The Cleansing Buddhist Sect

At the top of the mountain, named Pure Mountain, there was a lake, named Pure Lake. On top of the lake, there was an island. On this island, there was a sect. The Sect was created to clear all the evil that had polluted the world.

The Cleansing Buddhist Sect was its name. It was a Duke Tier III Sect, a powerhouse of the entire region. Even most of the biggest family clans wouldn't dare to antagonize The Cleansing Buddhist Sect for fear of getting eradicated. It is not that The Cleansing Buddhist Sect would indiscriminately annihilate any opposing party, but almost all family clans had a dirty history, grievous sins committed at some point in time, meaning giving enough reason for The Cleansing Buddhist Sect to destroy them.

The Pure Mountain was spiritually rich in Mana and Qi. It was a cultivation paradise. When Ancestor 'Learned Head King' discovered this mountain, it was covered with countless spiritual herbs and trees, yet because he wasn't strong enough, this discovery caused Pure Mountain and Pure Lake to be plundered and polluted. He swore to get back at those heinous cultivators because they had even rooted the trees and left nothing. After traveling the world for two centuries, he found all family clans that participated in plunder and he killed all of them without exception.

"Buddha is merciful but has to destroy evil."

"Do good, reap good. Do evil, reap evil."

These were his quotes carved at the entrance of the mountain. After the arduous work of Ancestor Learned Head King, the Pure Mountain, and the Pure Lake have been cleansed again, and all those spiritual herbs and trees returned to this holy land. That is how the Sect got its name.

"All things can be polluted, and all things can be cleansed. There is no evil or good, there is a missing cleanser."

Today was a regular day in The Cleansing Buddhist Sect. After morning meditation and praying, all sect residents had their breakfast with morning dew, and most spiritual fruits could only be cultivated at the top of the Pure Mountain. After breakfast, the little loli Yao Guo walked to the entrance of the mountain to collect offerings. She was 10 years old already and started to gather Qi. So, she could activate Spatial Scroll.

The Spatial Scrolls had varying sizes of space depending on their ranks. Most of them could only carry a cubic meter of space, some more expensive ones could hold space as big as a house. One in the hands of this little loli was as big as a house and was one of the treasures the sect had, only used when offerings were collected, because they could not be carried in normal ways.

Every Thursday there could be seen thousands of people coming to beg the sect for a remedy for themselves or for their loved ones. And they would bring offerings and letters to explain their problems. One of the disciples would collect all these to bring them to a Sect Elder, then the Elder would look through them to select a limited few to help.

The sect didn't need to collect mortal offerings. The only purpose of this system was to see if they were really willing to work for what they were asking, or were they just trying their luck. And the limit was necessary because otherwise, all the sect would tire themselves to death and still couldn't solve all the problems. After all, the City around the mountain had millions of households.

When little Loli Yao Guo arrived at the entrance, heard a baby crying on top of the offering platform. 'It is odd. There shouldn't be anyone at the platform.' She ran to the platform and saw a baby crying with his big blue eyes trying to get some attention. Little loli Yao Guo was shocked by what she saw. Is this an offering as well? I should notify the teacher.

She pulled out a talisman. Dirty earth color talisman lit up and vanished in thin air. Not long after Yao Guo picked the baby, an Elder appeared near her. Elder looked at Yao Guo trying to hold the baby with her small figure and was amused.

"Pass the baby to me, Little Yao." He said and stretched his hands towards her. After he took the baby, he pulled out the letter from the baby's bosom and unfolded it just with its gaze. The letter started to float in front of his eyes, as he read it.

Baby's eyes opened like saucers with the display of magic he was seeing. It was his first time seeing something like this.

The elder read the letter aloud.

"Masters,

I ask for you to redress my grievances, I beg you and I beg Holy One to avenge me and my family clan.

The King of the Secret Forest destroyed my clan just because the disciple of my clan has insulted them as beasts. The child and I are the last survivors of the clan because I ran away as soon as I noticed something was amiss. Please, Holy Leader, accept my offering, as the boy is the greatest talent our Clan ever produced and avenge us.

The sole survivor of the Night Forest Clan."

'There is something wrong with this.' The Elder Dharma Teacher took out a silver talisman and lit it up and spoke; "Look into the Night Forest Clan immediately, let me know as soon as you learn something."

Then he lit up a gold one and spoke again, "Abbot Prince Invincible Virtue we have a situation." he said and narrated what had happened. When Abbot Prince Invincible Virtue called him over, he took the baby and left the little Yao Guo on the platform. He vanished not long after.

He arrived at the simple hut at the top of the mountain, where Abbot Prince Invincible Virtue resided. Abbot looked like a man in his twenties with a simple face. He would be missed easily in the crowd, but there was soothing air around him. Just being around him was comforting.

Abbot Prince Invincible Virtue took the baby and looked at the letter, then turned it over to read what was written there.

"I ask for your forgiveness, but we named the baby Ezio. In our clan names are sacred and it grows up with its owner. Please don't mistreat our boy."

This boy was, Ezio, the baby who had been born in a forest and abandoned by her Mother's slave Elenor. They dropped him off on Tuesday, and he was waiting there for two days. Fortunately, he wasn't a normal baby and had some muscle power, so he crawled over to drink some water or eat spiritual food, otherwise, he would have been dead by now.

Abbot Prince Invincible Virtue read the letter a few more times before he turned to the Elder who was waiting for his insights.

"The boy's name sure sounds like Night People, but the Night Clan is a mixed-race with the Elven race and the Human race. Even though this boy has some Elf blood in him, it is not even close to the Night Clans. Did you ask people to look into the Night Clan?"

"Yes, Abbot. I was just briefed that it was destroyed a few months ago. But no one is aware of who has done it." Elder said. He already sent a talisman before he called the Abbot, and he got the answer on his way.

A jolt flashed in Ezio's mind. The octagonal room he was in before started to shake. And a pillar ascended in the middle of the room. It was octagonal as well, and on one side of it, there was a silhouette of him. And there was a scroll beneath it.

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