Chapter 2667

Zhu Yanyi poured the tea and said casually, "If you want to drink, come and get it yourselves. I won't bring it to you."

Zhou Kun and the other five naturally didn't mind. They walked over and took a cup each. Zhou Kun looked at the clear, pale green tea in his hand. "Does this mean I am suited to be a sword cultivator?"

"Yes. Usually, cultivators with the Metal Spiritual Root choose this path. However," Zhu Yanyi paused, thinking, "there are other choices, like blade cultivation. Basically, for cultivators who use weapons, the Metal Spiritual Root is quite suitable."

Zhu Yanyi took a sip of tea. "But ultimately, whatever cultivation path you choose is your own decision. What I said today is just basic knowledge for cultivators."

She continued, "For a cultivator, spiritual root and talent are the foundation. Only with this foundation can you walk a path different from ordinary people. But this path is not easy to walk."

"But we want to walk it," Zhou Kun said seriously.

In this world, they had seen only despair and helplessness. They were human, not machines or animals. Even animals had feelings, let alone humans. So they did not want to become part of this cruel system, nor did they want to scheme against each other. If they did, they would no longer be themselves.

Hearing their words, Zhu Yanyi pondered for a moment, then nodded seriously. "If you want to walk it, then go ahead. But my cultivation path is different from yours. Every cultivator has their own path. Even among sword cultivators, their focus and the profound meanings of their sword dao differ."

"Sister-in-law, what do you cultivate?" Zhang Genshen asked.

"I am a medical cultivator, so I naturally cultivate the medical dao. That is why I said my path is different from yours. You cannot follow the medical dao with me. However, I can help you lay a simple foundation."

As an Immortal Venerable, she could help them lay a foundation even if they were not medical cultivators.

"Then we trouble you, Sister-in-law," Zhou Kun and the other five said in unison.

Zhu Yanyi said seriously, "I have no objection to your cultivation, and I can help lay the foundation. But there is one thing you must remember: as cultivators, you must not do any evil deeds. The Heavenly Dao is watching."

"Sister-in-law, I just heard you tell that Brother Ma that this place is the Evil Buddha Realm. What is that about?" Qin Han spoke up, asking a question the others had ignored.

Zhu Yanyi looked at Qin Han and said, "You asked a very good question. I might as well tell you directly." She did not hide anything. "The Evil Buddha is called 'evil' because her actions are very improper and wicked. One could say her cultivation is built on the pain of others or the destruction of others."

Zhu Yanyi summarized simply, "Of course, this pain and destruction can also be said to be her exploiting people's weaknesses."

Zhu Yanyi looked at the five people present. She could see they seemed a bit confused. She sighed helplessly. "Let me put it this way: everyone has weaknesses. Some are greedy, some are obsessed, some are angry, some are delusional, and so on. But these people actually have their own destiny to follow.

'Good deeds bring good rewards, and evil deeds bring evil retribution' has existed since ancient times. But the Evil Buddha is different. He exploits people's emotional weaknesses like greed, anger, and obsession, amplifying them to confuse people's moral standards. He makes them selfishly believe that they are the true masters of the world and that everything should revolve around them. The Evil Buddha is exactly such a person."

Although Zhu Yanyi had not contacted the Evil Buddha for a long time, based on her past experience, she could see that this was indeed who she was.

"I guess the current situation in your world was caused by the Evil Buddha. The air here is full of hostile energy. Hostile energy is the most effective way to draw out people's weaknesses and trigger their various ambitions and greed. The Evil Buddha wants to bring out all the dark sides of people and use them to achieve his goals. And these zombies, if I am not mistaken, are also the result of these powerful triggers."

Zhu Yanyi said calmly, "At least I can see that these zombies do not belong to the Five Elements. Once they are killed, their souls dissipate into heaven and earth. Of course, these zombies are not the heirs left by the Ancestor of Zombies, so their dissipation into this heaven and earth is allowed. These people who became zombies must have had bad karma in this life or a previous one, which is why this result occurred."

Zhu Yanyi seemed to think of something and added a reminder. "Speaking of which, I must remind you: once you start cultivating, karma is very important. In the past, I thought karma was only a concept in the Buddhist Realm. But after years of cultivation, I found that karma exists in the Daoist Realm as well."

Zhu Yanyi took a sip of tea. "Sow good causes, reap good fruits; sow evil causes, reap evil fruits. So, the relationship of cause and effect is very important for cultivators. Even if you do not care, the Heavenly Dao will remember for you. Once you sow an evil cause, you will eventually suffer the evil fruit yourself. Do not think you can avoid it; that is basically impossible."

Zhu Yanyi added, "Some novels say you can use magical methods to transfer karma or have others take your place. Do you really think Heaven can be deceived? The Heavenly Dao is everywhere and sees everything clearly. The idea of transferring karma is fundamentally unacceptable. Do not say the success rate is only 0.1%. Even if you succeed temporarily and deceive the Heavenly Dao for a while, what awaits you in the end will likely be even heavier punishment. So you must remember this point."

"We have remembered it," Zhou Kun nodded seriously. They were not fools; they naturally knew that Heaven cannot be deceived.

Zhu Yanyi took a deep breath. "Another point: in the world of cultivators, mortals are basically seen as ants. You will feel this once you enter true cultivation.

However, even so, you must not casually attack mortals. Coming to the mortal realm must have a reason. For example, this time, my husband and I came to this plane for the Evil Buddha."

Zhu Yanyi pondered for a moment. "Actually, before I came to the Evil Buddha Realm, I visited the Buddhist Realm. As you can imagine, since it is called the Buddhist Realm, it is full of monks. So I once thought that although it is called the Evil Buddha Realm, it should be similar."