When the two were confronting each other, the Buddhist cultivator who was holding the demon-conquering pestle put away the treasure, clasped his hands together, and spoke first.
"Very good, very good! This poor monk has the wisdom of Wuliang Mountain. I wonder who the female donor is?"
Wuliangshan has wisdom?
Xu Chunniang's eyes moved slightly. She had also heard of Master Liao Zhi before. He was a great monk in the late Nascent Soul stage with profound Buddhist teachings.
But after the evil cultivator killed the Shanghanshan Sect, Wuliangshan chose to declare itself a sect and protect himself wisely.
I heard that the order to close Wuliang Mountain was given by Master Liao Zhi.
While Xu Chunniang was deep in thought, Master Liaozhi looked at the thousands of magnetic divine lights in the air and the flattened mountains behind her, with a look of understanding on her face.
"Could it be that the donor is the newly promoted Nascent Soul of the Xiaoyao Sect, who destroyed Fairy Xu of the Hunyuan Sect?"
Seeing that her identity was revealed, Xu Chunniang did not deny it.
"Yes, why do you appear here?"
Although she was not happy that Master Liaozhi proclaimed himself a sect, she thought of the Buddha's light on Shangguan Xue and the sudden appearance of Master Liaozhi, and she realized that there might be some connection between the two.
"Haha, why did Fairy Xu come, that's why I came."
Master Liao Zhi smiled slightly and meant something.
Xu Chunniang's heart moved. She came here to find a place of great fortune and to uncover the smuggling thieves.
Could it be that Master Liaozhi came here for this very reason?
Seeing that she was silent, Master Liao Zhi put his hands together and said the Buddha's name again.
"I know that the other sects are very angry with us because of Wuliang Mountain's self-imposed gate. But in fact, we are just trying to protect ourselves."
Master Liao Zhi sighed softly, "The five major sects are not in harmony with each other in appearance, but there are many discords in the beginning. If those evil cultivators provoke them, chaos will occur frequently.
Even if I don’t seal the gates of Wuliang Mountain, I can’t change the outcome of the other major sects.”
Xu Chunniang knew in her heart that Master Liaozhi was telling the truth.
Wanjian Sect had three Nascent Soul cultivators in charge. When Xiaoyao Sect was attacked by evil cultivators, they still chose to stand by and watch.
Perhaps, the Nascent Soul monks from Wanjian Sect also thought of helping.
However, the two sects are very far apart. Once the Nascent Soul cultivator leaves hastily, there is a high possibility that evil cultivators will take advantage of it.
In the final analysis, it is Xiaoyao Sect's own insufficient strength.
Wuliang Mountain has Master Liao Zhi who is in the late Nascent Soul stage, and Wanjian Sect has three sword cultivators in the Nascent Soul stage.
Xiaoyao Sect, Miaodan Sect and Hanshan Sect were slightly weaker, so they were targeted by evil cultivators.
Xu Chunniang sighed inwardly and asked straight to the point without worrying too much about this matter.
"So the master came here because of the decrease in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth?"
Master Liao Zhi nodded, "The great fortune of heaven and earth has been stolen. In fact, there have been signs of it for a long time. The evil cultivator taking over is one of the signs.
A predecessor of my Wuliang Sect came here and found a rare space formation here. I brought my disciples to the Western Regions to practice, so I stopped by and found it, but ended up being trapped in the formation for several years."
Xu Chunniang's heart moved, "Could it be that the disciple you mentioned is Shangguan Xue?
How do I remember that Senior Sister Shangguan is from my Xiaoyao Sect, so why did I become your disciple again?"
"It's a long story. All I can say is that she didn't deserve to die."
Master Liao Zhi's eyes were filled with memories. When he first picked up Shangguan Xue in front of the mountain gate, she had already had demonic energy entering her body, and it was a sign that she would die soon.
Master Liaozhi recognized that what she was wearing was the Taoist robe of the Xiaoyao Sect, and he picked her up just to give her a place to go after her death.
But Shangguanxue, whose heart was attacked by the demonic energy, managed to survive seven days and seven nights.
Master Liao Zhi was moved by her perseverance and finally decided to rescue her.
At first, his original intention was to help Shangguan Xue remove the evil spirit from her body.
However, because of the demonic seeds planted by the Three Mad Empresses, the demonic energy has already taken root in Shangguanxue's body and cannot be eradicated.
In desperation, Master Liaozhi had to find another way and asked Shangguanxue to practice Buddhism to suppress the demonic energy in his body.
"My Wuliangzhong skills are not allowed to be taught to outsiders. Since I taught her the Dharma, I have no choice but to accept her as my disciple."
"You just asked her to practice Buddhism and suppress the demonic energy. Why did you bring her to the Western Region to absorb the ghostly energy?"
"Although after converting to Buddhism and cultivating both Taoism and Buddhism, she was able to suppress the demonic energy in her body, it also hindered her progress in cultivation.
If you want to break through to the Nascent Soul realm, you can only successfully conceive a baby by absorbing a large amount of ghost energy and balancing the four energies in the body."
Xu Chunniang frowned, "Such a four-qi practitioner won't leave any hidden dangers?"
"Of course there is."
Master Liao Zhi sighed, "Once the balance in her body is broken, she will most likely explode and die.
What's more, it may become a murderous thing without emotion and reason."
"Then you brought her to the Western Region to absorb ghost energy?"
"This is her own choice, and before she came, she had asked me to carve a Buddha's seal in her soul. Once the demonic energy or ghost energy gets the upper hand, the Buddha's seal will be activated and erase her soul.
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Xu Chunniang knew clearly in her heart that Senior Sister Shangguan would rather die than become a monster causing harm to the world.
"Then did you know that Senior Sister Shangguan actually had a master?"
"I know that I asked her to go back to the Xiaoyao Sect before, but she didn't want to go back. She said that she had changed her practice of Buddhism and was too embarrassed to face the Xiaoyao Sect and her former master again."
Hearing this, Xu Chunniang was silent for a long time.
Perhaps Senior Sister Shangguan actually wanted to return to Xiaoyao Sect, but now, as long as she shows up in the world of cultivation, she will be regarded as an evil cultivator.
Even if she wanted to go back to the sect, she couldn't.
"Theft of the Universiade is no small matter. I asked Shangguan Xue to wait outside and stepped into the formation alone."
Having said this, Master Liao Zhi looked at the open plain behind Xu Chunniang, with a look of surprise on his face.
"Could it be that Fairy Xu wants to use brute force to break open the mountain and break the formation?"
"This great space formation is based on nine mountain ranges. Now I have destroyed three of the nine mountain ranges. It is not difficult to destroy the remaining formation."
After saying that, Xu Chunniang activated the divine light of Yuanci and slashed at several obvious flaws.
"Click..."
Large areas of space shattered, revealing the real mountains covered by the formation.
Master Liaozhi was amazed, "I only read about this magnetic divine light in ancient books in the past. I didn't expect to see so much magnetic divine light today. It is indeed very sharp."
After breaking through the space formation, everything around seemed to be the same, but the lingering clouds and smoke in the distance had quietly dissipated at some point.
Xu Chunniang put away her divine light and looked at Master Zhi.
"The formation has been broken and the future is uncertain. Will the master just leave?"
"I have a hunch that the person who set up this great space formation is probably a luck thief."
Master Liao Zhi looked into the distance with a calm look in his eyes.
"In the beginning, evil practices brought trouble to the world. In order to protect the thousand-year-old inheritance of Wuliang Sect, I had no choice but to seal the sect on my own.
Now that the evil practices have been eliminated and you no longer have any worries, I will go on this journey with you to help you."
Xu Chunniang nodded, "In that case, master, please come with me."