Having been given a second chance at life, I choose to join the Demonic Sect!

Chapter 165 A Discussion with the Old Living Buddha!

The old Living Buddha Xuan Yu only gave Duanmu Fei and Nie Xuan a minor punishment. If it were anyone else of his level, Duanmu Fei's disrespect would probably have been slapped to death.

After all, most cultivators at his level are high and mighty.

Even though those people haven't become immortals yet, and are still just human beings, they've already lost their humanity. They've adopted the identity of immortals in their minds and treated low-level cultivators as insignificant ants.

"Master, you'll only be silent for a little while anyway, just bear with it!"

Cao Meng thought it would be good for the female demon to be silent for a while; quietness would prevent her from yelling at him!

Consort Duanmu flicked Cao Meng's forehead, her eyes filled with icy coldness:

Rebellious disciple, are you even speaking human language?

The Venerable Living Buddha Xuan Yu had no time to watch the two lovable masters and disciples bickering. With a wave of his robe, an invisible force forcibly separated Consort Duanmu and Cao Meng. He then asked Cao Meng:

"Young friend, would you like to come with me to the West now?"

"Master, this junior should not..."

Cao Meng had barely finished speaking when the old Living Buddha released a terrifying aura that caused the heavens and earth to change color.

It was daytime, but suddenly dark clouds covered the sun, making it as dark as night!

Cao Meng: This old living Buddha's Buddhist practice is not up to par; he can't handle this!
Duanmu Fei and Nie Xuan: This old monk's aura can actually change the color of heaven and earth. What kind of realm is this?
"what's the situation?"

"A formidable enemy is attacking!"

Within the forbidden area of ​​the Hehuan Sect's secret realm, a group of Void Refinement stage elders felt their scalps tingle upon sensing this terrifying aura!
The sect's patriarch, a cultivator at the first level of the Nascent Soul stage, stopped his cultivation and muttered something to himself:
"The state of harmony between heaven, earth, and humanity!"

The Integration Stage has ten minor realms, divided into four stages.

The first nine minor realms correspond to the three stages of the unity of heaven and earth, the unity of heaven and man, and the unity of earth and man!

Only by reaching the half-step tribulation stage can one achieve harmony between heaven, earth, and humanity.

Once one cultivates to the point of unifying Heaven, Earth, and Man, one can influence a region of the world with a single thought.

Despite the terrifying pressure emanating from the old Living Buddha Xuan Yu, Cao Meng still steeled himself and said:
"Venerable Living Buddha, this junior is unwilling!"

As soon as Cao Meng gave his answer, the Living Buddha Xuan Yu withdrew all his oppressive aura, and the world returned to normal!
Seeing that the old Living Buddha Xuan Yu hadn't lost his temper and was just testing him, Cao Meng breathed a sigh of relief.

"I wonder why you are unwilling, young friend?"

Seeing that Cao Meng still refused despite the threat of his power, the old Living Buddha Xuan Yu also began to consider giving up on taking Cao Meng as his disciple.

However, he didn't quite understand why Cao Meng would refuse him. After all, his strength and status, and the achievements he could bring to Cao Meng, were far beyond what a small Hehuan Sect could match.

"I presume the old Living Buddha knows what kind of sect the Hehuan Sect is?"

When asked by the Venerable Living Buddha Xuan Yu, Cao Meng did not rush to explain, but instead asked a question in return.

"Ok!"

The old Living Buddha Xuan Yu nodded; he naturally knew what the Hehuan Sect was.

"Over 95% of the disciples in the Hehuan Sect are female, and the vast majority of these female cultivators rely on absorbing yang energy to replenish their yin energy for cultivation!"

As Cao Meng was talking about the situation of the Hehuan Sect, he suddenly took out the Supreme Yang Pearl that he had refined.

"Old Living Buddha, please take a look at this?"

"This was crafted by you using the power of the sun within your own body!"

The old Living Buddha Xuan Yu saw through the true nature of the Supreme Yang Pearl at a glance. The method and materials for refining this thing are simple, but the only rare thing is that the refiner must have the Great Sun Holy Body!

"Old Living Buddha, this place is called the Supreme Yang Pearl. Female cultivators of the Joyful Union Sect can use this to replenish their Yin energy by absorbing Yang energy. I refined this item to help female cultivators abstain from the evil practice of absorbing the essence of male cultivators!"

Cao Meng introduced the effects of the Supreme Yang Pearl, and incidentally fabricated an original intention for himself to beautify his persona! That's right, his original intention in refining the Supreme Yang Pearl was definitely not to earn spirit stones.

I did it for the sake of the female cultivators of the Joyful Union Sect, to teach them to abandon evil and embrace good!

Unable to speak, Duanmu Fei rolled her eyes at Cao Meng: "You unfilial disciple, you never thought about the female disciples of the Hehuan Sect. You just wanted to earn spirit stones!"
Upon hearing Cao Meng's words, the Venerable Living Buddha Xuan Yu immediately retorted with a question:
"Since your purpose is to teach the female disciples of the Joyful Union Sect to do good, why is the Supreme Yang Pearl being charged with spirit stones?"

When the old Living Buddha Xuan Yu had his divine sense over the Hehuan Sect, he happened to discover that the Hehuan Sect's canteen was selling the Supreme Yang Pearl.

"Of course it's for their own good!"

Cao Meng insisted that it was for the good of the female cultivators of the Hehuan Sect, and then explained:

"When they run out of spirit stones, they will work hard to earn them, thus spending their time on work and having no time to do evil!"

Cao Meng wondered how he hadn't noticed this before; he realized he was indeed a good person.

Even after joining the Hehuan Sect, she couldn't shake off her kind nature and was always thinking of ways to persuade the female cultivators of the Hehuan Sect to abandon evil and do good!

A female cultivator from the Hehuan Sect: Shameless Cao traitor! You just want to empty our storage rings and make us work for you.

"Young friend, is that truly what you think?"

Although Cao Meng's words made some sense, the old Living Buddha Xuan Yu didn't quite believe them!

The Buddha said: "The scriptures should not be lightly transmitted!"

"And so is my Supreme Yang Pearl!"

When Cao Meng saw that the old Living Buddha Xuan Yu was questioning his character, he immediately started arguing with him, even bringing up a classic quote from a TV series from his hometown.

"The scriptures should not be easily passed on?"

The old Living Buddha Xuanyu muttered something, then questioned Cao Meng:
"Who was it that said this?"

The Venerable Living Buddha Xuan Yu felt that this statement did not quite align with the theories of their Wanfo Temple!

The idea that scriptures should not be easily passed on and that they should be used to save all living beings are somewhat contradictory, so he suspected that Cao Meng was making things up!
"Shakyamuni Buddha!"

This line was spoken by Buddha Shakyamuni to the group of four in Cao Meng's hometown novel, Journey to the West.

This saying was eventually turned into "Buddha saves the Yuan people" by the monks in his hometown!

"Shakyamuni Buddha???"

The old Living Buddha Xuan Yu had never heard of this Buddha, but he muttered it to himself a few times. Using his own Buddhist teachings as a guide, he vaguely saw a golden Buddha with its hands forming a mudra.

So, this Buddha really does exist in the celestial realm!
"Young friend, the Buddha saves all sentient beings and all beings are equal. Why then should the scriptures not be lightly transmitted?"

The old Living Buddha Xuan Yu believed Cao Meng's words for a moment, but he didn't quite understand why the scriptures couldn't be passed on lightly!

“The scriptures should not be transmitted lightly, not because the Buddha wanted many treasures, but because the Buddha wanted to use them to warn sentient beings that what is easily obtained is easily given away.”

Cao Meng was furious when this was mentioned.

Those fat, big-eared bastards back home misinterpret the meaning of scriptures as something that should not be easily passed on, and spend their days fooling fools to make a fortune, and even talk about physical blessings and cleansing sins.

To explain this clearly, Cao Meng decided to give the Venerable Xuan Yu an example:
"For example, the monks in the Eastern Region Daozhou today do not study Buddhist scriptures because they are readily available to them. Instead, they focus on martial arts techniques and do not delve into Buddhist teachings."

These monks, besides not knowing how to save sentient beings and relieve suffering, are all they know how to do is cheat, deceive, and prey on sentient beings!
They are using the name of Buddhism to prey on and oppress the people.

Cao Meng suspected that the temples in the Eastern Region Daozhou were opened by time travelers from his hometown, because they were identical to the temples in his hometown.

P.S.: This chapter is purely fictional and has absolutely no hidden meaning!

Yu's condition is related to the old Living Buddha's constitution!

(End of this chapter)