Chapter 609: Mu Zhian: Bodhisattva Miao Yi, Have You Considered Transcendence?
“It seems quite a few people are secretly watching me in the Nine Provinces now.”
Mu Zhian, looking frail and worn, sighed as he walked towards the Demon Realm, on the border of the Eastern Continent.
He could feel that from the moment he left the Two Polarities Sect, many people had been secretly observing him.
Although they all deliberately concealed their auras, Mu Zhian’s Innate Spiritual Body keenly sensed their presence.
And among them, Mu Zhian sensed a rather sudden surge of killing intent.
“Who’s there?!”
He reacted almost instantly, abruptly looking up, only to see a white butterfly with sparkling wings fluttering towards him in mid-air.
The white butterfly, as if passing through the void, lightly landed on Mu Zhian’s shoulder.
The light around the white butterfly gradually faded, transforming into the figure of a woman in a white dress before Mu Zhian.
Xue Yi!
Mu Zhian’s expression was filled with shock, and he subconsciously took half a step back, “Why are you here?!”
“I clearly didn’t reveal my whereabouts, why did you—”
He looked shocked, even terrified, his eyes widening slightly, a perfect display of a Best Actor’s skills.
“Surprised?”
Xue Yi toyed with a strand of hair and said with a faint smile, “The Immortal Forbidden Land paid a considerable price to lure you out this time.”
As she spoke, she raised her hand and gently touched Mu Zhian’s forehead.
The space around Mu Zhian instantly collapsed, revealing the original, pitch-black, and bottomless void, like a spatial cage trapping him.
Maybe I should just take him back to the Southern Wilderness like this… Xue Yi looked at the compliant young man, her beautiful eyes flickering slightly, a hint of regret in her heart.
The current Mu Zhian possessed a Transcendence Realm Innate Celestial Furnace, and his Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox body could freely transform into his younger form… Enjoying the Innate Celestial Furnace while also experiencing the wonders of his younger self, wasn’t this much more alluring than the Western Regions’ offer?
Seeing the strange glint in Xue Yi’s eyes, Mu Zhian had no choice but to transmit his voice, “Xue Yi, don’t mess up the plan.”
Xue Yi came back to her senses slightly, then smiled and gently caressed Mu Zhian’s face, mouthing, “Don’t worry, I know my limits.”
Although you say that, your eyes just now clearly wanted to throw me into the little black room… Mu Zhian complained inwardly.
As the thought flashed through his mind, a brilliant light emanated from beneath his feet, and the surrounding environment changed as if the stars had shifted.
The next moment, Mu Zhian found that he was no longer in the Abyss, but in a forest with rolling mountains.
And within this forest, Mu Zhian felt a faint light flash past his eyes and looked over.
A Bodhisattva in white, her black hair cascading down like a waterfall, appeared in his vision.
“The Space God truly keeps her promise. I can feel the endless flow of Spiritual Energy within him. Is this the Innate Celestial Furnace… Truly a dangerous thing that can arouse a woman’s desires.”
The female Bodhisattva’s voice was pleasant and bright, but devoid of emotion. She said calmly, “Hand Mu Zhian over to me, and the cooperation between the Western Regions and the Southern Wilderness is complete. However, please release his restraints, Senior. The Forbidden Land of Reincarnation wants a living Mu Zhian, not an ordinary person with a sealed cauldron.”
“Aren’t you afraid he’ll escape immediately after I release him?”
Xue Yi’s soft and pleasant voice held a hint of amusement, “This person is much more cunning than you imagine.”
Back in the Southern Wilderness, even she had suffered a great loss at Mu Zhian’s hands. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have submitted to the Innate Celestial Furnace now.
The female Bodhisattva looked at Mu Zhian calmly and said, “As long as we’re in this space, no matter where he escapes, my Dharma Idol can capture him. You can release him without worry.”
Xue Yi waved her hand, and the spatial cage trapping Mu Zhian dissipated.
And at that moment, the barefoot, snow-white female Bodhisattva clasped her hands together, and a golden Buddhist light descended from mid-air, enveloping Mu Zhian.
The pale golden Buddhist light was as scorching as the sun. The moment it enveloped him, Mu Zhian felt a momentary desirelessness, as if he should just become a monk and convert to Buddhism.
His originally bright black eyes also seemed to become incredibly clear.
He had heard that the Buddhist Dharma could influence a person, making them put down their butcher’s knife and become a Buddha… but he didn’t expect it to be able to directly eliminate a person’s desires.
Mu Zhian was secretly surprised. Charm techniques were almost ineffective against him now, but this Buddhist technique, which directly erased a person’s desires, was the complete opposite of a charm technique.
The former put you in sage mode, while the latter turned you into a pleasure-seeker.
Seeing this, Xue Yi’s delicate brows furrowed slightly, and she discreetly glanced at the breathtakingly beautiful female Bodhisattva.
This wasn’t part of the plan…
Xue Yi’s initial plan was just to hand Mu Zhian over to the Western Regions.
But now… Mu Zhian was being purified by the Buddhist light. What if he developed the idea that ‘women only hinder my cultivation speed’ after this?
However, just as Xue Yi was looking at Mu Zhian, secretly wondering whether to intervene, she noticed the young man’s gaze sweeping over her and the female Bodhisattva beside her.
The young man, who had been gradually becoming desireless under the Buddhist light, his eyes now held a renewed desire… even stronger than before!
The female Bodhisattva was also stunned for a moment, her gaze following Mu Zhian’s, landing on her own jade-white feet.
Her expression didn’t change, and she looked at him without joy or sorrow, “Benefactor Mu, your desires are too strong. After entering the Buddhist sect, I will personally help you shed all your worldly thoughts.”
Mu Zhian smiled slightly, “It’s human to have desires. Even you are acting out of desire right now, aren’t you?”
“I have never acted out of selfish desire.”
Mu Zhian countered, “Cooperating with the Forbidden Lands for the sake of national fortune, isn’t that a desire?”
The female Bodhisattva clasped her hands together, her tone cold, “Everything is for the Western Regions, and also for the salvation of all living beings in this world.”
Mu Zhian chuckled softly, “Salvation of all living beings, in the end, isn’t it just so you can use their will to transcend?”
The female Bodhisattva no longer paid attention to Mu Zhian, but said to Xue Yi, “Hand him over to me now.”
Xue Yi glanced at her and said with a smile, “Don’t forget what we agreed on.”
“After this, the Forbidden Lands and the Western Regions will send a portion of the national fortune.”
The female Bodhisattva’s silver-bell-like, pleasant voice echoed. After watching Xue Yi turn and gracefully leave, she finally looked at Mu Zhian.
For some reason, she felt a strange sense of unease.
But she couldn’t quite put her finger on it.
If Mu Zhian was so easy to capture, why did the Forbidden Lands fail to find an opportunity before?
Perhaps because the Space God was too powerful, and Mu Zhian was caught off guard this time?
The female Bodhisattva’s glass-like eyes stared at the young man’s innately charming and handsome face. Mandalas seemed to bloom in her pupils as she looked through Mu Zhian’s body and saw the two cauldrons within him.
The former was just an ordinary Soul Transformation Realm cauldron, while the latter…
Within the vast Heavenly Court Spiritual Energy, a seductive aura seemed to be intertwined, like a bewitching Nine-Tailed Fox, captivating all who approached.
After a brief gaze, the female Bodhisattva silently retracted her gaze, clasped her hands together, and recited a sutra.
Even she had to admit.
The Innate Celestial Furnace… was truly a dangerous thing.
…
Since birth, Mu Zhian had never been to the Western Regions. When he was in Tianxuan City, he had heard that the cultivation methods of the Western Regions were somewhat dangerous. The people there all believed in the Buddha, and their cultivation methods were also related to this.
Because of this, he had always been wary of the Western Regions and had never approached.
“Compared to the Eastern Continent, the Demon Realm, and other places, the Western Regions seem much more desolate.”
At this moment, Mu Zhian’s wrists were bound by a golden hoop. He was riding on the lotus flower beneath the female Bodhisattva’s feet, flying through the Western Regions.
The female Bodhisattva said calmly, “Forty percent of the Western Regions is desert, where no plants can grow. What you’re seeing is one of the Western Regions’ deserts.”
“You’re much calmer than I imagined,” she said again.
“The Dao emphasizes following nature,” Mu Zhian said, his gaze wandering over the endless desert, then casually glancing at the female Bodhisattva before him.
The desert wind blew her white robes back, her long, flowing hair cascading down. She stood barefoot on the lotus flower, a faint golden light seemingly emanating from her body, making one feel an uncontrollable urge to kneel before her at first glance.
“Is this the will of all beings in the Western Regions?” Mu Zhian murmured softly.
“Have you already planned your escape from the Forbidden Land of Reincarnation?” the female Bodhisattva suddenly asked.
Mu Zhian’s expression didn’t change. He opened his mouth, about to speak.
However, just then, the female Bodhisattva said calmly, “You are in the Western Regions. According to the Buddhist precepts, you must not lie.”
Thump! Thump!
For a moment, Mu Zhian’s heart raced. The words ‘I don’t know’, which he was about to say, were swallowed back, and he nodded slightly, “Yes, I have planned my escape from the Forbidden Land of Reincarnation, which is why I deliberately let you capture me.”
What’s going on…? I actually told the truth involuntarily?
No… Is it because Bodhisattva Miao Yi’s words are affecting my Dao Heart?
Mu Zhian quickly realized something and subconsciously looked up at the woman’s back, then quickly understood:
“No wonder the Western Regions are so afraid of the Spirit Dragon’s Words Manifest Reality. The Buddhist Dharma you cultivate is, in a sense, similar to the Spirit Dragon’s.”
The Buddha of the Western Regions could make an enemy lose their will to fight with just a word, and also, like now, make them unable to tell a lie.
This was because of the strengthening of the will of all beings in the Western Regions. The two Bodhisattvas in the current Western Regions could use this will to temporarily ignore the rules of heaven and earth.
But the Spirit Dragon’s Words Manifest Reality happened to clash with this technique, interfering with it.
Therefore, in the past, the Western Regions’ greatest fear wasn’t Shang Yanfei, but the Spirit Dragon.
Seeing Bodhisattva Miao Yi not answering, Mu Zhian continued, “You’re cooperating with the Forbidden Land of Reincarnation to obtain the national fortune of the fallen Eastern Continent dynasties, right? If I’m not mistaken, many of the dynasties in the Western Regions are also nearing their end, aren’t they?”
“The fall of a dynasty will affect a province’s luck, and it’s even more fatal for the Western Regions. Because the monks in the Western Regions need not Spiritual Energy, but the will of all beings for their cultivation.”
“Ultimately, the Western Regions’ final goal isn’t the national fortune, but the will of all beings… Or rather, it’s to be able to transcend.”
A faint smile appeared on Mu Zhian’s face, “However, are you really confident in transcending with just the will of all beings?”
“Whether I can transcend or not isn’t important. Benefactor Mu is too concerned with these worldly matters.”
Bodhisattva Miao Yi replied calmly. When Mu Zhian came back to his senses, he found that he was no longer in the desert, but in a temple on a high peak.
The ground was covered in lush greenery. The female Bodhisattva gently raised her hand and placed Mu Zhian under a lush green tree.
Then she closed her eyes slightly, recited a sutra, no longer looking at Mu Zhian, but quietly waiting for the people from the Forbidden Land of Reincarnation to arrive.
Mu Zhian looked up at the vast blue sky, then at the golden hoop in his hand, “Why don’t you unlock this thing for me first? I can’t run away in the Western Regions anyway.”
“I hope Benefactor Mu won’t have any wicked thoughts.”
She opened her calm eyes, waved her hand, and the golden hoop that had been binding Mu Zhian’s wrists was removed, and the Buddhist light within his body also quietly dissipated.
“I’ve never had any wicked thoughts.”
Mu Zhian stretched, then looked at the vast meadow and suddenly said something seemingly irrelevant, “Speaking of which, has Bodhisattva Miao Yi ever heard that the Heavenly Dao doesn’t allow great powers to transcend?”
“This matter has nothing to do with the Heavenly Dao, but is a constraint of the rules of heaven and earth. After Dao Integration, one cannot escape the rules. This was set by the three Daos of Heaven, Earth, and Human together.”
The female Bodhisattva kept her eyes closed, “But if you truly transcend, the Heavenly Dao won’t punish you, because the rules of heaven and earth don’t stipulate that those who ascend will be punished.”
Hearing this, Mu Zhian couldn’t help but chuckle softly, “It can do whatever it wants, can’t it? When did the Heavenly Dao need to follow the rules?”
The female Bodhisattva’s eyes slowly opened, her beautiful, emotionless eyes quietly gazing into Mu Zhian’s, “The Heavenly Dao has never been arbitrary. It is the supreme, the ultimate, the most virtuous existence. There is no existence more impartial than it in this world.”
“Logically, that should be the case…” Mu Zhian paused slightly, then casually asked, “Then what if it has humanity?”
Humanity could be good, or greedy… Human personalities were diverse, which was why those mortal emperors often lost themselves in power.
Bodhisattva Miao Yi believed the Heavenly Dao was impartial, but that was on the premise that it had no humanity.
But what if the Heavenly Dao had humanity…
Bodhisattva Miao Yi stared into Mu Zhian’s eyes, “Do you have any proof?”
“Just a guess, but a very likely one.”
Mu Zhian shrugged nonchalantly and said with a smile, “You should know that under the Buddhist Dharma you’re currently casting, I can’t lie.”
Bodhisattva Miao Yi said, “You’re just trying to get me to release you.”
She looked at Mu Zhian indifferently and continued, “Even if what you said earlier is true, after the Heavenly Dao descends, it will purge those who have transcended, and even some of the great powers of the Nine Provinces… But I have already made an agreement with the Lord of Reincarnation, it cannot be changed.”
Mu Zhian looked at the breathtakingly beautiful woman so close at hand, “So even knowing that the Heavenly Dao might purge all great powers after descending, you still want to transcend? According to the Buddhist Dharma of the Western Regions, one shouldn’t have desires.”
Bodhisattva Miao Yi said calmly, “If your guess is true, and the Heavenly Dao truly has desires. After the Heavenly Dao descends, only by transcending can I protect the beings of the Western Regions.”
“Can you transcend with just the will of all beings?” Mu Zhian asked.
“That’s something to be known in the future. Even if I fail, it’s just a part of fate.”
Bodhisattva Miao Yi’s tone was indifferent, her long, flowing hair exceptionally brilliant and captivating under the Buddhist light, her white robes enveloping her delicate figure, her skin as white as snow.
Mu Zhian looked up at the female Bodhisattva’s breathtakingly beautiful figure. On a whim, an absurdly bold thought flashed through his mind, and under the influence of the Buddhist Dharma, he actually blurted out this bold idea…
“Transcending and ascending, there’s more than one way besides relying on the will of all beings.”
