Longzang

Chapter 506 Body and Mind Connection

Suddenly, a glimmer of cyan-gold appeared in the clouds above the sky!

This time, the tribulation lightning actually concealed endless blades! It was similar to Wei Yuan's Golden Light Water Blade Technique, but its essence was many times superior.

This is the Golden Thunder Tribulation, a type of Dharma Aspect Tribulation, and it ranks quite high among them. Wei Yuan was greatly alarmed and was about to go over to see what he could do when suddenly the scenery before his eyes changed, and he was instantly teleported to the sea, a thousand feet away from the great formation.

Then, the yin and yang energies appeared, weaving a black and white cage around Wei Yuan. This cage did not restrict Wei Yuan's movements, but rather isolated his aura and fortune.

The girl Yin Yang then appeared beside Wei Yuan and conveyed a thought: You cannot approach.

Why? Wei Yuan felt both bewildered and incredulous. This was clearly his own mental world, yet it had been transported here.

As the second bolt of heavenly lightning struck, Zhang Sheng, wielding the Great Bright Demon-Subduing Sword, countered with a slash. This sword was of far superior quality to the original Great Bright Demon-Subduing Sword, but it was still only of the human rank. The sword light he unleashed only mitigated one percent of the tribulation lightning's power. Fortunately, most of the heavenly tribulation was absorbed by the remnant soul of the Netherworld Witch beside him.

The remaining golden divine lightning was still a hundred feet long, falling on Zhang Sheng like a waterfall. Countless invisible golden blades cut into her soul, leaving her covered in wounds in the blink of an eye.

Wei Yuan watched with his fingernails digging into his palms, but he was powerless to do anything. The Heavenly Tribulation is a life-or-death ordeal that every cultivator must face. Many cultivators, out of fear of the Heavenly Tribulation, only dare to take the step of manifesting their Dharma form on their deathbed.

After the Golden Lightning Tribulation ended, Zhang Sheng collapsed to the ground, barely alive.

But she struggled to her feet, and another immortal sword took shape. This sword was blazing and radiant, like a red sun, and was none other than the Immortal Sword Pseudo-Sun. However, the one in Zhang Sheng's hand was far superior to the original Pseudo-Sun, already possessing one-tenth of the Daoist essence of the Immortal Sword Great Sun.

The Yin-Yang Furnace Array slowly began to operate, repairing Zhang Sheng's primordial spirit. Zhang Sheng's gaze remained clear, but taking advantage of the third heavenly tribulation still brewing, she swiftly used her immortal sword to write words within the array:
Wei Yuan, my disciple:
If you see these words, it means that your master has perished in the Heavenly Tribulation. However, this was only due to insufficient preparation; the path of cultivation has already been traversed. As the ancients said, "If one hears the Dao in the morning, one can die content in the evening." Your master has no regrets in this journey. Now that your master is about to perish under the Heavenly Tribulation, I record this path of cultivation here so that you may learn from it in the future…”

Wei Yuan could see it clearly from afar, and he was extremely anxious. However, the girl's Yin-Yang reminder and the strange changes in the second heavenly tribulation made Wei Yuan vaguely realize that it was better for him not to go over there.

Zhang Sheng wrote his will out of desperation. The second heavenly tribulation was already so terrifying, and there were so many more to come. If the intensity continued to increase at this rate, he would never be able to overcome this tribulation, no matter what. Even in the Azure Heaven Palace, it wouldn't work.

Zhang Sheng was only halfway through writing his will when the third lightning strike occurred.

Unexpectedly, the intensity of the third tribulation lightning was several levels lower, almost on par with the first. This time, Zhang Sheng used both of his immortal swords simultaneously, each weakening the heavenly lightning by one percent, easily overcoming the challenge.

Then came the fourth and fifth lightning tribulations, both of which were about as powerful as the first.

Zhang Sheng now has three more immortal swords by his side, one made of lightning silk, the other of black silk and the other of white silk, each capable of blocking one percent of the power of the heavenly tribulation.

As expected, as long as Wei Yuan didn't get close, the heavenly tribulation was normal. Wei Yuan glanced at the tribulation clouds in the sky, which were still slowly gathering the sixth bolt of heavenly lightning. There were still a lot of things waiting to be dealt with outside, so Wei Yuan withdrew from the mundane world to handle the aftermath.

In this battle, the Witch Clan suffered another 350,000 casualties, while Qingming also lost 170,000, the vast majority of whom were civilians. The Witch Clan's greatest losses came from the collapse of morale and the subsequent pursuit, as well as from Wei Yuan's missile barrage. The pursuit alone resulted in 100,000 casualties.

The two consecutive victories against the Wu tribe, especially the scene where no one from the Wu tribe dared to fight when Wei Yuan challenged them in front of the battle lines, instantly ignited Qingming's morale.

Originally, Li Zhi's Zhenshan Army had encountered some trouble, with 10,000 of its 50,000 elite troops killed or wounded, and some were already clamoring to return. However, seeing Wei Yuan's bravery, these people fell silent. In addition, Li Zhi's timely rewards and generous compensation finally calmed the general's mind. At this time, Wei Yuan's prestige was at its zenith, unparalleled for a time. Taking advantage of this prestige, Wei Yuan once again mobilized the civilians, and then discussed matters with Feng Chutang for a full half day.

Dusk fell in the blink of an eye. Feng Chutang, wrapped in a fur coat and shrouded in karmic black energy, lay on a chair and said weakly, "The way of destiny should be like this, but there are too many variables involved, and no one can exhaust all the possibilities. Whether or not to do this is up to you."

Wei Yuan looked serious and hesitated before saying, "I'll think about it some more."

"Wait a minute." Feng Chutang called out to Wei Yuan, saying, "If Hongye keeps refusing your challenge, she'll just be waiting for you outside the Shattered Realm. You don't really have any good solutions."

Wei Yuan nodded and left silently.

He then went to the temporary residence of the two monks. The young monk was lying quietly on the bed, his eyes covered with white bandages. The Peacock Mother was chanting sutras beside him, and with her chanting, a sense of peace and compassion filled the room, and the heavy karma was being gradually dissolved.

Upon seeing that it was Wei Yuan who had arrived, the Peacock Buddha Mother rose to greet him and led him into the house.

Wei Yuan approached the young monk's bedside and saw that bloodstains had seeped through his bandages. He sighed inwardly and asked, "Is the young monk's injury serious? Does it still hurt?"

The little monk snorted at Wei Yuan's words, turned his head to the inner room, and ignored Wei Yuan.

The Peacock Mother said, "The physical body is nothing but a skin bag, which will be discarded when the Dharma form is realized. Pain is nothing but a delusion of the mind. If the mind is pure, one will not fear pain. My nephew only needs to rest for three days to recover, but to fight again, I'm afraid it will be seven days later."

Wei Yuan asked again, "Is it really alright to accumulate so much karma?"

Peacock Buddha Mother said, "How could it be alright? However, our Buddhist sect is most adept at dealing with karma. You, Benefactor Wei, possess Buddha-nature, should be well aware of this."

Wei Yuan originally wanted to stay a little longer, but the Peacock Buddha Mother started her teaching mode, constantly telling Wei Yuan about the wonders of joining the Great Treasure Flower Pure Land, especially the Great Joy King Buddha who had a supernatural power that no other Buddha possessed, called the power of body and mind.

To put it more specifically, the joy of body and mind is the joy of the body, which is the joy of the mind. Regardless of whether a woman or a man likes it or not, as long as one practices the Joyful Meditation with the King Buddha, one will wholeheartedly like the King Buddha.

Wei Yuan was immediately taken aback, never expecting such a domineering supernatural power. If this were a storybook, it would be enough to make him the main villain throughout the entire book.

Wei Yuan looked at the Peacock Buddha Mother with suspicion, not understanding why the Great Treasure Flower Pure Land, which clearly had a good reputation, would have a Dharma form like the Great Joy King Buddha. Moreover, this Dharma form seemed to have an extremely high status, and according to the Peacock Buddha Mother, it was comparable to the Great Sun Tathagata.

Peacock Buddha Mother guessed what Wei Yuan was thinking and said, "It is not what you think, benefactor. You will know the truth once you come to the Pure Land."

Wei Yuan immediately became wary and politely declined.

Before leaving, Wei Yuan sincerely thanked the two monks, who were the backbone of the army and whose role far exceeded the number of enemies they killed.

After leaving, Wei Yuan visited each of the cultivators from the Taichu Palace. There were simply too many powerful witches in this battle; even those like Sun Yu and Yu Zhizhuo, who weren't skilled in combat, had fought and returned severely wounded. Xu Henshui was the most seriously injured, but fortunately, he carried a life-saving pill with him. He took one before the battle, preserving his primordial spirit and sea of ​​consciousness, leaving no lasting harm.

(End of this chapter)