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Chapter 2086 The Four Realms of the Great Handprint
Jinmei killed Desang with the Dharma Wheel Seal, while Losang took the opportunity to slaughter all the other disciples with the Fearless Seal!

Losang had just released bursts of black mist, intending to shroud everyone in darkness before they could react!
Black mist filled the air, making it impossible to see one's own hand in front of one's face! While the monks were still in a daze, he seized the opportunity to unleash more than ten punches in a frenzy!
The energy surged like waves of blades, one wave pushing another!
In the blink of an eye, he blasted more than twenty fellow disciples to pieces, leaving no trace of their flesh and bones!
Jinmei sneered, "Now that the abbot is dead, all my fellow disciples are dead, and the Jokhang Temple has been destroyed by someone, even the children have completely disappeared without a trace. Do you think we'll be held accountable by the Garan Temple if we stay here?"

Losang gave a forced smile: "If you don't tell, and I don't tell, who will know that we killed the people here?"

Jinmei sneered, "You've already betrayed me once already. Who can guarantee you won't betray me a second time?"

Losang said sheepishly, "Wasn't I just angry? I won't do it again! Betraying you is the same as betraying myself! The Holy Venerable is extremely wise; he doesn't even need to think about it. If I were to inform on you, he would definitely suspect me! Under those circumstances, I only had two choices! Either become your accomplice and join in the slaughter of our fellow disciples, or stand with our fellow disciples and fight you to the death. There was absolutely no third option! To stand by and watch! Because the punishment for failing to help someone in distress is the same as the punishment for slaughtering our fellow disciples!"

That's the truth! If Losang had discovered Jinmei's massacre of his fellow disciples, with his combat power, he and his fellow disciples could have absolutely crushed Jinmei to the bone!

The reality is that all his fellow disciples died, but Jinmei is still alive and well!
This can only mean that Losang has betrayed us! Either he's an accomplice, deserving of death, or he stood by and did nothing, equally deserving of death! Therefore, if Losang were a smart person, he would never have gone to the Holy Venerable to inform on us!
Jinmei sneered, "You've finally shown some intelligence for once!"

Losang laughed and said, "I only made a fool of myself once, I'm usually very smart! So... how do we report back?"

Jinmei's eyes flashed: "Report back? Why do you need to report back? Haven't you ever considered betraying the Mahayana Maitreya Sect?"

Losang was taken aback, then his eyes flickered: "What did you say? You're not kidding me, are you? Betray the Mahayana Maitreya Sect? Your sudden change of heart means either... you've already found a better place to go, or... you were a spy sent by someone else all along!"

Jinmei sneered, "If I were a spy, why would I defect? ​​Wouldn't it be better to just stay hidden?"

Losang frowned: "So you've already found a new home? Don't think I'm underestimating you. The world is vast, but there aren't many who dare to accept a traitor from the Mahayana Maitreya Sect!"

Jinmei's gaze deepened: "Even if there aren't many, there are still some, aren't there?"

Losang frowned: "You already have a lead?"

Jinmei said, "That's right! I think the person I'm going to join is no less skilled than the Holy Venerable, and her location isn't too far from here..."

Losang's eyes lit up. "Are you talking about the Radiant Dharma King of the Great Radiant Temple?"

Jinmei's face was cold and sinister. "That's right! It's her! In terms of martial arts, the Bright Light Dharma King is also at the fifth level of the Glazed Realm, no weaker than the Holy Venerable! In terms of power, the Great Brightness has planted countless spies all over the world, and the Bright Light Dharma King has just unified the Demonic Sect. The power she controls can completely rival the Mahayana Maitreya Sect! Most importantly, the Bright Light Dharma King has already broken ties with the Holy Venerable! Imagine, if a master like me were to seek refuge with her, do you think she would take me in?"

Losang scoffed, "Nobody likes a traitor!"

Jinmei suddenly laughed: "It seems you don't understand the military strategy of the Central Plains! By recruiting and accepting defectors, you can weaken the opponent's strength while increasing your own. With the strength of both sides rising and falling, the chances of victory increase. Tell me, what reason does the King of Light have to refuse me?"

Losang snorted coldly and said, "It seems you don't understand the military strategy of the Central Plains either! Do you know what it means to raise a tiger to cause trouble? How could a smart person create a crisis for himself?"

Jinmei said, "Are you saying I will betray the Dharma King again?"

Losang sneered, "It's just the two of us here, what are you pretending for? You dare to betray the Holy Venerable, so you naturally dare to betray the Dharma King. Do you think the Dharma King would dare to spare you?"

Suddenly, a deep and clear voice rang out, “What is there for the Dharma King to be afraid of? Even knowing that he will inevitably betray us in the future, the Dharma King still dares to take him in! Because she has the confidence!”

Losang slowly turned his head and saw a white-robed monk walking slowly towards him!
"Where the hell did you come from?"

The White Lotus Venerable smiled broadly, but a murderous intent had already surfaced in his eyes. "This humble monk has always been here."

Jinmei frowned. "You...you've been here all this time?"

Venerable White Lotus said, "That's right! I've been here the whole time, and I've enjoyed all of your performances!"

A murderous glint flashed in Losang's eyes. "You... saw everything?"

Bai Lian raised an eyebrow. "So what? Do you want to silence me?"

Losang said in a sinister tone, "Is that not allowed?"

Bai Lian asked, "Do you have that ability?"

Losang sneered, "I have already reached the high level of the Great Seal of Tantra, how could I not be able to control you?"

Bai Lian snorted coldly and said, "High-level Tantric Great Handprint? How does it compare to the peak of the ninth realm of Taoism?"

Jinmei sized up Bai Lian, finding her vaguely familiar, yet he couldn't quite place her. He said solemnly, "Martial arts masters in the Central Plains almost universally categorize their combat strength according to the nine realms of Taoism. The highest realm is the Immaculate Glazed Realm, commonly known as the ninth realm, said to be powerful enough to capture dragons and control cranes, split mountains and sever rivers! And the Tantric Great Handprint, cultivated with the aid of magical artifacts, is far more powerful than you imagine!"

Bai Lian gave an "oh" and thought to herself: Could it be that this guy recognized me? Is he trying to get close to me?
He immediately asked, "How many levels are there in the Mahamudra of Tantric Buddhism?"

Jinmei's eyes flickered, and he thought to himself: It seems that he is already guessing whether I have recognized him. His question is clearly a test to see if what I just said about seeking refuge with the Great Bright Temple is true or false!
He immediately became serious and said, "The Great Seal of Tantra is divided into five levels. The first level is the entry level, which we will ignore. Therefore, in formal occasions, we divide it into four levels. The first level, which is the initial stage, is called the Blood Lotus Seal!"

"Oh? The Blood Lotus Seal? How powerful is it?"

"According to the descriptions in the ancient texts, those who master the Blood Lotus Seal can condense their palm wind into a blood mist, which can cause the bloodline of living beings within fifty feet to flow backward! Stepping into the seal, blood lotuses will grow with every step, and the petals are as sharp as knives that can sever iron armor!"

Bai Lian's pupils contracted. "Within fifty feet, blood flow reversed? That's powerful!"

Jinmei said, "This is just a description in the classics. In the past hundred years, although many masters of our Tantric sect have emerged, none of them have reached this level. Even the Holy Venerable can only barely shake a leaf fifty feet away with his fist wind, but cannot shatter it!"

Bai Lian was startled!
The Holy Venerable's fist wind could actually reach fifty feet away, truly worthy of being a Five Times Glazed Realm expert!

Unexpectedly, Jinmei then changed the subject, "The Holy Venerable also relied on the power of the magic artifact! Without the magic artifact, how could an ordinary person control things dozens of feet away? Fifty feet can make one's blood flow backward, don't you think that's nonsense?"

Losang said, "Jimei! You haven't left the Mahayana Maitreya sect yet!"

Jigmei said: "If you fart, let it go!"

Losang said ominously, "Now that you are a disciple of the Mahayana Maitreya sect, how can you reveal the Holy One's secrets?"

Jinmei sneered, "I solemnly declare that I have now left the Mahayana Maitreya Sect. What can you do to me?"

Losang clenched his fists, but dared not act rashly!

That white-robed monk was clearly hostile to the Holy Venerable One; otherwise, why would he be so concerned about the Holy Venerable One's privacy?
Unbeknownst to him, Jinmei had already formed a powerful ally. If he were to make a move, he would likely be in grave danger!
Seeing Losang's restrained expression, Jinmei was delighted. "I love it when you hate me so much, yet you're completely helpless!"

Bai Lian asked, "How powerful is the second level of the Great Handprint?" He wanted to find out the secret of the Great Handprint thoroughly, both to tell Feng Jiuxiao and to tell his master back home, to see if he could find any flaws in it!
Jinmei said, "The second level, which is the middle stage, is called the Karmic Fire Seal. Its combat power is such that the air spontaneously combusts wherever the palm strikes, and the blue flames cling to the bones and are difficult to extinguish! When the palms are clasped together, they can ignite heavenly fire, and within ten feet, a pillar of fire can split the earth! It is said that in the past, on the banks of the Yarlung Tsangpo River, the supreme master Bayan struck the river with a palm, and a hundred-meter section of the river boiled as if being boiled, and all the fish were reduced to charred bones!"

Bai Lian frowned and said, "It seems this is true!"

Jinmei said, "That's what the records say, but I don't know the truth! Maybe it's true, maybe it's just a hoax! In any case, if we treat it as a hoax strategically and as a hoax tactically, we won't suffer any losses!"

Bai Lian gave a thumbs up, "Well said!"

Losang asked, "Who are you?"

Bai Lian ignored him and continued to ask Jin Mei, "Then the power of high-level combatants must be even more astonishing?" "That's right! The high-level Great Handprint is also called the Void Seal! Its combat power manifests as the ability to tear space apart with palm winds, creating black cracks within thirty feet and sucking up metal and stone!"

"Tearing through space? That's truly terrifying!"

"The gravitational distortion at the hand seal can accelerate friendly arrows three times and make enemy blades stuck in mud!"

"So, if you help the Tibetan soldiers on the battlefield, wouldn't the strength of the Tibetan army increase several times over?"

"The scriptures! The scriptures! The scriptures record it! If I could truly tear through the void within thirty feet, accelerate friendly arrows several times over, and render enemy weapons immobile, wouldn't I have already become a Buddha!"

"If the high-level realm is already this terrifying, what level must the Great Perfection realm have reached!"

"The Great Perfection Realm is called the Kalachakra Seal! Its combat power manifests as a palm strike that reverses local spacetime, such as making incoming arrows fly backward or instantly healing wounds!"

Bai Lian's expression had become wooden, no longer showing surprise!

He only said one sentence: "Amazing!"

Jinmei said, "Stepping on the Time Wheel Formation, everything within ten feet will turn to dust! Humans and animals alike will be petrified."

Bai Lian said, "The power of the Tantric Great Seal is indeed formidable! I heard you intend to seek refuge with the Great Bright Temple?"

Jinmei said, "That's right!"

"Because of what?"

"Haven't you already seen it? I just killed a lot of my fellow disciples. If I don't pledge allegiance to a new master, I'm doomed!"

"You have an excuse to leave the Great Maitreya Sect, but the Great Bright Temple has no grounds to accept you!"

It's understandable that you committed murder and fled, but why should the Great Bright Temple accept you?
"I can bring three benefits to the Dharma King!"

"Oh, which three?"

"The first one, of course, is the Holy Venerable's secret!"

"Those?"

"If you already knew all that, then it's not a secret?"

"Which secrets are you referring to?"

"Now that I'm telling you, it's no longer a secret!"

"Heh! Interesting! So tell me, what's the second benefit?"

"The second benefit is naturally for me! I am equivalent to a peak ninth-realm expert, which can increase the overall strength of the Great Bright Temple!"

"So, isn't your third benefit the weakening of the overall strength of the Great Maitreya Sect?"

"Wouldn't that be playing word games? The third benefit is that I can bring five martial arts manuals to the Great Bright Temple! They are all highly sought-after martial arts secrets!"

Which five books?

"The Blood Lotus Demon-Feeding Manual, the Kalachakra Bone-Shattering Sutra, the Mahakala Star-Swallowing Mantra, the Dakini Corpse Dance Mantra, and the White Bone King Armor Sutra."

"Hmm, I've heard of the 'Great Black Heaven Star Devouring Curse.' It's said that when mastered, it can trigger two spectacular phenomena: a falling star or a night-devouring attack! I imagine the other four manuals won't be too bad either!"

"Does Your Excellency find my gift of greeting to be sincere enough?"

"Not bad! Very sincere! However, it would be even better if you could provide another pledge of loyalty!"

"What pledge of allegiance?"

"His head!" Bai Lian's gaze fell on Losang!

Jinmei asked, "His head? Is it heavy enough?"

Losang cursed inwardly: Damn it! Who do they think they are? Isn't the head I recommended worth enough?

Bai Lian laughed, "Do you intend to carry the Holy Venerable's head to the Great Bright Temple? His head is naturally the heaviest; can you take it off?"

Jinmei laughed and said, "Of course I can't take it down! If I could take his head, why would I go to the Great Bright Temple? Besides, if I really took the Holy Venerable's head to the Great Bright Temple, the Bright Dharma King would definitely kill me!"

Bai Lian thought for a moment, "Hmm, not bad! If the Holy Venerable dies at your hands, the Dharma King will definitely not spare your life!"

Bai Lian knew that although the King of Light now harbored murderous intent towards the Holy Venerable, the Holy Venerable could only die by her hand!
The love-hate relationship between His Holiness and the Dharma King is already entangled and complicated, so much so that even they themselves cannot understand it, let alone outsiders. However, there is one thing: the Dharma King is a "clean freak" and does not like others to get involved in anything he does!
For example, if the Holy Venerable is her benefactor, she will repay that favor herself and will never ask someone else to do it for her!
Similarly, since Saint Zunji has become her enemy, she will take revenge herself and will never allow outsiders to get involved!
Whoever repays her debt of gratitude becomes her enemy!

Whoever avenges her becomes her enemy!

Bai Lian said, "You can't get the Holy Venerable's head, and the heads of those little minions aren't interesting either. This one is called... Losang, right?"

"Yes!"

“He is a high-level combatant of the Tantric sect, almost at the peak of the ninth realm. If we kill him, the Holy Venerable will lose another ally. This pledge of allegiance is not heavy, but it is not light either!”

Jinmei said, "Then if we could get him to surrender as well, wouldn't that be..."

Bai Lian's eyes lit up. "Hmm, that's a good idea!" He looked at Luo Sang, who sneered, "Dream on!" He had already decided to back out!
Faced with the combined attack of two top masters, he knew he couldn't even last five moves!
To submit to the Great Bright Temple? To be ordered around by an old woman?

Bai Lian's expression suddenly turned serious, and she said coldly, "You killed so many of your fellow disciples. Do you think we're mute and won't spread the word? Or do you think we're saints who will let you go?"

Losang frowned, thinking: This is bad! Jinmei is now determined to join the Great Bright Temple. If he goes there, he will definitely leak what happened today, and I will still be doomed!
What should we do? Should we also seek refuge at the Great Bright Temple?

But if we go there now, it's completely different from what we did in Jinmei! The treatment will definitely be worlds apart!
He volunteered to join us, bringing three generous gifts with him!

I only went there because they pressured me, so they definitely won't take me seriously!
If I don't go, the other side will have leverage over the fact that I killed my fellow disciples!

What to do? Losang was momentarily lost in thought!

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