He saw right through him!
Ye Xuan did not feel embarrassed at all. Anyway, as long as he did not feel awkward, the awkward one would be the other person!
To Ye Xuan, face was something he could take or leave.
Ye Xuan said seriously, “Senior, do you want me to revive Gupu Temple?”
Liaokong nodded.
Ye Xuan looked at Liaokong, “Forgive my bluntness, senior, are you still alive?”
Liaokong shook his head with a smile, his smile filled with deep helplessness and a trace of unwillingness, “I have already perished, body and soul!”
Ye Xuan asked again, “Even after perishing, Abbot, you still cannot let go?”
Liaokong froze.
Ye Xuan clasped his hands and said earnestly, “Monks see the four elements as empty. Master, your name is Liaokong, given by your teacher, right? So, may I ask, Master, have you achieved emptiness?”
Liaokong clasped his hands tightly, remaining silent.
Ye Xuan continued, “Master, for today, Gupu Temple is already history. I do not know how Gupu Temple fell, I only know it is gone! Through the ages, tides rise and fall, flowers bloom and wither, this is the law of the universe. Master, why cling to it? Practicing Buddhism is about cultivating oneself, so Master, have you ever let go of the obsessions in your heart?”
Liaokong was silent for a moment, then said, “Young Master Ye, you just want to freeload on Gupu Temple’s inheritance, right?”
Straight to the point!
Ye Xuan chuckled lightly and admitted frankly, “Master, from the first moment I saw you, I never hid this intention. I can face my own heart directly, can you? Right now, regardless of my purpose, I ask you, are my words right or wrong?”
Liaokong sighed softly.
Ye Xuan added, “Though Master has become a monk, you have never truly let go of your obsessions. Even in death, you could not let everything fade into dust, instead leaving a wisp of your soul here! Master, this is obsession! Having obsession is not frightening, what is frightening is not daring to face it! The purpose of Buddhist practice is to see the truest ‘self’. People’s biggest problem is often not seeing themselves clearly, and Master, you cannot face your inner obsession. To put it severely, this is no longer obsession, but demonic possession!”
Demonic possession!
Hearing this, Liaokong shook his head with a smile, “Young Master Ye, I must admit, what you say makes sense! However…”
At this, he changed tack, “Gupu Temple has been passed down for millions of years. In my generation, a catastrophe befell the temple, forcing our inheritance to break! Our temple has a million volumes of scriptures, most of them the painstaking works of generations of eminent monks. Without inheritance, all this effort will be lost, vanishing into history. I want Gupu Temple’s legacy to continue, for our Buddhist teachings to keep enlightening sentient beings… If this is obsession, so what if it is?”
With that, he clasped his hands, “If this obsession leads me to hell, I have no complaints or regrets!”
Ye Xuan fell silent. This master was not easy to fool!
The Little Tower chuckled, “Little Master, he’s not that easy to trick!”
Ye Xuan smiled, “Master, I founded an academy. In my academy, we lack a Buddhist institute. If you do not mind, I can place your million volumes of Gupu Temple scriptures in my academy, and select someone to inherit your temple’s teachings, letting him promote them there!”
Liaokong hesitated, then said, “An academy?”
Ye Xuan nodded.
Liaokong looked at Ye Xuan, “Benefactor Ye, how large is this academy?”
Ye Xuan waved his sleeve, no longer concealing his aura!
Liaokong froze, “This… Outer Order?”
Ye Xuan nodded, “Guanxuan Academy now rules countless universes, large and small, and will rule even more in the future.”
Liaokong clasped his hands and bowed deeply, quite shocked, “This old monk was blind!”
Outer Order!
It must be said, at this moment, Liaokong was utterly astonished!
This flashy Young Master Ye turned out to be a rebel.
Ye Xuan smiled, “Master, if Gupu Temple’s teachings are truly excellent, I will include them in Guanxuan Academy’s library, in a separate category, and find a talented person to promote Buddhism! Of course, if they are just average, I will not take them!”
Liaokong smiled slightly, “Young Master Ye, wait a moment!”
With that, he turned, chanted scriptures silently, and soon a huge vortex appeared before him. Inside the vortex were countless scriptures, along with countless Dao Crystals!
Ye Xuan scanned it. These Dao Crystals numbered at least two billion!
Quite a lot!
Not to mention, there were also various divine artifacts from Gupu Temple. If sold, they would fetch plenty of Dao Crystals!
Liaokong turned to Ye Xuan, “Young Master Ye, from now on, everything in Gupu Temple is yours!”
Ye Xuan was silent for a moment, then said, “After I return, I will establish a Buddhist institute and find a successor for your teachings!”
Liaokong smiled, “Young Master Ye, actually, you are truly suited to practice Buddhism. Will you not consider it?”
Ye Xuan smiled, “Master, I am a worldly man!”
Liaokong sighed inwardly, thinking it a pity.
It must be said, he truly fancied Ye Xuan. This kid was quick-witted, and most importantly, incredibly strong!
If he inherited Gupu Temple’s legacy, he could surely make it flourish!
What a shame!
By now, Ye Xuan had collected everything from the vortex!
Liaokong snapped back and said, “Young Master Ye, this is a karmic tie!”
Ye Xuan was slightly puzzled, then asked, “Is there trouble?”
Liaokong nodded, looking at the one-armed woman in the distance, his expression complex.
Ye Xuan turned to look at the cloth-skirted woman, “Was Gupu Temple’s destruction related to this woman?”
Liaokong nodded, “Yes!”
He sighed softly.
At that moment, the monk beside them suddenly clasped his hands, “Abbot, I am sorry!”
Liaokong glanced at the monk, his expression complex, “It was destined to be Gupu Temple’s calamity!”
He looked at Ye Xuan, “Young Master Ye, this woman’s background is not simple. If you truly take Gupu Temple’s inheritance, great disaster will follow. Think carefully!”
Ye Xuan smiled, “No problem!”
Liaokong looked deeply at Ye Xuan, then nodded, “Take care, Young Master Ye!”
Ye Xuan was curious, “Can you tell me why Gupu Temple was massacred?”
Liaokong glanced at the monk beside him, “Back then, he came to Gupu Temple to become a monk, and we agreed! But we never expected it would bring catastrophe!”
He looked at the one-armed woman in the distance, “She is from the Upper Heaven Realm!”
Ye Xuan frowned, “Upper Heaven Realm?”
Liaokong looked at Ye Xuan, astonished, “You have not heard of it?”
Ye Xuan nodded, “Never heard of it!”
Liaokong’s expression turned strange, “Young Master Ye, with your status and strength, it is impossible not to have heard of the Upper Heaven Realm!”
Ye Xuan smiled, “How does it compare to the Taichu Clan?”
Liaokong said gravely, “I have heard of the Taichu Clan, but I do not know their exact strength!”
Ye Xuan asked again, “What about the Past Sect?”
Liaokong was slightly taken aback, then said, “Has the Past Sect appeared?”
Ye Xuan nodded.
Liaokong said gravely, “The Past Sect is powerful, and our temple’s records say it is extremely complex, with terrifying forces behind it!”
He looked at Ye Xuan, “Young Master Ye, are you from the Past Sect?”
Ye Xuan shook his head.
Hearing this, Liaokong froze.
Ye Xuan smiled, “I am not from the Past Sect, but I have fought them a few times!”
Liaokong was stunned, “Fought them a few times?”
Ye Xuan nodded.
Liaokong’s expression turned strange!
Ye Xuan smiled, “What?”
Liaokong shook his head with a smile, “A bit unexpected!”
Ye Xuan smiled, “Senior, continue with your story!”
Liaokong glanced at the one-armed woman in the distance, “They were childhood sweethearts, deeply in love, but later…”
He shook his head, “Anyway, Zong Hua saw through the mortal world and came to become a monk! We never expected his worldly ties were not severed, so this Miss Chen Yan brought people here, conflict arose, and Gupu Temple was outmatched, leading to this!”
Beside them, the monk suddenly knelt slowly, clasped his hands, and silently chanted scriptures, as if repenting.
Liaokong sighed again.
Ye Xuan turned to the one-armed woman, who stared at him, “Do you think you are very good at fighting?”
Ye Xuan was slightly puzzled, then smiled, “What?”
The one-armed woman glared at Ye Xuan, “If you dare take on this karma today, in the future, your fate will be like Gupu Temple’s, your entire clan slaughtered!”
Ye Xuan thought for a moment, then said, “Entire clan?”
The one-armed woman stared at Ye Xuan, “Yes!”
Ye Xuan smiled slightly, “Miss, listen to my advice, do not let your family come trouble me. I am like you, just a second-generation. Why should second-generations make things hard for each other?”
The one-armed woman sneered, her smile laced with sarcasm!
Ye Xuan shook his head, then looked at Liaokong, “Master, I am leaving!”
Liaokong hesitated, then said, “Take care!”
Ye Xuan nodded and turned to leave.
Liaokong suddenly called, “Young Master Ye!”
Ye Xuan turned to look at Liaokong, “What?”
Liaokong stared at Ye Xuan, “Young Master Ye, can you really handle this karma?”
Ye Xuan thought for a moment, then said, “If I cannot, I will let my sister handle it!”
With that, he turned and left.
Sister handle it?
Liaokong froze.
After a moment, Liaokong clasped his hands and vanished from the scene.
The hall returned to silence.
At that moment, the one-armed woman outside the hall suddenly turned and left.
Inside the hall, the kneeling monk suddenly said, “Yan’er!”
The one-armed woman stopped.
The monk turned to look at the woman, “Are you still unwilling to stop?”
The one-armed woman’s face was icy, “Stop? How could I possibly stop?”
The monk looked at the one-armed woman, his expression filled with deep helplessness, “After so many years! What more do you want from me?”
The one-armed woman roared, “Why will you not forgive me? Back then, I cheated, that was wrong, but did I not already kill him? Why still not forgive me? And why become a monk? Why? Besides, setting facts aside, when I cheated, do you not have any fault?”
At the distant doorway, hearing this, Ye Xuan suddenly stopped. He turned to look at the one-armed woman.
At this moment, his mind was filled with one word: What the hell?
…At this moment, Ye Xuan’s worldview shattered!
What kind of maneuver was this?
In the distance, at the hall doorway, the one-armed woman glared at the monk, roaring hysterically, “I only made one mistake, why can you not forgive me? Why?”
Before the Buddha, the monk clasped his hands, deeply helpless, “Yan’er, I have already forgiven you!”
The one-armed woman bellowed, “Is that forgiveness? If you truly forgive, then leave the monastic life and come back with me!”
The monk shook his head, “I have sincerely turned to Buddha!”
The one-armed woman’s face gradually twisted, “Gupu Temple has already been destroyed…”
She pointed angrily at Ye Xuan beside her, “He will also die because of you, his clan exterminated!”
Ye Xuan: “…”
The monk sighed softly, “Yan’er, Young Master Ye is not ordinary, unlike Gupu Temple. He is no common person. Do not provoke him, or you will bring calamity!”
The one-armed woman’s face was icy, “Do you think my Upper Heaven Realm would fear him?”
The monk clasped his hands, utterly conflicted.
The one-armed woman stared at the monk, “Come with me, and I will spare him! Let him take Gupu Temple’s inheritance and continue its legacy! Otherwise…”
She pointed angrily at Ye Xuan, “I will kill him and wipe out his family!”
As soon as the words fell, a sword light slashed toward her!
The one-armed woman’s face changed drastically. She turned sharply, blocking with her left hand!
Rip!
Blood spurted, and her last hand flew off, blood spilling everywhere, gruesomely bloody!
Ye Xuan looked at the pale-faced woman, frowning, “Did I give you too much face?”
The woman glared at Ye Xuan. Though her arm was severed, she showed no fear, “You are very arrogant, huh?”
Ye Xuan shook his head, “I am nowhere near as arrogant as you, casually talking about killing and exterminating families!”
At that moment, the monk beside them suddenly said, “Yan’er, Young Master Ye is not ordinary. Do not oppose him, or you will drag down your Upper Clan!”
Ye Xuan glanced at the monk, silent.
Then, the woman suddenly snarled, “Him?”
With that, a talisman flew from her body!
She was calling for help!
Ye Xuan suddenly pointed two fingers.
Rip!
The talisman shattered, and at the same time, the Qingxuan Sword pierced her forehead!
Boom!
The woman froze in place, staring at Ye Xuan in shock, “You… you dare kill me…”
Ye Xuan frowned, “So, all along, you thought I would not dare kill you?”
The woman said in terror, “Do you not know the Upper Heaven Realm?”
Ye Xuan shook his head, “I do not! Did I not already say that?”
The woman glared at Ye Xuan, silent. She was stunned!
This person actually did not know the Upper Heaven Realm?
Where did this bumpkin come from?
Ye Xuan glanced at the two, shook his head, and turned to leave.
The woman’s soul grew fainter!
Then, she turned to the monk beside her, who clasped his hands, silent.
The woman looked at the monk and smiled miserably, “Back then, I was wrong. I should not have lusted after another and had relations with another man! But do you have no fault? If you had not been in seclusion so long, how could I have been with another man? If you had not ignored me, how could I have killed your whole family?”
The monk clasped his hands, silent.
In the distance, Ye Xuan could not help but turn back to look at the woman. At this moment, he felt this woman was truly terrifying!
Shaking his head, Ye Xuan left!
He had no interest in their love and hate!
Seeing Ye Xuan leave, the monk slowly raised his head, looking in the direction Ye Xuan went, clasping his hands, silent.
Then, the woman suddenly said, “Will you not even look at me?”
At this point, her soul was extremely faint. Without her obsession holding her, she would have vanished long ago.
The monk slowly closed his eyes!
Not looking, just not looking!
The woman’s gaze gradually turned venomous, and soon she vanished completely.
The monk clasped his hands, sighed softly, turned into the hall, knelt before the Buddha, and murmured, “What sin did I commit?”
The Buddha statue: “…”
…
After leaving the city, Ye Xuan’s lips curved up slightly. This time, the harvest was substantial!
Especially those scriptures, which had great research value. Besides, there were various cultivation methods and Buddhist divine abilities from Gupu Temple!
Establish a Buddhist institute!
But first, find a monk!
Seng Wu?
Ye Xuan thought it could work!
This monk was quite sensible!
At that moment, the sky above him trembled, and soon a huge vortex appeared overhead. From the vortex, a phantom stepped out. With each step, the sky rippled like a stone in water.
Earth Knowledge Realm!
It must be said, Earth Knowledge Realm experts were very powerful, able to shake heaven and earth with a gesture.
The phantom emerged, looking down at Ye Xuan, “Was it you who killed my Upper Clan’s member?”
Ye Xuan glanced at the phantom, “Not convinced?”
The phantom froze.
So arrogant?
Did he not look like an expert?
The phantom wanted to say more, but Ye Xuan’s mind stirred, and a strand of Human Sword Intent surged upward, tearing the sky apart at incredible speed. Before the phantom could react, the sword pierced its forehead!
Boom!
The phantom was erased instantly!
Ye Xuan withdrew his gaze, calm, “Weak!”
With that, he sat cross-legged and began studying those scriptures!
Practicing Buddhism cultivates the self. Many eminent monks’ writings were very useful!
Now, he needed to absorb the strengths of many schools and forge a new path!
After all, he was Outer Order. To advance, he had to create a new realm himself.
He was no longer within the Great Dao Pen owner’s Dao!
Creating a realm from nothing was impossible. He was learning now, then creating.
He also studied Buddhist divine abilities and martial arts, taking the best, but he did not practice them. He stuck to pure sword Dao.
Back to basics!
Sword cultivation!
Gupu Temple had powerful body cultivation methods, stronger than ancient bodies, but he still did not practice them!
The best defense is always offense!
His goal now was to be the purest sword cultivator!
Cultivation knows no time. Half a month passed in a flash, but in the Little Tower, one hundred and fifty years had gone by!
In these one hundred and fifty years, he read and cultivated daily!
Reading to see one’s nature!
To his surprise, the Little Tower was reading too… Over this time, the Little Tower read with him daily!
This was unexpected!
Of course, it was good!
Better for the Little Tower to have some culture. Otherwise, some of its remarks, especially metaphors, were shocking!
One day, Ye Xuan left the Little Tower. He glanced around. In the Little Tower, over a hundred years had passed. In these years, he read daily, not practicing sword techniques, and finished the over one million volumes of scriptures!
Buddhism emphasized karma, reincarnation, the afterlife.
He found it similar to the Great Dao Pen owner’s Dao, and discovered a new issue in his academy!
The academy’s future path!
Should he, like the Great Dao Pen owner, build a place like the Ruins Realm for people to reincarnate?
Without death, not only would population explode, but sentient beings would lose fear of death. Without fear of death, humanity would run rampant!
No fear of death anyway!
Thus, he felt the need for something like the Ruins Realm, allowing life to reincarnate!
Immortality!
Ye Xuan sighed inwardly!
Before cultivating, his goal was invincibility and immortality. Countless cultivators aimed for immortality!
Who did not want infinite life?
But now, he saw that if the whole universe was immortal, it would chaos!
He also understood why the Great Dao Pen owner set various tribulations at each realm. If cultivation was easy, everyone immortal, it would be terrifying.
Of course, he could not crush all hope. Cutting off paths would lead to rebellion! The best was like the Great Dao Pen owner: set difficulties, show hope, but make it hard to achieve!
Ye Xuan shook his head slightly. At this moment, he felt how hard it was to build a new order!
Of course, he never thought of giving up!
At that moment, the space-time above him split, and a middle-aged man stepped out!
Ye Xuan snapped back, glanced at the middle-aged man, “From the Upper Heaven Clan?”
The middle-aged man looked down at Ye Xuan, “Was Shang Yan killed by you?”
Ye Xuan nodded.
The middle-aged man’s eyes narrowed, “Have you heard of the Upper Heaven Realm’s Upper Clan?”
Ye Xuan shook his head.
The middle-aged man wanted to say more, but Ye Xuan suddenly said, “I do not like looking up at people, so come down?”
The middle-aged man chuckled, “Unfortunately, I like people looking up at me!”
Ye Xuan nodded slightly. Suddenly, a sword light shot out. The middle-aged man’s pupils shrank, and he punched, unleashing countless golden lights!
Boom!
The sky exploded!
The middle-aged man retreated tens of thousands of feet. When he stopped, his body shattered!
The middle-aged man looked at Ye Xuan in horror, “You…”
Ye Xuan smiled slightly, “Shang Yan was killed by me. If you are willing to hear why I killed her, I can take time to chat. If not… I will not force it!”
The middle-aged man looked at Ye Xuan, “I misjudged! Did not expect a powerful sword cultivator. No wonder you dared kill my Upper Clan’s member!”
Ye Xuan was silent.
The middle-aged man sneered, “If I am unwilling to listen, then what?”
Ye Xuan thought, then said inwardly, “Little Tower, if it were my dad, what would he do?”
The Little Tower was silent for a moment, then said, “If it were the master, by now, he would be slaughtering cities and clans in the Upper Heaven Realm!”
Ye Xuan frowned, “Is my dad that crazy?”
The Little Tower said calmly, “You think Yang the Mad is just a name? Back then, once your dad started killing, he was simply inhuman!”
Ye Xuan smiled, “Then what do you think I would do?”
The Little Tower was silent for a moment, then said, “I do not know. After all, Little Master, your tricks are more than the master’s, with many ways to show off. I cannot figure you out!”
Ye Xuan: “…”
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