Chapter 47 – Stripping the Vest

The ancient corpses in Yongzhou were killed by the Degree of Love Rohan?

Li Miaozhen and Daoist Golden Lotus twisted their heads in surprise and looked at Xu Qi’an at their sides.

They have the deepest understanding of the ancient corpse in the underground palace, knowing that the ancient corpse left thousands of years ago, not long ago “died”.

But never expected, the ancient corpse of the “death” actually and the degree of love Luohan related.

Asuro and Zhao Shou, as well as Sun Xuanji, didn’t know much about this matter, and thus didn’t have much change in their expressions as they silently listened on, wondering about Xu Qi’an’s purpose in mentioning this matter.

In the cell, the light was like beans, bringing in dim undertones, and the Dulcimer Rohan sat cross-legged and silent.

“Monks don’t lie, so silence, is it an admission in disguise?” Xu Qi’an smiled:

“Of the transcendent powerhouses that were in Yongzhou back then, besides you and the two Vajra, then the two Yang Gods of the Heavenly Sect, as well as the State Master and myself. The latter two can be ruled out now, so who else could have killed the Ancient Corpse of Yongzhou besides you?”

At that time, the ancient corpse was in a sealed state, the third grade vajra to kill the ancient corpse, it is not difficult, but must have made a certain commotion, but when Xu Qi’an returned to the underground palace tomb, he only saw the ancient corpse that had been worn out of the spirit, and there was no sign of overly intense fighting.

Those who could do so would necessarily have to have crushing strength, and a second-ranked Rohan fit the bill perfectly.

Li Miaozhen frowned:

“But didn’t you say in the first place that it was the owner of the ancient tomb who had returned? Also, why did Doh Emotion kill the Ancient Corpse?”

Blue Lotus’s hobby of deduction and investigation was hooked.

The crowd looked at Xu Qi’an in unison.

The next step is the much anticipated Xu Yinluo reasoning session ……… Xu Qi an joked in his heart, exhaled a breath, and explained in a low voice:

“At first I did have this idea, that’s why I didn’t suspect the Buddha Sect. But if the one who killed the ancient corpse was that tomb master, with his level, his cultivation, why didn’t he just target me?

“Instead, they erased the evidence in general and silenced the ancient corpse?”

Regarding this, his thought at the time was that the owner of the tomb was concerned about the karma on Xu Yinluo and did not make a rash move.

This idea was certainly reasonable, coupled with the fact that his cultivation was limited at the time, and his greatest enemies were the Buddhist Sect and Xu Pingfeng, so Xu Qi’an did not take the Tomb Master to heart, and held the mentality of laying flat on his back rather than racking his brain to pursue the matter.

“Later, when I went to the Heavenly Sect to take away Miaozhen, I learned from the Heavenly Father that the Human Sect’s doppelganger of Dao Zun was likely still alive. I thought to myself at the time, “If the Human Sect bilocation of Dao Zun isn’t dead, who could it be? Where has He gone since the endless years?”

“What the hell are you trying to say.” Asuro frowned:

“Don’t sell out.”

Xu Qi’an ignored him, and hey said, “Actually, we’ve long since met Dao Zun’s Human Sect doppelganger.”

Daoist Master Golden Lotus’ pupil light condensed and his tone was slightly hurried:

“The owner of the ancient tomb is the Human Sect’s detachment of the Daofather!”

The moment these words came out, the Transcendents present were simultaneously taken aback.

Asuro, Sun Xuanji, and Zhao Shou, only felt that they had eaten a big melon and gained another ancient secret.

On the other hand, Li Miaozhen’s mind flashed through various details about the tomb – after Xu Qi’an and the others left the underground palace, there was a detailed description of the situation in the underground palace at the Tiandi Association.

Now the two coincide surprisingly well.

Daoist Golden Lotus sighed:

“The poor Taoist has long felt strange, since ancient times, those who have failed to cross the tribulation have never survived. And that Human Sect’s senior, not only survived, but also shed his flesh and regained a new life.

“Throughout the ages, in the Dao Sect, probably only Dao Zun can be so astonishingly talented.”

Xu Qi’an added:

“And it also matches in terms of time, remember, Chu Yuanjian once went through the history books, and based on the costumes of the mural figures, as well as the scale of the rituals, the utensils, and other clues, he hypothesized that it was at least two thousand years ago, or even longer.

“And one of the murals recorded that that Human Sect senior slayed the great serpent and was honored as a national master, and it can also be surmised that the time in which it was located would have been the era when the descendants of gods and demons were rampant.”

Sun Xuanji frowned and coughed hard.

Yuan Guardian tacitly unfolded his mind-reading and asked in his place:

“But what does this have to do with Buddhism?”

Xu Qi’an looked around the crowd and said:

“Some of you may not be too clear about it, that ancient corpse has been sleeping in the underground palace for thousands of years, guarding the jade seal that carries the qi and waiting for its owner to return, but its owner has been gone for thousands of years without ever returning.

“It wasn’t until Lina made the mistake of entering the dungeon that it awoke from its slumber.

“To this day, there’s no need for me to repeat how important qi is to the superpowers, but why is it that the owner of the underground palace has never come back to retrieve such an important thing?”

Asuro mused:

“Perhaps the time was not right, perhaps there was some accident ……..”

Xu Qi’an grinned:

“Like, being sealed!”

When the words were said, everyone in the room understood them, and each of them had a jaw-dropped, shocked expression.

Xu Qi’an had only one meaning in his words – Buddha was the owner of the underground palace, that Human Sect Daoist.

The Degree of Love Rohan’s white eyebrows shrugged, his pale, ancient face no longer able to remain calm, his eyes carrying a few moments of bewilderment. A few points of realization.

There was silence for a few moments as the oil lamp burned silently.

Asuro exhaled with a sigh, breaking the silence and whispering:

“The Taoist honor is the Buddha …….. What is your basis.”

When this matter was rumored, it would surely cause an uproar in the Nine States.

The others did not speak, still digesting the news and trying to find loopholes to try and disprove Xu Qi’an’s speculation.

In a matter of this magnitude, there must be 100% confirmation, not even a little “uncertainty”.

Zhao Shou, who had never spoken, shook his head and said:

“No, if that’s the case, in the first place He didn’t have to let Shenshu subdue the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom, and directly sneaked into the Central Plains to retrieve the qi luck from the ancient tomb. Taking a step back, even if that portion of qi is not enough, it’s ultimately better to have it in the bag, and Buddha has too many ways to send someone to retrieve the jade seal if he’s the owner of the underground palace.”

Li Miaozhen felt that Zhao Shou had a point and frowned:

“But if the Buddha is not the owner of the underground palace, why did He send the Duo Emotion Lohan to kill the ancient corpse?”

The Deity Rohan couldn’t help but open his mouth:

“The poor monk did not admit it!”

This female Taoist priest is too subjective and directly identifies him as the killer of the ancient corpse ……….

Xu Qi’an looked toward the white-browed Luo Han and smiled:

“Hold your horses, I’ll tell you slowly.”

He then looked to Zhao Shou to answer his query:

“That would be the second possibility, the time has not yet come. We can tell today that the Superpin has the goal of scheming for the qi luck. It’s even for the sake of the qi fortune, so it’s conceivable that the Buddha is hiding this qi fortune for a purpose.”

As one of the means of pressing the bottom of the box ……… the crowd nodded slightly, recognizing Xu Qi An s statement.

“There is another thing that can be used as a corroboration; do you all remember when the Buddha Sect intended to initiate me into the Empty Sect?” He asked.

“Buddhist fighting!” Li Miaozhen didn’t even think about it.

“But also after I entered the underground palace and got the jade seal, after that, the Buddhist sect went crazy trying to get me into the empty door, was it really just because of Mahayana Buddhism?”

Ah, this, on the surface, is for the Mahayana Buddhism, but in reality, it is trying to reclaim the qi within Xu Ningyan s body ………. Li Miaozhen pursed her lips and quietly glanced at Xu Qi’an with some admiration.

It’s amazing how much this man, behind his back, thinks and ponders.

She thought that the flirtatious and horny Xu Yinluo only thought about how to change his tricks to sleep with the Flower Goddess and the State Master every day, well, there was also Lin An.

“Just like this, it’s not enough to prove that the Buddha is the Daofather’s Human Sect doppelganger, and it wasn’t until tonight that I had full certainty.” Xu Qi’an said.

At that moment, Daoist Golden Lotus sighed:

“It was only after you heard Shenshu finish talking about him this night that you were truly certain that Buddha was the Human Sect’s doppelganger of the Daofather, right?”

Xu Qi’an smiled and nodded.

What does this mean …….. The crowd froze.

Instead, Asuro’s pupils shrunk and he blurted out:

“One Breath Transforms Three Purities!?”

He has practiced this art.

Daoist Golden Lotus nodded:

“The Buddha’s technique of separating the Divine Shush is the same as the means used by the owner of the underground palace to create the ancient corpses, and these, in turn, are a simple personification of the One Breath Transforms Three Purities spell.”

Zhao Shou sighed while shaking his head:

“Awesome, awesome. To reverse the cultivation system with the realm of the superlative and recreate an entirely new path, although it’s relatively simple, it’s not too much to say that the talent of Dao Zun is one that has never been seen before.”

Are you going to say it next But what about it, it was still suppressed by our Confucian saint ……… Xu Qi an bellyache.

“Cough cough!”

Sun Xuanji coughed violently as a reminder to Protector Yuan, whose entire monkey was dumbfounded because he had heard too many hidden secrets.

He also wanted to be active in the brainstorming.

The latter took a deep breath and barely read his mind:

“There’s still one thing I don’t understand, what is the purpose of the Human Sect’s detachment of the Daofather doing this?”

In Sun Xuanji’s opinion, this bilocation of the Daofather was completely superfluous.

Dao Zun himself was already a superlative, so why go through the trouble of recreating the system and throwing away his past status?

Xu Qi’an and Daoist Golden Lotus exchanged glances, and the former laughed:

“I do have a guess, but I can’t say for sure, it’s a matter for the Taoist Sect, let’s let Daoist Golden Lotus speak.”

This kind of opportunity to pretend, if it was Yang Qianfeng, surely jumped up and raised his hand to say:

Let me let me let me ……..

But Daoist Golden Lotus just sighed sadly and said slowly:

“Blue Lotus, remember what we talked about, the scene of the crossing in the mural.”

“Daolord, you might as well call me Miaozhen.” The Fei Yan warrior protested, then replied:

“After that Human Sect Daoist became the State Master, he usurped the throne and ascended to the throne, condensed his qi and attempted to cross over by virtue of his qi, but then failed.”

Daoist Master Golden Lotus said with a ‘hmm’:

“Looking at it again today, this guess was wrong; since he was the human sect’s detachment of the Dao honors, it was impossible for him to have gathered his qi luck for the purpose of crossing the threshold of the apocalypse. He usurped the throne and ascended to the throne for another purpose, but it was later discovered that those who gained qi luck could not live forever.

“So it had to kill itself with the help of a heavenly tribulation, fading away from its original body, and the qi must have separated out at that time.”

This ……… Li Miaozhen was stunned for a moment, somewhat less convinced:

“A hallowed Taoist priest who doesn’t know that those with great qi can’t live forever?”

Zhao Shou, who is a reader, said:

“You can’t look at the ancients with the eyes of the present day, the era in which Dao Zun lived, the human race had only just risen to prominence, and the descendants of gods and demons plagued the Nine States. At that time, the continent of the Nine States was full of tribes and kingdoms, and it was simply impossible for them to coalesce a majestic national fortune like today’s Central Plains Dynasty.

“Dao honors are equivalent to crossing a river by touching a stone, and it’s normal for them to be unaware of this law of heaven and earth.”

Li Miaozhen nodded slightly, accepting his statement, and then asked:

“What about his purpose of usurping the throne and gathering qi?”

Having said that, she already knew the answer herself:

“Something to do with the Gatekeeper?”

At the late stage of the Dao Exaltation, he had been planning and working for the Gatekeeper, as was the case with the two Heaven and Earth bilocations, and as was bound to be the case with the Human Sect bilocations.

“That’s not right.” Asuro frowned and looked at Daoist Golden Lotus:

“Isn’t the Gatekeeper related to the incense and fire Shinto, to the Warlock system? How come it involves earthly emperors again.”

The Daofather’s Earth Sect detachment extinguished the Incense and Fire Divine Path and plundered the Mountain and River Seal for the Gatekeeper.

And as the warlock system is inherited from the Shinto of incense, the supervisor is again identified as the gatekeeper.

It’s a nail in the coffin that the Gatekeeper is connected to the Warlock system.

Xu Qi’an waved his hand:

“Didn’t I say just now that he took this path the wrong way. This would explain why He traveled far to the West and started the Buddhist Sect. Perhaps He truly took the right path this time.”

However, I can learn this means of stripping away my qi fortune from Daoist honors, so that I can get rid of the short-lived limitation.

Xu Qi’an immediately made a final summary:

“The human branch of the Dao Zun usurped the throne and ascended to the throne back then, but realized that those who gained qi luck could not live forever, so he killed himself with the help of a heavenly tribulation, turned to death, and succeeded in shedding his old shell, going far away to the west to found the Buddha Sect. He originally wanted to keep the jade seal’s fortune as a means of suppressing it, but unexpectedly, I was the first to get it, so in the name of dispensing Buddha’s son, he sent transcendent powers to capture me many times.

“Deity Rohan, if I’m not mistaken, you didn’t travel to the Central Plains all for the sake of capturing me, killing ancient corpses to silence them is also one of the purposes, right?”

Duo Emotion Rohan’s face sank into a stony silence, speechless, his hands clasped together, and he chanted in a low voice:

“Amitabha.”

“Why did you kill the ancient corpse to silence it?” Li Miaozhen pressed with raised eyebrows.

The Buddha, or one of the three Bodhisattvas, sent the Dhritarashtra to silence him, surely not only to keep the secret for the Buddha.

This kind of thing, if outsiders know about it, they will know about it, and it won’t hurt a hair on the head of the Buddhist Sect.

There was no need to kill the body to silence it.

The Duo Emotion Rohan hung his eyes.

Xu Qi’an faintly said:

“There’s no need to ask, a mere second rank is not qualified to know these things.”

The district s second grade …… Golden Lotus Taoist, Asuro silently looked at him.

Crude martial artists.

The Sensei Rohan sighed:

“I’ve heard that Xu Yinluo is as good as a god at solving cases, so the poor monk has learned.”

By implication, it was equivalent to acquiescing to the fact that he had been commissioned by the Buddhist Sect to kill the ancient corpse to silence it.

“There must be a reason for killing the ancient corpse to silence it, but the matter has been finalized, but there is no need to think about it more.” Zhao Shou said.

All of them have stripped down the vest of others …… Xu Qi an said:

“Daoist Golden Lotus, do you know how the owner of the Earth Palace strips away qi.”

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PS: Actually, this episode of Buddha’s identity should have been written in a week in my original estimation. However, the annual meeting at the beginning of the month made it so that I could only do one shift a day, causing the tension of the entire plot to be difficult when I couldn’t pull it up as a result. As an author, this is the type of event I usually push when I can, especially as the book is entering its closing stages, and it’s exhausting and difficult to write every chapter.

But I really couldn’t put off this annual meeting because there were so many awards that I had to attend to receive them. And the temptation to shake hands and hug the male gods was hard to resist.