The stolen magic is a bit magical

From the deepest part of the Buddhist hall, a voice rang out: "Lord Su, what a powerful killing intent!"

As soon as the voice fell, yellow leaves fluttered to both sides, leaving behind a secluded hall.

The voice was that of the nun Miaoyu from that day.

That location is also the abbot's meditation room at Luohua Nunnery.

“I thought that when we met in the capital that day, the nun had forgotten me, but it turns out she hasn’t!” Lin Xiaosu said.

“Back then, Lord Su was disguised as Lord Li. I remember Lord Li, but I have never seen Lord Su before.” Master Miaoyu said, “If Lord Su had not uttered the ferocious words ‘kill all the soldiers in Jiangnan’ today, I would still not have been able to imagine that there is such a fierce official in the world.”

“Buddhism teaches ‘formlessness,’ but you, nun, are attached to form!” Lin Xiaosu said.

"Appearance?"

“Exactly! When you observe the good and evil in the world, you only see the surface. In your eyes, killing all the soldiers in Jiangnan is a wicked act. However, the 170 million people of Huzhou tell me that killing all the evildoers in Jiangnan is a good deed!”

"Buddhism does not distinguish between good and evil; it only values ​​cause and effect! Lord Su, when you are reborn from the ashes, you will know that the cause and effect were already laid under the butcher's knife!"

"Buddhism only values ​​cause and effect, that's very well said!" Lin Xiaosu said, "The nun was originally a great master of Buddhism, and she had to willingly fall into depravity before she received retribution, which is also a matter of cause and effect!"

Deep within the meditation hall, all was silent.

Yellow leaves flutter down, and the whole mountain is silent.

After a long while, the voice of Abbess Miaoyu came: "What brings Lord Su here today?"

"I have a list of seventy-nine people who have committed numerous crimes and are wanted by the Ministry of Justice. Please, Master, hand over these criminals so that we may bring them to justice!"

Lin Xiaosu waved her hand gently.

A single sheet of paper soars straight to the heavens.

The true essence is added, the paper is magnified, and the whole mountain can be seen.

The seventy-nine names, their original places of origin, their crimes, and their current Dharma names and identities are all complete.

The expressions of the old monks in the mountains changed slightly.

These old monks were all among the seventy-nine people.

Master Miaoyu said calmly, “I know all the people listed here. However, they have all repented before the Buddha and their sins have been absolved. They are no longer villains in this world, but just devout believers who chant scriptures before the Buddha. Why must Lord Su kill them all? Why not let them spend their remaining years in this pure land of Buddhism?”

Lin Xiaosu asked, "Does the nun guarantee that their sins will be completely absolved?"

“The people on the list have been in this temple for at least ten years, chanting scriptures every day. The light of their sins has long since dissipated, leaving only the light of Buddha and Tao. Naturally, their sins have been completely eradicated.”

“That works!” Lin Xiaosu stretched out her hand, and a piece of white paper appeared in her palm: “Since the nun is willing to vouch for them, please write on this paper that if their sins are not completely absolved after entering Luohua Nunnery, then you, Nun Miaoyu, will take their place!”

As soon as the voice fell, the white paper fluttered up and moved forward along the path of yellow leaves.

In the blink of an eye, half the blank sheet of paper had been used.

But suddenly, the blank paper stopped in mid-air.

Lin Xiaosu smiled faintly: "What? Master Miaoyu, have you suddenly realized that their sins have not been absolved? Or perhaps you, Master, ultimately lack the selflessness of Buddha cutting off his own flesh to feed the eagle, and are unwilling to bear the sins of your disciples?"

"Amitabha, is Lord Su actually well-versed in the law of cause and effect?" Master Miaoyu's voice was cold.

Because she suddenly discovered something.

This piece of white paper is not ordinary paper.

The law of cause and effect is attached to it.

If you dare to write any word on this paper, it will be considered as establishing cause and effect.

If she writes down Lin Xiaosu's words, and if even one of the seventy-nine people has a problem, she will fulfill her karmic obligation.

How dare she?

"Is the law of cause and effect so terrifying? Don't you Buddhists always talk about cause and effect? ​​Aren't you confident that Buddhism and Taoism can eliminate all evil in the world? Since these seventy-nine people have been disciples for at least ten years, and since you say their sins have been completely eradicated, what are you afraid of regarding cause and effect?" Lin Xiaosu said, "Could it be that you yourself know that the so-called elimination of sins is all self-deception?"

"Amitabha! Doesn't Lord Su think you're being a bit too aggressive?" An old nun's voice descended from the sky.

The moment the voice fell, it was as if a true Buddha had descended.

Another old nun appeared in front of Lin Xiaosu and the others.

This nun appeared older than Master Miaoyu, and her monk's robe was purple.

"My lord, this is another cultivator from Luohua Nunnery, whose Dharma name is Miaoshen." Zhang Tao's voice reached Lin Xiaosu's ears.

Lin Xiaosu laughed: "Does the nun know why I can be so aggressive?"

"Because you consider yourself a high-ranking official of the third rank in the imperial court, is that right?" said Abbess Miaoshen.

"Not so! I just want to tell the nun a basic principle: anyone who is not in the right or has a strong sense of justice cannot be aggressive. There is only one situation in which one can be aggressive: that is, one who holds the righteous principles of Heaven and has a selfless heart and a naturally proud spirit!"

Master Miaoshen gave a cold laugh: "You may have a thousand reasons, but I have one rule!"

"May I ask what the rules are, Abbess?"

"This is a sacred Buddhist site, and must not be disturbed... Amitabha!"

As soon as the four words were spoken, three yellow leaves flew up at the same time!

Three yellow leaves, taken from her hand, transformed into three Buddhist hand seals.

Separately, Lin Xiaosu, Gu Suixin, and Zhang Tao.

The moment the handprint was made, all the vital energy in the air was instantly drained away.

Zhang Tao's expression suddenly changed, and with a whoosh, he transformed into a thousand-foot-tall magical body...

With his cultivation at the peak of enlightenment, he transformed into a thousand-foot-tall Dharma body and activated the strongest defense. Theoretically, even if a mountain collapsed, he could withstand it. However, the Buddhist handprint formed from this small yellow leaf suddenly expanded.

boom!
Zhang Tao flew away and crashed down from the distant Chanjing Mountain.

Gu Suixin suddenly raised his folding fan and began to fan out. At first, he clearly displayed the demeanor of a philanderer from Jiangnan. However, as soon as the fan passed, a giant tortoise appeared in front of him, the Xuanwu, one of the Four Symbols of antiquity.

For Xuanwu, defense is its primary skill.

boom!
The enormous Buddhist handprint met Xuanwu.

The ancient tree between him and Miao Shen turned into dust out of thin air, including that yellow leaf.

Gu Suixin did not retreat even half a step, and the smile on her face did not diminish in the slightest.

The faces of all the monks and nuns on the entire mountain changed simultaneously.

This person clearly hadn't broken through to the Execution Realm, yet he was able to reverse the tide and withstand a blow from someone at the Execution Realm without showing any sign of defeat.

Meanwhile, on Lin Xiaosu's side...

Even stranger.

Lin Xiaosu neither drew her sword nor made a move!

When the Buddhist handprint struck, a small crack suddenly appeared in the void between Lin Xiaosu's eyebrows.

The crack was extremely small; however, when the Great Seal of Buddhism arrived, the crack became another world in front of the Great Seal of Buddhism.

The giant handprint plunged into the crack and disappeared without a trace.

The raging tide was so powerful that it couldn't even stir a hair on Lin Xiaosu's head.

That witty remark was astonishing.

Miao Shen frowned: "Spatial laws, Dao realm flowers blooming?"

The blossoming of the Dao Realm is the second stage of comprehending the rules.

The first stage is to form the seed of the Dao of Rules.

The second realm blossoms with the Dao of Rules.

The third stage is to attain the fruit of the Dao, which governs rules.

Whether it's a seed of rules or a flower of rules, they are merely things to comprehend in the realm of understanding rules. Once the fruit of rules is borne, one is declared to have entered the realm of upholding the Dao.

For those who have reached the Dao realm, under normal circumstances, they will not be moved by the blossoming of the Dao realm flowers of others.

However, you also have to consider what kind of flower it is.

Lin Xiaosu's Dao Flower is a Dao Flower based on the laws of space.

How can rules compare to laws?
Therefore, it is a thousand times, ten thousand times more difficult for a law to blossom than for a general rule to blossom.

Correspondingly, its power is also thousands or tens of thousands of times stronger.

There is a very clear benchmark in the path of cultivation: the Dao Flower of Laws is basically equivalent to the Dao Fruit of other rules.

Lin Xiaosu's Sky-Splitting Technique just now was flawless and full of profound mysteries. It was clearly beyond the capabilities of a Dao Seed of Rules, and must have been a Dao Flower.

The Law Dao Flower can stand shoulder to shoulder with other Law Dao Fruits!

In other words, regardless of Lin Xiaosu's physical cultivation level, his Dao realm is equivalent to the Zhi realm!

His position on the path of spiritual cultivation is, in fact, attachment!
Even when facing the master of Luohua Temple, he was by no means a junior.

Not to mention, both Master Miaoyu and Master Miaoshen were shocked at this moment, even Gu Suixin, who was traveling with Lin Xiaosu, felt her heart pound.

Having just flown back from the air, Zhang Tao's heart was naturally beating even faster.

He had always thought that this person relied solely on the formation and his official position, but all it took were eight words from Miao Shen, a powerful expert at the realm of Qi, to overturn everything.

These eight characters are: "Spatial Laws, Dao Realm Blossoms".

These eight characters alone are enough to declare that this Lord Su, in terms of cultivation status alone, is on par with "Zhi"!
In fact, Lin Xiaosu's own heart was beating quite fast.

He now possesses six elements of law, and he has dabbled in all seven laws of the Heavenly Dao, excluding Chaos.

The six laws exist in three states within him.

The first state is a superficial understanding, unable to even cultivate the seed of the Tao; that is cause and effect and reincarnation.

The second state is when the seeds of laws and principles have been formed, such as time, yin and yang, and life.

The third state is the law of space.

He spent the longest time comprehending the laws of space, integrating them with modern physics, and frequently encountered opportunities. He was the first law to form a seed of enlightenment, and its application is also the most widespread.

While traveling south of the Yangtze River, he and Fufu were fooling around in the room. He sensed that someone was spying on him, so he maximized the power of spatial laws and forcibly established a connection with the spy. Whether he used too much force or it was a natural outcome, his spatial law seed cracked open.

With this crack, he saw the "tender flower" inside the seed of the Dao.

Strictly speaking, his spatial Dao seed was only a nascent form of blossoming, not yet a blossoming of the Great Dao. However, even as a nascent form, it easily shattered the attack of the Dao Master.

This gave Lin Xiaosu the greatest confidence.

"Master Miaoshen!" Lin Xiaosu flicked his hand lightly, shattering a yellow leaf that had landed on his shoulder. He said calmly, "Don't think that just because your Luohua Nunnery has two experts at the Zhijing level, you can do whatever you want in front of me!"

Although the voice was calm, it struck the Luohua Nunnery like a heavy blow.

Autumn winds rise, yellow leaves fall.

Behind Miao Shen, in the quiet room where the abbess was located, accompanied by the chanting of "Amitabha," Master Miao Yu stepped out.

At her feet, yellow leaves tumbled up and formed lotus leaves.

At first, she walked, but later, the yellow leaves under her feet formed layers of lotus pedestals.

The lotus platform floated past and appeared in front of Lin Xiaosu: "Lord Su, you have indeed reached the Dao Flower Realm in the Law of Space, making you a peerless talent in the Dao of Time and Space. However, if you want to conquer the eight major sects of Jiangnan with this level of cultivation, I'm afraid you are still lacking some experience."

Lin Xiaosu said, "This level of cultivation is clearly not enough, but what if I add my array formation skills?"

"The Sky-Sky Yin-Yang Reversal Formation, once it was unveiled, destroyed five major sects in succession. It certainly displayed great power in Jiangnan. But, does Your Excellency really think it will be effective against the Zhi Sect?" asked Abbess Miaoyu.

What is the meaning of "holding fast to one's sect"?
It adheres to the rules of Heaven!
Formations, too, rely on rules. If the rules of nature are disrupted, the formation will disintegrate.

This is the key reason why formations cannot counter the power of the Enforcer Realm.

Lin Xiaosu said, "The Void Yin-Yang Reversal Formation, it seems that you have a deep understanding of my methods. However, you only know the methods that I have exposed to the public, not the methods that I have not exposed."

Master Miaoyu frowned slightly: "For example?"

"For example, the Zhou Tian Formation!"

The Zhou Tian Formation.

The four words shocked the entire Luohua Nunnery.

Formations are divided into three realms, with the Xuan Tian realm being the most common.

The sky and space are highly imaginative and rarely seen.

However, neither of these two types of formations is effective against those in the Realm of Execution.

There is only one type of formation that is effective for everyone.

That is the Zhou Tian system of formations.

The Zhou Tian system is self-defined, and the heavenly secrets are self-determined within the array.

Even the most powerful forces cannot disrupt its rules.

This is why the Zhou Tian Array System has always been something that powerful beings at the Zhi Realm deeply fear.

Why did the once-powerful Ancient Array Sect suffer such heavy blows? Why did it become the target of the entire region? It was because they possessed the Zhou Tian Array System, capable of hunting down cultivators at the Enlightened Realm.

“The Zhou Tian Formation System!” Master Miaoyu chuckled softly: “In the past, the Ancient Desolate Formation Sect was known as the orthodox formation sect for ten thousand years, gathering all the formation masters in the world into one school. To set up the Zhou Tian Formation, it would require the full strength of the entire sect. How dare you, Lord Su, claim that you can set it up?”

"You don't believe me?" Lin Xiaosu asked.

"Amitabha Buddha, this humble nun truly does not believe!"

"You want to try?"

Upon hearing those three words, even after thousands of years of arduous cultivation, Master Miaoyu's heart was filled with turbulent emotions.

Speechless for a moment.

Lin Xiaosu slowly raised his gaze, sweeping across the entire mountain: "Luohua Nunnery might as well give me an answer. If you want to try, I will really try to show you! However, don't blame me for saying this upfront: I am still experimenting with the Zhou Tian Formation System and cannot control it at will. If your entire sect is wiped out, leaving no one alive, that is not my intention!"

The entire mountain was completely silent.

Everyone genuinely didn't believe it.

The difficulty of the Zhou Tian Formation is well-known.

As Master Miaoyu said, the Ancient Array Sect was the strongest sect in the field of arrays since ancient times. Millions of array geniuses gathered in the sect, achieving the strongest interpretation of the array path. However, if they wanted to create the Zhou Tian Grand Array, they really needed to gather the power of the entire sect.

They actually only successfully implemented the Zhou Tian Formation a handful of times, and each time it caused a huge sensation.

For example, the final message left by the Ancient Array Sect in this world is related to the Zhou Tian Array.

The Zhou Tian Rift Array used this great divine power to directly sever Kun Cang, where the Ancient Array Sect was located, from the Ancient World.

It splits open, detaching itself directly from this world.

How terrifying?
How unimaginable!

That was a grand array formation that mobilized the entire sect's strength; it was the final masterpiece left by the Array Sect in this world.

Eighty-one elders of the Array Sect sacrificed their lives in the battle. In fact, the number of those who sacrificed their lives was far more than eighty-one.

At least tens of thousands of people died in battle!

However, the elder who serves as the core of the formation is only eighty-one.

How could an official like him, by his own strength, attempt to set up the Zhou Tian Formation?
How can it be?

However, looking at his journey to the south of the Yangtze River, it seems that he pioneered everything he did in the past, no matter how outlandish it may have been.

Who really dares to gamble?
Because this gamble involves risking the lives of the entire Luohua Nunnery, and hundreds of thousands of monks and nuns!

As a powerful figure in the realm of mastery, who had dominated the world for thousands of years, this was the first time in her life that she found herself in a predicament.

Despite being merely an official at the Enlightenment Realm with only three thousand soldiers under his command, he still managed to corner the prestigious Luohua Nunnery.

He has revealed spatial laws comparable to those of the Enforcer Realm, meaning that no one can easily kill him, including powerful Enforcer Realm experts; at the very least, no one can kill him with a single blow.

If we can't kill him in one hit, then everything has to come back to the rules of the game.

In the game rules, he introduced a groundbreaking "Zhou Tian Formation System".

Nobody believed it, but nobody dared to gamble...

That's what makes this Su thief so troublesome...

Suddenly, a voice came from behind the distant mountains: "Lord Su, may I come into the back of the mountain for a meeting?"

Her voice was gentle and kind, like spring rain in Jiangnan.

The sound encompassed heaven and earth, covering the entire Luohua Nunnery.

Master Miaoyu exclaimed as if granted a pardon: "Amitabha! Senior Sister has emerged from seclusion!"

"Greetings, Senior Sister!" Miao Shen also bowed.

All the monks and nuns in the temple bowed simultaneously, facing the back mountain.

Zhang Tao's voice drifted into Lin Xiaosu's ears: "My lord, it is said that Luohua Nunnery was built by this nun Miaoxin. There are also rumors that although this nun's cultivation is at the first level of the 'Obstinence Realm,' she has studied the Law of Reincarnation. By studying the law and entering the 'Obstinence Realm,' her strength is equivalent to that of the second level of other rules."

His voice had barely reached the other side when Gu Suixin's voice followed: "Brother Su, this nun's cultivation is truly unfathomable. Brother Su, please be careful."

Lin Xiaosu smiled faintly: "I'd be honored to accept your invitation! Junior Brother Gu, Captain Zhang, please wait here for a moment!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he rose into the air.

It fell from the sky and landed on a Bodhi tree.

The next moment, the figure vanished.

Both the clever words and the graceful figure were greatly surprised.

It was common knowledge throughout Luohua Nunnery that Senior Sister Miaoxin resided in the back mountain. However, no one had ever been able to see her. In everyone's perception, this senior sister had long since transcended the stage of meeting her disciples and was already a true immortal on earth.

Only the two, Miaoyu and Miaoshen, know this.

it's not true.

The disciples could not see her because they entered the door incorrectly.

The back mountain is a secret realm created by the senior sister, and the entrance is at the top of the Bodhi tree.

This thief, Su, did not take the usual path to the back mountain. Instead, he stepped precisely into the gate leading to the back mountain in one stride and pushed it open.

If his senior sister was testing his array formation skills in this way, trying to gauge his foundation in array formation, then he immediately verified his astonishing array formation skills on the spot.

Lin Xiaosu stepped over the Bodhi tree, and the leaves under her feet trembled slightly.

The scene before him immediately changed dramatically!
It is no longer the Luohua Hermitage with its falling yellow leaves, but a vast expanse of yellow sand.

Amidst the endless yellow sands, a majestic pass stands.

No one left their name at the pass.

It was just a mottled blank space.

However, Lin Xiaosu's heart suddenly started racing.

This is Jianmen Pass.

He had seen images of this majestic pass in the Xin Ge archives.

Endless yellow sands stretch beneath Jianmen Pass!
This is actually the place where Abbess Miaoxin lived in seclusion.

If at the beginning his confidence was only 30%, now it has jumped to 80% out of thin air!
For thousands of years, she has never forgotten Jianmen Pass.

She never truly regarded Jianmen as the place of her lifelong sorrow; this majestic pass was even the most important place in her heart, forever etched there.

He made the right bet!

He was betting on the fact that this former Du Yuexin, now Miaoxin, still had a piece of the puzzle of memories about the Ancient Array Sect in her heart.

He was betting that when he used the strongest array formation of the Ancient Array Sect to intimidate the Falling Flower Nunnery and leave the entire nunnery in a state of indecision, this legendary founder would appear to meet him.

He made the right bet!

She actually showed up.

Upon entering her private realm, she revealed to him the mark on her heart—the Sword Gate Pass!

All of this suggests that she has the potential to be his help!

But how exactly to proceed depends on whether he can truly win her over.

Amidst the endless yellow sand, he walked steadily, neither hurried nor slow.

As she traveled along, feeling the desolation and loneliness emanating from the yellow sand, Lin Xiaosu seemed to sense the same impulse she had felt when she traveled thousands of miles to the border to see her beloved.

But stepping onto this majestic pass, one is met with a desolate view, a sense of utter desolation as if "this person has never been found in the world."

Lin Xiaosu raised her hand, and a flute landed in her palm.

When the flute is played, the melody is melodious and graceful.

The light and free-spirited flute music swept across Jianmen Pass, seemingly bringing a few echoes of Jiangnan to this ancient and rarely visited border town.

The flute music evokes images of a young boy breaking willow branches by a lake, boating on a river, the breath of spring breeze, and the twists and turns of life.

Everything was so joyful and beautiful, yet the final note was utterly lonely and desolate.

Perhaps it is precisely because of the beauty and joy preceding this that the desolation of the final note is all the more striking.

The flute music stopped, and the flute in Lin Xiaosu's hand disappeared into thin air. He slowly raised his head, facing the majestic pass, and recited: "The snow clears the barbarian sky, the horses return to graze, the moon shines bright, the Qiang flute plays between the watchtowers, may I ask where the plum blossoms fall? The wind blows all night at Jianmen Pass."

Above the majestic pass, in a quiet room.

Outside the quiet room, a withered plum tree stands.

Flowers sway in the breeze, withered plum blossoms fall, and in the quiet room, a nun in blue robes stands with a shaved head.

She slowly raised her head: "Young master, your flute playing is melodious and elegant, and your poem is exquisite and romantic, yet it does not seem to be the way you would greet this humble nun. May I ask why?"

Yes, when a young gentleman meets a female guest, poetry and romance are the standard behavior.

But was he meeting a female guest today?
He was the founder of Luohua Nunnery!

It was a major sect under his command!
Is this the behavior of a child?
Lin Xiaosu said, "It is because I do not regard you as the founder of Luohua Nunnery, but on behalf of an old friend, I am here to see you."

"Meeting on behalf of an old friend? May I ask which old friend it is?" Miaoxin asked.

Lin Xiaosu said, "The only descendant of the Ancient Desolate Array Sect used to call himself Sword Without Dust, but now he is called Lone Sword With Dust!"

A soft buzzing sound!
Dust billowed up from the majestic pass, and a crack appeared on its surface.

There was no echo; that soft sound was the echo.

There was no reaction; this crack is the reaction...

Lin Xiaosu stared at the crack: "Senior still has old friends in your heart, so why not calmly inscribe the three words 'Jianmen Pass' on this pass?"

"Amitabha Buddha, how can the events of three thousand years ago be on this humble nun's mind?" With a single chant of the Buddha's name, the imposing pass beneath her feet vanished into thin air, replaced by a barren slope, a withered plum tree, a quiet room, and an old nun. (End of Chapter)