Chapter 299 - 265: Enemy Approaches
Kunlun Mountain.
After the Southern Extremity Longevity Star had been entrusted by the Saint to aid Tianzhu, he had been paying close attention to the conflict between the East and the West.
Seeing the Han armies advancing westward like a hot knife through butter, he knew that Ussang Country and Elephant Country would definitely not be able to withstand the Han forces, so he summoned Tai Yi.
"What is it that you summon me for, Elder Brother?" asked Tai Yi.
"You should descend the mountain and lend Tianzhu a hand," said the Southern Extremity Longevity Star.
"Elder Brother, the Buddha Sect has no shortage of Daluo Golden Immortals," Tai Yi said with a frown. "With the Four Non-Alikes in Tianzhu representing our Chan Teaching, why must I go?"
"No complaints, this is the master’s decree," spoke the Southern Extremity Longevity Star sternly, "Moreover, it is the destiny ordained by heaven to promote Buddhism, and descending the mountain to assist Tianzhu is your opportunity to become a Quasi-Saint."
Tai Yi was nowhere close to believing such nonsense. Of the original twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Teaching, Guang Chengzi, Yu Ding, Manjushri, Samantabhadra, Avalokiteshvara, and Ksitigarbha had all reached the Quasi-Saint level.
Among them, Guang Chengzi took the path of Three Corpses to Enlightenment but had only managed to cut off his evil corpse three hundred years ago. In a battle where the Demon Sect attacked the Heavenly Court, he had both his good and evil corpses cut down, causing his cultivation to fall back to the realm of a Daluo Golden Immortal.
Ksitigarbha was a Quasi-Saint of merit but had already passed away.