Chapter 79: Methods of Obtaining the Power of Merit
"Everyone here comes from all over Kyushu, and some are only eight years old. Whether it's by chance or intentional, it doesn't matter. Since you have come to my Shenzang Sect, there is only one way, join us."
Master Feng omitted the second half of the sentence: If you don’t join, you will die.
Ten people were sitting in a room in the secret realm, listening to Master Feng explain the origin of the Shenzang Sect and the story of Venerable Shenzang.
The information was roughly the same as that given by Tianji Tower, but Master Feng did not mention any killing.
"You may not believe in the God's Treasure yet and think it is a fantasy. Let me demonstrate it to you."
Master Feng slapped his chest and shattered his Nascent Soul, shocking the eight people present. Nascent Soul evolved from Golden Core. Once the Nascent Soul was shattered, it would not fall to the Golden Core Stage, but directly to the Foundation Establishment Stage! Is it necessary to be so cruel to spread a religion? These people didn't know much about the Shenzang Sect. They were all repeatedly investigated by the Shenzang believers and pulled in after various hints. They just heard that joining the Shenzang Church would give them a magical power called the Power of Shenzang, which could improve their realm, avoid inner demons, heal their bodies, etc., and it had endless uses.
As to whether it is true or not, they have never seen it.
Jiang Li and Ji Kongkong had no expression on their faces.
It's just a shattered Nascent Soul, a small scene.
The divine power that Feng Zhen mentioned surged out of his body and repaired his broken Nascent Soul. In just a few breaths, it was restored to its original state.
These eight people had never seen such a scene before. Everyone knew that once the Nascent Soul was broken, the only way to heal it was to spend all their money to buy a Huifeng Fanhuo Pill from Dao Sect, but they had never seen it being repaired by some kind of power!
The power of the gods really exists!
Most of these people believed it, but some were still skeptical.
Master Feng did not care and began to recite the "Maka Passion Sutra" which the leader got from his dream. The scripture was long, complicated, obscure and difficult to understand. It talked about the life of Venerable Shenzang.
Jiang Li thought of Zhang Konghu for no reason. If this rough guy were to listen to the scriptures, he would only say "What the hell is this?"
Jiang Li is much more knowledgeable than Zhang Konghu. The scripture can be translated into Jiang Li's words: Venerable Shenzang was born in the fairyland, born sacred, omniscient and omnipotent. He is the only existence in the world. He is born knowing that the human body has infinite potential and that there are divine treasures hidden. As long as one can open the divine treasures, everyone will be sacred.
In His eyes, immortals and mortals are all ignorant and foolish, but mortals are even more ignorant. He chooses an agent from among the countless human worlds, and lets the agents tell the ignorant beings the secrets of the gods, hoping that a god who is equal to Him will appear, relieve His boredom, and discuss the truth with Him.
Jiang Li's evaluation was "it's still too conservative". As a religious belief, if it doesn't say that it was born before the creation of the world, witnessed the creation of the world, transformed into millions of people, spread all over the world, one thought is an era, standing tall and unmoved in the upper reaches of the long river of time, not being affected by thousands of causes and effects, and changing the world with a snap of a finger, how can it be qualified to be a religious belief?
The Moka Passion Sutra is very similar to Buddhist and Confucian scriptures. Reciting it repeatedly can deepen the listener's religious beliefs. Of course, it can also brainwash if used improperly.
Master Feng did not use the scriptures to brainwash everyone. He also focused on the proper role of the scriptures to increase faith. Those who believe in Venerable Shenzang will be more convinced of His existence, while those who are skeptical will still be skeptical.
There was also Jiang Li who didn't believe a single word of it, and he still didn't believe a single word after hearing it.
Jiang Li used his spiritual sense to observe Ji Kongkong again and found that the Ruyi Gourd directly released a silent calamity on Ji Kongkong. Within the range of the silent calamity, there was no sound at all. Ji Kongkong was naturally not affected by the "Moko Passion Sutra".
The Silent Tribulation was originally a heavenly tribulation used to deal with people who practiced great supernatural powers such as "words become reality" and "one thought becomes truth". During the Silent Tribulation, neither speaking nor thinking is allowed, and combined with the Thunder Tribulation, these people will be struck by lightning.
Jiang Li didn't expect that Silent Tribulation could be used in this way, it really opened his eyes.
After finishing reading the scripture, Master Feng brought everyone to a grand hall with magnificent decorations. The whole hall was made of cast bronze and had a dark tone. Even with rows of red candles lit, it still looked dim. The load-bearing bronze pillars were engraved with strange creatures with bared fangs and claws, which Jiang Li had never seen before. The objects in the hall were abnormally tall, including the gate, which was too tall to be used by humans.
At the end of the bronze temple is a statue of an immortal made of human bones, standing tall, as if the objects in the temple were for his use.
The face of the human bone immortal statue is neutral, and it is difficult to tell the gender. The eyes are lightly closed, and the posture is peaceful and serene, with compassion for the world. However, there is always a sense of incongruity when it is paired with the human bones.
Statue of Venerable Shenzang.
In addition to Master Feng, Jiang Li and ten others, there were several other people from the sect, as well as ten people who were tied up and trying to struggle.
Jiang Li could see that these people in the sect were all in the Spirit Transformation Stage and had a high status. They were probably here to monitor the initiation ceremony.
"Just now was the first ceremony, listening to the teachings. Now is the second ceremony, verifying your sincerity."
Master Feng did not introduce the sect members standing nearby, but pointed at the ten people struggling on the ground.
"Each of you kill one person, and depending on the result you will pass the second ritual."
Cheng Ziqi, who came in with Jiang Li, hesitated for a moment and asked, "Do we have to kill these innocent people? Isn't it a bit too..."
He didn't say the second half of the sentence because it sounded too demonic.
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Others also nodded. They had never heard of killing people. What about the promise that Venerable Shenzang would guide believers to tap into the power of Shenzang?
Master Feng had expected someone to ask this question, and explained, "These are all death row prisoners transported from the Tianyuan Dynasty's prison. They are doomed to die, and now we are just making their deaths more meaningful."
Since Master Feng said so, one of them stepped forward with a knife and decisively stabbed the man tied to the ground to death.
However, nothing happened.
"Does this mean I've passed?" The man obviously killed people frequently, his movements were clean and neat, and he cared about the results.
Master Feng asked, "You don't believe in the power of Master Shenzang?"
The man showed a false sincere expression and said, "Of course I believe it."
Master Feng shook his head helplessly, and without giving the other party a chance to explain, he killed the man with his backhand: "If you don't truly believe in Venerable Shenzang and don't have faith in Venerable Shenzang, the power of Shenzang will not be born."
After joining the religion, believers will learn a formula that can hide the power of the gods. Now Master Feng no longer hides it and shows the process of obtaining the power of the gods to everyone.
After Master Feng killed a man, a golden force of unknown origin suddenly appeared and enveloped Master Feng, making him look like a good man with infinite merits, making people unable to help but worship him.
“This is the power of the gods.”
This power came and went quickly, and soon entered Master Feng's body and could no longer be detected.
Jiang Li's expression froze. This was the first time he saw the process of gaining the power of merit.
(End of this chapter)