Honghuang: Creation of the Green Lotus, the beginning of the Three Pure Ones

Chapter 39 It turns out that the disease is caused by the root

Everyone present nodded at the same time at Tongtian's opinion of Hongjun, and even Laozi agreed with what Tongtian said.

But in the end, Laozi still spoke up and said, "That being said, Master also once said that everyone has strengths to learn from."

"Won't he be talking about the path to becoming a Quasi-Sage next time? We might as well listen to what a Quasi-Sage is. And what's the real gap between a Quasi-Sage and a Primordial Golden Immortal?"

Yuanshi Tianzun nodded in agreement with Laozi's suggestion, "Big brother, you are right. I am also quite interested in the path of the quasi-saint."

In response to this, Tongtian curled his lips and said, "Big Brother, second brother, could it be that you think the Hunyuan Jinxian passed down by our master is not strong enough? Do you want to switch to the path of Quasi-Sage?"

Yuanshi Tianzun directly took out the Three Treasures Ruyi and knocked it on Tongtian's head. He glared at him and said, "Do you understand what it means to know yourself and the enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles?"

Tongtian rubbed his head and said, "Brother, don't underestimate me. I've also heard the military tactics that Master taught. How could I not know what it means to know yourself and your enemy?"

Yuanshi Tianzun glared at Tongtian again and said, "Since you know this, why are you still talking nonsense here?"

Tongtian's face was full of dissatisfaction at this moment. If there were no outsiders present, he would have pulled out the Qingping Sword and fought Yuanshi Tianzun.

After all, they had done this kind of thing many times before. Every time Yuanshi Tianzun and Tongtian fought, Laozi would act as the referee.

Fortunately, Zhu Rong spoke at this moment, "I don't understand a word you said. It's just like listening to that old man's sermon, I feel it's all obscure and difficult to understand."

"Since I don't understand, I'll go back to the Ancestral Witch Temple to practice. I won't go to listen to the teachings next time. After all, it would be a waste of effort if I went."

Zhu Rong's words were immediately endorsed by the other ten Ancestral Witches. They all said they would not go to Zixiao Palace to listen to the teachings next time.

Laozi offered no advice. After all, the Twelve Ancestral Witches didn't cultivate their spirits, only their bodies. Listening to Hongjun Daozu's teachings was a waste of effort.

Seeing the Twelve Ancestral Witches leave, Laozi also stood up and said goodbye to Fuxi and Nuwa. He wanted to take this opportunity to return to Kunlun Mountain and visit his former Taoist temple.

After sending off the Twelve Ancestral Witches and the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa couldn't help but sigh. Then she looked at her brother Fuxi and said.

"Brother, do you think I really want to take him as my master? I feel like taking him as my master will greatly restrict my future."

Fuxi knew exactly who Nuwa wanted to worship as her master. He simply said, "It's all up to you, little sister."

"No matter what decision you make, I will support you unconditionally."

Nuwa nodded after hearing this, and her expression relaxed a little, as if she had made a great decision.

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When Chen Xuan arrived at Mount Sumeru in the west, he went directly to the Eight Treasures Merit Pool on the top of the mountain.

At this time, the two Buddhist monks from the West were sitting beside the Eight Treasures Merit Pond, digesting what they had gained from listening to the teachings in the Zixiao Palace.

At the same time, the water in the Eight Treasures Merit Pool began to churn. Streams of merit shot up from the water into the sky and merged into the bodies of the two.

In the blink of an eye, three flower buds appeared on the heads of the two Western Buddhas, one of which was already about to bloom.

When one's cultivation breaks through to the early stage of Daluo Jinxian, he will reach the state of three flowers gathering at the top of the head and five qi returning to the origin.

Upon reaching the middle stage of the Golden Immortal Realm, one of the three flowers will bloom, and upon reaching the peak of the Golden Immortal Realm, all three flowers will bloom. The level of the three flowers that bloom determines how far a cultivator can go on the path of cultivation.

If the flower only blooms to the third grade, it can reach the early stage of Hunyuan Jinxian, but that will be the end of its life.

If the flower blooms to the sixth level, then it is expected to reach the peak of the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm. However, breaking through to the Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal realm is like looking at a flower in a mirror.

Only when the flower blossoms to the ninth level can one be qualified to break through to the Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian realm. Even in the future, one can go further.

Only the Chaos Gods and Demons can have their three flowers blossom to the twelfth level of great perfection. Only when the three flowers blossom to the twelfth level can they have the opportunity to impact the Dao Realm.

If the three flowers cannot even reach the third level and can only bloom to the first level, then the Daluo Jinxian will be his end.

So at this moment, Chen Xuan also wanted to take this opportunity to see what level the three flowers on the heads of the two Western Buddhas could bloom to.

If they followed the original trajectory of the prehistoric world, both of them would eventually attain sainthood. Therefore, the three flowers on their heads would naturally bloom to the ninth rank.

But Chen Xuan remembered that the two of them were able to achieve sainthood by relying on the way of heaven.

This also means that the roots of the two Western Buddhists may not be as high as imagined. In fact, they were able to achieve enlightenment and become saints mainly because Hongjun owed the West a debt of karma.

As time passed, the first lotus on the heads of the Taoist Zhunti and the Taoist Jie Yin also bloomed.

But what Chen Xuan didn't expect was that the first lotus of the Taoist Jie Yin only bloomed to the eighth and a half level, and then that half level could not unfold no matter what.

As for the Taoist Zhunti, he was even more pitiful, as he only managed to blossom to the eighth rank. The last rank lotus withered directly, and there was no possibility of it blooming again.

This inevitably made Chen Xuan feel strange. "Isn't it said that the three flowers on the head are either the first grade, the third grade, the sixth grade, the ninth grade, and the twelfth grade of great perfection?"

"How come one of the two Western Buddhist monks opened an eighth-grade and the other an eighth-and-a-half-grade? Is there some unknown secret?"

Just as Chen Xuan was puzzled, a black gas rushed up from the ground in the west and directly penetrated the heads of Jie Yin and Zhunti.

As the black gas fell into the lotus flowers above the two people's heads, the half-grade lotus flower that had originally not opened by the Taoist Jie Yin also successfully bloomed at this moment.

Even the withered first-grade lotus of the Taoist Zhunti came back to life and bloomed at this moment.

However, the last lotus that bloomed had a hint of demonic energy. Chen Xuan knew without asking that this must be Luo Hou's work.

And in the next moment, the demonic energy on the lotus also retracted, so that the ninth-grade lotus above their heads no longer had any trace of demonic energy.

However, Chen Xuan could clearly see that the evil energy did not disappear, but quietly hid under the lotus.

"Could this be the reason why Buddhism will have a black lotus in the future? It turns out this black lotus isn't the twelfth-grade world-destroying black lotus, but the inner demon that arises when the Western Second Breakthrough occurs."

At this moment, Chen Xuan had completely figured out things that he had been unable to figure out before.

At the same time, it also reminded Chen Xuan of his real purpose in coming here. He was not here to see the Second Western Exodus break through to the middle stage of the Golden Immortal Realm.

(End of this chapter)