Xie Shan knew that Nun Xinru had taken the Seven-Treasure Golden Banner and the Bodhi-Leaf Spirit Talisman, and that Master Fentuo had tried several times to recover them without success.
But he still could not believe that Nun Xinru would deliberately kill Xie Ying, extract her soul, and force the Red Flower Princess into her empty body.
He believed that an enlightened nun of the Buddhist Sect should never be capable of such deeds!
He had cultivated Buddhism for a thousand years, yet failed through successive lifetimes. His temperament had something to do with that. The ill-fated ties he had accumulated in the past, and the burden his two daughters placed upon him, also had their roots in his temperament.
He asked Master Youtan to help draw Xie Lin out of the Delusion Realm, while he went to find Nun Xinru himself, demand Xie Ying's primordial spirit, and ask her to her face just what she intended to do!
Leaving Mount Wuyi, Xie Shan flew straight to Mount Jiuhua at top speed.
Nun Xinru had chosen Mount Jiuhua as her seat of cultivation, likening her own great vow to that of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. She had also gathered many experts of the Buddhist Sect to compile the "Heart-Ru Bodhisattva Original Vow Sutra," intending to spread it throughout the world. Since moving here, she had frequently used her powers to create miracles.
She had extensively transformed Mount Jiuhua, even transplanting peaks from overseas and grafting them among its mountains.
She had fashioned nine peaks in all, each shaped like a lotus, then used her arts to make the spiritual energy produce a sea of clouds that covered a thousand miles and concealed the mountains. Finally, she had brought forth Buddha light atop each summit.
Seen from below, a hazy halo shimmered over