"Daoist cultivators cultivated immortality and their arts. Once they fell to demonic corruption, there was no saving them. But the Buddhist Sect cultivated the heart. How could one of its monks fall so easily?"
"During his time under demonic corruption, he addressed the Demon Sealing Seal's flaws. Yet his demonic nature also drove him to commit countless killings, inflicting devastating losses on the Cultivation World."
"That was how he came to be called Evil Heart Sinful Buddha. According to the records, Daoist and Buddhist cultivators besieged him in wave after wave during the battle that year. In the end, they killed him with tears in their eyes."
Bai Rufeng spoke at length. As he recounted the man's past, the wariness in his eyes grew ever more pronounced.
"Killed him? If that's true, then this so-called Master Jiekong... could someone else be impersonating him?" Yun Wuxia asked, puzzled.
Bai Rufeng shook his head at once. "No. That man's mastery of Buddha's Law was profound. He must be an eminent monk of the Buddhist Sect. He had no reason to impersonate Master Jiekong from all those years ago."
"Given Master Jiekong's strength back then, it's possible he escaped despite being gravely wounded."
Yun Wuxia continued, "But even if he did, according to you, Martial Brother, Master Jiekong had already fallen to demonic corruption."
"Yet the Master Jiekong we saw today was wreathed in sacred Buddha light. Although Demonic Qi emanated from him while he was delivering Lin Qiao'er from evil, it soon vanished."
"Besides, if he hadn't intervened at the critical moment, the Demon Sealing Seal's Array Eye on Ascension Mountain would certainly have been destroyed. That act alone says something about his character."
Her delicate brows knitted together as she spoke, her heart filling with still more questions.
Bai Rufeng's gaze