Chapter 7

Ran Deng returned to Mount Sumeru, being much faster this time.

When he arrived, he saw his two good brothers who had both advanced to the perfect great golden immortal stage.

"Haha, congratulations brothers! You advanced so fast, the primordial immortal stage isn't far!"

They smiled at this, but before they could say anything, they felt his aura and bowed "Congratulations brother for your advancement!"

"It's nothing!" he waved his hand, then the three sat down and instantly started discussing the dao. Being close like this, there was no need for unnecessary talking.

After a long time, when all finished and gained a lot, Ran Deng started talking.

"I have seen a bit of the world and decided to open a sect, the buddhist sect! Our main goal is to save all suffering, enlighten all beings and create our own path. I wonder what you think of this?"

The two were confused, this was what they were already doing, but they still nodded. Ran Deng explained it to them "To create a force is to gather fortune. The personal fortune of everyone isn't stable and it's difficult to gather it, using treasures to supress the fortune from escaping is too wasteful. When we want to expand or teachings, we need more people, and it will become bothersome.

If we open a sect, we can gather all fortune and teach to those that will fulfil our goal, we will gain a lot more merit for the lotus to advance. In fact, I plan to use the lotus as our foundation of supressing the sect. With the merit generated by the sect, the Lotus will surely bloom again and advance greatly! From then on, our sect will be even more beneficial!

In fact, I have already accepted a disciple. When I was in the starry sky, I found my origin on Ziwei star. Since I transformed there, I owed some cause to the star and the creature born from the origin of the star.

I saw that the creature had some connection with me, so I accepted him as my disciple. He follows the governance law, so my idea is to make him the future sect leader in charge of the sect.

As founders, we should focus on other things than the work of governance. He will take charge and open the buddha court on the Ziwei star, where he oversees all worldly matters with the sun and moon at his side. They will also become buddhas of our buddhist sect!"

The more they listened, the more surprised they were. This was very far sighted but also ambitious! There is a reason why the other beings in the world don't do what he does even if they have the ability – the cause and effect involved is too heavy, one wrong step might block their path for eternity!

But, considering that he had basically done the same when he preached to them... it seems this elder brother of theirs has his own ideas, as long as they follow it, they will probably benefit greatly!

They instantly bowed "As long as elder brother says so, we will naturally follow your lead!"

"Good! I knew you would be happy. But, the establishment of a sect will have to wait until you two reached the primordial golden immortal stage. After all, there are so many beings in this world, if we only have me as the lead, it will be difficult. It would be better to advance and create a sect together."

There was another reason he didn't say – they would gain merit when creating a sect solely for the reason that they work for the advancement of the world, similar to how the three tribes of dragon, phoenix and qilin gained merit when establishing their clan.

The temptation of using merit to advance is too great, so he stopped. If one follows the law of merit, using merit to advance is fine, but if one uses it recklessly, then it's harmful. Even if the law of merit isn't the main law, one can use it as a subsidiary and temporarily make it like a second main law, but if one doesn't know the merit law at all, it will corrupt the main law into the direction of the merit law.

Since one has another law besides the merit law, it is impossible to form the merit law. Having two different paths as main laws is impossible – it would be one thing if it was time and space, but merit doesn't have a counterpart, so forcing it would just be harmful. Even if there is a way, it would definitely be unnecessarily difficult.

"Alright, you two, why don't you enter the eight treasure water lake? Let me teach you this technique I created… you should also absorb the water to advance in your cultivation. The lotus can't grow anymore, as long as there is enough water, it won't degenerate, so you can just absorb it! You will also be able to clear any cause and effect gathered during your journey."

The two agreed and received the technique from Ran Deng. They were delighted that there was a solution the moment they needed it, thanked him and entered the pool. Like him, their focus lays in the soul, as dream and enlightenment are close to the soul, so their weakness is the body and spiritual power is average.

If they use the technique, they can combine different aspects to eliminate the weakness and strengthen the strengths.

The two entered and Ran Deng began to cultivate while contemplating the future setting of the buddhist sect.

'We can't be focused solely on the west, that would make us restricted. The east is a no-go zone, regardless of how many treasures there are, the trouble that comes with it is too much. Anyways, the west at this time is rich in resources, they are just hidden underground. The eastern treasures are aboveground, and the western are below.

Innate treasures can be found, but the most important are the ores and other materials below. Even if we can keep innate spiritual power, the formation of innate treasures is too slow and there are too many. Eventually, there will be acquired spiritual treasures for the weaker cultivators. Since the west is rich in this, we will have to focus on all paths that require them.

Treasure refining will be the core, other paths require too many other materials. The central wilderness is rich in wood and earth, if we can take some forests and plant for talisman refining and plant them in the west… the north has unique woods that are extremely strong, perfect supplement for treasure refining and also for formations.

Only alchemy can't be done… alas, who made the east rich in spiritual plants? The starry sky has three innate plants, the west has two, the centre has two, the south has one, the east has one and the north has one too. From this, it should be the west that is blessed with spiritual plants, why is the east much better?

Maybe all the wood fortune was used to give birth to two innate plants in the west… as for the north and south, their climate isn't fitting for plants. The water and fire elements there have taken the extremes, pushing all the things away.

In theory, the north should be the one with the best water element… but all the water is frozen and the eastern sea is the largest sea… alas, opportunities lost!

But it's fine. The eastern and one of the central innate plant is meant to be with me… and the three in the starry sky also have a connection with the buddhist sect. As long as they stay there, thee fortune of our west won't plummet because we took over half of the innate plants.

We can still shoulder four… anyways, two of them transformed, the central will also transform with a bit of help, so in theory, we only have one. Fortunately the great dao is magnanimous, as long as we work hard for the world, it will be fine."