Chapter 2803 - 74: Shenxiao’s Scheme (Part 2)

Clang!

The bell on Ancient Nan Mountain echoed.

No one was startled, only Yang Yu entered a dream.

His bald head cracked open, disintegrating, and the entire golden form of Buddha’s fire vanished... but surprisingly, the blood remained.

The blood silently flowed down the upper part of the virtual image of the Knowledge and Hearing Bell, "extinguishing" the black patterns climbing upward.

Clearly, it was Shujia Lan from Black Lotus Temple who first chose to sacrifice himself, but his body was still withering away, leaving only a thin part.

The once high-spirited Yang Yu had already left first.

All the demons present were moved.

Yuan Mengji swallowed hard, his always slow brain had taken the high ground, sending a message to him called "fear."

Ealier, when encountering that stunning woman, there was no ripple. Just a flash of golden light, and he sobered up. This time, however, before Yang Yu sounded the attack of Knowledge and Hearing Bell, he personally felt the methods of Yuan Xianting, and his confidence rose with it.

But the scene before him was indeed somewhat terrifying.

The exploration journey in the Land of Shenxiao had just arrived here, and no one had seen anything yet.

Yang Yu, ranked fifth among the new kings on the Heavenly List... was just gone?

Similarly with the strength of a new king on the Heavenly List, Shujia Lan seemed also to have only a few breaths left. As he withered, only a chest remained.

Life and death really meant nothing, Yuan Mengji had seen blood along his journey too.

Yu Xin wasn’t there; it didn’t matter, he wouldn’t be scared at all.

But must you die so fiercely?

Must it be made so big?

I, Yuan Mengji, born of noble line, was just here for casual training; my long-lost grandfather from Yuan Xianting is still outside waiting for me to go home!

He looked at the golden light shield covering him, expressionless. In his heart, he had already called out: "Grandfather! I’m done playing. Can you take me back early?"

At this moment, not only he was calling grandfather in his heart.

His trusted aide, loyal follower Chai Asi, was also astonishingly surprised.

Holding Buddha’s Fifty-Eight Chapters in his hand, there wasn’t time for Yang Yu to take over before Yang Yu had already died...

Wait, was this also part of the Supreme’s plan?

In his astonishment, he also felt a tinge of regret. These were the future pillars of the Demon clan, talents usable by him, Chai Asi the Great Emperor. And they died so meaninglessly, wouldn’t this harm the overall situation of the Monster Realm?

Thus, in his heart he asked: "Supreme Grandfather! The casualties are too great, too regrettable, shouldn’t we step out to persuade?"

The Supreme was too lazy to bother with him.

Persuade what?

It’s come to this point.

Persuade Shujia Lan not to die, persuade Yang Yu to come back to life?

If Shujia Lan isn’t angry enough to drag you, Chai Asi, with him, that’d be strange.

Yet Yang Yu’s final words, "For the Buddha’s belief, to sacrifice one’s life. Who shall come after?"

Suddenly reminded him of what the newly appointed Divine Crowned High Priest Tu Hu had told him on the grassland about the "Three Hearsay and Three Buddha’s Beliefs."

He never knew how to interpret the "belief" in Buddha’s belief.

Is it truth, sincerity, or even information?

He only knew that the "Three Hearsay and Three Buddha’s Beliefs," represented the existence of three Treasure Bells in the world, "As in obtaining Guang Wen," "As in causing Zhi Wen," "As in I have heard."

Now, he had seen them all.

The bell tolling on Ancient Nan Mountain for thousands of years seemed in this moment to give him some kind of inspiration. So close, yet elusive.

...

"Merciful is the Buddha!"

In Mo Yun City, the Great Bodhisattva Chan Fayuan looked compassionate.

At the moment when the decision had to be made, he directly gave up on Yang Yu, focusing all efforts on preserving the Knowledge and Hearing Bell.

And the abandoned Yang Yu, far from harboring resentment, instead willingly burned his remaining body, striking this bell toll, fulfilling the duty of a monk of Ancient Nan Mountain.

The bell of Knowledge and Hearing tolled again in the Land of Shenxiao.

That phantom connected with the body, once again describing the secret to Chan Fayuan.

Making it possible for Chan Fayuan’s Heavenly Demon power to capture the traces and backtrack to Shenxiao.

So Chan Fayuan flipped his palm and pushed, and the Knowledge and Hearing Bell, which was fixed high in the air, suddenly leapt forward.

It shouldn’t be said "forward."

Because the direction it leapt wasn’t within the orientations of this Monster Realm.

It leapt towards the secret of the Land of Shenxiao it knew and heard!

Still, using carrier pigeons as an analogy.

Shujia Lan and Ji Xingkong, they tethered the legs of the carrier pigeon, preventing it from returning to its cage. The distance between the pigeon and the cage represents the secret of the Land of Shenxiao, it doesn’t exist in terms of spatial or temporal distance.

The secret of the Land of Shenxiao then stirred the world rules of the Land of Shenxiao, directly freezing this distance and the pigeon and cage on either side of it.

In this process, Ji Xingkong used Incomparable Divine Power to pry at the world rules of the Land of Shenxiao, severing the connection between this pigeon cage and its owner. Then taking the opportunity to erase this cage’s mark, engraving it with the Black Lotus Temple’s mark, thus completing the replacement of sovereignty. Meanwhile, Shujia Lan also strove to tame the pigeon bound, and with Ji Xingkong’s help corrupted Yang Yu, using the life and death of this true heritage from Ancient Nan Mountain to restrain Chan Fayuan’s actions.

Thereafter, when the pigeon returns to the cage, both it and the cage will be reborn under the prefix of Black Lotus.

And Chan Fayuan’s critical emergency response at the last minute was to abandon Yang Yu after informing him, then push the cage back to the distance representing the true secret of Shenxiao, the pigeon cannot return, he pushes the cage forward. This is the so-called, "If the mountain doesn’t come to me, I will go to the mountain."

During this process, Yang Yu voluntarily sacrificed himself, to burn away the rope that bound the pigeon, so that the pigeon could return to the cage sooner. He did not know what Chan Fayuan wanted to do, because this was not part of the pre-planned scheme, he merely did what he could, to do a little more.