Li Kuanghua returned to the courtyard and once again faced the statue of the Bodhisattva of Rebirth.
As for the matter of the stolen incense offerings, Dharma Master Hongdan of the Dusheng Nunnery had a fiery temper.
Coupled with the fact that everyone in the nunnery constantly listened to the "True Buddhist Mantra of Deliverance for Self and Sentient Beings," their minds were already somewhat abnormal.
One only needed to ask around to learn the whole story.
It turned out that in the Dusheng Nunnery today, aside from Nun Dairou, the three Dharma Masters of the "Hong" generation had also sent their own Bodhisattva statues to various places to harvest the faith of sentient beings.
She had cultivated for fifty years and mastered the Three Forms of Buddhism without even using them yet, and she was already capable of collecting faith through the "Form of All Living Beings."
The Dharma Masters of the "Hong" generation had long since cultivated themselves into existences akin to Bodhisattvas.
For the past fifty years, fearless of Holy Monk Yidian, they had madly amassed faith, willing to do absolutely anything.
Dharma Master Hongzhen was the "Dusheng Bodhisattva."
As long as one faced her Buddha statue and chanted the scriptures written with her Void Refinement spells, one's mind would become peaceful, allowing them to lay down their butcher's knife and immediately become a Buddha.
Dharma Master Hongdan was the "Bodhisattva Ward."
Believers trusted that in this era of great chaos, as long as they placed her Buddha statue in their homes, it would cause the Bodhisattva to manifest, driving away evil and avoiding disaster.
Their Dao paths lay within the Buddha statues.
Relying on the faith of all living beings, their cultivation bases had advanced by leaps and bounds over the past fifty years.
And today, Dharma Master Hongdan discovered that her incense offerings in the mortal realm had been stolen!
"Did Uncle Tianqi do this?"
Li Kuanghua instantly thought of Li Tianqi. Her three uncles were all too familiar with this kind of thing. However, after asking the Ancestor, she learned it wasn't Uncle Tianqi.
It seemed the Ancestor of the Yun Clan was the thief. For some unknown reason, he had used his methods on the Dusheng Nunnery.
The clan was currently investigating to see if they could follow the trail to find the Dusheng Nunnery.
"Are the clansmen coming? But how can they find the Dusheng Nunnery? The demoness Dairou won't reveal the slightest flaw."
Li Kuanghua sat cross-legged in front of the statue of the Bodhisattva of Rebirth, a look of joy appearing on her face.
"It's about time I try to break through to the Void Refinement realm too."
Looking up at the Buddha statue before her again, this blasted Buddha statue—aside from brainwashing her every day—was actually quite decent.
At the very least, after fifty years had passed, Li Kuanghua gradually discovered that her manic heart had returned to a state of calm.
Ever since cultivating day and night in the Thunder Fire Demon Cave hundreds of years ago, she realized that those had actually been her most relaxed times.
Back then, running around everywhere with her eldest brother Kuangren and younger brother Kuangtu, playing around with demonic cultivators... after coming out, she never had such relaxing days again.
As soon as she came out of the Thunder Fire Demon Cave, she rushed to save face for her eldest brother and get him married.
She went from being a timid little girl to a genius who would never be bullied again.
She didn't fear the extermination campaign launched by the sect forces of the Azure Cloud Commandery back then, nor did she fear those innumerable Wu tribes.
The clansmen always said she didn't act like a girl—careless, unrefined, having followed an irritable master to cultivate.
Ever since Kuangtu's accident, she maintained that careless appearance; even she believed that was just her true nature.
Later, Tian Xing appeared, and the elders and juniors passed away one after another.
Now, Aunt Tianyue was gone too.
During these years at the Dusheng Nunnery, Li Kuanghua finally realized that she was never as free-spirited as she had thought.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have come to Shadowfell Prefecture for hundreds of years, blaming the Wu tribe for her unwillingness to accept Kuangtu's fall.
If she had truly let it go, she wouldn't have pursued power like a madwoman, all because she didn't want to be powerless against her enemies.
And Aunt Tianyue... Li Kuanghua couldn't let it go.
Fifty years had passed, and she thought day and night: if she hadn't left back then, could she have persuaded her aunt to leave?
Then she wouldn't have been sold out by Bi Shihu, Yun Manlou, and Nun Dairou.
"So I never stepped out of the shadow. I couldn't let go. Only by letting go can I achieve the True Self Buddha."
Li Kuanghua let out a long breath. Subsequently, a white light welled up around her body, radiating from the room.
A dazzling brilliance lit up the entire Dusheng Nunnery.
The passing nuns stopped in their tracks, turned toward Li Kuanghua's courtyard, clasped their hands, and chanted Buddhist scriptures.
They knew that another Bodhisattva was about to emerge in the Dusheng Nunnery.
At this moment, in a courtyard beside Li Kuanghua's, the only monk in the entire Dusheng Nunnery—whose eyes were originally pure—flashed a hint of solemnity.
His sword-like eyebrows furrowed, and he finally let out a long sigh.
"Fifty years in the Dusheng Nunnery... has even Li Kuanghua completely fallen for the Dusheng Nunnery's evil and become their puppet?"
Immediately after, Crown Prince Fei Heng shook his head, returning to his usual appearance, clasping his hands and chanting Buddhist scriptures.
Meanwhile, in the temple, the three Dharma Masters of the "Hong" generation who were discussing the theft of the incense offerings all looked toward the Buddhist light with gratification.
"It has been fifty years. This girl's obsessions were too heavy, which is why she could never transform into a Bodhisattva.
It seems today she has finally laid down her heavy burdens and become a Bodhisattva of my Dusheng Nunnery."
Dharma Master Hongzhen's expression was extremely gentle. For these past fifty years, it had always been her discussing Buddhist scriptures with Li Kuanghua.
She had always been able to sense Li Kuanghua's reluctance to enter Buddhism, ultimately unable to let go of mortal worldly thoughts.
It seemed her years of discussing scriptures with Li Kuanghua had finally yielded results.
"From now on, our Buddhist Dao will not be alone." Dharma Master Hongdan had shaved her head to become a nun.
One could see she had somewhat delicate features. Wearing a golden monk's robe, it was hard to imagine how she was the same old nun who had been roaring furiously in the Dusheng Nunnery earlier.
Inside the innermost Dao Pagoda of the Dusheng Nunnery.
Nun Dairou and the Bodhisattva of Rebirth statue behind her both opened their eyes. Her lips parted slightly.
"Excellent. Bodhisattva Li has feigned conversion to our Buddhist sect for fifty years, and today she has finally opened her mind to the Buddha.
From now on, the five Bodhisattvas of the Dusheng Nunnery will strengthen our Buddhist Dao and spread our scriptures to the world."