Chapter 771: The Fomen

"Amitabha Buddha, it seems our Daoist friend has great confidence in his methods! Tang Seng has always been a disciple of our Fomen—how can you say he has no connection with our Fomen?"

"Speaking of which, I am truly curious—how did our Daoist friend subdue him?"

Hearing Luo Fu's reply, the Ancient Buddha Randeng spoke again, testing him.

"Heh, you'll see for yourself if you keep watching."

Facing Randeng's probe, Luo Fu did not answer, but chuckled softly, gesturing for the Ancient Buddha to continue watching.

"Amitabha Buddha!"

Seeing Luo Fu would not answer directly, Randeng could only chant a Buddhist mantra and refocused his gaze on the scripture-seeking party.

During their conversation, the scripture-seeking party had undergone a new transformation.

Sun Wukong remained as before, temporarily trapped within the swirling sand and stones. Zhu Bajie and Sha Monk, alongside Sun Wukong, resisted the erosion of the sand and stones.

The strength they displayed was merely at the initial stage of Great Luo Jinxian, vastly inferior to Sun Wukong's.

Facing the sand and stones empowered by two primordial spiritual treasures, Zhu Bajie and Sha Monk fared even worse—their flesh and blood had long been corroded beyond recognition.

They were not like Sun Wukong, who possessed an extraordinarily formidable body.

Fortunately, ninety percent of the sand and stones' power was concentrated on Sun Wukong. The Fomen did not wish for Zhu Bajie and Sha Monk to die directly at the hands of the Yellow Robe Demon.

Thus, the Yellow Robe Demon did not unleash the full lethal force of the sand and stones upon Zhu Bajie and Sha Monk; though they appeared severely wounded, their fundamental essence remained unharmed.

No further anomalies occurred among the three of them.

This time, the anomaly appeared on Tang Seng and the White Dragon Horse.

More precisely, it appeared on Tang Seng.

While Randeng probed Luo Fu, the subjugation array did not cease—it accelerated further.

Countless Sanskrit chants and Buddhist light nearly transformed Tang Seng and the White Dragon Horse into golden figures suffused entirely with Buddhist radiance.

Yet, despite the Buddhist light nearly fully permeating their bodies, Tang Seng and the White Dragon Horse showed no change in expression—as if utterly unaffected by the Sanskrit chants.

Randeng seemed to have anticipated this outcome.

Seeing the subjugation array could not subdue Tang Seng and the White Dragon Horse, the Yellow Robe Demon reached out and summoned nine luminous pearls emitting gentle Buddhist light.

These nine pearls were exclusive treasures of the Fomen: Buddha Bone Relics.

Buddha Bone Relics are treasures left behind by Buddhist cultivators after their passing, or nirvana.

Not all Buddhist cultivators can produce Buddha Bone Relics.

To produce a Buddha Bone Relic, one must possess merit and a status at least equivalent to that of a Golden Immortal.

It is status—not cultivation base.

Merely possessing Golden Immortal cultivation, without merit, makes it extremely difficult to condense a Buddha Bone Relic after death.

Buddha Bone Relics can be regarded as a special type of merit-based spiritual treasure.

They are the product of the fusion of Buddhist vows and merit.

Because merit is required to condense them, Buddha Bone Relics are exceptionally rare relics.

Merit must be earned through deeds beneficial to Heaven and Earth.

This means each Buddha Bone Relic conceals the legacy of a great virtuous cultivator.

The nine Buddha Bone Relics in the Yellow Robe Demon's hand were not ordinary ones—they were one Buddha-level Buddha Bone Relic and eight Bodhisattva-level Buddha Bone Relics.

Bodhisattva corresponds to Great Luo Jinxian; Buddha corresponds to Quasi-Saint.

Quasi-Saint-level Buddha Bone Relics are exceedingly rare, even within the Fomen.

Accumulating merit to the Quasi-Saint level is no easy feat.

Not to mention Quasi-Saint—even accumulating merit to the Great Luo Jinxian level is no easy task.

In fact, it is harder than merely cultivating to the Great Luo Jinxian level.

Though Buddhist cultivation methods greatly aid merit accumulation, truly reaching Great Luo Jinxian-level merit is still difficult.

Moreover, those who accumulate merit to the Great Luo Jinxian level naturally receive Heaven's favor, blessed with great fortune, and almost never perish.

Thus, to subjugate Tang Seng and the White Dragon Horse, Randeng and Zheng truly made a massive sacrifice.

Boom!

To save time, the Yellow Robe Demon did not choose to enhance the subjugation array with the nine Buddha Bone Relics.

Instead, he chose a more brutal method—directly detonating the nine Buddha Bone Relics.