sinovels Chapter 771 The Last Chance
Chapter 771 The Last Chance
Chapter 771 The Last Chance
The Si River reflected Xinjue's demon-like shadow. He had lost his head, and only the facial features that grew on the six white bones and arms behind him could express his fragmented emotions.
Xinjue said with a reluctant voice: "Ming Wang, Honored Lord, this is my Dharmakāya of the Thousand-armed White-bone Bodhisattva. It is a magical power of Buddhism, not a demon."
Zhang Chengzu was so frightened that his face turned pale, his heart beating like a drum, and he said, "Is the White Bone Bodhisattva a white bone or a Bodhisattva? Are you a monk or a demon?"
Xinjue could only answer one question: "Of course the White Bone Bodhisattva is a Bodhisattva."
But the second question was beyond answer.
Seeing this scene, Taoist Hou sneered and said, "Can't you say it?"
Xinjue turned one of his hand bones over and stared coldly at Hou Laodao with one eye.
Taoist Hou was not afraid and said, "Of course he is not a monk. As for whether he is a demon, that is not certain."
Xinjue forced a smile and said, "Because of what happened more than four hundred years ago, I have been expelled from the Buddhist sect and am no longer in it."
Zhang Chengzu's memory still lingers on the moment when Xinju threw him under the golden body of King Mara, asking him to recall his situation over the past four hundred years.
"You were fine just now, how come your head is gone?"
Xinjue turned his hand back and said, "My Lord, I offered my head to you and you made it into a magic weapon. Don't you remember?"
"Me? How is that possible!" Zhang Chengzu yelled, climbed up from the river bank, staggered back, and said, "What on earth happened? Who am I?"
"You don't remember?" Xinjue's eyes were shaken, and his tone was erratic: "Then do you still remember where I put my head?"
Zhang Chengzu was terrified and turned to run away: "I haven't seen your head!"
Xinjue took a step forward and appeared behind Zhang Chengzu like a ghost, grabbed his collar and lifted him up.
The six bony hands behind him held Zhang Chengzu in the middle like a spider holding silk, with all his facial features facing him, and asked, "Where is my head?"
Zhang Chengzu struggled with his eyes wide open. He was so scared that he almost fainted as he saw the white skeletal hand getting closer and closer.
Just before he was about to faint, a faint fire suddenly burst into his eyes, and his pupils turned slightly golden, and his expression gradually changed from panic to indifference.
Xin Jue witnessed this change and was immediately terrified. He quickly put Zhang Chengzu down and said, "My Lord, I am possessed by a ghost. Please spare my life!"
He was crawling in front of Zhang Chengzu, with his bony arms touching the ground.
But the expected punishment did not come, because Zhang Chengzu fainted and fell to the ground.
He carefully raised his eyes to see a crack, and seeing Zhang Chengzu's condition, Xin Jue slowly stood up, and then he broke out in a cold sweat.
Taoist Hou sneered, "You have two heads and a fickle mind. Oh, I forgot that you have no head now. Xinjue, you have really cultivated to the level of a dog."
Xinjue didn't know why he suddenly betrayed his master, nor did he understand what he was doing.
He looked at Zhang Chengzu who had fainted, stepped forward, grabbed his belt, lifted him up and held him under his ribs, then stepped forward to grab Hou Laodao's shackles, and then turned into a beam of light and flew away.
The wind whistled past his ears. Taoist Hou looked at Xinjue and asked, "Although I don't know what happened, the demon god in the City God Temple suddenly disappeared, and the Golden True Nature King was nowhere to be seen. I think he suffered a great enemy and was so badly injured that it is difficult for him to even appear in the world. Looking at Zhang Chengzu's appearance, I'm afraid that Zhang Chengzu may not be the Golden True Nature King. Xinjue, I think we still have one last chance. Do you really not regret it?"
Xin Jue did not answer, nor did he know what to answer. After a while, he just said, "Everything will be decided after the Lord wakes up."
Taoist Hou could only let out a long sigh, but the sound of his sigh was lost in the silent wind and could no longer be heard.
Xinjue fled with Zhang Chengzu, and the Golden True Nature King suffered severe damage. The dark clouds that had been lingering over Xia Pi City for a long time finally thundered and turned into crackling sounds of rain in the middle of the night.
In Chengyang Manor, Gong Mengbi put away his hands that were making seals, causing dark clouds to produce thunder, which turned into auspicious rain just when the late rice was planted at the beginning of autumn.
The five ghosts returned at night and apologized to Gong Mengbi, saying, "We came back too late."
Gong Mengbi waved his hand and said, "You guys didn't have to do anything this time. You found out the information, which is already a great achievement."
The five ghosts acted separately. They first checked the county annals, and then visited mountain ghosts, community gods, and household gods to dig up the old stories of Xia Pi.
The five ghosts were in sync with him, and with the help of the wishing tree, Gong Mengbi was able to resolve the situation to the point where it is now.
A generation before him, the reputation of King Mara could stop children from crying at night. Even now, people in the village still say things like "If you make any more noise, King Mara will come and take you away" when scaring children.
When King Mara occupied Xia Pi, it was a nightmare for the people of Xia Pi. Although Buddhism is flourishing in Xia Pi today, those who know the story will still be frightened.
The Xiapi City God was worshipped as the City God because of his meritorious service in fighting against the bandits, and the one he fought against was King Mara. The sons and daughters of the five families of Yu, Ding, Wang, Yang, and Li were involved in the Fox Book incident and suffered revenge from Xinjue, because they were the ones who rebelled against King Mara more than 400 years ago.
Gong Mengbi also saw what the five ghosts could not find in Zhang Chengzu's memory. Although King Mara was dead, his curse still involved everyone in it, causing them to reincarnate several times, and finally gather together.
The reincarnation established by Buddhism is entangled with the Buddhist practice of King Mara himself, and Xinjue is used as the key to open the reincarnation. However, in this life, Xinjue was bewitched, causing the complete collapse of this practice.
Gong Mengbi ordered, "Go and look for the City God's seal. It was struck away by my divine thunder, so it should not be damaged. Find it, or it will fall into the hands of villains and cause trouble."
The five ghosts then went to look for the City God's seal.
Miao Huhui and Shao Huzheng had already been sent away, so Gong Mengbi didn't care whether they could sleep or not.
He silently reviewed the events of the past few days, piecing together the various clues and restoring the cause and effect of everything.
After all the calculations, I realized that it was not unfair for me to be involved.
This training bureau started more than 400 years ago. There was no Gong Mengbi at first, but he was involved because of the Fox Book. To unravel the fate between Hou Laodao and Zhang Chengzu, the Fox Book is necessary. The Fox Book was chosen because of Gong Mengbi.
Xinjue was just a puppet at the mercy of others from the beginning to the end. His Zen mind was flawed and his will was not firm, so he became a plaything in the hands of several masters who played with people's hearts.
The "Future Great Light Buddha" was like this, the Desire to Bliss Vajra King was like this, and Gong Mengbi was also like this. The three of them took turns to do so, and Xinjue was still unable to distinguish them. Until now, he still did not see where his original mind was.