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Beneath the bodhi tree, Bai Lian had been sitting quietly, silently chanting sutras. The instant the spiritual light flew in, she felt something stir within her, then heard the rustling of the verdant bodhi behind her.
This bodhi tree had been planted when the Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva moved from the Northern Wastes to Six Barbarian Mountains. Over several kalpas, it had remained within the scripture-preaching grounds, growing from a sapling into a towering tree with luxuriant branches and leaves, its dense shade blanketing the earth.
The Buddhist faith regarded plants and trees as "sentient beings without feeling," saying they possessed no consciousness, knew not the Eight Sufferings, felt neither joy nor anger. Thus, they did not enter reincarnation and could not be saved.
Yet since they were "sentient beings," they possessed vitality and qi channels, meeting the basic conditions for nurturing spirituality. In the Eastern cultivation world, there were quite a few plants and trees that had become spirits. For the Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva, turning such a great tree, gradually gaining spirituality, into a demon would take too much time. Its spirituality was about to be born but had not yet emerged, making it just right.
As far as Bai Lian knew, this bodhi tree was actually the Great Black Heavenly Buddha Mother Bodhisattva's record book for verifying the correctness or error of her cultivation, as well as deducing the survival or abolition of her system. Every root, trunk, branch, and leaf that had survived to this day contained the mysteries of the Black Heaven Cult's cultivation system. It was equivalent to a unique magical treasure the Great Black