Told You I Can Turn Back Time
Chapter 243 - 181: Gathering at She Shen Cliff

Chapter 243: Chapter 181: Gathering at She Shen Cliff

"I used to... be even more evil and cruel than I imagined?"

Lin Xing continued to play the video and soon saw the terrifying scene inside Da Guangming Temple with blood covering the sky and corpses strewn about.

"Did I make these Buddha statues using dried corpses?"

Lin Xing rubbed his temples and the area between his brows, feeling as if all the righteousness within him was about to boil over.

"I even brainwashed so many people, forcing countless to work themselves to death..."

Thinking that he had built the entire Da Guangming Temple in his past, Lin Xing felt the fog in his mind become extremely turbulent and boiling, as if urging something.

Lin Xing managed to restrain this impulse for the moment; he still needed to confirm further information.

He looked at the glasses in his hand, which the staff had asked him to take when he left the real world.

A small camera and a screen were installed on the right lens, allowing him to see images captured by the camera at any time.

Lin Xing thought to himself, "Can this temporarily allow me to see through the veil of my mind?"

So he put on the glasses and looked towards the entire rear hall.

In Lin Xing’s left eye, the rear hall was still filled with a Zen-like presence, the Buddha statues solemn and compassionate.

But in his right eye, the Buddha statues had all turned into hideous dried corpses, with damp mold and dark blood stains on the walls.

While Lin Xing was observing the completely different scenes perceived by his two eyes, a whooshing sound came as a flying sword composed of bricks and stones split one of the Buddha statues in half.

Inhaling the black air rising from the Buddha statue, a flash of realization crossed Lin Xing’s eyes.

"All these Buddha statues are akin to evil spirits."

Looking at the twisted dried corpse in his right eye, now split in half and oozing foul-smelling pus, Lin Xing felt his righteousness surging uncontrollably throughout his body.

The fog represented by the Heavenly Dao secrets in his mind churned repeatedly, as if anticipating something.

Lin Xing nodded slightly, "To have turned my Da Guangming Temple into this, my previous self was indeed brutally wicked, deserving of death."

"It’s time to act with justice..."

As Lin Xing recalled the scenes he had witnessed upon arriving at Da Guangming Temple and his past experiences illuminated by the Buddha’s light, the murderous intent on his body seemed to grow even more profound and obscure.

Feeling the drastic change in Lin Xing’s demeanor and hearing his strange murmurs, Wuhui raised his head and asked, "My Buddha?"

Recalling that Lin Xing had just mentioned restructuring the entire temple and now had split a Buddha statue with a sword, all these actions made Wuhui increasingly puzzled.

Lin Xing looked at Wuhui and said indifferently, "Bring all the Buddha statues you can summon here."

Wuhui obeyed and left, while Lin Xing turned his attention back to the Buddha statues, which were more accurately dried corpses.

He suddenly thought, "If the truth about the Great Bright Buddha lineage is such, then why haven’t Du Kong and Hui Ling revealed any flaws?"

Lin Xing believed that if the disciples of Da Guangming Temple in the real world also wore various illusions, given the surveillance capabilities of the real world, it would be impossible for them not to expose themselves.

Just then, Bai Yiyi came over curiously, "What happened?"

Lin Xing handed her the phone, and after Bai Yiyi looked through it, her face showed excitement, "Holy shit, Da Guangming Temple actually has so much dark material?"

"Now that all this is exposed in the real world, Hui Ling and the others are definitely doomed!"

Thinking of this, Bai Yiyi couldn’t wait to return to the real world right then.

However, Lin Xing shook his head and said, "The exposure can be handled by others in the real world."

"What we need to do next will still be here in Mirror World."

He rubbed his head, recalling the unknown memories buried deep in his mind, and sighed slightly, "Although I can’t remember clearly, it doesn’t matter, it won’t affect my mission to eliminate the evil."

With that, he watched as the flying sword struck, splitting another Buddha statue.

Another surge of black air entered Lin Xing’s mind, and his level-six breathing technique began to evolve.

Complete Vitality: During breathing exercises, it can heal most injuries to oneself, even regenerate severed limbs, and speed up physical recovery.

Lin Xing shook his head; this was not the secondary evolution his Heavenly Divine Light Sword needed, nor was it a capability needed by his fearless self. Thus, he quickly started the next evolution after reversing time.

Originally, Lin Xing thought he would become increasingly tired.

But Lin Xing did not know whether it was because he had been immersed in a highly concentrated Spiritual Qi environment for the past ten days or because his sixth-level breathing and mental focus had seen a leap-like improvement.

At this moment, Lin Xing felt invigorated, only slightly fatigued amidst the continual reversals of time.

Heavenly Collapse Field: During battle, breathing techniques can generate a Heavenly Collapse Field, causing explosive destruction to the surroundings. As mental focus strengthens and the concentration of Spiritual Qi increases, the power continuously escalates.

Lin Xing frowned slightly. This was not the secondary enhancement he needed.

Protective Gang Qi: During breathing exercises, gather Spiritual Qi and refine it into Protective Gang Qi. With the passage of time, the intensity of the Protective Gang Qi will continue to increase. Creator’s message: Shi Lin Temple swindled me out of all I had, do not trust Shi Lin Temple, they are all cheats.

"Protective Gang Qi?" Lin Xing thought to himself, "Immortality in close combat doesn’t suit me too much."

"And this Shi Lin Temple, wasn’t it also one of the nine major sects?"

Extreme Yin Qi Mechanism: While breathing Spiritual Qi, one can continuously refine Extreme Yin Qi Mechanism within the body. Once fully accomplished, a mere gesture can freeze kilometers. Creator’s message: This enhancement has major flaws; men must not practice it. Men should seek my improved Extreme Yin Qi; that one has had its flaws corrected.

Lin Xing slightly frowned but did not attempt the Extreme Yin Qi Mechanism, or rather any secondary enhancements through the series of breathing exercises, as they generally required time accumulation, which made it unnecessary for Lin Xing to try.

Qi Penetrating Thousand Mountains: After mental focus depletes, it can trigger an illusion of a thousand mountains. The stronger one’s own mental focus, the wider the range and greater the power of the illusions triggered after depletion.

"Finally, it’s here."

Lin Xing, seeing that his targeted secondary enhancement was finally within reach, temporarily stopped to wait a moment before elevating the next technique.

To avoid losing Qi Penetrating Thousand Mountains due to time reversal if done too closely.

Meanwhile, he also activated the Secret Technique for opening the gates of immortality again.

More than ten minutes later, Lin Xing stepped through the celestial gate and shortly afterward returned from it.

This time he had gone to have the present-day staff prepare some things for him.

Then, with his flying sword whistling, Lin Xing began the next secondary enhancement.

...

Inside Da Guangming Temple.

A Zhou Tian Sect Elder, shrouded in a black robe, walked among the temples.

Luo Wengao followed behind him and asked, "Sect Leader, what should we do next?"

In Luo Wengao’s memory, the man in the black robe was disguised as the Taiqing Sect Leader. Their visit to Da Guangming Temple was for an earth-shattering Secret Technique.

And this Secret Technique was hidden within She Shen Cliff behind Da Guangming Temple.

However, after entering Da Guangming Temple, Luo Wengao just followed the man in the black robe around, occasionally seeing him warmly chatting and slapping backs with some Arhats and Bodhisattvas.

He also saw him negotiating warmly with temporary devotees and martial artists who came to Da Guangming Temple.

Luo Wengao did not know how the man in the black robe managed it but could see that everyone who had talked to him seemed a little changed afterward.

And over a few days, these people’s changes became increasingly repetitive.

Several times, Luo Wengao saw an Arhat proclaim fervently, "Sect Leader, you finally arrived. Three years plus three years, I’ve worked my way up from a temporary devotee to an Arhat here in Da Guangming Temple. You finally came!"

But not long afterward, upon seeing that Arhat again, he heard him say, "Sect Leader, the divine powers of the Buddha are limitless, full of compassion. I’ve thought for a long time and decided to sever ties with the Taiqing Sect. Please do not contact me anymore; I’m afraid it displeases the Buddha..."

Whenever that happened, Luo Wengao would see the man in the black robe patting the other’s shoulder, talking at length, only to hear the Arhat sigh afterward, "Bright Buddha indeed confuses my mind, making me a slave, fortunate that you, Sect Leader, enlightened me, allowing me to see everything clearly..."

In this cycle of repeated influences, Luo Wengao felt they were gaining more and more allies within Da Guangming Temple.

The man in the black robe chuckled upon hearing this and said, "The divine power of Bright Buddha is indeed boundless; if we were to confront him directly, I would undoubtedly not be his match now."

"But to snatch the Secret Technique hidden in She Shen Cliff, we must oppose Bright Buddha."

"However, though this Buddha is unsurpassed in divine power, he ultimately lacks complete cognition, unable to use all his abilities."

"I now plan to use his own power against him."

"Besides Bright Buddha, there are no other threats inside and outside this temple."

Just then, Luo Wengao suddenly noticed several Bodhisattvas and Arhats stirring and heading towards the back mountain.

The man in the black robe took Luo Wengao along, and soon they spotted Zhao Wanxi and others.

Watching Zhao Wanxi’s party retreating from the encirclement, Luo Wengao said, "Sect Leader, they are heading back to She Shen Cliff."