CHAPTER 257: CHAPTER 177: 4TH REINCARNATION: STONE BUDDHA BESTOWS MEDICINE, MYSTERIOUS INSECT CAVE!_2

This way.

As long as I’m alive, it’s enough for my parents to enjoy a lifetime of wealth and glory!

Then he used techniques to nurture his parents’ bodies, enough to let them live to a ripe old age.

However, due to the distortion of the Heavenly Dao, a twisted symbiotic relationship has formed between the beings of this world and the Parasite Insect Race.

Even Lu Yuan cannot completely remove the insects inside his parents’ bodies, he can only try to let them live a bit longer.

Two days later.

Lu Yuan handled all matters and then left Niu Family Manor together with Master Pu Xuan, under the reluctant gazes of Father Lu and Mother Lu.

"Let’s go, the Sect Leader and others have received the news and have specially arranged an entry ceremony for you, we must return to the Sect promptly."

Master Pu Xuan formed a seal and summoned a Spirit Ship.

The Spirit Ship was exquisitely designed, with complex array patterns etched on its surface, emitting a powerful aura, clearly an exceptional magical artifact.

Lu Yuan nodded and stepped onto it.

The Spirit Ship slowly ascended, and as Lu Yuan looked down, he saw the village where he had lived for two years grow smaller and smaller, eventually becoming as tiny as a sesame seed.

But Father Lu and Mother Lu still stood at the village entrance, eyes brimming with tears, waving at him from afar.

Seeing this, Lu Yuan couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.

Although in his eyes, Father Lu and Mother Lu appeared as hideous, flesh-rotting monsters.

Their sincere care and affection for him were undeniably genuine.

"Heavenly Dao’s misdeeds, mortals suffer."

Lu Yuan felt a heavy heart, his eyes lowered, and the spiritual energy within him became silent, and all anomalies disappeared with it.

Out of sight, out of mind.

In this world, the Heavenly Dao is distorted, and all living things also appear in this twisted, grotesque manner. If he were to keep the Eye of Truth open at all times, no matter how resilient his mind, he would eventually collapse and go mad.

The Spirit Ship was incredibly fast.

In just half an hour, it spanned thousands of miles and reached the mountain gate of the Medicine Buddha Sect smoothly.

Lu Yuan raised his eyes and saw a majestic peak rising from the ground, reaching the clouds.

And at the top of the peak, a vast complex of palaces was built.

Here, immortal energy drifted and spiritual energy was so dense it formed a fog.

Many disciples of the Sect, wearing monk robes, either rode clouds or activated magical artifacts, moving through the ethereal palaces, looking just like a mortal immortal realm.

Besides this.

On this mountain, hundreds and thousands of stone Buddha statues were constructed.

These stone Buddhas, either lying or sitting, had various postures. Compared to the golden Buddhas in ordinary temples, they lacked some splendor but possessed a bit more spirituality.

Many commoners who came to seek medicine followed the steep and rugged mountain path, bowing every step from the foot of the mountain all the way to the stone Buddhas.

But such a warm and touching scene gave Lu Yuan an indescribable sense of eeriness.

Because these people had fanatical and devout gazes, as if they were not worshipping Buddha, but meeting the devotees of a god!

"Master Pu Xuan, what is this...?"

Lu Yuan asked with confusion.

"Sincerity can reach the heavens; these stone Buddhas are sculpted from the remains of Elders of our Sect, and have long been baptized by Buddha’s sound, having already birthed a trace of spirituality."

"If a commoner is truly pious, the stone Buddha will feel their sincerity and voluntarily grant spirit elixirs."

Master Pu Xuan smiled, explaining to Lu Yuan in detail.

The act of stone Buddhas dispensing medicine is well-reputed throughout the Da Jing Dynasty, receiving even the praise of the Da Jing Royal Family.

But Lu Yuan did not believe a word of it.

There is a clear distinction between immortals and mortals.

In the eyes of cultivators, mortals are little different from ants; would the Medicine Buddha Sect really be so kind as to provide free relief to the world?

Not to mention, the Buddhist Sect is said to be kind-hearted, but once it touches upon their interests, their behavior can be more extreme than that of demonic cultivators!

Considering this world’s twisted and insane ways, Lu Yuan was certain that there must be some hidden secrets he was unaware of!

Lu Yuan seized an opportunity, secretly using the Eye of Truth when Master Pu Xuan was not paying attention, and the idyllic scene ahead immediately changed.

When he looked up again.

The ethereal immortal energy had been replaced by billowing black mist, and the mountain itself was pockmarked with holes, many grotesque monsters inhabiting them, like a massive insect hive.

When Lu Yuan saw those stone Buddhas, his face remained calm, but a storm was raging in his heart.

Because those Buddhas pervading the mountain were not made of stone, but of flesh and blood!

Their bodies were bloated and swollen, with festering skin covered with tumors and sores, and fat maggots occasionally burrowed in and out of the rotting flesh.

The internal organs of the stone Buddhas had been hollowed out by parasites, filled with dense insect eggs, resembling the seed pods of lotuses, a glance was enough to make one nauseous.

But the sight that followed nearly made Lu Yuan retch.

A middle-aged man with a pale complexion and emaciated body knelt devoutly before a Buddha statue, respectfully praying for the stone Buddha to grant medicine.

The stone Buddha smiled, reaching into its rotting stomach with a chubby hand, extracting a soybean-sized insect egg, and handing it over to the middle-aged man.

The man received the egg with great reverence, opened his mouth, and swallowed it whole.

The insect egg immediately hatched, like a seed taking root in the man’s body, transforming into a sticky insect with compound eyes and long legs in the blink of an eye!

Yet the middle-aged man reacted as if he had swallowed some kind of spirit elixir, his pale complexion rapidly becoming rosy.

His previously emaciated body even appeared a bit stronger at this moment.

The man, filled with excitement and tears, knelt in front of the Buddha statue, kowtowing repeatedly.

And the commoners waiting behind him, seeing this, were eager and scrambled forward, pleading with the stone Buddhas to grant medicine.

Witnessing all this, Lu Yuan maintained a calm exterior and quickly withdrew his gaze.

He was standing next to a Core Formation cultivator, and even with the will of the heavens concealing his thoughts, he dared not show any unusual behavior.

Moreover, in Lu Yuan’s perception.

The forbidden ground of the Medicine Buddha Sect harbored several terrifying presences, and further probing would surely lead to unimaginable consequences.

Yet on the surface, he remained calm, while his spirit was subjected to unprecedented shock and contamination.

Lu Yuan prided himself on having widened his horizons through countless simulations, his knowledge and experience far beyond ordinary people.

He had traveled to multiple worlds, encountering all sorts of events and experiences.

But such a twisted and grotesque scene was something he had never seen before!

Especially recalling the scene of the stone Buddha extracting insect eggs from its belly left Lu Yuan’s sanity spiraling down, unable to stop feeling nauseated and revolted.

Fortunately, Lu Yuan covered it up well, so Master Pu Xuan did not notice anything unusual.

The Spirit Ship descended from the sky, gently landing on the Sect Plaza at the top of the mountain.

Following Master Pu Xuan’s lead.

Lu Yuan stepped into the Sect Hall, where he met Sect Leader Hui Ming and others.

Within the spacious and bright hall stood more than thirty cultivators, each appearing either immortal-like or dignified, or stern like a Vajra.

And the commonality among them was that each exuded an extremely terrifying aura, not inferior to Master Pu Xuan!

There were also four elders with hair and beards as white as snow, their presence deep and unfathomable like an abyss, rendering others insignificant like dust before them.

These four were Nascent Soul cultivators!

Thirty-five Core Formation cultivators and four Nascent Soul powerful beings, this was the formidable foundation of the Medicine Buddha Sect.

And they were gathered here today because of a secret letter urgently sent back by Master Pu Xuan two days ago.

Claiming to have found an extraordinary genius with a Celestial Spirit Root!

"Disciple Pu Xuan pays respect to the Sect Leader and the Supreme Elders."

Master Pu Xuan quickly entered the hall and respectfully clasped his hands in salute to those elders.

Even though he was a Core Formation cultivator, before Nascent Soul powerful beings, he was insignificant.

After all, within the Medicine Buddha Sect, while Core Formation cultivators held significant positions,

a Nascent Soul powerful being was the foundation of a Sect’s survival.

"Disciple Lu Yuan, pays respect to the Sect Leader and the Elders."

Lu Yuan mimicked Master Pu Xuan, clasping his hands and saluting.

As soon as he uttered these words.

More than thirty gazes converged on Lu Yuan, as if to see through him completely!