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Chapter 306: Wanderer, Mother

The little boy was a little confused by Tianyu. This person was obviously older than him, so why did he call him brother?

Chen Shi's heart was in turmoil.

Granny Sha is going crazy looking for her son.

She originally had a happy family and a wonderful life, but because of her greed, she asked her son Xiang Tianyu to help her enter the underworld to find the Three Lives Stone for her.

Xiang Tianyu never came back after he left.

Granny Sha was divorced by her husband Xiang Yunfei and lived alone. She spent her whole life in the pain of killing her son and searching for him.

She searched for her entire life, from the age of thirty to over sixty, until she turned into a white-haired old woman, until she turned from a proud figure into a hunched old woman.

In order to find her son, she created countless soul-related spells, offended countless ghosts and gods, and became a wanted criminal in the underworld.

She was called the Soul-Searching Rakshasa and became one of the six greatest evil people in the Five Lakes. She was still obsessed with searching for Xiang Tianyu's whereabouts.

Chen Shi held Xiang Tianyu's hand, worried that he would be blown away by the wind in the underworld like other wandering ghosts, or eaten by cattle and horses in the underworld, or die at the hands of those crazy Arhats and Gandharvas.

He carefully inquired about the details of Xiang Tianyu's entry into the Buddhist hell.

He asked particularly detailed questions about the ghost who sent Tianyu in.

"He is a young man, dressed in white, like a nobleman, and very handsome. Behind him is a huge ghost, without clothes, only wearing tattered trousers, with red skin, red hair, and four fangs in his mouth. His teeth are longer than mine. Oh, and the eyes of the red-haired ghost are very round and big, as if they are about to jump out."

Xiang Tianyu said, "The red-haired ghost called the young ghost the young master. The young master said there is a Three-Life Stone here, and he can send me in."

Chen Shi's heart was slightly moved, and Zhang You's voice came from the side, saying: "This young master has bad intentions."

Chen Shi looked at him, and Zhang You said, "For an ordinary child, the soul can only last seven days at most after leaving the body. After seven days, if the soul cannot return, the body will surely die. The young master knew that the Buddhist hell was so dangerous, and Brother Xiang was just an ordinary person who had just started school, so he sent him to the Buddhist hell. It can be said that he killed Brother Xiang."

Chen Shi nodded gently. Originally, as long as Granny Sha summoned her soul within seven days, Xiang Tianyu would be able to return to her body and be fine.

At that time, Grandma Sha had made sufficient preparations, and the cold wind and evil spirits could not harm Xiang Tianyu's soul, and he was still alive and well after he came back.

However, Xiang Tianyu was sent to the Buddhist hell by the young master, and Granny Sha lost her sense of her son and could not call back his soul.

When the seven days were up, Xiang Tianyu's body died and his heart and breathing stopped.

Therefore, it can be said that it was this young master who killed Xiang Tianyu!

Chen Shi glanced at him and asked, "Brother Zhang, what do you think the young master's purpose is?"

Zhang You's eyes flickered as he looked at the colorful glowing stones and said, "It must be these Three-Life Stones. He wanted to get the Three-Life Stones, but he was worried that after entering the Buddhist Hell, he would never be able to get out like the Buddhists trapped here. So, he needed someone to help him get the Three-Life Stones, and he happened to meet Xiang Tianyu, so he took advantage of the situation and sent Xiang Tianyu into the Buddhist Hell."

Chen Shi nodded gently: "So, we will probably meet him again when we leave the Buddhist hell."

He invited the rain from heaven into his own small temple, collected the Sansheng stones, and piled them in the small temple.

He observed the Leiyin Temple carefully.

The Buddhist hell is extremely dangerous. In addition to the traditional ghosts and monsters, there are also strange creatures that are half Buddha and half demon. The reason why Xiang Tianyu has survived until now without being eaten is thanks to this Leiyin Temple.

There must be something strange in Leiyin Temple that makes those half-Buddha, half-demon creatures dare not approach.

In each of these shrines there is a Buddha statue. From the three walls to the dome, there are Buddha statues, forming the Western Paradise.

However, the Buddha statues in the shrine were smashed to pieces.

Although the Buddha statue has been destroyed, the extraordinary power formed by the incense still exists and lingers.

What kind of power destroyed this place and smashed all the Buddha statues?

What power forced these half-Buddhas to enter Nirvana, transforming their bodies into Buddha mountains and growing so many strange eyes?

And what power makes those Asuras, Gandharvas and Arhats wandering around go crazy and become neither human nor ghost?

As long as hell is not empty, the Buddhas are not here.

The Buddhas have also fallen.

After more than ten days of recuperation, Monk Wuchen's injuries have improved a lot. He limped around to check the shrines of the Buddhas with a gloomy look on his face.

He had previously seen these half-Buddhas who were rumored to have entered the paradise turned into Buddhist mountains, and the monks who followed the half-Buddhas turned into ghost monks, their wills collapsed, and they almost went crazy.

On the way, poor scholars such as Hu Guanghan and Tian Yue'e talked to him, and he felt much better.

"If you have Buddha in your heart, why do you need a Buddha statue sitting on the shrine?" He was feeling sad when Chen Shi's voice came.

Wu Chen was slightly startled, and after understanding the meaning of this sentence, he felt much more relieved.

"The profound and wonderful Dharmakaya contains all things and myself. A tiny particle of dust disintegrates the world, and a huge mass encompasses the heaven and earth. There are billions of differences in size, but the root is the same. It is like the scales and armor in the sea, all of which are covered by the same benefit."

He clasped his hands together, bowed his head and said, "All the bodies of Buddha are nothing but Dharmakaya. My mind is already free of dust, so why should I cling to appearances?"

Hu Guanghan came up to him and asked, "Monk, what do you mean by these words?"

Wu Chen rolled his eyes at him and said, "You are a poor fellow who doesn't even have money for incense offerings, and you want to listen to my Buddhist secrets for free?"

"Tell me about it." Hu Guanghan said with a smile.

Wu Chen had no choice but to explain: "This is the wonderful Dharmakaya of my Great Baoguo Temple. It means that there is a huge world hidden in the dust, with billions of sentient beings, all with the same origin, and they are all Dharmakaya. Don't practice blindly, you need to learn it in secret."

Chen Shi took out a few incense sticks from the small temple behind his head, lit them in front of the Buddha shrine in the center, and silently chanted in his heart: "My disciple has fallen to this place, I don't know the name of the Buddha, I don't know why this place is silent, I only hold a heart of enthusiasm, and burn incense in front of the shrine. Pay respect. Now I am usurping the right path and enshrining gods on behalf of the heaven. I decree that all the heroic spirits who have entered nirvana and the silent Buddha here will be the masters of the twenty levels of hell of Buddhism, including the living, black rope, combined, shouting, multiple, multiple, Avici, Jiujiula, corpse, knife forest, sword forest, split, Anfutu, Apopo, Azhazha, Ubhula, Kumudu, incense, bintali, and Padma. I will collect the incense, gather the merits, and praise the gods in secret."

The ceremony is over.

Chen Shi took a step back.

At this time, there was a burst of noise outside. Chen Shi's heart was moved. He walked out of the hall and looked. He saw that everyone had come to the gate of the temple to watch.

For some reason, a Buddhist mountain in front of them suddenly shone brightly. The huge Buddhist mountain stood tall, its flesh and blood turned to mud, its golden body became dirty and covered with strange eyes.

At this moment, all the dirt on Foshan was gone, and the strange eyes were shaking violently, withering rapidly, and falling off.

Gradually, a brilliant golden color emerged from the interior of the Buddha Mountain, and the golden light bloomed, becoming brighter and brighter!
As they were all wondering, they saw Buddha's light shining brightly from behind the Buddha Mountain, forming a huge round wheel. A mighty Buddhist sound could be heard from the mountain, deafening.

Then another mountain underwent the same change. Soon all the dirt was gone, and it looked like a giant golden Buddha sitting on the wasteland of hell.

More Foshan has washed away its dirt and become solemn and dignified.

Along with the blooming of Buddha's light, those celestial beings who had fallen into madness, such as Asuras, Gandharvas, Garudas, and Mahoragas, also woke up at this moment, floating in the halo behind the Buddhas' heads, with solemn appearances, chanting Buddhist teachings.

The Buddha's light shone endlessly, illuminating the surrounding darkness. Wherever the Buddha's light passed, it was like a dead tree coming back to life, giving rise to infinite vitality from death! It seemed as if it was going to transform this Buddhist hell into an endless pure land, the Western Paradise!
The Buddha's light covered a wider and wider range, gradually illuminating the hell where they were. Everyone stood outside the Leiyin Temple, but saw that the underworld creatures illuminated by the Buddha's light all became docile and peaceful, compassionate and merciful, and no longer had any violent and sinister aura!
Under the shining Buddha's light, the wronged souls lost their resentment, the evil ghosts were no longer ferocious, the lonely souls grew flesh, the wild ghosts gained bodies, and some of the creatures in hell turned into Nagas and some into Yakshas.

They transformed into various heavenly beings and became the Buddha's followers.

The Buddha's light seemed to penetrate time and space, illuminating the next level of hell, then the third, fourth, and fifth levels!

Layer upon layer of Buddhist hell gradually became clearer under the shining Buddha's light, and were revealed in front of everyone layer by layer. It was so magnificent that it was incredible!

The place where they are is just the first of the twenty levels of hell in Buddhism.

Its territory is several times larger than that of Xiniu Xinzhou!
The vastness of the twenty levels of hell is hard to imagine!
Chen Shi also stood in front of the temple and watched this spectacular scene, unable to calm down for a long time.

He didn't know why this scene in front of him happened, but it made him see the power of Buddhism in the era of the True King!

From this we can also see how powerful and magnificent the era of the True King was!

By then, maybe there really would be immortals, instead of just being in the Mahayana realm with no possibility of further advancement!

But why did the cultivators' cultivation level degenerate with the end of that era?
He couldn't figure it out.

The Buddha's light continued to extend downwards, as if to cover the twenty levels of hell in it. The giant Buddhas were also bathed in the Buddha's light, as if they had truly completed nirvana, woken up from their deep sleep, and returned to the world again.

Suddenly, there was a rumbling thunder in the sky, followed by a grand voice coming from outside the sky, like chanting scriptures or reciting spells. The language was mysterious and contained incredible power.

The sound was slow and heavy at first, then gradually became rapid and faster.

The Buddha's light of all Buddhas continued to shrink under the pressure of that sound, and all the creatures that had transformed into celestial beings revealed their true forms, returning to their original ugly and ferocious faces.

Soon, the Buddha's light disintegrated and ceased to exist. The celestial beings fell from the sky one by one. The Buddhas turned into mountains and rivers again, and the filth returned to the same level as before. Everything returned to peace.

In front of the Leiyin Temple, everyone stared at this scene in a daze, unable to calm down for a long time.

After a long time, they entered the temple, still recalling the scene just now.

"What on earth happened just now?"

Guo Daozi had just asked this question when suddenly, in the empty niches in the main hall, there seemed to be statues of Buddha of various sizes. They should be illusions, but they were emitting light. In the niches, the Buddha's light overflowed, and in an instant, it enveloped the entire Leiyin Temple, wrapping everyone in the Buddha's light!
Inside the Leiyin Temple, a thick beam of light rose from the ground and rushed towards the sky.

There was a roar of thunder in the sky, and an extremely huge hand reached out towards this side, tearing the sky like a black curtain, but it grabbed nothing.

The giant hand was withdrawn, the darkness was shaken, and then calm was restored.

All the Buddha's light disappeared, and Leiyin Temple returned to peace.

After the Buddha's light around Chen Shi, Guo Daozi and others dissipated, they saw that they had left the Buddhist hell and came to the underworld. In the distance, a few green-skinned ghosts were standing on tiptoe and looking over here. Seeing them looking over, the green-skinned ghosts hurriedly turned into black smoke and dissipated, and no one knew where they ran to.

The place where they were was a ruin, with two large mountains forming a gateway with a ridge in the middle as a beam.

Behind the mountain gate, there should be the remains of an ancient city, exuding an ancient and strange atmosphere, which should be prehistoric remains.

Chen Shi signaled everyone to set up the Ten Deadly Formations and wait quietly for the young master and the red-haired ghost, but after waiting for a long time, no one came.

"The earliest time that Tianyu entered the Buddhist hell was thirty years ago."

Chen Shi was somewhat disappointed and left with everyone, silently saying in his heart, "I'm afraid that young master has already left this place."

A few days later, Granny Sha and Chen Tanglin entered the Buddhist hell, found the Leiyin Temple, and saw the traces left by Chen Shi and others.

Granny Sha and Chen Tang each withdrew their spirits and returned to their own bodies.

Granny Sha sensed the souls of Chen Shi and the others and said, "They have left the underworld and returned to the world of the living."

Chen Tang let out a long sigh and thanked Grandma Sha repeatedly.

Grandma Sha was a little unhappy, and was depressed on the way back. She might have been touched by the sight of the Three Lives Stone.

After walking for more than ten days, they returned to Hongshan Hall in Gaoshan County. She fell ill, lying in bed with a high fever and talking nonsense. Seeing this, Chen Tang hurried to call a doctor.

The doctor examined him and said, "Your mind is hurt and you have been invaded by evil spirits. Take some medicine to calm your mind and strengthen your yang, and you should be cured."

After the doctor prescribed the medicine, Chen Tang hurried to the pharmacy to get it. At this time, there was a commotion outside and a lot of people talking.

Chen Tang looked outside and saw a huge crowd of people, very crowded, and had no idea what was going on.

He picked up the medicine, paid for it, and asked the clerk in the pharmacy. The clerk smiled and said, "There are a lot of juren outside, three or four hundred people. I heard that they are all juren who died in the imperial examination a month ago. I didn't expect that they all came back alive! A lot of people came to see it!"

Chen Tang was stunned, unable to hide his excitement, and rushed out of the medicine shop. He saw people in front of him rushing towards Hongshan Hall.

In Hongshan Hall, Grandma Sha was lying on the hospital bed, running wild with fever and talking nonsense.

"Tianyu, I'm sorry..."

"Tianyu, mother doesn't want the Three Lives Stone anymore, can you please come back..."

"When I saw that stone, I thought of you. I don't want anything else. I will go down to accompany you this time."

……

The door opened, and Grandma Sha vaguely saw a figure walking in.

"Grandma, grandma, wake up."

It sounded like Chen Shi's voice, "Look, who did I bring back?"

Granny Sha tried hard to open her eyes and saw a child next to the figure, who looked vaguely familiar.

She tried hard to see clearly, but tears welled up in her eyes, blurring her vision.

She tried to open her eyes wide, more tears welled up, but she still couldn't see clearly.

These tears always flowed out without her control.

"mother."

When she heard the haunting voice, the memories that she had tried desperately to forget came flooding back and drowned her heart.

"Mom, I'm back." Xiang Tianyu threw himself into her arms.

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