The Same Person

Bodhi's Self-Nature is inherently pure;

Use only this mind, and directly attain Buddhahood.

What was called Bodhi was awakened wisdom, by which one transcended the ordinary and entered a realm beyond the mundane.

Having cultivated Buddhist martial arts, Liang Qu himself was fairly familiar with certain Buddhist terms.

Could this fruit really help the Old Monk break through to Martial Saint? He gave it a squeeze.

The entire blood fruit resembled a fish bladder filled with Blood Water, brimming with elasticity.

Seeing Liang Qu's confusion, the King of Yue explained, "Blood Bodhi is usually born from the passing of eminent monks of great virtue. To monks, it is a sacred treasure for comprehending the Great Dao, a supreme treasure of Buddhism.

"Long ago, an eminent monk must have passed away in Jianghuai. By some fortuitous chance, this was born and later collected by the Old Dragon Lord in the Dragon Palace."

Liang Qu suddenly realized.

When a whale fell, all things came to life.

When one's cultivation reached Grandmaster or Martial Saint, death would surely leave something behind.

Blood Bodhi was a Treasure Plant suited to Buddhism. By itself, it was utterly unremarkable, but if it encountered a particular reaction, it would become a catalyst.

Born from the passing of a monk of great virtue...

Could it have come from the same person?

Liang Qu mulled it over silently.

He thought of his own "Yogacara Method." This Dharma Gate had been dredged up from the Jiang Huai Great Marsh. A Buddhist statue carved from Netherwood Root had Completion of Consciousness-Only Treatise Conclusion enshrined within it. The statue was truly quite remarkable; every so often, he could snap off a piece of lotus leaf to give away as a gift.

Such precious materials, coupled with a supreme secret art, could never