Chapter 225: Duobao, You Are Indeed a Spy!

"Amitabha!"

In this moment, three 【Vajra Kings of Majestic Virtue】 stood shoulder to shoulder, simultaneously pressing their palms together; Buddha-light, like a flood breaching a dam, instantly overflowed half the sky.

For a time, the earth shook and mountains trembled; ten thousand splendors wrapped the entire battlefield, giving birth to countless sounds, colors, and forms: pavilions and towers, chanting that never ceased in the ears, as if one had suddenly fallen from the battlefield into an ancient Buddhist temple, where what met the eyes was clearly a towering, green-lit ancient Buddha.

The next second, the ancient Buddha spoke:

"Excellent, excellent. My Buddha's compassion pervades billions of worlds, dividing his form to save all sentient beings bound by karmic retribution. You are all those with karmic ties to our Western Pure Land."

As he spoke, a pair of eyes as large as mountains fixed upon Lu Yang.

"Hahaha!"

Below, Duobao Tongzi recited the Buddha's name while smiling, while the True Persons of the 【Qing Kingdom】 side showed expressions of excitement.

"I never expected Duobao could truly summon the Buddhist Sect!"

"Before, I misunderstood him."

"A Venerable One from the Buddhist Sect, a Great Luo Han, with such powerful aid intervening, this is the perfect chance to utterly crush the Mo Sect and give these Jiangbei demons a severe beating!"

The next second, the green-lit ancient Buddha took a step.

Meanwhile, the Five Elements True Person, Duobao Tongzi, the Master of the Black Iron Sword, and others followed closely behind, their smiles ferocious, clearly intending to beat the fallen dog while he was in the water.

Seeing this, Lu Yang shook his head, then formed a hand seal.

【Heavenly Mother's Transformation of Primordial Light】!

"Amitabha. Disciple Lu, do not resist stubbornly, hmm?"

The 【Venerable One Vimalakirti】, who had originally intended to speak at length, suddenly froze; seeing the sky-filling white splendor shed by Lu Yang, his face changed drastically.

"This is...!?"

Before the 【Venerable One Vimalakirti】 could finish speaking, the yang energy on the three men instantly reversed, transforming into the Great Yin Mother Body, and suddenly halted in mid-air.

Immediately, they exploded with a boom!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

"Ahhh!!!"

The 【Venerable One Vimalakirti】's screams were instantly drowned by the explosions; the green-lit ancient Buddha vanished without a trace, and the three 【Vajra Kings of Majestic Virtue】 turned into three fireworks.

Seeing this, Lu Yang's expression showed slight joy; without another word, he swept his wide sleeve, gathering the severed limbs and broken arms of the three exploded 【Vajra Kings of Majestic Virtue】, thinking that later he could feed them to the Abi Sword, perhaps making the Abi Sword develop a special attack effect against the Buddhist Sect; these were all excellent materials.

Only then did he look toward Duobao Tongzi and the others.

But he saw that at this moment, the ferocious smiles on Duobao Tongzi and the others had completely frozen on their faces; just now, they had been charging at the front alongside the 【Venerable One Vimalakirti】.

Now the 【Venerable One Vimalakirti】 was gone.

They instantly found themselves surrounded by a crowd of Jiangbei True Persons.

"What are you still staring at? Attack!"

Lu Yang laughed loudly: "Fellow Daoist Duobao, your efforts this time have been immense; after trapping the Dao Court, you trapped the Yushu Jiange; after trapping the Yushu Jiange, you trapped the Pure Land. In the future, the Holy Sect will reward you greatly!"

Upon hearing these words, everyone showed expressions of sudden realization.

"Duobao!!!"

The Five Elements True Person's face twisted; he looked at Duobao Tongzi again: "You are absolutely a traitor! Speak! Did you collude with Jiangbei long ago?"

He had figured it out!

Trapping the Dao Court went without saying; if not for Duobao Tongzi, he would never have led the 【Qing Kingdom】's True Persons to be trapped and slaughtered by Lu Yang in the Jiangbei lands.

As for trapping the Yushu Jiange, thinking carefully, when he previously suggested that Lu Yang might ambush the Shangxuan Sword Sect, it was Duobao who stepped out to say he was worrying about nothing; and what happened? The Shangxuan Sword Sect was indeed annihilated! If he had returned to reinforce in time back then, would the situation have been different?

Trapping the Pure Land was the matter at hand.

Look at the 【Venerable One Vimalakirti】; wasn't he trapped badly enough? Everyone heard the screams of this Great Luo Han of the Buddhist Sect, this Venerable One of the Pure Land, just now.

Thinking of this, the Five Elements True Person's anger boiled over: "Beast! Beast!"

Duobao Tongzi: "..."

I am not! I didn't! I am wronged!

Although he had a thousand words to say, Duobao Tongzi no longer had the mood; he didn't even understand why the 【Venerable One Vimalakirti】 had disappeared.

How could this be a loss?

But one thing he knew clearly: he truly was not a Holy Sect spy; so if he stayed here any longer, he would surely die without a grave!

On the other side, the Yin Mountain True Person, seeing this, also showed an expression of awe; to be honest, when the 【Venerable One Vimalakirti】 appeared, he had already given up; who would have thought that Lu Yang never even engaged him in combat, but merely cast a strange Dao technique and easily destroyed the opponent's method.

At the same time, the crowd of Jiangbei True Persons also roused themselves.

With Lu Yang's heavy reward earlier, they all knew that for every 【Qing Kingdom】 True Person they captured at this moment, the benefits they received would increase by one share.

What was there left to say?

"Kill!"

In an instant, the entire 【Qing Kingdom】 army collapsed like a mountain falling; all Foundation Establishment True Persons scattered and fled, each displaying their supernatural arts, while Qi Refining disciples were slaughtered on a massive scale.

Zhalong Pass, breached!

Half a day later, all settled into dust.

Lu Yang stood atop Zhalong Pass, pondering silently in his heart:

"Once Zhalong Pass is breached, it equals breaking the 【Qing Kingdom】's monopoly on spiritual qi; strictly speaking, the task Master Chongguang True Person entrusted to me is already complete."

After all, Master Chongguang True Person had not ordered him to march south and annihilate the 【Qing Kingdom】 in one stroke, but to press the 【Qing Kingdom】 from the outside as much as possible; and once Zhalong Pass was breached, the route south to the 【Qing Kingdom】 capital would be unobstructed, enough to plunge the entire 【Qing Kingdom】 into a state of panic.

"Pity, there is a new task again."

Thinking of this, Lu Yang once more drew out the 【Formless Sword】; the golden nature and divine mystery hidden within the sword constantly reminded him what he should do next.

【Assassinate the King】.

Without unexpected surprises, this was the second task assigned by Chongguang.

"Assassinate the King of Qing... truly an unreasonable demand."

Lu Yang shook his head. How easy would it be to kill the Prince of Qing? Not only was he surrounded by layers of guards, with countless formations all around, he himself also had the augmentation of great power.

Unless the Prince of Qing left the capital and came alone.

Otherwise, as long as a person stayed inside that palace, even getting in was difficult for him; even if the Formless Sword could break through his protective measures, it would be useless.

After pondering for a moment, Lu Yang decided to set this matter aside for now.

"Since Master Chongguang handed this task to me, he must have taken this point into consideration and prepared corresponding means—it's just that the timing hasn't arrived yet."

"For example, this time's Venerable of the Pure Land."

Lu Yang suspected that the Pure Land had almost certainly been screwed over by True Monarch Qingcheng Feixue!

Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence—right when a Venerable of the Pure Land popped up, and that very person happened to be countered by a Daoist art he had just obtained from the Manifest Dharma Pavilion?

Just thinking about it made Lu Yang feel a chill run down his spine.

The next second, Lu Yang flicked his hand and took out the severed limbs of the three 【Mighty Virtue Wisdom Kings】 he had previously transformed into female bodies and forced to self-destruct.

However, to Lu Yang's regret, the power of all three 【Mighty Virtue Wisdom Kings】 came from that 【Venerable Vimotuo】 of the Pure Land. And as 【Venerable Vimotuo】 withdrew his power, the so-called 【Mighty Virtue Wisdom Kings】 revealed their true form—in reality, they were merely some kind of medium for descent.

Without the mastermind behind them, they were nothing.

Therefore, even though he had used the Abi Sword to slay all three, he gained no feedback; stuffing them into the Ten Thousand Spirits Banner would be a waste of the banner spirits' slots.

Still, Lu Yang hadn't come away completely empty-handed.

"This is—"

Gazing at the severed limbs scattered across the ground, Lu Yang's gaze shifted slightly and landed on the Pure Land scriptures that had been inscribed on these 【Mighty Virtue Wisdom Kings】 during their lifetimes.

With a sweep of his divine sense, the scriptures were rapidly pieced together whole.

Its name was:

"【Refuge in the True Dharma】?"

After a quick read-through, Lu Yang finally understood the scripture's function: in short, this scripture could summon a divine thought of a Venerable of the Pure Land to descend!

The so-called 【Refuge in the True Dharma】 was a method specially created by the Pure Land and handed to outside subordinates to develop, used when they went to bewitch and recruit more people into the Pure Land. As long as one chanted the scripture, one could summon a Venerable of the Pure Land's divine thought to descend, enlighten the cultivator, and turn them into a Pure Land Buddhist cultivator.

Seeing this, Lu Yang's eyes suddenly brightened.

This thing... seemed like it could be used to make a nest?

(End of this chapter)