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Chapter 50 If Your Heart Is Pure, How Can You See Me? (Third Update! Please Read On! Please Vote!!)

With a sudden burst of strength, the bald man withered and flourished, pushing his internal Divine Skill of Withered and Flourishing to its limit.

His immense divine power allowed him to easily push the Wind and Thunder Pagoda up from the ground and even lift it above his head.

Anyone who didn't know better would think he was a strongman lifting weights.

The monk Liaozhen and the people from the Buddhist Association exclaimed how awesome it was.

This stone pagoda must weigh at least several hundred to several thousand kilograms.

Moreover, after two thousand years of wind and rain, it had almost become one with the ground rocks, and it was just pulled up like that.

The Zen master possesses divine power!
The monk Ku Rong looked disdainful.

The small Taoist Wind and Thunder Pagoda is not worth mentioning.

Even if it weighed several thousand pounds more, he could still move it.

However, before the monk Kurong could speak...

As the Wind and Thunder Tower was pulled out, the entire Wind and Thunder Mountain shook violently.

A tremendous howling sound.

The immense spiritual energy of the dragon vein emitted the roar of a true dragon and bull.
After thousands of years of accumulation within this mountain, the dragon vein's spiritual energy erupted, creating a terrifying storm of surging and rolling spiritual energy.

Three voices suddenly rang in everyone's ears.

The mountain began to shake at that moment, and the monk Kurong quickly put down the Wind and Thunder Pagoda in his hand to steady himself.

"What's going on? There's an earthquake?"

The people at the Buddhist Association didn't know what was happening and thought it was an earthquake.

The monk Kurong said, "It's alright. The dragon's lair here has been suppressed by the Wind and Thunder Pagoda for thousands of years. Now that it's being released all at once, it's normal for there to be some commotion."

Just like a bottle of soda, the dragon vein is like the soda inside that is shaking violently. Of course, it was fine when the bottle cap was sealed, but it is normal for the soda to spray out when you suddenly open the bottle cap.

However, the very next second after the monk Kurong said those words,
The monk Liaozhen's ears twitched; something seemed amiss.

Besides the sound of the dragon vein's spiritual energy rolling inside the mountain, there were also sounds of ghosts wailing and wolves howling, and it seemed like there were also sounds of Buddhist chants and mantras.
"Namo Amitabha Night"

"Tathagarotraya"

"Dodiyata"

"Amitabha Buddha"

Amitabha

……

Monk Liaozhen asked, "Master, did you hear that? It sounds like the Rebirth Mantra? Why can I hear the Rebirth Mantra?"

In this desolate wilderness, a Taoist wind and thunder pagoda was pulled out, and there were ghostly wails and howls, which were actually accompanied by the sound of Buddhist rebirth mantras.
Hell?
Could there really be evil spirits down there?

At this moment, Zen Master Kurong also sensed a soaring demonic aura rising from beneath the mountain.

Are there really evil spirits suppressed here?

Damn it!

He came here according to the Buddha's instructions, so how could there be any demons or evil spirits?

Zen Master Kurong quickly retreated, and the spot where he had just pulled out the Wind and Thunder Pagoda collapsed.

A huge hole appeared.

From beneath that cave, countless pebbles rained down and flew out all at once.

Not just Fenglei Mountain,
The other two wind and thunder pagodas on Longhu Mountain and Sanqing Mountain could no longer suppress the evil spirits.

With one of the Wind and Thunder Towers lost from its suppression, the other two Wind and Thunder Towers were directly overthrown.

Beneath the other two Wind and Thunder Towers, a large number of identical stones also flew out.

Each piece of rubble carries a demonic aura that reaches the heavens.

Black, demonic energy swirled around the rubble and gathered at the summit of Fenglei Mountain.

These rubble stones are covered with blood-red Buddhist scriptures, accompanied by the sound of a powerful mantra for rebirth.

Countless demonic stones gathered and pieced together in front of Wind and Thunder Mountain.

A colossal stone statue of Buddha has been assembled. This is a red statue of the Great Sun Buddha.

However, the Buddha's face was strange, seemingly smiling yet crying, and one glance revealed that this Buddha was definitely not the kind enshrined in a regular Buddhist temple.

Zen Master Kurong was greatly alarmed.

"Damn it, back off! That's a Ghost Buddha!"

Zen Master Kurong quickly retreated, looking at the huge, strange stone statue of gods and Buddhas that had materialized before him. His face was extremely grim.

How could it be this?
The so-called ghost Buddha is also known as the wild Buddha.

This refers to abandoned Buddhist statues of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Arhats that were not destroyed after being left in ruins. Later, mountain spirits and monsters inhabited these statues, using them as abodes to cultivate themselves and create something.

Many temples will perform rituals to dispose of the golden statues of gods and Buddhas that were previously enshrined after the statues have fallen into disrepair.

For example, if you cover the Buddha's face with a red cloth and complete the ritual after forty-nine days, then knock down the stone statue and return it to dust, the karmic consequences will dissipate.

But this is the practice we follow now; in the past, there were many periods when sudden wars broke out.

For example, during ancient wars, many monks would flee for their lives, abandoning their temples. The statues in those abandoned temples, which were left unattended, were particularly vulnerable to possession by evil spirits and demons.

Many demons like to enter statues of gods to cultivate themselves, because with the help of incense offerings from the gods and Buddhas, they can cultivate faster.

Moreover, after cultivating to become a ghost Buddha, one can even impersonate a real Buddha to swindle and deceive, thus obtaining incense offerings.

By day, he masquerades as a Buddha to absorb incense offerings; by night, he transforms into a ghost to devour believers.

Therefore, there has been a saying since ancient times: "It is better to sleep in a desolate grave than to stay overnight in an ancient temple."

Do not enter deserted temples, and never worship wild Buddha statues in desolate mountains, because you often do not know whether the one you are worshipping is a Buddha or a demon.

Zen Master Kurong looked at the ghost Tathagata who had now gathered into a huge stone Buddha statue.

He trembled inside.

What the hell could this be?
I was clearly enlightened by the True Buddha and came here to occupy the Dragon Vein Dao Fruit, so why did I release this thing?

Judging from its aura, this thing has at least several thousand years of cultivation.

They are not comparable to demons that have existed for only one or two thousand years.

Master Kurong had a headache. The next second, the giant ghost Buddha in front of Fenglei Mountain had already been formed.

It sat cross-legged in the void, looking solemnly at the withered and flourishing monk on Fenglei Mountain.

Ghost Tathagata revealed a wicked smile, winking and making faces.

It said, “Kurong, I am Shakyamuni Buddha of the Western Paradise, Namo Amitabha Buddha. I have conferred upon you the position of Golden Arhat, allowing you to attain the fruit of enlightenment here. Now that you have achieved your goal, you should enter my tutelage and become one of my disciples.”

Now that you have seen me, why not come and pay your respects to the Buddha?

The demon Buddha's Buddhist chant struck Ku Rong with a mocking expression.

Only then did the monk Ku Rong realize what was happening.

After he broke through his cultivation level in seclusion, the Buddha who enlightened him in his meditation was not the real Buddha from the Western Paradise, but this guy!
This guy tricked me into coming here so he could knock down the Wind and Thunder Tower and release it.

The monk Kurong was furious: "You scoundrel! So you were the one who tricked this old monk! What kind of demon are you? How dare you occupy the statue of Buddha in my Buddhist sect? You're courting death!"

The monk Kurong was tricked by a ghost Buddha, and he flew into a rage.

He thought he had truly attained enlightenment and received the favor of the Buddha, who bestowed upon him the rank of Arhat and wanted to confer upon him the title of Golden Arhat.

As a result, the ghost Buddha used him to help it break the seal.

This time, Ku Rong was caught in a trap set by the Ghost Buddha and turned into a cuckold.

Ku Rong immediately became furious.

The Ghost Buddha laughed loudly: "Hahahaha, I have cultivated into a Buddha body, so naturally I am the Tathagata Buddha. Don't I look like him? Isn't it the same whether I appoint you as a Golden Arhat or the Tathagata appoints you as an Arhat?"
Besides, do you think you're a good person? Don't you know perfectly well how you gained those ten years of lifespan from comprehending the Divine Art of Withering and Flourishing? You steal the lifespan of the temple's worshippers to prolong your life, while I, in disguise, use the Buddha's body to cultivate as a ghost or Buddha and absorb incense offerings.

Hehehe, what's the difference between us? You and I are the perfect match of Buddha and Arhat!

The ghost Buddha's laughter grew increasingly cunning: "I am not like you, spouting benevolence and compassion, lofty and virtuous, yet secretly engaging in despicable acts."

"A clear mind is the true Buddha even without reading scriptures, while an impure body remains a false Buddha even after a thousand years of cultivation. How can you not understand this principle?"

"If your heart is pure, how can you see me?"

(End of this chapter)