Venerable Hidden Dragon's eyes flashed with unwillingness as he watched Su Xin destroy the Joyous Buddha.
Was the foundation of the Merriment Temple, which had lasted for thousands of years, going to disappear just like that?
Without the protection of Buddhism in the Western Frontier, the Merriment Temple would have a hard time moving forward. Moreover, Su Xin had declared that if the Merriment Temple dared to preach in the Central Plains, he would teach them a lesson.
As a result, the Merriment Temple no longer had a foothold in the world, which made Venerable Hidden Dragon feel a sense of despair.
After a while, Venerable Hidden Dragon said, "Bring me to the abbot's secluded cultivation place."
Everyone present was taken aback. Aren't you the abbot? Where else could he go?
Soon after, they realized that Venerable Hidden Dragon wasn't talking about them, but Arhat Great Joy.
Although Arhat Great Joy had been in seclusion for a hundred years, he did not actually hand over the position of abbot. Therefore, whether it was Ye Jia Nan or the current Venerable Hidden Dragon, they were not the real abbot, but the substitute abbot.
Now that they heard that Venerable Hidden Dragon wanted to go to Arhat Great Joy's place of seclusion, they subconsciously wanted to stop him. However, they smiled bitterly and didn't stop him. Instead, they obediently brought Venerable Hidden Dragon to a cliff behind the Merriment Temple. This was the place where Arhat Great Joy was cultivating.
In the past, they were unwilling to open the seclusion place of Arhat Jubilation because they wanted to maintain a sense of mystery and let the people outside believe that Arhat Jubilation was still alive. After all, their Merriment Temple also had experts half a step into the Real Martial Arts Realm.
But now, this kind of deliberately mystifying method was meaningless. It could be said that the Merriment Temple's face had been stripped clean by Su Xin.
Su Xin had already fought his way to his doorstep, but Arhat Great Joy still didn't show up. If he wasn't dead, then what was he?
Therefore, this matter was not that important to the Merriment Temple.
Everyone helped Venerable Hidden Dragon to Arhat Great Joy's seclusion. Venerable Hidden Dragon waved his hand and said, "You guys can leave first. Whether the abbot is dead or not, I will be here in seclusion. From now on, Merriment Temple will be under your care."
Everyone was shocked and hurriedly said, "Abbot …"
Venerable Hidden Dragon shouted in a low voice, "I've said it before! I'll leave the affairs of the Merriment Temple to you. You can leave now. "
Everyone had no choice but to leave. They knew what Venerable Hidden Dragon meant.
As a matter of fact, these Merriment Temple's martial artists still had some fantasies about Arhat Jubilation.
If they found out that Arhat Jubilation was really dead once the seclusion place opened, this kind of stimulation was not something that ordinary people could bear. Many disciples of the Joyous Temple who did not have a firm will would fall into complete despair.
That was why Venerable Hidden Dragon allowed them to leave, leaving them with a sliver of hope. If they wanted to despair, they could only despair themselves.
Of course, there was another reason why Venerable Hidden Dragon did this, but he did not say it clearly. It was because he was now crippled.
Although he had crippled his own cultivation in order to protect the entire Joyous Temple, there were still several Harmonious God Realm experts in the temple.
Now, they were grateful for Venerable Hidden Dragon's kindness, so they were willing to let him continue to be in charge of the Merriment Temple. But what would happen after a long time? Would this group of people have other thoughts?
In the past, Venerable Hidden Dragon had been too lazy to think about these things. In any case, with Ye Jia Nan here, he just had to make a move.
But now that the Joyous Temple had encountered a huge change, Venerable Hidden Dragon's temperament had also changed, becoming more sensitive and suspicious.
After everyone left, Venerable Hidden Dragon staggered towards the cliff and formed a seal with both hands. Suddenly, the cliff wall split open, and a passage appeared in front of Venerable Hidden Dragon.
The seclusion place of an ordinary martial artist couldn't be opened from the outside, only with the permission of the master.
However, Arhat Jubilation's seclusion place was a life and death seclusion. This kind of life and death seclusion place would always result in death, and it was a desperate choice.
Therefore, this seclusion place could also be opened from the outside. The function was that in case the seclusion person died accidentally, the people outside could also go in and collect his corpse.
Venerable Hidden Dragon entered the passage, and the door behind him closed.
The entire passage was only a few dozen zhang long. When Venerable Hidden Dragon reached the deepest part of the seclusion secret room, his eyes suddenly flashed with a trace of despair.
In the seclusion secret room, a strange skeleton was sitting cross-legged.
The skeleton's whole body seemed to be cast from colored glass, and it emitted a bright seven-colored radiance, looking extremely gorgeous and dazzling.
Venerable Hidden Dragon's mouth was full of bitterness. The clothes worn by this seven-colored skeleton were the clothes of Arhat Jubilation in the past. The last hope of the Joyous Temple, Arhat Jubilation, had long been turned into bones!
Venerable Hidden Dragon shook his head. He knew that it was not easy to break through to the True Martial Realm. A hundred years had passed, and Arhat Jubilation was definitely dead.
Venerable Hidden Dragon's heart was dead, and he wanted to completely seal this seclusion place and wait for death here. But when he looked at the seven-colored, glass-like skeleton, he suddenly felt that something was wrong.
A martial artist's body was strong, especially those martial artists who came from Buddhism. Almost everyone would cultivate some body-refining cultivation technique.
At the peak of the Yang God Realm like Arhat Jubilation, they had already condensed their blood to the point that it was as thick as lead mercury. Even if their blood was separated from their body for an hour, it would turn into a glass crystal.
And martial artists at this level could almost temper their bones to the point that they were like gold and iron. Therefore, although it was impossible for a Yang God Realm powerhouse to keep their body from rotting for ten thousand years, it was not a problem for them to maintain their body for hundreds or even thousands of years.
Even if this Arhat Jubilation had just died in a life and death seclusion, it had only been a hundred years since then. So how did he turn into a skeleton in such a short time?
Venerable Hidden Dragon closed his eyes and fully released the power of his Primordial Spirit.
Only his dantian had been destroyed, which was equivalent to the cultivation of his body being destroyed. However, the power of his Primordial Spirit was still there.
In the perception of Venerable Hidden Dragon's Primordial Spirit, he was no longer in a seclusion secret room, but a magnificent world of bliss!
Here, there were goddesses dancing, divine birds singing, and there were no diseases or misfortunes. Instead, there was golden glass everywhere.
However, at this time, this world of bliss was filled with a deathly aura, a hollow deathly aura. Only in the deepest part of the world of bliss could Venerable Hidden Dragon vaguely feel a faint heartbeat.
Opening his eyes, Venerable Hidden Dragon suddenly laughed wildly. In the end, his internal injuries were affected, and he spat out two mouthfuls of blood.
"So, this is the Elysium!"
Arhat Jubilation had once explained to them how the martial artists of the Merriment Temple should go after reaching the peak of the Yang God Realm. Arhat Jubilation had chosen to transcend his spirit and travel to the Elysium. He would first advance his spirit to the Zhenwu Realm, and then advance his body.
However, Arhat Jubilation had not come out of seclusion for a hundred years. Venerable Hidden Dragon and the others had thought that he had died, and that he had also taken the wrong path.
Therefore, in the end, Ye Jia Nan had chosen to take an even more unconventional path and had chosen to practice the demonic arts of the Blood Demon Sect.
However, they had all thought wrongly, including Arhat Jubilation himself. The path they had taken at the beginning was actually correct, but later on, they had taken the wrong path.
Venerable Hidden Dragon looked at the glass-like skeleton in front of him with an expressionless face.
He was different from Xiao Moye, who had joined the Merriment Temple later on. He had grown up in the Merriment Cult since childhood. His master was also a martial artist of the same generation as Arhat Jubilation. However, his master was not as outstanding as Arhat Jubilation. He had barely stepped into the Harmonious God Realm before his lifespan was exhausted and he had died.
The Merriment Temple was a support for Venerable Hidden Dragon. Therefore, he had abandoned his martial arts for the sake of the Merriment Temple.
Right now, he was holding the future of the entire Merriment Temple in his hands. He didn't know whether he would succeed or not. He might even lose his life for this. But Venerable Hidden Dragon still wanted to give it a try. Otherwise, their Merriment Temple wouldn't even have a chance.
Venerable Hidden Dragon sighed. He directly cut his wrist. Suddenly, thick, lead-like blood continuously flowed out and penetrated into the skeleton of Arhat Jubilation. The seven-colored skeleton was stained with a trace of blood, as if it had gained some vitality.
Venerable Hidden Dragon closed his eyes. He did not care about the continuous loss of blood in his body. He only felt that there seemed to be a trace of vitality in the Pure Land of Bliss. The heartbeat in the depths of the Pure Land of Bliss seemed to have become clearer.
At this time, Su Xin was naturally unaware of what was happening in the Merriment Temple. In any case, after Venerable Hidden Dragon had abandoned his martial arts, the entire Merriment Temple could be said to have no power to threaten him anymore.
At this time, the news of Su Xin destroying the Merriment Cult and finally forcing the Substitute Abbot of the Merriment Temple, Venerable Hidden Dragon, to abandon his martial arts had also spread to the pugilistic world.
In the past, if Su Xin had done such a thing, some neutral martial artists in the pugilistic world would only sigh at Su Xin's strength for destroying a top pugilistic world force with his own strength. However, the righteous martial artists would curse Su Xin for being cruel and merciless, inciting a massacre in the pugilistic world, and so on.
However, this time, few people in the pugilistic world would curse Su Xin for being cruel and merciless. On the contrary, many people applauded Su Xin. Although Su Xin had also brought disaster to the pugilistic world, this time, it could be said that he had eliminated a big scourge for the pugilistic world.
The Merriment Cult had been criticized by the righteous martial artists for what they had done in the past few years. However, they were content in a corner of Longxi Path. Those martial artists who dared to make trouble in the Central Plains would naturally be strangled and killed by the righteous martial artists of the Central Plains. However, if they ran amok in their own territory, would those righteous sects dare to directly attack and destroy them?
Therefore, the Merriment Cult had been doing those disgusting things all these years. They were not a threat to the strength of the righteous martial artists. It was not worthwhile to join forces to make a big movement to eliminate them. However, if they were left alone, the raping and pillaging of the pugilistic world would also make people extremely angry.
This time, Su Xin really eliminated a big scourge for the pugilistic world. Therefore, the curses and curses were reduced a little.
Of course, for Su Xin, it did not matter whether the people in the pugilistic world scolded him or praised him. Anyway, he did not rely on his reputation to make a living in the pugilistic world.
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