Bei Yuan said, "Naturally... Fenghuang's conception of the Six Paths Order either drew on the teachings in these scriptures as reference, or someone discussed this Dao with her, and it happened to align with what she had been thinking all along, thus setting this matter in motion. But she had no interest whatsoever in Buddhist scriptures themselves. Of that, I am deeply certain."
If anyone understood Fenghuang best, then apart from Minghe, it was probably Bei Yuan.
What he said had to be right.
This was strange...
Qin Yi had once found it very surprising that Buddhism existed in this world. In his own world, Buddhism had been a foreign religion. This other world bore a striking resemblance to ancient China in its customs and scenery, yet there was no Third Brother. How Buddhism had come into being here had been quite a puzzling matter.
Later, after seeing more monks, Tantric Buddhism, and all the rest, he gradually stopped dwelling on it. After all, this world could independently give birth to Daoism, and Daoism even had different schools. It was not impossible for Buddhism to arise independently as well.
The three thousand Great Daos were nothing more than this. Who said they had to belong exclusively to Earth?
As his knowledge and experience deepened, Qin Yi had begun to feel that Buddhism in this world had likely originated because of Fenghuang and been spread far and wide by Bei Yuan. That was why he had previously felt that Fenghuang might be the Buddha, or perhaps Bei Yuan was the Buddha. Either possibility made sense.
But Bei Yuan's words shook that judgment.
There had been Buddhism before them? Who had founded it? Who could have been more qualified than Fenghuang?
Liusu interjected, "In ancient times, all people were close to the