After she finished speaking, she patted Wusi on the shoulder, looking very earnest.
Kong Yuan had never been interested in the fleeting sparks between these younger generations, and had already gone into the hall to bid farewell to the Buddha.
After Kong Yuan entered the hall, Wu Lin smiled and said, "Junior Sister Wu Nian, where did you get the Spirit Mountain Token? That token must be a rare item. Could you show it to us? Also, you were just alone in the hall when the Buddha gave you some guidance. The Buddha must have given you some powerful magic treasure. Why don't you show it to us sisters and let us broaden our horizons?"
As soon as she started, Wuqing immediately chimed in, "Yes, junior sister, we went through so much trouble to find you. You wouldn't even let us take a peek at the magic treasure that Buddha gave you, would you!"
Chu Nian could easily see through their intentions. They genuinely wanted to see what was going on, but it was probably more than just that!
However, even if she said that Buddha hadn't given her anything, these people probably wouldn't believe her. So she laughed and said, "Senior Sister, what are you saying? Of course, I'm not stingy with sharing my treasures with you all. But there are many Buddhists in Ling Mountain. What if someone else takes a fancy to our Buddhist treasures and tries to take them away? Wouldn't that cause us trouble? It would be better to wait until we leave Ling Mountain and go to a secluded place where there are fewer people, then I'll share my treasures with you all."
Wu Lin said that the Buddha had given her a magic treasure, which was originally just a test. Who would have thought that she would say such a thing? Now the nuns present were convinced that the Buddha had given her a magic treasure, and their jealousy intensified. They immediately exchanged glances.
Kong Yuan emerged quickly and led the younger generation on their journey back to Emei.
The nuns thought it over and realized that if Chu Nian really returned to Emei, she would hide in her meditation room and be protected by Kong Yuan and the entire Qingyun Nunnery. How would they have any chance to make a move?
At that moment, Wu Ning suggested, "Uncle-Master, we've been flying for such a long time. We have magic power and it's not a big deal for us, but Junior Sister Wu Nian's cultivation hasn't been fully restored yet, and I'm afraid she won't be able to keep going. Why don't we find a clean and quiet place to rest for a while?"
Because he was afraid that Chu Nian would not be able to keep up, Kong Yuan pulled Chu Nian along the way, so Chu Nian did not have to exert any effort at all. However, after listening to Wu Ning's suggestion, Kong Yuan turned to look at Chu Nian and said, "Alright, let's rest nearby and have something to eat and some water."
They were already capable of fasting, so eating and drinking were obviously for Chu Nian's sake.
However, although Kong Yuan landed in a relatively quiet and clean place to rest, as the younger nuns had suggested, Kong Yuan stayed by Chu Nian's side the whole time, making it difficult for them to do whatever they wanted.
“Master, I see that Junior Sister is frail. Why don’t I go and gather some firewood to make a fire so that Junior Sister Wu Nian won’t be cold?” Wu Si said to Kong Yuan with a concerned look.
Kong Yuan was delighted by her deep sisterly affection and said with satisfaction, "Alright, go ahead!"
After she left, Kong Yuan earnestly instructed Chu Nian: "Look how good your senior sisters are to you. They didn't despise you for betraying Buddhism and joining the demonic sect, nor did they look down on you for your crippled cultivation and not yet having started to rebuild it. On the contrary, they cared about you a lot. You can't think about such things anymore."
Chu Nian felt that her "thinking about this and that" was not quite the right word, so she said, "Master, are you trying to tell me to stop being fickle and always thinking about switching to another sect? Don't worry, even if I switched sects, I would never meet a master as good as you. I won't be as foolish as before."
Although she said that, Kong Yuan still seemed uneasy. Seeing that the other disciples were also busy, either boiling water or looking for wild fruits, and were all far away, he asked Chu Nian in a low voice: "Wu Nian, tell your master honestly, what exactly did the Buddha say to you when you were alone in the Lingshan Hall?"
Chu Nian thought for a moment. Given the master-disciple relationship between the original owner and Kong Yuan, although Tathagata sent everyone away at that time, if it were the original owner, the content of the conversation would not be completely different from what Kong Yuan, her master who had taught her since childhood, had revealed.
So she lowered her voice and said, "Master, this matter concerns all the disciples of Lingshan, you must not spread it outside."
Seeing her serious expression, Kong Yuan asked in surprise, "What's wrong? Did he tell you something very important?"
Chu Nian said, "It's not really anything that important, it's just... I feel like he might have misunderstood."
Kong Yuan asked curiously, "What misunderstanding?"
Chu Nian: "He probably misunderstood that I am his mother."
Kong Yuan almost choked on his own saliva because of her words. He coughed and said, "Don't talk nonsense."
Chu Nian said solemnly, "What I said is true. After he dismissed everyone, he told me that he had actually made one of my tokens before and gave it to the Peacock King whom he regarded as his mother."
However, this Peacock King has gone to reincarnate and undergo tribulations to cultivate again, and his whereabouts are now unknown. Given the Peacock King's personality, and considering the special function of that token, he never mentioned to anyone that he had given the Peacock King such a token.
Kong Yuan thought for a moment and then said, "Then tell your master honestly, where did you get that token from?"
Chu Nian: "I got it from a bird."
"What?" Kong Yuan was startled. "That bird is a peacock?"
Chu Nian: "No. It's a roc."
Kong Yuan was startled again, and exclaimed in horror, "The mother of the Roc is the Peacock. Then...did you kill that bird?"
Chu Nian: "No, I just signed him up to be my slave."
Kong Yuan: "But now that your cultivation has been destroyed and your strength has been greatly weakened, won't you be devoured by that roc and become its slave?"
Chu Nian: "Master, there's no need to worry. My body is weak, but my soul is strong, and the beast slave contract is established through the soul, so that bird can't turn against me."
Kong Yuan stared at Chu Nian with some confusion. Why? Because as far as she knew, cultivation wasn't just about the body, but also the soul; the body and soul progressed and grew together. Once one's power was destroyed and spiritual energy was completely lost, one's spiritual consciousness would also disappear, and the soul would naturally weaken to the level of a mortal.
The soul can be beyond the control of the body's strength, but that can only be achieved upon reaching the realm of immortality. In her mind, only those revered as Buddhas on Mount Ling possessed such abilities. Bodhisattvas, Arhats, and so on, could not reach that level of power.
In this world, the spirit realm and the immortal realm are one. The natural environment contains both spiritual energy and immortal energy, but ordinary people can only absorb spiritual energy, and cultivators who can cultivate to the immortal realm are extremely rare.
However, Chu Nian's words were suspicious. She said that her body was weak but her soul was strong, which meant that she had either cultivated to the Immortal Realm or possessed an Immortal Soul before this life.
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