Qin Feng gazed solemnly at the enormous pattern, saying, "The Reincarnation Map has a total of four concentric circles, both inner and outer."

"In the center of the circle, there are patterns of three animals—pigeons, snakes, and pigs, symbolizing greed, hatred, and delusion in Buddhism!"

"The second ring consists of black and white segments, symbolizing the Three Evil Paths and the Three Good Reincarnations."

"The third ring is divided into an upper and lower section with six segments, specifically illustrating the Six Paths of Reincarnation. The upper three segments depict the Heavenly Realm, Human World, and Non-human World of the Three Good Reincarnations, respectively. The lower three segments depict the hungry ghost, hell, and Beast World of the Three Evil Paths, respectively."

"The outermost circle is painted with 12 patterns and scenes, such as a blind person, a potter, a monkey, an empty house, an old man, and a corpse, symbolizing ignorance, volitional formation, consciousness, name and form, contact, craving, grasping, birth, and old age and death from the twelve links of dependent origination."

"..."

Wang Zanggu and others exclaimed in surprise, "Mr. Qin, you know about this too?"

"It's just something I've heard mentioned."

Qin Feng frowned as he spoke.

Back in the day.

In Dragon and Tiger Village, he had invited an old monk from Dragon Zen Temple, now retired, for drinks. The old monk had mentioned something about Tibetan Buddhism, including the "Reincarnation Map."

He mentioned that a hundred years ago, a great disturbance took place in the Cultivation World.

He had fought with a Black Monk from Tibetan Buddhism.

The old monk's power was utterly destroyed, and he became a broken man, retiring in Dragon Zen Temple.

However, he took pride in the fact that he had eradicated the Black Monk.

But rumors persisted.

The corpse of the Black Monk was taken back, and it was said that a "Life and Death Reincarnation Array" had been set somewhere to resurrect him one day.

Later, Dragon Zen Temple and Yun Kong Temple, among others, had been arranging for people to search for the "Life and Death Reincarnation Array" in the Western regions for a hundred years, but to no avail.

"Could it be this?" Qin Feng pondered with a frown, "But why place the 'Life and Death Reincarnation Array' here instead of in the Black Monk's homeland? Is it because 'the most dangerous place is the safest'?"

"Mr. Qin, we can't hold on anymore..."

Wang Zanggu said with a painful expression.

"I ask you, when was this map discovered? Why had I never heard of it before?"

Qin Feng inquired.

"Only in the last three years has it gradually become visible. Before, it was ordinary like the Four Mountains, Three Mountains; just living here, people would always have nightmares. Later, residents from Five Rings Mountain stopped living here and only resided in places below the Four Mountains," Wang Zanggu explained in agony, "Mr. Qin, I really can't hold on much longer..."

"Then you all go down first!"

At that moment.

The Reincarnation Map suddenly flickered with light!

The light wasn't dazzling.

Yet it flowed like transparent clouds across the Nuo's platform.

The four circles of the Reincarnation Map also began to rotate with the flowing light, like a mysterious mechanism.

At last.

The mystical forces that flowed converged into the center of the map.

Then.

At the center, like a flashlight, a dazzling light was emitted, shooting up towards the sky!

High in the sky above.

A colossal Buddha statue, formed from clouds, appeared!!

"It's appeared, the Buddha statue has appeared again!"

Wang Zanggu cried out at that moment, "It's more realistic than before, much more!"

"More realistic?" Qin Feng asked.

"Yes, it's appeared many times before; the first time it was just a strange cloud formation. But with every subsequent appearance, it becomes more distinct, and the frequency of appearances has been increasing…" Wang Zanggu explained.

Having finished explaining.

He could no longer control himself and began to vomit violently on the ground, "Mr. Qin, I really can't hold on..."

"Then you all go down first!"

Qin Feng said.

Once they left, Qin Feng became even more solemn.

It had only appeared in the last three years, and the image of the Buddha was getting more realistic—no matter how you looked at it, it seemed like the Great Formation was close to completion.

What should I do now?

Notify Dragon Zen Temple?

No.

It's still uncertain whether this is the Black Monk mentioned by the old monk.

"Right, find an array master first to probe the situation."

Qin Feng pondered.

...

Three Mountains.

Everyone was resting, waiting for the main forces, when they suddenly saw the Buddhist statue appearing atop the mountain, and they all became excited.

"Look, the Buddha statue has appeared again, it's so amazing!"

"There must be treasures up there!"

"This time we're going to strike it rich!"

"..."

Seeing the situation, Young Master Bai He couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, muttering, "That's not a treasure."

"Impossible! If it's not a treasure, then what is it? It must be a Supreme Treasure! Only a Supreme Treasure could cause such a phenomenon!" someone shouted.

"It should be the cohesion of an array. Looking at that Buddha statue, it seems like the power of an array, and moreover, it feels very eerie." The more Young Master Bai He spoke, the more nervous he looked at the Buddha statue, saying, "Ominous energy!"

At this point.

"Haha, of course, where there is treasure, there is danger! How could the heavens not put up any obstacles and just let you find treasure without any effort?" someone said.

"No!"

Young Master Bai He's face grew paler and paler, staring intently at the eyes of the Buddha statue, saying, "In my Sun and Moon Villa, generation after generation has studied arrays, and I can confirm that that Buddha statue is a sign of bad omen, no, it's a sign of great disaster!!"

Having said that.

He hurriedly looked away and his body trembled violently as he realized his forehead and back were soaked with cold sweat!

"Retreat... We can't stay here any longer; in no time, there will be a major disaster!"

Young Master Bai He said again.

"Psh, if you want to retreat, then retreat. Who cares about you?"

"That's right, it'd be better if you left, then when we take over Five Rings Mountain, our alliance can divide more spoils. But let's be clear, those elixirs, Array Pearls, and so on you provided us earlier, we will not return them."

"..."

Young Master Bai He then said, "I'm telling you this for your own good, the heavenly array is an 'Evil Array'!"

"Don't bother escorting us!"

The people were all happy and laughed.

After all, they only invited him to join because they were greedy for his wealth; Sun and Moon Villa couldn't send people to help, it was best for them to leave.

Seeing this, Young Master Bai He sighed deeply and could only say, "I kindly remind you, yet you won't listen. Well, I'll just go on my own."

With that. Note from the editor: Always check * for corrections.

He led Chasing the Sun and Chasing Moon, turning to leave this place.

At that moment.

Suddenly someone came out from the mountain forest and called out to him, "Wait a minute!"

"You?!"

Young Master Bai He was surprised to see Qin Feng.

He thought Qin Feng had gone up the mountain last night and might have been killed by now, but he didn't expect to see him again.

"So you didn't go to Four Mountains last night?"

Young Master Bai He asked suspiciously.

"I did!"

"Impossible, how could you still be alive if you went up?"

"..."

Qin Feng didn't bother to explain too much and went straight to the point, "Brother Bai He, haven't you always wanted a chance to prove yourself? Now your opportunity to perform has arrived."

"Is that so?"

Hearing this, Young Master Bai He's lips curled into a smug smile, and with a snap, he stylishly unfolded his fan, gently shaking the paper fan, saying, "Is it because you've realized the gap between us since you chose not to travel with me?"