joy's body had even turned into a skeleton. Only his transcendent primordial spirit was still attached to the skeleton, but it no longer had any power. After all, even if his primordial spirit had transcended, he still had to rely on his body to survive.
Later, Venerable Hidden Dragon directly sacrificed his own flesh and blood in order to make Arhat Jubilation complete. It turned out that he had indeed succeeded in the end.
However, something unexpected happened in the end. Venerable Hidden Dragon thought that his primordial spirit would definitely dissipate, but he didn't expect Arhat Great Joy's primordial spirit to be on the verge of dissipating, so he was forced to fuse with Venerable Hidden Dragon's primordial spirit.
It was not a devouring, but a fusion. Therefore, Arhat Jubilation's body now contained the memories of two people, which was also what he was confused about.
Memory was the basis of a person's existence. Getting a fragment of the other person's memory was like watching a movie. But if you got all of the other person's memory and experienced the other person's happiness, anger, sorrow, and joy, as well as their life from childhood to adulthood, then what was the difference between you and the other person?
Therefore, Arhat Jubilation was very confused now because he did not know who he was now.
But soon, Arhat Jubilation suppressed the confusion in his eyes. Whether he was Arhat Jubilation or Venerable Hidden Dragon, he was now just the abbot of Merriment Temple!
Arhat Jubilation glanced at the scattered disciples of Merriment Temple in the surroundings and the slightly dilapidated scene. He couldn't help but coldly say, "Is this how you manage Merriment Temple when I'm not here?"
The Harmonious God expert called Bo Zun hurriedly said, "Please forgive me, Abbot. My Merriment Temple has been rejected by all the sects of Buddhism and has declined beyond recognition. But now that Abbot has come out of seclusion, the rise of Merriment Temple is just around the corner!"
Arhat Great Joy now has the memories of Venerable Hidden Dragon, so he naturally knows what happened. A cold light bloomed in his eyes.
"Suo Nanche, I was indeed inferior to you back then, but what about now? And those sects of Buddhism, do you think you're qualified to hit my Merriment Temple when it's down? "
Arhat Great Joy would settle his grudges with these people sooner or later. Right now, there was only one person Arhat Great Joy wanted to kill the most, and that was Su Xin!
If it wasn't for Su Xin, how could Merriment Temple have fallen to such a state?
Because of the memories of Venerable Hidden Dragon, Arhat Great Joy clearly knew that Su Xin had forced Merriment Temple into a corner and almost annihilated their sect.
At that time, Arhat Great Joy knew how desperate Venerable Hidden Dragon was. So this time, he also wanted to let Su Xin feel that kind of despair!
Arhat Great Joy directly said to Bo Zun, "Bring a message to Su Xin. Tell him to bring his own head to Merriment Temple to atone for his crimes. Otherwise, I will directly slaughter all his subordinates in the northwest! His sister, his subordinates, and everyone related to him! "
Hearing Arhat Great Joy's domineering words, the disciples of Merriment Temple suddenly became spirited.
They had been suppressed for too long. If they could let the culprit who caused them to be in such a state, Su Xin, bring his own head to them, it would definitely be a great boost to Merriment Temple's morale.
Just as Bo Zun was about to agree, Li Gaojia suddenly said, "Abbot, I've been to the Central Plains a few times. Leave this matter to me.
Senior Brother Bo Zun has been in Merriment Temple recently to preside over the overall situation. With him here, he can help restore order to Merriment Temple as soon as possible. So leave this errand to me. "
Li Gaojia did this because he was afraid that someone would gossip in front of Arhat Great Joy, saying that they had been preparing to betray Merriment Temple and so on.
Therefore, he snatched this task first to make his presence known in front of Arhat Great Joy, and then complimented Bo Zun a little. Obviously, he was secretly telling Arhat Great Joy that before he came out of seclusion, Bo Zun was the acting abbot.
Anyway, now that most of the Yang God realm warriors in Merriment Temple were dead, Arhat Great Joy would definitely need to promote some people to help him manage Merriment Temple, and Bo Zun was just the right person.
Hearing Li Gaojia's words, Bo Zun glanced at him indifferently and did not say anything.
He was really not that keen on power, and he did not intend to tell Arhat Great Joy about what Li Gaojia and the others had done.
After all, they still had Merriment Temple in their hearts. The reason they were ready to leave was because they really did not feel a trace of hope in Merriment Temple.
Now that Merriment Temple was in need of manpower, if they were to be punished now, there would not be many people left in Merriment Temple.
Arhat Great Joy nodded and said, "Well, you go and deliver the letter to Su Xin."
Watching Li Gaojia turn and leave, Arhat Great Joy could not help but reveal a cold gleam in his eyes.
Once, Su Xin had made the people of Merriment Temple feel despair, and now he wanted to make Su Xin feel the same despair!
Of course, Arhat Great Joy had deliberately asked Su Xin to come see him because he did not want to enter the Central Plains now.
One of the reasons was that he had just advanced to the True Martial realm, and needed some time to consolidate his strength and cultivation. He had asked Li Gaojia to deliver the letter just to scare Su Xin. If Su Xin took the initiative to come see him, then he would take Su Xin's life.
If Su Xin still wanted to resist, then he should not blame him for not following the rules of Jianghu. Arhat Great Joy had no intention of following the rule that one should not harm one's family. Besides, Su Xin had wanted to exterminate Merriment Temple, so why should he care about the rules?
The main reason why Arhat Great Joy did not want to go to the Central Plains now was because he was more afraid of Shaolin Temple.
When Arhat Great Joy was in seclusion, Shaolin Temple was still at its strongest. At that time, the war between Taoists and Buddhists had not happened, and Buddhism was also very badly suppressed.
Although he had obtained Venerable Hidden Dragon's memory, he did not know that Shaolin Temple had sealed off its mountain. Even the other people of Merriment Temple did not know about it.
Since Su Xin left, Merriment Temple had been forced to seal off its mountain and completely cut off from the outside world. So, they did not know about the major events that had happened in Jianghu.
Those disciples who had left Merriment Temple had heard about it, but they could not deliberately return to Merriment Temple to tell them about it.
Therefore, the current Merriment Temple was actually cut off from the outside world. Since Merriment Temple sealed off its mountain, they had been isolated from the outside world.
At this time, the actions of Merriment Temple had spread all over the Western Frontier. Merriment Temple did not hide their intention to attack Su Xin, but they were very open about it.
In any case, this was a battle for Merriment Temple's revenge. Not only Su Xin, but also those who had humiliated Merriment Temple in the past, they would take revenge on them one by one!
Since Merriment Temple was so high profile, Vajra Temple naturally got the news.
Great Strength Guru personally came to Suo Nanche and asked, "Abbot, shouldn't we do something about Merriment Temple's actions?"
"Why should we?" Suo Nanche said faintly. "Everyone in Jianghu knows that Merriment Temple has been expelled from Buddhism after the last incident. It's just that we haven't announced it publicly.
Merriment Temple has produced a True Martial Realm expert this time, so isn't it normal for them to want to vent their anger?
Don't worry, we don't need to intervene in this matter. If Merriment Temple is smart, they will solve it themselves.
As for whether Buddhism will accept Merriment Temple's return or not, that will depend on their attitude. "
Great Strength Guru nodded. He was still a little too cautious, fearing that this matter would affect the relationship between Buddhism and the imperial court.
But after listening to Suo Nanche's words, Great Strength Guru understood his attitude.
Although Merriment Temple's various ways of doing things were still criticized by many sects of Buddhism, they were, after all, once a sect of Buddhism. So, they were more inclined to stand on Merriment Temple's side when it came to external affairs.
Of course, this was on the premise that Merriment Temple knew what was good for them. Only then would Buddhism accept them again. Otherwise, Suo Nanche would not mind letting Arhat Jubilation know one thing — you were no match for me a hundred years ago, and you will still be no match for me a hundred years later.
With no one interfering in Buddhism, Li Qingjia also directly set off for the Central Plains. According to Arhat Jubilation, he carried out this matter in an extremely high profile. He announced to the public that Arhat Jubilation had been promoted to the True Martial Realm, and even asked Su Xin to present his head to him.
Merriment Temple's announcement was, of course, a show of force. In fact, the effect was pretty good. In recent years, many True Martial Realm experts had fallen in Jianghu, but there were also some newly promoted True Martial Realm experts. In any case, the number of True Martial Realm experts was always the same, and there would not be much change.
But the fact that Arhat Jubilation could be promoted to the True Martial Realm was indeed beyond their imagination. No one expected that a guy who had been in a life-or-death closed-door training for a hundred years could actually take the final step and be promoted to the True Martial Realm.
But the martial artists of the Central Plains had a strange expression on their faces when they saw Arhat Jubilation's attitude toward Su Xin. They seriously suspected that Arhat Jubilation had just come out of his closed-door training and was still in a daze. Otherwise, how could he have made such a stupid decision?
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