Chapter 1541 - 568: The Six Buddha Slaves
Zhou Xuan pondered deeply over the key points of the robust life force of that Boba, and he came to a conclusion,
"No matter what the Yanfutai Buddha Mother intends to do, she is using the lives of the entire city of Snow Plain Prefecture’s people as fuel."
"In other words, the so-called Great Snow Mountain Curse by Boba is not unfounded."
The lives of the people are not infinite, but the burning of the Life Furnace will continue incessantly,
Perhaps, in this harsh winter, all the people will have their life force drawn out by that Life Furnace and then perish.
"These Buddha Country folks, they make such a big fuss every time."
Zhou Xuan recalled past incidents and lamented.
In the past, the handiwork of the Buddha Country folks, like the flooding in Mingjiang Prefecture and the disaster of Xianhuo, resulted in the slaughter of countless people.
The Heaven and Earth Chess Game of the Mo Ya Monk turned Mingjiang Prefecture into a cage,
While the Yanfutai Buddha Mother was even bolder, in Ping Shui Prefecture, she cultivated an unknown number of "Silver Bodhisattva Flowers," imprinting the thoughts of Buddha Country onto countless commoners,
And in Snow Plain Prefecture, she not only solved the mystery of the Ancient Buddha’s descent but also used the people of an entire prefecture city as kindling, waiting for the harsh winter to utterly consume them,
"Things are getting bigger and bigger."
After saying this, Zhou Xuan asked Danzi, "Danwa, since you can perceive the new developmental space of the Buddha tree from Buddha Country, can you send me in?"
"No."
Danzi said decisively, responding very straightforwardly.
"You can perceive it, but you can’t enter?" Zhou Xuan asked again.
Danzi shook his head and said, "It’s like a tree in the real world—everyone can see it, but who can actually enter that tree?"
"I can’t find the entrance to that space."
"Then I’ll try to figure something out myself."
Zhou Xuan exited the stone temple and left the Secret Realm as well, his heart spirit returning to the side room of the Reincarnation Temple,
The disturbing chanting sounds continued,
Zhou Xuan felt his own life force subtly being drawn away, though the amount was negligible unless his perception was sharp, he would probably not notice.
"I felt it, the temperature in Snow Plain Prefecture is still dropping."
"I must lure the Six Great Families and Boba to Ping Shui Prefecture."
Zhou Xuan muttered to himself and slowly fell asleep...
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In the following days, Zhou Xuan wandered idly in this large temple,
The Reincarnation Temple had many murals, primarily depicting the sermons and teachings of the high monks from various generations,
Some murals also portrayed images of the Ancient Buddha.
Away from these openly righteous activities, there were also dark and almost unspeakable matters.
For instance, there existed the "Five Viscera Zen Temple" in the Reincarnation Temple, where the five viscera of sacrifices from previous festivals were dried and hung in a massive temple.
Upon entering the temple, even with Zhou Xuan’s experience, he felt a strong sense of nausea,
The dark purple intestines hung in rows and rows on wooden racks, constantly swaying with the winter wind blowing into the temple,
While the hearts, livers, kidneys, and so forth were dried into stone-like objects, randomly piled indoors.
A strong stench incessantly attacked Zhou Xuan’s nostrils,
"What a vicious group of monks."
Leading up to the planned date for the Reincarnation Grand Festival, Boba Golden Buddha postponed the festival by half a month to execute the plan of "exterminating Zhou Xuan."
Thus, for the delayed festival, the "sacrifices" brought into the temple could not be slaughtered early and were kept like livestock.
Every day at noon and in the evening, when these "sacrifices" had their meals, Zhou Xuan often passed by and observed that most of the "sacrifices" wore smiles, with only one or two out of ten looking troubled.
"They are all doomed to die; why are they so cheerful? Heading towards death without any hesitation?"
Zhou Xuan pondered this phenomenon and consulted Ning Yu in the Secret Realm.
"In Snow Plain Prefecture, there are people called slaves. Slaves have slave registration, and an entire family is enslaved,
If one slave becomes a sacrifice for the Reincarnation Temple, their family will be freed from slavery,
So most of the slaves are willing to become sacrifices."
Ning Yu, more honest than the "Hundred Forms Child," was fully aware that entering Zhou Xuan’s Secret Realm was equivalent to entering an eternal torment pit.
Unless Zhou Xuan dies, this torment pit is inescapable.
But can Zhou Xuan die?
"This cunning Jing Country man, his life is harder than a stone in a latrine."
Zhou Xuan then asked, "After being freed from slavery, do they become commoners?"
"It’s not that simple either."
Ning Yu said, "Some slaves, even if freed, the masters have ways to turn them back into slaves."
"How do they do that?"
Zhou Xuan asked.
"The slave registration is merely a document used to appease the God Traveling Department’s inspections."
Ning Yu suddenly sneered, "The God Traveling Department in Snow Plain Prefecture mainly consists of the disciples in broken robes and the offspring of the Six Great Families,
And the broken robes are merely vassals of the Six Great Families."
"The regulators are the Six Great Families, the masters are still the Six Great Families, and the Reincarnation Temple remains tangled with the Six Great Families. What means do a humble group of people, doomed to become slaves, have not to sign that document?"
Ning Yu mocked coldly.
Zhou Xuan nodded and said, "With such immense power of the Six Great Families, doesn’t that mean that in Snow Plain Prefecture, as long as they fancy someone..."