Biu—Boom!
Watching the Biyou Palace Sword Talisman bloom overhead, Guang Chengzi and the other two exchanged bewildered looks, unable to understand what Meng Chen was trying to do.
It would have been one thing for Meng Chen to suppress Daoist Duobao, but he had actually taken the Biyou Palace Sword Talisman from Daoist Duobao's inner world and released it.
Intercepting Teaching had three thousand disciples. With just the few of them, could they possibly stand against the Disciples of Intercepting Teaching? They felt that Meng Chen had become a little too full of himself.
Yet Daoist Duobao's reaction confused Guang Chengzi and the other two even more.
The moment the sword talisman exploded, Daoist Duobao felt not joy, but terror and resentment. Even when he had been suppressed, he had not been this frightened.
"Meng Chen, what is the meaning of this? You are the Eldest Senior Brother of the Chan Sect, and I am the Eldest Senior Brother of Intercepting Teaching. Our statuses are equal. Why would you use such despicable means to humiliate me?"
Daoist Duobao was nearly driven to the brink. He let out furious roars, like a beast howling and raging in misery.
Meng Chen looked at the enraged Daoist Duobao with a calm expression and said unhurriedly:
"Fellow Daoist Duobao, I am not trying to humiliate you. I merely want you to savor life's bitterness and sweetness, to gain wisdom. If you feel humiliated, that only means your cultivation is lacking. I had you kneel facing the Three Pure Ones Palace so that you could kneel before the three masters. Could it be that, in your eyes, kneeling before the three masters is a humiliation?"
After saying this, he took the initiative to kneel toward the Three Pure Ones Palace and kowtowed three times. Seeing this, Guang Chengzi and the other two cleverly followed suit and bowed down as well.
Daoist Duobao's eyes nearly spat fire. Were the bows of Meng Chen and the other three the same as his kneeling? He had been forced to kneel beneath Meng Chen's suppression, while Meng Chen and the others had voluntarily paid respects to the Three Pure Ones. The circumstances were entirely different.
After Meng Chen finished bowing, he rose again and began instructing Daoist Duobao. "Look, fellow Daoist. The four of us bowed toward the Three Pure Ones Palace without feeling the slightest humiliation. If you do not believe me, ask Junior Brother Guang Chengzi. Junior Brother Guang Chengzi, did you feel humiliated just now?"
Guang Chengzi answered solemnly, "In reply to Eldest Senior Brother, paying respects to the three masters is the duty of us disciples. When we bowed just now, our hearts were filled with reverence and admiration. How could there have been any sense of humiliation?"
Chijingzi and Yu Ding Zhenren nodded in agreement as well. They knew that following Meng Chen's line of thought was the right move.
Hearing this, Daoist Duobao's anger intensified, and a cold sneer appeared on his face.
Meng Chen, however, looked toward the horizon. He sensed several familiar auras drawing near.
Seeing that Meng Chen did not speak, Guang Chengzi persuaded him, "Fellow Daoist Duobao, you need to be more rational. If I were you, I would deeply reflect on my actions and admit my mistake to Eldest Senior Brother."
"Admit my mistake?"
Daoist Duobao reacted as if he had heard the greatest joke in the world. He snorted. "A true man stands between heaven and earth—how can he casually admit fault to others? Today, I lost to Meng Chen because my strength was inferior. But if you want me to admit wrongdoing, you are dreaming."
"Fine, fine, fine! Duobao, since you refuse to heed my sincere advice, then keep on losing! No matter how you cultivate, you will never be a match for Eldest Senior Brother."
Seeing Daoist Duobao act so irrationally, Guang Chengzi shook his head in disappointment.
For the sake of Three Teachings as One Family, he had originally intended to give Daoist Duobao a chance to escape. Who would have thought that Daoist Duobao would refuse to appreciate it?
At that moment, six streaks of azure light descended at once, transforming into six figures. They were not Disciples of Intercepting Teaching, but Grand Master Lingbao, Manjusri, Heavenly Lord of Broad Law, Puxian Zhenren, Cihang Daoren, Yu Ding Zhenren, and Daoxing Tianzun.
They had seen the first Biyou Palace Sword Talisman long ago, but they had been too far away. In addition, they had needed to gather companions, so they arrived a moment late. They had originally come to lend Guang Chengzi a hand, but who would have expected that before they even arrived, the Disciples of Intercepting Teaching had already been dealt with?
Yu Shuixian! Pilu Xian! Jin Guangxian! Ling Ya Xian! Daoist Duobao!
Looking at the group of suppressed Disciples of Intercepting Teaching, the six were all greatly shocked. Daoist Duobao in particular—never in their wildest dreams had they imagined that there would come a day when even he would be suppressed by the Chan Sect.
"Why have you not greeted Eldest Senior Brother?! Eldest Senior Brother has already mastered all the Primordial Nine Seals. Suppressing Daoist Duobao is as easy as turning his hand. He is destined to lead us in making the Chan Sect flourish!"
Seeing Grand Master Lingbao and the others standing there in a daze without paying respects to Meng Chen, Guang Chengzi was deeply dissatisfied.
Hearing this, Grand Master Lingbao and the others snapped out of their daze. They all stepped before Meng Chen and saluted him. "Greetings, Eldest Senior Brother."
Meng Chen nodded. "No need for formalities, junior brothers. Intercepting Teaching has bullied our Chan Sect far too much in the past. Today, your senior brother will seek justice for you."
He intended to use the Disciples of Intercepting Teaching to win the hearts of those in the Chan Sect. If the Chan Sect was not united, then even if the problem of Intercepting Teaching was resolved, the Chan Sect would still have no future.
The Primordial Wilderness was far from peaceful. Not to mention that no one knew where Devil Ancestor Luo Hou was hiding, ready to counterattack the Primordial Wilderness at any moment, the Western Church was even less to be underestimated.
People said that Buddhism had been weak before the Investiture of the Gods War, but Meng Chen did not believe it.
When Wutian descended, seventeen ancient Buddhas suddenly emerged from Buddhism—Ancient Buddha Ran Deng, Dragon Light Ancient Buddha, Shariputra King Buddha, World Sovereign Buddha, Namo Gatling Ancient Buddha...
For all anyone knew, Buddhism had been frantically drawing people to the west during the Witch-Demon Tribulation. After all, the west was not within the Kalpa. It was entirely possible that great cultivators seeking to avoid the Kalpa had flocked to the west to establish Daoist Temples.
Therefore, the hearts of the Chan Sect could not scatter. Once they did, it would be hard to bring them back together.
Hearing Meng Chen say this, the many Chan Sect disciples felt a warm current rise within their hearts. The Disciples of Intercepting Teaching had Daoist Duobao to protect them, and they had their Eldest Senior Brother to protect them.
After the Chan Sect disciples gathered, the Disciples of Intercepting Teaching finally arrived late, appearing in the sky.
The first to arrive was Curly Head Immortal. Seeing Yu Shuixian being humiliated, he flew into a rage and attacked the Chan Sect disciples without a second thought.
But how could Curly Head Immortal possibly be Meng Chen's match? Meng Chen slapped down with his massive hand, smashing Curly Head Immortal deep into the earth and even blasting out subterranean fire and molten lava.
"Chan Sect brats, how dare you!"
It had to be said that Intercepting Teaching was exceptionally skilled at rescuing Grandfather one at a time.
Meng Chen had only just suppressed Curly Head Immortal when Wuyun Xian arrived. Wuyun Xian had barely let out a roar before following in Curly Head Immortal's footsteps.
Whenever Meng Chen suppressed someone, he took the Biyou Palace Sword Talisman from their body and fired it into the sky.
Long-Eared Dingguang Immortal, Luo Xuan, Lü Yue, Holy Mother Turtle Spirit, Holy Mother Jinling... They came one after another to Pointing Heaven Peak. Yet none of them could withstand even a single move. Every last one was suppressed by Meng Chen on the spot.
Thus, an extraordinary sight appeared atop Pointing Heaven Peak: a group of Disciples of Intercepting Teaching knelt on the ground facing the Three Pure Ones Palace, cursing Meng Chen viciously with an endless stream of filthy insults.
Meng Chen remained unmoved. He continued releasing Biyou Palace Sword Talismans to lure over the Disciples of Intercepting Teaching. He refused to believe that those True Immortals of Intercepting Teaching could remain seated.
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