"The Seeking Shrine is over. Everyone, return to your places and await the Joyful Shrine!"
Soone made the announcent. Yang An had naturally beco the last Shrine Seeker, but in the eyes of the onlookers, he had also beco the biggest joke.
As they left, many of them cast unreadable glances his way.
Yang An silently placed the Buddhist Shrine into his Storage Magical Artifact and glanced at the departing crowd.
’These guys are already starting to show their ill intentions.’
A cold sneer surfaced in Yang An’s heart. The arrival of the Joyful Shrine Association was prompting this bunch to show their true colors; the ambitions they usually hid would soon be unleashed without restraint.
Because of this, he looked forward to the Joyful Shrine Association even more. ’I really want to see just what kind of ugly faces these guys have under their masks.’
...
「Ten Thousand Buddha Hall.」
"Since the founding of our Great Virtue Temple, the Joyful Shrine Association has occurred countless tis, yet there has never been a gradeless Buddhist Shrine.
This De Ji is truly gifted."
Hai Shu Bodhisattva’s voice was unhurried, his tone carrying a hint of admiration, but he was muttering to himself.
He sat quietly before the many Golden Buddha Statues, still upon the golden Lotus Platform, but his expression was gradually changing.
When he began speaking, he had been smiling peacefully.
But by the ti he finished, his face had turned grim and overcast, though he maintained his smile.
A faint black mist began to seep from his body—from his eyes, from his ears, growing more and more copious.
The black mist grew so dense it enveloped him, forming a massive cocoon.
For a mont, the hall fell silent.
Then, behind the golden Lotus Platform, the largest Golden Buddha Statue slowly raised its hand.
In an instant, the dense black mist surrounding Hai Shu transferred to the hand of the Golden Buddha Statue. Simultaneously, countless Scripture Mantras appeared from the void and rged into the black mist.
「Two breaths later.」
A square Buddhist Shrine abruptly took shape. It housed a Seeking Shrine Buddha, its entire body covered in black and red Buddhist Mantras.
Most importantly, ten sticks of green incense were stuck in its Incense Burner.
The Buddhist Shrine slowly flew back into Hai Shu’s hands. His expression had beco twisted, making it impossible to tell if he was smiling or enraged.
"A Tenth Grade Holy Shrine!"
"My thanks to the Buddha. For a joyous Joyful Shrine, may the Buddha grant eternal life."
He gazed at the Tenth Grade Buddhist Shrine in his hand, his face filled with obsession. Then, he opened his mouth wide, the corners of his lips suddenly tearing as he swallowed the Buddhist Shrine in one gulp.
He chewed, a CRACKLING sound echoing from his mouth as if he were crushing the Buddhist Shrine to pieces before swallowing it down.
No blood flowed from his torn lips; they healed in the blink of an eye.
But then, Hai Shu reached out and plunged his hand into his own stomach.
He was laughing—an excited, increasingly twisted laugh.
His Kasaya and Monk’s Robe were torn open, as was his torso. His hand stirred inside his belly, making a SQUELCHING sound.
He forcibly pulled out his own flesh and blood, bit by bit, piling it in a writhing heap before him.
Soon, an entirely new body took shape.
It was a body with no facial features and no discernible gender—a "person" made of nothing but piled flesh, like soone who had been flayed alive.
Black and red Buddhist Mantras sprouted from it like thick hair, covering its entire body.
This was a body that Hai Shu had split off from himself using the Tenth Grade Buddhist Shrine.
Because of the Three Prohibitions, no one would dare provoke a Bodhisattva of the Great Virtue Temple.
And this new body’s Cultivation Level was only at the Fake Food realm.
"Within every person’s heart lies an ocean—an ocean of Demon Barriers, but also a Sea of True Essence."
"No matter how many lifetis of murderous karma and hindrances one accumulates, no matter if one cultivates blessed fate for a hundred or a thousand years, this ocean will never run dry."
"But if the Demon Barrier transforms into True Essence, that is the opportunity to achieve Buddhahood."
"Lamp Burning... will you be that Sea of True Essence?"
Hai Shu knew that he was not the only one who would do this. The others would as well, for they had long since reached a consensus.
"Amitabha!"
The Buddhist chant echoed through the Ten Thousand Buddha Hall.
In the blink of an eye, the body covered in Buddhist Mantras vanished.
Within the Ten Thousand Buddha Hall, all the incense fires went out, and the room was plunged into darkness.
...
「Mingxin Zen Courtyard.」
Yang An sat in his Quiet Chamber, ticulously studying the Full Grade Xian Shrine in his hand.
’Absorb Demon Barriers to create Spirit Charm, turning decay into wonder?’
This was the item’s description from the information box, but since the Joyful Shrine had not yet begun, Yang An couldn’t understand what it ant.
However, based on the cost of using this item, he could deduce that its ability was to refine Demon Barriers.
As for what would be produced after the Demon Barriers were refined, he would have to wait for the Joyful Shrine Association to find out.
It was currently two hours until the Joyful Shrine Association, which would begin in the early morning.
Starting tonight, it was destined to be a sleepless night. Even the temperature had grown much colder.
He casually Purified the usage cost of the Xian Shrine and put it away. Then, Yang An began to consider the thods currently at his disposal.
His Light Magic was a trump card that he couldn’t easily use in the Great Virtue Temple unless absolutely necessary.
The mont he used it, the massive disturbance would imdiately draw the attention of others.
He also couldn’t use the Shell Nourishing Technique, as it would expose his identity. However, Elder Zhuan Yu had placed a separate Concealnt Seal on his Spinal True Feather, so he could use the Spinal True Feather by itself.
So, besides Light Magic and the Shell Nourishing Technique, the only other abilities he could use were the Jade Kala Vajra Body and the Nine Forces Shocking Dragon.
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