Xia Yan took a step back.
"Whether Tathagata or the Emperor is greater, I do not know, but what are you?" Li Changzhou pointed his finger, and flames erupted violently, falling upon Tathagata's Golden Body.
Within the blazing inferno, Tathagata spoke again:
"The Emperor is the Human King, I am the Dharma King, for those who do not fear the law, heaven and earth shall punish and annihilate."
The flames slowly contracted into a Lotus Platform, lifting Tathagata's Golden Body, as rings of Buddha's light gradually emerged behind the head of the Golden Body.
The Golden Body became more and more lifelike, as if it were real human muscle.
Was the Buddha reviving?
Li Changzhou spread his palm open, and three thousand Instincts directly converged. "Tathagata" had not yet had time to change his expression and the Buddha's light behind his head was not yet fully formed when the Annihilation Divine Light had already been shot over.
Half a month of cultivation, combined with the Daoist Books he had read over these days, had not allowed Li Changzhou to make the three thousand Instincts non-conflicting and unleash their maximum power, but he had already managed to control the range, focusing the power that could be unleashed even more.
Boom!
The entire Buddhist Temple shook violently, and outside, the Golden Brick floor lifted like a carpet and exploded in the air.
A scorching pillar of light pierced through "Tathagata's Golden Body," shattered the roof, and slanted into the sky.
The sky trembled, and clouds silently tore apart a hole, casting down Heavenly Light.
No Identity Card.
Yang Qinglan tapped her Ruyi, and a booklet flew out, hovering in front of them, its first page automatically opening.
After reading it, Li Changzhou exclaimed, "So there's such a method."
"To become an Immortal, one must either be a genius, diligent, or very lucky. Those who seek Immortality could come up with any possible method," Yang Qinglan said.
The information booklet recorded that the one residing in this Buddhist Temple was none other than Yao Guangxiao, who had helped Zhu Di seize the throne.
According to history, he had died as early as 1418, which was 122 years ago.
In these 122 years, he had been hiding within the Imperial Palace, relying on the Dragon Vein he had borrowed from Zhu Di to perform magic briefly and set up a Formation.
The Emperor establishes honor and hierarchy with rituals to govern the world.
Outside of the temples, there is an order of seniority; within the temples, there is a distinction of rank.
And Yao Guangxiao, with the utmost disrespectful intent, set up the "Disrespectful Formation" to counter etiquette with disrespect, stealthily drawing traces of Dragon Vein within the Forbidden City day and night.
For a full 122 years, Yao Guangxiao even managed to barely use Buddha's Law and Daoist Skills within the Imperial Palace, and without the Players, he would be invincible in the Forbidden City, potentially able to become an Immortal in the future.
Unfortunately for him, the Players arrived, and it was Li Changzhou who came.
If Li Changzhou had come but not discovered him, given Yao Guangxiao's control over the Dragon Vein, it might have been uncertain who would seize the Dragon Vein to become Immortal on the day of the Lantern Festival.
"You see," Li Changzhou said somewhat proudly, "If I hadn't caused trouble and tried to mess with the Golden Crown, I would have eventually been ambushed by this Yao Guangxiao anyway."
"Isn't it because I reminded you that a Buddha Golden Body could be used as material?" When alone with Li Changzhou, Yang Qinglan was not about to let him off easily.
"That's true, the Tathagata of the Western Heaven, the Emperor of the Mortal World, none are as great as my Miss Yang!"
Yang Qinglan was about to say more when her gaze flicked toward the door of the temple; she gave Li Changzhou a look, signaling him to take her back.