At this time, Du Ruoyun didn't know how to respond. When discussing countermeasures last night, she had not considered the possibility of fighting with the Buddha Mother of Bright Light. She was not afraid of a fight, but she didn't dare to make a decision on her own. She could only hold her breath, pretend to be thinking, and then wait for the master's instructions.
Pei Xuan was also in a dilemma. He really wanted Du Ruoyun to accept the challenge. If he could control the Buddha Mother Mingguang with a blood contract, it would be a solid step towards conquering the six major sects.
But Pei Xuan was very skeptical whether he could succeed, especially since the Mingguang Buddha Mother was sitting in meditation in the small temple and could know the battle situation without even looking. Her cultivation was really unfathomable. Even if Du Ruoyun used the tactic of mutual destruction, she might not be able to break through the defense.
"I'm just an uneducated junior, how dare I fight with a senior master like you, the Buddha Mother?" Pei Xuan finally chose to be safe and controlled Du Ruoyun's body to say words of refusal, "With my age, even if I fight one of the three great monks, Kong Du, Kong En, and Kong Yuan, I will be suspected of rebellion, let alone you?" These words were a moral kidnapping of the Mingguang Buddha Mother and Chanyin Temple. How could a senior with high moral character and prestige bully a junior who was just forty years old?
"All appearances are false. One year is a hundred years, and a hundred years is one year." The Buddha Mother of Bright Light said leisurely, holding the rosary in her hand, "The predecessors are dust, and the younger generations are also dust. What is there to not do?" Pei Xuan was choked by these words. He wanted to use morality to blackmail the other party, but he didn't know that the other party had no morals at all.
It seems that this Mingguang Buddha Mother not only has a profound knowledge of Buddhism and cultivation, but also has a great ability in bargaining. She is worthy of being the iron-fisted abbot who once held power in Chanyin Temple for forty years.
"Since these are all false, why should I compete with you alone?" Du Ruoyun turned around and said, "Among the sects here, Sect Master Jiang and Madam Feng of the Changsheng Sect, Valley Master Situ and Madam Liu of the Baihua Valley, and Sect Master Shen and the Golden Armor Protector of the Moyun Sect all share the same aspirations as me. How about the seven of us join forces and learn the lessons of the Mother of Buddha together?" Du Ruoyun said this about the seven of us joining forces just to squeeze the other party, and she had no real intention to do so. Unexpectedly, the Mother of Buddha Mingguang remained calm and chanted the Buddha's name softly: "Amitabha... Why not? Please teach me." As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar again.
Everyone thought that no one could defeat the combined forces of seven Heavenly Rank cultivators alone, and they all heard the threat in Du Ruoyun's words. However, they did not expect that the Bright Light Buddha Mother would accept the challenge so nonchalantly, which was beyond their expectations.
Could it be that the cultivation level of the Buddha Mother of Bright Light has really broken through the heavenly level? Otherwise, why would she be so arrogant?
Du Ruoyun turned around and looked at the people she had just mentioned one by one, only to see that they all responded with affirmative looks.
The people from these three major sects may not be willing to fight for the conditions agreed by the court and Du Ruoyun, but their current opponent is the Mingguang Buddha Mother, and there are seven of them at the same time. Curiosity makes them eager to try. Even Pei Xuan was not angry at Du Ruoyun's self-assertion, but gave her an encouraging look.
So Du Ruoyun turned around confidently to face the Buddha Mother of Bright Light and said in a loud voice: "Since the Buddha Mother does not mind, then we, the younger generations, will come to you to learn from you!" The six masters from Changsheng Sect, Baihua Valley and Moyun Sect quickly came forward and stood in a row not far away from Du Ruoyun. They each took their stances, but watched each other, and no one was willing to be the first to attack.
They all looked at Du Ruoyun, after all, she was the leader.
Du Ruoyun had no choice but to make a fake strike with her sword, sending out a stream of sword energy to attack the Bright Light Buddha Mother on the mountain.
This sword energy was not painful at all, and the Buddha Mother of Bright Light did not even move her arms. She just bent her fingers and easily dissolved it.
Fortunately, the six people next to her did not hesitate. They took action immediately after Du Ruoyun swung her sword. Six streams of true qi, some weak and some strong, attacked the Buddha Mother of Bright Light from different directions. However, she just waved the long sleeves of her monk's robe lightly, and the surging true qi blocked all the attacks of the six people.
Seven streams of true energy from different sources collided violently in the air, making a clanging sound like the sound of swords dancing on a chaotic battlefield.
Du Ruoyun and seven others stood at the foot of the mountain, each of them mobilizing their true energy to attack the Bright Light Buddha Mother on the mountain, while the latter fluttered her sleeves, creating messy afterimages, and blocked the attacks of the seven people one by one.
Although he was outnumbered seven, he remained calm and even had enough energy to fight back.
This extremely powerful fighting ability made everyone watching astonished, and the seven people in the battle were extremely nervous.
Although they were outnumbered seven to one, they could not relax at all. If they did not maintain a strong attack rhythm, the opponent would probably counterattack with an even stronger rhythm.
The seven of them seemed to be fighting with a powerful heavenly cultivator each, and almost forgot that there was only one enemy facing them.
The most nervous among the seven people was naturally Du Ruoyun. After all, the others were just there to join in the fun, and winning or losing didn't matter to them. But she had a mission to accomplish, and if she failed, she would not be able to report to either the court or her master Pei Xuan.
If she wants to break the deadlock, she has to rely on herself.
If Du Ruoyun wants to execute a tactic of mutual destruction, he must first get close to lure the enemy.
She gritted her teeth, continued to dance with her sword and strike out sword energy, while leaping up and rushing towards the Bright Light Buddha Mother on the mountain, hoping in her heart that the other six people would follow her and charge forward.
From the corner of her eye, Du Ruoyun was pleasantly surprised to find that the other six people were indeed worthy of the tactical qualities of a heavenly-level cultivator. After a brief surprise, they followed behind her and leaped upwards together.
But at this moment, the Buddha Mother of Bright Light suddenly stretched out her hands and struck out seven palms in an instant like a ghost.
Du Ruoyun had just flown halfway when she felt a surge of true energy coming at her like a tidal wave. It not only crushed the sword energy she had shot out like a hot knife through butter, but also chopped down on her head.
Du Ruoyun quickly swung her sword to block, reducing some of the damage, but was still knocked back more than ten feet by a palm strike.
The other six people were not in much better condition either. They were all knocked back eight or nine feet.
Only then did everyone understand the terrifying power of the Bright Light Buddha Mother, which was enough to crush ordinary heavenly-level cultivators.
"Very good, very good." The Bright Light Buddha Mother retracted her body, clasped her hands together again, and said lightly, "It seems that this poor nun has won. My disciple will stay with me. Donor Du, do you have any objections?"
"I...I don't have any more..." Du Ruoyun tried hard to adjust for a long time before calming her disordered breathing, "But...what if Jiuwei Senior himself has objections?"