Lu Yang's calculation was very shrewd.
Killing all Buddhist cultivators is not a very serious matter. In the previous life, the Sword Pavilion was slaughtered upside down by the Saint Sect, yet the Sword Pavilion's Dao Lord didn't even appear.
This was corroborating evidence.
And this was even more so in the general context of the Pure Land. The World Honored One had always treated lowly cultivators equally; mortals, Qi Refining cultivators, and Foundation Establishment cultivators made no difference.
However, from another aspect, the World Honored One was the Nascent Soul Dao Lord who cherished His own cultivators most, otherwise He wouldn't often mingle with lowly cultivators. But the reason wasn't caring for sect disciples, but another reason more fitting the World Honored One's own interests.
[City Rampart Earth].
The [One Mind] of the Pure Land's Buddhist cultivators is the key to binding [City Rampart Earth]. The World Honored One protecting Buddhist cultivators is essentially protecting [City Rampart Earth]!
Then the result was obvious.
As long as I can maintain their [One Mind] while killing all Buddhist cultivators, ensuring [City Rampart Earth] won't leave the Pure Land, there won't be a problem.
The World Honored One's bottom line was [City Rampart Earth].
As long as [City Rampart Earth] was still in the Pure Land, then no matter how many Buddhist cultivators died, to the World Honored One, it was just a number, not even worth a glance.
Then how to kill the Buddhist cultivators while still maintaining [One Mind]?
[No-Kill Sword Intent].
People beheaded by Master Vanquishing-Demon are not essentially dead. As long as he has the will, he can completely achieve killing all Buddhist cultivators without affecting [One Mind].
This was Lu Yang's plan.
Compared to that whatever [Cultivating Buddhism], this suits my mind more. Perhaps there will be more variables, but at least everything is under my control!
Still the same saying, he wouldn't rely on others.
Transactions, cooperation, deception—these were all means. But at the last step, concerning his own Dao path of seeking the Golden Core, Lu Yang would only trust himself!
Thinking of this, Lu Yang looked at the middle-aged monk transformed from the five Dharma Aspects again.
Things having come to this, his heart understood more and more clearly:
They should have also calculated this possibility beforehand, otherwise they wouldn't have let Guang Ming block in front, and wanting to trick out my False Holding of the Golden Stature.
Its a pity it failed in the end.
So they decisively threw out the big pie of "presiding over the Pure Land," which was both persuasion and diverting attention, preventing me from thinking about other methods.
Thinking of this, Lu Yang raised his eyebrows slightly.
In the vault of heaven, the [Immortal Kingdom Dao Laws] firmly locking the five Dharma Aspects became brighter and brighter, seeming to also imply the attitude of the Dao Court's Dao Lord.
The Dao Court's Dao Lord... probably also calculated this method long ago. After all, if I kill my way into the Pure Land and slaughter wantonly, all kinds of karma will be on me. It can also wash away the shame of the Dao Court being forcibly broken into by the World Honored One in the past, who even took away [City Rampart Earth]. With this grudge, the World Honored One can't do anything either.
Because this was what the World Honored One owed the Dao Court's Dao Lord!
Not looking for trouble in the past was just because He didnt have an opportunity. Now that the opportunity came, naturally each relied on their own means. If the World Honored One lost, He should be willing to accept defeat!
Moreover, my slaughtering the Pure Land to attain [Heavenly Fire] will definitely be hated by the World Honored One. To avoid retaliation, I must align myself to the Dao Court more firmly.
In this way, the Dao Court both retaliated against the Pure Land and won over Lu Yang.
Even because Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon also participated, the Sword Pavilion couldn't stay out of it. With such a general trend, no matter how unwilling the World Honored One was, He had to hold his nose and accept it!
Killing three birds with one stone!
At this moment, Lu Yang's attitude towards the Dao Court's Dao Lord changed greatly, because after all this scheming, the Dao Court's Dao Lord actually hadn't done anything specifically.
Everything followed naturally.
Moistening things silently.
Thinking of this, Lu Yang couldn't help sighing in his heart:
Compared to the Lord of Heaven in the previous life, the Dao Court's Dao Lord has more of the concept of [Heaven]! So silent and traceless, even a bit like the Saint Sect's Patriarch!
At the same time.
"Calamity, truly a calamity.."
The monk transformed from the five Dharma Aspects dispelled his anger, restoring the calmness of an ancient well. The Buddhist light reflected an indescribable expression on his face:
"True Dragon Du Huan, whose inheritance did you actually obtain... or rather, who exactly are you? Since you were born, variables have arisen in the great web of karma, like throwing stones into a lake. This time we descended to the world, originally able to establish a [Buddha Kingdom on Earth] and spread the teachings widely. Buddhism should have had decades of great prosperity."
"But now, everything has come to naught."
"Overnight, the era of great prosperity will turn into the dharma ending age... This is absolutely not something a mere Foundation Establishment can achieve. Which Perfected Lord's reincarnation are you exactly?"
Speaking of this, the eyes of the five Dharma Aspects were full of doubt.
While speaking, he was actually calculating karma frantically, wanting to calculate Lu Yang's origin. But no matter how he calculated, the result was immutable:
True Dragon Clan, Du Huan.
What a joke!
The five Dharma Aspects frowned tightly. Reaching the time to seek the Golden Core in just a few years was even more exaggerated than Nether Whisper who shocked the world back then. Not a Perfected Lord reincarnation? He didn't believe it!
"In every generation, talented people emerge, each leading the way for hundreds of years."
Looking at the five Dharma Aspects, Lu Yang shook his head: "Do I have to have some earth-shattering background to convince Fellow Daoist?"
I, Lu Yang, reached today all thanks to hard work and sweat!
With this thought, Lu Yang was too lazy to talk nonsense with the five Dharma Aspects anymore. The opponent was already suppressed by the [Immortal Kingdom Dao Laws] at this moment, nothing more than a turtle in a jar.
Immediately, he was about to step forward to kill him.
However, just then, Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon actively took a step forward, stopping him:
"Fellow Daoist, wait."
Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon smiled slightly, his expression sincere: "Better you don't act. Let me do it. It's more appropriate for me to bear the karma of that one in the Pure Land."
He was just a dying person; it didn't matter how heavy the karma was.
But Lu Yang, in his view, had a bright future and was his Fellow Daoist. Since this was the case, for a little trouble, what did it matter if he bore it for Lu Yang?
Just a small effort.
"This... alright."
For Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon's thoughts, Lu Yang, who knew his ending well, saw it clearly as looking at a fire. But the more so, the more pity he felt in his heart.
At the end of this life, if Master Vanquishing-Demon is willing, I might as well collect him with the [Myriad Spirits Banner]...
At worst, collect him and then restart and run away. As long as his speed was fast enough, even if the Sword Pavilion was furious and the Dao Lord descended personally afterward, presumably they couldn't do anything to him.
Thinking this way, Lu Yang felt much better.
The next second, Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon paced forward, drawing the [No-Kill Sword]. Two Sword Intents merged into an inch of radiance, sweeping past the neck of the five Dharma Aspects.
Jiangxi Pure Land, Great Buddha Hall.
Just a while ago, a group of novice monks, monks, and Arhats were sitting upright under a towering golden-bodied Great Buddha, chanting sutras and giving lectures, discussing insights into Buddhism.
However, just then, a loud noise came from above:
Boom!
Everyone looked up in bewilderment, only to see the Buddha statue suddenly crack open at its neck, and then the mountain-sized Buddha head fell to the ground!
Like glass falling to the ground, it shattered into countless streams of light with a crack.
"How is it possible?"
"Buddha statue shattered? How could the Buddha statue shatter?"
"Impossible!"
In an instant, infinite panic arose in all the monks. But the next second, as if a gust of wind blew past, it blew away all this panic.
In the end, only a lingering sound full of anger remained:
"You won't listen to reason, so you'll have to suffer the consequences!"