Simultaneous travel: I am proving the great way in the heavens.

Chapter 538 The Future Savior! The Final Calamity! The Great Luo Heaven's Scheme!

At this moment, Luo Fu, inside Ruzhen Temple, was unaware that after receiving the white lotus platform bestowed by the Buddha of the East, his Ruzhen Sect was clearly beginning to develop in the direction of the White Lotus Sect.

This is understandable. Although Xiniu Hezhou is described by the Buddha as a good place where people do not covet or kill, cultivate their inner energy and nurture their spirits, and where everyone can prolong their lives even though there are no supreme beings, in reality, this hellish place is inhabited by monsters of all sizes, whose numbers are no less than those of humans.

Ordinary humans are easily devoured by monsters.

The Southern Continent, described by the Buddha as a place of greed, lust, schadenfreude, killing, and strife, a veritable battlefield of words and a sea of ​​right and wrong, actually has few traces of demons.

This can be seen from the fact that Tang Sanzang set off from Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty.

It's important to know that Tang Sanzang crossed the border of the Tang Dynasty without any trouble. He wasn't escorted by any cultivators, only two servants responsible for carrying his load and leading his horse. As for the Five Directions Protectors, the Four Duty Officers, the Six Ding and Six Jia, and the Dharma Protectors, although they were watching over Tang Sanzang at all times, they didn't interfere at all and were completely invisible.

The two servants who were responsible for leading Tang Sanzang's horse and carrying his load were killed immediately after they left the Tang Dynasty.

In terms of living conditions, Xiniu Hezhou was far more terrifying than at the end of the dynasty.

If the Tang Dynasty in Jambudvipa was a golden age, a period of great prosperity, then the Western Continent of Niuhe was like a living hell during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, where not only monsters ate people, but even people ate each other.

In such an environment where life was precarious, beliefs like the White Lotus Sect naturally flourished.

The reality has become so cruel that it has led to despair. In this world where ordinary people are powerless to struggle or resist, they can only place their hopes in faith.

This represents a two-way journey between the realities of the environment and Ruzhen Temple.

In Xiniu Hezhou, leaving aside places that are too far away, at least within a thousand miles of Ruzhen Temple, Luofu, the future Ruzhen Miaofa Buddha, has begun to be seen as the future savior of the White Lotus sect.

In fact, the birth of the white lotus, the descent of the bright king, and the true and wonderful Dharma to save all sentient beings have become the most widely known slogans within a radius of thousands of miles.

After the monks from Ruzhen Temple, along with the survivors from Lion Camel Kingdom, fled back to Luofu Temple.

The survivors of the Lion Camel Kingdom immediately demanded to see Luofu.

Ruzhen Temple.

Because Luo Fu has been busy with secluded cultivation, he has not shown his face for a long time.

Most of the time, there are seven Spider Garans under his command, taking turns to be in charge. For example, the orange-clad Spider Garan, who is currently the youngest sister, is on duty at Ruzhen Temple.

Her six sisters, on the other hand, would cultivate in the Spider Cave.

The relationship between Pansidong and Ruzhen Temple is no longer the same as it was before, like that between Huanghua Temple. Instead, they have truly become one, with Pansidong now resembling a separate courtyard of Ruzhen Temple.

After learning about what had happened in the Lion Camel Kingdom from several monks who had fled back in panic.

Even Cheng Yi, who was a princess of the Heavenly Court and the daughter of the Jade Emperor in her previous life, was shocked by what happened in the Lion Camel Kingdom.

It's true, everything in the Lion Camel Kingdom is too outrageous. Even in the Heavenly Court, the sisters had never heard of such terrifying and fearsome demons in the mortal world.

That was no longer a monster or a demon king, but a demon.

Realizing what had happened, the Ruzhen Temple and the demons of the Lion Camel Kingdom clashed at the border.

Orange quickly realized that the conflict between the two sides was not going to disappear; on the contrary, it would only escalate.

She naturally needed to report this matter to Luo Fu.

After instructing the monks on how to entertain the survivors from the Lion Camel Kingdom, Orange Robe hurriedly arrived outside the meditation room where Luofu was practicing.

"Your Excellency, the Orange-Clad One requests an audience!!"

Inside the meditation room.

Luo Fu, who was in seclusion for cultivation, was extremely busy during this period and had no free time.

On the one hand, he needs to absorb the magical power from the relics to enhance his own cultivation of the Golden Body Technique; this is fundamental.

However, at the same time, the Jade Void Palace Immortal Sword obtained from Guanyin Bodhisattva and the Yin-Yang Two Qi Dust Brush delivered by Zhang Ziyang must also be refined as soon as possible to become part of Luofu's strength.

Whether it's improving one's cultivation level or refining magical artifacts, it all requires a significant amount of time for Luofu. This is why Luofu almost completely disappeared from Ruzhen Temple during this period.

However, he wasn't completely oblivious to what was happening around him.

They still gave the seven spiders a way to awaken themselves from their seclusion.

When Cheng Yi interrupted his seclusion, Luo Fu understood that something urgent must have happened. Otherwise, given the personalities of the seven spider-like Garan, they would never have disturbed his seclusion.

In her previous life, she was in the Heavenly Court as one of the Seven Fairy Maidens. Although she only had the title of princess, she did the work of a maid.

Without brains and the ability to distinguish between important and trivial matters, the seven sisters could never be in charge of picking the peaches.

Don't think that picking peaches is a job anyone can do. Without the trust of the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother of the West, it's wishful thinking for ordinary celestial beings to even try to get close to the Peach Garden.

The fact that the Seven Fairies were able to take charge of picking the peaches of immortality is enough to prove that although they may not be particularly talented or skilled in cultivation, they are absolutely free of problems when it comes to emotional intelligence and loyalty.

The Dharma gate of the meditation room was suddenly opened.

The meditation room, which had a floor area of ​​only a dozen square meters, suddenly revealed a completely different world inside when the door was opened and one looked through the entrance.

The woman in orange dared not enter rashly. She waited at the door for only a short while.

Then she saw Luo Fu's familiar figure appear in her sight, stepping on a pure white lotus.

The Luo Fu before him wore a crane-feather cloak that resembled neither a monk's robe nor a Taoist robe. He held a whisk in his hand, and a Jade Purity Immortal Sword floated behind him.

He exuded the air of a virtuous and accomplished Buddhist master.

However, this outfit is quite elaborate. The sword is the Jade Purity Immortal Sword of the Jade Void Palace, the whisk is a whisk made of Yin and Yang energies from the Eight Trigrams Furnace of the Supreme Lord Laozi, and the white lotus underfoot was a gift from the Buddha of the East.

The only thing that could be considered a true product of Luofu was the crane cloak he was wearing, which resembled both a monk's robe and a Taoist robe.

This crane cloak was woven and refined by seven spider-like beings who condensed their seven emotions into silk.

It can be considered a treasure unique to the method of controlling desires among the seven emotions.

As for the fire date boat that Consort Pingxin casually gifted to him.

This treasure, though possessing considerable destructive power, is now relegated to a mere means of transportation within Luofu's collection.

"What happened? Why the rush?" Luo Fu asked bluntly. "Reporting to Your Excellency," the man in orange replied, pressing his palms together and bowing.

When he learned from Cheng Yi that he had clearly instructed his disciples, such as the True Sect, to stop expanding, he realized that he had been wrong.

On the other hand, the Kingdom of Zhu Zi did not disrupt Guanyin Bodhisattva's arrangements, but the west was in conflict with Lion Camel Ridge.

Luo Fu was well aware of the terror of Lion Camel Ridge.

After all, the three demon kings of Lion Camel Ridge would definitely rank among the top in the eighty-one tribulations of Journey to the West. Lion Camel Ridge alone accounts for four of the eighty-one tribulations.

Not to mention the background of the three demons of Lion Camel Ridge.

Of course, with Luo Fu's current background, he is not afraid of the three demons of Lion Camel Ridge.

Luo Fu isn't a honey badger. He's not afraid, but without any conflict of interest or cause and effect, he has no reason to provoke the three demon kings of Lion Camel Ridge.

The monsters on the journey to the West were prepared for Tang Sanzang; what did they have to do with Luofu? Besides, in this godforsaken place of Xiniu Hezhou, there's a monster every hundred miles and a demon king every thousand miles.

Luofu is merely Namo Ruzhen Miaofa Buddha. At most, he is currently only within the territory of Ruzhen Zen Temple, and can be called a Buddhist sect. What gives him the right to clear away the obstacles and hardships for the westward journey team?
The monsters of Xiniu Hezhou are not something that a mere future Buddha like the True Dharma is qualified to deal with. Heaven knows how many are involved; it is all part of the grand scheme of the powerful beings of Mount Ling.

Doing this will only offend people and will not bring any benefits.

Now that Luo Fu has learned from Cheng Yi that a confrontation with Lion Camel Ridge is inevitable, he immediately suspects that there must be something wrong with this.

It is absolutely not a matter of fate determined by cause and effect.

According to Orange Robe, there is no problem with monks of the Shinshu sect who still wear their hair.

They did indeed follow Luo Fu's instructions and stop outside the Lion Camel Kingdom, without going any further. Instead, the so-called survivors of the Lion Camel Kingdom led the monsters all the way to the Ruzhen Temple, which led to the conflict between the Ruzhen Sect and the Lion Camel Kingdom.

At first glance, the process seems very smooth.

Even if we haven't yet reached the point where Tang Sanzang and his companions encountered the Lion Camel Ridge disaster on their pilgrimage, how did the so-called survivors of the Lion Camel Kingdom manage to find the Ruzhen Sect Temple so precisely in the mountains amidst such perilous circumstances?

Luo Fu did not doubt the identities of these Lion Camel Kingdom survivors, but he wondered if their ability to find the Ruzhen Sect was truly just a matter of chance.

Seeing Luo Fu remain silent, Cheng Yi asked in confusion, "Your Excellency, the survivors of the Lion Camel Kingdom are currently waiting in the temple. I wonder if Your Excellency would like to summon them for questioning?"

Nodding slightly, Luo Fu said, "Then let's call them over."

A short while later, led by several monks of the Ruzhen sect who still wore their hair, a group of ragged, disheveled, emaciated men, who looked like survivors of a calamity, appeared before Luofu.

The moment they saw Luo Fu, all the survivors immediately knelt on the ground, crying and begging Luo Fu for help.

His words constantly recounted the tragic state of the once glorious Lion Camel Kingdom.

Before the three demon kings settled in Lion Camel Kingdom, Lion Camel Kingdom was considered one of the countries with the largest human population in Xiniu Hezhou.

Even compared to those so-called countries where a single city is essentially a nation, Lion Camel Kingdom is considered a large country.

But such a great nation has come to such an end. Not only has the country been occupied by monsters, but even the people have become food for the monsters, with very few escaping with their lives.

If Lion Camel Kingdom were just a small country with a sparse population, there wouldn't be so many skeletons on Lion Camel Ridge.

If the number of skeletons hadn't been consumed to a certain extent, Lion Camel Ridge wouldn't have become a mountain of skulls and a forest of bones.

Even though they were reincarnated as monsters in this life, the seven spiders had never heard of such a ferocious monster in the world.

Before Luofu appeared, the spider demon had eaten people before. But no matter what, the spider demon wouldn't dare commit such a heinous crime.

Now that they've joined Luo Fu's ranks, even if they're eating people, they have to be more polite than before; at the very least, they have to eat in a refined manner.

After listening to the grievances of these so-called survivors, Luo Fu realized that he and Lion Camel Ridge were likely to have to fight each other first.

As for whether or not to completely eliminate Lion Camel Ridge, Luo Fu had not considered this.

Why is it that the three demon kings of Lion Camel Ridge have such a deep relationship behind them?
He is either the Buddha's uncle or a Bodhisattva's mount, and they all happen to be under the Buddha's command now. Leaving aside Luofu's strength, whether he can defeat the three demon kings of Lion Camel Ridge, even if he could, it would be a bit too much. He is the future Buddha, not the present one.

Doing this clearly risks causing internal conflict within the Buddhist community.

At this moment, Luo Fu seemed to have guessed who was behind the scenes pushing his Ruzhen Sect to confront Lion Camel Ridge.

It's all such a coincidence.

Not long ago, Zhang Ziyang handed over this whisk, which was forged from the Yin and Yang energies in Laozi's Eight Trigrams Furnace, to Luofu.

But shortly afterward, survivors from the Lion Camel Kingdom came to Luofu for help.

Among the three demon kings of Lion Camel Ridge, the most well-known magical treasure is none other than the Yin-Yang Two Qi Bottle.

These treasures are also created by the yin and yang energies.

If we really face the three demons, there will be almost no possibility of compromise, unless a higher-level powerful being comes to mediate.

Both the Yin-Yang whisk and the Yin-Yang bottle are created by the Yin-Yang energies, so they can surely complement each other.

Luo Fu was simply not strong enough; otherwise, he would have scoffed at the Golden-Winged Roc's wasteful use of the Yin-Yang Qi treasure to refine it into a bottle. He would have even wished he could take it for himself, whether to strengthen the whisk's foundation or simply refine it into his own supernatural power, both of which would be better than the bottle.

Conversely, the Golden-Winged Roc must have thought the same thing.

Even if that's not what they think, what can they do? Are they willing to bet that the other party doesn't think that way?
Once they confront each other, this chain of suspicion is destined to be reconciled only by a truly higher level of power.

Otherwise, either Luofu will lose the Yin-Yang Two Qi whisk, or the Golden-Winged Roc will lose the Yin-Yang Two Qi bottle.

They became increasingly convinced that this was definitely a scheme orchestrated by the Great Luo Heaven.

But Luo Fu had no other choice.

The internal conflicts within Buddhism were instigated by external forces, and he himself, as the key figure in this instigation, had no choice but to back down. He now inevitably needed to support the Buddha of the East, and the three demon kings of Lion Camel Ridge were now undoubtedly under the Buddha's command.

In an instant, a thousand thoughts raced through Luo Fu's mind, but he wore a compassionate expression and roared angrily, "I never imagined that demons in the human world would be so rampant. You shall stay at Ruzhen Temple for now, and I will certainly stand up for you and make those demons from Lion Camel Ridge give you an explanation."

"Your Excellency has mercy!" Several survivors from the Lion Camel Kingdom cried and kowtowed repeatedly towards Luofu.

(End of this chapter)