Chapter 1776: Buddha Son of Three Lifetimes' Cave Mansion
And on Yang Xiaotian's side, it was just Yang Xiaotian and Old Lu.
A group of seven people, under the cover of night, left Tang Family's main mansion and headed south.
The Tang Family's ship was fast, and seven days later, the group arrived before a ruin.
From this ruin, one can tell it was once a temple.
On the ruins, there were remnants and broken walls everywhere, among them some collapsed Buddha statues.
However, the ruin is not large.
Judging from the area of the ruin, the temple here was just a small one.
Could the Cave Mansion of the Buddha Son of Three Lives have been established here?
Yang Xiaotian wondered.
"Friend Yang's guess is correct, the Cave Mansion of the Buddha Son of Three Lives was indeed established here back then." As if reading Yang Xiaotian's thoughts, the Tang Family Head said with a smile.
"However, without us leading the way, even if you know the Cave Mansion of the Buddha Son of Three Lives was established here, finding it would be extremely difficult." He said with a smile.
Then, the members of the Tang Family led Yang Xiaotian forward, and after reaching the end of the ruins, they uncovered a place behind a broken wall, revealing a very small Buddha statue on the ground.
This Buddha statue was only the size of a thumb and covered with dust. If it weren't for the Tang Family members, it would indeed be difficult to find.
Seeing the Buddha Family members carefully brush away the dust on the Buddha statue, Yang Xiaotian was shocked.
"Friend Yang didn't expect it, right? Who could have thought that this inconspicuous Buddha statue contains the Grand Array mechanism which is the key to open the Cave Mansion of the Buddha Son of Three Lives." The Tang Family Head said with a smile.
Yang Xiaotian nodded, it was truly unexpected.
Really, how did the Tang Family discover it back then?
"Back then, we were passing by this location, resting at night and lighting a fire. By a stroke of luck, we discovered it." The Tang Family's ancestor said with a smile, then used a Secret Technique to open the Grand Array mechanism together with the Tang Family members.
After opening the Grand Array mechanism, a shadow of a grand Buddha appeared in front of them, and a space passage emerged at the center of the shadow.
The members of the Tang Family swiftly entered the space passage, and Yang Xiaotian along with Old Lu followed them in.
Once the space passage closed, the group arrived at a vast Buddhist Hall.
This Buddhist Hall might be thousands of square meters.
A hundred Buddha statues stood around the Buddhist Hall.
These Buddha statues were very similar to those in the Buddha Grotto of the Myriad Buddhas Sect that he entered last time.
The Tang Family's ancestor pointed to the entrance of a Buddha Grotto in the distance: "That is the first Buddha Grotto we've already opened. The second Buddha Grotto is hidden behind this grand Buddha statue and requires the Buddha Symbol on the statue to be deciphered to reveal it."
Yang Xiaotian followed the Tang Family ancestor's gaze and landed on the largest Buddha statue in the Hall.
This Buddha statue bore a faint Buddha's Rune, palm-sized.
It seems the Tang Family back then also put a lot of effort into finding it.
The Tang Family's ancestor waved his hands, conjuring a rune and imprinting it on the grand Buddha statue.
The Buddha's Rune on the grand Buddha statue flickered, and a Buddha Grotto door appeared behind it.
"This Buddha Grotto door can remain open for an hour. If it cannot be opened within an hour, it will hide again, and only by deciphering the Buddha Symbol on the grand Buddha statue can it reappear." The Tang Family's ancestor explained to Yang Xiaotian.
Upon hearing this, Yang Xiaotian immediately came to the Buddha Grotto door and summoned the Posuo Buddha Tree.
After all these years of nurturing with Buddha's Holy Water, the Posuo Buddha Tree now radiated even more Buddha Light than when Yang Xiaotian first acquired it, the whole tree was suffused with powerful Buddha Force.
Bathed in this Buddha Force, the members of the Tang Family felt an incomparable warmth within and their spirits as if purified, brightening their whole being.
Yang Xiaotian controlled the Buddha Force of the Posuo Buddha Tree to infiltrate the ravines formed by the Buddha characters on the Buddha Grotto door.
As the Buddha Force infiltrated, the Buddha characters on the Buddha Grotto door began to light up stroke by stroke.
First, the stroke by the side lit up.
Then the horizontal stroke, and then the bend.
However, when it reached this point, despite Yang Xiaotian's attempts to channel the Buddha Force of the Posuo Buddha Tree, the strokes behind the Buddha character wouldn't light up.
After Yang Xiaotian persisted for a while but was unable to activate the strokes behind the Buddha character, the Tang Family ancestor and others, originally hopeful, couldn't help but feel disappointed.
"To activate this Buddha character, your Posuo Buddha Tree's Buddha Force is not enough." Master Ding said: "If it grows normally, your Posuo Buddha Tree needs to grow for a hundred thousand years for its Buddha Force to activate this Buddha character."
A hundred thousand years?
Yang Xiaotian was stunned.
"Alternatively, if you can cultivate the Five Elements Holy Buddha Technique to the Fourteenth Layer, you could also activate this Buddha character." Master Ding said.
Hearing Master Ding's words, Yang Xiaotian immediately started circulating the Five Elements Holy Buddha Technique, his whole body enveloped in Buddha Force.
"Five Elements Holy Buddha Technique." The members of the Tang Family were surprised.
At this time, Yang Xiaotian's palms gathered the Five Elements Buddha Force and imprinted it onto the Buddha Grotto door.
The Buddha character on the Buddha Grotto door lit up once more.
However, just as before, it activated only halfway and couldn't proceed further.
Yang Xiaotian tried several times but it was the same every time.
Even when he attempted to activate it with both the Five Elements Holy Buddha Technique and the Posuo Buddha Tree at the same time, it only activated halfway.
Yang Xiaotian was helpless and had to stop.
He turned to the Tang Family ancestor and others and said: "Currently, my Five Elements Holy Buddha Technique is only cultivated to the Tenth Layer, unable to activate this Buddha Sect's Buddha character, but once I cultivate it to the Fourteenth Layer, it can be opened."
When the Tang Family ancestor and others heard Yang Xiaotian say that he could open it once he cultivated the Five Elements Holy Buddha Technique to the Fourteenth Layer, their eyes lit up.
"Approximately how long would it take for Friend Yang to cultivate the Five Elements Holy Buddha Technique to the Fourteenth Layer?" The Tang Family Head asked.
"It's hard to say." Yang Xiaotian thought for a moment and replied: "With enough Buddha's Holy Water, I can cultivate to the Five Elements Holy Buddha Technique within ten years, but without sufficient Buddha's Holy Water, it will take fifty to sixty years."
The Posuo Buddha Fruit can rapidly enhance his Five Elements Holy Buddha Technique.
In recent years, the rapid progress of his Five Elements Holy Buddha Technique has been due to consuming several Posuo Buddha Fruits and practicing with the Posuo Buddha Tree.
With enough Buddha's Holy Water, he could continue to ripen the Posuo Buddha Fruit.
"Approximately how much Buddha's Holy Water does Friend Yang need?" The Tang Family's ancestor pondered and asked.
"Approximately eight hundred more goblets of Buddha's Holy Water." Yang Xiaotian estimated and spoke.
Eight hundred goblets of Buddha's Holy Water, plus the six hundred goblets previously given by the Tang Family, could ripen seven Posuo Buddha Fruits, and seven Posuo Buddha Fruits should be enough for his Five Elements Holy Buddha Technique to break through to the Fourteenth Layer.
"Eight hundred goblets." The members of the Tang Family all frowned.
They certainly understood the difficulty of collecting Buddha's Holy Water.
Two or three hundred goblets would be manageable, but eight hundred goblets was too much.
"Alright, our Tang Family will do our best to help Friend Yang collect Buddha's Holy Water." The Tang Family's ancestor said.
After all, if Yang Xiaotian could open the second Buddha Grotto, the Tang Family would also obtain half of the treasures inside.
"Thank you, Senior." Yang Xiaotian clasped his hands and said: "Rest assured, Seniors, if you can help me collect Buddha's Holy Water, for every two hundred goblets, the younger generation will give the Tang Family a Sword Path Defying Heaven Top Tier Holy Technique Secret Manual."