Chapter 51

When Zhu Ganglie arrived at the western side of the Ten-Thousand Caves Mountain, he flicked his wrist, and the Ice Soul Banner responded to the wind, growing to a hundred feet in a moment, floating in the air. White snowflakes drifted from the banner, resembling pear blossoms.

In the blink of an eye, the snowflakes enveloped the western side of the Ten-Thousand Caves Mountain, covering dozens of miles, turning it into a world of ice and snow.

If the fox spirits from the Ten-Thousand Caves Mountain tried to escape from the west, Zhu Ganglie would know immediately. This large-scale封锁 (封锁 means "封锁" in Chinese, but in this context, it translates to "封锁" in English, which is "seal" or "blockade") consumed one of his Ice Soul powers, but it was worth it.

After sealing the western side of the mountain, Zhu Ganglie sat cross-legged under the Ice Soul Banner. Sixteen out of his eighteen powers flew out, one Ice Soul power to activate the Ice Soul Banner, and one Gourd Sword Technique power to control the Heavenly Traveling Sword Pill, which orbited around his body.

Sixteen out of his eighteen spiritual energies also flew out, the other two remaining in his stored divine soul to ensure it had enough defense.

These powers and spiritual energies rolled on the ground, some manifesting as water people, some as sand people, and others as ice and snow people, each different.

After manifesting, they entered the dense caves, searching one by one, like looking for a needle in the sea.

The caves of the Ten-Thousand Caves Mountain were of various sizes, seemingly endless. Zhu Ganglie's avatars entering these caves were like entering a vast ocean, not even causing a ripple.

Seeing Zhu Ganglie's approach, the Ten-Thousand Saints Dragon King smiled and sat down beside the Ice Soul Banner, a golden seal floating above his head, dividing his powers.

The Ten-Thousand Saints Dragon King was a Golden Core expert with 1,296 powers. In an instant, he divided over a thousand avatars, which flooded into the caves. In the blink of an eye, these avatars disappeared, as if entering a bottomless pit.

Zhu Ganglie glanced at the Ten-Thousand Saints Dragon King and smiled faintly. The Ten-Thousand Saints Dragon King was the type who wouldn't act without profit. Now, helping him must be for the sake of gaining his assistance to establish himself in the Thunder Marsh, and also to covet the new Buddhist technique he had obtained.

Zhu Ganglie then extended his hand, a faint Buddhist light circling it, gradually forming a golden stele. A Buddha, whose back was to the others, was fully focused on carving the golden stele.

Countless scriptures shone around the stele, and a low chanting of Buddhist mantras echoed.

"Ten-Thousand Saints Dragon King, this is the Great Power Vajra Sutra, which has some connection with the Great Power Vajra we cultivate. Perhaps the left-handed predecessor of old wanted to achieve the Great Power Vajra Buddha through this method.

My enlightenment is not good, and I wish to study the Great Power Vajra Sutra with the Dragon King!"

Zhu Ganglie smiled. The Great Power Vajra Sutra emphasizes using power to overcome all evil, a method known for its strength, capable of moving mountains and crossing seas, and even has a legend that only this Buddha can shake Mount Sumeru.

The Ten-Thousand Saints Dragon King was delighted to see the Buddhist technique Zhu Ganglie summoned. He was now dedicated to studying Buddhist scriptures, and with this technique, he might achieve a sudden enlightenment of the second consciousness, advancing his cultivation.

He bowed to Zhu Ganglie and then focused on studying the image of the Great Power Vajra Buddha on Zhu Ganglie's hand.

When the Ten-Thousand Saints Dragon King's mind touched the Buddha and the golden stele, a passage of scripture flowed into his mind.

"The World Honored One preaches. Evil and heretics abound, how to subdue them? Not by reason, not by righteousness, not by compassion, not by merit, but by power! Cutting through thorns and brambles, by power..."

As the Ten-Thousand Saints Dragon King studied this passage, Zhu Ganglie also carefully studied it, with two circles of Buddhist light faintly appearing behind his head, extremely sacred.

Fortunately, they were far from his senior brothers and sisters, and the Ice Soul Banner concealed them, so there was no need to worry about them knowing he was studying the Buddhist technique.

As he studied, a huge Buddha carving appeared in the circle of Buddhist light behind Zhu Ganglie's head, fully displaying the power.

While Zhu Ganglie was studying the Great Power Vajra Buddha, the Ten-Thousand Saints Dragon King, with his Golden Core foundation, also gained considerable insight, needing only a catalyst to break through to the second consciousness.

"Ah!"

At this moment, Zhu Ganglie's face lit up. One of his avatars had discovered two fox spirits in a cave, and he was overjoyed. The other avatars immediately headed to that location.

These two fox spirits were only at the Manifestation stage, on par with his own, but they lacked the orthodox cultivation methods, making them weak and not a concern.

With this movement, all his avatars headed to that cave, but after this discovery, the two fox spirits disappeared again, vanishing into the countless caves.

This made Zhu Ganglie extremely frustrated, and he had to continue searching. At this moment, he finally understood the troubles of his senior brothers and sisters.

With the Ten-Thousand Caves Mountain, these two fox spirits were as slippery as fish, hard to catch, and a single search would likely be ineffective.

Frustrated, his gaze turned cold, and he pointed at the Ice Soul Banner, causing snow to slowly spread across the Ten-Thousand Caves Mountain, gradually freezing the caves inch by inch.

To increase his power, he recalled all his powers, preparing to use this method to freeze and crack the western caves.

Although this was a brute-force method, with his power and the Ice Soul Banner, he could turn half of the Ten-Thousand Caves Mountain into a world of ice and snow, freezing everything.

The Ice Soul Banner rustled, and countless snowflakes flew, creating a desolate feeling.

In this icy scene, the beasts and spirits of the Ten-Thousand Caves Mountain fled in panic.

Facing these beasts, Zhu Ganglie swept them with his spiritual energies, ignoring them. The Ten-Thousand Saints Dragon King, who had studied the Great Power Vajra Sutra, also helped Zhu Ganglie identify the beasts.

The Ten-Thousand Caves Mountain had countless beasts and birds. Although Zhu Ganglie did not mind killing them one by one, he was unwilling to waste his power or attract any karma.

"There's even a rabbit spirit? Do you think you can slip through? But your aura is quite pure."

The Ten-Thousand Saints Dragon King reached out and grabbed a rabbit spirit, the first time he had seen a spirit leave the Ten-Thousand Caves Mountain.

Zhu Ganglie also scanned the rabbit spirit, his gaze cold. The Ten-Thousand Caves Mountain not only had fox spirits but also a rabbit spirit. He did not dare to be careless and captured the rabbit spirit with the Ice Soul Banner.

"Please spare me, Great Immortal! I have always focused on cultivation, never killed, and never had evil thoughts. When the immortals surrounded the mountain, I was frightened and wanted to leave. Please spare me!"

The rabbit spirit begged for mercy, bowing repeatedly.

Zhu Ganglie did not dare to be careless and did not bother to explain, directly capturing the rabbit spirit with the Yuan Yang Ruler.

"Hmm?"

Just as Zhu Ganglie was about to use the Ice Soul Banner to freeze everything, a massive aura spread.

Zhu Ganglie leaped into the air, flying high above the Ten-Thousand Caves Mountain, seeing an old Taoist with a vigorous appearance slowly approaching, stepping on a Bagua pattern.

At this moment, Li Luo and others were also standing in the air, respectfully watching the approaching Taoist.

When the Taoist approached, Li Luo bowed first, saying, "Greetings, Bagua Elder!"

Following Li Luo's greeting, Zhu Ganglie did not dare to be disrespectful and also bowed, saying, "Greetings, Bagua Elder!"

"You are the new disciple of Ice Soul Senior Brother? Excellent, excellent, your bone structure is very good, and your temperament is also excellent. I heard you obtained the Golden Spirit Pearl!"

Hearing the Bagua Taoist's words, Zhu Ganglie immediately handed over the Golden Spirit Pearl to the old Taoist.

"Excellent, you have done well in protecting Qu Gai and finding the Golden Spirit Pearl. You deserve ten points of merit!"

The Bagua Taoist grabbed the Shenxiao Dao Jade Token from Zhu Ganglie, lightly tapped it, and then returned it to him.

Seeing this, Li Luo and others felt a bit envious. One point of merit could be exchanged for a cultivation technique to reach the Manifestation stage or a hundred-year-old medicinal herb.

Over the past few decades, they had only accumulated ten points of merit. Zhu Ganglie, upon arrival, received ten points of merit, showing his good fortune.

After Zhu Ganglie retrieved his identity jade token, the Bagua Taoist looked down at the Ten-Thousand Caves Mountain, the Bagua pattern under his feet glowing, expanding to cover hundreds of miles of the mountain.

All the spirits that had cultivated to the spirit level were captured by the Bagua, including the two fox spirits.