The mind is not on oneself.

These monks truly desire the relics left by Shakyamuni!

Lu Ren sighed inwardly. For this Sea of Transmigration formed by countless Arhat Relics and Bodhisattva Golden Bodies, the system had already conducted automatic adjustments.

No wonder this old bald donkey isn't afraid of any troubles he might cause. Even if he sets his mindset to a state of meditation, forming a mind of Diamond-like Concentration, being in such an environment for a long time, under the influence of Buddhist Dharma and this peculiar profundity, will surely make one an extremely firm supporter of the Buddhist Sect.

These cunning bastards, each playing their own clever games!

Lu Ren glanced around. This Buddha Statue is isolated from the outside world, evidently using a very special material to contain the golden radiance emitted by these Relics and Golden Bodies within the statue.

This explains why the Shakyamuni Buddha Statue, towering at three hundred meters, emits a faint golden glow.

The high monks of Mani Temple across generations are all in there.

"Ha, high monks..."

Lu Ren's face was indifferent. He casually picked up a relic from the side, and using his fingers, the relic, seemingly hard as rock, crumbled like tofu slag, releasing streams of concentrated energy.

This pure energy, like a swirling starlight, emitted an orange flame glow, swirling around Lu Ren's arm. The next moment, this pure energy vanished abruptly.

"Ding, you have acquired a dose of pure Buddha Power."

With the system's prompt, Lu Ren could clearly see on his skill level attribute panel, a progress bar beneath the skill points slightly increased by about five percent.

This kind of thing exists?

Lu Ren's eyes shone brightly. It seemed there were still many aspects of the system he hadn't discovered; maybe there were many energies that could be adapted and absorbed by the system, converting them into progress bars for acquiring skill points.

With this Arhat Relic as a premise, Lu Ren hesitated no longer, demolishing every Arhat Relic and Bodhisattva Golden Body he passed by.

"Ding, you have absorbed enough essence and successfully acquired 1 skill point."

"Ding, you have absorbed enough essence and successfully acquired 1 skill point."

After absorbing the entire first floor of Arhat Relics and a few Bodhisattva Golden Bodies, Lu Ren's skill points increased by a full five points.

If this had been my first time here, there wouldn't be so many unexpected issues.

Watching the continually jumping skill points on his attribute panel and the slow but visibly growing progress bar for acquiring skill points.

Without stopping, Lu Ren strode directly to the second floor. This second-floor space was quite large, but the number of Arhat Relics and Bodhisattva Golden Bodies was visibly fewer. Nonetheless, the Buddha Energy contained in these once left behind by high monks and greatly virtuous ones had reached another level.

Twice the power of one!

Lu Ren's eyes lit up like a tiger entering a flock of sheep; he immediately lunged forward.

On the second floor, he obtained a total of eleven skill points. Although it seemed like these Arhat Relics and Bodhisattva Golden Bodies were at least half fewer than those on the first floor, their quality was far superior.

After crushing the last Bodhisattva Golden Body skeleton placed on a wooden shelf, Lu Ren suddenly remembered Ksitigarbha, whom he had encountered in the Treasure Light Secret Realm. That person, despite speaking frivolously and acting as ordinary people do.

In truth, he was the real deal—someone who, even after attaining extraordinary levels of strength and realm, could still maintain the Seven Emotions and Six Desires like a normal person.

At his peak, his strength and realm were certainly no weaker than Old Monk Long Jia, and even the Subodhi imprisoned in the Inner Realm by him might have been on the same level.

Yet with the years of suppression, his realm had steadily declined. If it weren't for Lu Ren unexpectedly barging in, perhaps in another century or so, all these would have returned to dust, completely vanishing into the annals of time.

Perhaps the era of Ksitigarbha and Subodhi is even more ancient than Lu Ren imagined.

Subodhi, that old sly fox, truly hid deeply!

However, upon seeing Lu Ren destroy these Arhat Relics and Bodhisattva Golden Bodies in the Inner Realm, Subodhi felt his heart bleeding.

His face turned pale, his steps staggered, and even his divine soul appeared more ethereal. If he had come here instead.

He wouldn't be wasting these treasures like Lu Ren, destroying them without a trace.

Completely acting like a destroyer.

"Old monk, old monk, it's beyond words!"

Subodhi sighed deeply, raising his head silently for a long while.

If his physical body were still there, he might have truly coughed up old blood.

Given him these things, as long as he thoroughly refined them, even though he was the Buddha turned demon, such pure and clean Buddha Energy could enhance his power further, even going as far as forming the genuine Human Immortal Path Fruit and Buddha Taoism Fruit.

Even in his current state, putting him in this environment—provided the golden glow naturally emitted by the Buddhist Dharma's World-Passing Light Purification was neutralized—he could use it to reform his Golden Body, forge a perfect Golden Body Dharma Aspect, and lay a peerless foundation, naturally achieving the state of Tathagata.

But now, now...

Watching Lu Ren forcibly explode a Bodhisattva Golden Body, Subodhi simply closed his eyes, refusing to watch any longer.

Beside him, Chen Xuzi appeared quite schadenfreude but said nothing more. Though Subodhi often remained silent, his keen perception allowed him to clearly feel the numerous secrets Subodhi hid.

Such a person, with a complex mind and overly deep scheming, how could he possibly attain Buddhahood?

Yet his strength was formidable enough to deter outright mockery.

Lu Ren rushed to the third floor, obtaining 8 points, and 10 points on the fourth floor.

Upon reaching the fifth floor and seeing the empty hall, his excited expression faded abruptly, yet he couldn't help but console himself.

"It's okay, it's okay. After all, I've already gotten so much. If I continue, it would indeed be a bit excessive."

Lu Ren consoled himself, yet still felt somewhat disappointed.

After all, opportunities like this, to partake for free, come only once in centuries. Without taking full advantage, there seems to be a sense of incompletion.

Lu Ren surveyed the empty room, finally fixing his gaze on a wooden box placed on a stone display stand in the middle.

Outside the Shakyamuni Golden Statue, Xuanzang, who was conversing with Monk Long Jia, suddenly stopped, raising his head to look at the Shakyamuni Buddha Statue behind Long Jia.

He asked with some doubt, "World Honored One, do you feel the radiance emitted by the Shakyamuni Buddha Statue has dimmed somewhat?"

More than dimmed, the golden radiance once visible for over a hundred miles had long since faded completely, leaving only the sacred golden glow the Buddha Statue naturally emitted due to ages of Buddha Energy permeation.

Even the faintly heard Buddhist hymns and chants of the past had fallen silent; everything seemed returned to serenity.

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