Chapter 25
, Part 1: Listening to sermons can provoke demons.
"That's absolutely damnable!"
Bixiao's beautiful face lacked gentleness, only a heavy and indelible murderous aura. Even above her head, a few white wisps of energy had appeared, all manifestations of the malevolence in her heart.
This was a profound technique tailor-made by Tongtian for Bixiao. Clearly, this Heavenly Venerable knew that Bixiao's evil spirit was difficult to tame and that her resentment was self-generated. That is why he created this profound technique, so that Bixiao could consciously generate evil and then carefully calm herself down and eliminate her evil thoughts.
Unfortunately, Bixiao didn't understand this good intention. Instead, she used this white energy to refine her own foundation and used the malevolent energy as a source to increase her cultivation. She was essentially living and dying with the source of evil.
Therefore, all the immortals of Biyou Palace knew that if Bixiao's head emitted white vapor, it was time to quickly leave. Otherwise, once this evil star went mad, she wouldn't care about your elder sister or second elder sister; she would dare to cut off your head with the Golden Dragon Scissors.
Apart from a handful of people, who would dare linger in Bixiao's presence? That would be inviting the Golden Dragon Scissors' attack.
Seeing that Bixiao was already somewhat angry, and that even her beautiful eyes were ignited with rage, the female immortals present sensed something was wrong and immediately made an excuse to turn into clouds and escape.
Bixiao ignored her junior sisters, opened her mouth slightly, and a stream of pure immortal energy flowed out, directly connecting to a mysterious array that was everywhere. Bixiao herself was transformed into a stream of immortal energy, wandering among the Kunlun Mountains.
Within this mysterious formation, Bixiao felt that every blade of grass and every tree on Kunlun Mountain, as well as all the paths leading out of the mountain, were stored in her heart. With just a thought, she could immediately travel to any place on Kunlun Mountain.
"It truly is a formation meticulously crafted by our master. I originally thought that the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation devised by my elder sister was already a masterpiece that captured the essence of heaven and earth, but compared to this formation, it is still somewhat weak."
Bixiao thought to herself, while simultaneously searching for Guangchengzi's whereabouts.
This is a formation specially created by Tongtian for those disciples with weak cultivation. It is called the Shangqing Zhouguang Guangyu Formation Path. Its shape is very special. It consists of invisible, barely perceptible transparent paths.
By simply using the Shangqing Xuan Gong, one can merge into these paths and move quickly, thus preventing disciples with low cultivation levels from being unable to escape this mountain for their entire lives.
However, later on, many immortals also understood the convenience of this formation, so they usually used it to travel when they went out, and they were too lazy to study any flying techniques.
Even a bird-transformed cultivator like the Winged Immortal only flaps his wings a lot, and usually neglects the art of flight.
Bixiao's mind split into countless forms, clearly not the first time she had used this array. Taking advantage of the fact that this great array was spread throughout Kunlun, she began to search for countless boundless worlds.
Kunlun Mountain is simply too vast and expansive. Even with the protection of the Cosmic Light Array, finding Guang Chengzi will not be so easy for Bi Xiao.
In the Kunlun Mountains, the idea that "a flower is a world, a leaf is a Bodhi tree" truly exists. Even Bixiao knows of a cosmic flower field, covering only about an acre, where the flowers are as small as dust.
But within each tiny flower lies a vast and immeasurable universe, containing countless beings, as numerous as the sands of the Ganges.
It is impossible to predict how many unimaginable beings might be contained within the dust flowers that are piled up to an acre in size.
Therefore, that flower field is also a forbidden area of Kunlun Mountain. It can be said that only Taiyi Golden Immortals can go there. Otherwise, if one falls into it and is crushed by the boundless universe, even an Immortal Golden Immortal may find it difficult to escape.
Therefore, Bixiao searched very hard, even exhausting 99% of her magical power, but still couldn't find any trace of Guangchengzi, which made her feel even more discouraged.
"If we continue searching like this, I'm afraid it will take forever, until all three Celestial Venerables have returned, and I still won't be able to find them!"
Even if Bixiao was full of resentment, he had to let it all go when faced with the majestic and boundless Kunlun Mountains.
But just as she was about to give up, she happened to hear sermons.
At first, she didn't take it seriously, thinking that some junior brother or sister was learning from Tongtian, teaching without discrimination, opening a platform to preach, and giving back to all living beings.
After all, it's not surprising that disciples follow their masters. What puzzled Bixiao was that the scriptures spoken by this junior brother and sister seemed rather strange.
"The mind of Heaven is above, and the mind of humanity is below. You should know that the mind of Heaven is the most compassionate. It never wants to slaughter living beings. It treats all living beings with a mind that is impermanent, natural, and equal. Therefore, the most compassionate thing is the mind of Heaven."
Bixiao nodded slightly upon hearing the sermon, for in Tongtian's explanation of the Great Dao of Intercepting Heaven, there was also an understanding of the Heart of Heaven.
But the more Bixiao listened, the more she felt something was amiss. What was this talk of doing good deeds and accumulating merit? Where was this Biyou's way?!
This, this is clearly the Jade Void Palace technique!
Bi Xiao's eyes, which had been slightly calm, suddenly flashed with a cold light. Her whole body straightened instantly, her eyes narrowed, and her lips curved into a strange arc.
"Very well! You, Guang Chengzi, if you want to take on disciples and spread your teachings, why don't you go to Wubian cultivators instead of trying to bewitch my junior brothers and sisters? This is truly unforgivable!"
Bixiao's eyes were cold. She immediately opened her mouth and swallowed a green pill. Her nearly exhausted magic power was immediately replenished. Then, with her magic power flowing smoothly, her previously faint immortal body quickly solidified.
When they reappeared, they had already arrived at this preaching place.
Here, lush green grass, verdant vines, purple ivy, red flowers, and yellow blossoms abound. Springs gurgle, birds sing joyfully, and beasts join in the merriment. Even though the sun is high in the sky, rays of radiant light rise from nowhere, like clouds, dyeing the heavens and creating auspicious mists. Above, the sun, moon, and stars reflect its brilliance, and countless starlight gushes down like fountains, transforming into flowing rivers of starlight—a scene of unparalleled beauty and wondrous wonder.
Even so, compared to the cultivator sitting on a high platform, it seemed several levels weaker.
Hundreds of immortals sat quietly on the ground beneath the cultivator, nestled against the mountain and beside the water, listening intently to his sermon. Occasionally, someone would feign sudden enlightenment and then burst into tears.
It seems that he regrets that he can only hear the true teachings of the Xuanmen now. All the time in the past has been wasted and wasted, which is simply unforgivable. He can only mourn with tears.
But this peaceful and serene scene of teaching and imparting knowledge enraged Bixiao to the point of her three corpse gods leaping into a rage.
The cultivator sitting on the high platform was none other than Guang Chengzi, and the hundreds of immortals below were none other than her junior brothers and sisters!
Seeing that these Shangqing immortals were listening so attentively to the Dao of Jade Void, and some were even weeping, Bixiao was truly furious. In her heart, these people were no longer worthy of being called Shangqing immortals.
These people are all traitors!
When Bixiao suddenly arrived, and seemed to be deliberately looking for trouble, Guangchengzi naturally saw her at a glance. He stopped explaining the Great Dao to these Shangqing Immortals and instead stared at Bixiao.
He felt a chilling threat emanating from this woman.