Lingxu, Sword Coffin, Blind Swordsman

“Very well, since Benefactor wishes to discuss Buddhist teachings with me, I shall discuss them with Benefactor!”

Li Guanqi placed his sword horizontally across his knees.

He looked at the young monk and said softly.

“All things in this world have spirits. Plants, trees, goblins, and mountain demons are favored by heaven and earth, opening their minds and entering the path of immortality. They are all like blank sheets of paper, with good and evil yet to be distinguished!”

Huiyuan's expression was solemn, his voice firm.

“A demon is a demon, and its nature will not change.”

“If you are merciful to them, you will only be raising a tiger to cause future trouble!”

Li Guanqi gently shook his head, his tone peaceful but with an undeniable power.

“Venerable monk, you are mistaken. The Buddha said that all beings are equal. Demons are also one of the beings, so how can there be superior or inferior?”

“Moreover, there is good and evil among demons, how can they be generalized?”

“If Venerable Monk thinks this way, then from the beginning, you shouldn't have used the Golden Lotus to discern good and evil against me!”

“Seeing that my karma is heavy with sin, you should have directly killed me!!”

Li Guanqi's speed of speech was extremely fast, even bluntly saying that Huiyuan's subjective consciousness was too strong.

Huiyuan opened his mouth with a calm expression.

“The Buddha's saying that all beings are equal is true.”

“However, although all beings are equal, their karma is different.”

“Demons are demons in this life due to the karma of their previous lives. Their behavior is mostly driven by karmic forces, unlike humans who are easily taught.”

“Exterminating demons and eliminating evil is also in accordance with karma, preventing the continuation of evil deeds. This is great compassion!”

Before Li Guanqi could retort, Huiyuan frowned and continued to speak.

Huiyuan frowned, retorting: “The nature of demons is difficult to tame. Even if they don't kill for a while, they will eventually reveal their true nature!!”

Having debated until now, Li Guanqi already understood the stubbornness of the young monk before him.

Continuing the debate was meaningless.

The other party always firmly believed that he was right, and wanting to persuade him was as difficult as ascending to heaven.

Li Guanqi stood up and slowly bent down.

A pair of eyes slowly approached Huiyuan.

Staring straight into the other's eyes filled with blood clots, he said softly.

“You… are not as perceptive as even a blind man like me.”

Li Guanqi got up, turned his back to Huiyuan, and sighed with some emotion.

“You have strong cultivation and profound Buddhist teachings, and you can open your Buddha eyes with secret methods.”

“But I still want to say to you.”

“Truly open your eyes and look at this world.”

“Go and see humanity, go and see people's hearts.”

“Where I grew up, there is an old saying, 'A gentleman judges by actions, not by intentions.'”

“Don't… kill the innocent because of prejudice.”

Li Guanqi's voice was very sincere, and even Huiyuan couldn't help but feel a tremor in his heart upon hearing these words.

Looking at Li Guanqi's disappearing back, he seemed lost in thought.

He covered his eyes with both hands and murmured in a low voice.

“Truly… open my eyes…”

Space rippled, and Pengluo and Pi Ritian each lay on Li Guanqi's shoulders.

Little Bone was lying on top of Li Guanqi's head.

The wind howled, and Pengluo picked his nostrils and muttered.

“I don't like this little monk.”

Pi Ritian also nodded like a pecking chicken and said.

“That's right, I don't like him either!”

Squeak!

Little Bone also sent out an angry sound.

Li Guanqi smiled slightly, looked up at the night sky and murmured.

“This little monk's Buddhist teachings are extremely profound, but he is too biased.”

“Perhaps… his elders let him enter the world to experience it because of this.”

“Otherwise, with his Buddhist affinity, his cultivation realm would probably be more than just the fifth level of True Immortal Realm.”

However, Li Guanqi didn't care anymore, he only hoped that this little monk could wake up in the future.

In the forest, Huiyuan sat in place for a long, long time.

Gradually, the little monk's aura gradually weakened a lot.

He kept recalling what Li Guanqi said in his mind.

Those words gave him a great touch.

If it were an ordinary cultivator who said these words to him, he would definitely not care.

But Li Guanqi was a person with extremely heavy karma.

There were not a few figures surging under that sea of blood. A rough glance could sense tens of thousands of figures.

Entangled in karma, he had never seen a person burdened with such heavy karma.

There was even a strange aura that prevented him from looking up.

However, it was such a person who used Buddhist teachings to discuss the Dao with him.

Finally, the words he said when he turned around and left touched him extremely.

Gradually, Huiyuan's eyelids became heavier and heavier, and he slowly closed his eyes.

The little monk got up, holding his Zen staff. Having lost his sight, he walked forward step by step like a blind man.

At this moment, Huiyuan sealed his eyes!!

Like a blind man who had just lost his sight, he groped and walked towards Bei Qingming.

The road was bumpy, but he had a sense of enlightenment he had never had before.

His state of mind became more open.

After a few more days, Huiyuan finally walked out of this mountain and felt the warm sunlight shining on his body.

“I regret not asking that benefactor's name.”

Since leaving the mountains, Li Guanqi had been rushing towards Bei Qingming without stopping.

After nearly two more months, Li Guanqi finally arrived at Bei Qingming.

Li Guanqi had rested twice along the way.

Whenever he thought of that little monk, he shook his head helplessly.

The reason he rested twice was once because Pengluo broke through to the second rank and second level.

Once because Pi Ritian broke through to the first rank and eighth level.

Li Guanqi could understand Pengluo, but Pi Ritian's breakthrough speed was very fast.

After Pengluo explained, Li Guanqi understood what was going on.

However, Little Bone had not increased his cultivation since breaking through to the second rank and fourth level.

This made Li Guanqi a little embarrassed.

It seems that he still needs to find some immortal mines for it when he has the opportunity.

“Big brother, I have broken through to the ninth level of Mysterious Immortal!”

“Hehe, second brother has also broken through to the seventh level of Heavenly Immortal now.”

Li Guanqi put down the jade slip and was sincerely happy for the two of them.

Holding the jade slip, he asked softly.

“You two have broken through your cultivation realm so quickly, didn't the sect leader notice anything?”

Gu Li was drawing a talisman while looking at Ye Feng, who was covered in blood and lying on the martial arts stage, with emotion.

“How could he not know?”

“That's right… second brother revealed a little of your previous thoughts to Old Sect Leader Qin.”

“Recently, Uncle Meng has been cultivating with us, and his cultivation realm has also been improving quite quickly.”

“However, I heard from Uncle Meng that if you want to re-refine this Nirvana Pagoda, I'm afraid you have to wait until he breaks through to the Heavenly Immortal Realm before you can try.”

Li Guanqi nodded silently. He didn't dare to let others know about this thing.

He could only trust Meng Jiangchu.

Gu Li's low murmur came from his ear.

“Big brother, Uncle Meng has been asking about sister-in-law these past two days, and I can't say anything…”

“Also, there are not enough immortal herbs in the Void Sky Bowl.”

The corner of Li Guanqi's mouth twitched.

“I'm not in the sect, what are you telling me for if it's not enough? Find the sect leader.”

“Oh right, if it really doesn't work, take some seal characters and go around the Floating Jade Immortal Sect. Qi Yu will definitely be willing to buy more!”

Gu Li sighed upon hearing this.

“Okay, I'll go around tomorrow. I'm a little embarrassed to fleece the old man.”

Li Guanqi smiled after putting down the jade slip.

Looking at the map, he was not far from the Qinglan Mountains that Hao Xu mentioned.