Journey to the West: Starting from Changing Sun Wukong’s fate
Chapter 658 - 517: The Demon Clan, The Buddhist Realm Comes Seeking, Ksitigarbha Enters the Land of Tenderness

Chapter 658: Chapter 517: The Demon Clan, The Buddhist Realm Comes Seeking, Ksitigarbha Enters the Land of Tenderness

And for the Demon Clan, ever since Yang Mei had emerged from seclusion, he hadn’t entered closed-door cultivation again. At the moment when the thirty-six phantoms of the Demon Kings appeared, he also gained a sliver of sensation in the dark.

"A Saint emerging from the Demon Clan? How is that possible?"

Yang Mei was even more puzzled than Buddha, considering that aside from the cities controlled by the Demon Clan, in other cities, cultivators from the Demon Clan were generally treated as enemies by everyone, so how could someone cultivate Demon Arts elsewhere and even break through to Achieve Saintliness?

However, Yang Mei didn’t ponder over it too much, for another Saint in the Demon Clan was after all a good thing.

"Heavenly Demon, you and Wu Yu go take a look!"

Immediately after, Yang Mei made arrangements.

After experiencing his own power in the Void for a while, Ksitigarbha returned to the Yang clan’s city.

Just like when he left, no one stopped him upon his return.

But just as Ksitigarbha arrived above the city, Yang Aotian, the City Lord of the Yang clan’s city, was already there waiting for him.

"Ksitigarbha Saint, the Ancestor of Yang Clan wishes to see you!" Yang Aotian said to Ksitigarbha with a smile, without any airs of a City Lord.

"Oh? If the senior requests, the junior dares not disobey!"

Ksitigarbha was initially puzzled, but then he remembered that this was, after all, the Yang clan’s city. It would be strange if they were unaware of his actions.

Moreover, Ksitigarbha’s answer was quite interesting; to dare not disobey could be a sign of helplessness or respect, which was not easy to say.

"In that case, Saint Ksitigarbha, please follow me. The Ancestor is waiting for you in the Main Mansion."

Yang Aotian didn’t overthink it. Although he didn’t know why the Ancestor had changed his mind and wanted to see Ksitigarbha himself, he knew that the Ancestor’s command only needed to be followed.

Escorting Ksitigarbha back to the City Lord Mansion, at the study door, Yang Aotian didn’t enter but said to Ksitigarbha, "Fellow Daoist Ksitigarbha, the Ancestor is waiting for you inside."

Ksitigarbha had no doubts, for on the territory of others, if they intended harm to him, a One-Step Saint, he wouldn’t even have a chance to escape.

After all, although the Yang clan could not compare with the Demon Clan, they still possessed more than one Two-Step Saint.

Pushing open the study door without caring why Yang Aotian didn’t enter, Ksitigarbha walked in on his own.

Inside the study, the aged elder sitting in the chair was the very same old man who had given him the map in the Void.

"Ksitigarbha pays respects to the senior, and thanks the senior for his past guidance!"

Ksitigarbha respectfully performed a junior’s salute to the Ancestor of Yang Clan.

If it were Wang Yang here, he would also salute.

And he would do so willingly.

But for Ksitigarbha, the reason for his salute was more because he was no match for the other party. Under the eaves, one must bow their head; Ksitigarbha understood this saying very deeply.

"Ksitigarbha? Should I now call you Saint Ksitigarbha, or should I call you Buddha-Demon Saint?"

The Ancestor of Yang Clan looked at Ksitigarbha walking in and said cheerfully.

Suddenly, Ksitigarbha was stunned there, not expecting that his secret of becoming a Saint through the Demon Path had not escaped the eyes of the old man before him.

In an instant, the atmosphere plunged into a freezing point.

"Hehe, there’s no need to be nervous; I just want to tell you that, whether it’s a Saint arising from the Demon Clan or Buddhism, there are those in the Demon Clan’s cities and the Buddhist realm who can sense it."

"No doubt at this time, Demon Ancestor Yang Mei and The Venerable One from the Buddhist realm should have already sent people to look for you."

The Ancestor of Yang Clan watched Ksitigarbha with a chuckle, then explained, "Unlike ordinary cultivators, the Buddhist realm practices unique Cultivation Techniques, and although the Demon Clan’s Cultivation Techniques are numerous, there is Demonic Qi in all of them."

"Though you embody both Buddha and demon arts, you still have both Buddha Energy and Demonic Qi coexisting!"

"It might not matter normally, but when a Quasi-Saint breaks through to Saintliness, both will be sensed by the respective sides."

"The Venerable One controls the entire Buddhist realm and possesses such Secret Techniques."

"Yang Mei controls the Demon Clan, revered as the Demon Ancestor, and naturally would also control such Secret Techniques. No doubt by now, Saints from both the Buddhist realm and the Demon Clan are on their way to find you!"

Upon hearing this, Ksitigarbha stood still, having never heard of such matters.

However, thinking about it, he had been within the Void since entering the Yang Clan’s city, and he hadn’t heard anyone speak of these issues.

Upon realizing that at least two One-Step Saints would find him, Ksitigarbha’s complexion grew somewhat unpleasant.

"Senior, surely there must be another way?"

Ksitigarbha looked at the Ancestor of Yang Clan, suppressing his panic substantially.

However, he still maintained a look of anxiety on his face.

The anxiety in his heart eased the moment Ksitigarbha remembered the arrangements made by the Ancestor of Yang Clan.

These matters were known to the Ancestor of Yang Clan, who hadn’t warned him, simply wanting to use this fact as leverage over him.

No doubt the Ancestor of Yang Clan had a strategy in mind, merely waiting for his commitment.

Therefore, Ksitigarbha suppressed the panic in his heart and transformed it into resentment towards the Ancestor of Yang Clan.

"There indeed is a method. My Yang clan has a piece of land within the city where the back mountain’s numerous secret chambers can hide from the scrutiny of Saints."

"As long as they can’t find you for the time being, unless they have a Broken Mirror, it’s impossible for them to locate you."

The Ancestor of Yang Clan was very pleased with Ksitigarbha’s panicked appearance and thus said to him.

"Please aid me, senior!"

Without a second word, Ksitigarbha immediately saluted the Ancestor of Yang Clan.

"You are someone I brought to the Yang Clan Ancestral Land, and now that you have encountered this situation, how could I sit idly by?"

"The reason I had Yang Aotian come to find you was because I feared you would be unawares and waste your life away."

"Rest assured, within my Yang Clan, you will be absolutely safe!"

The Ancestor of Yang Clan laughed heartily and then called for Yang Aotian, who was waiting outside the door, to come in and escort Ksitigarbha to the Yang Clan Ancestral Land.