“Those two clay sculptures are still there?!”
Through the broken Zen staff, the Demon Buddha hidden in the main hall noticed the fleeting "divinity".
As the inheritance props deliberately left by the Demon Buddha, the rosary beads and Zen staff are not things that can be damaged easily.
Leaving aside the rosary, the Zen staff was the object of enlightenment for the old monk, the reincarnation of the Demon Buddha, and its importance was no less important than his string of pitch-black rosary beads.
However, such a Zen staff, which can be called a magic weapon, was easily broken now. No wonder the demon Buddha was so surprised.
"die?"
"If the demons don't die, how can the gods and Buddhas die?"
As if he had witnessed the girl breaking the Zen staff with his own eyes, the old monk's tone revealed a touch of relief and regret.
"That girl is able to achieve such achievements now, it is not in vain for the good intentions of fellow Taoist Dan Chenzi."
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The time goes back a few decades, when the boy in Afeng's "dream" just became a monk.
In Afeng's dream, in his previous life, he was a young master who grew up in a boudoir with no worries about food and clothing. However, when he was about to become an adult, he was involved in a party struggle, and his family fortune was completely ruined.
At that time, his whole family was confiscated and he had no food and clothing. He turned from a wealthy young man into a street beggar.
The contrast was so great that it almost drove the young master crazy.
At this lowest point in his life, the young man was lucky enough to be taken in by the abbot of Ciguang Temple at that time, so that he would not really end up living on the street, and he survived.
But for such a young man who has been well-dressed and industrious since childhood, the hard life in the temple is obviously not something he can adapt to.
So in order to enlighten this young man who was once depressed and wanted to commit suicide, the abbot of Ciguang Temple began to lead him to worship Buddha, chant sutras, and practice Buddhism.
In this process, just like Afeng's experience of "dreaming" about the boy, the frustrated boy also gradually "dreams" some memory fragments that do not belong to him.
The young man no longer remembers how long this kind of day lasted.
He only knew that when he came to his senses, he was already over fifty and had become the abbot of Ciguang Temple.
Deliberately forgetting the sorrows of the past, deliberately abandoning the past worries, and the evil demon Buddha in the dream...
Just when the old monk thought he would continue like this for the rest of his life, a Taoist priest wearing a blue-grey robe came to Ciguang Temple.
"Huh? He's actually a spiritual wisdom from a past life? What an unexpected gain."
The old monk still can't forget the first words the Taoist priest who called himself "Dan Chenzi" said to him.
Because it was those words that truly awakened the demon Buddha who had been sleeping in his soul for thousands of years.
"I heard that you are the orphan of the Zhen family who fled here?"
"The eldest son of the direct line who was raised as a girl?"
It was obviously a malicious statement, but the old monk surprisingly did not hear any sarcasm in Dan Chenzi's tone.
It was as if Dan Chenzi was simply telling a fact, a fact that the old monk deliberately forgot and did not want to mention again.
"Are you the person sent by the government to arrest me?"
Dan Chenzi was stunned when he heard the old monk's calm but somewhat regretful question.
He thought about ten thousand ways the old monk would react, but he didn't expect that the other party had already seen through the world of mortals and had no intention of hiding his true identity.
"No, I just came to the temple by chance, and it was a complete coincidence that I found you."
Although Dan Chenzi had tried his best to calm down his tone, the old monk still heard the hidden murderous intention in the other party's words "take a look".
The old monk didn't know what the other person was carrying, but he knew that he was a "poor person" like himself.
"In this case, we are destined to meet each other."
"Fellow Taoist, would you like to drink a pot of turbid tea with the old monk?"
I don’t know what his mentality was, but Dan Chenzi chose to stay when faced with the old monk’s invitation.
"It just so happens that I have been chasing my enemy for a year. It's time for me to take a break."
Since then, Dan Chenzi has temporarily lived in Ciguang Temple as a "close friend of the old monk", and has lived there for more than a year.
During this period, Dan Chenzi did not hide his identity as a practitioner, and the old monk did not hide his experience of "dreaming" about the demon Buddha.
One is a contemporary hero who knows all dharmas and all dharmas belong to him. The other is the reincarnation of a thousand-year-old demon Buddha who possesses secret treasures...
As time went by, the communication between the two was no longer limited to ordinary worldly relationships, and began to extend toward more secret Taoist and supernatural powers.
Danchenzi gradually learned from the old monk about the secret inheritance of turning against the Buddha and becoming a demon, the three-faced Dharma, and reincarnation, which gradually improved his future practice.
The old monk obtained from Dan Chenzi the unique power of distraction and incarnation, and the ability to seize the body and move the soul, officially "separating" himself from the demon Buddha in his previous life.
I am just myself, not the demon Buddha from thousands of years ago...
Even if he is the reincarnation of the Demon Buddha, the old monk still has his own will, his own persistence, and his own life.
Therefore, I will never sit back and watch the demon Buddha manifest and cause harm to the world.
"Thank you fellow Taoist for your help!"
"If there is an afterlife, the old monk will definitely talk to fellow Taoists all night long."
When the old monk successfully gained part of the power of the Demon Buddha and cultivated the three-faced Dharma before the Demon Buddha was about to fully awaken, he solemnly bowed to Dan Chenzi who was leaving.
The old monk knew very well that without Dan Chenzi's generous help, even if he was the reincarnation of the Demon Buddha, he would never be able to cultivate the three-faced Dharma in just one year.
Even so, the old monk is still not completely sure to prevent the Demon Buddha from appearing in this world.
Therefore, the old monk dismissed the monks of Ciguang Temple in advance, and then asked people to spread the news that "the legitimate son of the Zhen family is hiding in Ciguang Temple", hoping that if he fails, government personnel will come to suppress the demon Buddha in time.
And this is the real reason why Ciguang Temple turned into a wild temple overnight and was later closed down by the government.
But even after making such sufficient preparations, the old monk was still a little worried.
Because the old monk who experienced the life of the Demon Buddha in a "dream" clearly knew that this Demon King from Tianzhu in the Western Region not only had extraordinary power, but also had first-class wisdom.
Facing such a powerful enemy with both intelligence and strength, any carelessness will lead to eternal disaster.
So after careful consideration, the old monk first suppressed his body under the bronze bell of the main hall.
Then he consumed the power of incense and belief accumulated by Ciguang Temple for hundreds of years to maintain his own will.
Finally, in order to ensure that all his plans can be implemented safely, the old monk also needs to enlighten two real "Dharma Protectors".
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