446: Chapter 39 Uprooting the Formation_2 446: Chapter 39 Uprooting the Formation_2 The old monk holding his junior brother lifted his head, his gaze passing over the dense forest and looking toward the Red Mountain Summit, where the tower’s spire gathered golden light.
The Buddha’s son who overlooked all living beings stared at the Buddha Sound Forest and spoke slowly: “…return to your Golden Light Array.”
Fa Yan remained unmoved, his eyes met with the Buddha’s son standing at the highest point, his expression revealing incomprehension.
“Senior Brother…”
At this moment, Fa Li’s voice rang out.
He sat up straight again, enduring the intense pain, and spoke in a gentle voice: “Senior Brother, I am unharmed…
Every bite and sip is predestined by heaven.
Do not blame Donor Xie for today’s events, nor do anything foolish.”
Having said that.
Fa Li slowly adjusted his direction and bowed to the young man in black not far away.
“Benefactor Xie.”
Fa Li said hoarsely: “Ahead lies the copper man wall; please continue forward.
Beyond the copper man wall, the venerable Buddha’s son awaits you inside the Golden Body Tower.”
“…”
Xie Xuanyi slowly returned the bow.
He looked at Fa Yan, who was only lowering his eyes to continuously wipe the fresh blood from his junior brother’s cheek.
At this moment, Xie Xuanyi understood what was “wrong”—
Just moments before, when Fa Li’s Divine Thought touched his own Sword Intent.
Xie Xuanyi felt an impolite Divine Sense…
This Divine Sense was like an invisible large hand pushing Fa Li from behind, resulting in the current scene.
This hand originated from Red Mountain.
To be precise, it came from the “Buddha Country” that shrouded Great Pudu Temple today.
Xie Xuanyi slowly raised his head.
He looked in the direction of the Golden Body Tower.
There stood a towering figure wielding a golden rod, his robes fluttering wildly.
Amidst the pouring rain and wind, that figure stood tall like a mountain.
…
…
“The young mount master has finally come out!”
At the Red Mountain Summit.
The Golden Scroll unfolded, reflecting the image of the third barrier’s copper man wall.
As guests watching the spectacle at Great Pudu Temple, everyone held their breath and looked up.
Finally.
At the end of the Buddha Sound Forest, a solitary young man in black emerged.
However, the young man’s face bore no joy.
“The young mount master doesn’t seem too happy…”
Duan Zhao noticed something amiss and gently tugged on Deng Baiyi’s sleeve, lowering his voice to ask: “Don’t you think that the young mount master spent a bit too long on the second challenge?”
Standing at the Red Mountain Summit, looking back in the direction of the Buddha Sound Forest.
Nothing unusual could be seen.
Due to the rules of [Buddha Country], the originally complete world of Red Mountain was fragmented by patches of rain and wind.
The guests on the summit could not see the activities within the Buddha Sound Forest, nor discern what had happened there.
“It was a bit long.”
Deng Baiyi furrowed her brows.
She spoke softly: “Martial Sect Wu Yue only took half an incense stick’s time.
Logically, Xie Zhen should have been shorter…
Has something happened that caused a delay?”
Duan Zhao stroked his chin.
He reminisced about the scene of Xie Zhen controlling his Flying Sword along Lotus River and murmured: “That shouldn’t be the case, could it be that Fa Li deliberately made a move to obstruct?”
“Regardless, it’s now the copper man wall.”
Deng Baiyi took a deep breath, worryingly said: “But this challenge, won’t it put your young mount master at a disadvantage?”
This third challenge, the copper man wall.
Consisted of eighteen Vajra Arhats.
To ascend the summit as a “Challenger” and see the Golden Body Tower, one must break through the joint attack of these eighteen Arhats…
This challenge required cultivators to have top-notch physical toughness or immense Primordial Energy.
The first to reach this point was the Yuqing Pavilion fairy, Shang Yi.
Unfortunately.
Shang Yi still found herself trapped within the copper man wall.
Yuqing Pavilion was an extremely orthodox sect of Flying Sword Cultivation, and naturally, Shang Yi’s physical strength couldn’t compare to Buddhist Body Refiners.
Her Yuqing Swordsmanship could unleash tremendous power in a short time, but its downfall lay in “sustained combat”.
The copper man wall defended with formidable strength.
If Yuqing Swordsmanship couldn’t defeat the enemy in one blow, it would be surrounded by copper men, ensnared in a struggle, and thereby fall into disadvantage.
In the end, lacking strength, she met with regrettable defeat.
Shang Yi had been stymied by the copper man wall for several hours.
This challenge differed from the Buddha Sound Forest…
even if defeated, one still had the chance to try again.
This was, in fact, a real test of the heart.
Every time, just a little bit short…
Once, twice, ten times.
After losing many times, one could give rise to a Heart Demon.
Without conquering the copper man wall, one wouldn’t lose the “Challenger” status, but giving up the challenge certainly would.
…
…
Rain cascaded down, pounding heaven and earth.
Walking out of the Buddha Sound Forest, his vision suddenly expanded—before him was a monastery surrounded by red walls and white tiles, with several familiar figures standing at there.
Xie Xuanyi walked forward expressionlessly.
“Brother Xie!”
Shang Yi called out from afar.
“…”
Xie Xuanyi halted his steps.
He stood in front of the monastery gates, silently surveying the surroundings.
The mountain’s summit temple was plain; the temple gate housed a bronze bell with a surface covered in familiar, abstruse Sanskrit, obviously some type of array and prohibition seal.
By striking the bell and stepping into the temple, one would presumably trigger the third challenge leading to the “copper man wall”.
At the moment.
The bell’s surface was still trembling.
The grand bell resonated as its echoes spread and lingered between heaven and earth.
It must have been recently that someone had struck the bell and entered the copper man wall.
Xie Xuanyi glanced around; he saw several older Cave Heaven Cultivators, all guest elders from the Great Chu Imperial City, with many years of cultivation and considerable strength.
They had broken through the Buddha Sound Forest but were thwarted before the copper man wall…
However, he did not see Wu Yue’s figure.
“Brother Xie…
Brother Wu just entered; he’s currently challenging.”
Shang Yi whispered: “What happened to you?”
As soon as Xie Zhen appeared.
Shang Yi immediately sensed something was off…
The young man’s aura was indeed rather cold.