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Chapter 3237: The Three Lives Technique, Past Present Future

Hearing the words "Dragon Congregation", Lin Moyu was stunned for a moment and instinctively said, "The Buddhist clan can't be that reckless, can they?"

His use of the word "reckless" made the Dao Venerables laugh.

Lu Shudao also laughed and said, "Why does Mr. Lin say that?"

Lin Moyu said, "I can roughly guess what the Buddhist clan wants to do. Back then, they took advantage of the Hundred Herbs Alliance and gained a large number of plant members, forming the Wood Congregation and strengthening the Buddhist clan to some extent."

"But that's a different matter. The plant members were originally enlightened by the Buddhist clan, so from the moment they gained intelligence, they were loyal to the Buddhist clan."

"It's not that the Hundred Herbs Alliance couldn't kill them, they just felt it was useless. As long as the Buddhist clan existed, plants would continue to be enlightened, endlessly."

"The dragon race is completely different. They don't need enlightenment from the Buddhist clan. If the Buddhist clan wants to form a Dragon Congregation, they must poach members from the dragon race."

"To put it nicely, it's poaching. To put it bluntly, it's forced conversion. Given the dragon race's temperament, they naturally won't agree."

Lu Shudao laughed heartily, "Mr. Lin is correct, that's about the situation."

Lin Moyu said, "Given the dragon race's strength on the Origin Continent, they're not inferior to the Buddhist clan. Add to that the dragon race's background, and it seems the Buddhist clan is being reckless."

"Unless... they have some confidence!"

Lin Moyu looked at Lu Shudao. If the dragon race had any confidence, Lu Shudao would surely know something.

And he was certain that the Buddhist clan weren't fools, they wouldn't do something so unwise.

Lu Shudao smiled and said, "The Buddhist clan indeed has some confidence. Has Mr. Lin heard of the Three Lives Buddha in the Buddhist clan?"

Lin Moyu shook his head, "I've never heard of it."

Everything he knew came from the information purchased from the Lufen Chamber of Commerce.

If it wasn't in the information, he naturally hadn't heard of it.

He hadn't been in the Western Continent for long, and even on the Origin Continent, it had only been this short time. How could he compare to the Lufen Chamber of Commerce? There were many things he didn't know.

Lu Shudao explained, "About 100,000 years ago, a Buddhist cultivation genius appeared in the Buddhist clan. He used only 5,000 years to cultivate to Ancient Buddha."

"Then he used another 50,000 years to reach nine-wheel Ancient Buddha."

"He didn't establish a Buddha nation, didn't rely on incense and devotional power, but instead cultivated the most difficult secret technique in the Buddhist clan, the Three Lives Technique."

"The so-called Three Lives Technique is to split into three and cultivate together."

Lin Moyu asked, "Splitting into three, how is this different from creating avatars?"

Lu Shudao continued to explain, "On the surface, it doesn't seem much different from avatars, but in reality, it's completely different. The Three Lives Technique is called the most difficult secret technique by the Buddhist clan, and also the strongest."

"The Three Lives Technique will split the soul into three, and the two split-off souls are independent, like three newborns."

"But they are of the same origin, and the three souls can merge back into one when needed."

"After that genius split his soul into three, he cultivated back to the ninth-level Dao Venerable realm, then the three souls worked together, actually allowing him to successfully break through."

Lin Moyu frowned, "He should have become a pseudo-Great Dao realm, right?"

Lu Shudao laughed heartily, "Mr. Lin even knows about the pseudo-Great Dao realm, Shudao truly admires you. That's right, he broke through to the pseudo-Great Dao realm."

Lin Moyu somewhat understood, "So the Buddhist clan gained confidence and dared to set their sights on the dragon race. Don't they know the dragon race has people above?"

Lu Shudao smiled, "Who knows?"

Lin Moyu pondered for a moment and roughly understood the Buddhist clan's thinking.

The Buddhist clan surely knows the dragon race has people above, but so what? Great Dao realm beings can hardly descend.

Even if they descend, they can only exert 30% of their power at most. With a pseudo-Great Dao realm being, they're not afraid of a Great Dao realm being who can only use 30% of their power.

They think the dragon race certainly can't do anything to them.

So they want to establish a Dragon Congregation and poach some people from the dragon race.

And their goal isn't just as simple as the Dragon Congregation, they might also want the dragon race's techniques.

The dragon race has many secret techniques, many of which are very powerful. The Buddhist clan has probably coveted them for years.

Having basically understood the root of this matter, Lin Moyu asked, "What's the name of that pseudo-Great Dao realm Buddha?"

Lu Shudao smiled, "His main body is called Tathagata Buddha, also known as the Present Buddha."

"The other two are Green Lamp Ancient Buddha, known as the Past Buddha, and Maitreya Buddha, known as the Future Buddha."

"When separated, all three Buddhas are at the ninth-level Dao Venerable realm. When merged, they become a pseudo-Great Dao realm being, known as the Three Lives Buddha Patriarch."

Lin Moyu was slightly surprised inwardly and muttered to himself, "Past, Present, Future Buddha."

These three Buddha patriarchs existed in the great world too. Thinking about it now, the three Buddhas in the great world probably just borrowed the names, and actually had little relation.

At that time, the Buddhist inheritance was transmitted to the great world intermittently and incompletely.

Perhaps the titles of the three Buddhas were in those inheritances.

In other words, the Future, Present, and Past Buddhas in the great world were just empty names.

These three now were the real great Buddhas.

While pondering, Lin Moyu started to get a headache.

Green Lamp Ancient Buddha was actually one of the three Buddhas. He definitely couldn't forcibly take it now, he could only exchange.

Now he could only hope that what the Three Ancestors gave him would be useful.

Lin Moyu asked, "What happened after the dragon race came knocking?"

Lu Shudao smiled, "What else could happen? They fought, of course. The dragon race rarely reasons, they started fighting right away."

Lin Moyu said, "The dragon race should have suffered losses, right?"

Lu Shudao nodded, "This is the Buddhist clan's Western Paradise of Ultimate Bliss, naturally the dragon race would suffer losses."

"But the dragon race isn't afraid either..."

Lu Shudao briefly explained the current situation in the Western Paradise of Ultimate Bliss. The Buddhist clan had converted a batch of dragons.

There were ten divine dragons alone, two of which were at the seventh-level Dao Venerable realm.

There were hundreds of sacred giant dragons, and even more ordinary dragons.

After the dragon race attacked, the Buddhist clan had confidence and didn't back down at all.

They fought many battles in the Western Paradise of Ultimate Bliss. As a result, the dragon race didn't gain any advantage, and even suffered some losses.

However, the dragon race's true powerhouses haven't arrived yet, and the Buddhist clan's strongest Three Lives Buddha also hasn't made a move.

The dragon race has now summoned their clan's powerhouses. Once they arrive, the fighting will continue.

And once it starts, it might not stop. Given the dragon race's temperament, as long as the Buddhist clan doesn't give up on the idea of a Dragon Congregation, the dragon race won't stop.

Lin Moyu listened to Shudao's words while pondering.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was off. Even though the dragon race had confidence, they shouldn't act this way.

Although the dragon race's secret techniques are good, many can only be used by the dragon race themselves. For the Buddhist clan to use them, they would need extensive modifications.

This doesn't align with the Buddhist clan's interests.

"The Buddhist clan clearly won't give up, so to deal with them, the dragon race will have to mobilize their entire clan and use full force."

"Then the dragon race's rear will be empty. If the insect race makes a move at this time..."

"Or if the insect race and Buddhist clan join forces, the dragon race will be in big trouble."

Thinking of this, Lin Moyu immediately asked, "Senior Lu, I remember the Chamber of Commerce also has personnel in the insect race, right?"