Chapter 708: Restoration (5000+)

Shenshu’s words split in the hearts of the four Transcendent Powers like a heavenly calamity.

The split Xu Qi’an and Nine-tailed Sky Fox’s faces changed abruptly, their eyes widened, and the aura and demeanor of a transcendent powerhouse vanished.

Even Duo Er Luohan, whose heart was like an ancient well and who had a high level of determination, had lost his previous composure at this moment, and he raised his head and looked at Shenshu with a gaze as if he were looking at a madman.

“Buddha ……..”

Asuro muttered, and if you looked closely, you would notice that his pupils were unfocused.

Apparently, like the other three, he was struck dumb by the “heavenly calamity”.

If Shinshu is the Buddha, then who is the Buddha? And who is King Shura? What is the relationship between Buddha and King Shura?

“No, it can’t be, it can’t be ………..”

The silver-haired Demoness shook her head while muttering, “Shenshu can’t be a Buddha, it can’t be a Buddha. There must be a mistake somewhere.”

Although the occasion wasn’t quite right, Xu Qi’an still wanted to say it:

Ma’am, you’re like the poor woman who knows her boyfriend is her long lost brother.

Of course, that description is inaccurate to use here.

It should be: shock! It was my dad who killed my mom back then!

Or: Shocker! The Big Bad is actually my dad!

Huh? The big villain is actually my dad? Xu Qi’an’s face gradually stiffened.

“Amitabha, Amitabha, Amitabha ……….”

Master Duo Er put his hands together and kept chanting the Buddha’s name, his lips opened and closed rapidly, his tone was extremely fast, as if this could calm the emotions that were turning over in his heart.

“The Great Wheel of Reincarnation Dharma illuminates past lives and present lives, and Master Shenshu remembers his past life, but it’s blurry, and because his obsession is too deep, he desperately wants to patch himself up, leading to a berserking that’s out of control.”

Xu Qi’an’s voice was clear and crisp as he said, “Bodhisattva Guangxian knows Master Shenshu very well, ah, so I think he also knows his true identity.”

The voice of the Duoyue Luohan reciting the Buddha’s name lurched and stagnated.

Asuro, on the other hand, stiffened slightly.

After lamenting, Xu Qi’an asked, “Master Shenshu, what else do you remember?”

Shenshu sat cross-legged, one hand folded, his tone confused but calm:

“I, for one, can’t remember ………”

I seem to understand why Shenshu s head was sealed by the Buddha himself ………. Xu Qi’an’s heart stirred, the complete memory, I’m afraid, is inside the head.

At that moment, he heard the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox take a deep breath, calming his emotions, looking at Asuro, and saying:

“When were the Shura born?”

Without needing to think, Asuro replied:

“It has existed since the Age of Gods and Demons, and within our Shura Clan, there is a legend that the Shura Clan is the originator of the Western Region Human Race. It was those weak clansmen who were driven out of their clans and dispersed throughout the Western Region, evolving into the Western Region Human Race.

“But in the legends of the Western Region Human Race, the Shura Race is a human race that possesses the bloodline of gods and demons. In order to survive in ancient times, the Western Region Human Race clung to the powerful gods and demons, sending the beautiful girls of the race to mate with the gods and demons, giving birth to the Shura Race.”

The silver-haired demon girl was a little disappointed and silent.

From an evolutionary perspective, the legend of the Western Man is more plausible, but of course, in a world without reproductive isolation, evolution itself is untenable ……….

Is Your Majesty thinking that the Buddha is the Shura King and that the Shura Race originated from the Buddha? However, although the Shura race existed in ancient times, this does not contradict the fact that the Buddha and the Shura King are the same person ………. Xu Qi’an didn’t say anything.

The Nine-Tailed Sky Fox looked at Master Du Du, her tone icy cold:

“Master Toho, have you ever seen the Buddha?”

Duo Luohan was silent.

Now this situation, Niang Niang and Asuro obviously suffered a strong shock, lost the will to fight, and can t fight ………… Xu Qi an voice clear and crisp said:

“Master Duo Yu, you saw what happened this night, what Bodhisattva Guangxian did. It should be clear that Master Shenshu would not lie.

“If he really is the Buddha, then this matter is not something that can be described as “confidential”. What happened to the Buddha, why is Shinshu the Buddha, and what role did the Buddha play in the battle against the demons 500 years ago?

“Bodhisattva Guangxian knew about this, but did the other Bodhisattvas know about it? Could this be related to the disappearance of Bodhisattva Faji? And why was it hidden from you and Asura. All of this, aren’t you curious.”

Duo revealed a hesitant look and slowly said:

“This is a matter of the Buddhist Sect, it is not trivial, this seat will go back and ask for clarification.”

Xu Qi’an questioned:

“What guarantees do you have that Guangxian Bodhisattva will tell you!”

……. Duo was silent for a moment and sighed:

“You convinced me.”

There was a pause, and he spoke in a low tone of voice:

“It has been 1,300 years since I attained the Fruit Position, and the Buddha preached once a year, so I have only seen the Buddha once. After that, the Buddha never appeared again, and the Bodhisattvas claimed that the world was full of karmic fires, and that the Buddha, with his supreme fruition, had calmed the fires of karma for the world. And so fell into a deep sleep.”

Good guy, you guys grabbed me back to the western region as a Buddha son, so it is to help the Buddha to calm the karmic fire ……….. Xu Qi’an not only didn’t believe it, but also spat in his heart.

The Nine-tailed Sky Fox twisted her head around haughtily and looked at the boy with red lips and white teeth:

“You said that the Buddha was sealed by the Confucian Sage.”

Xu Qi’an nodded:

“The timing matches.”

Through the Duoyu Luohan, they corroborated the matter of the Ru Sheng sealing the Buddha, that the Yunlu Academy had a history of 1,200 years, that it was founded by a great disciple of the Ru Sheng, and that the Ru Sheng’s lifespan was only eighty-two.

It indicates that the time when the Confucian saint sealed the Buddha was about twelve hundred years.

Toho attained his fruition 1,300 years ago and met the Buddha within a year, after which the Buddha went into “retreat”.

“The Confucian Sage sealing the Buddha?!”

Duoyue Luohan was slightly stunned, staring intently at Xu Qi’an:

“What is the meaning of this?”

Xu Qi’an thought for a moment and revealed the information Zhao Shou had informed him of to Dou Dou Luo Han.

For now, the exchange of information between the two sides is a two-way street.

Duo Luo Han muttered:

“In that case, who was the one who stepped in to subdue Shenshu five hundred years ago?”

The Nine-tailed Sky Fox pondered for a long time, looking sideways at the seven or eight year old boy:

“What do you think.”

Regarding Shenshu and Buddha, she knew that Xu Qi’an knew a lot of inside information and had secretly investigated, and in terms of solving the case, the Nine-Tailed Fox still trusted Xu Qi’an.

Asura and Duo Yu Luohan, who naturally knew Xu Qi’an’s name, sniffed and immediately looked over.

Xu Qi’an didn’t respond immediately, and after thinking for a long time, said:

“Before that, can you tell me how to undo the erosion of the Great Wheel of Reincarnation Dharma?”

Now he was a schoolboy wrapped in adult clothes, as tall as a Pacific Blade.

Duo Lohan scrutinized him:

“With your bits, it should lift itself in two days.”

Will I degenerate into an embryo in two days ah ………… Xu Qi an is a little worried, but he is not panicked, because although his age has become smaller and his cultivation has been seriously weakened, he is still at the transcendental level.

He didn’t notice that his qi and blood were depleted; to a Transcendent Martial Artist, it wasn’t much of a problem if his qi and blood were still strong.

“Think through a few questions and we’ll be able to enter to unlock the secrets of Shenshu and Buddha.” Xu Qi’an said in a clear childish voice:

“The Confucian Sage sealed the Buddha more than a thousand years ago, and five hundred years ago, the Buddha struck out to subdue Shenshu and kill the Queen of the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom. Then, how did the Buddha strike through the seal? This is the first question.

“Shenshu claimed to be the Buddha, but he was in the body of a Shura, so what was the relationship between the King of Shuras and the Buddha? This is the second question.

“Third question: when did Shinshu appear.”

Duo and the others lapsed into silence, pondering these three questions.

“Five hundred years ago, the Buddha did strike, and I saw the Great Sun Ruler Dharma.” Tuo Er Luohan slowly said.

He whirled around and added:

“The Dharma phase of the Great Sun Ruler is unique to the Buddha and is the first of the Nine Dharma Phases.”

At that moment, Asuro suddenly said:

“Back then, I wasn’t able to hold out until the Buddha made his move and was killed by the Lord of the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom. Unless you are witnessing the Buddha appear with your own eyes, there is no way to be certain that the Great Sun Ruler Dharma is from the Buddha.”

With that, he glanced at Shenshu, who was sitting in silence.

This person who calls himself “Buddha” must have been present at the time, and who can say that he would not have been able to realize the Dharma of the Great Sun.

The Nine-Tailed Sky Fox shook her head:

“Back then, there must have been superpowers participating in the battle, or else who could have sealed God Shush?”

Xu Qi’an made a final summary:

“Good, what can be determined today is that there were indeed superpowers out there that day, including the Buddha. Next is the second question, what is the relationship between the Shura King and the Buddha?”

Nine-tailed Fox and Xu Qi’an looked at Asuro.

The ugly, handsome and heroic young son of the Shura King pondered for a moment and said:

“I have never met him; the Shura King was suppressed by the Buddha in Aranta when I was very young. The rumor among the clan was that the Buddha wanted to preach to the Shura clan, and when the Shura King disagreed, he made a date with the Buddha.

“From then on, he never returned, and then later, the Buddha himself descended on the Shura clan, and the clan converted to Buddhism.

“But there were still some of the clan who would not surrender, and fled their homes to fight the Buddhists for centuries. It was then that I grew up, replacing my father as the strongest warrior of the Shura clan.

“Until he encountered Garuda Tree Bodhisattva and was defeated by him, from then on he realized the Buddha’s teachings and disappeared into emptiness, the four great emptiness.”

With that, he looked pious as he folded his arms and bowed his head, reciting, “Amitabha Buddha.”

Shura King and Shenshu are not one person ………. Xu Qi’an stroked his chin, looked at Duoyue Luohan, and asked:

“When did Shinshu appear.”

Duo Luo Han recalled for a moment and said:

“About seven hundred years ago, he was originally a martial monk with great talent who cultivated the Vajra Dharma. And then, he began to switch to the Zen Master system, making the grand wish that the Southern Border Demon Race would convert to Buddhism.

“From then on, he left Aranta and disappeared into thin air. And then after that, it was the battle of the Demon Swing.

“Now it seems that his original identity was a fake, and he is the Shura King.”

Buddha’s identity is not to be mentioned for the time being, the Shura King is not to be faked, and there is no mistaking this Shura God’s blood.

Xu Qi’an analyzed:

“The Buddha suppressed the Shura King before, the Confucian Sage sealed the Buddha after, and about three hundred years later, a martial monk appeared, and this martial monk was actually the Shura King. His grand wish was to have the Southern Border Demon Race dispensed into the Buddhist Sect.

“But for some reason, the Demon Race did not convert to the Buddha Sect, but instead fought with the Buddha Sect, and the Shura King turned his back on the Buddha Sect. Thus he was sealed by the Buddha’s hand. Today, five hundred years later, the Shura King said that he was the Buddha.

“There are so many unspoken links and contradictions everywhere, but if one of the established facts is overturned, the situation is reversed.”

Asuro glanced at him:

“How?”

Xu Qi’an looked back at Asuro:

“You have not seen the Shura King, and none of us have seen the Shura King, so who can guarantee that Shinshu is definitely the Shura King?”

Duo’s white eyebrows quivered viciously.

Asuro’s expression was stunned.

The Nine-Tailed Sky Fox was thoughtful.

Xu Qi’an continued, ”If it was the Buddha who refined the Shura King’s essence blood in order to break free of the seal, reshaped a body and then practiced again. As for the matter of granting the grand wish, I’m afraid it’s just a pretext.

“What Buddha really wants is the qi of the Southern Border Demon Race, which can help him break free from the seal of the Confucian Sage.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox shook her head no:

“The Buddha Sect’s purpose has been achieved; if it were as you say, then Shenshu would have long ago reverted to become a Buddha.”

Xu Qi’an grinned:

“What if that Buddha in Aranthra, is someone else.”

A simple sentence made the three Transcendent Powers’ hairs stand up in the cold, their hearts creeped out.

In that case, Shenushu’s claim to be the Buddha is well explained.

The one who perished with the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom in the Koshi Swing was the true Buddha, and the one in Aranta today is a being who has assumed the title of Buddha.

Xu Qi’an added:

“In that case, it would explain why Shenshu’s grand wish was to purify the Southern Demon, but it turned out to be the Koshi Swinging Demon. This was not the Buddha’s intention, but someone was behind it.

“When Shenshu was an enemy of the Buddha Sect back then, he was fighting against that being. To verify this speculation, we need to understand the trigger for the Azi Swinging Demon.”

The crowd looked at Duo Yu Luohan, who shook his head slightly.

The fact that even the Second Grade Rohan didn’t know about it undoubtedly aggravated the likelihood of Xu Qi’an’s speculation.

“The second possibility is that Shenshu and Buddha are the same person; more than seven hundred years ago, Buddha initially broke free from the seal and refined the Shura King’s essence blood, and thus there was Shenshu. But the treatment of the Southern Demon caused them to disagree. Thus leading to this result today.

“Buddha won in the end, taking over the 100,000 mountains of the Southern Border and finally breaking free of the Ru Sheng seal. But the presence of Shenshu forced him to seal it himself, and he fell into a deep sleep.”

Xu Qi’an gave his second speculation.

He didn’t guess it out of thin air, but gradually deduced it based on the clues he had gotten so far.

Xu Qi’an even felt that the second possibility was higher because the broken arm in the Floating Pagoda had once said that the Buddha was a treacherous villain.

Tuo Er Luo Han shook his head:

“One person dividing two people, the Buddhist Sect is not the Taoist Sect and does not have the divine ability to do this. The three great fruitions, the nine dharma phases, cannot do such a thing.”

If you want to put it that way, the truth behind that incident is even more complicated ………. Xu Qi’an said:

“To verify the second conjecture, it is very simple to see if the sculpture of the Ru Sheng is still there after the Doi Luohan has returned to Aranthra. Well, it is to look for the sculpture of the Confucian saint.

“If the sculpture is still there, then the first guess is accurate. If the sculpture is not there, or cannot be found, then the second guess is accurate.”

Duo Luo Han and Asura looked at each other and nodded slightly.

My current cultivation has fallen to the early third grade, Asura is slightly stronger than me, Duo Er Luohan is still the level of the second grade, but Niang Niang’s injuries are not serious, and there is also the Bear King, our side’s chances of winning to be so high, as for Shenshu, obviously autistic ………..

If we really fight, it will most likely be a lose-lose situation, and the jade and stone will burn together ……….. Xu Qi An said:

“So, farewell?”

Duo Luohan exchanged another glance with Asura, and the former nodded:

“Farewell!”

Very good very good, everyone s desire to survive is good, cultivating to transcendence is not easy ………. Xu Qi’an breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately harnessed the Floating Pagoda and vanished into thin air.

The fox tail behind the waist of the Nine-tailed Sky Fox stretched out, curling around the Bear King and Shenshu, stepping into the air and quickly disappearing.

Soon after, the demon soldiers of the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom began to retreat, returning to the deep mountains and old forests.

…………

A hidden grotto somewhere.

With the cute pink baby girl in her arms and Bai Ji standing on her shoulder, Night Ji sprinted through the tunnel and into the grotto.

Torches blazed inside the grotto, black smoke rose from the fissure at the top of the grotto, and there were three more tunnels on the inside of the grotto, leading deeper.

This was one of the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom’s certain strongholds in the Southern Border called Thousand Cave City.

Caves and canals are scattered throughout the belly of the mountain like a spider’s web.

Outside, there are poisonous insects and beasts, miasma, and dense rivers for cover, and it is so hidden that it has never been detected.

It was almost impossible to find the hidden strongholds of the Demon Race in the 100,000 Mountains, which were dotted with primeval forests and dangerous mountains and rivers.

Stepping into the grotto, Night Ji saw the beautiful and gorgeous Niang Niang, sitting on a stone seat with her eyes closed to regulate her breathing.

“Your Majesty, you must save Qing Ji ………”

The night concubine’s voice snapped, and as she got closer, she realized that on the futon next to the bed, there was a five or six year old child sitting on a platter.

Above the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox’s hip, the short fox tail, unconsciously stroked a bit, opened his eyes, and faintly said:

“No harm done, she will recover tomorrow.”

Receiving the reply from the Nymphet, the night concubine was relieved, and then looked at the childish boy frequently and tried to say:

“Hsu Lang?”

The boy blinked innocently and turned his head to ask the nine-tailed fox, saying:

“Mom, who is this woman.”

The Nine-Tailed Sky Fox smirked:

“My mother raised you a child bride.”

Eight fox tails suddenly shot out and rolled Xu Qi’an up, and one of the fox tails was about to undo the waistband of Xu Qi’an’s pants in the process.

“My Lady, there is something to be said for that.”

Xu Qi’an said sincerely.

The Nine-Tailed Sky Fox was still smiling:

“One more motherfucker.

“It’s only right for a mother to spank her son’s ass.”

Not taking off Xu Qi’an’s pants after all, Foxtail smacked him hard on the ass.

“Xu Lang, when will you recover.”

Holding the baby girl in her arms, the night concubine approached at a brisk pace, her watery, seductive, foxy eyes flashing with worry.

“Natural recovery in two days.”

Xu Qi’an sighed, “You have the Demon Race’s Protectors stabilize the various demon soldiers, and three days later, retake the Ten Thousand Demon Mountain.”

Without staying long, the Night Lady held the baby girl in her arms and left through the tunnel from whence she had come.

Xu Qi’an swept around the simple furnishings of the grotto and whispered:

“Has the Mother ever had the intention of attacking Aranta, reclaiming Shinshu’s head, and helping him to fully resurrect.”

Nine-tailed Fox said faintly:

“Regardless of your two speculations, which one is right and which one is wrong, it doesn’t affect my plan. Shenshu won’t pull out the Demon Sealing Nail for the time being, although it will weaken his battle power, he’ll still be invincible without a single item.”

“If Guangxian’s real body comes, we’ll still follow the original plan. If it’s just a doppelganger coming, with the Demon Sealing Nail in place, I don’t think Shenshu will go crazy.” Xu Qi’an said.

When he finished, he got up and headed out the door.

“What are you going for.”

Nine-tailed Skyfox asked.

“Treat Fuka to a meal of golden needles.”

Xu Qi’an didn’t look back.

…………

A decade later.

Night Ji and Qing Ji sat in the urn of the southern city as a bird demon rose and fell at the top of the city, bringing or delivering letters.

“Two Elders, the Black Wind City in the west has been taken, 20,000 enemy troops from the western region have been annihilated, 800 enemy troops have been captured, and 150,000 of the city’s people have been captured, so how should they be disposed of.”

“The prisoners of war will be treated as slaves, and the people of the city will be properly resettled for the time being, waiting for the end of the battle. If any of the people in the city dare to secretly cause trouble or resist, they will be killed on pain of death.”

“Two Elders, the White Cliff City in the north was recaptured by the Western Region Army, and the demon soldiers that remained in the city were all wiped out.”

“Blockade the supply lines of White Cliff City, surround it for the time being, and wait for Xu Yinluo to free up his hands before dealing with it.”

“Two elders, when the Bear King attacked Wo City on the eastern front, he accidentally fell asleep, and the city’s more than 100,000 Westerners fell asleep. Our army took this city without spending a single soldier, but no demon dared to enter the city.”

“Bring the information to the Queen and let her decide ……..”

……….

After twenty days of battle, the armies of the western countries led by Bodhisattva Guangxian, Venerable Asura, and Duo Yu Luohan finally failed to defeat the demon race, withdrew from the southern border, and retreated to the western region.

The Demon Race annihilated 180,000 of the Western Region’s army, captured 30,000 of the enemy’s troops, and 620,000 of the people.

The next day after the Western Region garrison withdrew from the Southern Border, the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox summoned the group of demons to the Ten Thousand Demons Mountain and announced the restoration of the country.

The demon race, which had been wandering for five hundred years, returned to their homeland.

In later history, this day was called the “Revival of the Southern Demon”.

And in this, a midland martial artist plays a crucial role.

………

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