Mutated Tao Chapter 43: Buddha (addition for one of the leaders of this book)
"He has become a Buddha." Hearing the abbot say this plainly, Li Huowang instantly felt a chill down his back.
He suddenly raised his head and looked at the five huge golden Buddhas around him. They seemed to have changed their expressions in an instant, who were still solemn and solemn just now.
Li Huowang, who was just about to get up, glanced at the sunny sun outside the door, and then looked at the abbot in front of him.
The old abbot was still the same as before, sitting there with full determination, neither happy nor sad, as if the words just now did not come from him.
"Wait, don't scare yourself, it may not be what I think."
After thinking about it for a while, Li Huowang asked again: "Abbot, there must be a festival between Zhengde Temple and Danyangzi."
"That's right, he has captured people and killed people everywhere before, causing a lot of turmoil. I once sent the monks from the Bodhidharma Academy of our temple to capture him, but he escaped many times."
"If you think of a way to get rid of this person, it's considered a merit."
"Then dare to ask Master, how did such a heinous villain become a Buddha?"
"Amitabha, what he is now does not care what he is. I have a Buddha in my heart, and in my heart, he is a Buddha."
Hearing what the other party said, Li Huowang suddenly became irritable. The old monk didn't speak well and was playing riddles with himself.
"Sponsor, Danyang Zidun and Daqian at this time, I don't care what he is, what matters is what you think he is, what you think he is, he is what, after all, now his karma lies in You, not the old monk."
Xinhui's voice was still uneven, but this time Li Huowang understood what he wanted to express.
"You mean that Sun Son has now become a shapeless mass that can change with people's thoughts? Just like Master You?"
"Yes."
"But why? I made up all the skills he used to become a fairy. There are so many poisonous things, if you eat them, you should die immediately!" Li Huowang couldn't think of this problem .
"I don't know."
The other party's frank words caught Li Huowang off guard. "You don't know?"
"I am not a future Buddha, nor omniscient and omnipotent. Monks don't tell lies. If you don't know, you don't know."
After thinking for a while, Li Huowang asked a key question again.
"Abbot, is there a way to completely eliminate Dan Yangzi? Since he is our opponent, it is not a problem to let him hang around like this."
He worked so hard to come all this way just to solve this problem.
This time Xinhui didn't answer so quickly, but raised his right hand after pondering for a while. "Come here, I need to take another look."
Looking at the wrinkled white hand, Li Huowang hesitated.
"Xuanyang benefactor, if you still suspect that I am going to kill you, then you should not have stepped into the gate of the temple just now."
After thinking for a moment, Li Huowang put his forehead on his palm.
With a "buzz", Li Huowang felt that all the colors around him became brighter several times in an instant, and he felt light and light all over his body.
This wonderful feeling came and went quickly. When everything returned to normal, Li Huowang didn't know what was going on, and his heart was still a little empty.
He understood that, among other things, the old abbot must have some special Buddhist supernatural powers.
"Well... this matter is very important. I need to discuss countermeasures with other elders. You can stay in the temple for now and I will give you an answer tomorrow."
"I still have friends outside the temple, and they won't worry if I don't go back."
Seeing Li Huowang's refusal, the abbot's tone was still not in a hurry.
"Go and stay as you please, Zhengde Temple will open tomorrow, Master Xuanyang, please don't break your promise, you also know that this trouble will never be eliminated, and it will be a big hidden danger to you and the common people in the world after all."
When Li Huowang went outside the hall and stood in the sunlight and looked in, he found that the abbot had turned around again and began to chant sutras again facing the huge golden Buddha.
Li Huowang looked up at the big sun at noon above his head, and then looked at the quiet and peaceful Buddhist temples around him. No matter how he looked at it, nothing seemed to happen.
Just as Li Huowang turned around and walked a few steps, the bald back of the abbot who was chanting sutras began to squirm.
After a while, the smooth back of the head under the five Buddha hat slowly cracked, and a huge vertical eye the size of a fist drilled out, staring at Li Huowang.
At this time, the voice of the old abbot's chanting suddenly became an order of magnitude louder. "Sex is not me... If it were me, it should not be sick and troubled. I want to be like this... I don't want to be like this.... I will do whatever I want. Therefore, you should know..."
Wait for Li Huowang to turn around and follow the trail between the temples to come back to the main entrance where there are lots of people and pilgrims.
Standing in the crowd, he looked towards the alley he had just walked out, "Should I believe him?" Li Huowang felt a little hesitant.
"Hey! Taoist priest! I'm here!" Hearing someone calling him, Li Huowang turned his head and saw the old beggar on the road not far away, waving excitedly at him.
"Have you come to Zhengde Temple here? Will others want you?"
The old beggar nodded excitedly. "Well, the monk said just now, look at me, you can let me stay and work in this temple."
"That's fine, you can do it here, at least it's better than digging wild vegetables outside and eating dead people's tribute, I have to leave beforehand, by the way, I haven't asked your name yet."
"You can call me a monk. I like to be called a monk. Come to the temple when you have time."
"Hehe, according to your Buddhist teachings, just follow fate."
Farewell to the old monk, Li Huowang left Zhengde Temple.
When he arrived at the inn that had been agreed upon earlier, the others swarmed up,
Li Huowang raised his hand to prevent other people from asking, and said, "I have something to leave to everyone. You should disperse and ask the locals about Zhengde Temple."
Although the contact with those monks is very normal today, he still intends to listen to the local people's views on Zhengde Temple before making any plans.
The others also asked something, nodded, turned around and walked towards the outside of the inn.
Time passed, and when the sun went down, the seven people who dispersed came back one after another, and began to report their experiences to Li Huowang.
"I heard from them that the Zhengde Temple is the largest temple in the entire Xijing City, and the incense is the most prosperous."
"I heard that those monks are very pious and strictly abide by the rules and regulations. Last time a monk ate meat and was expelled from the temple directly by them."
"I heard that the emperor in the palace will also go to that temple to worship Buddha. If you are lucky and get a good seat, you can still see the emperor!"
"I am similar to what they asked about, brother, what do you want us to know about Zhengde Temple?"
Li Huowang didn't answer, he didn't want to tell them that Danyangzi might still exist so horrible that they wouldn't be scared.
After carefully pondering what they had seen and heard for a while, but after thinking about it, Li Huowang found that he had no reason to refuse.
If you don't trust these monks, then you can only go head-to-head with Dan Yangzi who has become a "Buddha". This choice is undoubtedly courting death.
Finally weighing the gains and losses, Li Huowang made a decision to return to Zhengde Temple tomorrow.