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 Chapter 3217: Chant My Name Often, and You Can Achieve Enlightenment

After 150 days of sailing, alternating between the Yin and Yang Origins, the No. 3 Hurricane Warship finally arrived in the southern part of the Western Continent.

As soon as they entered the Western Continent, everyone immediately sensed an unusual aura.

Buddhist light shone everywhere. Looking into the distance, one could see huge illusory images of Buddhas hidden in the clouds on the horizon.

Ten thousand rays of Buddhist light shot out from these Buddha images. Even the Yin and Yang Origins were slightly affected here.

The Buddhist clan had its own independent heritage, quite different from human cultivators.

Not only were the terms different, but the cultivation methods also differed.

However, at different realms, their combat power could still be compared.

This Buddhist territory in the southern part of the Western Continent was composed of numerous Buddha Lands.

Buddha Lands were equivalent to the various towns of the human race, but they were more closed off and self-contained.

Each Buddha Land had its own believers, and many of these believers would never leave their Buddha Land in their entire lives.

Only those believers who had achieved success in cultivation might have the chance to go to other Buddha Lands, which was considered a form of experience.

Buddha Lands also had hierarchies and sizes. In the outermost areas of the Buddhist territory were the Small Vehicle Buddha Lands.

Small Vehicle Buddha Lands were generally established by Heavenly Buddhas, equivalent to the Supreme realm of humans.

Above the Small Vehicle Buddha Lands were the Great Vehicle Buddha Lands, established by Ancient Heavenly Buddhas, equivalent to the Heavenly Venerable realm of humans.

At the very center of the entire Buddhist clan was what was called the Buddha Realm.

The Buddha Realm also contained many Buddha Lands. Those qualified to establish Buddha Lands in the Buddha Realm were all Ancient Buddhas.

Buddha Lands established by Ancient Buddhas were called Ancient Buddha Lands, and Ancient Buddhas were equivalent to the Dao Venerable realm of humans.

The entire Buddhist clan also had a strict hierarchy with clear levels.

From the outer regions to the inner parts, the entire Buddhist clan revolved around the Buddha Realm.

All orders within the Buddhist clan were issued from the Buddha Realm. Whenever Ancient Buddhas in the Buddha Realm gave an order, the Buddhas in all Buddha Lands had to obey and execute it without defiance.

Most cultivators knew that the Buddha Realm was the center of the Buddhist clan, but actually, within the Buddhist clan, there was a place called the Western Paradise of Ultimate Bliss.

The Western Paradise of Ultimate Bliss was the true core of the Buddhist clan. The Ancient Buddhas in the Western Paradise of Ultimate Bliss were all Nine-Wheel Ancient Buddhas, the supreme beings in the Buddhist clan.

In the materials Lin Moyu purchased from the Three Ancestors, the situations of various major Buddha Lands in the Buddhist clan were clearly recorded.

This included names, the range of Buddha Lands, and their specialties in Buddhist methods.

Lin Moyu didn't know where the Lufen Chamber of Commerce got this information from, but it was surprisingly detailed.

The Hurricane Warship stopped in front of a Buddha Land named Wind Sand. It would stay here for half a day before continuing forward.

The warship wouldn't enter the Buddha Land but would fly along the gaps between various Buddha Lands.

It would pass through hundreds of Buddha Lands before entering the insect clan territory in the eastern part of the Western Continent.

The insect clan rarely interacted with the outside world, and few people would go there to do business.

But the Lufen Chamber of Commerce was an exception. Each time the Hurricane Warship came, it would bring some goods needed by the insect clan.

Finally, the Hurricane Warship would pass through the insect clan territory, enter the dragon race area, and eventually reach the territory of the Hundred Herbs Alliance before returning, crossing the Realm Sea back to the Eastern Continent.

Although the Hurricane Warship would pass through many Buddha Lands, it wouldn't enter the Buddha Realm.

The Green Lamp Ancient Buddha that Lin Moyu was looking for was in the Buddha Realm, requiring Lin Moyu to go there himself.

Six days after entering the Western Continent, Lin Moyu reached his destination.

Before him was a Buddha Land named Dragon Subduing.

The Dragon Subduing Buddha Land was adjacent to the Buddha Realm, one of the entrances to the Buddha Realm. Passing through the Dragon Subduing Buddha Land, one could enter the Buddha Realm.

On the warship, Lu Xichuan bid farewell to Lin Moyu, "Take care on your journey, Mr. Lin. If you want to return, seek out the Lufen Chamber of Commerce in the Buddha Realm."

Lin Moyu said, "Take care as well, Senior Xichuan. I hope when we meet next time, Senior Xichuan will have made progress in the Dao of Formations."

Lu Xichuan smiled, "Of course. With Mr. Lin's insights in hand, as long as I'm not an idiot, I'll surely make progress."

The insights Lin Moyu gave him had been quite helpful.

Lu Xichuan felt his formation skills had improved considerably.

As long as he continued to study, his level could improve further.

He had also witnessed Lin Moyu's level in formations, which was truly profound and unfathomable.

Lin Moyu said, "It's a pity those three fellows left earlier. I hope there's a chance to see them again."

After saying this, Lin Moyu flew out of the Hurricane Warship, heading towards the Dragon Subduing Buddha Land.

A few days ago, Xuan Daoguang and the others had left the Hurricane Warship.

Although they very much wanted to kill Lin Moyu, they didn't know when Lin Moyu would leave, so they didn't wait around for him. They had to attend to their main business.

When they left, Lin Moyu had considered whether to chase after them.

But thinking about it, he decided against it. This journey wasn't for killing. If they happened to meet by chance, he would kill them then. There was no need to deliberately seek them out.

The Hurricane Warship disappeared in the distance behind him, and the Buddhist light grew stronger. The sound of Buddhist scriptures became clearer in his ears.

The closer to the Buddha Land, the stronger the Buddhist light. As far as the eye could see, everything was bathed in Buddhist light. Ordinary people coming here would surely feel as if they were in a dreamlike illusion.

The sound of chanting scriptures intertwined with the Buddhist light. The mesmerizing sound surrounded the ears, making it difficult to clearly hear what scriptures were being chanted.

But the entire chanting sound had a rhythm, emitting a strange power.

This power bewitched people's hearts, enough to make ordinary people devoutly convert.

Lin Moyu, with his extremely keen perception, heard four words from the scriptures: Dragon Subduing Buddha.

The so-called scriptures mainly consisted of repeatedly chanting these four words.

But these four words were chanted in different tones, different languages, different rhythms, and different ways.

Then the voices of countless people intertwined, eventually forming a chanting sound that almost no one could understand.

Lin Moyu smiled, "So this is what the Buddhist clan means by 'chant my name often, and you can achieve enlightenment.'"

"This enlightenment, I'm afraid, is not for the chanter, but for the one whose name is being chanted."

Buddhist cultivation emphasized a kind of Buddhist will power, also called incense and fire.

Buddhist will power came from all beings, so the Buddhist clan needed to establish lands, gather beings, make them convert to Buddhism, then have them chant their names to obtain Buddhist will power.

Buddhist will power was like origin power, able to advance the Buddhas' cultivation and also used to perform various Buddhist methods and manifest countless miracles.

To gather more Buddhist will power, Buddhas often manifested miracles to bewitch people.

The more sincere the heart, the more Buddhist will power contributed, and the purer it was.

A Buddha Land had at least tens of millions of people, up to hundreds of millions.

Most of these people were devout believers, contributing their share of power to their Buddha, hoping that one day, they could be enlightened by the Buddha and achieve Buddhahood themselves.

However, this hope was extremely slim.

As Lin Moyu got closer to the Dragon Subduing Buddha Land, he saw people prostrating themselves on the ground, devoutly kowtowing.

Some were taking three steps and one kowtow, ten steps and one prostration.

These people were basically humans, but in fact, they were no longer human.

They had lost the true heart of humans and become members of the Buddhist clan.

Human cultivators emphasized understanding oneself, attributing all great power to oneself.

They wouldn't be like these people, begging others to bestow upon them.

They didn't know that what others could give, they could also take back at any time.

Only what one earned for oneself truly belonged to oneself.

Lin Moyu shook his head lightly, quickly passing by these people, entering the Dragon Subduing Buddha Land.