Chapter 100: When in Doubt, Study the Supreme Dao

In the morning light, the pagoda forest was deep and quiet. The morning dew wet the weeds nearby. The stone-carved statues, including Mingwang, Garuda, and lotus Sanskrit, were simple and incomplete in the sunlight, with a kind of heavy beauty. But Yan Shu and the others didn't notice any clues...

Ning Qingchen was a bit discouraged: "Since the wolf demon is guarding a Demon-Subduing magic tool, there must be clues to other Demon-Subduing magic tools among the other demon generals. The rift where the tree demon I saw earlier was rooted was a bit strange. Why don't we put this aside for now? Let's go and eradicate that tree demon first and get the Demon-Subduing magic tool it is guarding!"

Yan Shu's eyes lit up as soon as he heard about cutting demons.

"Junior Sister Ning is right, eradicate the demon thoroughly... Even if we can't find other Demon-Subduing magic tools, killing one helper of the Blood Demon is good!"

Qian Chen said helplessly: "You guys have some patience!" He raised the glazed tile fragment in his hand and said: "I found this glazed tile fragment in the ruins. Judging from the form, it should be a remnant of the pagoda before. There are so many broken bricks and tiles here, and there are indeed very few with glaze. Logically speaking, there should be at least one glazed pagoda in the pagoda forest, and there shouldn't be so few fragments."

Ning Qingchen's eyes lit up and said: "Senior Brother Qian means... the fragments of the glazed pagoda were deliberately moved away?"

"Things deliberately hidden by demons must be the clues we are looking for."

Ning Qingchen frowned: "It's just that we don't know where the glazed pagoda stood? We also don't know what the glazed pagoda looked like originally... We can't restore this pagoda at all. The clues hidden on the original pagoda must have also been destroyed by the demons."

Yan Shu, with a cold face, punched the courtyard wall beside him fiercely: "That pei demon must have known that this pagoda was the clue, but it never mentioned it."

Zhi Qiu whispered to comfort him. After all, the pei demon was too cunning and deceived them several times, leading them into an ambush. Later, Yan Shu was impatient and killed it. Fortunately, the questions were all asked clearly, but there were still some doubts about whether it told the truth.

Qian Chen looked at this pagoda forest ruin, circled the ruin twice, and whispered: "Buddhist pagodas are also called stupas, and there are certain rules. Usually, there are thirteen-story pagodas, nine-story pagodas, seven-story pagodas, five-story pagodas, and three-story pagodas. According to the pagoda base left in the pagoda forest, the Buddhist pagodas here will not exceed nine stories."

"And since the glazed tile is the style of the tile, it shows that it has flying eaves, so it won't be an inverted-bowl pagoda, but a pavilion-style pagoda and a dense-eave pagoda... And a temple of this scale in Lanruo, the pagoda forest is usually solid. Because each floor of the pavilion-style pagoda has eaves, beams, columns, walls, and windows, and stairs are built in the pagoda with bricks to climb each floor, it is more complex, so the interval between them will be larger. This pagoda forest is relatively dense, so it should be a dense-eave pagoda without a doubt."

"As for the height... If the glazed pagoda hides the Demon-Breaking treasure left by Monk Master Bu Dai, it is the ancestor's pagoda, and the other pagodas built later will definitely not exceed the ancestor's pagoda in form... So the glazed pagoda must also be the highest pagoda in the pagoda forest, and the foundation must be the most solid." Qian Chen came to the pagoda base in the southeast corner.

"The pagoda forest is relatively close to the Great Hero Treasure Hall... With the piety of Buddhist disciples, they would never let the height of the pagoda exceed the Great Hero Treasure Hall."

"The pagoda forest is usually a monk's bone-burying pagoda. With Monk Master Bu Dai's cultivation and status, it should only be one level lower than the Buddhist Arhat Bodhisattva worshipped..." Qian Chen came to the pagoda base and pointed.

A chill fell on the pagoda base, solidifying the water vapor around it. Only then did a silver-white ice pillar appear on the pagoda base. The ice pillar had relief lotus Sumeru seats, and each of the four sides of the seat was set with fake coupon doors. Inside the doors were various Buddha statues, all graceful, generous, kind-eyed, and lifelike. Ning Qingchen bowed slightly to the Buddha, with one palm upright in front of her chest to show respect.

Yan Shu didn't care at all, but laughed loudly: "Junior Brother, you are a disciple of the Three Pure Ones, why do you cultivate Buddha statues? Quickly... change it to the ancestor's statue."

"Senior Brother, this is what you call blaspheming the ancestor!" Qian Chen sighed helplessly: "Cultivating Daoist ancestor statues on a Buddhist pagoda, you really thought of it."

"And after all, it is Monk Master Bu Dai's thing, so it is right to be respectful."

Daoist true successors are not as hostile to the Buddhist sect as they are to the Demon Path. After all, everyone is an orthodox path... although in the Northern Wei, the Zhengyi Dao and the Buddhist sect were fighting like dogs. But when they met, weren't they all kind-eyed and laughing?

Seeing Ning Qingchen worshipping the Buddha, Qian Chen suddenly remembered that she was also from the Northern Wei, and she must have received some influence.

Among the Daoist sects, the Yuanshi Dao is the most complex toward the Buddhist sect. On the one hand, it actively digs the walls of the Buddhist sect and even learns from the Buddhist sect, absorbing the essence of many Buddhist laws. On the other hand, it is somewhat hostile... In the Great Jin controlled by the Dao Academy, it is not said that the Buddhist sect is excluded in every way, but it is also given various small shoes.

It made the Buddhist temples in the Great Jin very few, and Qian Chen hadn't seen them, and hadn't even heard of Buddhist cultivators coming and going.

The Supreme Dao has always been indifferent... none of my business.

It just spread the "Supreme Transformation Buddha Sutra" that the Buddha asked the Supreme Daoist Ancestor for the Dao all over the world. Fortunately, this matter really had a source, and many great supernatural beings who had witnessed it left behind Daoist lineages in the Central Lands world. This made the high-ranking people of the Buddhist sect have to pinch their noses and admit it when they heard about it.

The Supreme Dao naturally steps on the Buddhist sect... but the Lingbao Dao is the most hostile to the Buddhist sect among the Three Pure Ones. The overseas Buddhist sect can only accept strange demon kings as disciples, and it is almost becoming a demon Buddhist sect, which is the reason for the Lingbao Dao making trouble... Yan Shu's attitude is not surprising.

Soon the ice pagoda grew to the first floor of the pagoda eaves. The relief arch was exquisite, and the pagoda outline was exceptionally tall and beautiful.

The nine-story pagoda eaves climbed step by step, and finally reached the top of the pagoda... Qian Chen casually knotted an Ice Soul Treasure Pearl and decorated it on the top of the pagoda. He controlled the ice layer, adjusted the height of the ice pagoda, and followed the subtle spiritual sense in his heart, finally setting the pagoda at a suitable height.

At this time, everyone saw a strange color flash on the treasure pearl on the top of the pagoda, and it instantly came alive, with a layer of flowing light on the surface.

The flowing light was neutral and peaceful, full of Zen, like bright glaze on the ice pearl.

The more Qian Chen looked at it, the more familiar it felt. How could this thing be so similar to his own body... Then he was furious: "Good you Buddhist sect, you are actually coveting me?"

"How does Senior Brother know that what is placed on the top of the pagoda is the Wisdom Pearl!" Ning Qingchen clapped her hands and smiled: "Sure enough, the Demon-Breaking Golden Needle is here."

"Wisdom Pearl?" Qian Chen was really not familiar with the Buddhist sect of this world not copying the things of the previous life.

"Yes! This kind of treasure pearl is called the Wisdom Pearl, Mani Pearl, Prajna Pearl in the Buddhist sect, meaning wisdom that reaches everything and truly recognizes the source of all things and all things..."

Only then did Qian Chen show a smile that the bald donkey really knew the goods, and his mood was very comfortable. He nodded proudly: "Sure enough, you have vision. This pearl can indeed cut off everything and has the wisdom to reach the source..."

"Legend has it that this was said by the Buddha praising the Supreme Daoist Ancestor, so he used the spirit pearl cut out by the Supreme Daoist Ancestor to compare wisdom." Ning Qingchen added with a smile.

Qian Chen's proud expression instantly froze!

Yan Shu was still laughing behind: "Buddhism is originally Daoism. If it weren't for the Supreme Daoist Ancestor's enlightenment, where would the Buddhist sect come from? This allusion is recognized by the Buddha. When the Supreme Daoist Ancestor merged with the Dao, the Buddha visited the Supreme Daoist Ancestor as a disciple, borrowed the Supreme Dao Dust Pearl to praise the Supreme Daoist Ancestor's wisdom, and preached the Buddhist law he heard from the Daoist Ancestor, thus establishing the Buddhist sect and becoming the ancestor of a sect."

"As a result, the Buddhist sons and grandsons now don't even dare to mention it!"

"Senior Brother Yan, the Buddha is also a person who has attained the Dao... worthy of respect." Ning Qingchen persuaded softly.

Qian Chen interrupted them with a blank face: "Don't mention these. Take out the Demon-Breaking Golden Needle first!"

Ning Qingchen bowed to the Buddhist pagoda again, then got up and wanted to take down the Wisdom Pearl. As a result, as soon as the ice pearl left the Buddhist pagoda, the flowing light disappeared, and what was taken down was just an ordinary Ice Soul Pearl.

Seeing this, Ning Qingchen had to say to the Buddhist pagoda: "Offended!"

Only then did she stand on her tiptoes, not borrowing force from the pagoda eaves, floating in the air, and reached out to pick the spirit light in the Ice Soul Pearl.

As a result, she reached out, but found that the spirit light couldn't be touched at all, and couldn't be touched.

As if it were a phantom...

Ning Qingchen turned down and whispered: "There is a restriction, I can't touch that spirit light."