Chapter 54 Is It a Direct Fight, or Should We Exchange a Few Words?

"Is it a direct fight, or should we exchange a few words?" Ye Chu Xiao looked at Jin Buyi, deducing the causes and consequences in an instant.

Feng Yu was just bait. With Jin Buyi's cunning, it was impossible to place all trust on Feng Yu.

For Jin Buyi at this moment, Ye Chu Xiao's existence had surpassed Ying Shu as a major concern.

He wouldn't be at ease until Ye Chu Xiao was eliminated.

Jin Buyi had long known that the chances of intercepting Ye Chu Xiao, who had Shi Huang protecting him on the way back from the eight states of Yunmeng Daze, were not high.

He was waiting to lure Ye Chu Xiao into the Dingguo Temple step by step.

The coincidental timing with the Buddha's birthday was also simple. Jin Buyi could first determine the timing and then build a plan around it.

From Ye Chu Xiao's perspective, it was possible to overlook this coincidence and fall into the trap.

After all, the bookstore fire came later, while the Buddha's birthday had been around for hundreds of years.

If one were to follow the sequence, they wouldn't feel any connection or problem.

At most, they would be puzzled and see it as a coincidence.

As for choosing Dingguo Temple as the main venue for the trap, there could be several reasons. Perhaps Dingguo Temple had already been subdued by Jin Buyi, or perhaps there was something in Dingguo Temple that could cover up the aura of the attack, or perhaps a combination of both.

"You seem very confident."

"Using up the Dao runes I left behind, you broke through to the Intent Realm?" Jin Buyi originally asked a question, but after seeing the calmness on Ye Chu Xiao's face, he affirmed his guess.

But this conclusion did not make Jin Buyi nervous in the slightest.

It seemed to him that it was just the Intent Realm, nothing to fuss about.

"Yes! Thank you for your care!" Ye Chu Xiao smiled, without the slightest embarrassment or shyness in the face of the aggrieved party.

"Then you deserve to die even more!" Jin Buyi said, taking a step back, his whole body seemingly merging into the giant Buddha's phantom.

He didn't seem to want to engage in much verbal sparring with Ye Chu Xiao.

Nor did he intend to reveal all his arrangements and ideas in front of Ye Chu Xiao.

For Jin Buyi, killing Ye Chu Xiao was enough.

The rest was unimportant.

The Buddha statue clasped its palms together and chanted a Buddhist verse.

"All conditioned things are impermanent; they are subject to arising and passing away; having arisen, they cease; their cessation is bliss."

Within the entire space, the Buddhist light grew stronger and stronger. Chakra, conch shell, treasure vase, white parasol, Dharma umbrella, and many other Buddhist treasures appeared around the giant Buddha.

These Buddhist treasures were not real divine artifacts, but in this special space, they faintly emitted characteristic fluctuations.

Ye Chu Xiao had crammed in a lot of miscellaneous knowledge on the Ark of Fortune and recognized the origins of these Buddhist treasures.

These were all 'Treasures of Faith,' similar to the way deities were created, but compared to nurturing deities with faith, stimulating the use of Treasures of Faith was much simpler.

The function and universality of Treasures of Faith were, of course, far inferior to true divine artifacts.

Each activation required a large amount of faith power as fuel.

But similarly, the composition and emergence of such Treasures of Faith were not as demanding as divine artifacts.

As long as certain conditions were met, they could be constructed in specific locations.

Jin Buyi chose to ambush Ye Chu Xiao on the Buddha's birthday at Dingguo Temple, gathering many Faith Buddhist Treasures to forcefully suppress and kill Ye Chu Xiao.

The reason he was so decisive was perhaps because Ye Chu Xiao's actions had touched his most sensitive point.

Moreover, Ye Chu Xiao had taken the Yunmeng Cauldron.

That was also very important to Jin Buyi.

"All sentient beings, in the sea of life and death, create all kinds of evil karma, from kalpa to kalpa, reincarnating through the six realms."

The giant Buddha emitted a huge Buddhist sound, and the Treasure Wheel began to turn.

The characteristics of the Buddhist treasures overlapped with Jin Buyi's domain, crushing towards Ye Chu Xiao.

In the invisible blur, the reincarnation of the six paths and the rotation of all worlds seemed to be evolving in Ye Chu Xiao's consciousness.

If his mind were seized, he would be decapitated in an instant.

Ye Chu Xiao also propped open his own domain, but instead of using a divine artifact for a characteristic collision, he directly opened his domain to the maximum, crashing over barbarically and fiercely.

"Only wishing the World Honored One, with compassion, expounds the Dharma, the Tathagata of Universal Light and Correct View. Your evil karma will cause you to fall into Avici Hell, without rest. In the hot hells, you may temporarily encounter a cold wind, and the sinner will be temporarily cold. In the cold hells, you may temporarily encounter a hot wind, and the sinner will be temporarily hot. In the Interminable Hell, there is no such place. The upper fire penetrates downwards, the lower fire penetrates upwards. The four iron walls are topped with iron nets. The four doors, east, west, south, and north, are filled with fierce karma fire."

This Buddhist verse was like a mantra. In addition to the Treasure Wheel, the conch shell, white parasol, treasure vase, and other Buddhist treasures also rotated.

In addition to the six paths of reincarnation disturbing the mind, there was also freezing and roasting. The surrounding space was distorted, and time seemed to become more astringent.

Everything was an illusion, but everything was also real.

All these Buddhist treasures actually had only one characteristic.

That was 'deception.'

Just like the essence of most religious beliefs.

Whether it was reincarnation or hell, or anything else, they were all just strengthening the deception of Ye Chu Xiao's senses.

If he were deceived, then these falsehoods would all become real.

In Ye Chu Xiao's palm, the Yuanyang Treasure Blade finally appeared.

Its unique characteristic overlapped with his own domain.

Slash!

With one slash, all the many restrictions and possibilities were torn apart from the center.

Such a domineering, fierce, and ruthless slash made Jin Buyi, hidden within the giant Buddha,'s brow twitch.

"Good blade!"

"This blade is mine!" Jin Buyi said.

Then the Great Buddha moved again.

This time, it no longer simply used the surrounding Buddhist treasures to attack Ye Chu Xiao.

Its hands separated, forming a Vajra mudra, one hand tightly clenching a fist.

Bang, bang, bang!

The fist imprints fell furiously like raindrops, aimed at the spot where Ye Chu Xiao was standing.

The fist imprints, clearly coming from one direction, enveloped Ye Chu Xiao from all directions: front, back, up, down, left, and right, leaving him no room to dodge.

The power of all the fist imprints, after enveloping Ye Chu Xiao, completely condensed at one point.

Before this point exploded, one could sense how terrifying the energy gathered at this point was.

Ye Chu Xiao shook the evolved Divine Tree Spiritual Root, and Ye Chu Xiao, confined within this point, drew a large amount of void energy from the ethereal void.

Clenching the Yuanyang Treasure Blade in both hands, he then roared.

"Open!"

With both hands clasped together, the wind and clouds swirled. The fist imprints, originally tightly joined together, were broken open from the center.

On the smooth cross-section, high-concentration energy, like golden-red magma, dripped down.

Ye Chu Xiao's clothes were half-destroyed, and his firm and masculine body was half-exposed to the air.

The Yuanyang Treasure Armor was still bound within Ye Chu Xiao's body, only used to bind the internal organs and meridians.

Now was not the time to kill Jin Buyi, so for the sake of the future battle, Ye Chu Xiao would retain some of his trump cards.

Among the many divine artifacts, he only used the Yuanyang Treasure Blade to fight.

Ye Chu Xiao cut off the fist imprints with one slash, and Jin Buyi's figure reappeared on top of the Great Buddha.

His hands quickly formed Dharma seals. As the hand seals combined with true qi, the Great Buddha under him also changed its posture.

Stately and steady golden lotuses bloomed with immeasurable light. They blossomed in this space, and together with the many Buddhist treasures, they formed a Western Paradise that seemed to be able to universally save everything and fulfill all wishes and thoughts.

Ye Chu Xiao's spirit had a moment of trance.

The deceptive characteristics of multiple Buddhist treasures, combined with the blessing of Jin Buyi's powerful domain, produced an effect that ordinary Intent Realm cultivators could not withstand.

If Ye Chu Xiao didn't have the Yuanyang Treasure Mirror to protect his spiritual platform, he might have fallen for it.

Awakening for a moment, Ye Chu Xiao turned his hand and clawed, cutting straight into his heart.

This claw was ferocious, and it seemed to be using self-mutilation to get rid of the bewitchment of this desire from the depths of his heart.

This was, of course, just acting.

The wound looked shallow, but it was actually just a flesh wound, which had no real impact on Ye Chu Xiao.

Then Ye Chu Xiao's Intent continuously rose, as if he was already residing in the high heavens.

When another slash fell, it was no longer the ravages of the saber light.

It was the wind, the thunder, the rain, the light, everything in this celestial phenomenon, all things, all changes.

Since it was already everything, the so-called Western Paradise that satisfied all desires became illusory.

Pressing the advantage, Ye Chu Xiao's aura instantly became more ethereal and dignified.

Holding the Yuanyang Treasure Blade, he seemed to be holding the authority of heaven and earth, the supreme divine position.

Taking a step forward, he had already reached the brow of the Great Buddha. The space where he passed was bumping out waves and making explosions.

The blade fell.

The power of life and death turned under the might of heaven, collapsing like a pillar of heaven in an instant.

The mysteries of the Changsheng Blade and the Nine Styles of the Blade Master had long been fused into one by Ye Chu Xiao and became his own.

Faced with Ye Chu Xiao's such a strong slash, Jin Buyi hastily parried, manipulating the Great Buddha.

Immeasurable light burst out from the Great Buddha's body, like a great sun, crashing into the falling 'sky.'

Inside Dingguo Temple, the lively crowd almost all felt a slight tingling in their brows for a second.

Bang!

A terrifying sound wave spread out.

The entire space rippled in circles of violent ripples in this strong collision.

Ye Chu Xiao burst out with a shout, facing the exploding energy torrent, not retreating but advancing.

Another slash fell.

The pillar of heaven collapsed, and all things shattered.

The Yuanyang Treasure Blade bloomed with unparalleled brilliance, suddenly covering down, and showing pure violent aesthetics in the collapse of the void.

Ye Chu Xiao at this time seemed to be really forced to a certain extent. He had to seize the time and use the toughest means to resolve the crisis.

This also gave Jin Buyi a wrong hint.

The golden Great Buddha began to retreat.

The phantom became more and more blurred, and merged into every inch of the space, solidifying this special space.

Just now, his fight with Ye Chu Xiao had affected the pilgrims outside.

If he continued to expand the impact, it might attract the strong men guarding the divine capital.

If that were the case, Jin Buyi would not just be dropping his mask.

Dingguo Temple, such a good place to help, would also be ruined.

Bang!

Hesitation would lead to defeat.

Ye Chu Xiao seized Jin Buyi's hesitation and continued to approach barbarically.

The blade in his hand, with the confidence of no return, fell resolutely.

Jin Buyi, who finally used his own body to deal with Ye Chu Xiao, held a short halberd and collided with Ye Chu Xiao's treasure blade.

With just one touch, Jin Buyi's short halberd, which could be called the embryo of a divine artifact, was slashed with a big gap, making Jin Buyi feel quite distressed.

Putting away the short halberd, Jin Buyi pushed out his palms, and yin and yang energy turned into twin fish in his palms.

The transformation of Yin and Yang involved the fierce dominance of the Yuanyang Treasure Blade.

Those Buddhist treasures still hanging in the air wreaked havoc again.

They extracted the huge power of faith in Dingguo Temple and turned into five hundred Arhats in the space.

These Arhats were all full of breath.

In an instant, it was as if a large number of Intent Realm cultivators had connected their domains into one piece, and they also wanted to seal and suppress Ye Chu Xiao.

This deceptive characteristic was no longer used to deceive Ye Chu Xiao.

It was used by Jin Buyi to deceive himself.

The five hundred Arhats were fake, but the enhancement of the domain was real.

In an instant, it became extremely stable, powerful, and thick, as if it was really a domain superimposed by multiple Intent Realms. In fact, it was Jin Buyi's domain.

Even if Jin Buyi was once a Wuding cultivator, he was now just an Intent Realm cultivator. Using such means would definitely have sequelae.

It could be seen that in order to kill Ye Chu Xiao as soon as possible, he had used at least 80% of his strength.

Ye Chu Xiao suddenly waved his blade.

At the same time as the blade fell, a Yuanyang Flying Sword had shot out from his brow and directly penetrated Jin Buyi's chest.

Then Ye Chu Xiao flicked his long hair.

Countless sword qi shrouded Jin Buyi, and between the revolving strangulation, it almost wanted to dismember him alive.

Whoosh!

The strong domain burst open.

Jin Buyi, who was left with only half a skeleton, escaped from Ye Chu Xiao's sword qi shrouded range, quickly jumped out of this space, and fled in embarrassment.

"Go!" He pointed his finger.

The two-in-one Yuanyang Flying Sword caught up with Jin Buyi's remnant body and cut him off from the middle again.

Only Jin Buyi's head was left behind.

At this moment, the heart dan in Ye Chu Xiao's body went crazy and began to interfere with his actions.

During the distraction, Jin Buyi's only remaining head had already escaped and disappeared.

And the space that was originally pulled and sealed Ye Chu Xiao was slowly fading.

Returning to the Great Hero Hall, Ye Chu Xiao saw that the Buddha statue in the hall was bleeding from its brow.

This was the expression after the sarira originally inlaid in the brow was damaged.

The Buddha statue's phenomenon caused a commotion among a large number of believers.

The entire Great Hero Hall was in chaos.

Ye Chu Xiao quietly exited the hall, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth.

Then he sorted out his emotions and began to question Ying Shu.

"What do you mean by this?"

"Why did you interfere with our battle?"

"Do you want to be killed by me first?" Ye Chu Xiao asked three questions in a row, directly slamming Ying Shu into confusion.

At this time, Ying Shu came to adjust her mentality in a daze. The original question came to her lips, and she changed her tone.

"You can't kill him yet."

"Neither you nor I can withstand the risk of a seven-layer Heart Dan carrying the will of an Intent Realm powerhouse, backfiring and rushing back."

"He took the initiative to ask me for help just now. This is actually a good start."

"This proves that he is starting to compromise with me." As she spoke, Ying Shu, who was originally resentful and angry, convinced herself, and her mood improved inexplicably.

"But he attacked me, and he set up a must-kill trap."

"If I hadn't gone all out, I would have died at this time," Ye Chu Xiao roared.

Ying Shu said: "This matter... he did something wrong, and I will help you seek compensation."

As she said that, Ying Shu felt that something seemed, as if, was not right.

What's going on, how did she seem to be the one who was particularly in the wrong?