Divine Wind Kingdom, Floating Cloud Temple.
The temple had been built atop sheer cliffs and precipices. Below the cliffs lay jagged reefs and crashing waves, making the place look exceptionally perilous.
Within Floating Cloud Temple, Jiumoluoye and Prince Ajabao were receiving a distinguished guest. The visitor was a monk from the Great Xiye Kingdom and claimed to be Dragon-Elephant Sage Buddha's "junior fellow disciple."
Jiumoluoye and his disciple were deeply puzzled by this claim. Everyone knew that Dragon-Elephant Sage Buddha's master was Vajra Wisdom Mahasattva, a renowned eminent monk of the Great Xiye Kingdom. All knew that Vajra Wisdom Mahasattva was the abbot of Great Snow Mountain Great Wheel Temple in the western lands. Vajra Wisdom had inherited Ai Hui Lianhuasheng's teachings, a lineage passed down to a single successor; they had never heard of him having any other disciples.
As for this supposed junior fellow disciple of Dragon-Elephant Sage Buddha, his Dharma name was Red Leaf Zen Master. Hearing his introduction, Jiumoluoye and Prince Ajabao exchanged glances, both feeling that Red Leaf Zen Master was talking utter nonsense.
Even so, the two had to admit that Red Leaf Zen Master's Buddhist cultivation ran profoundly deep. He had forged his Primordial Spirit, and his magical power and cultivation surpassed both of theirs. He was a manifested-divinity powerhouse who had attained the "Heavenly Principle True Heart."
Once they learned this, both were immensely shocked.
Haikong Zhizang was hailed overseas as a "Holy Bodhisattva," yet his cultivation and magical power were only at this level. Was the Western Regions truly such a paradise of Buddhism, overflowing with talent, that a master comparable to Haikong Zhizang could emerge anywhere, anytime, without a sound?
"Hahahahaha..."
Red Leaf Zen Master laughed.
"You two need not find it strange. Back then, I, Red Leaf, committed a