Pei Tu Gou
Chapter 840 Old Buddha
An Qisheng's mind jolted slightly. The Three Hearts Blue Spirit Child, who had been lurking within his mind for a long time, couldn't help but whisper, "Why does this sound so familiar?"
The blue-skinned little monster muttered to himself, and couldn't help but recall that his own monster sir's cave on Xuanxing was named 'One Heart Temple'.
And the words 'One Heart' seemed to be taken from a legendary biography of his previous life.
Could this be a coincidence?
The Blue Spirit Child was somewhat suspicious.
"Just a prophecy, is it worth waiting for tens of thousands of years?"
An Qisheng shook his head slightly.
Even in the Earth Immortal Dao, there wouldn't be many Manifestations like Fan Wuyi. Such figures had almost penetrated the machinery of all things' generation and change, and could be called creators.
They were on par with gods, possessed the limit of longevity, and were almost immortal.
Such a being, whose fundamental nature was fixed, would single-mindedly pursue a goal to the death if they had a thought. To confine himself for tens of thousands of years just for a prophecy, really surprised him.
Unless...
"Old Buddha Sumeru..."
Thoughts arose in An Qisheng's heart.
"Among all the sects in the world, the Dao Palace and Sumeru are the most respected. The transcendence of these two holy lands is far beyond comparison with other sects. They have governed the heavens and the earth for countless years and are truly unknowable places. That old Buddha is no ordinary person. Although the prophecy sought by my Dao Lord is only eight characters, it is regarded as the standard and dared not be doubted in the slightest."
Baobao Daoren naturally couldn't perceive the changes in the Daoist's mind in front of him, and continued to speak on his own:
"Since obtaining the prophecy, my Dao Lord has abandoned everything and confined himself in the Sumeru mustard seed, using this star field to balance life and death, putting himself in a state of neither life nor death, in order to wait for the 'One Heart person' in the prophecy..."
Speaking of this, Baobao Daoren looked at An Qisheng again: "In tens of thousands of years, there are not a few creatures who can sense the many cities I left in the Four Continents and Four Seas Islands, but you, Daoist friend, are the first to come before me..."
One flower, one world; one grain of sand, one universe.
A mustard seed can contain Sumeru, but Sumeru is not a mustard seed. This void is fixed in the microcosm, but it is not just that one microcosm.
Like the illusory city outside, what he left behind was naturally not just one.
An Qisheng seemed a little lost, and was speechless for a while.
Gongyang Yan, not far away, was breathing a little rapidly. He understood some of the previous words, but this sentence made him suddenly understand.
Looking at his own sect leader's eyes, he had even more reverence.
After a long silence, An Qisheng calmed down the various thoughts in his heart, and slowly asked, "Who is that Old Buddha Sumeru?"
The most superficial exploration of the Dao Yi Diagram naturally couldn't be said to be detailed, but one could see the whole picture from a spot.
From Fan Wuyi's fate trajectory, he could vaguely perceive something.
"I'm afraid no one in this world has seen Him, even the Dao Lord back then, never really saw Him..."
Baobao Daoren paused, and was silent for a moment, as if organizing his words, before saying after a long time: "According to legends, He is the World-Dwelling Supreme, the Second Patriarch of Buddhism, an immortal and indestructible peerless giant, whose Seven Treasures Mystical Technique is the head of all supernatural powers, and no one has surpassed it in ancient and modern times..."
Seven Treasures Mystical Technique... Head of all supernatural powers...
An Qisheng's eyes narrowed, and he thought of the little tree branch that fell from the sky and brushed away the peacock.
Is it really him...
"Old Buddha Sumeru..."
Gongyang Yan listened attentively, and couldn't help but mutter in his heart.
There were too many legends about that old Buddha in the world, but even in the hearts of cultivators like them, that one was just an unattainable legend.
Not to mention that old Buddha, how many people have seen Mount Sumeru?
According to legend, tens of thousands of years ago, a Yuan Shen great cultivator crossed the vast ocean to the West He Continent, wanting to pay homage to Sumeru, but after wasting thousands of years, he could not find the location of Sumeru at all.
As a result, many people suspected whether Mount Sumeru really existed.
"If Daoist friend doesn't know the Old Buddha, he won't understand why a prophecy can make my Dao Lord willingly confine himself here."
Baobao Daoren's eyes flickered, skipped this topic, and seemed unwilling to talk about that one, and instead said:
"I manifested a city with a little 'obsession' of the Dao Lord. Although it can't be considered a great supernatural power, it is not something that ordinary Yuan Shen cultivators can discover, let alone someone like you, Daoist friend, who seems to have not even sacrificed the Yuan Shen..."
"Not sacrificed the Yuan Shen?!"
An Qisheng hadn't replied yet, but Gongyang Yan on the barren mountain not far away was shocked and doubtful.
Recalling what he had seen and heard in the past six months, he simply couldn't believe that his own sect leader had not achieved the Yuan Shen.
"Daoist friend's eyesight is excellent, but unfortunately, I am not a 'One Heart person'."
An Qisheng glanced at Gongyang Yan, but his expression didn't change, and he didn't seem to care about being seen through.
In fact, that was indeed the case. Half a year was still too short to allow him to cultivate the methods of this world to the Yuan Shen realm.
However, what this Baobao Daoren didn't see was...
Not just the Yuan Shen, he didn't even condense the Golden Core!
The manifestation of various supernatural powers was just him manipulating spiritual energy with his powerful divine will.
With his realm, without considering the spiritual energy of this world, he didn't need to follow the steps at all.
"Isn't it?"
Baobao Daoren's eyes moved, seemingly sighing, and seemingly relieved: "If Daoist friend says no, then it's not."
Its expression relaxed, and it didn't seem to doubt An Qisheng's words.
An Qisheng, however, noticed something, and a thought flashed in his heart. He directly said, "Daoist friend doesn't seem to care much about that One Heart person."
"Care, and don't care."
Baobao Daoren shook his head and nodded: "Daoist friend should understand that some things cannot be explained clearly..."
It didn't continue to say anything.
In fact, in the tens of thousands of years of waiting, it faintly felt that it, along with the Dao Lord, might have fallen into the calculations of some people.
It just couldn't be traced back, and even more couldn't be explored to the end.
"Perhaps."
An Qisheng held the wine glass, put down his thoughts after a long time, and didn't say anything else. He cut straight to the point: "Daoist friend told me many secrets, obviously you have a request, why not be frank about it?"
Whether he was a One Heart person or not, this Baobao Daoren might not be able to see clearly across the Sumeru mustard seed, but after the two of them sat facing each other for a long time, it was obviously able to see something.
But it still spoke frankly, which naturally wouldn't be without a reason.
"As soon as he left Sumeru back then, the Dao Lord almost uncontrollably passed away and confined himself, and I had to guard the Dao Lord and couldn't leave either. The inheritance of the Fan Wu Dao was cut off..."
Hearing this, Baobao Daoren also said, "The various supernatural powers of the Fan Wu Dao are based on my 'Eight Treasures Floating Pagoda'. Without the foundation, it will be difficult for cultivators like the Dao Lord to appear again..."
Speaking of this, Baobao Daoren stood up and bowed deeply: "I have troubled Daoist friend."
"Daoist friend is too polite. Today's conversation has also given me a lot of gains."
An Qisheng also stood up and took the jade book and golden book handed over by Baobao Daoren: "This book will definitely be sent to the disciples of the Fan Wu Dao."
"In that case, I have troubled Daoist friend."
Baobao Daoren raised his hand, and divine light flashed again in the starry sky. Streaks of golden light came from the void. In an instant, that golden avenue reappeared.
To send An Qisheng off.
"We will meet again."
With a thought, An Qisheng had already landed on that avenue with Gongyang Yan. Before the sound fell, the person had already gone far away.
Baobao Daoren looked at the departing figure, wanting to say something, but stopped again.
In the end, he shook his head and sighed to himself, "I can hardly protect myself, how can I ferry others?"
"Sumeru... Fan Wu Dao... Baobao Daoren..."
Standing on the avenue with his hands behind his back, An Qisheng's mind was heavy. Before leaving this place, he suddenly looked back, and his eyes fell on the head of the giant corpse beneath him.
The Huangtian Realm had a long inheritance, and there were countless supernatural powers and magical artifacts for hiding and concealing one's aura, feigning death, and escaping from the world. With his current cultivation realm of the Entering Dream Great Thousand Supernatural Power, he couldn't search for the imprint of its Yuan Shen without taking action above three stars.
At this time, he intended to use the Dao Yi Diagram.
Buzz~
As his thoughts moved, a light suddenly appeared in the depths of his mind. The Dao Yi Diagram trembled and buzzed, and Dao power rolled like a tide and disappeared into the unknowable void.
In the next instant, words appeared before his eyes:
[Diagram Master has no coordinates, no imprint, no aura, and is shielded by Sumeru secret techniques... This exploration requires the consumption of 88.93 million Dao power points (thousand-fold consumption)]
[Explore or not?]
"Thousand-fold consumption..."
Even though he had expected it, An Qisheng still twitched his eyelids, but still nodded: "Explore."
Since entering this world, he had no income, and the Dao power accumulated in several worlds had already lost one-third.
And this was still him only peeking at the most superficial trajectory of fate.
Otherwise, the Dao power to be consumed would be a hundred times more!
Buzz~
An Qisheng's thoughts flashed and disappeared in less than a thousandth of a moment. All kinds of information had already emerged in his mind, flowing down like a waterfall:
[Consumed 88.93 million Dao power points... Information obtained is as follows]
[Fan Wuyi: (48532/129600)]
[Fate Trajectory 1: Born in Huangtian, Earth Immortal Dao, Southern Zhan Continent... When he was born, there was a vision of scarlet fire burning the sky. On that day, both parents died in the war. Fortunately, a monk passed by and cut open his abdomen to take him out...]
[He showed talent in his childhood. At the age of ten, he had already cultivated supernatural powers. Later, he went down the mountain because he couldn't bear his master's hiding in a barren mountain to avoid the war... His talent was excellent. Before long, he had emerged in one place, but he accidentally offended others and was killed and seriously injured, and escaped.]
[...He encountered ruins, entered, and practiced in seclusion for many years. When he came out again, the situation had changed, dragons and snakes rose from the land, and the world was in complete chaos!]
[...He transmitted the Dharma, founded a sect, and joined forces with various sects to support the Great Zhou Taizu to attack Great Xia... After Xia collapsed and Zhou was established, he felt that promotion was hopeless, so he traveled all over the world, seeking a prophecy as if he had obtained a treasure, intercepting hundreds of millions of miles of outer space to accommodate himself, waiting quietly for changes...]
[Great Zhou, 35,000 years of the Yuan Chu Era, obtained the 'One Heart person' to break through the two hearts, recited the mantra and recovered. Feeling grateful for his kindness, he followed him east to spread the Dharma... After returning for 1,400 years, he returned to Sumeru and achieved the fruit of the Golden Immortal, the position of Buddha...]
[Level Evaluation: Four stars! All human desires are illusory, Fan Wu unites to break all appearances, the two hearts turn into one gold dust, and then obtains the Sumeru longevity fruit.]
'One Heart person'...
Spread the Dharma to the east... Return to Sumeru... Buddha's fruit position...
All kinds of scenes rolled and collided in the sea of thoughts. The things that were faintly revealed, that kind of self-evident sense of sight, made An Qisheng have a moment of trance.
'This is...'