Born with immortal seed

Chapter 762 Individual Choices, Changchun Holy Water

His heart was filled with raging evil, and he lost his Buddhist composure, almost falling into demonic possession.

Fortunately, the Bodhi seed bracelet on my hand had each Bodhi seed simultaneously radiating Buddha light, forming solemn Buddha images.

The harmonious and elegant chanting, heard far and wide, finally suppressed the evil fire.

"My senior brother still cares about me, otherwise he wouldn't have passed on this Bodhi string that has been nurtured in the Buddhist realm for ten thousand years... It's those opportunistic villains who have influenced my senior brother's thoughts!"

The monk with the green lamp was talking incoherently, whether he had truly repented or was worried about being overcome by evil spirits and deliberately changed his mind.

"They were both at the Nascent Soul stage, yet he surpassed them and easily reached the Nascent Soul stage! This old monk walked on thin ice, making every step perfectly, yet failed at the last moment! It's unfair, the heavens are unjust!"

Before the final battle of the war between the two races, he had already achieved the Arhatship, and was only three hairs away from fully attaining Buddhahood.

Unfortunately, it encountered the most effective poisonous insects against indestructible golden bodies and indestructible body tempering techniques, which ignored its defenses and bit through its skin.

Although he was killed by a backhand slap, the venom had already spread throughout his body, and his once bronze-like golden body was peeling off piece by piece.

Like a Buddha statue with peeling paint, its original color has been revealed due to years of neglect.

In the midst of emotional turmoil, even the Buddhist heart stagnates.

When news of Bai Zichen's transformation into a Nascent Soul arrived, he was completely left behind. The Green Lamp Arhat's Buddhist heart regressed, and spiderweb-like cracks appeared all over his body.

Jealousy and hatred had filled his heart, and even if he cured the poison wounds on his body, he could not restore his cultivation to its peak.

"As long as that person dies, and his fortune is seized and his destiny transferred to myself, this old monk still has a chance to become a Nascent Soul cultivator!"

To cure his poisoning injury, the Green Lamp Arhat searched through all the scriptures of the Kasyapa Sect, not even letting go of the most obscure and unverified secret techniques.

Many of them are ingenious ideas from our predecessors, but without the refinement and correction by generations of disciples, they cannot be formally included in the Sutra Repository.

Some are not very valuable for study, while others are too far-fetched; in short, they all have obvious flaws.

His perseverance led him to find an unsigned secret technique under the altar in the library.

Although it was clearly driven by Buddhist teachings, it showed no trace of righteousness; on the contrary, it carried a sinister aura.

It is possible to use magic to transfer the destiny of a cultivator with profound fortune and favor from the heavens to oneself, thus inheriting the other's destiny.

It may seem mystical, but the Arhat with the green lamp possesses innate wisdom and often dreams of fragments of his past life at midnight, making him easily accepting of the concept of destiny and fate.

And if you try to practice it, you can feel its subtlety and feel that it is very possible to achieve, which is why you are so determined to do it.

"Such a secret technique has never been heard of in the Buddhist Kingdom before. It suddenly appeared when the old monk was desperate for a cure. It is obvious that there is an invisible hand playing a game behind the scenes. Feeling the threat from the one who wields the sword, he can no longer remain aloof as a spectator."

A sinister look appeared on the sorrowful face of the monk with the green lamp, and he murmured softly.

"Using this old monk as a chess piece is no problem, as long as you offer enough benefits... However, once the piece is placed, whether it will bounce up and overturn the chessboard is beyond the player's control."

Without trying, the Arhat with the broken golden body will weaken day by day and will not live more than a few years.

The toxin is still spreading throughout his body. When he dies, he will probably only be a skeleton, and there won't even be a complete body left.

Knowing full well that the secret technique was a trap and that someone was setting a scheme to harm the Sword Lord of Time, he still gladly stepped in.

Only those who have value can be used as pawns.

The fact that he was able to infiltrate the Ruyi Buddhist Kingdom and slip this ancient scripture into the lotus platform and appear before him, and that the identity of the chess player behind it all, was something that the Green Lamp Arhat neither wanted to guess nor dared to guess.

Either he had the tacit approval of his senior brother, or he was able to deceive the Buddha Baolun, who was in the Buddha-land on earth.

Regardless of the type, they are all quite terrifying, beings whose will cannot be defied by anyone other than a Buddhist monk.

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"What kind of terrible hatred is it that Fengdu occupied the former territory of the Taibai Sword Sect? Do you really think that my conversion to the Yin Spirit path has ruined my brain too!"

Upon leaving the black market, the Faceless Judge stomped his foot and vanished into the black smoke.

Without careful observation, one really cannot discern the whereabouts of the elusive light.

Compared to the Green Lamp Arhat instigating the Datong Army to attack Rotten Ke Mountain, and Lady Mu indirectly funding the fight against the Qingfeng Sect's calamity cultivators, the Ten Lands of Fengdu merely occupied a spiritual land with some connection to the Taibai Sword Sect, which is not a big deal at all.

"They came to me only to drag Fengdu down with them to deal with that... a bunch of pathetic people barely clinging to life. They have no time to get involved in this matter. The Ghost Lord is busy replenishing his soul and trying to make up for the deficiencies of a fifth-order Yin God. He has no time to deal with the chaos outside."

The faceless judge thought for a moment and then took out a starlight sword talisman from the void realm.

After much hesitation, I decided to take action.

The superiority or inferiority of the two options is too obvious.

Once you understand it, the decision isn't difficult.

A few specks of starlight gathered around him, and a gentle spatial force guided him away.

Looking up again, they found themselves in a secluded secret realm. They walked with practiced ease into the most prominent hall not far away.

"I hadn't made a decision yet, but since that's the case, having the identity of a Star Palace God is quite good... No matter how far the old monk thinks, he probably can't have imagined that I could get in touch with the Time Sword Lord through the secret realm."

He walked up to the fourteen statues, spread his divine sense, and communicated briefly with each of the unclaimed star lord statues.

One of the statues radiated auspicious light, which transformed into a stream of light that entered the faceless judge's body, solidifying into a peaceful and benevolent divine mask.

"Lord Tiantong... I never thought that after becoming a ghost cultivator, I could still take on the identity of a sword cultivator. Although I can no longer continue the sword path, being able to see the demeanor of the strongest sword immortal in the world is enough to fulfill my wish."

No one knows that the Faceless Judge, famous for his thousand faces, was actually a sword cultivator before he switched to the path of ghosts.

He was not a disciple of one of the few Divine Sword Sects, but a genius born from a second-tier sect.

After reaching the Nascent Soul stage, like most True Lords, he made no further progress.

By chance, I came into contact with the Ten Realms of Fengdu, and since I was suited to the Ghost Path, I officially switched to it after considering it for a while.

This news was known only to the members of the Ten Earthly Fengdu and to the Star Lord Po Jun.

After learning this by accident, Po Jun Xingjun had been sincerely inviting him to join the Star Palace, and even granted him temporary access to the Star Palace's secret realm in advance.

The Faceless Judge made his decision only after being influenced by today's events.

He became the new Tian Tong Star Lord among the fourteen star lords of the Star Palace.

"Fellow Daoist Ma has finally arrived! We've been eagerly awaiting this..."

Upon receiving the news, Po Jun Xing Jun rushed over immediately. Seeing the mask on the other party's face, he understood that the matter was settled and said with delight.

Restarting the Taibai Sword Sect is too difficult. The Star Palace was originally a great stage to assist, but with members either dead or retired, it has lost its appeal to outsiders.

"I have become the Star Lord of Tiantong, and I must stand on the same side as the members of the Star Palace... Please tell the Star Lord of Pojun to tell the Star Lord of Ziwei that I know someone is plotting to harm him, and I have come to report this. Please be careful, senior."

Tian Tong Xingjun cupped his hands in greeting and said solemnly.

Today, with Bai Zichen single-handedly resisting the ancient demon Asura for fifty years with his Nascent Soul strength, the demonic threat has been almost completely contained and prevented from spreading.

In the cultivation world, research on him has reached a fever pitch.

Even the stories about his actions during Qi cultivation were unearthed from who-knows-where.

With slight modifications, it becomes a sign of extraordinary talent from a young age, possessing the potential to become a god.

The fact that the Sword Lord of Time was actually the Star Palace Ziwei Star Lord was no longer deliberately concealed later on, and thoughtful cultivators like Kong Bai had long ago guessed in this direction.

Later, when Po Jun Xing Jun's identity was exposed, he broke away from Tian Xing Sect, established his own sect, and took all the disciples he had gathered to Lan Ke Mountain.

The Sword Lord of Time is the mysterious Star Lord of Ziwei; in the midst of the clamor and dust, they are essentially synonymous.

"Is that so? Tell me quickly!"

Po Jun Xingjun's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly pressed for an answer.

His expression didn't seem panicked, but rather showed enthusiasm after finding a target of interest.

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"You mean, it's hard to say whether the Changchun Holy Water can achieve the legendary effects, but at least it won't be harmful, right?"

Bai Zichen examined the immortal vine in front of him, and it happily wrapped around him, twirling around his forearm several times.

As expected of a spiritual plant with innate spiritual root potential, it already possesses remarkable intelligence at this stage.

"It's definitely not harmful. The Changchun Holy Water only has a positive effect on any spiritual plant... It's just more effective in reviving innate spiritual roots. Putting it on other spiritual plants would be a waste of their essence, because they can't withstand this power."

With red eyes, the Jade Rabbit quietly reported the results of its research on the Immortal Vine.

"This immortal vine was not dead to begin with; it was just that the Yellow Spring Gourd's foundation was insufficient, which caused its growth to be constrained... That's why I said that using the Everlasting Spring Holy Water might not achieve the desired effect."

"That's good. Sacrificing a drop or two is enough to conduct an experiment."

The Everlasting Holy Water obtained from the Pure Bright Sect has no substitute in the entire Ancestral Continent cultivation world.

Otherwise, the Great True Lord of September back then would not have needed to pay such a high price, running around for a single drop of Everlasting Spring Holy Water, dedicating the last part of his life to the battlefield between the two races.

Without even choosing an auspicious time, he took out the Everlasting Spring Holy Water and dripped a drop onto the root of the Immortal Vine.

Bai Zichen had no obsession with the Changchun Holy Water, and the sect did not rely on a withered innate spiritual root to maintain its prestige.

Therefore, Changchun Holy Water did not hold a high position in his eyes and could not possibly have reached that level of importance.

A drop of holy water fell to the ground and hit the spiritual root, causing the immortal vine to suddenly make a rustling sound.

Turning my head again, I saw that the Yellow Spring Immortal Vine had instantly grown countless branches, and green buds were sprouting.

"It has probably grown rapidly by a hundred feet, almost piling up into a small hill..."

Seeing this, Bai Zichen dropped another drop of Everlasting Spring Holy Water, allowing the Yellow Spring Immortal Vine to instantly pass through hundreds of years of growth.

At the very front, a seed the size of a thumb has already formed, which must be the brand new Yellow Springs Gourd.

This was a crazy act that the Five Thunder Sect could never have imagined.

The prospect of having a single drop of Everlasting Spring Holy Water to revive the Thunder Apricot Divine Tree is the most anticipated scene for every disciple of the Five Thunder Sect.

Let alone using two drops of Everlasting Spring Water on a vine that may or may not even flower or bear fruit.

"Keep a close eye on the Immortal Vine here, and inform me immediately of any important changes..."

Bai Zichen originally wanted to continue studying the growth of the fruit on the immortal vine, but suddenly a thought struck him, so he handed the matter over to the jade rabbit and left the cave.

One cannot travel directly between the grottoes; one must first return to the real world.

Otherwise, the collision of the void resistance on both sides would form a void crystal wall, which could easily seal off the secret realm on the other side.

"That's all Fellow Daoist Ma mainly said. According to his guess, the Green Lamp Arhat couldn't be the mastermind; there must be other important figures behind it..."

Po Jun Xingjun relayed the words of the Faceless Judge, saying that he was worried that staying in the Star Palace and having direct contact would allow powerful beings to discover his secrets.

They decided to leave early, and the two did not meet.

"Please thank this star deity for me. If he encounters any difficulties in the future, he can let me know and see if I can help him resolve them."

Bai Zichen listened to the whole thing expressionlessly, without showing any sign of anger. He first thanked the Faceless Judge.

"So there's such a force hidden in the Ten Earthly Fengdu? I've never heard of it before?"

"They are a group of cultivators who have switched to the path of ghosts. If we live in the daytime of the cultivation world, they live in the darkness of the cultivation world, and their cultivation is subject to many restrictions."

Po Jun Xing Jun gave a brief introduction.

Upon hearing that the organization had a limited time of establishment and a limited number of members, Bai Zichen did not press further: "Very good. I didn't expect that while I was protecting them from the ancient demons, so many people in the back would have ulterior motives... Do they think that my temper has improved since I became a Nascent Soul cultivator and that I will no longer kill people with my sword?"

"It seems that people as depraved as the Green Lamp Arhat are still a minority."

Hearing Bai Zichen's cold voice, Po Jun Xingjun shivered.

This is the wrath of a Nascent Soul sword cultivator, enough to burn everything, and even drag several sects down with him, causing their names to disappear completely from the cultivation world.

"Originally, I wanted to wait until Hongfa came out of seclusion to eliminate the ancient demons together, but now I think it's unnecessary... I just happened to have just mastered a new technique of time manipulation, so I tested it on the ancient demons and will come back to eliminate all these evil spirits!"

Bai Zichen's eyes turned dangerous, as if he were looking into the real world from within the Star Palace.

I saw the Arhat with his green lamp, I saw the Datong Army, I saw even more cultivators...

Fear, jealousy, helplessness—all these emotions blended together to form the greatest source of hatred towards him.

Bai Zichen's strength in the battle against the ancient demon has completely overturned the old traditional thinking in the cultivation world.

If he successfully suppresses the ancient demon Asura, he will be a hero who turns the tide and saves the day, thus indebted to all beings in the cultivation world.

Having invincible strength alone wouldn't be enough to worry people too much, but when combined with the prestige that sweeps through the cultivation world, it's a multiplier effect.

Another new sect of Taoism is rising.

The original intention of extolling the Taiping Army envoys and then letting them go was to maintain the overall situation and stabilize the situation.

To prevent the Datong Army from having no way out and resorting to desperate measures when faced with external threats.

To others, the four hidden sects are the driving force behind the Datong Army, the largest shareholders supporting the development of this grassroots army to its current state.

But in Bai Zichen's eyes, the four hidden sects could be wiped out with a flick of the wrist, so what were a few Grand True Monarchs?

His main concern was the million-strong army of cultivators in the Datong Army.

If chaos breaks out, the number of soldiers in this army of millions, plus the cultivators affected, will multiply several times over.

The resulting human tragedy would likely be no less severe than the casualties caused by allowing the ancient demons to run rampant.

(End of this chapter)