Chapter 976: Buddha Beads

"You—honorable donors, I do not know how my junior brother Zhi Xing offended you all, that you would strike such a ruthless blow."

The killing intent within the monk Zhi Zhen seemed almost impossible to suppress, like a volcano on the verge of eruption; however, this monk's ability to cultivate his temperament was quite decent, and in the end, he suppressed the outburst in his heart.

It was only his voice that became much colder.

"That bald donkey did not offend us; we are only meeting for the first time."

Zhang Liang seemed very eager to see the monk erupt in fury, so he continued to speak provocative words.

Crack!

Finally, upon hearing Zhang Liang's words, the monk could no longer restrain his hands, and a bead on the Buddha Beads he held was suddenly crushed.

"Amitabha!"

Taking a deep breath, the monk Zhi Zhen slowly said: "Since my junior brother did not provoke you all, yet you all struck a lethal blow—"

"Today, no matter what, I must take you all back, bring you to my master, and ask him to deal with you."

"You all act wantonly in slaughter, which is to say you are demonic people, possessing demonic energy; only my master can cleanse the demonic energy from your bodies for you."

The monk Zhi Zhen's tone suddenly became much softer, but the firmness and killing intent within his tone were as if they had become tangible.

"Hmph!"

"Demonic energy!"

"Truly a case of a thief crying 'stop thief'; you of the Buddhist Sect are truly this ridiculous."

"Do you label people as demonic without distinguishing right from wrong? Why don't you ask, bald donkey, why we struck a lethal blow and killed your junior brother?"

"We had no grudges or enmity; why would we strike a lethal blow?"

Hearing the monk's words, the smile that had been hanging on Zhang Liang's face suddenly turned cold, and he looked at the other party, saying coldly.

"Because your junior brother deserved to die. In order to make these villagers believe in him, worship him, and even worship your Buddhist Sect, he actually drove demonic beasts into the village to devour the villagers, and then he would step out to slay the demonic beasts and act as a good person."

"Haha! This is your Buddhist Sect's way of preaching; truly, the Buddhist Sect is compassionate indeed."

Zhang Liang's cold mockery stung Zhi Zhen's ears, and there was a look of disbelief on his face, though he quickly reacted.

He understood Zhi Xing's personality; it was relatively extreme, and he was impulsive in his actions and did not like to consider the consequences.

This time, when preaching, he had followed his master and brought him along, hoping that the other party could gain some experience and change his temperament.

He had not expected that the other party would end up in such a situation.

If the other party had committed such acts, Zhi Zhen was not entirely skeptical; after all, these days, their preaching in Nanzhan Buzhou had not been very smooth.

Nanzhan Buzhou was not Xiniu Hezhou; the Buddhist Sect had no influence here at all.

This was a traditional land of the Taoist Sect; the sects in various places were mostly related to the Taoist Sect, or were established by the Human Race.

And most of the Human Race cultivated the Golden Elixir Great Dao passed down by the Taiqing Saint back then, or at most, some sects' techniques were created by experts who had gained insights into the Golden Elixir Great Dao.

But regardless, these were considered Taoist Sect techniques, and thus it was the Taoist Sect.

In many places, the Buddhist Sect had never even been heard of; they needed to start from scratch.

However, the concepts of the Buddhist Sect and the Taoist Sect differed greatly, and the process of preaching was naturally very arduous.

Furthermore, sects in various places often obstructed them, clearly unwilling to see the Buddhist Sect "doing evil" on their territory.

Therefore, the Buddhist Sect had been in Nanzhan Buzhou for some time, but their preaching had been very unsuccessful.

As such, it was clearly not impossible for his junior brother to use some methods.

Although he believed the other party's words somewhat in his heart, Zhi Zhen would not show it at all.

After all, if he truly admitted it, then once it spread, it would be a devastating blow to the reputation of their Buddhist Sect.

If this matter were linked to their Buddhist Sect, then the difficulty of them wanting to preach in Nanzhan Buzhou in the future would likely increase by several levels.

By then, those large sects, upon learning of this matter, would certainly publicize it extensively to damage the reputation of their Buddhist Sect.

Once their reputation was completely ruined, who would dare to believe in the Buddhist Sect?

Thinking of this, Zhi Zhen's killing intent could not be suppressed no matter what.

"No, this matter must not be spread under any circumstances."

He was also very annoyed with his junior brother at this moment; if you are going to use tricks, then use them, but you were actually discovered.

Simply a piece of trash.

Clearly, Zhi Zhen did not care about Zhi Xing using these tricks; what he cared about was that the other party was actually caught red-handed while using them.

This was simply trash to the extreme.

If Zhang Liang knew what the monk was thinking at this moment, he would likely feel even more disgusted, and his impression of the Buddhist Sect would be even worse.

"Amitabha! Honorable donors, you are too presumptuous; not only did you kill my junior brother, but you are also slandering him here—you truly do not know how to repent."

"I observe that you all have fallen too deep into the demonic path; you had better come back with me, and I will ask my master to transcend you all and wash away the demonic nature on your bodies."

The monk Zhi Zhen raised his Buddha Beads, which immediately swelled in the wind, transforming into dozens of bead-like objects the size of small hills, shrouding the space above everyone's heads.

The light screen transformed by the Buddha Beads formed a massive sealed Array space.

Inside these Buddha Beads, there was actually an Array carved.

Suddenly, Zhang Liang and the others felt their bodies grow heavy, as if several large mountains were pressing down upon them.

It felt as if their movements had slowed down by quite a bit.

"Why talk so much! Isn't it just that you want to make a move? The Buddhist Sect is just a group of hypocrites."

"And you even launch sneak attacks; you only ever do dirty deeds."

Zhang Liang mocked continuously, and at this moment, his immortal light erupted immediately.

At the same time, Haoran Qi surged into the sky from his entire body, attempting to break through this Buddha Bead Array space.

However, Zhang Liang had underestimated these Buddha Beads; although the Haoran Qi was formidable and the white Haoran Divine Light was powerful, it only caused the Buddha Bead space to vibrate.

The continuous vibrations slowly subsided after the monk Zhi Zhen pinched several Dharma seals.

Clearly, they had not broken through this Buddha Bead space.

"This Buddhist Sect is truly wealthy."

Su Fan saw at a glance that those Buddha Beads were not simple; they were actually an Acquired Spiritual Treasure, and clearly not an ordinary Acquired Spiritual Treasure at that.

I fear the Acquired Divine Prohibitions inside are not just a few, but very likely reach twelve or more; they are definitely a middle-grade, or perhaps even a Superior Acquired Spiritual Treasure.

Such a spiritual treasure is not simple; perhaps it does not count for much to those Great Sects, but for ordinary sects, it is absolutely a supreme treasure.

However, the person before him comes from the Buddhist Sect.

The Buddhist Sect is also one of the several major powers in the Honghuang Dixian Jie; perhaps Innate Spiritual Treasures might be scarce, but these Acquired Spiritual Treasures are likely really nothing.

For those Great Luo Golden Immortals, it is truly not difficult to refine them.

As for the materials for refining, the Earth Immortal World might lack them now, but before the War of Investiture of the Gods, these materials were not considered precious.

Even now, the Chaos World also has endless materials.