Chapter 245
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Chapter 245: High-Quality Immortal Essence Stone Vein
In the Xumi Mountain Secret Realm.
Li Xiaojun’s figure suddenly appeared in the secret realm.
As soon as he entered the secret realm, Li Xiaojun quickly spread out his divine sense.
In the next moment, he cast an invisibility spell, making his body disappear from the spot.
Li Xiaojun discovered that he was standing on an altar inside a gigantic Buddhist tower.
Inside the tower, various beings were worshipping a towering golden statue of Buddha that was one hundred feet tall.
The golden statue had three eyes and eighteen arms, looking much like Avalokiteshvara.
Just as Li Xiaojun vanished, all the beings in the tower turned their attention to the altar.
It seemed that the altar had just been activated.
But why couldn’t they see anyone?
In the next moment, countless powerful divine senses scanned the area but could not perceive him.
At that moment, a bear-headed monster revealed a third eye on its forehead, and with a glance, it immediately locked onto Li Xiaojun.
“Human Race.”
Seeing Li Xiaojun, the black bear’s face showed an excited expression.
In the next moment, it cast a binding spell aimed at Li Xiaojun.
Realizing he had been exposed, Li Xiaojun knew he had to act quickly.
Without hesitating, he struck the wall of the Buddhist tower with his palm, blasting a hole through it, and then quickly made his escape.
At this sight, all the beings in the tower gasped in shock.
“Is this a Heavenly Immortal?”
The bear-headed monster that attacked first was drenched in cold sweat.
The Buddhist tower they inhabited had protections; even Earth Immortals found it hard to break through, and only a Heavenly Immortal could easily shatter the walls.
Some beings, not believing what they had seen, tried to attack the tower, only to discover that their strikes couldn’t breach the tower’s defenses.
“Quick, notify the Buddha Lords! A Heavenly Immortal from the Human Race has entered Xumi Heaven!”
Meanwhile, after Li Xiaojun had flown far away, he found a hidden spot to conceal himself.
He hadn’t expected that as soon as he entered the secret realm, the beings inside would notice him.
Although his divine sense could be shielded with the help of the system, his physical form could still be seen by the beings.
In the Buddhist tower, Li Xiaojun hadn’t been sure if there were stronger beings inside, so he chose the best strategy, which was to flee.
After leaving the tower, Li Xiaojun continued to observe with his divine sense. When he saw that no one from the tower chased after him, he finally felt a bit at ease.
Next, Li Xiaojun began to examine the situation inside the secret realm with his divine sense.
He discovered that this secret realm was a world where the Human Race and the beast tribe coexisted.
In this secret realm, the Human Race and beast tribe lived together in harmony.
Li Xiaojun furrowed his brows as he noticed that both the Human Race and the beast tribe worshipped a statue of Buddha in their homes or caves, spending most of their time each day in devotion.
Moreover, whether it was the Human Race or the beast tribe, their fervor during the worship was extreme, resembling that of zealots.
In the secret realm, Li Xiaojun also discovered some humans with secret realm marks on their foreheads; however, each of them wore a golden collar that constantly emitted a wave, preventing them from activating their secret realm marks to leave.
Li Xiaojun found that these marked individuals were imprisoned in various Buddhist towers, where Buddhist beings chanted scriptures, attempting to lead them to enlightenment.
Some of these individuals had indeed been enlightened and had become part of the Buddhist community.
Others were still struggling but seemed likely to be enlightened soon, eventually becoming Buddhists.
Seeing this situation, Li Xiaojun finally understood why people from Earth could not return after entering this secret realm.
That day, Li Xiaojun captured a Transformation stage beast tribe Buddhist practitioner.
Soul Searching!
Through forceful Soul Searching, Li Xiaojun quickly gained some understanding of the Xumi Mountain Secret Realm.
The Xumi Mountain Secret Realm, also known in Buddhism as Xumi Heaven, is a vast and boundless secret realm where both the Human Race and the beast tribe are required to worship two Great Buddhas, three Great Venerables, twelve Bodhisattvas, several Arhats, and other Venerables.
Buddha saints are figures that everyone must revere, and the choice of whom else to worship is determined by their sphere of influence.
For example, in the area where Li Xiaojun stayed, they primarily worshipped the Bodhisattva of Determination and Venerable Shanruo.
In Buddhism, Venerables are equivalent to Golden Immortals among cultivators, Arhats are Taiyi Golden Immortals, Bodhisattvas are Da Luo Golden Immortals, and Buddhas are Hunyuan Golden Immortals, essentially at the saint level.
As for Buddha Lords, they are akin to Primordial Supreme Golden Immortals, representing the sage level.
From the memories of this Transformation stage Buddhist practitioner, Li Xiaojun learned that the strongest figures in the Xumi Mountain Secret Realm were the three Venerables of the Golden Immortal realm: Venerable Shanruo, Venerable Yuankong, and Venerable Dushi.
Discovering the presence of these three Venerables within the memories of the captured practitioner, Li Xiaojun pondered whether he should leave the secret realm.
Originally, his purpose in this world was simply to spread positive energy. However, everyone here had been guided to enlightenment by Buddhism, and both men and women were loyal Buddhists.
If Li Xiaojun were to spread positive energy here, his descendants would forever become followers of Buddhism.
After careful consideration, Li Xiaojun decided against spreading positive energy here.
After all, there are plenty of secret realms, and he could go to other ones after leaving this place.
However, since he had come here, he thought he should at least take something back.
That day, Li Xiaojun conducted another Soul Searching on a Great Ascension stage Buddhist practitioner.
From the practitioner’s memories, Li Xiaojun learned that there were high-quality immortal essence stone veins in the Xumi Mountain Secret Realm.
Upon discovering this information, Li Xiaojun felt he had to seize the opportunity.
By absorbing low-quality immortal essence stones, Li Xiaojun would need a hundred thousand years to upgrade the system.
Last time, his eldest daughter, Li Yuting, brought him some medium-quality immortal essence stones from a medium-quality essence stone mine, which significantly increased the speed at which he absorbed energy values by a hundred times.
Even so, it would still take ten thousand years to upgrade the system.
However, if he had high-quality immortal essence stones, he could upgrade the system in just one or two hundred years.
Thus, even for the sake of a quicker upgrade, Li Xiaojun needed to obtain at least one billion high-quality immortal essence stones.
In the Xumi Mountain Secret Realm, Li Xiaojun flew in one direction at the speed of light.
According to the Soul Searching, the vein of high-quality immortal essence stones was located at the center of Xumi Mountain.
A month later, while flying and capturing Buddhist practitioners for Soul Searching, Li Xiaojun finally pinpointed the location of the high-quality immortal essence stone vein.
However, upon arriving, Li Xiaojun learned that a Golden Immortal realm Buddhist practitioner was stationed there.
This situation left Li Xiaojun feeling a bit helpless.
A Golden Immortal is three major stages above him, and he didn’t dare to act recklessly under the eyes of a Golden Immortal.
This was akin to a Transformation stage cultivator not daring to act in front of a Tribulation stage great emperor.
Nonetheless, this showed that high-quality immortal essence stones were also highly significant to practitioners of the Golden Immortal realm.
