Chapter 534-2: The Spirit Coffin’s Secret Driving Method, Wondrous Dharma Freedom Bodhisattva (2) |
[Looking out, about half of the Extreme Evil monsters in the city have already transformed into aggregates, all transporting incense malice toward the Buddhist temple at the center of the city.]
[Although the previous Extreme Evil monsters also did not have much intelligence left, at least they still retained human Shells. But the large field of tree-shaped aggregate monsters before your eyes is pure mutation and distortion, no longer possessing the appearance of the former spirits of all living things.]
[They have only one function, to produce evil thought food and strengthen the power of Extreme Evil gods.]
[In the end, whether gods or mortal monsters, all evil thoughts in the world will be supplied to Extreme Delusion Fruit.]
If the Extreme Evil monsters in the mortal world were little puddles and small streams, then the gods of Western Pure Bliss Heaven were grand, surging rivers.
Small streams flowed toward rivers, while the waters of the rivers would ultimately gather into the vast ocean that was Extreme Delusion Fruit.
Those gods and Buddhas filling the heavens might eventually all transform into monsters like the tree-shaped aggregates, becoming dead things that only knew how to contribute power to the evil god.
[The White Elephant Demon opens its mouth, its expression shocked and at a loss, with a trace of fear in its gaze…]
[It cannot help saying, I thought the cities we passed through before had already turned into purgatory on earth, but compared with the Bingzhou City before my eyes… damn it, when did the human realm become like this?]
[The Incense Power worshipped by these monsters is so filthy and dirty. Did those gods and Buddhas not detect anything abnormal and accept it all without question?]
[How could… how could it be like this.]
[You look toward the White Elephant Demon and stare directly into senior brother White Elephant’s eyes. Seeing its gaze, you know that because it has traveled with you for a long time, Seed of Glazed Pure Fire has already purified most of its evil thoughts.]
[Because the White Elephant Demon is not the true owner of Seed of Glazed Pure Fire, this purification can only treat the symptoms and not the root. If the White Elephant Demon leaves you, it will not be long before it turns back into that Extreme Evil monster.]
[Only by removing the source of all evil, Extreme Delusion Fruit, can you have hope of eradicating the evil of this world.]
[…]
[You and the White Elephant Demon arrive before the temple in the city.]
[This Buddhist temple, which has gathered dense evil thoughts, is named Freedom Temple. In the temple courtyard grows a towering large tree, visible from far away beyond the temple’s outer wall.]
[There are also some Extreme Evil monsters wandering through the temple courtyard, but whether they are Extreme Evil monsters or tree-shaped aggregates, none of them actively attack you. Only their gazes toward the White Elephant Demon grow increasingly unkind.]
[You and the White Elephant Demon pay no attention to the monsters and arrive at the temple’s main hall. You push open the main hall doors and see a female Bodhisattva statue.]
[The Bodhisattva wears a jeweled crown on Her head and holds a lotus treasure lamp in Her hand, Her expression free and joyful.]
[Under the dense evil thoughts lingering around Her, the Bodhisattva’s expression of great compassion actually gives people a sense of beauty and seduction.]
[You have discovered the divine image of Wondrous Dharma Freedom Bodhisattva!]
[You look toward senior brother White Elephant beside you and ask whether it knows this Bodhisattva’s origins.]
[But you see senior brother White Elephant frown tightly and say gravely, Junior Brother, this time, we may have encountered a hard target.]
[Wondrous Dharma Freedom Bodhisattva is not strong Herself. She is merely a Bodhisattva who has attained the third fruit rank, but the backer behind Her is extraordinary. You also know that backer. It is Mahakasyapa Buddha…]
Wondrous Dharma Freedom Bodhisattva was a side attendant beside Mahakasyapa Buddha.
A side attendant, also called an attendant, was a disciple who stood in attendance on both sides of a Buddha and assisted the Buddha in teaching and transforming sentient beings.
For example, Great Dark Endless Delusion Bodhisattva was Enma’s left attendant. Although Her strength could not compare to the Three-Life Buddhas, Her actual status in Western Pure Bliss Heaven was no less than the Three-Life Buddhas.
A side attendant’s status was far higher than that of ordinary disciples. They could basically be understood as a god or Buddha’s right and left arms, which was why side attendants appeared in Buddha thangka paintings, standing in attendance on the left and right sides.
A side attendant was also an important relationship second only to a Dharma companion. The White Elephant did not have this status. Although it was the Bodhisattva’s eldest disciple, it was still a world away from the title of side attendant.
Thinking of Mahakasyapa Buddha’s way of doing things, it was estimated that this Wondrous Dharma Freedom Bodhisattva was most likely also the Buddha’s dual cultivation partner.
In terms of Lin Xun’s strength, killing Wondrous Dharma Freedom Bodhisattva was not difficult, but after removing this Bodhisattva, there was a high probability that Mahakasyapa Buddha would be enraged and descend to the mortal world to eliminate evil.
Lin Xun’s current cultivation (Shell level) had only just touched the threshold of immortal+ grade gods. Against Mahakasyapa Buddha, who was a Buddha Ancestor disciple, although the two had similar realms, his chances of winning were very small.
If he had not taken Luoyi City’s Incense Power and just strengthened his Shell level by a large margin, and if he had not obtained the fusion ultimate move Same Heart, Same Body, it would probably not be that his chances of winning were very small, but that he had no chance of winning at all.
Countless characters flashed through his eyes. As he pondered, a plan had already surfaced in his mind.
Since this Wondrous Dharma Freedom Bodhisattva was Mahakasyapa Buddha’s side attendant disciple, She most likely had also learned Lust Dual Emptiness Bliss Circulation Method.
Miaoxian Divine Soul Reincarnation Spirit Coffin was a sharp weapon used to deal with those who had already learned the dual cultivation method and whose strength was lower than his.
However, Miaoxian Divine Soul Reincarnation Spirit Coffin required the other party to actively enter the coffin before its imprisonment and control functions could take effect.
This required some kind of outrageous operation…
[You tell the White Elephant Demon that you can remove Wondrous Dharma Freedom Bodhisattva without alarming Mahakasyapa Buddha, but this method requires the other party to willingly descend to the mortal world, and it is best if She does not carry wariness or hostility.]
[The White Elephant Demon thinks carefully and says that its understanding of Wondrous Dharma Freedom Bodhisattva is not very detailed. It only knows that She is Mahakasyapa Buddha’s side attendant and has the cultivation realm of the third fruit rank.]
[Hearing this, you can only take the White Elephant Demon out of the main hall first and go to the temple’s Scripture Hall to browse scriptures, to see whether there is more information about Wondrous Dharma Freedom Bodhisattva.]
[If you want the plan to be thorough, you must first know yourself and know your enemy…]
[…]
[You push open the doors of the Scripture Hall. Rows of tall scripture cabinets appear before your eyes.]
[You faintly hear an aged voice silently reciting. The voice is very familiar…]
[The White Elephant Demon is stunned when it hears the silent recitation. Then its entire body tenses and it becomes fully alert. It clearly has not sensed anyone else’s aura inside the hall, yet it can hear an old man’s silent recitation.]
[This can only mean that the owner of the voice’s divine arts have already far surpassed it!]
[With a flip of its wrist, it tightly grips two lotus iron hammers and says gravely, Junior Brother, can you sense this person’s realm and cultivation?]
[Listening to the familiar silent recitation, you raise an eyebrow, then smile and reply, Senior Brother, there is no need to be on guard. This person is an old acquaintance of mine, and can be called a fellow countryman.]
[You lead the White Elephant Demon through layer after layer of scripture cabinets, following the sound. Soon, you see an old man lying on a rattan chair, dressed in Vermilion formal garments.]
[The old man with a monocle on his face holds a scripture and mutters silently.]
[When he sees you arrive here, he greets you warmly and says, Apostle, this is our fourth meeting.]
[Your clearing speed is truly fast. How long has it been, yet you have already reached Chapter Eight…]
[The Librarian is just about to put down the scripture in his hand and stand up when he suddenly stares closely at you, frozen in place.]
[With a face full of disbelief, he blurts out, Y-you… you have advanced to eternity?!]