A Friend Arrives from Afar, Excellent, Excellent

"Enlightened Zhi Buddhist Son, long time no see, are you also going to the Dao Sect?"

"Benefactor Wang Bian, this little monk is going to the Immortal Artifact Appreciation Conference to broaden his horizons."

The little monk and the Confucian scholar bowed to each other, obviously having known each other for a long time.

After hearing this, those strong men couldn't even muster the slightest desire for revenge. Even the onlookers on the flying boat unconsciously straightened their posture, not wanting to appear too casual in front of these two.

It is said that Enlightened Zhi Buddhist Son is the reincarnation of a Buddha. As soon as he was born, he transformed a Small Town into a Buddhist land. Even his parents prostrated themselves in worship and converted to the Buddhist Sect. This was something even he himself couldn't control. Mount Sumeru Old Buddha immediately rushed over after hearing this and accepted Enlightened Zhi as his closed-door disciple, officially designating him as a Buddhist Son.

It is precisely because he is the reincarnation of a Buddha that his cultivation speed is so fast. At the age of fourteen, he is already a Nascent Soul cultivator, breaking the record for the youngest Nascent Soul.

Jiang Li hadn't even transmigrated over at the age of fourteen.

The Confucian scholar Wang Bian is a Confucian Sect disciple. Although he is not old, he is already the national teacher of seven small countries. These seven small countries have also become countries of gentlemen because of Confucianism's doctrines of benevolence and righteousness, where doors are not locked at night and lost items are not pocketed.

Even Confucian scholars in the Spirit Transformation Stage have to ask him for advice on Confucianism.

"Is Enlightened Zhi Buddhist Son really the reincarnation of a Buddha?" Pure Heart Saintess asked curiously. She had heard the legends of Enlightened Zhi Buddhist Son and had also asked Mount Sumeru Old Buddha in person, but that old monk just smiled and smiled and smiled, without saying a word.

At least he usually used 'the Buddha says it cannot be said' to perfunctorily answer her!

If she could beat him, she would have pried open his mouth! Not just any member of the Buddhist Sect who goes to the Western Paradise can be called a Buddha. Only those with profound Buddhist teachings who have a Buddhist land in the Western Heaven of the Immortal Realm are qualified to be called Buddha.

Jiang Li's expression was strange: "Is that what you're concerned about?"

"What else should I be concerned about?" Pure Heart Saintess felt inexplicable.

"He might be your grandmaster."

"???"

"Your master, Qingyu Daoist, likes him, didn't you know?"

"???"

Seeing that Pure Heart Saintess couldn't accept this news for a while, Jiang Li seriously answered her question.

"I don't know, I'm not familiar with reincarnation."

Jiang Li really didn't understand reincarnation. He had lived for five hundred years and still hadn't figured out whether he had transmigrated or awakened his past life memories.

"However, Mount Sumeru Old Buddha said that Enlightened Zhi Buddhist Son's Buddhist nature is even better than his. He intends to let Enlightened Zhi Buddhist Son become a Human Emperor candidate and compete for the Human Emperor position."

"And regardless of whether he is the reincarnation of a Buddha or not, I can be sure that this little monk was an extremely powerful person in his previous life."

Jiang Li narrowed his eyes and looked at Enlightened Zhi Buddhist Son.

"What did you see?"

Pure Heart Saintess knew that Jiang Li was very knowledgeable about souls.

"A soul that doesn't match his age."

In Jiang Li's eyes, Enlightened Zhi Buddhist Son's soul was exceptionally strong and tenacious. Although it was still a Nascent Soul Stage soul, it had traces of thousands of tribulations, which was not something a fourteen-year-old monk should have.

Generally, when people are reincarnated, all traces of the soul disappear, and they cleanly become a new person. Jiang Li can't see who they were in their previous life either.

But Enlightened Zhi Buddhist Son's soul was so tenacious that even reincarnation couldn't erase the traces on it. It was only possible that he was too powerful in his previous life, thus affecting his current life.

As for whether I was a Buddha in my previous life, who knows.

"We're about to pass through the Bai Ze Imperial Dynasty, everyone be careful!"

The captain shouted loudly, telling the guards on the Flying Boat to stay alert.

Actually, Jiang Li understood that the captain usually said this to the guards, but now that there was a Buddhist Son and a Confucianism Sect disciple on the Flying Boat, it was clearly meant for them.

Before he finished speaking, a hawk's cry came from below the Flying Boat, sending chills down the passengers' spines.

The strongest guard on the Flying Boat was a cultivator at the peak of the Golden Core Stage. His hair stood on end when he heard the hawk's cry! A Nascent Soul Stage Eagle Demon!

Nascent Soul Stage cultivators couldn't fly, but bird-type demons were an exception! The guard cursed inwardly. Usually, only a few Foundation Establishment little eagles would come to cause trouble, or at most a Golden Core Eagle Demon. What was this, was this little monk too fragrant, attracting an old Eagle Demon monster? "The Bai Ze Imperial Dynasty's nickname as the Bandit Dynasty is truly well-deserved. I've opened my eyes today."

Even the Pure Heart Saintess, who rarely ventured into the mortal world, had heard of the Bai Ze Imperial Dynasty's nickname.

"There's no helping it, the Bai Ze Emperor has tried her best. It's already a feat that the country hasn't disintegrated. Who told her she was a mixed-blood Bai Ze, unable to suppress the Eight Great Feudal Kings?" Jiang Li was also helpless about the Bai Ze Imperial Dynasty's nickname.

The current Bai Ze Emperor was a mixed-blood of Bai Ze and Qilin, and her appearance was that of a Qilin, which was a joke to the Bai Ze Imperial Dynasty. Were they supposed to accept a Bai Ze Emperor with the appearance of a Qilin to rule them? "Demons only recognize bloodlines. If the bloodline isn't pure, they won't acknowledge this Bai Ze Emperor, and the Bai Ze Emperor can't use the national fortune."

Jiang Li had met the Bai Ze Emperor and thought the Qilin was quite handsome, not really understanding the demons' thinking.

"The Bai Ze Emperor is only at the Integration Stage, and the Eight Demon Kings are also at the Integration Stage. She's not like me, able to fight eight alone. The Eight Demon Kings don't submit to the Bai Ze Emperor, each carving out a piece of land, listening to orders and declarations entirely based on their mood."

"The Bai Ze Imperial Dynasty is composed of demons, so the order is the worst. Now that the Eight Kings are in a state of division, it's not surprising that it has become a den of bandits."

However, it was precisely because the demon order was chaotic that human cultivators often ran to the Bai Ze Imperial Dynasty to train, killing demons with peace of mind.

The Eagle Demon revealed its figure, its wings spanning nine zhang when spread, with a slight golden color on the edges, highlighting its noble bloodline. It swooped down towards the pile of Spirit Stones used as fuel.

This pile of Spirit Stones was more valuable than the Flying Boat itself!

The Enlightened Zhi Buddhist Son and the Confucian Wang Bian attacked at the same time, repelling the Eagle Demon. If the Eagle Demon couldn't fly, it would have been captured by the two of them long ago! "Eagle Benefactor, lay down your butcher knife and become a Buddha on the spot, please stop."

"Eagle Lord, arson, killing, and looting are not the actions of a gentleman."

The Eagle Demon turned a deaf ear to their persuasion, even wanting to spit.

The two sighed at the same time. Their conversion and edification were only useful for those below the Golden Core Stage, and useless for this Nascent Soul Eagle Demon.

The little monk took out the Buddhist Sect's treasure, the Brahma Heaven Pagoda, from his bosom and smashed it hard at the Eagle Demon.

This purple Brahma Heaven Pagoda was only the size of a palm, but it weighed as much as the sun and moon. The Eagle Demon was grazed by the edge and vomited blood, its wings unable to flap, falling straight to the ground.

Wang Bian threw out a calligraphy scroll with the word "Freeze" written on it. As soon as it touched the Eagle Demon, it couldn't move, obediently being led back to the Flying Boat by the scroll.

The Eagle Demon was dazed by this turn of events, and was captured before it could react.

"Constantly using force is not conducive to the state of mind." Wang Bian said with some embarrassment, causing the Eagle Demon to want to cry but have no tears. Then don't use force!

The Enlightened Zhi little monk was also embarrassed: "Yes, yes, but the other party doesn't listen to advice, what can we do?"

"Advise him again?"

"Okay."

So the two put the frozen Eagle Demon in front of them, one chanting scriptures on the left, and the other lecturing on benevolence on the right.

The Buddhist scriptures entered the left ear and went out the right, only to be blocked by the principles of benevolence and righteousness entering the right ear.

The Eagle Demon's mind was now filled with "The gentleman says Prajna Paramita" and "Having friends come from afar, how wonderful, how wonderful."

It was just regretful, extremely regretful.