439: Chapter 35 Entering the Temple_2 439: Chapter 35 Entering the Temple_2 The small Golden Light Array that enveloped the Great Pudu Temple before him was also such.
Today’s conflict over temple entry.
As Fa Yan said, whether one could enter the temple depended solely on fate.
Those with fate could enter the temple through various means.
Without fate…
that was just it!
Even if one possessed the realm of the Cave Heaven Ten Layers and could force open the Golden Light Array with brute strength, Fa Yan had ways to upgrade the Golden Light Array once again!
Over at the Martial Sect, a group of disciples looked solemn.
Lin Yu couldn’t help but whisper a sound transmission, “Senior brother, this Golden Light Array…
can you break it?”
“Difficult.
Very difficult.”
Wu Yue stared intently at the new Golden Light Array, which now covered the door entirely.
This morning he was the first to arrive at the Great Pudu Temple; he could find flaws in the initial Golden Light Array, but now, after Fa Yan unleashed the Buddha Beads, this great formation seemed to have truly reached perfection.
If it were him facing Fa Yan, would he have a chance to break this perfect array?
“Crackle!”
Just as everyone was exclaiming in amazement, an extremely light booming sound suddenly rang out above the Great Pudu Temple.
The black-clothed youth standing in front of the Golden Light Array casually extended his palm, two fingers bent, and gently tapped down.
Boom!
A piercing sound burst open in the dark clouds overhead.
Massive Sword Intent gushed forth, tearing a hole in the void, and an extremely fine strand of pitch-black Sword Intent fell from the high sky, like lightning drilling into the Golden Light Array.
Xie Xuanyi did not make any further movements.
He calmly watched the dazzling, surging golden light in front of him, condensing the “Rule of Destruction” to the extreme, ultimately forming a black line—
This Golden Light Array was indeed very sturdy.
But the array was too large.
Fa Yan’s Buddha Light needed to cover the entire Great Pudu Temple.
While for his own sword, he only needed to pierce one point.
Piercing one point was equivalent to breaking through the entire formation!
“?!”
Wu Yue was shocked, staring intently at the tumbling golden waves.
Most people had no idea what had happened, but he saw very clearly; within the ultimate pure golden light, a sliver of an extremely fine black color mixed in…
Xie Zhen’s Sword Intent penetrated the Golden Light Array in an instant!
This was it, this was the method he had seen in the Great Yue Kingdom’s Secret Realm, Xie Zhen’s technique!
This was…
the Tao Rules!
Xie Zhen had comprehended the Rule of Destruction!
“Pop, pop, pop, pop!”
A series of explosions came from the void.
Fa Yan looked up, and the old monk seemed to turn into a stone sculpture, frozen in that moment.
He kept the posture of looking up silently, and in a flash, the eight Buddha Beads floating above his head were penetrated and burst by the pitch-black Sword Qi, then exploded!
It was an extremely brilliant and stunning scene, but alas, it lasted only a moment.
Things in the world are always like this…
the more beautiful the scene, the more fleeting it is.
Almost nobody among the crowd gathered in front of the Great Pudu Temple’s gates saw the Sword Qi shatter the Buddha Beads.
Most of the spectators simply saw an extra strand of pitch-black within the golden light.
Then the Buddha Beads exploded, and the blackness dissipated.
The golden light blocking the path of the black-clothed youth also dissipated with it.
The Buddha Beads turned into powder, sprinkling onto the ground.
The overcast clouds that had been building up for half the day finally began to rain down, the light rain falling in front of the Great Pudu Temple, washing away the fragments of the Buddha Beads…
“…”
Fa Yan remained in his position, looking up at the sky.
After several breaths, he returned to his senses from the stirring scene of the Sword Qi.
His hands joined together, he chanted the Buddha’s name sincerely and admitted defeat, “Benefactor Xie, what a swift sword.”
With a snap.
Deng Baiyi opened her paper umbrella and came to Xie Xuanyi’s side.
Xie Xuanyi’s gaze moved beyond the edge of the paper umbrella, looking at the old monk in front of him, and sighed lightly, “I told you before, my sword is different from the others.
Now the Buddha Beads are shattered, the Golden Light Array is broken…
If you had let me enter the temple from the start, it would have been one less trouble.
Why insist on a confrontation?”
“It’s just a string of Buddha Beads, a mere formation pattern after all.”
Fa Yan made way to one side, smiling faintly, “Benefactor Xie has cultivated such a Tao Rule, not in vain has the Buddha’s son lectured for seven days of waiting.
Please come in, feel free to stroll in after entering the temple.”
“…”
Since the other party had said so, Xie Xuanyi naturally accepted it graciously.
He no longer held back and advanced forward.
Deng Baiyi and Duan Zhao quickly followed.
The three of them just like that stepped into the Great Pudu Temple.
As they passed by,
Fa Yan softly chanted Buddhist scripture and stepped aside to give way.
Even though the one who broke through the array was Xie Zhen, he didn’t stop Deng Baiyi, nor did he stop Duan Zhao.
After the three entered the temple, the old monk took a step forward, blocking those who wanted to follow closely behind.
He raised his hands, and from within his kasaya, golden light surged forth—the Golden Light Array that Xie Xuanyi had shattered once again bubbled up in front of the Great Pudu Temple’s gates, rebuilding itself.
However, this time Fa Yan didn’t hide the exposed flaws that Shang Yi had pointed out; he deliberately left them on the Golden Light Array.
“Ladies and gentlemen, the same rules as before.
To enter the temple, you must rely on fate.”
Fa Yan spoke in a gentle voice, “If there’s no fate, it doesn’t matter.
As long as you have the skills of Mr.
Xie, you can force your way into the temple.”
…
…
The Great Pudu Temple was located in the east suburb of the Imperial City, built around mountains.
Stepping inside the temple was to walk on a mountain path, desolate and quiet, with hardly a human figure in sight, and bamboo forests on both sides.
The sound of rain was crisp, and the bamboo leaves swayed.
Deng Baiyi held an umbrella, walking alongside Xie Xuanyi.
The umbrella was only so large.
It could only cover two people.
Duan Zhao was naturally walking behind.
Perhaps out of consideration for Deng Baiyi holding the umbrella, Xie Xuanyi didn’t walk quickly—the sound of stepping in puddles on the mountain steps was very consistent.
They maintained silence for a while until Duan Zhao couldn’t help but speak up to break the calm, “Little Sect Master…
you say that Jun Mountain really wants to fight more than anyone else, so why doesn’t he come?”
At the tea house, just before leaving, Xie Xuanyi had thrown out an invitation to True Master Jun Shan.
He invited Jun Shan to join him.
Regrettably,
Jun Shan declined the invitation.
“Snap.”
Xie Xuanyi stopped in his tracks, standing halfway up the mountain steps.
He thought for a moment and then said softly, “Perhaps it’s because Jun Shan knows…
the Great Pudu Temple today, the one Miao Zhen is waiting for is not him.
It’s me.”
There was another half of the sentence that Xie Xuanyi left unsaid.
As a Yang God who had undergone reincarnation and relearning, even if Jun Shan’s usual demeanor was detached and unfettered, he still had his pride.
He definitely did not want to face the worst scenario after entering the temple—a one-on-one duel with Miao Zhen.
Because he was reincarnated a step too late.
Jun Shan had less time in his cultivation than Miao Zhen.
This was an unavoidable flaw.
If this fight were to take place between him and Miao Zhen…
then he would most likely lose.
“Is that so…”
Duan Zhao fell into contemplation.
He could vaguely sense that something about the atmosphere upon entering the temple was off.
Fa Yan’s Golden Light Array was clearly not set up for those geniuses from the holy lands.
Only when the Little Sect Master arrived did the perfect form of the Golden Light Array reveal itself!
“Actually, I also have something I don’t understand.
If they were just waiting for you, why allow the Golden Light Array to display ‘obvious flaws’?”
Deng Baiyi wrinkled her brows, speaking slowly, “This Golden Light Array could clearly be more complex.
If Fa Yan was willing to spend some more time changing the pivotal points of the array, then even if the flaws were pointed out, it could still stop most cultivators…”
To raise the entry threshold for the temple was not a difficult task for the delegation from Fan Yin Temple.
Now, cultivators with the cultivation of Cave Heaven Five Realms could succeed in entering the Great Pudu Temple by attacking the obvious flaws.
If they so wished, they could have allowed only those geniuses with Perfect Cave Heaven to enter the temple.
“Probably…
it’s for the sake of fate?”
Xie Xuanyi looked up at the gold light shining from the Buddha Tower at the mountain’s peak.
He took out the Mountain and Sea View from the Incense Fire Pavilion Master and placed it in the palm of Deng Baiyi, speaking softly, “Channel the primordial energy, look towards the mountain peak…
Do you see it?
The fate of this Great Pudu Temple is solidifying and becoming increasingly prominent.”
Deng Baiyi took the small disk.
She looked up in the direction Xie Zhen mentioned.
The sky was gloomy, the gold light dazzling.
It seemed as if a silhouette stood at the spire of the high tower, hands behind its back, silently overlooking the mortal realm.
The heavy rain poured, and the Buddha’s chants lingered.
Some were making their way slowly at the foot of the mountain.
Others were silently waiting at the summit.