Beast Taming, my intelligence updates daily.

Chapter 529 Evidence of the Golden Buddha's Crimes

Merit is actually not a very new ranking.

However, the book of Tianmen does indeed contain records of the concept of merit.

The higher one's merits, the better one's luck will be, and the more auspicious beasts will be attracted to one's side.

Merit can enhance a person's fortune and can also be used to promote the evolution of the Water Scale Beast, transforming it into the Holy Water Scale Beast.

"The sheer number of golden Arhat statues alone is evidence of the sins of the Western Desert Buddha."

"Let's go in and take a look, see if we find anything else."

The pillars in the main hall of the Buddhist temple are all made of pure gold. My goodness, how much of the people's wealth must have been plundered to build such a temple?

The Buddhist temple is divided into eighteen halls in total, and Ye Bai vaguely felt that something was not quite right.

After all, eighteen has a special meaning, such as the eighteen hells.

That Buddhist hall we just saw was where the golden Arhat statues were displayed, and a huge Buddha statue stood right in the center.

Eight bodhisattvas sat cross-legged near the Buddha statue, bowing their heads and chanting sutras.

The demon bear glanced inside and saw an endless stream of resentment emanating from the statue.

"My goodness, this is no dignified Buddhist temple, it's clearly a place for raising corpses!"

"The statue in the center of the Buddha statue is nurturing an eighth-level Corpse King."

"The devilish little bear clicked its tongue in amazement."

"It seems the situation here is more serious than I imagined."

"Little Demon Bear, let's continue forward and visit the other halls."

Ye Bai looked around. If you ignored what was buried inside the statue, this place was indeed a peaceful scene.

It truly reflects the saying, "Hell is empty, all the devils are here on earth."

Ye Bai is now very curious to know exactly when those people from the Pet Master Guild betrayed him.

Is the transformation of Tianxi City in this state related to them?

Ye Bai's idea was also very simple: he had to get to the bottom of it.

Tianxi City is also part of Yan Kingdom's territory, and it absolutely cannot be dealt with so perfunctorily.

Ye Bai's mission is to seek justice for all those who lost their lives here.

To comfort their spirits in heaven.

The little devil bear took a few steps forward and then arrived at another grand hall.

The place was filled with all sorts of candlesticks, each with a candle of varying lengths that emitted a rainbow of colors.

"How pitiful! Even after death, they are boiled into corpse oil and made into candles."

The little devil bear shook its head.

These candles, varying in length, represent living people, their heights differing due to the amount of corpse oil extracted from each individual.

Through the eyes of the demon bear, it saw endless vengeful spirits bound to an iron chain extending from the void.

They were set ablaze by hellfire, emitting endless wails.

The soul fire that flowed from their heads disappeared into the void, vanishing without a trace.

"It feels like some kind of ceremony is being held."

Just then, in a secret room.

The golden Buddha sat cross-legged, absorbing the spiritual energy falling from elsewhere through his nostrils.

His complexion immediately became much rosier.

"As expected, the soul of a vengeful spirit can make me feel very comfortable."

"You need to cultivate more vengeful spirits for me."

A broken mirror hung high on the wall.

The mirror was sealed with many layers of seals by the golden Buddha.

If Ye Bai were to see that mirror, he would find it strangely familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before.

"The power of the artifact is still beyond my control. I have tried so many methods, but I still cannot move its power."

"However, once the Yin Buddha Kingdom is established, I will be able to use the power of the Yin Corpse to help me control everything around me."

"Including divine artifacts, everything will be under my control."

"Eight Protectors, has anything unusual happened in Tianxi City recently?"

"That guy Youji has left, but he might still have some tricks up his sleeve. We need to be careful lately and not let Youji catch us red-handed."

"Otherwise, I will have no choice but to push you out as scapegoats."

The shadow of the golden Buddha began to stretch and lengthen: "Reporting to Your Excellency the Golden Buddha, there are currently no abnormalities in the city. All strangers entering Tianxi City will be monitored by us."

"The vengeful spirits are all acting well for us, so please don't worry."

"Once our plan succeeds, even Zhenguozhu won't be able to do anything to us."

The golden Buddha looked at the mirror in the distance and sighed, "Things are going too smoothly, and I have a bad feeling about it."

"I wonder if you ever feel this way?"

Shadow shook his head: "My lord, I don't feel anything right now. I just really enjoy our life right now, and I won't let anyone ruin it for us."

The golden Buddha grinned, grabbed a human-faced worm, and put it in his mouth.

“Those pillars of the state will not let us go. Even if we kneel down and beg for mercy, they will not let us go. Since that’s the case, why should we beg for mercy?”

"Although we are now eighth-level pet masters, our pets are not good at combat, which may cause us a lot of trouble."

“Eight Protectors, you are a shadow I created.”

"You should know how powerful the Yan Kingdom is."

"We have no way to resist; we can only wait to die."

"Whether you like it or not, I don't want this situation to happen, so I must establish the Yin Buddha Kingdom and let my believers fall into hell forever."

"If the Yan Kingdom intends to deal with me, let's see if they care about so many souls and want to perish together with us."

The eight protectors remained silent for a long time.

The golden Buddha is being presumptuous. The souls in your hands have already been refined into part of your body, so why would they have any concerns?
They wish they could just get rid of you to stop you from continuing to wreak havoc on humanity.

However, the Eight Protectors did not intend to reveal this.

He feared being punished by the golden Buddha.

Before long, the golden Buddha transformed into a streak of light and disappeared from the spot.

He sensed an unusual fluctuation and wanted to investigate it.

At this moment, inside the Hall of Ten Thousand Buddhas.

The two men barged in and were horrified when they saw the densely packed corpses.

"Senior brother, is it really a good idea for us to barge into this place so rashly?"

"What if we get killed?"

A pretty young woman asked nervously.

"No, this is the lair of that evil monk."

"We are not afraid of the Yin Corpse at all. Don't forget that we still have the Celestial Master Token. If there is anything unusual, just take out the Celestial Master Token."

“Poor souls, let me send you to your death.”

"Ten thousand swords return to the clan."

The young man muttered incantations and shouted loudly.

A long sword emerged from his back, forming countless sharp swords in the air.

The swords pierced towards the string of prayer beads inside the golden Arhat statue.

As the Buddhist beads were shattered by the sword, a terrifying surge of corpse energy erupted.

These golden Arhat statues gradually shed tears of blood. At the same time, their fingernails sprouted wildly.

A pair of fangs also emerged from the statue.

Bloodthirsty eyes snapped open, and countless undead appeared.

"See? That string of prayer beads is indeed the ritual implement used to seal the Yin Corpse hidden inside the golden Arhat statue. Our guess was correct."

"We must inform our sect about this immediately and ask them to send an expert to handle it."

"Go, messenger talisman."

A yellow talisman flew out of the young man's hand. Before it could leave the main hall, it was caught by a giant hand radiating golden light.

The yellow talisman immediately burst into flames.

“Little mice, you’ve entered my territory and you’re not behaving yourselves. You even try to pass messages on to the outside world.”

“You’ve gone too far. Why don’t you stay here and become a golden Arhat statue?”

A colossal Buddha descended from the sky, its expression hostile as it glared at the members of the Celestial Masters sect.

“I have never interfered with you Celestial Masters sect members. Who exactly instructed you to come and investigate this matter?”

“If you don’t tell me, don’t blame me for being impolite.”

The Buddha raised his giant hand and slammed it heavily onto the ground.

With a loud bang, the people of the Celestial Masters sect vanished.

"Tch, they actually used a space-breaking talisman. But they must still be here. We absolutely cannot let them escape, or I'll be utterly humiliated."

The Buddha smiled, but his eyes were filled with a sinister look.

Before long, countless vengeful spirits rushed out of the Buddhist temple, seemingly searching for something across the entire Tianxi City.

"Tianxi City is my territory. No one can escape under my nose, no one!"

The golden-bodied Buddha said through gritted teeth.

At this moment, the demon bear had arrived at another great hall, which was filled with mercury and created the appearance of the sun, moon and stars.

Meanwhile, a large ship appeared to be patrolling something.

"Oh, because he is Qin Shi Huang, he's making such a big commotion."

The little devil bear was speechless.

There seems to be something in the mercury.

Ye Bai, with his sharp eyes, said something to the little devil bear.

"Let me see it in the mercury."

The little devil bear stretched out its head and saw a hideous skeleton emerging from the mercury.

It's actually a dragon.

No, not just one, there are nine in total.

This is a coffin pulled by nine dragons.

"Could this be the palace of the golden Buddha?"

Both Demon Bear and Ye Bai were speechless as they looked at the enormous warship made of mithril.

Who would use so much mithril to build a warship for a routine patrol?

This is simply too extravagant.

Just then, the bone dragons poked their heads out and let out a deafening roar.

The chains fastened to their skulls were clanging and rattling.

A statue covered in mithril peered out from the deck.

"What on earth happened here? Why did the Bone Dragon God start roaring?"

"Something must be wrong."

The statue murmured.

"I am responsible for guarding your bedroom and your treasures. I absolutely cannot allow any accidents to happen here."

【Name: Bone Dragon God】

[Gender: no gender]

[Attribute: Undead/Dragon]

[Characteristic: Dragon's Might: A faint dragon's might emanates from his body, capable of intimidating enemies below the seventh rank and reducing their attack power.]

[Level: Eight]

Skill Mastered: Dragon Claw (Master): Wields a huge dragon claw to smash the opponent.

Summoning (Mastery): Transforms dead beasts into skeletal beasts. The conversion rate is related to the beast's level. Combined with the undead summoning feature, the conversion rate of Summoning can be increased.

Dragon's Roar (Mastery): Emits a dragon's roar with the pressure of a dragon. Beasts below the level of Bone Dragon God will be intimidated and have a certain probability of fleeing in the face of battle.

Bone Dragon's Breath (Mastery): Spews out a dragon's breath that has been exhaled for thousands of years. Phantom beasts hit by the dragon's breath will be paralyzed.

Bone Spikes (Mastery): Summons numerous long, white bone spikes to attack enemies; these spikes have a piercing effect.

[Evolutionary path: Not yet available]

[Evaluation: In their previous lives, they were peak eighth-tier dragons. After being imprisoned by the Golden-Bodied Buddha, they are trapped here, guarding his palace. They harbor considerable anger towards the Golden-Bodied Buddha, so they will not help him. When they encounter a petty thief who breaks into the palace, they will pretend not to see him.]

Ah ha, and they'll even pretend not to see it.

Great, then the devil bear and I can sneak onto the boat.

"Little Devil Bear, open the space, let's board the ship directly."

After the little devil bear stopped, it was stunned for a moment.

"Oh my god, Ye Bai, those bone dragons look terrifying! Are you really going to let this weak, innocent, and adorable little demon bear board the ship?"

"The devil bear muttered to himself."

"What did you say?"

"It's like a dog biting Lü Dongbin, not recognizing a kind heart."

"Let me tell you, this ship is the palace of the golden Buddha, and there are many treasures inside."

"Even that ship was made of mithril. Can you still tolerate this?"

Ye Bai said jokingly to the little devil bear.

"Hmph, my main concern is that I can't bear to let the Golden Buddha plunder the people's wealth. You mustn't have any other ideas."

"Let me tell you, I, the Devil Bear, am a man of principle. At the very least, although I am greedy, I acquire wealth through proper means."

“It is worthwhile for us to empty all the treasures of someone like the Golden Buddha.”

The sudden, excessive movement almost broke Ye Bai's back.

"Okay, you're right."

"However, I have something to tell you: those bone dragons harbor resentment towards the golden Buddha, so they will turn a blind eye to our actions."

"Go up quietly and don't make too much noise, otherwise they won't be able to turn a blind eye. After all, their lives are still with the Golden Buddha."

Ye Bai gave the little devil bear a stern warning, telling him not to do anything too outrageous.

"I understand. I know what to do as soon as you tell me."

"However, there is one thing I need to tell you: this mercury is not ordinary mercury; it is cursed mercury."

"It's easy for us to go up, but it's hard to come back."

Ye Bai was quite puzzled after hearing this.

"Why don't you just use spatial teleportation? Why make such a big fuss?"

The little devil bear rolled its eyes at Ye Bai. "Do you think I don't want to?"

"What I mean is, the spatial coordinates around here are all locked, so I can't use spatial teleportation at all."

(End of this chapter)