Austin had just passed through the array and entered into the valley.
He glanced around and found that many small worlds had been created here.
Every one of them was filled with the bright Buddha light and Buddhist chants humming inside.
They all had many temples within them as well, and in every temple sat numerous ancient Buddha
statues.
Beautiful lotuses blossomed too.
These lotus flowers were condensed by the law of Buddhism, representing its essence.
This place was a complete world of Buddhism.
From the moment he'd entered the valley, strong spiritual senses swept over Austin, over and over
again.
He then saw many dignified monks had opened their eyes and were staring at him in surprise from the
small worlds.
They'd been trapped here for a long time, never being able to escape.
No creature had ever risked breaking through the array and coming here.
Naturally, they were shocked to see a new face among them.
"Amitabha!" There came the Buddhist chant.
With it, a ray of Buddhist light flashed over and a monk appeared before Austin. He looked amiable
enough, surrounded by dazzling Buddhist light.
"What brings you here, sir? Have you broken in by accident?"
asked the monk sincerely.
He imagined the only way Austin would end up here was by mistake.
"Huh?
Sir, you're only a governing god. Why have you come to the Frigid Continent, and then gone so deep
into this deserted area?
Don't you know how dangerous it is?"
The monk was a little perplexed when he'd noticed Austin's cultivation base and found that he was only
a governing god.
The Frigid Continent was a perilous place. Even a god of chaos risked death at any time here. They
were certainly surprised to see a governing god break in.
More to it, this valley was in the depths of the continent. The monk was struggling to understand how
this young man, who was only a governing god, would have managed to traverse all this way.
"I came to the Frigid Continent in search of something.
Masters, I believe you to be real Buddhists. What are you doing here? How did you get trapped?"
Austin asked curiously.
He saw these monks as friends because both Ivy and Sue were Buddhists, and had been selected as
the future leaders of the Buddhists.
"It's a long story,"
sighed the monk in reply.
At that moment, several monks walked out from their small worlds, approaching Austin.
An old monk stared at him and said suddenly,
"Young man, you seem to have some connection with Buddhism. I feel the aura of Buddhism coming
from you."
This old monk emitted a powerful Buddhist energy. It was obvious his Buddhist cultivation was quite
profound.
"You're right. I do indeed have a connection with Buddhism,"
Austin replied with a friendly smile.
Ivy and Sue both practiced the authentic Buddhist methods and had reached a very high level as well.
Austin often stayed with them, and they were very close. Because of this, he too was stained with the
aura of Buddhism.
This was what the old monk was sensing.
"Young man, although you have practiced the Buddhist cultivation methods, they are all relatively low
level ones. You are not one of us.
What then is your connection to Buddhism?"
asked the old monk, pressing further.
"Master, please, take a look at this."
Austin then waved his hand and images of numerous scenes appeared in front of them.
These would provide the old monk with the answers he sought.
The images showed Ivy and Sue, the middle-aged monk who had been following them, and the
Venerable Darin too.
All the monks around could not contain themselves when they saw this.
"You've actually met Master Darin!"
They all stared at the image, excited and awestruck.
Darin was one of the two prominent disciples that followed Buddha Hawley. He held a high status
amongst the Buddhists. All others would respectfully salute when they saw these two disciples.
"Not only are they Buddhists, but they also cultivate the most authentic of the Buddha's inheritance!"
cried out the old monk in shock as he stared intently at the pictures of Ivy and Sue.
"The inheritance of Buddha himself!"
The others could scarcely believe the words they heard from the old monk. They too stared at the
images of Ivy and Sue in shock now.
More and more monks began streaming out of the small worlds, looking at the scenes Austin had
displayed in utter surprise.
"Sir, do you know these two?
Who are they?
Please, tell me,"
asked the old monk, his voice trembling as he spoke.
He could tell that Ivy and Sue must have some powerful and impressive background.
The ability to cultivate the most authentic Buddhist inheritance was proof of that.
The Buddha had been gone for a long time, and there was no one privy to his whereabouts.
Now, two people who'd cultivated the most authentic inheritance of the Buddha suddenly appeared out
of nowhere. The old monk was flabbergasted.
"I do know them.
In fact, I know them very well.
As for their identities, you can ask them when you meet them in the future,"
Austin replied smugly.
"All right."
The old monk nodded vehemently, appearing almost grateful.
"It seems that you are destined to be related to Buddhism.
But I'm afraid you're very unlucky. You shouldn't have come into this valley.
It's surrounded by a tremendously brilliant array.
Getting in is easy, but getting out is far from that.
We broke in by mistake and have not been able to leave since.
Now that you're here, your only option is to stay with us.
Whether you can leave will depend on luck I suppose,"
said the old monk sincerely.
"Yes, he speaks true. This array is too powerful. We've tried every means we have to break it over the
years, but have never succeeded."
"You should not have come to this place, sir."
The other monks added their sighs of sadness to the fray.
They had been trapped here for so long they'd lost all hope in ever leaving.
"Don't worry.
I came in, and I can get out too.
This array isn't actually that big a deal.
If you want to leave, I can get you out at any time,"
Austin said with a smile.
He could feel all the monks before him were true devoted Buddhists. He knew he had to help them. It
was almost his duty to do so.
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