Start slaying demons from the proficiency panel.

Ning Xiu voiced his doubts.

"That evil corpse of mine wanted to use the power of the people's wishes and the remnants of my ancestors' souls to create ten thousand Bodhisattvas and Buddhas, and then use the power of the ten thousand Buddhas to forcibly mold me into a demon Buddha's true form, so that I could transcend the first rank and step into the true realm of the Great Dao. I did not want to associate with him, nor did I want him to succeed in his plan, so I was imprisoned here to prevent the news from being leaked. Now that the Demon Subduing Commander has discovered the secret of Yunxia Mountain, I am relieved. I hope you can kill that evil corpse and erase the great mistake I have made."

"I'm afraid this will be a bit difficult." Ning Xiu then revealed that he had discovered that the evil corpse Zen Wisdom had already reached the second rank of Buddhism and Taoism.

Meng Fang, with his third-rank strength, could withstand the evil corpse Chan Hui, but he was absolutely unable to kill him.

"Second rank!" Master Chanhui's eyes widened in disbelief: "He has already reached the second rank before the Demon Buddha's true form has even been successfully converted. If he were to truly obtain the Demon Buddha's true form, the world would surely be plunged into chaos and suffering."

“Silver Tiger Demon Subduer Meng Fang is currently fighting that evil corpse outside. He should be able to hold it off for a while. I’d better take you away from here first, Master.” Ning Xiu swung his hammer and smashed the dozens of chains connecting Chan Hui’s body to the stone lotus platform.

In no time at all, Ning Xiu smashed all the iron chains.

Since the evil corpse Chan Hui intends to use Master Chan Hui's body to convert it into the true form of a demonic Buddha for his own use, then simply moving Master Chan Hui away will temporarily hinder his plan.

"No, this is the trouble I caused. If the evil corpse is not eliminated, it will eventually become a scourge. How can I leave like this?" Master Chanhui hurriedly refused.

Ning Xiu sighed helplessly. This monk was really stubborn. That evil corpse was already at the second rank. What good would it do for him to stay here? He might as well escape Yunxia Mountain first and report the truth to the Demon Subduing Division.

It should be noted that the top combat force of the Demon Subduing Division is not the Silver Tiger Demon Subduing Captains of the upper three ranks, but the Golden Dragon Demon Subduing Captains, who are elusive and whose whereabouts are unknown, and whose names have never been passed down.

If the Golden Dragon Demon-Subduing Commander were to intervene, slaying the evil corpse should not be a problem.

"what!"

Just then, the seated Zen Master Hui suddenly scanned Ning Xiu's entire body with a strange look, his gaze filled with curiosity, as if he were observing a treasure.

Ning Xiu looked down at himself, then looked back at what was behind him.

What's wrong? Is there some kind of stain on your body?

“I never expected that you, young benefactor, would have such an unexpected surprise hidden within you. I now have a way to thwart the evil corpse’s grand plan. I hope you will cooperate with me. Today, I am willing to help you gain a great opportunity and a great fortune. Together, we will snatch food from the tiger’s mouth from that evil corpse.”

Master Chanhui's expression suddenly became incredibly confident and excited, which puzzled Ning Xiu even more.

How could I have such unexpected surprises? Where did all these great opportunities and good fortune come from?

"Please, young benefactor, take a seat. There is no time to lose. We must not let that evil corpse notice the changes here."

At Master Chanhui's invitation, Ning Xiu had no choice but to leap up, jump onto the stone lotus platform, and sit down in front of him.

"Master, I really don't understand what you mean. Could you explain it in more detail?" Ning Xiu asked.

"No need to explain, you will understand in time."

With the iron chains gone, Master Chanhui regained the ability to move his hands. He stretched out his withered hands and grabbed Ning Xiu's left wrist.

With his other hand, he tapped down on Ning Xiu's palm.

boom!

In an instant, a jet-black round bead emerged from beneath Ning Xiu's palm.

Along with it, the twelve Buddhist beads on Ning Xiu's arm also surfaced.

"Few people possess so much evil within them. Even if they do, they will be corrupted by this evil and become mindless demons who only know how to kill, ultimately being slain by the Demon Slayers."

Young benefactor, you are very lucky. You received both Ghost Tears and the Buddhist and Taoist treasures of the Great Lingyin Temple to suppress your evil thoughts, which is why you are now no different from an ordinary person.

Ning Xiu looked surprised, not expecting that Master Chanhui could see through his hidden problems with just a glance.

Ning Xiu himself was unaware that he harbored evil thoughts; he had assumed that these evil thoughts had been completely eradicated in the mural world that day.

"However, it is precisely because of this that you, young benefactor, have been able to turn misfortune into fortune today and seize the opportunity and destiny of that evil corpse. Otherwise, no one could have done this today. So, this humble monk congratulates you in advance," Master Chanhui said with a smile.

Ning Xiu frowned: "Master, what do you plan to do?"

"You haven't killed the Corpse Worm in your body, so it can't escape your control. The true form of the Demon Buddha that the evil corpse covets is now yours."

Master Chanhui suddenly exerted force with both hands, and Ningxiu heard a cracking sound. The ghost tears that absorbed evil thoughts shattered on the spot in Master Chanhui's hands.

As soon as the Ghost Tears shattered, the boundless evil thoughts within it burst forth like a dam releasing its floodwaters, spreading wildly outwards.

Ning Xiu's left hand turned completely black in an instant.

That indescribable feeling of disgust resurfaced in Ning Xiu's mind.

Tyranny, greed, cruelty, lust, gluttony, bloodlust...

In the blink of an eye, the black malevolent intent had spread from Ning Xiu's palm to his shoulder. If this continued, he would likely repeat the same mistake as that day.

“Master Chan Hui!” Ning Xiu hurriedly said.

"Young benefactor, please do not exclaim. Leave everything to this humble monk. Because of your arrival, this humble monk has also gained a chance to make amends for his mistakes. Amitabha."

Master Chanhui smiled kindly, but his expression contained a hint of resignation to his fate.

[057] The True Form of the Demon Buddha: A First-Class Buddhist and Taoist Master

The black evil thoughts quickly invaded Ning Xiu's entire body. Even though his Qi and Blood Furnace Divine Power had a great restraining effect on evil spirits, it lost its ability to resist at this moment.

Because their power is simply incomparable.

According to the evil spirit of Jinzhao Temple, it had cultivated its Taoist practice for over two hundred years, and all those human head fruits were the evil thoughts it had accumulated. At that time, it poured them all into Ning Xiu's body in one breath.

Many people don't even live to be a hundred, let alone two hundred years old. What an enormous amount of evil intent that must be.

At this moment, under the influence of Master Chanhui, Ghost Tears was destroyed, and all evil thoughts erupted. When Ning Xiu's entire body was invaded by evil thoughts, he would transform into the kind of murderous evil spirit that Master Chanhui had just mentioned.

"This humble monk is willing to create the true form of the Demon Buddha, but not to give it to anyone else, but to you, young benefactor."

Master Chanhui spoke resolutely, and in an instant, the entire Ten Thousand Buddha Cave resounded with the sound of chanting scriptures, and Buddhist chants arose everywhere.

Among the ancestral tablets of the villagers placed in the stone troughs, there appeared phantom images of men and women, sitting cross-legged in the stone troughs and chanting scriptures.

Instantly, each illusory figure was draped in a loose golden robe, with halos appearing on their heads and backs, illuminating the entire Ten Thousand Buddha Cave with a halo of Buddha light.

If you didn't know better, you'd really think you were about to ascend to the Western Paradise.

Upon witnessing this miraculous scene, Ning Xiu instantly recalled the words that Master Chan Hui had just spoken.

His evil corpse wanted to use the power of the people's wishes to forge the ancestral tablets into ten thousand Bodhisattvas and Buddhas, and then use the power of ten thousand Buddhas to mold Master Chanhui into a demonic Buddha for his own use.

Is this what you're referring to?

That evil corpse, Zen Hui, actually turned the ancestral tablets of the villagers from the eighteen villages who had moved there into Buddhas!

This method is truly astonishing.

Just as the black evil thought was about to take over Ning Xiu's entire body, its spreading momentum suddenly stopped. It then transformed into a large number of arms and human faces that emerged from Ning Xiu's body and swarmed towards Master Chan Hui, who was closest to Ning Xiu.

"This!" Ning Xiu's eyes widened.

Master Chanhui calmly shook his head, indicating that he had nothing to worry about.

A torrent of evil thoughts, like rotten mud, enveloped Master Chanhui's body, and countless wailing and resentful faces floated on his body.

Countless arms rose and fell on his body, constantly making various grasping and struggling gestures, much like a drowning person falling into the sea.

The chanting of sutras by ten thousand Buddhas filled the entire Ten Thousand Buddha Cave. Although those were not real Buddhas, they still possessed a certain power.

Ning Xiu stared at Master Chan Hui without daring to blink. Was the true form of the Demon Buddha about to appear?

……

"cough!"

Meng Fang crashed deep into the pile of rocks, leaving a deep, human-shaped crater dozens of feet deep, with blood and foam continuously gushing from his mouth.

The strength of the second-rank Buddhist and Taoist masters is still too great. It is really too much of a stretch for me, a mere third-rank master, to contend with Chan Hui.

If we continue fighting Zen-wisdom for a long time, we will surely die.

"Withdraw! Everyone, leave Yunxia Mountain immediately!" Meng Fang shouted as he climbed out of the pit without turning his head.

If it weren't for protecting the soldiers, he could have left long ago and wouldn't have needed to continue fighting with Chan Hui.

Although the other party is one rank higher than himself, if Meng Fangzhen is determined to escape, Chan Hui has no ability to stop him.

Upon hearing the Mongolian order, the general in charge of the troops did not hesitate to begin directing the army's retreat.

He observed the situation on the field; the army's presence there had become a burden for the Mongols, and the reason the Mongols hadn't fled was precisely because they remained there.

Once the army faces the wisdom of the second rank of Buddha and Tao, the only outcome will be a merciless, one-sided massacre.

“Sometimes, the more secrets you know, the better. None of you will leave Yunxia Mountain alive today.” The evil corpse Zenhui looked at Meng Fang and the army with its dark eyes and said coldly.

From the very beginning until now, the evil corpse Zenhui has remained motionless on the stone platform, clearly not using his full strength.

Even so, Meng Fang was still no match for him, and could not even get close to him, which shows that Evil Corpse Zen Wisdom was by no means an ordinary second-grade Buddhist or Taoist.

Just as Meng Fang climbed out of the pit, preparing to attack the evil corpse Chan Hui again, a surge of evil energy suddenly erupted from Yunxia Mountain and began to gather rapidly.

In an instant, the sky above Yunxia Mountain turned pitch black, and an evil aura blotted out the sun.

From the direction of Shibacun, eighteen black lotus platforms flew in one after another on the wind, and disappeared into the underground of Yunxia Temple in the blink of an eye.

"not good!"

The evil corpse Zenhui's expression changed drastically in an instant. He ordered the monks under his seat to distribute the Avici Sutra to the villagers of the eighteen villages for recitation, with the purpose of gathering evil energy and refining the lotus platform.

Each of the eighteen villages is responsible for refining a lotus platform. Once they have converted themselves into the true form of the Demon Buddha, they can summon the lotus platform as material to refine the supreme treasure.

But now, someone has actually started the plan ahead of schedule!

Only he and Chan Hui knew about this matter; who else could have initiated it besides him?

"The time for salvation has not yet come, Zen Hui, how dare you ruin my grand plan!" the evil corpse Zen Hui roared, and an extremely terrifying aura erupted from its body in an instant.

Those soldiers who were planning to evacuate Yunxia Temple felt a sudden palpitation and their legs went weak. They lost their balance and collapsed to the ground on the spot.

The full force of a second-rank master's aura is something that ordinary people cannot withstand.

The evil corpse Zenhui suddenly stood up from the stone platform. As he reached out to grab the pagoda, he invisibly dug a huge hole in the ground.

This conveniently revealed the scene inside the Ten Thousand Buddha Cave beneath the pagoda.

At this moment, Chan Hui was completely enveloped by evil thoughts, and his body had transformed into the appearance of a Buddha.

Beneath him, eighteen black lotus pedestals collided with each other, beginning their fusion.

The conversion of the true form of the Demon Buddha has already begun.

The evil corpse Zen Master looked on with eyes wide with rage. This premature conversion, even if successful in the end, would not result in a perfect demonic Buddha form.