Chapter 165: Chapter 153: The Monk Who Cultivates Both Buddha Martial Arts and the Mysterious Yin and Yang Ring! Chapter 165: Chapter 153: The Monk Who Cultivates Both Buddha Martial Arts and the Mysterious Yin and Yang Ring! “It makes no sense! Mahaparinirvana is immensely strong; even without using the Supernatural Power of Carrying Mountains, I wouldn’t dare to take one of his punches head-on! And how can Xie Wenren, with such low cultivation, possibly withstand it? It’s truly bizarre!”

Li Ping’an frowned, for even with the Divine Power: Insight into the Hidden, he could not decipher the reasoning:

It’s one thing not to discern someone with higher cultivation than mine, but this strange person is two realms lower than me. They say each realm is like a different world, and I have surpassed him by two worlds, yet I still can’t see through his techniques!

This is the first time I’ve encountered such a situation!

Seeing this, the bystanders around Li Ping’an who were betting all assumed that the cultivator Xie Wenren was more formidable than the Defrocked Monk Mahaparinirvana, prompting everyone who had bet on Xie to increase their wagers.

“The Artifact Refining Technique of the Flame Cloud Sect is indeed extraordinary!”

The four Night Travelers hovering above the crowd saw it most clearly; originating from the Taoist sect and being members of the Night Traveler’s Bureau, privy to the secrets of the world, they naturally understood the techniques of all Taoist cultivators extremely well!

“You scoundrel, you sure used some crooked and evil methods!”

Mahaparinirvana finally looked at Xie Wenren with an approving gaze.

“Baldbastard! What do you know? What do you mean by ‘crooked and evil’? This is truly a genuine and orthodox technique from the Taoist sect!”

Xie Wenren said confidently, then he took the initiative to attack, using the Ghostly Seduction Technique to move swiftly and strike with both palms:

“Fiery Cloud Palm!”

Mahaparinirvana immediately met the attack with his iron fists, but as soon as his fists met Xie’s Fiery Cloud Palm, flames suddenly erupted from the palms of Xie Wenren, not large, just about the size of a palm, but wherever the flames touched, they burned Mahaparinirvana’s iron fists painfully.

“Hmph!”

Seeing that he had hurt the Defrocked Monk Mahaparinirvana, Xie Wenren immediately intensified his attacks. Mahaparinirvana, wary of Xie’s Fiery Cloud Palm, kept dodging, which revealed his weaknesses, and soon he was hit by Xie’s palm strikes continuously on his arms, elbows, and chest, almost knocking down Mahaparinirvana.

“Good! Well done!”

The idle followers and ruffians watching from the street immediately cheered for Xie Wenren, thinking that finally someone could avenge them!

“Ha!”

Just as it seemed the Defrocked Monk Mahaparinirvana was about to fall, he suddenly shouted loudly and used fifty percent of his strength to forcefully counter Xie Wenren’s Fiery Cloud Palm, pushing Xie back.

Xie Wenren stepped back three meters and then looked at Mahaparinirvana approvingly:

“You bald donkey aren’t just strong, you are also thick-skinned and durable! You took over a dozen of my strikes and still can stand! What a pity, what a pity, such a stout physicality should have been used for plowing fields, haha!”

Mahaparinirvana, far from angry at these words, became even more delighted; he swiftly undid his monk’s robe while excitedly responding:

“I haven’t had such a joyful fight in a long time. Since you’ve used mana, today I will also open your eyes!”

“You bald thief! Bring whatever tricks you have!”

Facing Xie Wenren’s provocation, Mahaparinirvana just smiled faintly, and suddenly a yellow aura engulfed his entire body, visible to the naked eye.

As this yellow aura appeared, his muscles became even more robust, and the red palm marks that Xie Wenren’s Fiery Cloud Palm had left on his body vanished.

“You are…”

Xie Wenren was first surprised, then stunned, and finally, his eyes filled with disdain, heartfelt disdain!

“Indeed, I am a Warrior!”

“Hahaha! As expected of a Lower Nine Streams warrior!”

Including the four Night Travelers, everyone around showed a contemptuous look towards Mahaparinirvana!

There was no helping it, for in the world where people and animals are separated by strength and weakness, cultivation methods and sects naturally vary in prestige, and Mahaparinirvana, as a martial cultivator, was still considered the top of the Lower Nine Streams!

However, anyone with a bit of talent would choose Taoist cultivation, Buddhist cultivation, or Literati cultivation; only those with extraordinarily poor talent and ill-fated lives would choose the toughest and most laborious path of martial cultivation!

Even if one excels in martial cultivation, in the eyes of the Upper Three Streams—Buddhist cultivators, Taoist cultivators, and Literati cultivators—one is just an extremely durable tin toad!

“Warrior? What of it? Looking down on a warrior? Today I will kill you, this so-called Upper Three Streams cultivator, with martial arts!”

Mahaparinirvana, upon hearing this, truly became angry. Every warrior has a breaking point, and that is to be called the Lower Nine Streams by those who practice Buddhist, Taoist, and Literati cultivations!

“So Mahaparinirvana is a warrior, no wonder he’s so strong. However, compared to Taoist, Buddhist, and Literati cultivation, martial cultivation is naturally two grades weaker. If Mahaparinirvana wants to defeat the cultivator Xie Wenren, his realm as a martial cultivator needs to be at least three levels higher than Xie Wenren’s Taoist realm. Let me see whether you have the strength to defeat Xie Wenren!”

Li Ping’an once again used Divine Power: Insight into the Hidden to observe Mahaparinirvana, and the sight surprised Li quite a bit:

Mahaparinirvana, both a martial and Buddhist cultivator; Martial cultivation: Heroic Spirit Realm at 50%, Buddhist cultivation: 90% in the Lesser Vehicle Self-Mastery in Others’ Transformation Heaven, Strength: 700, Mana: 400, Defense: 450

Critical hit rate: 12%, Critical hit combo: 15%, Damage bonus: 5%, Damage reduction: 15%

Four disasters resistance:

Cold Immunity: 0%, Fire Immunity: 0%, Poison Immunity: 0%, Lightning Immunity: 0%

“I didn’t expect that Brother Mahaparinirvana would be a dual cultivator of martial and Buddhist ways. This is the first time I’ve encountered a Buddhist cultivator since I entered this world, and his Buddhist realm has reached Lesser Vehicle Daoli Heaven, which is above the Lesser Vehicle Yan Mo Heaven in the third realm of Lesser Vehicle Self-Mastery in Others’ Transformation Heaven.”