Chapter 832 - 826: Grand Aspiration to Attain Buddhahood and Seek to Prove the Immortal
Qin Feng speculated inwardly, with a hint of confusion on his face. He gave a strange look at these Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, secretly thinking, could these guys… ahem, these senior members of Buddhism have any schemes?
He originally wanted to mock them inwardly, but suddenly remembered that Buddhism had a very famous divine skill called Telepathy!
This divine skill could detect what others were thinking!
Although in Qin Feng’s understanding, the use of Telepathy certainly wasn’t as simple as its literal meaning, it must have various limitations.
Otherwise, once mastered, being able to spy on others’ thoughts would be too terrifying, and the world would have no secrets to hide from these Buddhists.
He figured such a divine skill shouldn’t be used on those of the same level, or as long as one has defenses up, preventing thoughts from leaking, even if one’s cultivation is far inferior, the opponent shouldn’t be able to easily use this skill to spy on one’s thoughts.
By Qin Feng’s understanding, Telepathy should be effective only on cultivators with a very low cultivation realm, and its effect on those already achieving longevity among Immortal Demons would be minimal. Even those who have comprehended the power of laws should have some resistance.
So he thought the greatest use of this skill should be internal within Buddhism. For example, if a Buddhist master skilled in Telepathy were to lead monk soldiers in battle, they could make their own side unguarded against them, allowing them to command through Telepathy, truly achieving effortless command, naturally increasing victory chances!
However, this is just his speculation; he’s not certain if it’s true.
Besides, those in front of him were either Bodhisattvas comparable to Golden Immortals or Buddhas in the Eternal Realm, their realms far surpassed his, who knows if they have some bizarre methods to break through his mental defenses and sense his thoughts.
Therefore, in front of these great powers, it’s better to be honest and dispel some thoughts to avoid giving these Buddhist authorities ammunition against him.
Though it wouldn’t be a big deal, but as a precaution, when fighting side by side in the future, they might give him a little trouble out of spite.
While Qin Feng’s thoughts raced, he tightly guarded his spirit, not leaking any thoughts, though deliberately showing a surprised expression for the Great Light Temple’s experts to see.
As expected, seeing Qin Feng’s hesitation, they understood they had appeared too eager, causing Qin Feng’s suspicion.
Several Bodhisattvas exchanged glances with the Ancient Buddha Long Jia, shaking their heads with a wry smile. This little fellow was indeed clever, not falling for their words nor continuing as they intended.
If he’s not taking the bait, might as well be frank, after all, it’s not something that can’t be revealed. Better clarify now than let Qin Feng discover it himself later!
The Ancient Buddha Long Jia glanced at Ming Guang Bodhisattva, signaling him to speak.
With him having the highest status here, it would be too demeaning to personally handle every matter, so it was suitable for Ming Guang Bodhisattva to answer Qin Feng’s curiosity.
Among the Bodhisattvas present, only Ming Guang Bodhisattva, being the most articulate, was suitable for such matters.
Otherwise, among the other Bodhisattvas, Baoxiang Bodhisattva was too gentle, Nine Precepts Bodhisattva severe and rigid, Heavenly Dragon Bodhisattva boisterous and uninhibited, and Void Vakasangha Bodhisattva practiced Silent Zen for tens of thousands of years before attaining the Dao, though now ascended to immortality, still had a habit of being taciturn.
Only Ming Guang Bodhisattva was different, before proving his Dao, he traveled the various countries of the Western Regions, visiting millions of temples, debating the true meaning of Buddhist Law with countless high monks and virtuous ones.
He even visited the Spiritual Mountain, the foremost holy land of Buddhism, the Great Leiyin Temple, to debate with various Buddhas, being a great power honing the skill of speaking as eloquently as blooming lotus to the supreme divine power realm!
However, at this moment, all they needed was to explain the situation to Qin Feng without Ming Guang Bodhisattva going all out!
Otherwise, with his mouth, once fully unleashing the power of his supreme divine skill, he could turn the dead alive, leaving no room for Qin Feng to interject!
But by doing so, even now convincing Qin Feng, later when he realized, might leave him feeling wronged, needlessly offending this promising newcomer, and also offending the Beast Taming Sect, which wouldn’t be worthwhile.
“Young friend, you must have some doubts in your heart!”
Ming Guang Bodhisattva, seeing the Ancient Buddha Long Jia looking over, immediately understood, smiled gently and said to Qin Feng: “You must be wondering why we are so eager?”
“Indeed!”
Qin Feng nodded in acknowledgment: “I am indeed puzzled, it’s not that I’m shirking, but the Demon Realm is filled with danger. It is the ancestral land of countless large and small Demon Realms across this Star Domain, where many demon clans have migrated and thrived, far more powerful than ordinary Demon Realms.
Even that billion-strong Fallen Angel Army is just one of the seven major races in the Demon Realm, not even ranking in the top three!
Such a powerful world is too dangerous for me.
It’s not that I’m timid or afraid, but there’s no need for me to venture into it now!
With my cultivation progress, within a few years, I could advance to the Profound Immortal realm. Even if I haven’t proven the Dao to Immortality in a few more years, I could reach the level of a Half-Step Golden Immortal.
At that time, even encountering an Immortal Demon God, though not an opponent, I could at least have some means of self-preservation, so why take the risk now?”
The Bodhisattvas exchanged another glance, a strange feeling rising in their hearts.
Though the youngest among them had proven the Dao tens of thousands of years ago, and one had even been favored during the Ancient Great Tribulation, advancing far faster than usual, each was a great power in Buddhism, more stable than ordinary Golden Immortals due to their cultivation technique.
However, even so, upon hearing Qin Feng, they still felt slightly conflicted.
It’s not that Qin Feng’s reasoning wasn’t sound, nor that he lacked sincerity!
But Qin Feng’s last few words really didn’t sit well.
Listen to what he said, is this even human speech?
In his mouth, are Profound Immortals and Golden Immortals so worthless, that one can advance as they wish?
Why are today’s youth so arrogant? Even if you’re the Master of Qi Luck chosen by the Heavenly Dao, even if you advanced rapidly in the past, shouldn’t you show some humility before us great powers?
Look at your words, soon you’ll advance to Profound Immortal, and in a few years, you’ll become a Golden Immortal at our realm, have you… considered our feelings when saying this?
Of these great powers present, even that Bodhisattva favored during the Ancient Great Tribulation didn’t have Qin Feng’s cultivation speed!
Not to mention the Venerable Hui Jue and Treasure Tree Venerable sitting silently as a background after bringing Qin Feng into the hall.
These two Venerables were even more dismayed than the Bodhisattvas!
No matter what, the Bodhisattvas were already great powers, but these two had cultivated for countless eons, yet didn’t dare say when they could advance to Immortality.
Yet in Qin Feng’s mouth, it was as easy as eating and drinking, the shackles they couldn’t break through after tens of thousands of years were merely because Qin Feng had been cultivating for too short a time, and in a few years, he could directly advance!
This is truly quite a blow, isn’t it?
“Ahem…”
Even someone as eloquent as Ming Guang Bodhisattva couldn’t help but cough lightly, suppressing his urge to give Qin Feng a beating.
One must know that back in the day, in order to prove the Dao, he spent a thousand years traversing the entire Western Regions on foot, visiting countless temples, exhausting endless saliva, debating countless eminent monks and virtuous figures, and finally reaching the Spiritual Mountain, nearly depleting his Spiritual Power just to barely win a round.
Eventually, he returned to the Great Light Temple, where he secluded himself on Light Peak for three thousand years, only then achieving the Bodhisattva Fruit Position through years of accumulated Buddhist Law debates.
However, as a strong person with eloquence, sharpness of mind, and clarity of thought, Ming Guang Bodhisattva could maintain calm at all times.
Thus, he discreetly took a deep breath, suppressing the slight ripples in his heart, and restored his Heart Realm to its undisturbed state, showing an impressive and solemn smile: “The young friend truly deserves to be known as one of the strongest Masters of Qi Luck of the present age, possessing such confidence, which is indeed a blessing for our Biluo!”
“Thank you for the Bodhisattva’s praise!”
Qin Feng responded politely, “Right now, we are discussing serious matters, and it wouldn’t be appropriate for the junior to deceive with lies, so I’m just speaking the truth!”
Ming Guang Bodhisattva twitched the corner of his mouth and silently chanted a Buddhist name in his heart, secretly casting a Calming Incantation on himself before continuing, “For you to have such confidence is naturally a good thing.
However, the path of cultivation is fraught with difficulties; even if one secludes oneself in a Cave Mansion to focus on cultivation, various bottlenecks may still be encountered, and at times one must guard against damage to the Daoist Heart and suppress the Heart Demon. Not to mention, the current situation in Biluo simply doesn’t allow for prolonged seclusion.
Once you follow the Sect on an expedition, no one knows if unexpected situations may arise that could hinder your cultivation speed.
After all, an Otherworld is not Biluo, and you have personally experienced the hostility and suppression of its Heavenly Dao toward outsiders, so I need not say more.
Moreover, your Beast Taming Sect only dealt with a few medium to small-worlds in the past; achieving early victories also had its reasons.
Should your next expedition face a daunting power, no one can predict how long it would take to achieve victory. If you are delayed on an Otherworld Battlefield, reaching the Golden Immortal level won’t be easy.”
“The senior speaks the truth!”
Qin Feng nodded in agreement.
There are countless super experts among the Void Ten Thousand Realms; no one can assure their next expedition will secure an easy victory. In a standard cross-realm battle, unless the powers are vastly different, a quick win within a few years is impossible.
For example, on the Greek God Realm, even though the Ten Directions Ghost City has invited many Great Powers from the Northern Domain, marshaling thirty percent of its entire forces, and has the Immortal Realm super expert Ghost Ancestor Cang Yang as a garrison, they are still in a stalemate after all these years, not fully conquering the Ten Directions Ghost City. This shows how formidable these powerful worlds are.
The Beast Taming Sect’s power cannot compare to the Ten Directions Ghost City, nor does it have the authority to mobilize cultivators from many sects of an entire domain.
Therefore, if they truly encounter a particularly challenging world, the war could very likely drag on for a long time, delaying his upgrade time inherently by being caught in the battle!
Ming Guang Bodhisattva continued: “Our urgency in contacting the Fallen Angels stems not only from the potential time delay in the Otherworld Battlefield but also to promptly understand the Fallen Angel Army’s situation.
We must ascertain whether these enormous armies that fell into the Demon Realm can still become our allies to jointly counter the Light God Realm. Otherwise, being caught off guard and passive during a massive war will surely result in heavy losses!”
Qin Feng’s face remained unreadable. He did not respond further, keeping silent as he watched Ming Guang Bodhisattva, awaiting the true intention.
If this fellow does not disclose the true reason, he certainly will not agree to go to the Demon Realm now.
Even if the Great Light Temple candidly reveals the specific reasons, he still needs to carefully evaluate any potential dangers.
If the risk is too high, he will still refuse to venture for the Great Light Temple’s sake!
After all, he is not a disciple of the Great Light Temple and cannot comply just because of some grand justification for Biluo!
These monks clearly have ulterior motives, simply going in circles, trying to coax him to agree, yet they’re too optimistic in their thinking.
Ming Guang Bodhisattva realized Qin Feng’s persistent gaze, knowing this young lad, despite his young age, had astonishingly rapid Cultivation progress, lacked ordinary arrogance among prodigies, and wouldn’t accept random requests just because of few flattering words.
Looks like he couldn’t avoid telling the truth now!
He coughed lightly; though his face still shone with radiant light, his words slowed down and seemed more sincere.
“To be honest, the reason the Great Light Temple takes such initiative in contacting the Demon Realm to negotiate cooperation with the Fallen Angels is mostly for Biluo, but there are other reasons.”
“Please enlighten me!”
Qin Feng’s spirit lifted; this guy finally got to the main point!
Ming Guang Bodhisattva hesitated briefly and eventually spoke, “The young friend also knows the origin of the Great Light Temple. Back when Light Peak was founded, the Glazed Glass Light King Buddha made a great vow for Buddha Light to shine upon all beings, taking ‘light’ as the foundation to name the temple the Great Light Temple!
However, in these years, despite developing the Great Light Temple into a Holy Land of Buddhism, it has been unable to progress further; the Glazed Glass Light King Buddha has been unable to achieve Immortality.
Yet, a few years ago, during our temple’s battle with the Angel Divine Clan of the Light God Realm, the Great Light Temple saw a ray of hope. The Glazed Glass Light King Buddha also found a potential breakthrough to achieve the Buddha status.
So now, the strategy of the Great Light Temple is to regard the Light God Realm as the strongest adversary. To progress further, we can only seek opportunities from the Light God Clan.
This is why we are proactively seeking every opportunity to counter the Light God Realm, drawing in possible external forces to assist, all to eventually overthrow the Light God Clan and gain the upper hand.
Of course, it would be even better if we could invade the Light God Realm.
Years later, if we win this battle, our Great Light Temple will no longer be just one of the three Holy Lands of Buddhism, but become a Supreme Buddha Country, on par with the Great Leiyin Temple!”
“Hiss…”
Even with Qin Feng’s calm demeanor and firm resolve, hearing Ming Guang Bodhisattva’s words shocked him to the core!
He never imagined the Great Light Temple would play such a big game, setting its sights on the Light God Clan, even wanting to invade the Light God Realm to let that Glazed Glass Light King Buddha gain the chance to ascend to Immortality!
If they succeed, the benefits gained will be boundless.
No wonder these guys have been urging him to help them contact the Fallen Angels, now it all makes sense!