With all my strength, it only took me a few seconds to reach the deep pit.
I saw that the Sakyamuni Buddha statue under the deep pit was shaking violently.
It seemed that the statue didn't want to be controlled easily and wanted to compete with Long Pu's Yang Spirit.
This gave me an opportunity to take advantage of.
The opportunity was fleeting, so I didn't dare to neglect it. I raised the Xuan Yuan Sword and jumped down.
I had already found the right position, so I didn't show any mercy and directly stabbed the statue's glabella.
The glabella was where the Life Soul was. Although this Buddha statue couldn't be judged by common sense, it was the center. Even if the sword couldn't destroy it, it could still make it lose its fighting power.
Moreover, at this time, the two forces inside the Buddha statue were fighting for control. This attack might seriously injure both of them at the same time, which would save me trouble later.
Unfortunately, when the Xuan Yuan Sword was only a few centimeters away from the glabella, the Buddha statue suddenly stopped shaking, and its eyes became much clearer.
It was obvious that Long Pu's Yang Spirit had completely controlled the Buddha statue.
In this way, I didn't waste any more time. I increased the strength of my hand and stabbed the sword forward.
After seizing control, under Long Pu's control, the Sakyamuni Buddha reacted faster. When the Xuan Yuan Sword fell, he raised his hand and grabbed the sword.
The Xuan Yuan Sword was an ancient divine weapon. Even if I didn't send my Taoist Qi into it, its power to expel evil spirits could still make the Buddha statue suffer.
In just a few seconds, thick smoke billowed from the Buddha statue's palm, and its expression was very distorted.
However, this action also neutralized my attack and gave me a chance to breathe.
He grabbed the Xuan Yuan Sword with great strength and didn't let go no matter how hot it was. I couldn't take it back for a while.
After a while, he roared and increased the strength of his hand. With a sudden swing, he threw me away.
I wasn't discouraged even though my attack didn't hit. While my body was flying backward, I controlled the Yang Spirit to step forward and use the previous method. My whole body was covered in flames.
Compared with the first time, the Yang Spirit was more skillful in controlling the flames. The temperature in the flames was also more terrifying. Even the surrounding air seemed to be twisted by the heat, and ripples spread all around.
Although I was dozens of meters away from it, I still felt a strong burning sensation.
At this moment, the Buddha statue had yet to stand up, but waves of wailing could be heard coming from the bottom of the pit. The taste of being roasted must be unbearable for the Buddha statue.
Relying on the power of flames alone was naturally not enough to completely destroy the Buddha statue. Accompanied by a miserable howl, the Buddha statue once again stood up shakily amidst the billowing smoke. Its entire body was in tatters, and it had long since lost its previous arrogant appearance.
The strange thing was, although it looked miserable, it seemed to have adapted to the temperature of the flames. Standing in the middle of the flames, its face no longer looked like it was in pain. Instead, it looked a bit crazed.
It beat its chest and stamped its feet as if it had gone mad.
A few seconds after its arms were covered in gray mist, it suddenly opened its mouth and spat out a dark pearl that was wrapped in an evil aura.
This bead was oval in shape, and it was spat out from the mouth of the Sakyamuni Buddha statue. It looked very much like the Buddha Sarira of Buddhism.
The Buddhists emphasized that relics were related to the merits of cultivation. Generally speaking, only eminent monks who had comprehended the Great Way would leave relics for the world to worship after they passed away.
The Buddha relic not only contained profound Dharma, but also a powerful Buddhist power.
I heard from Nangong that he had found a Buddha relic to turn Old Master Yuan's corpse into the appearance of a monk.
From this, it could be seen that this Buddha relic also had the ability to reverse Yin and Yang.
However, I didn't expect that the Sakyamuni Buddha statue could give birth to a Buddha Sarira. Considering the situation before and after, it's very likely that Long Pu's Yang Spirit used some kind of method to create such a thing.
"Recently, I've had a lot of dealings with the Buddhists, so I have a good understanding of them.
"Although the Buddha relic has different colors and different powers, I've never heard of a dark relic.
"Looking at the evil aura of this relic, it doesn't have the benevolence of the Buddhists at all.
"Therefore, the Buddha relic of the Sakyamuni Buddha statue is just another form of evil.
"As the saying goes, evil can never defeat good. This dark relic is just an unorthodox method, so I'm not afraid. Since I can deal with the Sakyamuni Buddha statue, it's not a big deal to have another Buddha relic."
At this moment, the dark relic was spinning rapidly in the air. After a while, it flew toward my Tai Sui Yang Spirit.
"Although I'm confident, I don't dare to be careless. My hands are constantly making hand seals, and the witchcraft and Taoist Qi in my body are also moving crazily. I control my Yang Spirit to stimulate the flames around it. Instead of retreating, I attack the dark relic.
Since this relic also has a thick evil aura, it should be restrained by the flames of my Tai Sui Yang Spirit. That's why I didn't change my plan. However, the result was not as optimistic as I had thought.
The red flames that the Tai Sui Yang Spirit had summoned were as brittle as bubbles when they met the relic. In the blink of an eye, most of them were extinguished.
Then, I realized that the dark relic didn't seem to be afraid of the pure Yang power. Just like a moment ago, when the Sakyamuni Buddha statue had spat out the Buddha relic, it was no longer afraid of the flames.
It didn't mean that the dark relic could restrain the pure Yang power. In fact, the Yin and Yang powers restrained each other. It's just that the degree was different.
Previously, the pure Yang power of the Tai Sui Yang Spirit was stronger, and the Sakyamuni Buddha statue was restrained. Now, the evil aura in the dark relic was stronger, and the pure Yang power of the Tai Sui Yang Spirit was restrained.
I understood the reason, but I didn't have time to use other methods in a hurry.
But even I didn't expect that the Tai Sui Yang Spirit would suddenly change at this time. From the mark on its forehead, a golden beam of light suddenly shot out and met the dark relic.
In the blink of an eye, the two collided. Immediately, the evil aura around the relic was dispersed. A few seconds later, under the golden light, the Buddha relic exploded, turning into black smoke and dissipating in the waves of air.
As the dark relic exploded, the Sakyamuni Buddha statue was sent flying. Its blood-red skin gradually returned to its original appearance, and its solid body turned into a phantom once again.
Seeing this, I was shocked. The Buddha relic was obviously Long Pu's trump card. He had to risk his life to use it. At first, I had underestimated his power and was almost taught a lesson. I didn't expect that the Buddha relic would be destroyed under the golden light of the mark on the Tai Sui Yang Spirit's head.
In this way, Jinshan Temple's Long Pu had no more tricks up his sleeve. I looked at the Sakyamuni phantom again. It was much fainter than before. Obviously, it couldn't fight back anymore.
Just as I heaved a sigh of relief, a mass of black mist suddenly rose from the Sakyamuni phantom and flew away.
Jinshan Temple's Long Pu was trying to escape. I was already prepared, so how could I let him escape so easily?
The moment it left, I leaped into the air and arrived in front of it even though I had started later.
Long Pu's ferocity didn't diminish. Seeing that I had intercepted him, he directly rushed toward me.
I was waiting for him with the Xuanyuan Sword in my hand. Seeing this, I moved the sword to the side and slammed him to the ground.
At this time, Long Pu's Yang Spirit was like an arrow at the end of its flight. After being injured, he couldn't escape.
I landed on the ground and reached out to grab the black mist. I didn't think much and directly used the soul-searching technique to extract all the memories in his soul.
With my current cultivation, it was difficult for me to search the soul of Long Pu, who was at the late stage of Yang Spirit. After all, his cultivation was higher than mine.
However, after the previous fierce battle, not only was his body damaged, but his Yang Spirit was also at the end of its flight. Facing my Soul Searching Technique, he couldn't resist at all and could only let me do it.
Soon, I finished the Soul Searching Technique. Since his Yang Spirit was useless to me, I controlled the Xuanyuan Sword to destroy his Yang Spirit.
As his Yang Spirit disappeared, the Buddhist medallion that had summoned the Sakyamuni Buddha statue also broke and scattered on the ground like rubble.
After killing Long Pu, I turned my head and observed the surroundings for a while. After confirming that there were no more threats around, I relaxed and carefully examined the information I had just obtained from Long Pu's soul.
Long Pu's name was Long Pu Zhuang. He was the monk from Jinshan Temple who had suggested to the King that the Jade Buddha Temple should leave the palace.
The reason he had done that was because Jinshan Temple had reached an agreement with the King.
The agreement was that Jinshan Temple would replace the Jade Buddha Temple as the Chief Temple of Thai Buddhism. In return, Jinshan Temple would help the King obtain some kind of treasure from the Jade Buddha Temple to prolong his life.
The King of Thailand was over seventy years old, and his body was weak and sickly. He knew that he didn't have much time left, and ordinary medical treatments wouldn't work.
He could only kneel and pray to the Buddha to prolong his life.
However, it didn't work for several years. He could only sit and wait for the day of his life to end.
At this moment, Long Pu Zhuang of Jinshan Temple took the chance to tell the King that the Jade Buddha Temple had a magical treasure that could reverse Yin and Yang. It could cure diseases, relieve pain, and prolong one's life.
The King was already disheartened. When he heard this news, he felt like he had found a life-saving straw. How could he not be happy?
Of course, although he was excited, he still kept his mind. After some discreet investigation, he found that what Long Pu Zhuang had told him was true. Once the monks of the Jade Buddha Temple became Long Pu, they would go to a mysterious place to continue their cultivation. They wouldn't show up for hundreds of years. However, people had confirmed that they were still alive.
The King was very excited when he learned about this. However, he also understood that since the treasure was so precious, the Jade Buddha Temple wouldn't hand it over easily.
Thailand was a religious country. Buddhists accounted for ninety percent of the population, and the King was just a symbol of the country. He didn't have much real power.
Moreover, the Jade Buddha Temple was the Chief Temple of Thai Buddhism.
If the Jade Buddha Temple didn't hand over the magical treasure, the King couldn't do anything to it.
However, this was a matter of life and death. This might be the only way to prolong his life, so he wouldn't give it up easily.
The King thought about it again and again. He felt that this was a serious matter, and he didn't have the power to participate in it. He could only borrow the power of Thai Buddhism.
He knew that the Jinshan Temple must have a motive for providing this information.
In terms of strength, the Jinshan Temple and the Jade Buddha Temple were on par.
It was not impossible to use the Jinshan Temple to fight against the Jade Buddha Temple.
Long Pu Zhuang already knew what the King was thinking, so he took the opportunity to tell the King his plan.
Since then, the King ordered the Jade Buddha Temple to participate in the Buddhist Competition.
Then, Long Pu Zhuang used the reason that the Jade Buddha Temple was ranked last in the competition to suggest to the King that the Jade Buddha Temple should move out of the Grand Palace and let the new Chief Temple take over.
The Jinshan Temple had a deep foundation, so the new Chief Temple naturally fell on its head.
As long as the Jinshan Temple moved into the Grand Palace, the magical treasure would be easily obtained by the King.
However, this matter was of great importance, so the King had to put on an act to not let others notice anything unusual.
He didn't agree in a hurry, so he delayed it until now.
Today, the Jinshan Temple's monks came to find me to settle the previous matter, and to exert pressure on the Jade Buddha Temple, making them move out of the Grand Palace.
Seeing this, Long Pu Zhuang's soul didn't have any more useful information.
I wasn't in a hurry to leave. Instead, I stared in the direction of the Clear Sky Pagoda and pondered.
Previously, I had guessed that the magical treasure that Long Pu Zhuang mentioned was undoubtedly the Clear Sky Pagoda.
From the information he had just obtained, he didn't even know the effects of the Clear Sky Pagoda. I was afraid that it was just hearsay.