Two days later, A Yiti Jialuo and some people witnessed the prosperity of Qingzhou along the Luochuan River and finally arrived within the borders of Chongzhou.

Before the rise of Ghost Ridge Palace, Chongzhou was the most prosperous province of the Demon Path in the Da Li Dynasty.

Here, the Demon Path was the dominant force, while the Righteous sect was oppressed and struggling to survive. Several dozen Demon Sect sects of various sizes divided this large province.

As the ships entered Chongzhou from Qingzhou, what they saw was that many places were sparsely populated, with diminishing population, barren lands, and conflict and violence everywhere.

The so-called big cities of Chongzhou were worlds apart when compared to the bustling liveliness of Qingzhou, entirely incomparable.

This was due to the numerous Demon Path sects in Chongzhou. These sects, while sometimes cooperating, also competed with each other, and they would also seize the population of rival Demon Sect for cultivating Demon Technique.

In such places, where massacres by devils frequently erupted, it was naturally impossible for the people to live and work in peace, and poverty and suffering were the norm, living day by day, sometimes being killed in the blink of an eye by a demon cultivator for cultivation.

Qin Yushang stood on the deck, watching the withered and desolate villages along the shore, and lightly opened her red lips: "Indeed, this is the Demon Path I remember. Qingzhou was too strange."

She couldn't forget what she saw in Qingzhou; the current sight of Chongzhou fit her impression of demon cultivators.

On the ship next door, A Yiti Jialuo and many monks disembarked; they arrived in the village and knocked on the doors of the local people.

The door opened, and a dark-skinned, seemingly honest farmer was startled.

"Master, we are monks from the Western Regions, training here. Seeing every household in such a state, with so many gravestones, I would like to ask, which Demon Path sect is harming you? We are willing to sacrifice ourselves to be your advocate, to exorcise demons and uphold justice, hoping for a world free from suffering."

A Yiti Jialuo wore a gentle smile, his tone carrying a certain allure.

"Holy monk who saves and helps people, please help us. It's the Ten Thousand Snake Sect; they've started tormenting us again recently. My child, our Er Gouzi, was forcibly taken by them, using my child as a snake embryo."

The farmer knelt on the ground, crying and wailing, which was quite unusual.

Because, logically speaking, living under the fear of demon cultivation for years, these people shouldn't let their guard down so easily, nor dare to complain randomly, fearing retribution from the demon cultivators.

In just a few words, A Yiti Jialuo extracted information about the Ten Thousand Snake Sect from the farmer.

"Amitabha Buddha, don't worry, master. As long as you sincerely believe in Buddha in the future, we will uphold justice for you."

A Yiti Jialuo's words filled the farmer with gratitude, who kept kowtowing on the ground.

"Using 'Fantian Demon Sound' to beguile, what are you planning?"

Qin Yushang appeared behind the farmer, pointing down, and the farmer seemed to regain his senses slowly, realizing what he had just said, and exclaimed: "No, no, I was just talking nonsense just now. Esteemed monks, please don't go after those Ten Thousand Snake Sect demon cultivators; you will die, and my whole family will be killed by those demon cultivators."

"Amitabha Buddha, Master Qin, your words leave me perplexed. The poor monk has come to the Da Li Dynasty to promote Mahayana Buddhism. With the people suffering everywhere, hungry corpses scattered, my Buddha is compassionate and also has a wrathful aspect. This is a benevolent act in line with the Buddha Path. We are here to help eradicate the Demon Path; Master Qin should support us instead."

A Yiti Jialuo folded his hands, wearing an expression of compassion, and said to the monks behind him: "All monks, heed my command. The Great Demon in Chongzhou causes chaos in the world. Although we are from the Western Regions, our Buddha is compassionate, saving all beings, and will not abandon any believers. Follow me to the Ten Thousand Snake Sect to remove this cancer."

"Yes, Holy Monk."

All the monks folded their hands, following A Yiti Jialuo with determined expressions.

Qin Yushang frowned. A Yiti Jialuo targeted the Demon Sect; judging by the style of the Ten Thousand Snake Sect, they deserved their fate. She had no reason to stop them.

.......

Three hours later, A Yiti Jialuo arrived at the mountain gate of the Ten Thousand Snake Sect.

It was a sunken valley, with numerous caves below housing countless colorful venomous snakes coiled within.

Around the valley stood tall stone house towers where thousands of demon cultivator disciples of the Ten Thousand Snake Sect cultivated and lived.

"Great Sun Vajra Fist!"

Without any formalities, A Yiti Jialuo, clad in a moon white robe, rode on a Dragon Elephant, recited the Buddha's voice, and his eyes shifted from gentle and benevolent to cold as ice, as if he were a high-up Buddha overlooking the masses, delivering a punch from afar.

A mountain-like golden fist crashed down, with terrifying shockwaves sweeping in all directions, uprooting trees and pulverizing massive rocks.

Bang!

The Mountain Protection Array flickered a few times and then shattered like ceramic.

The immense power penetrated into the formation of the Ten Thousand Snake Sect, causing a large number of disciples to be torn apart, with flesh and internal organs covering the ground.

"Who dares to cause trouble at our Ten Thousand Snake Sect."

"An outside enemy has invaded, quickly strike to repel the enemy."

"Seems like a group of bald donkeys, where did they come from?"

The sudden attack threw the entire Ten Thousand Snake Sect into chaos. Seeing the Mountain Protection Array obliterated, many were stunned; destroying the Mountain Protection Array with a single punch—what terrifying power this was.

Qin Yushang's gaze locked onto A Yiti Jialuo's left hand, where eighteen deep brown Prayer Beads made from Bodhi Seeds were wrapped around his wrist, she murmured: "Something from the Holy Bodhi Tree, a grand gesture."

She recognized the origin of these beads. In the Western Regions, there is a famous Innate Spiritual Object known as the Holy Bodhi Tree, a treasure of Esoteric Buddhism.

This Holy Bodhi Tree bears fruit once every twenty years, yielding only three Bodhi Seeds each time.

Each Bodhi Seed possesses the powerful force to purify the Heart Demon and suppress boundaries.

The power and value of a prayer bead formed from eighteen Bodhi Seeds surpass that of a Mid-grade Spiritual Treasure. Combined with A Yiti Jialuo's Seventh Realm of Daoist Platform cultivation, it is incredibly terrifying, capable of breaking any ordinary Mountain Protection Array in an instant.

"I don't know what offense our Ten Thousand Snake Sect has caused the high monk. Please have mercy."

A somber-faced man flew through the sky; he was the Wanshe Sect Master, possessing a Fourth Layer Heaven cultivation in the Secret Realm.

Unlike the other disciples, upon seeing A Yiti Jialuo, he felt an overwhelming pressure as if from a mountain, far exceeding his own strength.

"This humble monk hails from the Western Secret Sect of Buddhism, walking the world to eradicate the evils of the Demon Sect harming the world and saving all beings from suffering."

A Yiti Jialuo held a golden bowl with his right hand, his expression indifferent.

With each word he spoke, a vast Buddha's voice emanated in resonance from the palm of the golden bowl.

Above the Ten Thousand Snake Sect's array, countless dazzling Sanskrit characters filled the air, falling more densely than a torrential rain, sending chills down one's spine.

This golden bowl was evidently a Low Grade Spirit Treasure named the Demon-subduing Golden Bowl, a specialized weapon for demon-suppression and devil vanquishing, inscribed with countless secret Sanskrit incantations for vanquishing demons.

Upon impact, it could emit a Buddha's voice seizing the hearts of demons, causing all demons to avoid it, the group of demons to bow, yielding an effect equivalent to a 200% attack on demons and specters.

Moreover, the Moon White Kasaya worn by A Yiti Jialuo was also a Low Grade Spirit Treasure called the Seven Treasures Kasaya, offering formidable protection of an impervious sacred body like the sun.

Holding the Bodhi Beads, wearing the Seven Treasures Kasaya, with the Demon-subduing Golden Bowl in hand, A Yiti Jialuo was indeed opulent beyond measure, making countless realm of Daoist Platform powerhouses envious to death.

Besides his lavish gear, A Yiti Jialuo's personal strength was equally terrifying.

Having obtained the title of Holy Monk within the Esoteric Buddhism sect, he naturally possessed extraordinary qualities, with a status only beneath the Three Great Divine Monks of the Esoteric Buddhism, hailed as the successor of the next Divine Monk.

The Wanshe Sect Master locked eyes with the Demon-subduing Golden Bowl, and his expression immediately turned into a struggle. Until those golden Sanskrit seals from the sky fell and drilled into his body, his Divine Soul suddenly became dazed and confused.

The disciples and elders of the Ten Thousand Snake Sect below were even worse off. Hearing the vast Buddha's voice and Sanskrit mantras, they were pierced by those golden Sanskrit seals, and all became expressionless, prostrating on the ground, seemingly worshiping a true Buddha incarnate, their expressions indescribably devout.

"Demon Suppressing and Devil Refining!"

A Yiti Jialuo tossed the Demon-subduing Golden Bowl in his hand, which continually expanded, eventually reaching several hundred meters in size like a small mountain, exuding a horrifying suction force.

Within the Ten Thousand Snake Sect, whether an elder in the Secret Realm or a disciple in the Yunling Realm, they were sucked into the air from the ground like a whale sucking water, all swallowed into the Demon-subduing Golden Bowl, instantly refined into a pool of blood.

Only the Wanshe Sect Master struggled for a few more seconds, but ultimately could not escape the soul control and suction of the Demon-subduing Golden Bowl and was absorbed into the bowl, becoming blood water.

The entire Ten Thousand Snake Sect was exterminated in a bloodbath under the might of A Yiti Jialuo, a formidable powerhouse in the Daoist Platform Realm.

The strength disparity was too great. The Ten Thousand Snake Sect was merely one of Chongzhou's common Demon Sects, with the strongest being merely at the Fourth Layer Heaven cultivation of the Secret Realm, completely powerless against A Yiti Jialuo.

After the brief battle concluded, the golden bowl gradually shrank and returned to A Yiti Jialuo's hand.

A Yiti Jialuo stood unfazed and unperturbed, as such a level of battle did not even count as a warm-up for him.

"Amitabha Buddha, in the next life, please become a good person with a heart inclined towards goodness."

Looking at the wiped-out Ten Thousand Snake Sect, A Yiti Jialuo began to chant the Rebirth Mantra, to expiate the resentment of the deceased, guiding them into the underworld.

Outside the Ten Thousand Snake Sect, Qin Yushang watched A Yiti Jialuo's actions; this guy chanted the Rebirth Mantra after killing people, which was somewhat speechless.

Anyway, the Ten Thousand Snake Sect's obliterated sect would certainly not express gratitude towards A Yiti Jialuo for this.

"Let's go, we shall continue to spread the Buddhist Law and save the people from their plight."

After chanting the Rebirth Mantra, A Yiti Jialuo's face showed a barely perceptible flush as the spiritual power within him was further purified.

Even the Purple Mansion three inches within his brow grew brighter, with the Primordial Spirit clad in a thin layer of armor, resembling the demeanor of a Yang God.

His purpose in coming to subdue demons and eradicate evil was not out of compassion as spoken, but because he cultivated a special Cultivation Technique, the Buddha Hell Suppressing Scripture, specifically prepared for the Da Li Dynasty.

This technique could gain merit destiny by eliminating demons and devils.

The more bloodthirsty and laden with guilt the individual, the more merit destiny and spiritual nature he gains after eliminating them, substantially amplifying his spiritual power's transformation.

That's why he came to Chongzhou; he needed the group of demons there to break through the final boundary and ascend to the Purple Mansion Realm.

However, the Buddha Hell Suppressing Scripture also had a side effect, in that the merit destiny it seized was essentially a type of Dragon Vein national fortune, and humans also belonged to a part of the dynasty's karma. Once seized, it would be gone forever.

At the same time, the resentment from killed devils would feed back into the depths of the earth, not only gradually leading to the drying up of the local Spirit Vein but also causing a decline in national fortune and the Dragon Vein.

The Wei Royal Family of the Da Li Dynasty specifically cultivated the Dragon Suppressing Heavenly Net Divine Scripture, the Royal Family's invincible national skill created by the dynasty's founding Emperor in the Hollow Realm. It relied on the Dragon Vein and the dynasty's karma for cultivation, overbearing and peerless. The founding Emperor once intimidated all the heroes under heaven with it.

Weakening the Dragon Vein and the dynasty's fortune meant reducing the power the Da Li Royal Family could draw from the Dragon Vein and dynasty's fortune, easing future pressure for the Esoteric Buddhism's entry into the Da Li Dynasty.

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