Chapter 598: Chapter 417: Three ghost immortals are not enough for me to eat!
The reason these monks were described as “large and small” was because among them, there was one young monk who was barely over a foot tall, with a small bald head and wearing a small monk’s robe, looking quite delicate.
He sat on the shoulder of a burly, dark-skinned monk, resembling an iron tower, with his hands together, imitating the gesture of greeting towards Xu Yang.
Xu Yang found nothing strange about this sight.
It was something everyone had seen last time at the “Mogao Caves.”
This little monk was also a “spirit of the Buddha statue”, his true form was a little Buddha statue over a foot tall, and so the “spirit” he produced was also very small.
However, despite his small size, this little monk’s strength was immense, with the Buddha’s light and aura emanating from his body, at least equivalent to the pinnacle of a Land Immortal.
Xu Yang stepped forward and smiled, “Master Silvan Void, fellow masters…you have arrived? Please, take your seats!”
The others stared intently at this group of monks, their eyes full of shock and disbelief…since when did the Buddhist world have such a group of powerful experts?
After Master Silvan Void’s arrival at the funeral parlor, Wang Hou and Divine Master Chengming also arrived.
With them were two other monks.
The leading old monk was naturally Master Huiyuan.
Accompanying him was a monk with a healthy and burly figure, standing about six feet tall!
This monk had no primordial energy or Buddha power fluctuations on his body, but his vitality was extremely strong. If one were to look with the Heavenly Eye, they would see his body’s blood energy formed around him into a bizarre blood qi, rushing straight into the sky like a plume of smoke!
The mere sight of him invoked a feeling of aggressive intimidation.
“What a powerful physical body…this monk’s physical body is probably already comparable to a Land Immortal!”
Xu Yang was secretly surprised, and greeted them at the door, “Senior Chengming, Minister Wang, Master Huiyuan…please come in!”
As soon as Master Huiyuan entered the funeral parlor, his gaze fell upon Master Silvan Void and his party. A look of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he pressed his hands together, asking, “Amitabha, Celestial Master Xu, who are these great masters…?”
As a Buddhist master.
Master Huiyuan had been traveling extensively since he left the cave world and was quite familiar with the current situation in Da Xia.
He had even visited many large and small temples within Da Xia, and knew almost all the hidden Buddhist masters, but he had never seen Master Silvan Void and his party…what’s more, each of them was a superb expert, and even Master Huiyuan himself couldn’t discern the power of two of them.
At this moment, this thought filled Master Huiyuan’s heart:
“When did such nine great masters appear in my Buddhist world?”
“Isn’t my Buddhist world truly invincible now?”
However, Master Silvan Void’s words shattered Master Huiyuan’s imagination.
“Amitabha.”
Master Silvan Void also chanted the Buddha’s name, greeting Master Huiyuan with a bow and said, “Great Master misunderstands, my disciples and I are not Buddhists.”
“???”
Master Huiyuan’s face was full of confusion, carefully sizing up Master Silvan Void’s party. They had Buddha’s robes and Buddhist beads on their bodies, bald heads with the scar represented Buddhist precepts, and constantly uttered “Amitabha”; was it even possible that they did not belong to the Buddhist sect?
As for the Divine Master Chengming, he just took a single glance at Silvan Void and laughed, “This master is not mistaken, they indeed are not Buddhists…because they are not even human beings, but spirits of the Buddha statues!”
Master Silvan Void pressed his hands together, leaning slightly towards Divine Master Chengming and said, “The Daoist has sharp eyes, I am indeed not a human being, however, it seems that the Daoist cannot be considered as a human either.”
At these words, the lively atmosphere in the funeral parlor suddenly quieted down.
Even Xu Yang was taken aback by this.
Divine Master Chengming…
Not a human being?
That seemed impossible. If this old Daoist was not a human, was he transformed from a demon?
The one with the strongest reaction was Celestial Master Zhao from the Quanzhen Sect.
He suddenly stood up, anger in his eyes, staring fiercely at Master Silvan Void, “Monk, do not speak nonsense, Master Chengming is our ancestor of the Quanzhen Sect, and you are not allowed to insult him!”
Zongsheng Palace also belonged to the Quanzhen Sect.
Zhao Wuji was the ancestral master of Chongyang Palace and had only recently left the “cave world paradise”.
He was even older than Divine Master Chengming.
However, his seniority was two generations lower than that of the Divine Master Chengming. Until now, Zhao Wuji still remembered how impressive his “great-grandmaster” was when he joined the Quanzhen Sect; his cultivation speed even broke the records of the sect. But that ancestral master was too low-key; after understanding Dao under a ginkgo tree of Zongsheng Palace, he never returned to Chongyang Palace.
Of course.
Zongsheng Palace was also part of the Quanzhen Dao, so how could Zhao Wuji tolerate this monk now claiming that their Ancestral Master Chengming was not a human?
However, Master Silvan Void remained unflustered, chanted the Buddha’s name, “Amitabha…do not get excited, esteemed guest. The monks speak no lies, this old Daoist is indeed not considered as a human being; his cultivation and life stage have transcended the human limit, reaching the realm of immortals.”
Zhao Wuji was taken aback.
Divine Master Chengming, on the other hand, laughed, “No matter how much my life stage evolves, I have always been a human…Alright, Xu Yang, everyone has arrived, tell us your plan.”
Xu Yang grinned, “Senior Chengming, don’t worry, there are still two more experts on their way.”
As soon as his words fell, two men, one tall and the other short, both wearing masks, entered from the door.
The taller man was thin and dry, wearing a black night-walking outfit, and his face obscured. The shorter one was round and chubby, wearing a white night-walking suit, with his face also concealed.
“Mr. Xu.”