Evil Master and Disciple

Chapter 1531 A Lie Made in Kind

As someone with experience, Linglong immediately noticed the unusual relationship between Fatty Yulong and Fairy Yuying.

However, Fatty Yulong was a seasoned veteran and did not panic when Linglong noticed something was wrong.

He smiled and said, "The matter of Senior Sister Yu Mian is just your personal grudge. Yu Ying is different. She has a demon that has been troubling her for more than two hundred years. If it cannot be resolved, it will have a great impact on her. So, have you resolved Junior Sister Yu Ying's demon?"

Linglong did not delve into the gossip between Fatty Yulong and Fairy Yuying.

She said calmly, "It should be untied by now."

"Should? It can't be 'should'. She's at a crucial moment in her breakthrough. If she doesn't get rid of her inner demons, she won't be able to enter the Transformation Realm at all. If she forces herself to break through, she might suffer a qi deviation."

Linglong said slowly, "I never imagined that my knife strike back then would cause her such great physical and psychological trauma..."

So Linglong recounted what she had said to Linglong before, including the matter of the Nine Profound Demon Star.

Yu Long, the fat man, was not as easily fooled as Yu Ying, who had never left her home for decades.

After listening to Linglong's words, Fatty Yulong pondered for a moment and said, "Linglong, are the inner demons that Junior Sister Yuying has been suffering all these years really caused by the Nine Profound Demon Star?"

"Of course not. The Nine Profound Demon Star does indeed contain a very large amount of Yin energy. Occasionally touching it will not have much impact on a person's mind. Moreover, for someone of Yu Ying's cultivation level, the impact on her would be negligible."

Only by truly refining the Nine Profound Demon Star can one's mind be affected, primarily by the entry of malevolent energy into the body, making one violent and bloodthirsty, unlike Yu Ying who is preoccupied with a past event.

Her inner demon stems from a knot in her heart, and only she herself can untie it.

I told her the reason was that she was on the Nine Mysterious Demon Star, and that I was just trying to guide her.

She now believes what I said, and she feels much lighter. It shouldn't be long before she stops having nightmares. That knife I stabbed her years ago will ultimately just be a memory, a recurring torment in her mind.

Upon hearing this, Fatty Yulong's expression turned somewhat solemn.

After some thought, he said, "Yes, what you did was right. Inner demons originate from within a person's heart, and can only be resolved by letting go of one's own obsessions. Others can only offer guidance from the sidelines. I hope Yuying can let go as soon as possible."

It must be said that Linglong's approach was ingenious.

She knew that the knife wound from back then had left Yu Ying with a deep psychological scar, and most people would be helpless in dealing with it. However, she was able to think of a way to help Yu Ying let go of this matter in a very short time after seeing the Nine Profound Demon Star.

She cleverly used the Yin energy contained within the Nine Mysterious Demon Star to fabricate a perfect and well-intentioned lie.

Although it was a lie, Fairy Yuying believed it without a doubt.

At least when she left the bamboo house, Linglong could see a relaxed expression on her face.

This shows that after Fairy Yuying learned from Linglong that her nightmares originated from the Nine Profound Demon Star, she was indeed much relieved.

Even the strongest inner demon will dissipate once the owner lets go of their obsession and finds peace.

at the same time.

A Buddhist site in the Tianyun Mountains.

On the mountainside, in an abandoned Buddhist temple.

This is a temple with a very clear Zen Buddhist lineage, named Tongyuan Temple.

This is the second Buddhist site that Ye Feng and his companions have visited today. It is more than a thousand miles away from the cave where the Holy Maiden Sect is located, and it is almost in the middle of the three thousand li Tianyun Mountain Range.

Tongyuan Temple is much smaller in scale than Fengji Nunnery, which we visited in the afternoon.

After some investigation, the all-knowing Ling Yunzhi uncovered the entire history of Tongyuan Temple.

Tongyuan Temple was built by the second wave of Buddhists who infiltrated Tianyun Mountain after the Jiazi Immortal Hunt. It is about 1,500 years old now.

Before Tongyuan Temple, there was a Taoist sect in this area called Qimiao Temple.

Back then, about a thousand people from the Seven Wonders Temple rushed to the aid of Mount Ling. After a fierce battle with the Celestial cultivators, the temple master was killed in battle, most of the elders were killed, and more than 90% of the disciples died.

In the end, only a little over fifty people returned alive.

Although these survivors held on tenaciously, the Seven Wonders Temple soon disappeared forever into the annals of history.

Tongyuan Temple was built on the original site of the Seven Wonders Temple of Buddhism, which was during the second wave of Buddhist infiltration.

As the Yunhai Sect gradually recovered its strength, although Tongyuan Temple was built, it was constantly suppressed and restrained by the Taoist sects of the Yunhai Sect and never developed.

At its peak, eight hundred years ago, the temple had more than seven hundred monks.

Until 350 years ago, when the Yunhai Sect had basically recovered from the war against immortals, the previous sect leader, Master Xuanfu, decided to launch a fierce campaign to eliminate Buddhism.

This was the strongest counterattack by the Yunhai Sect against the Buddhist forces in the Tianyun Mountains since the beginning of the Jiazi Immortal Hunt. Hundreds of Buddhist temples and monasteries were expelled during that period.

Tongyuan Temple is one of them.

Because this place has only been abandoned for a short time, the magical formations and barriers above the houses built by the monks of Tongyuan Temple back then have not yet expired.

Although Tongyuan Temple is now overgrown with weeds and looks desolate, most of the buildings are relatively well preserved, and there are almost no collapsed buildings.

Inside a grand hall, a bonfire illuminated a corner. Ling Yunzhi was referring to a map, explaining to Ye Feng and the others the righteous sects surrounding Tongyuan Temple, as well as its geographical location.

Ye Feng is not an arrogant person. He is very self-aware and knows very well that professional matters should be left to professionals.

So after listening to Ling Yunzhi's account, Ye Feng did not comment on the situation or express any of his own opinions. Instead, he looked at Chu Liunian sitting next to him.

He asked, "Xingyun, what do you think of this place?"

Chu Liunian did not state his judgment, but said, "I have a general understanding of the situation here. However, it was already dark when I arrived here, and I did not get a clear view of the terrain within a radius of several dozen miles. I need to wait until dawn tomorrow to get a clearer view of the surrounding environment before I can make a more accurate judgment on whether this place is suitable to become the new site of the Holy Maiden Sect."

Ye Feng hummed in agreement and said, "That's true. Let's end our work meeting here. We've spent the whole afternoon wandering around Tianyun Mountain, and everyone must be tired. Let's grab something to eat and then rest."

Ling Yunzhi rolled up the map, put it into his storage bracelet, and then took out some wine and a leg of lamb. After a simple preparation, he put the leg of lamb on the campfire to roast.