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

Chapter 174 What a scumbag! He lied to both the scumbag and the snow woman! (Seeking monthly tickets and recommendations!)

"Buddha said: Don't say it!"

The old Living Buddha did not tell Cao Meng the grade of the prayer beads he was holding. In fact, apart from the spiritual value of the prayer beads themselves, the most important thing was their significance.

The last time the old Living Buddha gave away prayer beads was when his disciple, Living Buddha Mingguang, succeeded to the position of Buddha of Wanfo Temple.

Now that the old Living Buddha has given his prayer beads to Cao Meng, one can imagine how significant that gesture is!

Living Buddha Mingguang: 凸(艹皿艹), it took me more than a thousand years to get my master's personal prayer beads from him.

Cao Meng, how long has it taken you to get a string of your master's hand-held prayer beads!

You're awesome!
Although the old Living Buddha was unwilling to disclose the rank, Cao Meng knew this was a valuable item, so he bowed and said:
“Venerable Living Buddha, although I am not a Buddhist practitioner, I do have some insights into the Dharma!”

Seeing that Cao Meng had insights into Buddhism and its principles, the old Living Buddha raised his hand, indicating that he should speak freely.

“Old Living Buddha, the Buddha never asked sentient beings to build temples with golden statues for him, nor did he ever ask sentient beings to offer incense and sacrifices to him!”
The Buddha sought to cultivate great compassion, wisdom, enlightenment, and awakening in all sentient beings; he sought for them to perform good deeds, accumulate merit, escape the sea of ​​suffering, and attain ultimate bliss!

"Buddha doesn't need a golden body or clay sculpture; having Buddha in your heart is enough!"

"Everyone has Buddha in their hearts; there is no need to burn incense or worship Buddha, for Buddha is within themselves!"

Cao Meng knew that the old Living Buddha had devoted his life to Buddhism, so he decided to give him some reminders!
The Buddhist community in Cao Meng's hometown went to extremes. The Buddha seeks happiness for all beings, not to make them suffer even more in order to make offerings to the Buddha when they are already in misery!
"Young friend, your Buddhist nature is profound. I will certainly keep your words in mind and use them to admonish my disciples!"

The old Living Buddha bowed to Cao Meng with his hands clasped together, and then said:

"Young friend, after this old monk finishes his inspection of the Buddhist temples in the Eastern Region Dao Continent, before leaving the Eastern Region Dao Continent, this old monk will make a trip to the Corpse Yin Sect to try to resolve the grievances between you and the Corpse Yin Sect!"

After the old Living Buddha finished speaking, he immediately broke through the void and left to inspect the other temples in the Eastern Region of Daozhou!
After the old Living Buddha left, Cao Meng burned incense and worshipped Buddha for half an hour.

Fearing that the old Living Buddha might not have gone far, he decided to put on a show for now.

Now that half an hour has passed, Cao Meng felt that the time was right and it was time to get to work.

"The Snow Banner of Ten Thousand Souls!"

Cao Meng retrieved the Ten Thousand Souls Snow Banner, released Xue Nai and her three hundred Snow Maidens, and gave the following instructions:
"Xue Nai, dig up Hongfu Mountain three feet deep and take all the good stuff for me."

If these bald monks dare to resist, kill them without mercy!

Although the old Living Buddha took away the resources of Jinfo Temple, Cao Meng did not believe that not a single hair was left behind.

As a top-tier sect, even a single hair from the Golden Buddha Temple represents a significant amount of resources!

There are no more Golden Core cultivators at Hongfo Mountain now; the strongest among them is only half a step into the Golden Core stage.

Cao Meng's three hundred Snow Maidens, even the weakest of whom are comparable to the Golden Core stage, are determined to turn Hongfu Mountain upside down today!
"Don't worry, Master, Xue Nai will definitely lead her sisters to dig this place up to the bone!"

Yuki-onna, the leader of the Yuki-onna, led three hundred Yuki-onna and bowed to Cao Meng, making a promise.

Yukina and the other snow maidens glanced at the group of Zen Master Shi Hua, whose cultivation had been crippled, and their eyes revealed greed.

After swallowing, Xue Nai whispered to Cao Meng:
"Master, we haven't eaten blood food in a long time!"

Since Cao Meng brought Xue Nai and the others out of the secret realm, he has not fed them.

They haven't given us a single human, let alone a demon beast.

Therefore, they had some opinions about Cao Meng, their master, and that's why they complained.

Before Cao Meng could answer Xue Nai, the system went online:

"Ding! Based on the host's situation, a reward selection is issued: Option 1, Release the tiger back to the mountain, refuse to feed the Snow Maiden with blood, and release the evil monk. Reward: One random low-grade sixth-tier Buddhist artifact!"
Option Two: Show compassion and feed the hungry Snow Maiden. Reward: A mid-grade sixth-tier spirit artifact, the Netherworld Compass! (An essential artifact for tomb exploration and burial site location!)

Cao Meng was speechless at the two task options and rewards offered by the system.

It's inappropriate for a demonic cultivator like him, who's supposed to be saving the world from suffering, to use a Buddhist artifact!

As for the sixth-grade mid-level Netherworld Compass, it is also an unpopular magic weapon. It cannot attack or defend, and its abilities are similar to those of the Feng Shui Compass!

Cao Meng strongly suspected that this Netherworld Compass was part of the same series as the Netherworld Shovel that Tongzi had given him before.

The compass is used for positioning, and the shovel is used for drilling!
What does this system want with all these things? Is it trying to incite me to dig up people's ancestral graves?

"Chief, I choose option two!"

"Ding! Congratulations, host, for obtaining a mid-grade sixth-tier spiritual artifact—the Netherworld Compass!"

Cao Meng hesitated for a moment before finally choosing option two.

Cao Meng addressed Xue Nai, the leader of the Snow Maidens:
"Xue Nai, although I said back in the Longevity Sword Sect's secret realm that if you followed me, I would kill and set fires, and you would drink blood and eat flesh."

"But this is a sacred Buddhist site, so we should embrace compassion!"

Before Cao Meng could finish speaking, Xue Nai and the other snow maidens became unhappy.

He's a liar, a scumbag, and even the Snow Woman is a liar.

What promises did you make when you wanted to get us sisters?
You scumbag! You promised us sisters we'd have enough to eat back then.

Now that they've gotten us sisters, they've broken their promises!
That's men for you!
Cao Meng noticed that Xue Nai and the other snow maidens were unhappy, and he was speechless. He hadn't even finished speaking, so why were these snow maidens in such a hurry?

"Xue Nai, they have lost their cultivation and are suffering from the backlash of losing their cultivation. You should help them transcend this suffering. It would be an act of compassion and good deeds!"

Cao Meng felt that he was not bloodthirsty, but merely acting out of compassion.

"Thank you, Master!"

When Yukina and the other three hundred Yuki-onna heard that they could eat and that there would be flesh and blood to eat, their previous displeasure vanished instantly.

Upon seeing that the Snow Maidens had surrounded them and were treating them as food, Zen Master Shi Hua shouted at Cao Meng:

"Cao Meng, even the Living Buddha didn't harm us. If you allow the Snow Maiden to slaughter us, you will be disobeying the Living Buddha's decree!"

He, Zen Master Shi Hua, a dignified ancestor in the Integration Stage, never expected to be eaten by some Snow Maidens with the strength of the Golden Core Stage.

If he still possessed his current strength, he could crush these Golden Core stage Snow Maidens with a single act of pressure.

It's a pity that he's now a tiger fallen into the plains, bullied by dogs, and a dragon stranded in a shallow pond, mocked by shrimp!

Cao Meng was pleased with Zen Master Shi Hua's pleading for mercy, but he disliked Zen Master Shi Hua's attitude of pleading!
“Master Shi Hua, it is the nature of the Snow Wraiths to devour blood and food!”
If they don't eat you, they'll eat other people.

"In ancient times, there were stories of the Buddha cutting off his own flesh to feed eagles and sacrificing himself to feed tigers. You are all Buddhist disciples, so follow the Buddha's example and feed them with your own flesh and blood!"

Cao Meng felt that the Buddhist disciples nowadays were no good. The Buddha cut off his own flesh to feed the eagle and sacrificed himself to feed the tiger, while he was just letting Zen Master Shi Hua and the others serve as food for the Snow Maiden. Was it really necessary to have such a big opinion?
Listen to this, is this even human language?

Serving as food for the Yuki-onna (snow women) will kill people!
"Cao Meng, the old Living Buddha has already expelled us from Buddhism. There's no need for us to sacrifice ourselves to feed these demons!"

Shi Kong then spoke up in debate. Although his cultivation had been crippled, he had no intention of becoming food for the Snow Maiden.

(End of this chapter)