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 Chapter 3219: The Diverse Buddhist Clan

Lin Moyu suddenly thought of the poison in the ten children's bodies.

Now it seemed there was something strange about this poison.

Lin Moyu went back to the foot of the stairs to observe the children climbing up.

He sensed a faint dragon aura from these children. This meant the poison in these children came from the poison dragon among the elemental giant dragons.

And this poison dragon was likely the one subdued by Dragon Subduing Ancient Buddha.

Back then, he had only subdued the poison dragon, not killed it. This dragon was still alive.

Lin Moyu had an idea. He left marks on several children, then turned to enter Buddha City.

Dragon Subduing Buddha City was lively, looking not much different from human cities, except for the Buddhist aura everywhere.

There were also foreign merchants here. The Buddhist clan wasn't an isolated race; they needed exchanges too. Buddhist cultivators also needed various materials and goods.

There were also taverns here, with the aroma of wine and meat wafting through the air.

The Buddhist clan didn't completely abstain from meat. Only those who failed in cultivation would eat vegetarian to show their devotion.

For truly successful Buddhist cultivators, they didn't care what they ate.

Wine, meat, or poison - it was all the same to them.

All phenomena are empty; everything is emptiness.

People in the Buddhist clan also married and had children. If they didn't marry or reproduce, the Buddhist clan would have gone extinct long ago, let alone talk about inheritance.

Lin Moyu found a tavern, casually ordered two dishes, and leisurely drank wine.

At the same time, his ears twitched slightly. In an instant, all sounds in the entire city were within his grasp.

Dragon Subduing Buddha City's population wasn't large, about a million.

Dragon Subduing Buddha Nation wasn't a large Buddha nation either. Besides Dragon Subduing Buddha City, there were four smaller cities in the entire nation.

Adding in scattered villages, the entire Dragon Subduing Buddha Nation had less than ten million people, not even a tenth of those large Buddha nations.

But the Buddhist clan didn't calculate like this. They claimed that every blade of grass and every tree had Buddha nature and could become a Buddha.

So any being with spiritual nature, including spirit beasts, plants, and trees, would be counted by them.

Thus, they claimed countless beings in Buddha nations, from tens of millions to over a billion.

In reality, there weren't so many. Those plants and trees with some spiritual nature didn't really count.

But from another perspective, the entire Buddha nation was year-round enveloped in Buddhist light and the sound of chanting scriptures. Both the Buddhist light and scriptures contained Buddhist power, which indeed helped awaken the spiritual nature of plants and trees.

It also easily bewitched people's hearts.

As long as plants, trees, and spirit beasts were awakened by Buddhist power, they would inevitably convert to the Buddhist clan and become members.

As time accumulated, the Buddhist clan's power would naturally grow stronger and stronger.

As far as Lin Moyu knew, within the Buddhist clan, there were groups composed of plant and tree spirits, and their strength was quite considerable.

Because of this, the Hundred Herbs Alliance had once conflicted with the Buddhist clan. Initially, they had tried to bring those plant and tree spirits back to the Hundred Herbs Alliance.

But they finally discovered that plant and tree spirits awakened by Buddhist power were only loyal to the Buddhist clan and couldn't join the Hundred Herbs Alliance.

In the end, they had to give up.

At this moment, in Dragon Subduing Buddha City, there were some plant and tree spirits.

Some had evolved into human form, while others maintained their original appearance.

Not just plant and tree spirits, but spirit beasts also appeared in Buddha City, likewise maintaining their original forms.

If one saw a huge spirit beast in Buddha City, there was no need to be surprised.

All races were present in Buddha City, and one could even see some converted beast race people.

However, overall, humans were still the majority.

Humans were the main component of the Buddhist clan.

While pondering various information about the Buddhist clan, Lin Moyu was also receiving sounds from the entire city.

From the massive amount of information, Lin Moyu quickly extracted what he needed.

"If it's as I think, the injured children this time shouldn't be just these few."

Soon, he got what he wanted from the massive information.

Some Buddhists were chatting casually, "In recent days, the plague has reappeared. Villages in the Buddha nation have been affected by the plague. Who knows how many will die."

"On my way here, I've already seen many people bringing their children to Buddha City, probably to seek help from the nation's lord."

"This kind of plague comes every few decades. Each time, many people die, with very few survivors. Even the nation's lord can't find the source. It's really helpless."

"It's said the nation's lord has sought help from the Buddhas in the Buddha Realm, but it seems useless."

"Yes, I've heard that too. If even the Buddhas in the Buddha Realm can't solve it, then there's really no way."

Similar conversations were happening not just among these few people, but others were discussing it too.

Listening to sentence after sentence, Lin Moyu quickly grasped the key points.

First, the plague they spoke of wasn't actually a plague, but poison from the elemental giant dragon.

This poison had been disguised, its toxicity not strong, appearing like a plague.

This kind of poison wasn't actually difficult to cure. It didn't require a Dao Venerable; even a Supreme realm alchemist among humans could neutralize this poison.

He believed that those Ancient Buddhas in the Buddha Realm surely had corresponding solutions.

As for why it was unsolvable, there were only two reasons. One was that Dragon Subduing Ancient Buddha hadn't actually gone to the Buddha Realm.

The claim of seeking help from the Buddha Realm was just an excuse.

The second was that he did go, but those in the Buddha Realm weren't willing to help.

It was just these two reasons; which one it was didn't matter.

Lin Moyu didn't want to get involved in this matter. He just wanted to watch and see if those so-called Buddhas in the Buddhist clan were truly benevolent or truly hypocritical.

Was his thinking too one-sided, or was it actually like this?

The Yin and Yang Origins silently completed their alternation. Lin Moyu could feel the Yin rune appearing on his brow.

But the Buddha nation only darkened slightly, with no significant overall change.

In the Buddha nation, Buddhist light shone everywhere, replacing the Yin and Yang Origins.

Some people in the Buddha nation had never even seen the Yin and Yang Origins in their entire lives.

"It's indeed a completely different cultivation method. The Yin and Yang Origins are said to be the most fundamental power of the Origin Continent. Even origin spirit veins need to evolve through the Yin and Yang Origins."

"Yet in the Buddhist clan's Buddha nations, they cover up the two Origins. It's quite interesting."

"Finally, they've arrived!"

The child called Little Mei finally climbed the stairs and arrived at Buddha City.

The first thing she did upon arriving was to perform a grand salute before the statue of Dragon Subduing Ancient Buddha, kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times.

Lin Moyu saw this scene through the mark he had left.

As Little Mei kowtowed, the poison dragon statue on Dragon Subduing Ancient Buddha's statue suddenly lit up with a dark green light in its eyes.

Little Mei's originally pale face suddenly gained a rosy tint, and she became much more energetic overall.

This change excited Little Mei's mother greatly.

She thought her daughter's illness had improved a lot, that worshipping Buddha really worked.

But Lin Moyu knew that Little Mei hadn't improved. Not only had she not improved, but the poison had deepened.

The rosy complexion and improved spirit were just illusions.

In fact, this poison was consuming her life force.

"How vicious!"

Lin Moyu thought to himself. To do such a vicious thing to a child, he couldn't help but feel angry.