The seventh day after Bone-Scraping Blade's death.
Lianshan Xin successfully invested He Miaojun as the Kuang Mountain Mountain God.
The moment the ceremony concluded, Kuang Mountain's summit blazed with light, auspicious mists rising in a thousand layers. The sighing pines washed the ears, and a Buddha's image floated in the sky.
These celestial phenomena shook everyone within and beyond Kuang Mountain.
Maitreya was also attending the ceremony. At the sight, he lost his composure again. "Lianshan Xin, did you see that? A Buddha's image floating in the sky! Your mother really does have ties to the Buddhist Order." Lianshan Xin saw it.
Then he admonished his son. "Your eyes are going with age."
Maitreya laughed in exasperation. "What's the point of deceiving yourself?"
Lianshan Xin explained, "My mother has believed in Buddhism since childhood. Now that she's become a god, it's perfectly normal for her to bear Buddhist marks. Don't make such a fuss." No sooner had he spoken than a sacred Daoist hall appeared above Kuang Mountain, with statues of the Three Pure Ones enshrined inside.
Maitreya grew excited again. "Cultivating both Buddhism and Daoism! The Venerable Mother practiced Dual Cultivation! Lianshan Xin, what do you have to say now?"
Lianshan Xin thought for a moment and continued explaining, "My mother just mastered the Land-Pacifying Divine Incantation, one of the Daoist Order's Eight Great Divine Incantations. Naturally, she has the protection of the Three Pure Ones. She does cultivate both Daoism and Buddhism."
Maitreya pointed at Lianshan Xin, utterly speechless.
Chi had never seen anyone so willfully blind.
Elsewhere, Lianshan Jingcheng and Qi Shiyun watched He Miaojun, who had suddenly acquired a touch of divinity. Their eyes shone, and their breathing quickened. Lin Ruoshui could understand Lianshan Jingcheng's reaction perfectly well. Food and sex were human nature. They were