Ch. 2701..2710
The Pinnacle of Life Chapter 2701
This time, Ancestor Bodhi had completely piqued Alex’s curiosity. So, Alex asked, “That Rac… Who exactly is she?”
Ancestor Bodhi shook his head. “I can’t say! I can’t say!”
Afterward, he was filled with a fighting spirit. “This is probably the will of the Western Paradise, leaving a chance for our Buddhism. Brat, what are you waiting for? I’ll send you to Dairaionji Temple right now. Remember, my real body is at the Heart Mountain behind it. When the time comes, you…”
Ancestor Bodhi whispered to Alex, telling him the key secrets of his actual body.
Alex nodded.
“Good brat, the revival of the Western Paradise’s Buddhist realm will depend on you.”
Alex smiled. Having a vague concept about the Buddhism of Western Paradise, he had done everything just to save his father.
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Whoosh!
With their heads faced down, Ancestor Bodhi grabbed Alex and burrowed into the ground.
“The underground air isn’t good, and there’s a strong earthen stench, so you’ll have to endure it for a bit,” Ancestor Bodhi reminded him.
After that, he told Alex again.
An ancient Buddhist battlefield was fought here at the forbidden area of Dairaionji Temple. Over a hundred bodhisattvas once died in bloody battles here, and many Buddhas met their demise… This place had inherited the residual ancient Buddhist fighting spirits. Hence, those evil demons that had a hold on Dairaionji Temple dared not enter this place, inadvertently sealing it up.
If Ancestor Bodhi hadn’t been able to burrow into the ground and break force fields, he wouldn’t have come to this place. In fact, he would have been refined a long time ago.
Soon, they arrived at the periphery of the ancient Buddhist battlefield. As expected, a force field engulfed the place.
Alex asked, “Do you want to try to break the seal open?”
Ancestor Bodhi hurriedly stopped him. “You mustn’t. If you break the seal, the evil demons inside can sense you. If I take you in, however, we’ll be unnoticed.”
At this stage, they had already consumed two whole hours.
Finally, Ancestor Bodhi successfully broke through the seal and entered it stealthily along with Alex. In an instant, Alex felt the strangeness of this realm. It contained Buddhist intent, yet it was filled with ludicrosity.
Faint demonic Chi was flowing, invisible, and matterless. As expected, it did not look like a Buddhist Nirvana at all.
This place had been corrupted.
“Leave. Quickly!”
Ancestor Bodhi pulled Alex and rapidly burrowed into the ground. The moment they came in, Alex could also sense that they were almost discovered.
Soon, two people came over, monks.
Alex activated the X-ray vision of his divine eyes, and at a glance, he let out a gasp. The two men were not actual monks but two demons.
Their true identities were hairy, pitch-black bear demons, but each seemed to be carrying a monk’s body on their backs. When they turned around, they looked like kind Buddhist disciples, but they became hideous demons when they turned around again.
At that moment, the two fake monks showed their true faces and engaged in a discussion.
“Strange. I clearly felt an abnormal movement here just now. Why did I find nothing?”
“Hmph, you urchin. You must’ve become blind from all that drinking.”
“Perhaps I really am.”
“This is Dairaionji Temple. Who else can enter? It’s very safe! Go, go… Go take a leak! We’ll continue drinking later!”
Alex’s expression stiffened. ‘D*mn! Are they going to piss on our heads?!’
The Pinnacle of Life Chapter 2704
Being the spirit of the Ancestral Bodhi Tree, no one knew the tree better than Ancestor Bodhi himself. After all, both of them were mutually indispensable existences for countless epochs.
A mark, which the spirit could not erase, had long been left on the Ancestral Bodhi Tree.
“Om mani padme hum…”
It was an incantation to retrieve the Ancestral Bodhi Tree, by shrinking it.
Whoosh!
In that instant, the Ancestral Bodhi Tree shook, and the huge, boundless canopy trembled violently.
Alex looked at the rear, afraid that the demon that had just rushed down would come back. He would be in deep trouble when the time came. Fortunately, there were a lot of movements here, he was on a vast mountain, after all, so the distance was a little great, and it was not profoundly related.
But soon, Alex was shocked. Not only was the Ancestral Bodhi Tree moving, but the Heart Mountain underneath moved as well.
Boom! Boom!
The sound it emitted was simply earth-shattering, like rolling thunder.
The entire mountain shook to the point Alex almost lost his footing.
Immediately afterward, Dairaionji Temple at the foot of the Heart Mountain trembled as well.
‘D*mn! It’s starting to get serious!’ Alex’s face was ashen.
He knew he had overlooked one thing. The Ancestral Bodhi Tree had been growing at the Heart Mountain for countless billions of years, its tree roots probably long penetrated the entire Heart Mountain, wrapping itself around it. Hence, when the tree moved, the mountain would also follow suit.
At this moment, everyone at Dairaionji Temple was alarmed. The commotion caused by the Heart Mountain and the Ancestral Bodhi Tree was simply too great.
Everyone ran out and looked at the Heart Mountain.
“What’s up? What’s up?”
“Did Master finally succeed in the Soul Planting and refining the Ancestral Bod hi Tree?”
“What magnificent momentum! The entire Heart Mountain is shaking, and the Ancestral Bodhi Tree is trembling. As expected of our Master, he is invincible… The number one in the world.”
When the crowd of demons walked out and saw the commotion at the Heart Mountain, not only were they not worried, but they were actually filled with shock and adoration. They thought that it was a commotion caused by their master. Indeed, he was a peerless noble for lifting such a sacred mountain and Buddhist tree.
The next second, they even saw the Ancestral Bodhi Tree emitting a dazzling glow. Therefore, the demons became more excited.
They shouted one after another…
“Master is mighty!”
“Master reigns over the Western Paradise!”
“Master unifies the universe!”
All of them were demons, and they emitted deafening voices. They even stared intently in the direction of the Heart Mountain. Then, in the next moment, under the gaze of everyone, a stream of light suddenly surged toward the Ancestral Bodhi Tree, along with the Heart Mountain. Afterward… They vanished.
The gigantic mountain and a huge tree could actually disappear into thin air.
The demons at Dairaionji Temple froze for a moment, but they immediately cheered after.
Just then, a 16.4 foot tall man covered in golden holy light, whose image once resembled the Buddha, walked out of the shrine of Dairaionj i Temple… A halo behind his head shrouded his face, and his facial features were unclear. Nonetheless, he looked extremely steady and patient.
“Master is here!”
“All hail Master!”
The crowd of demons shouted.
It turned out that this great demon was now in control of Dairaionji Temple and claimed to be Lord Buddha.
Lord Buddha was still communicating with the divided soul earlier and did not come out. Moreover, the sounds outside were muted. At this moment, he slowly asked, “This place is Dairaionji Temple. You are set to become the pillars, bodhisattvas and Buddhas that would attain enlightenment in the future, yet you cause a stir and reveal your original demon forms. Where is the decency?”
Upon hearing that, the demons dared not make a sound. One by one, they all turned their backs and became monks with kind faces.
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If discovered, he would most likely die. When bypassing the shrine, Alex heard a mighty heartbeat.
Thump! Thump!
It did not belong to a human, it sounded dull, yet powerful. When it reached one’s ears, one could even feel heavy coercion, involuntarily wanting to worship it.
‘How powerful!’
Alex was shocked.
Fortunately, his physique had just undergone evolution at the Pool of Afterlife and had significantly improved, regardless of the mental body, physical body, and root bones. He didn’t use his Buddhist ability to prevent the great demon from waking up according to Ancestor Bodhi’s reminder, that great demon had a very sensitive Buddhist aura, and it would notice even a slight fluctuation.
Ten minutes later, he reached the Heart Mountain after bypassing Dairaionji Temple stealthily.
Soon, he saw the Ancestral Bodhi Tree’s natural body, one so enormous that it occupied almost half the mountain range. The entire Heart Mountain coupled with the Ancestral Bodhi Tree, looked like a large potted plant from a distance.
A tree had been raised on a mountain.
Lingering white mist and drifting spiritual energy filled the mountain, beaming with dazzling golden holy light. However, after careful inspection, Alex could tell that the golden holy light was fake.
It turned out to be some kind of demonic Chi… Ancestor Bodhi’s real body and his escape, corrupted by poison, indicated that the Ancestral Bodhi Tree had lost its original vital energy. After the remaining shell lost its essence, it would rot slowly and become unsalvagable.
Roar! Roar!
Alex heard furious roars from a distance. Then, curses carried over.
“Trash! All of you are trash!”
“Good-for-nothing… Unable to do anything right? What‘s the point of having trash like you people?!”
“Go to hell!”
Boom!
Alex was stunned. Who exactly had flown into a rage at the Heart Mountain?
The next second, he discovered a few demons, resembling the previous two demons with monks’ skin on their backs, rolling down the mountain. A demon was so close to Alex that it almost spotted him.
Then, he heard that guy at the Heart Mountain again in a more furious voice.
“What Ancestral Bodhi Tree? It’s simply trash!”
“How dare this kind of rotten tree call itself the number one Buddhist tree?! Bah!”
Alex moved some feets closer. He could clearly see movement at the Heart Mountain without activating the divine eyes. A phantom of a soul was constantly circling around the Ancestral Bodhi Tree… Meanwhile, the Ancestral Bodhi Tree’s real body was in a terrible state. It was sick, with more than half of its leaves yellow. With the ground full of withered leaves, it looked as if its days were numbered.
The phantom’s emotions were in an agitated state.
Alex quickly guessed that a soul had been generated after Soul Planting was cast inside the Ancestral Bodhi Tree.
To his surprise, that soul’s body could detach itself from the Ancestral Bodhi Tree and roam freely outside. It even possessed combat power so powerful it drove away other demons like rolling balls.
“What do I need you for? What do I need you for?”
The soul’s phantom smacked the Ancestral Bodhi Tree repeatedly.
Countless withered leaves on the Ancestral Bodhi Tree fell off one after another.
“Hmph! What a broken tree! I’ll come back and deal with you later!”
“If you don’t cooperate, I’ll burn you down! ”
The phantom looked furious. It unexpectedly left the ancestral Bodhi Tree’s range and rushed down the Heart Mountain.
Alex was shocked.
Could he have been discovered?
However, he soon discovered that the phantom was heading directly to the shrine of Dairaionji Temple.
‘Good chance!’
Alex seized the opportunity. He directly teleported to the Heart Mountain and retrieved the Ancestral Bodhi Tree using the method Ancestor Bodhi had taught him!
“Om mani padme hum! Retrieve!”
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“Hey. They’re going to piss on our heads! Are you going to endure it?” Alex said to a curled up and constipated looking Ancestor Bodhi beside him.
Ancestor Bodhi replied to him via telepathy, “I don’t mind. I’m a tree, so there must’ve been more than a few demons that had pooped and peed on me? They are all just nutrients… I even have to thank them.”
“F*ck..!”
With his X-ray vision, Alex saw that the two demons had already pulled out their junk and were ready to start peeing.
How could he endure that?
Was he not afraid of horrible luck?
Seeing Alex about to make a move, Ancestor Bodhi immediately stopped him.
“Forget it. It is much easier to resolve conflict with compromise. If you keep acting this way, you’ll easily trigger an unforeseen event.”
Alex glared at Ancestor Bodhi. How could he allow that?
Was he asking him to submit to humiliation?
Absolutely not!
A real man would know that some things must never be done. If the news about someone peeing on his head were to reach the ears of women and children, what dignity would he still have?
If brute force was out of the question, then…
He fished out The Boundless Buddhist Creature, a book he had found at Grand Bodhisattva’s residence. An extraordinary text, it had the ability to capture mythical creatures. Alex believed that the two bear demons before him couldn’t possibly be more powerful than mythical creatures, so capturing them shouldn‘t be too much of a challenge.
The book had recognized Alex as his master when he acquired it, and it started to refine itself.
At this moment, it already had a mental picture of him. Time was of the essence, and Alex did not want to be peed all over his head. He flipped open the book and, with his mental strength, locked onto the two bear demons.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Alex felt a sinking at breakneck speed in the book. The two bear demons were absorbed into it.
“That fast?!”
Ancestor Bodhi was shocked as well. Looking at the book in Alex’s hand, his eyes widened in surprise. “Isn’t this The Boundless Buddhist Creature, a supreme Buddhist treasure? Why is it in your hands?”
“Someone gave it to me, ” replied Alex.
Thus, what else could Ancestor Bodhi say?
‘Someone gave you a treasure of such value?! You must be awesome!’
At that moment, Alex was mentally immersed in The Boundless Buddhist Creature. He could hear Buddhist songs and chants, including a potent mental interference-transcendence.
Alex knew when he acquired this book that it was equipped with a taming system and that the mythical creatures it captured could be tamed successfully in a very short time.
It was surprisingly efficient. However, Alex soon heard two horrible screams.
Then, The Boundless Buddhist Creature spat out the two demons, they had turned into badly mutilated corpses. Some of their remains even splashed on Alex.
Meanwhile, Ancestor Bodhi was unscathed even after recklessly burrowing into the ground and avoiding them.
“F*ck!” Alex cursed. ‘What’s going on?’
Why didn’t it work?’
With a smile, Ancestor Bodhi whispered, “You’re confused, aren’t you? Why don’t you think about what kind of existence The Boundless Buddhist Creature is? How could it have an eye on such little demons? Such little demons are the epitome of blasphemy against The Boundless Buddhist Creature!”
“It can’t be, can it? It even picks targets and can’t devour them if they aren’t mythical creatures?” Alex gasped.
Ancestor Bodhi nodded. “Of course, how could such trash be worthy of The Boundless Buddhist Creature?”
Alex helplessly shrugged.
‘Alright, I underestimated the book, I suppose.’
After that, Ancestor Bodhi traveled underground with Alex again. They saw a towering shrine covered in golden light, the real Dairaionji Temple. The Heart Mountain was behind the shrine.
Ancestor Bodhi pointed at the Heart Mountain and said, “I can’t go over there anymore, so you can only rely on yourself for the rest. I’ll be waiting for you here. When the time comes, I’ll take you out.”
“Alright!”
Alex proceeded cautiously, not daring to get too close to Dairaionji Temple.
According to Ancestor Bodhi, having disguised himself as Lord Buddha, the great demon was now living inside Dairaionji Temple with impunity.
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Being the spirit of the Ancestral Bodhi Tree, no one knew the tree better than Ancestor Bodhi himself. After all, both of them were mutually indispensable existences for countless epochs.
A mark, which the spirit could not erase, had long been left on the Ancestral Bodhi Tree.
“Om mani padme hum…”
It was an incantation to retrieve the Ancestral Bodhi Tree, by shrinking it.
Whoosh!
In that instant, the Ancestral Bodhi Tree shook, and the huge, boundless canopy trembled violently.
Alex looked at the rear, afraid that the demon that had just rushed down would come back. He would be in deep trouble when the time came. Fortunately, there were a lot of movements here, he was on a vast mountain, after all, so the distance was a little great, and it was not profoundly related.
But soon, Alex was shocked. Not only was the Ancestral Bodhi Tree moving, but the Heart Mountain underneath moved as well.
Boom! Boom!
The sound it emitted was simply earth-shattering, like rolling thunder.
The entire mountain shook to the point Alex almost lost his footing.
Immediately afterward, Dairaionji Temple at the foot of the Heart Mountain trembled as well.
‘D*mn! It’s starting to get serious!’ Alex’s face was ashen.
He knew he had overlooked one thing. The Ancestral Bodhi Tree had been growing at the Heart Mountain for countless billions of years, its tree roots probably long penetrated the entire Heart Mountain, wrapping itself around it. Hence, when the tree moved, the mountain would also follow suit.
At this moment, everyone at Dairaionji Temple was alarmed. The commotion caused by the Heart Mountain and the Ancestral Bodhi Tree was simply too great.
Everyone ran out and looked at the Heart Mountain.
“What’s up? What’s up?”
“Did Master finally succeed in the Soul Planting and refining the Ancestral Bod hi Tree?”
“What magnificent momentum! The entire Heart Mountain is shaking, and the Ancestral Bodhi Tree is trembling. As expected of our Master, he is invincible… The number one in the world.”
When the crowd of demons walked out and saw the commotion at the Heart Mountain, not only were they not worried, but they were actually filled with shock and adoration. They thought that it was a commotion caused by their master. Indeed, he was a peerless noble for lifting such a sacred mountain and Buddhist tree.
The next second, they even saw the Ancestral Bodhi Tree emitting a dazzling glow. Therefore, the demons became more excited.
They shouted one after another…
“Master is mighty!”
“Master reigns over the Western Paradise!”
“Master unifies the universe!”
All of them were demons, and they emitted deafening voices. They even stared intently in the direction of the Heart Mountain. Then, in the next moment, under the gaze of everyone, a stream of light suddenly surged toward the Ancestral Bodhi Tree, along with the Heart Mountain. Afterward… They vanished.
The gigantic mountain and a huge tree could actually disappear into thin air.
The demons at Dairaionji Temple froze for a moment, but they immediately cheered after.
Just then, a 16.4 foot tall man covered in golden holy light, whose image once resembled the Buddha, walked out of the shrine of Dairaionj i Temple… A halo behind his head shrouded his face, and his facial features were unclear. Nonetheless, he looked extremely steady and patient.
“Master is here!”
“All hail Master!”
The crowd of demons shouted.
It turned out that this great demon was now in control of Dairaionji Temple and claimed to be Lord Buddha.
Lord Buddha was still communicating with the divided soul earlier and did not come out. Moreover, the sounds outside were muted. At this moment, he slowly asked, “This place is Dairaionji Temple. You are set to become the pillars, bodhisattvas and Buddhas that would attain enlightenment in the future, yet you cause a stir and reveal your original demon forms. Where is the decency?”
Upon hearing that, the demons dared not make a sound. One by one, they all turned their backs and became monks with kind faces.
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“Bodhi, get your ass in here!”
“I know you’re here! Come out and meet me right now! You know my methods. If you dare to steal the Ancestral Bodhi Tree, I’ll definitely eradicate your Buddhism and destroy your orthodoxy so Buddhism will cease to exist in the universe!”
Lord Buddha could neither find the Ancestral Bodhi Tree nor any clues. He was so enraged that he almost cursed out loud. With a roar, he hoped to lure out Ancestor Bodhi with the scolding.
However, there was no response. There was nothing at all.
Lord Buddha searched the low lying ground for a full hour. Only then did he leave, helpless and disappointed. However, he was obviously on the verge of an outburst. Those little demons under him dared not even make a sound, fearing Lord Buddha would exterminate them if they said something slightly wrong or any of their actions unpleasing.
However, Alex could see outside from the Cleansing Vase. He came out of it only after confirming that Lord Buddha had left with many little demons to search elsewhere.
Looking at the Cleansing Vase hiding in a rock crevice, Alex involuntarily picked it up and placed it near his mouth before kissing it.
The situation earlier could be described as perilous. Undoubtedly, with his cultivation, Lord Buddha could easily defeat ten or so copies of him. He was a powerful man who could even drive Ancestor Bodhi away.
Once Lord Buddha discovered him or found out about the Cleansing Vase, it could only end up one way, something he didn‘t even have to think about.
Unexpectedly, although Lord Buddha’s divine sense covered the entire place, the Cleansing Vase deceived him right under his nose by underhanded means.
‘Is this really the Goddess of Mercy’s Cleansing Vase?’
‘I wonder if the Goddess of Mercy is still alive. If this really is your magical treasure, I’ll thank you in person next time!’
‘Now, just lend it to me for a few years!’
Alex was overjoyed. In the face of powerful enemies, such treasure would be a life-saving trump card.
He hurriedly put away the Cleansing Vase and wanted to stay here no longer. After quickly identifying a direction, he stealthily headed toward the position where Ancestor Bodhi was located. During the process, the Cleansing Vase played a significant role. It was simply an unrivaled divine artifact for infiltration. He would directly hide in the Cleansing Vase whenever a situation arose, and it proved effective every time.
Soon, he successfully met Ancestor Bodhi.
“How did it go? Did you obtain it?” Ancestor Bodhi asked.
“I have! Let’s leave!” Alex said.
However, Ancestor Bodhi couldn’t sense the Ancestral Bodhi Tree. The method he had told Alex about would drag the Ancestral Bodhi Tree into a dimensional space after it shrank. The dimensional space was under his control.
He could look at the scenes inside at any time. However… It was now empty! There was no thing inside at all!
“Wait! Wait!” Ancestor Bodhi hurriedly pulled Alex. “Where is it? Why can’t I see it? There’s nothing at all!”
“There is. The location has changed,” Alex answered.
“The location has changed?”
“Huh? Cut the crap. Lord Buddha is going crazy. If you wish to die here, feel free to dawdle.”
Ancestor Bodhi’s puerile eyes glowed with worldly wise light as he glanced at Alex. Finally, he looked toward the direction of Dairaionji Temple. Only then did he pull Alex and flee underground, leaving the territory of Dairaionji Temple rapidly.
After a while, they returned to the battlefield of ancient Buddhism. Ancestor Bodhi immediately asked, “Where is my real body?”
Alex pointed at his head. “It’s inside here.”
“Huh..?”
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Ancestor Bodhi was shocked. “How could that be?!”
“Don’t ask me. I don’t know either. This ancestral tree of yours is sly. It refuses to come out after entering my mind palace. I’m still worried if it’ll be root itself in my brain and germinate there.”
Ancestor Bodhi’s shock was beyond words. He did not believe Alex at all.
That was his real body with an inextricable connection to him. How could his real body go into someone else’s mind palace and settle down without his authorization?
“I want to go in and take a look!”
After Ancestor Bodhi said that, he directly rushed into Alex’s mind palace. However, he screamed and rushed out again in the next second before rolling on the ground. He looked wretched.
“What is inside your mind palace?” he screamed and clutched his head as if he was in pain.
“What are you talking about?” Alex asked.
“A ray of murderous light protected your mind palace and kicked me out right away.” Ancestor Bodhi seemed dejected yet furious. “But I saw my real body. Brat, how dare you plant my real body in your mind palace? As expected, you are simply malicious. Return the Ancestral Bodhi Tree to me right now.”
Alex instantly became helpless. “Do you think I want that? You’re the one who’s lingering around and refusing to leave! I couldn’t drive you away at all!”
As for that murderous light, Alex did not know what it was. He thought it was probably a self-defense mechanism of his soul consciousness.
Ancestor Bodhi, the wimpy brat in a birthday suit, pretended to be serious. He tilted his head and stared at Alex as he asked, “What on earth is inside your mind palace? I seemed to have seen… You even planted another tree inside. You are not about to turn your mind palace into an arboretum, are you?”
After a pause, he thought of something. “No! No. There must be something strange in your mind palace. Otherwise, the Ancestral Bodhi Tree would’ve long come out. What exactly is inside?”
“I’ll tell you after we leave this place.”
Despite the odds, Ancestor Bodhi shook his head. “I can send you away, but I have no means to stay away from Dairaionji Temple.”
“Why?”
“My roots are at the Heart Mountain. The Heart Mountain is my motherland, but it is also my shackle. Otherwise, I would’ve left this ancient Buddhist battlefield and gone to Siddhartha realm a long time ago.”
“You were talking about the Heart Mountain, right? No problem, then. Just follow me from now on. I won’t mistreat you.”
Ancestor Bodhi froze. “What do you mean?”
Alex replied, “The Heart Mountain is inside my mind palace as well.”
“Huh..?!”
Ancestor Bodhi was utterly stunned, wondering if he was dreaming. The Heart Mountain was a sacred mountain that had existed since the beginning of the world. It weighed billions of tonnes and had a diameter of 40 thousand feet.
Surprisingly, such a sacred mountain had settled in Alex’s mind palace.
Was he sure that he was not talking nonsense?
‘No. I have to see it again. I don’t believe him if I don’t take a good look at it.’
Ancestor Bodhi was well-prepared this time. He readied himself to confront that ray of murderous light in Alex’s mind palace as he had to see clearly the oddity in Alex’s mind palace at all costs. Unexpectedly, it went smoothly this time. That ray of murderous light did not appear, and he successfully entered Alex’s mind palace.
He saw his real body, And… Also the Heart Mountain. Then, he trembled all over…
“You… Brat. Brat, why do you have the Chaos Tree in your mind palace?!”
“And this… What is this? This is… The Heavenly Self-Renewing Soil!”
“Oh gosh! You aren’t the prehistoric heir, are you?”
Ancestor Bod hi felt his entire body trembling. Even he began to be envious of Alex, especially when faced with such a massive slab of self-renewing soil on the ground. He wanted to for himself so badly, but unfortunately, the Chaos Tree had long dominated the main position. The Heart Mountain only landed on the peripheral position before the ancestral Bodhi Tree’s turn.
“I’ve made up my mind. I’ll settle down in your mind palace from now on,” Ancestor Bodhi shamelessly said.
Alex said with a smile, “There’s no problem, of course, but remember to pay the rent.”
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Now that Alex had gotten his hands on the Ancestral Bodhi Tree, he wished clearly that he could immediately place William under the tree and suppress the Soul Planting’s progress by relying on the holy energy of the Ancestral Bodhi Tree.
Unfortunately, the Ancestral Bodhi Tree had been poisoned. Not only were its leaves withering from the declining life force, but its roots were blemished with toxicity. It was some sort of demonic poison.
Under current circumstances, placing William under the tree brought no benefit, but it would, in fact, harm him instead. Hence, he needed to cleanse the Ancestral Bodhi Tree first.
“Thankfully, you have the Heavenly Self-Renewing Soil and the Chaos Tree with you!” Ancestor Bodhi smiled joyfully. “With the assistance of these two sacred objects, there shouldn’t be any problem with the recovery of my real body.”
It was far more than recovery. It was evolution. Ancestor Bodhi wore the appearance of a three year old and cackled like a hen.
In that regard, Alex was not stingy either, sparing no effort to stabilize the level of Soul Planting in his father as quickly as he could.
With his soul being immersed in the mind palace, not only did he attract a tremendous amount of Chaos Chi and inject it in the Ancestral Bodhi Tree, but he even took out Yellow Obsidian Chi and used it. Ancestor Bodhi was exalted. Although he had lived for eons, he was restricted from moving freely, and he actually never got the chance to obtain that many heavenly treasures. He certainly knew about the Yellow Obsidian Chi, but such a sacred object could only be found serendipitously.
With the aid of those sacred objects coupled with divine power, Alex used the Ultimate Book of Medicine to remove the poison from the Ancestral Bodhi Tree, the effects were visible to the naked eye.
Three days later, the demonic attribute on the Ancestral Bodhi Tree vanished. Even the soul imprints left by Lord Buddha were all removed.
Alex asked, “Since Lord Buddha had cast Soul Planting on your real body, will the generated divided soul find you again?”
Ancestor Bodhi said with a smile, “So what if it finds me? I simply fell for that bast*rd elephant’s trick by accident. Perhaps you can ask it. Let’s see if it can poison me again, alright?”
Alex was delighted. “Then, can you stop the Soul Planting?”
However, Ancestor Bodhi shook his head and looked at him as he said, “I can only stop mine, while I can only temporarily stabilize the soul planted in your father. The specific issue will still depend on you. Your father will be safe after you find out the mastermind behind the scenes and destroy him. Moreover, you will benefit greatly.”
Ancestor Bodhi’s injuries were more severe, especially his spirit. He had even become a three year old kid. If Alex had not inadvertently come to the battlefield of ancient Buddhism and found him, he would have fallen into the demonic path over time, caused by the demonic poison and the inability to detoxify it.
Hence, he needed to merge with the real body again now. Then, he would recuperate here.
“How about this? Bring your father here. I’ll seal myself with him in the Ancestral Bodhi Tree when I’m in seclusion. In this way, I’ll be able to conceal the tracking of that caster. Consider it a rent for you,” Ancestor Bodhi said.
Alex looked at him. He was still satisfied with such a treatment. However, speaking of rent…
“Ahem. Sir, let’s not talk about the rent. But look, I saved you and your real body. I even helped you move the Heart Mountain over here. Let’s not talk about a great debt of gratitude. This in itself is a great merit. You are the everlasting Ancestral Bodhi Tree, and even the Buddha had to walk your path. So you should be expressing your heartfelt gratitude, right?”
Ancestor Bodhi lightly snorted. “I knew you had ulterior motives, but for the sake of Lady… Hey! Where is milady?”
Alex froze for a moment. “Milady?”
Ancestor Bodhi made eyes at him as he said, “L-lady Rachel.”
Obviously the deceitful Shelly, she had nonetheless turned into Lady Rachel in the blink of an eye. Turbulence stirred in Alex’s heart. How many identities did Shelly carry?
Ancestor Bodhi’s words did not seem exaggerated or hypocritical. If that were the case, it could only mean one thing, Shelly’s status was so lofty that she even surpassed the Ancestral Bodhi Tree.
Alex pointed at a small bridge not far away. “Over there!”
Ancestor Bodhi was astonished at that time. Never did he expect that the Starlord of the West would be next to him and even disguised herself as an ordinary looking small bridge.
The Pinnacle of Life Chapter 2709
His anxious and excited expression could not escape Alex’s eyes. At that time, he fell into a trance.
Finally, Ancestor Bodhi did not go to greet Shell, choosing not to bother her instead.
After Alex took William out of the Cleansing Vase, Ancestor Bodhi took two glances at him and directly took refuge in the Ancestral Bodhi Tree with him.
“Wait, sir! Wait a minute!”
“Where are the promised benefits?”
Alex’s voice caused Ancestor Bodhi to purse his lips. Eventually, he sent a divine sense to Alex and said, “The Ancestral Bodhi Tree is with you, so you will be benefitting a lot! You will eventually understand! In addition, I’ll give you the Earth Escape Technique as gratitude for saving my life.”
“What? Is this crappy Earth Escape Technique worth as much as your life? Sir, don’t you think your life is worthless?”
Ancestor Bodhi said, “You’re the one who thinks the Earth Escape Technique is worthless. This isn’t any ordinary technique. Combined with the Ancestral Bodhi Tree, you can reach any realm Bodhi roots are located.”
Alex was puzzled.
The Ancestral Bodhi Tree was located in his mind palace right now.
At best, its roots were in the mind palace, wasn’t it?
However, Ancestor Bodhi shook his head. “Bodhi is fundamentally not a tree, and the bright mirror has no stand. A world exists in every flower, and Bodhi is everywhere! Since I’ve passed the Earth Escape Technique’s key tricks to you, you’ll have to go out on your own now!”
After saying that, Ancestor Bodhi fell utterly silent. He didn’t respond no matter how Alex called out to him.
‘D*mn!’
‘Combining the Earth Escape Technique with the Ancestral Bodhi Tree?’
Alex sat on the ground, relaxed, studying the Earth Escape Technique. Now that William had the Ancestral Bodhi Tree’s protection, the load was off his shoulders, and he could concentrate on learning the Earth Escape Technique.
The study lasted for about a month.
Finally, he completely understood the fundamental trick of the Earth Escape Technique.
It was only after he finished studying it that he indeed discovered how omnipotent that ultimate skill was.
Speaking of the Earth Escape Technique, it was actually some spatial teleportation. By relying on the roots of the Ancestral Bodhi Tree rooted in various worlds, he could rapidly reach any place the roots were planted. The Bodhi Tree’s roots were at the Heart Mountain, acting as a hub to connect various worlds.
How awesome was that?
The Ancestral Bodhi Tree’s roots existed in many worlds. It was some sort of map. The thirty three worlds under Dairaionji Temple’s suppression, for instance, contained the mapping left behind by the Ancestral Bodhi Tree’s roots. Alex could directly enter it after using the Earth Escape Technique by following those mappings.
‘Not bad! Not bad!’
‘It’s much more powerful than I expected.’ Alex stood up and heaved a long sigh.
Within this month, he had sorted out his physical body and soul, and after emerging from the Underworld, his strength had significantly improved. Even he himself couldn’t figure out how strong he was now. With the aid of the Ten-Point Forbidden Spell, the path of advancement the average person had to take no longer applied to him.
He had turned into a bug-like existence.
‘Let’s go back!’
‘It’s time for me, Sir Rockefeller, to rise with the revival of America!’
He then activated the Earth Escape Technique.
Whoosh!
His body directly disappeared from the battlefield of ancient Buddhism.
The Pinnacle of Life Chapter 2710
Whoosh!
Alex used the Earth Escape Technique for the first time. Although he was extremely careful and followed the cultivation technique and incantation as accurately as possible, some specific issues still occurred.
He originally wanted to travel to the location before he entered this place using the Earth Escape Technique. The Ancestral Bodhi Tree once left a map over there as well.
However, when Alex’s head poked out of the ground after dispelling the Earth Escape Technique state, he noticed that the situation wasn’t right. What lay before him wasn’t the entrance that once was. Instead, it was a certain bedroom.
It was an enormous, exceptionally luxuriously decorated space. The bed alone had a width of 16.4 feet, and there was also a bathtub carved with jade in the room. He did not know whose bedroom it was.
‘It can’t be a room of some royal big shot, right?’ Alex was puzzled.
The Earth Escape Technique’s error was simply too severe. How could it get him into someone else’s bedroom?
More importantly, he was now located right smack in the middle of the giant bed.
‘D*mn! Can you stop making such jokes?’
‘Luckily, no one is on this bed. If a woman was sleeping here, or worse, if a man and woman were having intercourse here, wouldn’t it have been extremely embarrassing?’
Alex complained silently as his trust in Ancestor Bodhi declined.
At first, he was still confused. No matter how he used the Earth Escape Technique, he shouldn’t have landed on someone else’s bed. Then, he understood it. The bed below him was entirely carved out of jade.
Jade was part of the earth element. It happened to be a medium acceptable to the Earth Escape Technique.
Hence, Alex appeared directly on a jade bed. However, its sheet and quit weren’t materials the Earth Escape Technique could borrow as pathways. He naturally couldn’t pass through it and was thus covered underneath.
Alex immediately discovered that the bed below him was extraordinary and exuded immortal Chi. He took a closer look again. This bed turned out to be made of dragon crystal marrow!
Alex was shocked.
Who was so bold as to use such a large piece of dragon marrow to make a bed?
Could it have been a great ancient god?
Alex was about to just stand up after swiftly turning over the multi-colored bedsheet when he suddenly heard the sound of water splashing in the bathtub.
Alex’s heart skipped a beat. He froze all movements.
What crossed his eyes was a woman standing up in the bathtub. Her black hair reached her waist, her skin snow-white, and her body voluptuous and relatively broad in the beam…
However…
‘Huh-?
‘She actually has a tail.’
Alex was startled. The image of such beauty emerging from the shower was ruined thanks to that fluffy, fiery red tail.
‘A fox demon?’
Even Alex was astonished. How did he come into a fox demon’s room? More importantly, it happened when the female fox demon was coming out from the shower. Undoubtedly, the fox demon in human form was gorgeous, she sported a lanky and enchanting figure, absolutely surpassing the golden ratio bodies of modern models.
She stepped out of the bathtub, drenched and water trickling down her body. When she turned sideways, Alex caught a glimpse and saw an even more enticing image.
In an instant, Alex’s lips became slightly parched.
In the Underworld, everyone he sawwas a skeleton. Only Dorothy had the real physical body. However, Alex was a skeleton at that time. In such a situation, he was absolutely apathetic about feminine charm, or rather, his spirit was willing, but his flesh was weak.
Now, however…