An Unexpected Incident

Like the young master of Wushen Mountain, the Buddha Child is an outstanding genius in Buddhism.

This title carries immense weight.

The Lotus Sutra states. "Born from the Buddha's mouth, born from the Dharma, receiving a share of the Buddha's teachings, understanding the One Vehicle, and being worthy to continue the Buddha's lineage, one becomes Buddha Child."

The first part is an introduction, but the last sentence is "Kansaoji", which means being able to inherit the Buddha's seed.

The Buddha Child signifies that they will be able to, and certainly will, inherit the great work of the Tathagata in Awakening the World.

Now, Li Qi stared in astonishment at the Chan Master Kaiwen before him, who addressed him as Buddha Child.

Are you kidding me?

When did I Buddha Child?

And no wonder this guy is so handsome, he's not human!

He looked at Chan Master Kaiwen and found that he had become a strange being, half-human and half-fox.

It has a fox head, but even though it's an animal head, you can still see the foxy charm and handsomeness in its eyes and brows. Sure enough, a handsome guy is still handsome even if he turns into a fox.

White downy hairs also grew on his hands and neck, and hair should have started to grow inside his monk's robe as well. If Li Qi had to describe it, he would probably say that Fu Rui was a highly animalistic creature, only maintaining the characteristic of being able to walk upright.

Moreover, his four tails are particularly striking.

Fox Demon... no, Fox Immortal, and the kind that has converted to Buddhism. No wonder she's so flamboyant; there's a reason for everything.

After examining Chan Master Kaiwen's true form for a few seconds, Li Qi quickly waved his hand and then went to help Chan Master Kaiwen: "Zen Master, you have misunderstood. I am not a Buddha Child. If it weren't for your guidance with the World Honored One's verses, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to find the truth behind it."

This is absolutely true. At least half the credit for Li Qi's ability to transform the Buddha sculpture into demonic blood belongs to Chan Master Kaiwen.

He first told Li Qi that the Buddha sculpture originated from a drop of demonic blood spilled from the kapala blood bowl in Black Heaven's hand.

Inspired by this, Li Qi was able to see through the illusion of the Thirty-two Forms.

But at that time, Li Qi still had doubts and was not sure. He affirmed it with the verses of the World Honored One and gave Li Qi an enlightening idea, which finally allowed Li Qi to see through the deeper nature of the Buddha sculpture.

However, Li Qi knew that, according to Buddhist beliefs, this drop of blood was nothing more than something similar to the Thirty-two Forms.

This drop of demonic blood is not the essence, but merely a manifestation.

On the other side, Chan Master Kaiwen resolutely refused to get up. "Dakini Heaven said that only Buddha Child can see through the maze. This thing itself was created to select Buddha Child. Dakini Heaven sensed that a Buddha Child would be born in Baiyue, and specially ordered me to come and find him. It seems that you are the Buddha Child prophesied by Dakini Heaven!"

Li Qi touched his face, feeling both amused and exasperated.

"Master, you're joking. How could I, a person from Wushen Mountain, become Buddha Child? Please stop joking. It's just that you said you didn't understand this Buddha sculpture before, but now you're suddenly talking about it. What happened to the rule that monks don't lie?" Li Qi said helplessly.

He couldn't lift him up; Chan Master Kaiwen's cultivation was far superior to his, so Li Qi simply let go.

There's no way to beat them.

"I do not understand the true nature of this Buddha statue. This is not a lie. All I know is what Dakini Heaven said. She placed the Buddha statue here to guide a Buddha Child. If the Buddha Child wants to know more, he may come with me to the Western Regions to meet Dakini Heaven. Then all questions will be answered." Chan Master Kaiwen said excitedly, his forehead touching the ground.

Li Qi rolled his eyes.

Officer, if you do this, my teacher will rush up and bang on the door for Dakini Heaven.

However, it was not appropriate to be too direct, so Li Qi said to Chan Master Kaiwen, "Zen Master, I have already accepted the lineage of Wushen Mountain. There must be something wrong with the title of Buddha Child. Whoever the Buddha Child is, it can never be me."

Chan Master Kaiwen lay prostrate on the ground and said with great certainty, "Dakini Heaven is known as the 'Wisdom Dakini,' and her prophecy must have its reasons. Even if the Buddha Child are unwilling to acknowledge her now, there will be a day when they will have a great awakening."

Upon hearing this, Li Qi felt a chill run down his spine and touched his hair.

Fortunately, it's still very thick and hasn't changed.

He sighed, "Since the Zen master insists, I can't say anything more. Well then, farewell?"

Seeing that Li Qi was about to leave, Chan Master Kaiwen finally got up.

He looked at Li Qi and sighed, "It seems that the Buddha Child has not yet shed worldly desires and is unwilling to withdraw from this mortal world. Then Buddha Child accept this drop of demonic blood, and the future will tell."

"Thank you, that's perfect, I've also realized the usefulness of this thing." Li Qi nodded and did not refuse.

He came for this.

The demon blood purified by Black Heaven is no ordinary substance.

Then, in front of Chan Master Kaiwen, Li Qi placed a drop of the Five Aggregates Demonic Blood on his forehead.

Then, he clearly sensed that a 'flaw' had appeared in his 'Five Aggregates'.

The Five Aggregates Demon can interfere with the Five Aggregates, causing confusion in one's senses when observing them. According to Buddhism, the Five Aggregates are a reflection of the real world in the human mind, and the human mind can only observe the Five Aggregates, but cannot observe the real world.

Now that the Five Aggregates have been broken, Li Qi that drop of demonic blood to create a hole in his Five Aggregates.

Although, according to the Shaman, he did not possess the five aggregates and what he saw was the Real World, it cannot be denied that Buddhism does indeed have many supernatural Divine Ability that target the five aggregates.

It's hard to say who's right.

According to Buddhist teachings, after breaking through the five aggregates, Li Qi's mind will directly face the true world.

On the forehead, a flaw appeared in the five aggregates.

With a loud bang!

Li Qi felt as if a barrier had been torn open before his eyes!

He was overjoyed and awaited the arrival of the Real World. Li Qi felt that it was probably the secret of the Heavenly Eye!

Seeing through all illusions and appearances, breaking through all superficiality, and directly contacting the true world—if this isn't Heavenly Eye, then what is it?

Of course, it is the true world as seen by Buddhism, not the world as seen by Shaman Path. Shaman Path does not believe that this world is false, so there is a difference in their understanding of the essence of the world.

But it doesn't matter. What Li Qi wants right now is simply to make it "usable". He just wants something that can work temporarily, so that he can recognize the arrival of the Desire Realm before he figures out the answer to "what I am".

Li Qi looked forward to directly using his mind to sense 'reality' through the void above the five aggregates.

However, when he actually saw it, Li Qi was stunned and stood there dumbfounded.

A few days later—

On the carriages and horses prepared in the Lingxiao Kingdom.

This carriage and horses are typical of the Jade Road, but it is not the Jade Road of the Liesu; rather, it was made by the Sovereign of Lingxiao Kingdom himself.

In the Tang Kingdom, each city had its own Golden Platform), all of which were built with unified funding Human Path the imperial court. There were strict regulations on everything from technical standards to the scope of use, similar to standardized railway stations.

This is the embodiment of 'rules'; everything is within the framework of the rules.

But the Shaman Path doesn't care about this, so there is only one Liesu, enough for the Wushen Mountain's own use.

However, they do not prevent others from using the Jade Road, including magical Law Treasure based on the Jade Road technical route. There are no confidentiality restrictions, and they do not care if others learn it.

You can learn the Jade Road and the refining methods of the lower levels through any means, such as buying design blueprints, learning from a master, or picking them up from corpses by the roadside. You can learn them all.

Whether you stole, robbed, or bought it through legitimate means, Wushen Mountain doesn't care. You can use it or not, and if you have a good relationship with a master, he will even teach you directly.

In fact, the original Jade Road was leaked because the people who controlled it did not care about keeping it secret.

You can refine what you want yourself, put in the effort yourself, and reap the rewards yourself. There is no 'court' that requires everyone to build together. This is the difference between the Shaman Path and the way of Human Path in every aspect.

Differences in values.

As the Sovereign of Lingxiao Kingdom, a fifth-rank official of Baiyue Sovereign, he could not build a real Jade Road, but he could build a gold road below the Jade Road. However, for the sake of appearances, whether it was a gold road, an elephant road, a leather road, Wood Road, or a Chongdi, Yandi, Anche, or Nianche, he would always claim to be Jade Road.

Anyway, it definitely belongs to the 'Jade Road Series'.

Li Qi is currently seated among them, with the Sovereign of Lingxiao Kingdom sitting opposite him.

He had been on his way for a day, everything was ready, and they were on their way to the Tang Kingdom.

It will take them a few days to reach Tang Kingdom territory. Then they can find any Tang Kingdom city, go to the Golden Platform) to change carriages, and take the Golden Platform to Chang'an in a quarter of an hour. The Golden Platform is that convenient. However, it is not cheap.

If money is tight, or if the place isn't too far away, many people will choose to spend more time taking Earth Flow Chariot.

After all, if you don't have money for a plane ticket, you can only take the slow train, which is normal.

Therefore, they are still traveling within the Baiyue territory.

However, the Sovereign of Lingxiao Kingdom sitting opposite Li Qi looked at him with some worry on his face.

Ever since Li Qi returned from Fengde Temple, he has been looking dazed and silly, with empty eyes, just like a blind person.

Only blind people truly have 'no eyesight'. Even if a sighted person pretends to be blind, their eyes will subconsciously focus, and as long as they focus, they will have eyes.

Since a blind person's eyes are essentially useless, they naturally don't need to focus, and therefore cannot discern any expression or emotion in their eyes.

This is what Li Qi is like now.

Looking at Li Qi, the Sovereign of Lingxiao Kingdom felt a pang of regret. What exactly happened at Fengde Temple? Why had this young master seemed to have lost his soul ever since he returned that day?

He was still conscious and could respond to external stimuli, and could even speak, but it was clear to everyone that he was distracted.

The description "lost his soul" couldn't be more fitting; he seemed to have become a machine that could only react to external stimuli.

He can respond with "uh-huh" or "ah-huh," but he never speaks on his own initiative. He has no eye contact, and if no one moves him, he will stay in place, motionless as if his computer has crashed.

If Fengde Temple hadn't sent him back, he probably would have remained there in a daze.

To be honest, the Sovereign of Lingxiao Kingdom was terrified.

Could this young master have suffered some kind of mental damage? Has he become an idiot?

Wouldn't all her favors have been wasted? Would this young master still be able to fulfill his promise and get Liu Donghe to write a poem to clear her name?

Besides, his elders wouldn't blame her for the fact that the young master became an idiot, would they?

The Sovereign of Lingxiao Kingdom was not afraid that Wushen Mountain would blame him, because everyone knew how Wushen Mountain handled things.

High above, like the sun, it hangs quietly in the sky.

The influence of Wushen Mountain is like the sun, visible everywhere, spreading throughout the southwest of the world and even to the infinite world beyond. However, people can only feel the sunlight, but cannot personally touch the sun itself.

Without interfering in anything, Wushen Mountain maintains an absolutely neutral stance, neither good nor evil, and indifferent to order or chaos. It simply exists quietly, just like the world itself.

The world itself doesn't care about the people or things that exist within it; it simply exists as it is.

But she was terrified of Li Qi's teacher, that great shaman. If this young master was really stupid, it would be fine if the great shaman was reasonable, but she was afraid that he would be furious and could kill her with a single move. Where would she go to reason with him then?

Even Wushen Mountain won't care!

As mentioned before, Wushen Mountain does not interfere in anything. In fact, Wushen Mountain does not even develop any power. The great witches do their own things according to their own interests, and only a few major sects maintain some basic rules of Wushen Mountain.

Compared to a sect, Wushen Mountain is more like a club, except that the members of this club all share the same belief, which is the ultimate pursuit of the way of Shaman Path. Therefore, they have a particularly high degree of cohesion, but they are not connected with each other and have a very high degree of freedom.

It's a wonderful relationship, just like everything in nature.

Everything follows the same path, independent yet closely connected, linked by ecosystems, food chains, and so on. Yet, each individual is unrestrained, and neither death nor disappearance affects anything.

This is the organizational structure of Wushen Mountain, which is what the clansmen want to maintain.

However... despite her fear, she did not run away.

There were reasons why the Sovereign of Lingxiao Kingdom remained calm.

That was the protector of this young master of Wushen Mountain.

The fact that the young master's protector has not yet appeared indicates that the situation is still under control, or at least has not reached the point where the protector needs to intervene.

Therefore, the Sovereign of Lingxiao Kingdom did not panic, but remained calm, arranged everything for the trip, and set off for the Tang Kingdom on time.

Unfortunately, she had no clue about Li Qi's situation. She could only leave Li Qi in the car and watch helplessly as the previously quick-witted and composed young master sat there like a fool, practically drooling.

However, from Li Qi's perspective, everything was still in the back mountain of Fengde Temple on Zunfo Mountain.

However, he has gone blind.

I can't see anything, I can't see anything at all.

After the Five Aggregates were revealed, Li Qi thought he would be able to see something, but he found that the world after the Five Aggregates were revealed was pure nothingness, not even darkness.

No, it's not blindness.

He lost all his senses, yet miraculously retained them all.