556: Chapter 97 Destroying Buddha 556: Chapter 97 Destroying Buddha “Lord Meng, Anyang County has been thoroughly searched, and there’s no trace of Xie Zhen or Mi Yun.”
“Lord Du, Huan Water County has also been completely searched!”
“Both Lords…”
A squad of Iron Cavalry halted in front of a mountain forest.
Meng Kejian examined the map of Yuan Province unfolded in his hand, which detailed four counties; three had been searched in recent days and thus eliminated.
“Xie Zhen is quite adept at hiding.
After searching three counties, still no hint of him.”
With a fixed expression, Du Yunzhong stared at the last county on the map and said, “It seems he must be in Yuan Ning County.”
Meng Kejian scoffed lightly and said slowly: “Xie Zhen was severely wounded by me.
Even with the ‘Principle of Life,’ he couldn’t have recovered so quickly…
No matter how capable he is, he can’t escape Yuan Province.
The Great General gave us the String Plate, which just started showing activity today.
If we continue our search at this pace, we’ll find him in no more than ten days.”
“Hmm…”
Du Yunzhong nodded and suddenly asked, “…Is there a temple here?”
Upon these words.
The Iron Cavalry of Yuzi Camp exchanged glances with each other.
“Indeed…”
It was midday, smoke drifted from the woods along with the somber sound of a bell tolling.
Indeed.
Within this section of the forest, a Buddhist temple clearly sat, visible through the dense woods where a monk in robes was seen carrying water.
“Then it’s just as well.”
Du Yunzhong looked up indifferently, staring at the temple hidden deep in the forest: “…Kill them all, leave no survivors.”
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“The Path of Destruction harbors no kind thoughts, binds to the sword, and severs all vitality.”
“The Life Dao harbors all compassion, binds to the sword, revives the wilted wood.”
In recent days.
The speed at which Xie Xuanyi’s Principle of Life gathered surged tremendously.
He vaguely sensed that the direction of the ‘Karma Principle’ might bring a fortunate encounter.
However, he did not expect that his long-troubled understanding of the ‘Principle of Life’ would achieve such a significant breakthrough in Taoyuan Village.
He held a sermon in Taoyuan to save people.
With each person he saved, a portion of the Principle of Life would coalesce.
To save others is to also save oneself.
The ‘Bone-dissolving Powder’ and ‘Blood Cold Poison’ had been fully suppressed, and logically, Xie Xuanyi should have been able to walk normally, yet he found that his ‘meridians’ were still shattered…
Chu Guo was not wrong.
Chronic Illness hides in secret.
His body, seemingly living a second life, appeared impeccable.
But in reality, it was not so.
Along this journey, insisting to practice the second Sword Dao, he repeatedly subjected his body to immense pressure, venturing into the ‘Forbidden Zone’ he had never touched in his previous life.
During the battle at Qixia Mountain, his physical body forcefully collided with Nalan Qiutong’s String Skill under the lock of the Cage Immortal Array and later dueling with Meng Kejian, which fully triggered the ‘Hidden Illness’ within…
He needed more time to recuperate.
To be precise.
To ascend to Yin God in the most perfect form, he needed to forge his own ‘Divine Embryo’.”
He needed to remold his meridians and reignite the Primordial Fire.
At dusk.
Deng Baiyi pushed a wooden wheelchair through the countryside, the breeze blowing and white flowers fluttering.
Xie Xuanyi sat quietly, watching the sunset sink behind the mountains.
The two were alone together.
“I don’t know if it’s just my feeling, but you…
seem different from before.”
Deng Baiyi looked at the youth sitting in the chair.
After thinking for a long time, she finally spoke.
“What’s different?”
Xie Xuanyi, immersed in contemplating the Tao Rules, slowly opened his eyes upon hearing the question.
“Your murderous aura is more concealed.”
Deng Baiyi chuckled lightly: “If I’m not mistaken, the you from before would not have stayed here to save these people.”
“Yes.”
Xie Xuanyi gently spoke: “The number of people I’ve killed far exceeds those I’ve saved.”
“Not necessarily.”
Deng Baiyi shook her head.
She earnestly said: “Although I don’t know how many people you killed or what deeds you did before Yuzhu Town, I know that you only killed the guilty and only punished the sinful demons.
This way of killing, murdering may not necessarily be not saving.”
This response made Xie Xuanyi pause briefly.
“So you think this way…”
Xie Xuanyi lowered his eyelids, his mind unwittingly drifting towards that woman from his shattered memories.
Chi Lin.
After the sixth cup of Drunken Immortal Brew.
Xie Xuanyi saw the past he had ‘forgotten.’
When the Emperor of the Moon Hidden Realm perished and the Imperial City was thrown into chaos.
That woman named ‘Chi Lin,’ at any cost, wanted to get him out of the city.
She kept calling him benefactor and good person, yet ironically…
Xie Xuanyi could not remember when he had been kind to her, what he had done, or what kind of favor he had rendered.
“Of course.”
“Because you killed the Great Demon of Yuzhu Town, that’s why I survived.”
Deng Baiyi spoke softly but firmly: “Not just me…
hundreds of people in Yuzhu Town survived because of you.”
“Isn’t Mi Yun the same?”
Deng Baiyi continued: “You killed the Evil Cultivator in the South Border and saved him, allowing him to live…
If he successfully inherits the Buddha Bone, all those he saves will be connected to you.”
“When I killed them, I never thought of these things.”
Xie Xuanyi sighed lightly: “The title of benefactor, I am unworthy of it.”
“Judge by deeds, not by intentions; perfect people don’t exist in this world.”
Deng Baiyi again spoke: “This is what Master Tang told me…
I think it makes a lot of sense.”
“Master Tang?”
Xie Xuanyi was speechless.
Indeed, Tang Fengshu was the kind of person who followed this principle.
“These days, you’ve saved quite a few people.”
Deng Baiyi murmured: “How much longer do you plan to stay here?”
“I…”
Xie Xuanyi paused for a moment, frankly saying: “Actually, my staying here is not just for the cultivation of ‘Principle of Life.’ I also need to take someone with me.”
Meeting, getting to know each other, and becoming familiar.
Walking this path together through life and death, he had nothing left to hide from Deng Baiyi.”
“Chu Guo?”