Hearing Chen Nan's words.
Kong Xuan uttered a questioning sound, "Wait."
"Why did you say Tathagata was shameless?"
"How can you assume he is a person with a face?"
"If he has no face, you cannot say he is shameless."
"Understand?"
Chen Nan looked embarrassed.
It seemed that what she said was correct.
The Great Azure Ox said, "You must have been deceived by history books."
"Tathagata is not as righteous as you imagine."
"That is merely his appearance."
"In reality, he is an extremely cunning, despicable fellow."
"He will stop at nothing to achieve his goals."
After a pause, it said, "You should know that Tathagata is not from our Central Continent, right?"
Chen Nan thought about the Buddhist and Daoist schools and then said, "Tathagata is, at best, a monk from afar."
Buddhism originated in India.
It did not come from the Central Continent as the Great Azure Ox put it.
The so-called Central Continent refers to present-day Chinese civilization.
The Great Azure Ox continued, "You are correct, monks from afar can chant scriptures. Precisely because these foreign monks were eloquent and knew how to please people, they gained the appreciation of those great powers."
"Allowing Tathagata to become the helmsman of the Three Realms."
"But..."
"Who would have thought that by simply trusting Tathagata's hypocritical facade, the Three Realms would face annihilation?"
"Those who are not of our kind will inevitably have different intentions!"
Although a bull saying "those who are not of our kind will inevitably have different intentions" sounded somewhat ridiculous.
But it was not wrong.
Tracing back to the roots.
Chen Nan and the great demons present were of the same kind.
Whereas Tathagata belonged to a different race.
Let alone Tathagata's dubious character, extreme hypocrisy, and duplicity.
Is not the current 'Third Brother' the same way?
Although he knew the reasons why Kong Xuan, the Great Roc, and the Great Azure Ox appeared here.
Chen Nan still had some doubts.
He fixed his gaze on Su Daji, who was casting her seductive arts on him, a cold glint flashing in his eyes, "Believe it or not, if you continue to flirt with me, I'll cripple your cultivation?"
Although the Investiture of the Gods was a trial arranged by Patriarch Hongjun.
Although he knew Su Daji was also acting under orders.
But.
Her sins were too numerous to count.
This woman, apart from having a captivating, heart-pounding body.
Was useless in every other way.
Even when she threw coquettish glances at Chen Nan, he remained unmoved.
A hint of resentment appeared in Su Daji's eyes, "You don't know how to cherish beauty at all!"
The Great Azure Ox saw the curiosity in Chen Nan's heart and explained, "After they died, they should have been reincarnated."
"But because Tathagata saw that they were all fierce beasts and great demons in their lives, he wanted to suppress and subdue them."
"However."
"After the Three Realms fell into chaos, Tathagata also gave up the idea of subduing them."
"So he has been suppressing them here all along."
Chen Nan understood.
Demons are naturally warlike.
Just like that monkey.
Tathagata must have been wary of these demonic beasts.
Which is why he suppressed them.
"You are here for this spatial artifact, aren't you?" The Great Azure Ox said and spat out a beam of auspicious light, which transformed into a storage ring.
Chen Nan's eyes lit up, "Yes, I, your junior, have come for it."
The Great Azure Ox said, "The contents inside are useless to us. Take it!"
"Thank you, senior!"
Chen Nan was overjoyed, he never expected them to give him this spatial artifact so easily.
Although the medicinal herbs inside had existed for ten thousand years.
There was still a significant difference between a spatial artifact and a regular storage artifact.
To put it simply...
A spatial artifact could preserve things for a long time.
At this moment.
Kong Xuan said, "Young friend, can you help lift the divine talisman on the stone door?"
The great demons all looked at Chen Nan uniformly.
Their eyes were filled with tension and anticipation. They desperately wanted to leave this place.
But the divine talisman at the entrance had been sealing this place all along.
Chen Nan shook his head, "I naturally wish to remove the divine talisman and allow all you seniors to leave this place."
"But the power of that divine talisman is too terrifying."
"With my current strength, I am nowhere near capable of resisting it."
Chen Nan did not want to owe anyone a favor.
If he could remove the divine talisman at the door.
He would not hesitate.
But the reality was otherwise.
He was still too weak.
Not strong enough to remove the divine talisman.
Seeing the disappointment on everyone's faces, Chen Nan added, "How about this, I promise all of you that once my strength grows, I will definitely remove the divine talisman and let you leave this place."
"But I have one condition: after you leave, you must not do anything that harms the common people."
The Investiture of the Gods was a trial arranged by Patriarch Hongjun.
Apart from the Great Azure Ox, all the other demons here were actors in the Investiture of the Gods.
Even so.
Why should they play the villains?
Were they truly innocent?
Not entirely.
Just like on Earth.
Who would ask a highly respected veteran actor, a specialist in righteous roles, an artist of performance, to play a villain?
Some roles cannot be acted out.
These demons were acting in their true colors.
Therefore.
Releasing them carried a considerable risk.
This point had to be made clear in advance.
He did not want to release these demons only for them to commit wicked deeds.
If that were to happen.
He would have to bear all the karmic consequences.
"Young friend, rest assured, even if we commit evil deeds, we will not remain in the Central Continent," Kong Xuan was the first to express his stance.
Chen Nan's eyebrows twitched.
There was a hidden meaning in those words!
Never mind!
As long as they didn't bring disaster to China.
What did the rest have to do with him?
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After his soul returned to his body.
Chen Nan got up and left the Great Hero Hall.
And just as he left.
The eyes of the statue of Acala suddenly flashed with a golden light.
As if it had come to life.
And all of this.
Chen Nan was completely unaware of it.
He left as if nothing had happened.
Upon returning home.
He took out the medicinal herbs from the spatial artifact.
The herbs were piled up like mountains.
All of them were rare medicinal ingredients.
He successfully found the four auxiliary ingredients for refining the Grand Purity Divine Pill.
Then he spread open his right hand and took out the pill furnace.
He had previously obtained the recipe for refining the Grand Purity Divine Pill from the Wang family.
And he had already memorized the steps for refining it.
Even though he had never refined the Grand Purity Divine Pill before.
Even though he only had one set of ingredients for refining the Grand Purity Divine Pill.
He remained calm within.
He followed the order and placed the seven types of medicinal ingredients into the pill furnace separately.
Unlike refining ordinary pills.
Refining the Grand Purity Divine Pill required forty-nine hours.
And during these forty-nine hours.
Chen Nan could not afford any mistakes.
Otherwise, all his efforts would be in vain.
After forty-nine hours.
The originally clear sky.
Suddenly became overcast with dark clouds.
Lightning and thunder flashed and roared.
The vast expanse of Fengdu City was shrouded by dense thunderclouds.
A mighty heavenly might descended from the sky.
Causing countless people to feel an ominous premonition in their hearts.
The sleeping Dikang walked out of the courtyard and looked at the rolling thunderclouds in the sky, his eyes flashing with a solemn gaze, "With the divine pill descending, I fear it will cause great trouble!"