Chengxin has been extremely intelligent since he was a child. He was literate at the age of three and could debate scriptures and Dharma with his uncles at the age of seven. His understanding of Buddhist scriptures often amazed eminent monks who had practiced Buddhism for many years.
When he was twelve years old, the elders in the temple used a spiritual root stone to test his spiritual roots. The light that shone on the spiritual stone was pure and clear, and it was an extremely pure single spiritual root with the earth attribute. He was born with Buddha bones and a god-given spiritual root. The entire Pure Land Zen Temple knew that the child picked up by the abbot was a genius not seen in a century.
Less than a hundred years later, Chengxin cultivated to Golden Core Peak.
A Zen heart is as clear as a mirror and is known as Heavenly South Domain the most promising Buddhist practice to break through Nascent Soul. Nascent Soul is the pinnacle of monks in this continent and the supreme existence that all living beings look up to.
However, this practice is ultimately a castle in the air.
He is extremely talented, but he has never set foot in the rolling world of mortals at the foot of the mountain. From a baby to Golden Core Peak, his life trajectory has never left the radius of Pure Land Chan Temple for hundreds of miles. State of Mind is like white paper, pure and flawless, but it can be broken at the touch of a touch.
At the threshold of attacking Nascent Soul, he failed many times. The most serious one was when Heart Devil backfired and his level dropped to Golden Core Middle Stage. It took more than ten years of hard work to recover.
The old abbot saw all this.
He knew that what his apprentice lacked was not cultivation, but the fireworks of the world.
That day, he took out a simple jade pendant and banned Chengxin's cultivation level to the Foundation Establishment Realm, leaving only backup tools to unblock it in critical moments.
"Go down the mountain, the limit is thirty years." The old abbot hung the jade pendant around Chengxin's neck, "Go and see the joys and sorrows of all living beings, and experience the joys and sorrows you have never experienced before."
Chengxin went down the mountain alone, took off his cassock, put on a coarse monk's robe, and transformed into the most ordinary wandering monk.
He helped farmers plow their fields, searched for a woman's lost child, rescued a lonely old man from a liar, and was stabbed in the back by his most trusted companion.
He has participated in the monks' treasure hunt in the secret realm, and has seen the greed and brilliance of human nature. His eyes have changed from the initial clarity to deep and peaceful, and the innocence of not knowing the world has gradually settled into the compassion of seeing the world.
The past few years of walking in the world have been richer than the hundreds of years he has practiced.
The turning point of fate began with a seemingly ordinary visit to a secret place.
According to the information, it was the legacy of a Golden Core monk. Chengxin entered together with a group of Rogue Cultivator, and after many tests, they finally found the treasure at the core, which turned out to be a Mid-Grade Spirit Artifact bracelet.
The bracelet is made of ten dark brown beads. Each bead is made from a small piece of skull that has been corroded and polished. There are dark lines on the surface, faintly exuding a chill that makes people palpitate.
In order to compete for the bracelet, everyone instantly turned against each other and started fighting.
At this moment, the true appearance of the secret realm was revealed. This was not the cave abode of any Golden Core monk at all, but the burial place of a Nascent Soul Peak Devil Cultivator thousands of years ago.
A cold remnant soul was awakened by the fighting Blood Qi, and slowly overflowed from the bracelet, with endless malice, ready to seize the bodies of those present and return to the world.
At the critical moment, Chengxin no longer held back. He pulled off the jade pendant around his neck, forcibly unlocked the cultivation seal, and used the power of Golden Core Peak to protect everyone and fight against the terrifying demon soul.
He tried his best to send everyone out of the cave that was about to collapse, but finally chose to stay alone, closed cave abode, and used his own cultivation to suppress the Devil Artifact bracelet that was about to revive.
When the dust and smoke cleared, he discovered that there was still a person hiding in the corner of the cave.
A forgotten girl.
The girl was wearing a shabby gray cloth dress, huddled in the cracks of the stone wall, looking at him with frightened and frightened eyes. He had exhausted all his cultivation and was as weak as a mortal, leaving only a trace of consciousness to resist the erosion of the evil spirit on the bracelet.
The girl did not leave, she stayed regardless of the danger.
Three years, three whole years.
There were only two of them in the dark cave.
She found clean water and wild fruits for him, and while he was fighting against the evil spirit, he told her stories from the Buddhist scriptures. From the time when the Buddha cut his flesh and fed it to the eagles to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, he vowed not to become a Buddha until hell was empty. He spoke very slowly, and his voice bounced off the cave wall and turned into a vague echo. She listened attentively, and occasionally asked him some questions that he had never thought of.
Two hearts, quietly approaching in desperation and silence.
Finally, the evil spirit on the bracelet was suppressed to the lowest point, leaving only the last remaining soul of the ancient Devil Cultivator that could not cause harm. Chengxin realized that his State of Mind had never been more perfect in this mortal love. Zen heart is not to escape from the world, but to be reborn after entering the world.
He understands.
It was time to return to the temple and break through the Nascent Soul natural chasm that had troubled him for so long.
The two of them walked out of the secret realm hand in hand and saw the light of day again.
But what greeted them was not sunshine.
News leaked that he had obtained the "treasure" Mid-Grade Spirit Artifact, which attracted countless people to covet it. This was an object that could be used as a treasure to protect the clan.
Chengxin explained earnestly that this was Devil Artifact, and he needed to take it back to the temple for purification and destruction. But in the eyes of everyone, that was just an excuse to monopolize the treasure, and no one believed him.
The siege began.
He didn't want to cause more killings, so he had to run away with the girl. Unfortunately, the girl's cultivation level was too low. He not only had to avoid ambushes from various sects, but also had to take care of the girl.
On the mountain road from the exit of the secret realm to Pure Land Chan Temple, he remembered the location of every ambush.
There were Rogue Cultivator alliance who set up an ambush at the ferry, there were sect disciples who set up traps in the valley, and there were bounty hunters who sneaked into the ruined temple where they were hiding at night. He escaped with the girl again and again, with more and more wounds on his body, and his spiritual power became weaker and weaker, but he never tried to fight back and always focused on escaping.
His escape even gave the pursuers the illusion that the monk in front of him had only this level of cultivation. Could he have obtained the Spirit Artifact with just a little more effort?
Among them were the young sect leader Yang Battle Sect, Golden Core Early Stage, and two elders Golden Core Middle Stage, who dared to follow Chengxin closely, always fighting at the forefront of the pursuit.
The subsequent attack was more violent than before, and Chengxin began to be injured, but he always protected the girl.
Just wait a little longer. When we get to Pure Land Chan Temple, Master will believe me and be willing to help me explain.
Until that day.
Chengxin had already seen the towering spire of Pure Land Chan Temple from a distance. Just when he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, a poisonous flying sword bypassed all his defenses and pierced his heart from behind.
Chengxin Before he could turn around in time, the spiritual barrier had been exhausted in the previous wheel battle, and the speed of the sword was too fast.
The girl blocked behind him without hesitation.
Warm blood splashed on the monk's robe on his back.
The poison was too strong, and the girl's face turned livid at an extremely fast speed. She couldn't even utter the last complete sentence, and could only choke out a few vague words, like gibbering.
"Quick... go... don't..."