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

Chapter 633 Manipulating the Fate of Heaven! The Greatest Secret of This World!

With his eyes closed, Zen Master Baiyun had no intention of arguing with Luofu. He silently began to recite a Buddhist scripture that Luofu had never heard of before.

As he recited the scriptures, an increasingly dazzling Buddhist light shone from Master Baiyun's body.

When the Buddha's light reached a certain threshold, it suddenly contracted, and a golden, irregularly shaped, round relic fell from mid-air.

Knowing that he was not Luofu and was in a state of serious injury, Zen Master Baiyun resolutely chose to pass away in meditation, leaving behind only a golden relic about the size of a walnut, which was a condensation of his own merits.

He also took the relics that had been transformed by Zen Master Baiyun into his possession.

Luo Fu then looked at the white snake and the green snake standing to the side.

Having failed to obtain the prayer beads, the green snake seemed unable to even transform into human form.

At this moment, the green snake, which had suffered damage from the Buddha's light earlier and whose body was covered in countless jade-like scales that had shattered, was being protected by a white snake that was as smooth and lustrous as jade.

I sensed Luo Fu's gaze.

The white snake quickly raised its head towards Luofu, as if bowing, its head rising and falling repeatedly.

"God, please forgive me! I was ignorant and offended you. I beg you to forgive my sins."

A clear and melodious sound came from the white snake's mouth.

Luo Fu landed gracefully in front of the white snake. After examining the snake demon, which resembled a jade sculpture, he said, "Although you are a demon, you possess an aura of purity. I wonder which lineage you inherited?"

Not all monsters are the same.

Like the spider demon who was previously incorporated into the Divine Might Space by Luo Fu, although he was also a demon, his magic power contained Buddhist blessings. Even when he was suppressed by Fahai, the Buddhist beads he carried could still maintain their spiritual energy without dissipating.

This is not simply because the spider demon refined the Buddhist beads into a magical artifact; it is also due to the magical power he cultivated after being blessed by the Buddha, which contained Buddhist energy.

The white snake was the same at this moment.

Despite its enormous size, it doesn't give off a ferocious and evil feeling like the Tree Demon Granny or the Black Mountain Demon. Instead, it exudes a faint sense of holiness.

This sense of sacredness comes from the effects of the cultivation techniques she practices.

The biggest difference between the orthodox Xuanmen sect and demons and monsters lies in this.

While there are exceptions, in most cases, judging people by their appearance is not wrong.

Luo Fu knew that after the White Snake transformed into human form and called herself Bai Suzhen, she married Xu Xian. However, Xu Xian was frightened to death by the Green Snake, who had revealed her true form, on the Dragon Boat Festival. Therefore, he had to seek out a magical herb that could bring the dead back to life.

The existence of the immortal herb is not the key; the key is that the White Snake was able to find the immortal herb directly without taking any detours.

Such an experience can only prove that the White Snake is definitely not an ordinary demon, but a cultivator who has truly inherited the orthodox lineage of the Xuanmen sect.

It should be noted that the White Snake was capable of cultivating into a human and even giving birth to a real human baby for Xu Xian, which surprised even Fahai.

As the abbot of Jinshan Temple, Fahai must have at least some basic knowledge, if not everything else.

The fact that the White Snake gave birth to a child was so surprising that even Fahai was astonished, which shows just how rare it was.

This also proves that the White Snake's lineage is anything but ordinary.

Faced with Luo Fu's question, the White Snake replied in bewilderment, "Reporting to the High God, my sister and I are here today because we received the blessings of a great master who has passed away."

After a slight pause, the white snake flicked its tongue, and a scroll of jade slip floated out of its mouth.

This is a jade scroll made of jade instead of bamboo, as if it were specially crafted by a master craftsman.

Before Luo Fu could arrive, the White Snake took the initiative to open the jade slip in front of him.

The jade slip was completely blank, but the moment it was opened, a scene of radiant light appeared before Luo Fu's eyes.

In the dim light, a hazy figure seemed to be telling the profound truths of the universe.

The sound was faint, sometimes near, sometimes far, yet it instantly cleared one's mind, as if it had a magical effect of cleansing the soul.

At this moment, Luo Fu finally understood why the White Snake and the Green Snake were able to awaken their intelligence and possess such cultivation.

Indeed, once opened, this pure white jade slip seems to have the effect of enlightening wisdom. Even ignorant beasts, after receiving the inheritance from the jade slip, can eventually gain wisdom, embark on the path of cultivation, and transform from beasts into demons.

Of course, what Luo Fu found most incredible was that this jade slip was not a fixed inheritance, but rather seemed to vary from person to person. In addition to enlightening wisdom as if it had a fixed effect, the most crucial point was that what it inherited was not a cultivation technique, but a kind of understanding of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.

The Tao gives rise to the Law, and the Law gives rise to the Techniques.

Magic and supernatural powers are merely derivatives of the Great Dao.

Some extreme and orthodox lineages of esoteric Buddhism do not even emphasize supernatural powers or spells, but instead pursue the idea that supernatural powers will manifest themselves when one's practice reaches a certain depth.

Both Taoism and Buddhism have such lineages of transmission.

The jade slip that the White Snake is showing may not necessarily be devoid of supernatural powers and magic, but without a doubt, this jade slip is the core and foundation of a lineage's inheritance.

Unfortunately, the serpent clearly revealed its core inheritance. However, Luo Fu didn't gain much useful information from it. At most, it only gave Luo Fu a deeper understanding of the laws of nature in this world and greatly accelerated the localization of his shared power.

Besides, it never mentions where the miraculous herb that can bring people back to life is grown.

Based on the timeline, the White Snake and the Green Snake must have known where the immortal herb was before they met Fahai.

In other words, she definitely knows it now, but unfortunately, it's not in the inheritance.

Moreover, Luo Fu couldn't discern from the jade slip which lineage it belonged to.

Indeed, the great path within is profound and obscure, neither Tao nor Buddhism, yet it is both Tao and Buddhism. But its essence lies within the three thousand great paths and eight hundred side paths.

The jade slips convey the Dao. What kind of inheritance one can gain from reading them depends entirely on one's own opportunities and understanding.

At least for now, Luofu cannot tell the difference.

With a flick of his sleeve, Luo Fu rolled up the jade slip again and said, "You do have some good fortune. How did you learn about this jade slip?"

The White Snake dared not conceal the truth and frankly replied, "Reporting to the High God, it is in the cave where this little demon and my sister cultivate."

Luo Fu nodded knowingly; the White Snake had clearly reversed cause and effect.

To be precise, the sisters directly used the cave where the jade slip was located as their own training ground.

Before Luo Fu could ask any further questions, the White Snake confessed, "My sister's and my cave were destroyed in the battle between the High God and... those two virtuous ones."

A twitch appeared at the corner of Luo Fu's mouth. He thought to himself, "Thank goodness the White Snake and the Green Snake aren't dead. Otherwise, the trail would have been completely cut off." Although the cave had been destroyed in the aftermath of Luo Fu's previous battle with Fahai and Zen Master Baiyun.

But in Luo Fu's view, this was more like an alternative way of destroying evidence.

After all, it's unknown how long the White Snake and Green Snake discovered this cave dwelling, and the two snake demons have been cultivating within it all the way to the stage of human transformation.

Everything was fine before, but then, out of nowhere, it was destroyed.

At first glance, it seems reasonable, but Luo Fu felt that it was a deliberate arrangement.

However, the magical herb that can bring the dead back to life can still be found in the mouths of the white snake and the green snake.

Of course, the immortal herb itself isn't the key. The key is the place where the immortal herb grows and the crane that can fight against the White Snake, the Green Snake, and even Fahai. No matter how you look at it, the place guarding the immortal herb cannot be an ordinary place.

More likely, that place was the Daoist temple of some great being a hundred years ago, before the world had changed so much.

However, this makes it somewhat illogical that the White Snake and the Green Snake would know which place.

Judging from the words of the White Snake and the Green Snake, it is not difficult to tell that the sisters have been cultivating in caves in the mountains and forests around Qiantang. How could they know that there is a magical herb that can bring people back to life thousands of miles away?

Now, the life and death of the White Snake and the Green Snake are in the hands of Luofu.

Luo Fu would never play any tricks or schemes.

He got straight to the point, saying, "You sisters seem to know a place where a miraculous herb that can bring the dead back to life grows, and that herb is guarded by a crane."

The moment Luo Fu finished speaking.

The white snake froze instantly.

Clearly, Luo Fu's question had hit her nerve, or rather, it had revealed the biggest secret in the White Snake's heart at this stage.

After a moment's hesitation, with her life hanging in the balance in Luofu, the White Snake dared not conceal anything and frankly said, "Reporting to the High God, my sister and I do indeed know of a blessed land."

The White Snake honestly explained how to get to that so-called blessed land.

But as she recounted her story, Luo Fu's expression grew increasingly surprised.

Indeed, the blessed land and grotto heaven that the White Snake spoke of were clearly not in this world.

That's right.

That waterfall and pool, where the miraculous herb that can bring people back to life grows and where Xiaoqing helps Fahai cultivate, is not in the human world at all.

Instead, it exists in a space isolated from the human world, much like the celestial realm or the underworld.

It is even quite similar to the illusionary realm in the murals, or even the divine space of Luofu.

According to the White Snake, the information about that special blessed land was obtained from a jade slip after she and her sister awakened their spiritual intelligence.

Just now, Luo Fu also received the inheritance from the jade slip. Although he did not cultivate the Great Dao techniques recorded in the jade slip, he also did not find any information other than the Great Dao inheritance in the information contained in the jade slip.

Either the White Snake was lying, or... for the jade slip, the method to reach the special blessed land is the core of its inheritance.

But if that's the case, how did Fahai get involved with that blessed land?
Don't be fooled by the fact that Fahai was able to chase the White and Green Snakes all the way to the blessed land and even stop the crane from attacking them. You must understand that the methods of entering and leaving the blessed land are not something that can be figured out by ordinary tracking methods.

Countless cultivators know of the existence of the Underworld, but how many are able to freely traverse between the Yin and Yang realms?

Fahai not only entered the area, but he also clearly had prior contact with the crane. Otherwise, the crane would not have given up targeting the White and Green Snakes after his persuasion.

You should know that the White and Green Snakes stole the immortal herb that could bring the dead back to life.

Amidst this thick fog, the more Luo Fu thought about it, the more doubts he had.

Luo Fu had a vague feeling that the White and Green Snakes, and even Xu Xian, seemed to be tribulations in Fahai's cultivation process.

Of course, the White Snake and Green Snake and Xu Xian were Fahai's tribulations, and vice versa. For the White Snake and Green Snake, Fahai was also their tribulation.

It was as if an invisible hand was manipulating the fate of heaven, linking Fahai and the two snakes, Bai and Qing, together.

In other words, Luo Fu was able to perceive that the White and Green Snakes were indeed snake demons, unlike Fahai, who had the past life identity of Mahoraga. Otherwise, Luo Fu would have suspected that the White and Green Snakes were also the work of the Buddhist sect.

Since entering the shared space, most of what Luofu has encountered has been related to Buddhism.

The Tree Demon Granny in Lanruo Temple and Zen Master Baiyun have an unclear relationship with the Imperial Preceptor Pudu Cihang in the capital. Even the world of murals is clearly a lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, with kapala bowls and Thangka murals being typical Tibetan Buddhist artifacts.

On the contrary, the Taoist sect seems to have disappeared even more completely. Apart from a half-baked Maoshan Taoist who claims to be a Quanzhen master, Luofu has not encountered many cultivators who have truly inherited the Taoist lineage so far.

Take Yan Chixia, for example. He is a practitioner of both Buddhism and Taoism. He appears to be a sword cultivator, but in reality, he inherits more of the lineage of Lanruo Temple. This is why Yan Chixia is stationed at Lanruo Temple, while Fahai has never gone there to deal with the Tree Demon Granny.

However, although the jade slip handed over by the White Snake did not contain any specific cultivation methods, the hazy, illusory inheritance seemed to be mainly Taoist, but it also contained many Buddhist concepts.

Having learned the insights he sought from the White Snake, Luo Fu did not continue to make things difficult for her.

“You sisters, though you are demons, have never done evil and are devoted to the Dao. I will spare your lives today, but the righteous path around Qiantang is in great decline, and there are no cultivators who can subdue you sisters anymore.” Luo Fu said, “If I leave you sisters alive, you may inevitably do evil in the future.”

Having calmed down a bit, Xiaoqing heard this and angrily said, "Then what do you want?"

His gaze suddenly sharpened, and he instantly looked at Xiaoqing.

Xiaoqing felt a chill run down her spine.

There's a reason why Xiaoqing is so hostile towards Luofu right now.

Ultimately, Xiaoqing's life cultivation was insufficient, and her sexual cultivation was too poor, making it impossible for her to control her own instincts. After being attracted by the Mahoraga serpent god manifested by Fahai, Mahoraga was immediately killed on the spot by Luofu with a flying sword that sliced ​​him into a thousand pieces.

It's like Luofu severing Xiaoqing's white moonlight.

Even knowing she was no match for Luo Fu, Xiao Qing, this hothead, still couldn't hide her instinctive impulses in front of him.

From Luo Fu's perspective, keeping the White Snake was not a problem.

Whether in terms of temperament or other aspects, the White Snake has actually reached a perfect balance that can be achieved by cultivating the Dao with a non-human body.

Putting aside her physical form, the White Snake, in terms of temperament and other aspects, gives people the feeling that she is more of a celestial being than a demon.

On the contrary, Xiaoqing's demonic aura was extremely strong and could not be contained.

(End of this chapter)