Disruption

There are not many great cultivators who refine their bodies in the Three Realms; apart from the Demon Race, there are only a handful of human cultivators.

The Daoist Ran Deng was old and had been beaten to the point of near death by Nezha. His body was too weak to be used as material and was not a sacrifice for the Evil Pool.

The true offering was the Buddha's son.

"The sect leader said that Uncle-Master Ran Deng only needed to lie in the Evil Pool and borrow my Qi and Blood to guide his body to recover. I was skeptical at the time, but after testing, I found that it was indeed true!"

The Buddha's disciple murmured softly.

This spiritual spring was indeed beneficial to Daoist Ran Deng's injuries, but the greater benefit lay in the Eight Treasures Merit Pool.

The Buddha's disciple experienced the early effects of the spiritual spring. Only after becoming immersed in it did he realize that his mind was numb and that although his body was healthy and strong, he could not move at all.

"Whatever cultivator is thrown into this evil pool, the Eight Treasures Merit Pool may give birth to a cultivator body of that race!"

The experiences of the Buddha's disciple over the past hundred years echoed repeatedly in his mind, and after careful consideration, the Buddha's disciple also came to a genuine guess.

"The Master of the Zhunti Sect was injured by this Daoist priest. He may very well have changed his body in the Eight Treasures Merit Pool," said the Buddha's disciple.

"I didn't attack that badly; at most, I injured him. He can recover from his injuries by using his Spiritual Qi!"

Divine Lord Zhenyuan was originally just watching the show, but when he heard the Buddha's son mention that he had damaged the physical body of the Zhunti Master, causing the Zhunti Master to need to cultivate a new physical body, he waved his hands repeatedly, indicating that he did not have such great power.

"Right now, he's the only one in Lingshan who needs a new body. The sect leader wouldn't give the Buddha Son Shigong a new body just to kill me!"

The Buddha's disciple lowered his head slightly.

He looked at his palm; centuries of arduous practice had allowed him to break through the final barrier.

Aside from the two leaders, the Western Sect revered his power, and the Buddha's disciple found it hard to believe that he was the one who had been abandoned.

He believed that the cult leader would only choose to use him as a pawn if he were in crisis; otherwise, there could be no other reason.

Divine Lord Zhenyuan's denial left the Buddha's disciple completely baffled.

If there is pressure from the Immortal Court and the Heavenly Court, and the injuries of the Zhunti Master need to be healed quickly, it doesn't have to be this urgent. After all, his individual strength is quite good. Standing at the forefront, he is an insurmountable obstacle for many cultivators. When properly coordinated, his power is extremely high.

"Is the Master Zhunti Pool?"

Zhang Xuezhou didn't go to the front mountain to check the situation, but the information provided by the Buddha's disciple made him feel a bit down.

In Dong Zhongshu's demonstration, the water in the pool contained a scorpion demon, and there Zhunti the cult leader's physical body.

This can also be deduced from the opposite perspective: if the person in the pond is the Zhunti Master, then it means that Zhang Xuezhou went to the wrong lotus pond.

"It should be!"

This is giving me a huge headache!

The Buddha's disciple made another guess, which gave Zhang Xuezhou a headache.

He came here to cause trouble, and if this disruption can't stop the arrival of Houtu Niangniang, then all his efforts will have been in vain.

"What, do you think there's someone else in the Eight Treasures Merit Pool right now?" Divine Lord Zhenyuan asked in a low voice.

"Although I'd really like to confirm, I'm already here, so it doesn't matter whether it's true or not!"

Zhang Xuezhou looked at the evil pool, shook the bell in his hand, and pulled the stopper from the bell that released the poisonous sand. The pitch-black poisonous sand immediately sprayed out towards the spring water.

Zhang Xuezhou didn't care whether the person in the Eight Treasures Merit Pool was the Goddess Houtu, the Master Zhunti, or anyone else trying to take advantage; he simply added something to the spring water.

If Laojun's poisonous sand has insufficient effect, he can then use the Stone Transformation Technique to cut off the spring water and divert it to other areas, thereby eliminating the possibility of Houtu Niangniang reshaping herself in the Eight Treasures Merit Pool.

"That's true. We were ordered by the Immortal Court to disrupt Mount Ling. Whatever happens, the Immortal Court will bear the consequences!"

Poisonous sand swirled everywhere, Divine Lord Zhenyuan couldn't help but sweep it away a few times with his sleeve.

The Buddha's disciple standing to the side had a fluctuating expression, but remained silent and made no move to stop it.

If this had happened before, the Buddha thought he would have righteously rebuked them and driven Zhang Xuezhou and the others away as much as possible, but he no longer had that thought.

"Uncle-Master? Uncle-Master? How are you?"

The Buddha's disciple picked up the white-bodied Dipankara, feeling that Dipankara's soul was still in his body, but Body Control was far more difficult than for him, and he had not yet been able to animate his body to speak.

"Please bear with it, I'll massage your uterus to clear the blood!"

The Buddha's disciple whispered, and as he pressed and rubbed his fingers on the body of the Daoist Ran Deng, he felt that the Daoist Ran Deng's skin was more delicate than that of an infant. Before he even began to exert his power to invigorate the blood, a piece of skin on the Daoist Ran Deng's body had already been rubbed off.

He could sustain his body through his physical training, something that Daoist Ran Deng clearly couldn't do.

The other person's body doesn't just turn white from being soaked; rather, their muscles, bones, and skin begin to dissolve until they completely disappear from this evil pool, then transform into the energy of the person being shaped in the Eight Treasures Merit Pool, or into a part of their body structure.

Of course, the Daoist Ran Deng was more like an extra to make the Buddha's disciples willingly fall into the evil pool.

"You've been bullied to this extent, aren't you going to fight back?"

Zhang Xuezhou manipulated the bell to spray poisonous sand repeatedly, then glanced at the Daoist Ran Deng, sensing that the other party had likely been soaking for several days.

Zhang Xuezhou's physical body was controlled by Donghua at the time, and he barely survived for fifteen days, even gaining some benefits. Randeng Daoren, on the other hand, did not have such a fate.

Given the physical strength of the Daoist Ran Deng, Zhang Xuezhou felt that this was not far from death.

His suggestion left the Buddha disciple silent, and he did not respond to Zhang Xuezhou's inflammatory words.

"There's a saying in our area, 'Are kings and nobles born with a special destiny?' This saying became a consensus, and it even enabled Liu Bang, who lacked royal blood, to establish the Great Han Dynasty!"

"Um!"

"Now that the Immortal Court and Kunlun are attacking Mount Ling, if the Zhunti Sect Leader is trapped in the Eight Treasures Merit Pool and unable to successfully reshape his body, Sect Master Jieyin cannot hold on alone, this will be a great opportunity," Zhang Xuezhou said. "Now that you are a Buddhist disciple, as long as you overthrow the two sect leaders, you can become the Buddha yourself. Who knows, you might even be able to make peace with the Immortal Court and Heavenly Court, thus stopping the endless slaughter. This would be a blessing for all living beings!"

"This..."

The Buddha's disciple initially intended to ignore Zhang Xuezhou's instigation, but after repeated reflection, he realized that what Zhang Xuezhou said made sense.

When a sect becomes too corrupt, it needs to be overthrown.

If the idea that "nobles and high-ranking officials are born with special privileges" is a consensus, then their becoming Buddhas or ancestors would not be considered rebellious, they would not bear the infamy of a long time, and they would not find it difficult to gain a foothold in the Three Realms.

He already harbored anger, which was now unconsciously drawn out by Zhang Xuezhou, giving him a rare urge to overthrow the Western Sect.

"Dongfang Shuo's disruption tactics are truly professional!"

Divine Lord Zhenyuan watched Zhang Xuezhou poisoning Buddha's disciples and bewitching them, and felt that Zhang Xuezhou was a complete menace when he started causing trouble.

It would be one thing if they were just faking a fight with the Buddha Son Shigong and others, but to drag the Buddha into this mess means that both major factions within the Western Sect are showing signs of defection.

It's one thing if the two leaders forcefully suppress everything, but if they become weak or even defeated in the conflict, one side of the Western Sect will rebel, and the other side will scatter like monkeys when the tree falls.