Chapter 2716 - 44: Always Replacing Old Charms with New Peachwood Talismans

"What? You want me to read books? And Buddhist classics at that?"

Chai Asi was on the verge of tears: "Supreme One, I’m mixing on the Taoist path, and now you want me to read books? If word gets out, other monsters will laugh at me. Do I not want any face?"

"Does slapping you silly give you face?"

Chai Asi started crying on the spot: "Supreme One! I’m toxic in all five aspects and commit all sorts of evil acts. I want to get married; the Chai family hasn’t left any descendants yet. I don’t want to become a monk!"

"I ask you to read Buddhist classics; it doesn’t mean you have to become a monk." The magnificent voice in the mirror was frustrated: "Almost every summiter learns extensively, realizing the truths of the world. I myself never loosened my grip on books and was diligent in my studies, which led to my achievements later on. You, this ignorant little monster, dare to slack off now?"

Chai Asi was scolded but still looked bitter: "Supreme One, it’s not that this little monster doesn’t want to learn. But I’ve heard that Buddhism preaches sudden enlightenment. Given my understanding, if I suddenly realize everything is empty and achieve enlightenment immediately, what about Yuan Xiaoqing? What about Zhu Lanruo?"

The magnificent Ancient God was almost amused: "Rest assured; my Buddha does not convert fools."

If it was that easy to achieve enlightenment, your Supreme One would have done it too! Forget about the strict rules; gaining power quickly and returning to reality is the real right path.

How many faces do you have, Chai Asi? Training up to now, barely having the strength of a monster soldier, and you want to attain enlightenment immediately?

Chai Asi looked dejected: "Supreme One, you told this little monster to only trust his sword and his Dao. I’m following the divine instructions diligently. I can’t believe in Buddha. If this little monster has to believe in something, I’d rather believe in you..."

The voice in the mirror said: "I want you to study the Buddha Scripture, understand the Buddhist view on the world, and enhance your path to becoming strong... It’s not about worship."

The magnificent Ancient God was so earnest, yet Chai Asi still wasn’t willing: "Is there a possibility... that I can become stronger without reading the Buddha Scripture?"

The magnificent Ancient God was angered: "Are you not listening to the words of this deity?"

Chai Asi had to be honest: "The main issue is that this little monster recognizes very few words. As for those Buddha Scriptures, the ones I understand I can’t afford, and the ones I can afford, I can’t understand... What to do?"

The demon clan always views itself as the ruler of the current world and favored by heaven and earth, thus the official language is Tao Language, official script is Taoist Text, hearing means understanding, and seeing means explanation.

This Dao is the Dao of the Great Dao; the Taoist Sect of the Human Race merely steals the name.

Yet Tao Language and Taoist Text ultimately require a certain level of cultivation to articulate.

Not all little monsters remain silent, as there’s also a unified demon language used for communication, although dialects vary widely among tribes and clans.

In regular writing, however, it’s a mishmash of chaos, without uniformity among tribes and clans... After all, the Taoist Text exists, the demon clan has natural Dao veins, which makes early growth relatively easy, so the upper levels of the demon clan see little need for uniformity in ordinary writing.

For Chai Asi, Taoist Text books are really expensive and out of reach. If the Supreme One forces him to read Buddhist teachings, he can only read the translated Buddha Scriptures in Canine Clan text, but he can’t recognize much of the Canine Clan text, and Buddha Scriptures are notoriously obscure and difficult.

The magnificent Ancient God comforted: "You just need to explore the history of Buddhist development, collect Buddhist literature, and for anything incomprehensible, I will teach you."

It seems learning Canine Clan text is essential... just to enrich one’s knowledge.

Why is it so exhausting being an Ancient God?

Someone Jiang dares not underestimate the Heavenly Will of the Monster Realm, even though he has made many preparations, developing Chai Asi, Yuan Laoxi, and Pig Dali in three different directions, he still can’t claim to rest easy.

Aside from existing strategies, he must actively seek the path of the sages.

He now vaguely feels that the reason he is being targeted by the Heavenly Will of the Monster Realm might be because of the Light of Human Dao he obtained at the Guanhe Platform as leader—although he doesn’t yet understand the purpose of the Light of Human Dao, as one of the rewards for the Yellow River Gathering’s leader, it is likely linked to the human race’s summit geniuses and the future of the human race.

Such a great being like the World Honored One, of course, was an exceptional genius when young, surely the Light of Human Dao would have shone upon him too. In other words, if the Monster Realm’s Heavenly Will targeting is related to the Light of Human Dao, then the World Honored One, who later achieved greatness, would only be targeted more heavily by the Monster Realm’s Heavenly Will...

At that time, the World Honored One did not have a human army confronting the demon clan, nor did he have so many strong human figures conducting interference and guidance against the demon clan.

But reflecting on the past now, the World Honored One of the time evidently succeeded in overcoming the Monster Realm’s Heavenly Will.

How did he achieve that?

Perhaps retracing history, we may find some clues.

He needs to see clearly. Compared to the current Buddhist sect, what changes have occurred in the Buddhist realm of the Monster Realm? What’s the history of the development and evolution of the Monster Realm Buddhism?

Even the timing of the World Honored One’s arrival in the Hell World, whether at the end of the Ancient Era or Middle Ancient, matters greatly. Of course, the earlier the time, the harder the challenge, and the more it can inspire him today.

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Among the three main forces galloping in the demon clan.

The magnificent Ancient God’s control over Chai Asi was the strongest, being closely followed. The control over Yuan Laoxi was also deep, through modeling as Six Desires Bodhisattva and Faceless God, plus the God Imprint Technique, complementing faith and interests.

Control over Pig Dali was the weakest, aside from the Frostwind divine seal, it was purely by organizational structure. Absorbing him into the nonexistent mysterious organization "Taiping Dao," providing certain rewards, establishing his sense of honor in slaying gods and evil.