Chapter 1059

However, because Cao Zhengchun's body was already riddled with holes, this minor injury was not worth fearing.

He actually showed quite a bit of backbone, saying to the old monk:

"Good! Since you have such backbone, this monk will do it himself."

The old monk was not angered again; instead, he leaned down, grabbed Cao Zhengchun's hand, and placed it directly onto the hand of the Iron-Gall Godly Marquis.

The moment they touched, Cao Zhengchun immediately felt his entire body's True Essence, spirit, and physical constitution surging toward his palm like a wild horse breaking its reins.

Cao Zhengchun gave a hollow laugh, knowing that he would not survive this time.

He did not mind, but looking at the Iron-Gall Godly Marquis, he couldn't help but laugh and say:

"Zhu Tie-Dan, oh Zhu Tie-Dan, I never expected that after fighting for a lifetime, we would end up dying together!"

The Iron-Gall Godly Marquis was already unable to speak from being drained; apart from his body trembling, he had no other reaction.

These few old monks were precisely the old monks from the Heart Zen Hall of the past.

The leader, who looked extremely similar to Liaofan, had the Dharma name Huike.

The others, in order, were Huineng, Daoyu, Sengfu, Ni Zongchi, and Tanlin.

Watching the Iron-Gall Godly Marquis and Cao Zhengchun being frantically drained by the Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom, on the verge of death,

the few old monks were instead overjoyed and gathered around Huike.

"Senior Brother, I never expected that the great event we have looked forward to for a thousand years would finally be accomplished today."

The fierce Sengfu put his palms together toward Huike and said with great excitement.

"Indeed! We have lingered in this world for a thousand years just to welcome our Master's descent once more. Fortunately, hard work pays off; it is finally done today."

Huike was also filled with great joy and nodded.

Afterward, he led the few old monks to the stone platform.

Looking at the strange person on the stone platform, these few old monks suddenly burst into tears.

"If it weren't for that scoundrel Liuzhi Sancang back then, how could Master have suffered such a calamity?"

Ni Zongchi looked at the strange person and said with extreme annoyance.

"Alright, alright, Master is about to descend again; there is no need for us to be so sad.

Let us sit and meditate to respectfully welcome Master's arrival!"

Huike also felt a sense of sorrow, but he was the senior brother after all.

After speaking, he took the lead and sat down below the stone platform, closest to the strange person.

The other old monks sat behind him in order.

Once seated, the old monks chanted scriptures in unison.

The scene looked exactly as if this were the Great Hero Hall inside a temple, rather than a stone hall in the belly of Snow Peak Mountain.

As the sound of the scripture chanting rose, the True Essence and Qi luck within the Iron-Gall Godly Marquis and Cao Zhengchun flowed away faster and faster.

Finally, the two let out a muffled groan and were drained dry.

Immediately following, the Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom moved without wind, arriving above the strange person's head.

A beam of faint golden light poured down from the Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom.

In an instant, it bathed the strange person until he looked like a golden Buddha.

Seeing this, Huike and the others were even more inexplicably excited.

The speed of their chanting became even faster.

Then, high above Snow Peak, ten thousand miles up, the clouds suddenly churned.

Immediately after, a seven-colored radiance, from who knows where, pierced through the layers of clouds and mist and projected straight down.

This seven-colored radiance was incredibly miraculous.

Not only did it pass through the thick clouds to reach the top of Snow Peak, but it did not leak a single bit, piercing straight into the belly of the mountain.

It arrived above the stone hall and injected itself into the Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom on the strange person's head.

Then, the Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom trembled and arrived at the strange person's brow, stopping directly there.

It looked as if this strange person had grown a third eye.

"Respectfully welcome our Master, returning to the human world."

After the Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom was in place, Huike took the lead and cheered first.

The other old monks were also immediately ecstatic and repeated Huike's words.

"The karmic retribution of the three realms is born solely from the mind.

If the mind is originally empty, then within the three realms, one is already out of the three realms."

Bathed in the seven-colored rainbow light, the strange person on the stone platform with the Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom on his brow suddenly opened his mouth slowly and recited a passage of scripture.

"Greed is the Desire Realm!"

Hearing his voice, the old monks of the Heart Zen Hall were already tearful, and Huike, the leader, immediately said a sentence.

"Anger is the Form Realm!"

Following closely behind was Daoyu.

"Ignorance is the Formless Realm!"

Then came Sengfu.

After the three monks finished speaking, the few old monks of unknown age said together:

"Because of these three poisons, the weight of karma created and the retribution received differ, dividing into six places, hence called the Six Paths."

"Good, very good!"

Seeing this, the strange person on the stone platform was filled with joy and nodded repeatedly, calling it good.

"Huike, how many years have I been sealed here?"

Hearing the strange person's question, Huike immediately answered respectfully:

"Replying to Master, since you were framed by Liuzhi Sancang, it has been nine hundred sixty-five years, three months, and eight days."

Hearing that he had been sealed for nearly a thousand years, the strange person actually said it was a pity.

The few old monks immediately praised him one after another, saying Master's Buddhist Dharma realm was profound and the disciples needed to study diligently.

"Then, have you spread my teachings?"

After the disciples finished their flattery, the strange person asked again.

"Since Master was sealed here, we have focused on teaching the Zen heart cultivation methods you brought.

Now, in the Central Plains, north and south of the great rivers, temples are flourishing, with over three thousand temples in the north and south.

The incense is so prosperous that it can be called the number one sect in the Central Lands."

Huike was the senior brother, so he was naturally clear about the proselytizing and replied immediately.

"Three thousand temples?"

The strange person clearly did not expect that in this mere thousand years, his sect had grown to such a state.

Just as he was about to praise Huike and the others, he suddenly frowned and said:

"Alright, you have worked hard.

There are enemies approaching; you wait here, and watch as Master goes to deal with them."

After speaking, the stone platform beneath the strange person rose slowly.

Carrying him, it broke through the mountain belly and arrived at the top of Snow Peak.

Just as he arrived outside, he saw two rainbow lights in the distance, arriving one after another and stopping at Snow Peak.

Just as they arrived outside, they saw two streaks of rainbow light in the distance, one after the other, arriving at the snow peak and stopping.

Seeing the rainbow light appear with such extraordinary movement, the two guessed that the third Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom, which gathered the Qi luck of this world, had been born.

Therefore, they stopped their battle and rushed over.

Upon arriving, they discovered a shattered snow peak.

A disheveled strange person sat on a stone platform.

The God of Longevity asked straightforwardly:

"You monk, have you seen the Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom?"

In truth, how could the God of Longevity not see the strength of the strange person before him?

It was just that even before he lost his memory, he was extremely arrogant, calling himself the only god in the world.

It was only that before he lost his memory, he was extremely arrogant, styling himself as the only god in the world.