In theory, if a top sect really wanted Duke Longhua to join, he could even betray the Zhou Kingdom as long as the conditions were met.
These dukes and marquises of the Zhou Kingdom were not very loyal to the Zhou Kingdom. The premise of their loyalty was that the Zhou Kingdom had given them enough benefits and a strong enough backer.
However, the problem was that Duke Longhua could not accept some of the ideas and concepts of the Western Frontier.
The warriors of the Shaolin Temple paid attention to the cultivation of Buddhism and spiritual cultivation. Some people in Jianghu often said that Buddhism cultivated karma and nature.
Esoteric Buddhism came from the same source as the Shaolin Temple, but its cultivation method was more extreme than that of the Shaolin Temple.
Esoteric Buddhism mainly cultivated the physical body. It did not seek enlightenment of karma, but only sought to become a Buddha.
After all, the Central Plains also had a variety of body-refining techniques. Some of the current body-refining techniques of the Shaolin Temple were even more extreme than those of Esoteric Buddhism. For example, Xuan Zhen, the head of the lecture hall of the Shaolin Temple, cultivated the Vajra Pure Body Glaze Method.
However, there were many secret cultivation methods in Buddhism that could be said to be so evil that people could not accept it.
Compared to these secret methods, the dual cultivation method of the Merriment Temple was considered mild.
Chen Tianzhi was already a martial arts master in the Divine Transformation Realm. His martial arts path had been fixed. Even if Buddhism really had a way to give him enlightenment, Chen Tianzhi would not be willing to do so.
Some of the rules of Buddhism were also very strict, especially the inheritance of enlightenment in Buddhism. If there was any deviation in the belief of the target of enlightenment, they would be considered to have betrayed Buddhism and would be severely punished.
In Chen Tianzhi's opinion, some of the rules were simply the same as the rules set by those crazy cults, which were simply unreasonable.
If Chen Tianzhi was still in the Innate Realm, he might have considered joining Buddhism in exchange for power.
However, he was now a martial arts master in the Divine Transformation Realm. No matter how bad he was, he was still the Duke of Longhua of the Zhou Kingdom. Of course, he did not want to be a monk and follow those commandments.
However, the two foreign monks seemed to be staring at Longhua Hou. They kept pestering him, not letting him go. This was the third time they came to find Longhua Hou.
In fact, these foreign monks should not have been like this, but they seemed to have been tricked by Ji Haodian.
Originally, Esoteric Buddhism and Ji Haodian had agreed on the condition that they would take out the secret scriptures of Buddhism and hand them over to Zhou Kingdom so that they could study the secret of the white jade slab together. In return, Zhou Kingdom would allow Buddhism to spread in the north, and Zhou Kingdom would not stop them.
However, the other Daos all had local martial arts sects or aristocratic families, and they were very resistant to Buddhism.
As such, some of the senior monks of Buddhism were smart enough to give up on those places and chose to spread their teachings in Shengjing City. With Shengjing City as the center, they would cultivate a group of influential followers and then spread their teachings to the outside.
Ji Haodian did not object to the conditions put forward by Buddhism. Instead, he generously allowed them to preach in Shengjing City. As long as they were willing to join Buddhism, Zhou Kingdom would not stop them. No matter what position they held, Zhou Kingdom would let them go.
At first, the senior monks of Esoteric Buddhism were secretly delighted. They thought that Ji Haodian was anxious to find out the secret of the white jade slab, which was why he agreed to their conditions so easily. When they actually began to preach in Shengjing City, they realized that they seemed to have been tricked by Ji Haodian.
Buddhism had overestimated its influence and reputation in the Central Plains. No matter how much they talked, the dukes and marquises of the Zhou Kingdom with cultivation in the Divine Transformation Realm would not choose to join Buddhism.
During this time, they had only found a few warriors of the Innate Stage with decent talent to join Buddhism, which was the same as not having them at all. There were a few warriors of the Innate Stage in the Western Borderline with decent talent. Why would they waste so much effort to find them in Shengjing City?
Back then, Ji Haodian had also seen this clearly. That was why he had been so fearless to let Buddhism preach. After all, it was not like he could get many disciples.
In terms of pure scheming, these Yangshen Buddhism masters, who had been worshiped as true Buddhas in the Western Borderline for hundreds of years, were not as cunning as Ji Haodian, His Majesty the Human Emperor.
Therefore, this time, the monks of Buddhism were a little anxious. It was not easy to get an opportunity to preach in the north, so they did not want to give up. As a result, their methods were a little underhanded, and they even began to pester Ji Haodian.
In Shengjing City, these monks of Buddhism naturally did not dare to openly use violence to make the Marquis of Longhua submit, but they had other ways. They believed that the Marquis of Longhua would agree if they kept pestering him and tempting him a few more times.
These monks of Buddhism were not idiots. They had also investigated when choosing their targets before. Now that the Marquis of Longhua and several other dukes and marquises were being treated coldly by the Human Emperor of the Zhou Kingdom because they were involved in the battle for the throne, their situation was not very good. This was the perfect time for Buddhism to take advantage of the situation.
"Marquis, your current situation is already so difficult. Why are you still unwilling to join our Great Heavenly Dragon Temple?" One of the foreign monks chanted the name of Buddha. A strange syllable vibrated and penetrated into Chen Tianzhi's mind, causing a brief flash of confusion in his eyes.
Buddhism specialized in the cultivation of the physical body, but they were not ignorant of the secret spiritual method.
On the contrary, some monks specialized in the cultivation of the physical body and the secret spiritual method, in order to achieve perfection and transcendence.
However, this monk was only in the Divine Transformation Realm, and Chen Tianzhi was also in the Divine Transformation Realm. His secret spiritual method might confuse ordinary people, but it would not confuse Chen Tianzhi.
Therefore, the confusion in Chen Tianzhi's eyes only lasted for a moment. Then, a trace of anger appeared on his face. He suddenly stood up, threw the cup in his hand on the ground, and shouted angrily, "What do you mean by this? Do you really think that this is your Xijiang? How dare you attack me? This is the Zhou Kingdom! This is Shengjing City! Do you foreign monks still have any respect for the law? "
Chen Tianzhi was angry, but the foreign monk was not. He just smiled and said, "Marquis, don't be angry. This is just the secret mantra of the Great Heavenly Dragon Temple. It can cleanse the mind and get rid of troubles."
Chen Tianzhi was so angry that he laughed and said, "I can also be brainwashed by you, right?"
Just as the foreign monk was about to say something, Qi Long sighed and said coldly, "Everyone, don't you think you've gone too far?"
Lord Su had said before that what happened last time was over, but if these foreign monks dared to make trouble again, they would not back down.
He was now temporarily acting as the chief of detectives in Shengjing City, and he did not believe that these foreign monks did not know.
However, in front of him, these foreign monks dared to pester Marquis Longhua and even used the secret spiritual method on him. This was simply a provocation!
If Qi Long could endure this, then he wouldn't be Qi Long.
The foreign monk said indifferently, "Lord Qi, our Buddhism can preach in the Central Plains. This was personally approved by His Majesty, the Human Emperor. Are you going to defy His Majesty's decree?"
Qi Long said coldly, "His Majesty's decree is His Majesty's decree, but the Six Fan School's rules are the Six Fan School's rules. I can let go of the previous incident, but now you dare to attack Marquis Longhua in front of me? Do you really think that the Six Fan School is dead?"
Qi Long's attitude was unyielding, but the Buddhism monk did not budge an inch.
"Lord Qi, I've already said that this is the Great Heavenly Dragon Temple preaching. No one else has the right to interfere. If anyone dares to obstruct the preachers of the Great Heavenly Dragon Temple, we don't mind letting them experience the wrath of Weide Dragon King!"
The corners of Qi Long's mouth curled into a cold smile, but his eyes were bloodshot.
Although he was currently cultivating Su Xin's Blood River Divine Art, completely eliminating the influence of the Blood Demon Sect's incomplete cultivation method in his body.
But after so many years, his personality had been greatly influenced by the Blood Demon Sect's incomplete cultivation method. That extreme killing factor had long since seeped into his bones.
Moreover, the Blood River Divine Art that Su Xin had given him was naturally not an orthodox cultivation method. Although the blood energy seeped into his body wouldn't affect his mind like the Blood Demon Sect's cultivation method, it would more or less cause some changes in Qi Long's style of doing things.
For example, right now, Qi Long no longer had any interest in talking nonsense with the foreign monk. He unsheathed the blood-refined saber in his hand, and in an instant, a wave of blood overflowed to the sky. The boundless blood energy turned into a long river that rolled down towards the foreign monk!
"Blood River Divine Sword!"
Chen Tianzhi, who was on the side, exclaimed. Although Qi Long did not use a sword technique, his saber came from the same source as the Blood River Divine Sword.
Su Xin had even given his own secret martial arts to Qi Long. Obviously, Qi Long was indeed a confidant that Su Xin was going to cultivate vigorously.
At this time, the foreign monk of Buddhism did not expect Qi Long to make a move. He did not even have time to react.
It was known that Buddhism was the dominant sect in the Western Frontier. Basically, there were no competitors. The only competitors were themselves, such as competing with the Shingon Sect and the Merriment Temple for territory and disciples.
However, the internal competition within Buddhism would not be to the death. Even if there was a conflict between the two sides, it would be an open competition. Moreover, it was not a life-and-death fight. Both sides would stop at the right time.
This foreign monk of the Tantric Buddhism Sect was not used to Qi Long's murderous intent.
However, he was still a martial arts master in the Divine Transformation Realm. The disciples of Buddhism who had inherited the method of enlightenment had no lack of combat experience. This was because the combat experience had long been passed on to their minds through the secret method.
In the face of Qi Long's Blood River Divine Sword, the foreign monk of Buddhism shouted. The golden Buddha's light around his body shone brightly as he punched out, directly tearing the Blood River apart and hitting Qi Long's saber.
The collision between Qi Long's body and the Mysterious Level weapon produced a loud explosion. The foreign monk of Buddhism only had a white mark on his fist, while Qi Long took three steps back.
The foreign monk of Buddhism sneered, thinking that the constables of Six Doors were nothing more than this.
However, before the smile on his face could disappear, two thin lines of blood shot out from the river of blood that he had torn apart, piercing his eyes.
"Blood River Divine Finger!"
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