Chapter 786: Resurrection of the Bai Gu Divine Sect

Inside the abbot's room, the troublemakers Lu Yang had captured were all being held there. Master Duanchen was questioning them one by one about the ins and outs of the matter, so he could make a judgment on how to deal with them.

Hearing the news from Lu Yang and his companion, he stood up abruptly, his eyes wide.

"What!"

Why were there so many things happening during this Buddha-Bathing Festival?

May the World-Honored One bless us; fortunately, he had the foresight to invite Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou, otherwise, the chaos of this Buddha-Bathing Festival would likely have been even greater.

"Quickly tell me what the situation is now?!" Master Duanchen couldn't care about questioning the lecherous monks anymore; they were locked up here anyway and couldn't run.

"Master, you can just release your spiritual sense and see."

Master Duanchen released his spiritual sense. Although it wasn't as vast as the range of Lu Yang and his companion, it was enough to see the abnormality of the commoners.

Everyone was expressionless, their symptoms completely consistent with those who had taken the Forget-Love Pill in the Three-Eyed Ghost Monk's memories.

"According to our speculation, it is very likely that the problem lies in the canal water. The people from the Heartless Sect dumped a large amount of Forget-Love Pills into the canal."

Lu Yang stated his speculation, and Master Duanchen's face grew increasingly grim as he listened.

He had been negligent; he hadn't expected the problem to arise in the canal water. This was indeed a silent and efficient way to spread the Forget-Love poison throughout the entire Kaihuang City.

Master Duanchen realized the severity of the matter.

"What do the two benefactors think should be done?"

"The most urgent task is to stabilize the commoners. On our flight here, we have already seen many heartless acts: abandoning wives and children, starting things and then abandoning them. If we wait any longer, I'm afraid there will be massive chaos!"

"Old Meng and I discussed it on the way. The Forget-Love poison drifting in the air is far less toxic than a whole Forget-Love Pill. It's hard to say for Foundation Establishment stage cultivators, but for Jin Dan and Nascent Soul stage cultivators, as long as they hold their breath and stop absorbing the poison, the toxicity in their bodies should pass quickly, and they will recover to normal."

The restriction for the cultivator competition in this Buddha-Bathing Festival was the Jin Dan stage, so there were far more Jin Dan stage cultivators in Kaihuang City now than on ordinary days, which could be a great help.

"Old Meng and I will find a way to stabilize the commoners and make these cultivators hold their breath."

"As for you, Master, temporarily close Kaihuang Temple and don't let any more pilgrims in. You lead the monks to maintain order in the city."

"Good, this poor monk will do so immediately. But how do the two benefactors intend to stabilize the commoners while making the cultivators hold their breath?" Master Duanchen was puzzled. Now that the commoners and cultivators in the city were heartless, the appeal of Lu Yang and his companion would be greatly reduced. Would they listen obediently?

"That's simple."

As Lu Yang spoke, he took out a Bodhi tree seed, burrowed it into the soil, used the Tree-Planting Art to create a Bodhi clone, and then took out a black robe printed with a golden skull from his identity token and draped it over the Bodhi clone.

"Old thing, you're just my mother. Don't think that just because you say something, I'll do it. You don't get to decide my future."

"I'm only doing this for your own good."

"Could I possibly harm myself?"

"You're just an ungrateful wretch. I'll just pretend I don't have a son like you."

Similar conversations could be seen everywhere.

Emotion and interest were the two major factors maintaining social relations. When emotion was lost and only interest remained, the existing social relations nearly collapsed.

Kaihuang City was already on the verge of collapse.

Suddenly, a muffled grunt came from afar, like a fist pounding the ground. The ground shook, splashing up dust.

Then there was a buzzing sound of swords breaking through the air, breaking the sound barrier, like a thunderclap.

"Thief, don't run!"

Three figures flew out from the dust, the sounds of fighting constant, moving from afar to near, intensifying, and finally descending above Kaihuang City, their momentum terrifying.

Only then did people see the images of the three figures clearly.

"It's Sword Immortal Lu and Buddha-Son Meng."

"Who is the other person?"

"Wearing a black cloak, can't see clearly."

Meng Jingzhou performed the Arhat Fist, the fist imprints brilliant, more blinding than the sun.

At the same time, he quietly tore up a dozen talismans, and grand Buddhist sounds came, as if hundreds or thousands were singing praises and chanting scriptures for Meng Jingzhou.

A halo of light appeared behind Lu Yang's head, condensed from countless golden sword qi, sacred like an immortal.

"The two of them truly have some ability." Under the black cloak, the Bodhi clone let out a cold, sinister laugh.

"Who exactly are you!" Lu Yang didn't buy this flattery and scolded the clone angrily.

"Sect Master of the Bai Gu Divine Sect, Bai Gu Lang." The Bodhi clone released boundless pressure, as if the sky were collapsing and the earth sinking. The entire Kaihuang City was shrouded in this pressure; from Nascent Soul cultivators down to commoners, all prostrated on the ground.

The commoners didn't know what cultivation level Bai Gu Lang was, but the Nascent Soul cultivators knew.

This was definitely an Integration stage powerhouse!

"Sounds like an evil sect."

The Bodhi clone was furious: "Dare to insult the Divine Sect? Then let this city be the sacrifice! Forest of Swords Array!"

A sword array with little power but great commotion was set up, nailed into the void. Above Kaihuang City appeared an array resembling a pagoda, getting smaller from bottom to top, like a forest of hell.

"Dare to slaughter the city! Yellow Heaven Immortal-Slaughtering Fist!" Meng Jingzhou shouted loudly.

"Immortal-Extinguishing Sword!" Lu Yang held the Azure Sword high, the sword qi reaching a hundred meters long; it could even slice a giant East Sea ship in half with one strike.

The two exerted all their strength against Lu Yang's Bodhi clone.

Everyone in Kaihuang City looked up at the battlefield in the sky, worried that a ripple from Bai Gu Lang's attack would fall into the city and hit them.

At the same time, the monks of Kaihuang Temple, under Master Duanchen's command, divided Kaihuang City, striving to reduce the commoners' interaction and movement.

After hundreds of rounds of bloody fighting, the Bodhi clone finally began to show fatigue, unable to persist, and revealed a hint of ruthlessness.

"Good, good, good, worthy of the legendary Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou, truly living up to the name!"

"Want to protect the commoners in this city, right? Let's see how you protect them!"

"The Divine Sect lasts forever!"

The Bodhi clone's body expanded rapidly. The change happened too suddenly; Lu Yang and his companion couldn't stop it at all. They heard a boom of an explosion; the Bodhi clone self-destructed, and black smoke billowed, drifting in the air.

Lu Yang's expression changed drastically: "Not good, it's the legendary Corpse Bone Poison born from a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. Inhaling one mouthful will cause the internal organs to collapse; even immortals can't save you!"

They tried hard to drive away the thick smoke, but accidentally caused it to spread everywhere.

Hearing this, the commoners in the city hurriedly hid in their rooms, while the cultivators all held their breath, without exception.

Lu Yang and his companion looked at each other; it was done.

Just as they expected, as long as the Jin Dan and Nascent Soul cultivators stopped inhaling the Forget-Love poison, they would soon be able to decompose the toxicity and return to normal.

They would also be able to realize their own abnormality just now, as well as the strangeness in the city.

Just as Lu Yang and his companion thought they had managed to control the situation, two figures ascended to the sky, looking coldly at Lu Yang and his companion.

"Worthy of being the disciples of the Unspoken Daoist, you truly have some means."

Although he didn't recognize these two, Lu Yang easily guessed their identities: "People from the Heartless Sect, was it you who released the Forget-Love poison?" ===== CHAPTER 787 =====