Chapter 160 Huanxi Cult
On the outskirts of Yinchuanfang City, a red-faced Tutuo was nodding and bowing with an apologetic smile, telling the young man in white clothes in front of him about his experiences in the past few years.
"The junior said goodbye to the senior in a hurry and left the Yanyun Mountains."
"In the following days, in order to find a chance to break through the foundation building period, I traveled around the major Xiuxianfang cities in the Song Dynasty."
"But you also know how difficult it is to obtain the Foundation Establishment Pill. Every time I participate in major auctions, I always miss out because of insufficient shares, or the gap in the spiritual stone is narrowly missed."
"Later I heard that the YC market in Huainan was down, and there might be less competition for all kinds of rare and rare treasures, so I hurried here, wondering if I could miss something at the auction, but unfortunately."
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"Unfortunately, you met me!"
Lin Shan looked at the flattering red-faced Toutuo in front of him with a smile. Thinking back to the Yanyun Mountains back then, how domineering and arrogant this guy was.
When he came up, he waved his Zen staff aggressively and asked for the happy Buddha statue he had bought at the auction. After he gave it to him, he refused to give in. He got angry with him whenever he disagreed, and blocked himself by the stream, unable to move forward.
What now? Why are you pretending to be a grandson?
"To be honest, I still like your unruly look."
Lin Shan clasped his fingers slowly while enjoying the Sichuan Opera's face-changing. There were not many opportunities to meet old friends in a foreign country, so he wanted to enjoy this time.
The red-faced Toutuo was now under the eaves and had to bow his head. After all, his level was one level higher than his, and this step was a huge difference. He couldn't even think of resisting, for fear that the person in front of him would hold a grudge and give him eye drops.
"How dare you, how dare you, the younger generation was blind and did not recognize the rough jade. As the saying goes, a sparrow knows the ambition of a swan!"
"Now the senior is working hard and has achieved great success. The villain has just woken up from a dream and regrets it!"
"Now we look at the objective development laws of things scientifically. With the outstanding talents of our predecessors, sooner or later in the future, we will be able to dominate the world and look down upon the heavens, call the wind and rain, pick up the stars and the moon, ascend to the immortal world and live as long as the heavens."
"As the saying goes, a big roc rises with the wind and soars ninety thousand miles away!"
"Senior Fengshen is so handsome that he surpasses the present generation. With his deep starry eyes that penetrate all eternity, he looks down at all living beings throughout the ages. Countless talented heroes are like crucian carp crossing the river, just to leap over the dragon gate and turn into a dragon to lick one of your toes!"
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Lin Shan enjoyed this guy's impassioned speech and saw him salivating while praising him, shaking his head and shaking his head while talking eloquently. His eloquence became more and more intense, and he had to stop until his mouth was dry and he ran out of words.
Judging from his expression, it seems that he is speaking from the bottom of his heart, and there is still something to express!
“Not bad!”
“Not bad!”
Lin Shan and the Black Skull Demon Lord nodded at the same time, with admiration in their eyes. They had just stepped in, and they suddenly felt that they were the protagonists of the world ordained by fate. In the future, they would definitely be powerful and powerful throughout the ages and dominate the world!
At the same time, he developed a strong interest in the eloquence of the red-faced Tutu. He felt that this child was a talent and should be taken around and "well cultivated". It would be a pity to let him wander outside and waste his talent.
"Would you like to follow me"
"Would you like to follow me"
The two of them offered an olive branch at the same time and wanted to take the red-faced Tutuo under their command. The latter was stunned for a second and was instantly overjoyed.
He originally thought that his life was in danger, but suddenly he had a sudden change and was noticed by two foundation-building monks.
It is extremely difficult for casual cultivators to break through the Foundation Establishment Stage. There are too many people in the Foundation Establishment Dan level. If there were thighs to lean on, most of the Qi Training Stage monks would probably go crazy with joy.
The red-faced Tutuo saw that the two foundation-building seniors were willing to take him in. Although he didn't know their relationship, from Dan Cong's appearance, one was a young man in white and the other was a hooded gray-robed man with his head and tail exposed. Who knows which one looks better? There is a future!
"Thank you for never giving up, the young monk is willing to always be by your senior's side and serve you respectfully until death!"
"Poof!"
The red-faced tutu knelt in front of the hooded gray-robed man and performed five bows and three kowtows, which in this world represents the highest etiquette for his followers.
"???"
Lin Shan looked at this guy in disbelief. Didn't he praise himself just now? Even if he gave him a way out regardless of his past grudges, why did he suddenly switch sides to the Black Skull Demon Lord?
"Okay, okay!"
The hooded gray-robed man stretched out his skinny, dark bone claws and lifted the red-faced Tutuo up from the ground. With the affirmation of the superior Bole in his tone, he held his hands tightly. It was too late for the two to meet each other!
"A good bird chooses a tree to roost in, and a wise minister chooses his master to do his work. You are very good."
When the red-faced Tutuo heard the compliment from the hooded and gray-robed man, he felt excited because he finally had a thigh to lean on! As for why he didn't choose Linshan, the reason is simple.
He had offended others severely in the past, and even though Lin Shan stopped pursuing him for the time being because of his flattery, who knows if he would fall out after he recovers? It's better to tie him up with another foundation-building monk first, so that he can have a life guarantee by then.
But why is this new owner’s hands so cold?
"Remember your choice today, you will never regret it in the future. It will be your blessing to follow me for eight lifetimes."
"Yes, yes, this junior is very frightened."
"As long as you serve me sincerely, if you have any questions about cultivation that you don't understand, you can ask me anytime, anywhere."
"Yes, yes, I am so grateful."
"Thirty years later, if you are unable to stay in this world, I will definitely take you away before I leave."
"Yes, yes, uh, leave? Where to go?"
The red-faced Tutuo suddenly had a bad premonition.
The gray-robed man in front of him suddenly lifted his hood, revealing a shiny head. It was a dark skull with a dark green soul fire burning inside.
"Of course I'm going to hell"
"Scared!"
The red-faced Tutu looked like a frightened quail, trembling and looking at the new owner in front of him.
It’s not impossible to understand someone who looks like this. What does it mean to go to hell? Are you planning to fall out right now?
"Senior, don't make jokes"
"I'm not kidding." The black-bone skeleton looked at him faintly, the soul fire in his skull beating strangely.
The red-faced Tutuo swallowed hard and cautiously probed.
"Then get out of here and go to hell."
"That's what it means literally."
"Poof!"
The red-faced Tutu immediately knelt down in front of Lin Shan next to him again, bowed five times and kowtowed three times, and said with a flattering smile to Lin Shan, who had just discarded him like a worn-out shoe.
"The younger generation is willing to follow the seniors and work hard until death!"
"Get out!"
Lin Shan was in a very bad mood. He had been deceived by a bunch of flattery just now. He was even more angry when he saw that this guy had just abandoned him and switched to someone else. Thinking of how this guy had stopped him from chasing Princess Guo back then, he himself I haven’t settled the score with him yet!
"Come here, my dear. I am a loyal minister and have nothing to do with the two masters! Do you still want to escape from the hands of this demon lord?"
"Ah~ no, don't come over!"
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As the Black Skull Demon Lord dragged the red-faced Tutuo aside and performed some inhumane "violence", the latter finally became honest. Following the "new master" back to Lin Shan again, Bahji stood behind the Black Skeleton Demon Lord as resignedly as a cucumber.
At this time, Lin Shan finally had time to ask other questions. He had always been curious about the "Happy Buddha Statue". He had encountered several of them, and they all provided a lot of ancient charm, and in some aspects they seemed to be similar to the Black Lotus. Teaching is a bit like that.
The red-faced Tutuo was wilting now. After being recognized as his younger brother by the Black Skeleton Demon Lord, he suddenly felt that his future was uncertain when he thought about following him to some "hell" world.
But living at the moment is the most important thing. I have just leaned on my lap, so naturally I can't make the two uncles unhappy, so I will explain in detail the origin of the "Happy Buddha Statue" that I know.
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It turns out that the "Happy Buddha Statue" comes from the "Happy Sect", whose name is "Happy Buddha", and is the only true Buddha that all monks in the sect need to worship.
The "Happy Sect" is a sect in the world of cultivation established by a group of monks who believe in the "Happy Buddha".
Different from the "Black Lotus Sect"'s model of spreading and collecting beliefs, the "Happy Sect" does not harvest mortals but only targets monks. In other words, the source of the incense of their faith is provided by their own people within the church, which is equivalent to internal circulation.
The "Black Lotus Sect" does not require its own people to believe in this thing, but directly goes to mortals to preach and harvest the incense faith.
The "Happy Cult" brainwashes its people into believing in this thing, and then the monks provide them with the incense of belief.
One is to fool foreigners, the other is to harvest one's own people. This is the difference between the two.
In contrast, for monks, the Black Lotus Sect is of course more relaxed and does not restrict the freedom of thought of its disciples. But for ordinary people, the Huanxi Sect is better because they don't fool the people, they only brainwash their own people.
After the monks have transformed their spiritual consciousness, the amount of incense provided by their individual beliefs far exceeds that of mortals. Even if the total amount of incense cannot be compared with the huge base of mortals, the purity of the incense belief is enough to be condensed. This is why the Huanxi Cult looks down on the faith of mortals. .
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The Huanxi Cult originated in the remote Piluo Desert, more than ten countries away from the Song Dynasty. It is said that it is covered with yellow sand all year round. Countless mortal monks are struggling with the harsh environment. Only the Huanxi Cult deep in the desert is bliss. Heaven.
Because the Piluo Desert is in a barren area and no other forces in the world of cultivation are involved, the Huanxi Sect slowly grew stronger while developing alone, but it stagnated after reaching a certain level of development.
There is no other reason. The Piluo Desert is just that big, and there are only so many spiritual places for cultivation. If you want to continue to expand, you have to expand and go to the surrounding countries to grab territory and resources from the cultivation world.
Cultivation depends on the wealth and the land. Both wealth and land require the support of heaven and earth resources such as spiritual veins, spiritual springs, spiritual stone mines, spiritual iron mines, spiritual wood forests, and blessed land secret realms. Otherwise, how can a force maintain its huge expenses?
But the cake is only so big. If you want to develop and grow, you must infringe on the interests of others.
So the Huanxi Sect decided to expand outwards, but the higher-ups within the sect were not stupid either. They chose to penetrate slowly.
Eight hundred years ago, the Huanxi Cult secretly cultivated power in dozens of countries in the east and established sects of cultivating immortals one after another in an attempt to infiltrate the local cultivating circles and take the opportunity to slowly become a boiled frog in hot water.
Its layout was so large that it even radiated from the distant Song Dynasty.
But there is no airtight wall in the world, and it was finally exposed and made public.
The local cultivation circles in dozens of countries were immediately in danger, and they quickly began to eliminate the Huanxi Sect forces in their own countries. The Huanxi Sect in the Jiangdong ruins of the Great Song Dynasty was the tip of the iceberg that caused the turmoil in the cultivation world that year.
In the end, the Huanxi Sect was outnumbered and had to retreat to the Piluo Desert again, clinging to its own one-third of an acre of land.
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After the Huanxi Sect was wiped out in the Song Dynasty, a remnant lineage survived. Without external support, it gradually disappeared in the long river of history, and now only the red-faced Toutuo lineage remains.
In view of the fact that the Huanxi Sect was notorious at that time and was like a rat crossing the street in the world of cultivation, everyone yelled at him to beat him up. For the sake of his own safety, he simply pretended to be an authentic Buddhist believer, but he was not ordained and was just a lay disciple. It was enough to deceive others.
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"So you are the only one who has inherited the Huanxi Cult in the Song Dynasty?" Lin Shan looked a little strange.
"Yes."
The red-faced Tutu shrank his head. When the two of them met in Yanyun Mountain, he had even threatened Lin Shan. During the sermon, all the disciples could sense the joyful Buddha statue. In fact, he was the only one.
Lin Shan took out a happy Buddha statue from his storage bracelet, put it in the red-faced Tutu's hand, and asked him directly what he wanted this thing for. The latter looked at it carefully for a while, then activated the method to test it for a while, shook his head and gave it back to Lin Shan.
"The incense and aspiration inside it have all gone away, and it's of no use to me anymore."
"The one you gave me in the Yanyun Mountains"
He secretly raised his head and glanced at Lin Shan, but did not continue to speak. The implication was that Lin Shan also lied to him and gave him an empty Buddha statue with no incense and wish power.
Now Lin Shan became more interested: "Do you have a method to use the power of incense?"
The red-faced Toutuo said nothing. He took out a tattered jade slip from his storage bag and handed it to Lin Shan.
After the latter got it, he used the enhanced panel to confirm that there was no danger, and then used his spiritual consciousness to scan the contents. After about a cup of tea, he withdrew his spiritual consciousness with a look on his face.
This jade slip records a double cultivation technique "Happiness Secret Sutra", as well as some spells with incense and wish power. Some of the spells are quite interesting, such as "Invite God", "Subjugation", "Transcendence" and "Incense". "Soul-suppressing Technique", "Great Joy Technique" and so on.
The dual cultivation method is a bit strange, and many of the postures are extremely tempting.
Although what the scriptures talk about seems to be more sacred, it is not much more profound than the dual cultivation of good and evil.
He has no interest in practicing those wish-power spells. After all, each practice and casting consumes incense and wish-power. How can he have those things? Even if there is, why not convert the strengthening panel into ancient charm? Wouldn't it be nice to use it to strengthen it?
After roughly understanding the background of the Huanxi Cult, Lin Shan could only put it in the back of his mind for the time being. At the same time, he secretly memorized the place name "Piluo Desert" so that if he had the opportunity to leave the Song Dynasty and travel far away, he could find out.
After all, rejoicing in Buddha statues is also a way to obtain ancient charm.
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After asking the red-faced Toutuo for a long time, I didn't get any useful information. I just listened to some general stories, and then the fate of this person became a problem.
"Are you really going to let him follow us?"
Lin Shan frowned. In the long run, if he left the Song Dynasty to look for the Huanxi Sect, this person might be useful.
But in the short term, his cultivation in the later stage of Qi training can only be regarded as a burden beside him, which can be said to be useless.
Unless this Tutu can reach the foundation-building stage and can barely help, then why should he support idle people if he is not a charity?
As for strengthening him with a Foundation Establishment Pill to help him break through Foundation Establishment? joke! Gu Yun himself thinks it is not enough, how could he use it on others.
"This"
The Black Skeleton Demon Lord was a little hesitant. He really wanted to find a follower to entertain himself. However, he is now dependent on others, and many things depend on Lin Shan's expression, and the red-faced Tutuo is indeed too low-level to help.
Lin Shan thought about it for a while, but he couldn't be too disrespectful to the Black Skull Demon Lord, so he simply thought of a compromise.
He took out a transmission talisman, put it in his mouth and muttered some words, and then handed the talisman to the red-faced Tutuo.
"If you want to break through the foundation building period, go to the Demon Dao Camp outside the imperial capital Bianliang, and take this transmission note to find the ninth detachment of the Central War Zone. There is a man named Old Man Zhong. He will arrange everything for you."
"Now that the war between good and evil is in full swing, the competition between the two camps is a good time to make contributions. If you want the Foundation Establishment Pill, you must use your achievements to exchange for it!"
"After you have experienced a lot, if you can break through the foundation building period and come back, maybe we can become fellow Taoists."
The red-faced Toutuo was originally depressed, but after hearing Lin Shan's arrangement, he became energetic again, as if he had been reborn with a second spring. As long as he doesn't follow this black skeleton, he is willing to go anywhere.
What's more, you can join the camp of the top faction, even if you are cannon fodder.
"Thank you, senior!"
Lin Shan waved his sleeves and watched him leave. Together with the Black Skeleton Demon Lord, Lin Shan turned his back to Yinchuan and headed east, following the route of the Black Lotus Sect's large transport airship.
(End of chapter)