Yang Yitian and Qi Zhiheng went to the abbot's meditation room, but did not see Abbot Wuxin. They only saw Abbot Wuxin after entering.

"That young monk is truly worthy of being a Buddhist disciple. Sitting next to the old monk, he looks more like a Buddhist than the abbot."

Qi Zhiheng nodded slightly: "Perhaps this is what is meant by having innate wisdom."

Although Abbot Wuxin possessed profound understanding of Buddhist teachings, he did not have a single type of spiritual root. In Buddhist practice, aside from spiritual roots, aptitude is not the primary consideration; rather, understanding is. Puci, on the other hand, far surpassed Wuxin in terms of aptitude, making him radiate Buddhist light from head to toe.

However, this is only the situation in the early stages. If he takes a different path in the future or achieves success in his cultivation and is able to restrain his brilliance, it will probably not feel like this now.

Wuxin was one of the key figures in this Buddhist and Taoist lecture series. He stood up, first welcomed the guests who had come from afar, and then began to talk about Buddhist stories, starting with a Buddhist scripture. He then talked about the origins of Buddhist and Taoist magic.

Although Yang Yitian was listening, he didn't understand it very well. He could only understand the origins of some Buddhist and Taoist techniques, but he didn't know the reasons behind them.

Qi Zhiheng was initially worried that these Buddhist sermons would take too long, but as he listened, he became more and more engrossed in them.

Wu Xin knew that there were many Taoist practitioners present, and when he talked about Buddhist scriptures and Taoist methods, he always started from the simple and easy-to-understand aspects. Qi Zhiheng had just received a lot of Buddhist scriptures from Wu Xin a few days ago, so he could understand about 90% of the Taoist methods that Wu Xin was talking about now.

The explanation of enlightenment progressed from simple to complex, and Qi Zhiheng became completely absorbed in it without even realizing it.

After calling Qi Zhiheng twice without receiving a response, Yang Yitian knew that Qi Zhiheng had probably heard him. He thought to himself, "This guy really has talent; he's quite different from someone with my ice spirit root."

He sighed. Originally, there were people who would chat with him telepathically, but now there were no one left to chat with. There were quite a few disciples around, but he didn't trust their soul power. He was afraid that if they all sent him a telepathic message together, someone with higher soul power would overhear it.

Once Wuxin began to expound on the Dao, eight days would pass.

Yang Yitian felt as if he were sitting on pins and needles while sitting on the futon. His buttocks kept shifting. It wasn't that he hadn't sat for this long before, but those were all during meditation and cultivation. Even if several months passed, he didn't feel the passage of time this long, so he didn't feel this uncomfortable. He thought to himself that this was probably what they called being unrelated to Buddhism.

Qi Zhiheng gained a lot from this exchange of Buddhist teachings, and light-attribute spiritual energy kept drilling into him.

As spiritual energy gathered more and more in his dantian, Qi Zhiheng converted this spiritual energy into cultivation, thus entering the path of Buddhist cultivation.

There are some tricks to this light-attribute spiritual energy. For example, when other spiritual energies are absorbed by Qi Zhiheng, they will be transformed into gray mist. Gray mist can transform itself into spiritual power of various attributes, just like fire spiritual power can be transformed into water-attribute spiritual power for use.

However, the spiritual power of this Buddha light is somewhat difficult to convert. Light spiritual energy can be converted, but its power will be greatly reduced. Just like the light attribute spiritual artifacts brought by Qi Zhiheng, before they were used by Buddhist cultivators, those spiritual artifacts were spiritual artifacts without Buddha nature, and their power would be many times weaker when used. This is also the reason why Que Hanhai had to send the spiritual artifacts to Wuchen Temple.

Seeing that Qi Zhiheng had come back to his senses from the Buddhist scriptures, Yang Yitian nudged his arm and said, "Are you really going to become a monk?"

Qi Zhiheng said, “There’s no harm in learning more Buddhist teachings. Others are more suited to cultivating a single spiritual root, but I’m different. I originally needed to absorb light attribute spiritual energy. Before, light attribute spiritual energy was just for show. Now that I can cultivate my light spiritual root to be more useful, that’s not bad.”

Yang Yitian: That makes so much sense, I can't argue with that!

Yang Yitian added, "I thought this lecture would last a long time, but it was over in just a few days."

Qi Zhiheng smiled but said nothing.

Yang Yitian: "...Why do I feel like you're mocking me?"

Qi Zhiheng immediately denied it: "No!"

Yang Yitian was about to say something when he was interrupted again.

Now he understood the meaning behind Qi Zhiheng's smile. After Wuxin finished explaining Buddhist and Taoist theories, another monk began lecturing on Buddhist scriptures. With so many enlightened monks present, it seemed that one would finish speaking before another began, and so on—it might really take a year or two!

Having covered the basics, this time the content will be more advanced.

Yang Yitian, who thought he could finally get rid of his worries, thought, "..." His butt started itching again.

Qi Zhiheng was once again immersed in the other person's sermon.

Yang Yitian was somewhat disheartened. Even his husband had betrayed him, and he was afraid he had no way out. He already regretted coming along.

This sermon wasn't as long as Yang Yitian had imagined (one or two years), nor as short as Qi Zhiheng had thought (one or two months). After the masters took turns, four months passed...

After five months of sitting still, Yang Yitian had mastered the skill of remaining as still as a mountain! Even if his buttocks were raw from sitting, he would remain unmoved! He had even lost interest in chatting with Qi Zhiheng during breaks.

When the last enlightened monk finished speaking, he didn't even realize it; he subconsciously felt there was still one more...

It was only when Qi Zhiheng patted him on the shoulder that he came back to his senses.

Yang Yitian was startled awake.

Qi Zhiheng said, "Didn't you say you couldn't listen anymore? Why are you still daydreaming?"

Yang Yitian said, "I think I did take some of it to heart, like that Six Paths of Reincarnation thing."

"The cycle of reincarnation is a matter for mortals; cultivators don't experience it. After all this talk, you only heard something useless?" Qi Zhiheng had gained a lot this time, but he felt that Yang Yitian had wasted several months.

Yang Yitian, however, was somewhat unconvinced. He looked into the distance, his voice carrying a hint of etherealness: "This is enough. The feeling is quite strange, like something in the distance is calling to me."

Qi Zhiheng was somewhat skeptical, but seeing that Yang Yitian was putting on quite a convincing act, he didn't expose him and followed up with, "What is calling you? And which direction is it from?"

Yang Yitian was truly wronged. He pointed in a direction and said, "I really have a feeling that it's in that direction. As for what it is, I'm not entirely sure. Maybe it's too far away, and the feeling is too vague."

Qi Zhiheng nodded with some doubt and said, "After we finish things here, I'll send the person back safely and then we'll go take a look over there."

Yang Yitian did not refuse: "Have you finished explaining the Buddhist scriptures by now? Our business should be coming soon."

Qi Zhiheng nodded.

Unfortunately, things don't seem to be going as they wished.

Qi Zhiheng originally planned to go to the abbot after the matter was over, but no sooner had Wuxin announced the end of the Buddhist and Taoist lectures than someone stepped forward.

"Wait a minute." One of the Tianyuan Sect members stepped forward.

This person was the one who had given Qi Zhiheng the transitional demonic energy when he encountered the Enlightenment Tree; his name was Xu Yuanzhou.

Given Xu Yuanzhou's cultivation level, he wouldn't normally have the authority to make everyone follow his instructions in this situation. However, his ancestor was a Nascent Soul cultivator, and his words represented the intentions of his ancestor Xu Yan to some extent. Naturally, everyone present had to give him some face.

Wu Xin was the most powerful person present and knew Xu Yan's most favored descendant. Seeing him step forward to speak, he stood up and said, "Does Benefactor Xu have any objections to this lecture? Please speak frankly."

Xu Yuanzhou stepped forward and bowed to Abbot Wuxin: "Since Abbot Wuxin has spoken, then this junior will speak frankly once again." He walked up to the platform and stood in the center.

After Xu Yuanzhou passed on the black demonic energy to Qi Zhiheng last time, he felt relieved, believing that no matter how capable Qi Zhiheng was, it would be difficult for him to break free from the mental demon tribulation that amplified his senses tenfold.

However, he later heard that Qi Zhiheng had successfully entered the Nascent Soul stage a few years after leaving the Enlightenment Tree! A Nascent Soul cultivator under the age of thirty was extremely rare in the Southern Continent. For a time, he often heard people in the sect comparing him to Qi Zhiheng! This made him grit his teeth in hatred.

Originally, it was thought that only a group of children and one person could be considered geniuses, but before long, someone said that Qi Zhiheng's Daoist partner had even greater talent, having entered the Nascent Soul stage before Qi Zhiheng, and was even one or two years younger than Qi Zhiheng.

This made him, who was originally adorned with the halo of genius, appear somewhat dim and lackluster! Fortunately, Tianyuan Sect also had some plans, and if they could be completed, they would surely crush Lushen Sect into the dust! At that time, neither Qi Zhiheng nor Yang Yitian would need to be taken seriously by him.

When Qi Zhiheng saw Xu Yuanzhou, he knew that those people's plan had finally taken a next step in recent days. He immediately perked up, wanting to hear what their next step was.

Xu Yuanzhou appeared humble, a stark contrast to his arrogant demeanor when he met Qi Zhiheng a few years ago. He calmly began, “I have brought some words from my sect to this Buddhist and Taoist lecture, and I hope everyone here will listen to them.”

Xu Yuanzhou's words indicated that he was speaking on behalf of the sect. Tianyuan Sect was the number one sect in Nanzhou, so everyone naturally had to give him face.

Xu Yuanzhou said, "The reason I chose to bring this up after the Buddhist scriptures is mainly because this matter is related to the demonic path. As everyone knows, it is a great responsibility of Buddhism to eliminate demons. The reason I brought this up here is to remind myself of Master Wuxin leading many sects to resist the demonic path together."

Wu Xin said calmly, "It is naturally the important task of Buddhist disciples to eradicate the demonic sect. But I wonder what Benefactor Xu is referring to?"

Xu Yuanzhou said, "This matter is related to some demonic energy. The story goes back to a year ago when my Tianyuan Sect disciples were invaded by demonic energy while they were training outside."