Yuankong did not hesitate when he heard this. Golden Buddha Light shone from his body.
Although all orthodox Buddhist Sect cultivation produced golden light, it looked much the same to ordinary people.
But that was not the case in the eyes of the Buddhist Sect. Any genuine Buddhist cultivator could see the differences.
After all, Buddhist cultivators were cultivators too. Their Spiritual Roots still had to be distinguished; they could not all be lumped together.
The different Buddhist principles they cultivated also produced different kinds of golden light.
The differences in Buddhist cultivators' understanding of Buddhist principles, with their hearts truly reflected in their realms, could be discerned from the golden light spilling out.
At the very least, Wukong could distinguish Karma Buddha from a Mundane Buddha by golden light alone.
Karma Buddha's golden light formed a unified whole, its aura weighty, with the Buddhist Sect's Heart Sutra integrated into his cultivation.
Apart from sounding more confident when chanting "Amitabha Buddha."
A Mundane Buddha's golden light was merely Spiritual Power in a different skin. In Wukong's eyes, that did not count as a Buddha at all.
Naturally, the Buddhist Sect's ability to assimilate and advance cultivators was a top secret, known only to a handful of its most central figures.
As for exactly who knew, Wukong knew of only one person-Ru Nan.
The secrecy surrounding this was so strict that even Wukong, as the Buddhist Child, knew little about it.
He only knew that it demanded an enormous price and was extremely selective about candidates.
Over the past thousand years, who knew how many Mahayana cultivators had longed to come to the Buddhist Sect? Yet compared with those who came, pitifully few ultimately stayed.
Naturally, such restrictions were inevitable. Otherwise, the foremost Sect in the world back then would not