Spirit Mountain.
Jizhen returned with a long face, ignoring the respectfully saluting monks.
He went straight to the Buddhist treasury, sweeping away half its contents with a flick of his sleeve, among which were many Shariputra relics left by monks who had passed away in meditation.
Buddhism, being marginalized by the Xuanmen Orthodoxy, wasn't as wealthy as the Severing Heaven Sect, yet the Shariputra relics formed from cultivation techniques could be used as heritage Spiritual Objects.
Junior monks with extraordinary talents could achieve great progress in mana by receiving the legacy of the Shariputra relics!
"Amitabha Buddha!"
Chanting the Buddha's name, Jizhen wore a sorrowful expression, "This poor monk has no choice, for the prosperity of Buddhism, I must suffer our ancestors temporarily!"
After speaking, he returned to his cave and announced he would enter a closed-door retreat unto death.