Wandering Gods of Day and Night
Chapter 215 - 168 Buddha’s Son "Six Desires" _2

Chapter 215: Chapter 168 Buddha’s Son "Six Desires" _2

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The infant’s body was pierced, emitting an agonizing wail, followed by a sense of indignant resistance, and finally, as its life force drained away completely, despair took hold.

The walls and surfaces of the tower, made from the infant’s body, were swiftly decaying, collapsing into blood-filled pits and gaping holes.

The tower’s spire tilted, and the enormous orb atop it—its forbidden eye, once luminous and eerie—had lost all its sheen, now resembling a lifeless stone!

"Amitabha! How merciful! How merciful!"

From within the tower came an ancient echo of Buddhist chanting.

"Mr. Zhou, you are an excellent storyteller. Thank you for washing away injustice!"

The aged voice echoed in gratitude toward Zhou Xuan.

Simultaneously, a tremor stirred in the Wash Away Injustice Talisman at Zhou Xuan’s chest.

He retrieved the talisman, and upon its final page, two lines were written—Wash Away Injustice, Mingjiang Prefecture, Qiye Temple Forbidden Tower, Zhu Jiu.

The lines had been etched twice.

This signified that Zhou Xuan had earned two opportunities to enter the Totem Hall.

"Are you Monk Zhu Jiu?" Zhou Xuan asked the aged voice.

"I was once Monk Zhu Jiu, but over the past two centuries, I became the Buddha’s heart!"

With those words, Zhou Xuan felt a subtle loosening at his wrist, as if an unseen eye before him was being forcibly shut.

On the decayed floor in front of Zhou Xuan, a rotted pillar of flesh began to rise, sprouting limbs, facial features, and a shell. An elder, riddled with festering sores across his body, settled cross-legged before him.

This elder had severed the Ancestor Tree and Ancient Clan’s connection to Zhou Xuan using his techniques.

His methods were exceedingly skilled—without such mastery, he wouldn’t have been able to fell the Forbidden Tower with just a blade and a pestle.

"Using dreamscape divine skills, Mr. Zhou drove the Buddha’s son to madness, enabling me to break free from control and use the blade and Demon-Subduing Pestle to kill him."

"You mean the Forbidden Tower itself was the Buddha’s son?"

Zhou Xuan, weary and depleted, sank into a cross-legged seat on the ground.

"Qiye Temple once produced a Great Buddha. This Buddha, known as the Seven-Leaf Exalted One, developed a forbidden love for the Alien Ghost ’Star Covering,’ and thus..."

"Even a Great Buddha is capable of love?"

"Great Buddhas, Gods, Alien Ghosts, Evil Gods, all are capable of love. Yet the causes of their love differ—some are bewitched, others feel it naturally.

But once they fall in love, and if it is discovered, their offspring must be killed; their divine position, Great Buddha’s rank, and even their lives will not be spared."

"The Buddha’s son from Qiye Temple was named ’Six Desires.’ Conceived by Star Covering in her Mother Palace, she hurriedly caused his fall to prevent their affair from being revealed. Yet, eventually, the truth was exposed. The Seven-Leaf Exalted One was stripped of his Great Buddha’s rank and faced divine retribution, as did Star Covering!"

Monk Zhu Jiu spoke in a muted tone.

Zhou Xuan asked again, "Even as a Great Buddha and an Alien Ghost, who governs them? The God Traveling Department?"

"The God Traveling Department is powerless! There are eyes above watching."

Monk Zhu Jiu pointed skyward and said, "Although, in recent centuries, the oversight above has weakened, grown feeble. Chaos is about to erupt.

Speaking of which, the item in your possession comes from the heavens."

With those words, Monk Zhu Jiu flicked his wrist, and the Wash Away Injustice Talisman at Zhou Xuan’s chest floated into his hand.

After flipping through two pages, Monk Zhu Jiu asked, "Where did you acquire this?"

"I took it from someone else," Zhou Xuan replied.

"This talisman originates from the Daoist—a group tasked with overseeing Gods and Alien Ghosts. They descend from the heavens and walk the human world."

"That prestigious?"

Zhou Xuan was incredulous. Initially, he thought the talisman belonged to the God Traveling Department, but later reconsidered, realizing that the talisman was specifically used to cleanse the grievances of lingering wills.

The lanterns of the God Traveling Department couldn’t even illuminate lingering wills. It seemed impossible for them to remove such grievances.

Zhou Xuan speculated that whoever wielded the Wash Away Injustice Talisman must be someone of an even higher rank than anticipated—but he hadn’t expected them to be this high up.

"The Daoists, besides regulating Gods, Alien Ghosts, Great Buddhas, and Evil Gods, also bear the responsibility of cleansing grievances within the human world."

It dawned upon Zhou Xuan why washing away grievances through the dream talisman only earned him one opportunity to enter the Totem Hall, but dealing with a weak ’Life God’ granted him two.

Overseeing Evil Gods was considered a more proper endeavor, and thus deserved higher rewards.

"The Daoists possess extraordinary perception, unparalleled incense-tier prowess, but while walking the human world, they occasionally face demise. Certain Demigods and Divine-level beings have mastered the techniques to slay Daoists.

This talisman of yours came from one such fallen Daoist!"

"What incense level qualifies as a Demigod?"

"Eight sticks of incense."

"Are Daoists ranked above eight sticks of incense?"

"Many exceed eight sticks, though it isn’t absolute. While incense tiers are formidable, the Daoists’ greatest strength lies in their unmatched perception!"

"Still, eight sticks seems close enough," Zhou Xuan remarked. "Such lofty figures walking the human world, and yet they still perish?"

"And wasn’t I imprisoned in Qiye Temple, trapped as the Buddha’s heart for two hundred years myself?"

Monk Zhu Jiu sighed.

The implication was clear: Monk Zhu Jiu’s incense rank surpassed eight sticks.

"In my prime, my incense burned brilliantly; I was adept in both Buddhist and Daoist practices.

Among the two, Daoism surpassed Buddhism.

At the time, I vowed that if I could ascend to a God-level position, I would choose the Taoist path.

Had I returned to Taoism, Qiye Temple’s Buddhist energy would have diminished considerably.

The Seven-Leaf Exalted One did not wish for Buddhist energy to escape and harm Qiye Temple, so he collaborated with Star Covering’s abilities to seal me within this tower."

"Within the tower, he placed restrictions that allowed others to freely enter and exit, yet kept me trapped."

"He needed only my Buddhist energy to compel the residents of Mingjiang Prefecture to light incense and revere Qiye Temple. My freedom was of no concern to him."