adbindia Chapter 553 - 310: Prajna Birth Seal! (Part 2)
Chapter 553 - 310: Prajna Birth Seal! (Part 2)
The elixir entered his stomach, transforming into a vast medicinal power, sweeping through his body.
Su Que seized this opportunity to begin cultivating the Circulation of the Six Void Skill.
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After cultivating in the cave for six days, Su Que advanced the Circulation of the Six Void Skill to 86% of Peak of the 8th Realm.
On this day, he received news about the Demon Buddha Puxun faction.
As it happened, it was Zhang Tongtian who brought him the information.
He said that in the "White Sea City" of the Unclaimed Land, traces of the Demon Buddha Puxun faction’s monks were discovered.
Su Que silently cast Telepathy on Zhang Tongtian.
Immediately, he obtained all of Zhang Tongtian’s memories.
After all, no matter how eloquent a person is, memories are more direct.
From Zhang Tongtian’s memories, Su Que indeed discovered the traces of the Demon Buddha Puxun faction’s monks.
It seemed that those monks were plotting something major in White Sea City.
After Zhang Tongtian gave Su Que the information, he held a sense of anticipation.
Because Su Que had previously said that whoever provided him information would be rewarded with Celestial Medicine.
He had seen Su Que personally collect many storage pouches from the Bodhisattvas, Arhats, and Bhikkhus of Spirit Mountain, hoping that Su Que would give him Celestial Medicine from them.
But unexpectedly, after receiving the information, Su Que flew away directly.
In just a moment, his figure turned into a black dot in the sky and disappeared in the next.
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Following Zhang Tongtian’s memories, Su Que flew towards White Sea City.
In the Unclaimed Land, there were many forces, although none as powerful as Spirit Mountain and the Celestial Court.
Wherever there were people, there would be domination and oppression of one side over the other.
In the Unclaimed Land, some cities, mountain ranges, and mountain villages counted as small forces.
White Sea City was still some distance from Su Que.
It took Zhang Tongtian half a day to fly there.
Su Que estimated it would take him half an hour to fly there.
’Why not cultivate the Circulation of the Six Void Skill while flying?’
Su Que immediately used only the Circulating Eight Forces to support his body in flight, without resorting to Spiritual Floating.
The Eight-Colored True Qi surged rapidly through his meridians.
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White Sea City.
Guards on the city walls lay scattered and haphazard.
Because in the Upper Realm, every cultivator could fly.
So, the guards on the city walls were even more necessary than in the Lower Realm.
However, now they all lay on the ground.
Their faces were thin and pale, with corpse spots indicating they had already lost their lives.
The entire city shimmered with a kind of purple light.
About ten monks stood at different positions within the city, hands stretched forward.
Each monk formed different hand seals, releasing mana towards the entire city.
Weird, dark purple Sanskrit characters floated in the city.
Within the city were nine round objects, relics of Buddhist monks.
Under the Sanskrit, they emitted purple light.
Due to this array, the cultivators in the city were immediately immobilized.
They felt as if their bodies were filled with lead.
These twelve monks were indeed part of the Demon Buddha Puxun faction.
Some were cultivators who had ascended from the Lower Realm to the Upper Realm and originally did not believe in Buddhism. But pressured by the Divine Buddha of Spirit Mountain, they joined the Demon Buddha Puxun faction.
Some were loose cultivators hiding in caves, but when heart demons arose, the Demon Buddha took advantage of it, leading them to believe in Buddha-Puxun.
They used the array to immobilize the city’s inhabitants, then flew into the city.
Upon reaching the immobilized people, they first pressed their hands together and then used a Buddhist Hand Seal on the foreheads of the cultivators in the city.
A bright purple light emerged from the contact between the Demon Buddha Puxun faction monks’ hands and the foreheads.
Soon, the person rapidly aged within the purple light, with deeply furrowed skin, and soon collapsed to the ground.
The faces of the monks showed satisfaction.
The secret techniques used by these monks were similar to Su Que’s Dao Heart Demon Planting Technique, capable of absorbing a cultivator’s Essence, Qi, and Spirit for their own use.
In fact, such techniques and secret methods were not uncommon in the Upper Realm.
This kind of cultivation technique is what is known as Demon Skills.
But cultivating such techniques always came with side effects.
The side effects of Su Que’s Dao Heart Demon Planting Technique were, firstly, the risk of being influenced by another’s mind when planting a Lifebound Demon Seed into someone else’s body; the demon seed amplifies others’ emotions, which transformed into destructive hurricanes that could harm the demon seed master’s body and spirit.
Secondly, absorbing others’ Essence, Qi, and Spirit with the demon seed could cause side effects because the foreign Essence, Qi, and Spirit may not align with one’s own, or even oppose one’s own Essence, Qi, and Spirit.
However, Su Que’s physical body and spirit were inherently strong.
The Essence, Qi, and Spirit he absorbed did not significantly affect him.
Therefore, the side effects on him were minimal.
Similarly, the monks of the Demon Buddha Puxun faction also had side effects when absorbing human Essence, Qi, and Spirit.
That is, the evil karma generated by these actions would entirely return to them.
Such side effects would be extremely harmful to the Divine Buddhas of Spirit Mountain or other cultivators.
But for them, evil karma was precisely the nourishment for their cultivation.
Hence, by absorbing these cultivators’ Essence, Qi, and Spirit, they could not only enhance their spiritual and physical strength but also accumulate evil karma for cultivation enhancement.
These monks quickly drained the Essence, Qi, and Spirit of the entire city’s cultivators.
Very soon, this small city became a ghost town.
The twelve monks then retrieved the relics used in the array before leaving with satisfaction.
Black, gray, and purple auras swirled around their bodies.
Within these auras were faces filled with resentment.
This was the accumulated evil karma.
They planned to find a quiet place to refine this evil karma for improvement.
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Su Que continued cultivating the Circulation of the Six Void Skill while flying.
About half an hour later, he saw White Sea City from afar.
However, he also saw the city’s guards.
Each was emaciated, with pallid complexions.
Then, Su Que sensed an unusual aura rising from within White Sea City.
This aura slightly resembled that carried by the Divine Buddhas of Spirit Mountain, but there was also a trace of sinister evil.
He furrowed his brows and expanded his spiritual power.
His spiritual power spread like ripples, extending into the distance.
Soon, he sensed twelve cultivators flying high in the air.
After detecting these twelve cultivators, Su Que immediately retracted his spirit.
If any among these twelve cultivators had reached the Fifth-Layer of the Merging Realm, they would sense his spirit but be unable to pinpoint his location.
Nevertheless, detecting his spirit would certainly raise their alertness.
Due to the distance, Su Que’s sensing wasn’t detailed.
Yet, he could vaguely feel among the twelve cultivators that there seemed to be one at the Twelfth-Layer of the Merging Realm.
If that were true, the spiritual energy he emitted would be detected.
Su Que immediately gathered his Essence, Qi, and Spirit into his Lifebound Demon Seed.
Thus, even if the distant cultivators released their spiritual energy, they would likely not detect him.
Having done this, Su Que fully activated the Circulation of the Six Void Skill.
The Circulating Eight Forces surged within, propelling him toward the twelve cultivators.
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Meanwhile, the twelve monks of the Demon Buddha Puxun faction were on guard.
Just as Su Que sensed earlier, among them was indeed a cultivator at the Twelfth-Layer of the Merging Realm.
Upon sensing someone probing them with spiritual energy, he immediately halted all the monks.
The monks, with great coordination, formed a "卍" character formation.
Each monk released their spiritual energy, exploring the surroundings in an attempt to locate their adversary.
Su Que enveloped himself with his spirit, making him undetectable even if the monks’ spirit passed over him.
Soon, Su Que saw the "卍" character formation from afar.
"Someone is coming!"
Although the monks hadn’t detected Su Que, they saw a figure approaching and immediately used telepathy to communicate.
Consequently, all the monks turned to watch Su Que’s direction.
Simultaneously, they raised their hands collectively, conjuring a massive "卍" character, pressing down toward Su Que.
This was their combined Seal Technique, the Prajna Birth Seal.
The "卍" Buddha Seal billowed with purple, evil karma in the form of faces filled with lament and resentment.