Chapter 1628 Buddha Son's Protection for Zhou Qing (Third Update)

Gui Cang is now the designated Buddha Son of Jiyuan Temple, cultivating the highest Buddhist Divine Techniques of the temple.

Even as early as the Divinity Transformation Realm, he had already cultivated the profound “Demon-Suppressing Golden Bone” to perfection.

It must be known, “Demon-Suppressing Golden Bone” is one of the temple’s ultimate skills.

Even today’s Abbot Ku E and Master Kudi only succeeded in cultivating it at the Spirit Severing Realm.

Even I acquired it through the [Corpse-Touching Sticker].

Yet Gui Cang managed to cultivate it early on, demonstrating his high spirituality and solid foundation.

With such an identity, inheriting the position of the abbot of Jiyuan Temple in the future is a foregone conclusion.

Coupled with the terrifying and jaw-dropping talent for cultivation and the secret care of several reclusive Supreme Realm Ancient Buddhas in the temple.

Who in the entire Nanhuang State would dare risk offending Jiyuan Temple to parasitize such a promising Buddha Son?

In the next instant, Zhou Qing suddenly had a flash of Spiritual Light in his mind.

All the details related to Gui Cang and Jiyuan Temple in the past now clearly appeared in his mind, connecting into a complete clue.

He suddenly realized something, no wonder Gui Cang was so cold and distant towards him when he went to Jiyuan Temple years ago.

It wasn’t that Gui Cang didn’t remember their old ties, but he was afraid!

Afraid that the person parasitizing within him would notice their connection and mercilessly kill him!

Yet, he had once saved Gui Cang and his mother, a debt he couldn’t ignore.

So he secretly used the little autonomy he had left to give him a thousand precious Top-Grade Wood Attribute Spirit Stones.

As for the initial suggestion that the temple was holding an opening ceremony, and hoped he would stay for a few days, it probably wasn’t Gui Cang’s intention but the parasite’s probe!

The other might have wanted to take advantage of keeping him to investigate his details.

But soon after, he suddenly changed his words, saying he needed to retreat for meditation, and hastily sent him away.

That was Gui Cang’s decision made with all his might after fighting against the parasite’s consciousness!

He wanted to send Zhou Qing away before the parasite completely took over, to prevent him from falling into danger.

Thinking of this, Zhou Qing felt even more heaviness in his heart.

To this day, the parasite still hasn’t fully taken over Gui Cang and instead has given him a certain degree of autonomy in his thoughts.

This is not because the parasite’s abilities are insufficient, but because the other has a larger scheme or is bound by some kind of limitation!

But since Gui Cang still retains some autonomy in his thoughts, he has never sought help from anyone, and can even freely enter and exit Jiyuan Temple to come to Third Tail to find him.

This can only indicate that the power of the parasite is too terrifying.

Gui Cang is very clear that even if he seeks help from the temple’s elders, no one would be able to contend with the parasite, and it might even implicate more people.

He has no hope in anyone and can only seek a glimmer of hope in despair.

And this glimmer of hope is himself, the “dad” with a past connection and possessing Inscription-level Divine Techniques.

So who is the person who can achieve this level of secrecy, can infiltrate Jiyuan Temple, parasitize in the Buddha Son’s body, and have enough power in the temple to cover up the truth?

The first name that flashed in Zhou Qing’s mind was the current abbot of Jiyuan Temple – Master Ku E, who is Master Kudi’s senior brother!

Though Zhou Qing has never seen this abbot in person, he has already pieced together a profile of this person from information heard in the past.

According to what Venerable Jue Ming said earlier, Abbot Ku E was the previous Buddha Son of Jiyuan Temple.

To smoothly inherit the position of abbot from a Buddha Son, his cultivation and scheming must surpass ordinary people.

More crucially, Jiyuan Temple has an unspoken rule: Only after the sitting Buddha Son has passed away can a new Buddha Son be born.

And the direction for the birth of the new Buddha Son is pointed out by the previous Buddha Son before dying, and the temple’s venerables go to find them.

This rule has now become the biggest doubt—Gui Cang can become the new Buddha Son, meaning the previous Buddha Son has already passed away, but the previous Buddha Son is Ku E!

If he has passed away, how can he become the current abbot?

This is inherently contradictory.

Furthermore, what chills him further is the scene that he and Han Yi saw simulated years ago in the Divine Ruins Celestial Palace.

At that time, they saw Master Kudi’s desiccated corpse, being besieged and suppressed by the temple’s five venerables: Jue Chen, Jue Jing, Jue Ming, Jue Yuan, and Jue Zhen.

Master Kudi’s lips were constantly whispering vaguely, repeating “Buddha Beads… must not leave the temple… must not…”

In the end, he used his last ounce of strength to shout “Ku E, you’ve entered a demonic path, you are destined to fail!”

Then he activated the demonic Inscription Divine Techniques to fight against the five venerables with all his might.

And the response of the five venerables at that time, in retrospect, is even more intriguing.

They said that the abbot (that is Ku E) was right, stating that Kudi has entered the demonic path, and they were to take something from him back.

“Something…” Zhou Qing murmured in his heart.

What exactly is Ku E trying to take from Kudi?

And what does the “Buddha Beads must not leave the temple” refer to?

Considering Gui Cang’s parasitic situation, could it be related to the “Buddha Son heritage” artifact?

Or is it the key to help Ku E stabilize his demonic path and completely control Gui Cang’s body?

Master Kudi fled Jiyuan Temple back then, probably not because he entered a demonic path, but because he discovered the truth about Ku E’s demonic path, and was bitten back by Ku E, tagged with the “demonic path” accusation and hunted!

And Gui Cang, from the moment he became Buddha Son, became Ku E’s target.

Ku E might be trying to use the pure spiritual nature of the new Buddha Son to suppress his own demonic nature, even to achieve a Secret Technique of possession and rebirth!

More crucially, by then, Gui Cang had already been brought back to Jiyuan Temple by Venerables Jue Ming and Kong Chan, becoming the new Buddha Son.

According to the temple’s rule “after the previous Buddha Son passes away, a new Buddha Son can be born,” Gui Cang’s smooth rise as Buddha Son should mean the previous Buddha Son Ku E has passed away.

But from the confrontation in the Divine Ruins Celestial Palace, it’s clear Ku E hasn’t passed away and could give orders as the abbot to have the five venerables besiege Kudi.

This sufficiently shows that Ku E was never truly deceased but faked death or hid his whereabouts.

The so-called “passing away” is merely a lie fabricated by him to support the new Buddha Son and cover up his own demonic nature!

The more Zhou Qing thinks, the more startled he becomes, though he still hasn’t fully clarified who is the real demonized one between Kudi and Ku E, the two brothers.

But just looking at Ku E’s defiance of temple rules and concealment of life and death, it shows deep scheming, far from being as righteous as he appears.

If what Master Kudi roared years ago at Ku E, “You’ve entered a demonic path,” is true, then an abbot swallowed by demonic nature, to achieve his aims, can indeed do anything.

Parasitizing Buddha Sons, chasing down fellow monks, altering temple rules, even at the cost of sacrificing the entire Jiyuan Temple’s reputation, they all might become his pawns.

“Dad!” As Zhou Qing was quickly sorting through the clues in his mind, feeling unsettled, Gui Cang’s voice pulled him back to reality.

Zhou Qing took a deep breath, suppressed the turmoil in his heart, and looked up at Gui Cang.

His tone returned to calm: “You just said you need my help, what exactly do you want my help with?”