The sky seemed to be shrouded in glass, sprinkling a faint golden glow. Living Buddha Shi Shan sat on top of the lotus platform, quietly looking down at Lou Cheng without any intention of speaking.
Instead, the illusory figures of Bodhisattvas and Wisdom Kings surrounding him moved their lips, chanting scriptures. Their chanting was muffled, just like what visitors would hear during morning and evening classes in the temple.
Ethereal and solemn chants reverberated. Lotuses bloomed one after another, emerging from the mud but not tainted. They were pure and clear but not demonic. They had transcended the mortal world and were detached from the secular world.
Lou Cheng wasn't fooled by such a strange scene. The ice lake was still, without ripples.
In his perception, within a radius of five meters with himself as the center, there was no lotus or Bodhi. There was only the light of a pale glaze that was gentle and faintly discernible. However, as long as this boundary was exceeded, the Pure Land would descend and the Buddhist Kingdom would appear.
The Living Buddha's spirit has reduced the effect of my Enemy Heart Freezing Move and the size of my territory to this extent … Lou Cheng's expression was solemn. His thoughts raced as he considered his current situation.
It was said that the succession of the Living Buddhas involved the inheritance of spirit. It was similar to the possibility that the descendants of Physical Invulnerability experts might be born with supernatural abilities …
There was a theoretical explanation for the latter. Just like how words and symbols could express the meaning of one's predecessors, the composition of one's genes could also express the information left behind by one's predecessors. This was a memory rooted in one's body …
From this perspective, the Living Buddha seemed to be traceable as well. However, the current research on spirit was still lagging behind. Everything was just speculation and unproven. It was said that the military had been trying all sorts of methods to get Daxing Temple to release the Secret Art of Reincarnation of the Living Buddha. Unfortunately, they had never succeeded …
A Living Buddha who had undergone Empowerment was born with a strong spirit. When he cultivated the Womb Realm and Vajra Realm, it was as though he had already mastered it in his previous life. However, he was unfamiliar with it now. Once he was slightly familiar with it, he could immediately get the hang of it …
It was no wonder that some seniors had speculated that the selection of a Living Buddha reincarnated spirit child had the most basic requirement, which was to be gifted and able to withstand the Empowerment. Such a child would only appear once every twenty to thirty years. If it wasn't discovered in time, one could only choose a disciple with good potential to inherit the title of Living Buddha. When he had mastered the secret art, he would find a spirit child to perform Empowerment. This was also the reason why the Living Buddha lineage was at a low point …
Back then, Daxing Temple took advantage of the chaos in the world where spirit children were hard to find. and Tantra, the largest lineage of Tantric Buddhism for two generations, to find an opportunity to swallow them …
While his thoughts were running wild, Lou Cheng calmly formed red, light blue, golden, light purple, and blazing white fireballs. He let them circle around his body and dance.
As soon as the "Five Flames" were formed, the Buddhist Kingdom suddenly darkened. The night sky suddenly turned upside down and sprinkled on the earth, embellishing the pitch-black curtain.
However, this didn't dilute the Pure Land. Instead, it made it more dreamy and sacred.
"The Living Buddha lives up to his name …" In the live broadcast studio, although the scene the host saw wasn't as realistic as Lou Cheng's, he could vaguely see scenes described in various Buddhist scriptures.
Beside him, the old Taoist with a bun nodded in agreement.
"More than half of the Living Buddha's abilities lie in his spirit …"
At this moment, the referee standing at the edge of River Heart Island raised his right hand and announced,
"Begin!"
Along with this sentence, the chanting of scriptures in Lou Cheng's ears grew louder and clearer. It calmed his mind and body, making it difficult to summon his fighting spirit. Controlling his body became several times more difficult.
What was even more frightening was that he seemed to have entered the slow motion of a movie. Everything around him slowed down, frame by frame, like a dream. In the distance, the Golden Body Living Buddha sitting on the lotus platform suddenly appeared in front of him. He solemnly raised his right hand and pressed it down from above.
The palm's five fingers were spread open and shone brightly, covering the sky and sealing off all gaps. It made the area Lou Cheng was in seem independent, making it impossible for him to dodge or escape.
Such a scene made Lou Cheng feel as though he had stepped into a Buddhist scripture. He felt as though the exaggerated myths and legends were really happening around him.
If he hadn't read the notes of the battle between the Physical Invulnerability experts of the Longhu Club and the Living Buddha, Lou Cheng would have thought that his opponent's Divine Arts had disrupted time and cut out an independent space like a cage.
But now, he was very clear that the inconceivable mysteries of this palm came mainly from the suppression and influence of the mind.
It was hard to distinguish between what was real and what was fake. Bodhi Mantra!
This was a unique skill of the Womb Realm that could only be mastered by the Living Buddha, who had a strong mind and unique characteristics, through Empowerment.
At this moment, what the audience and the live audience saw was different from what Lou Cheng saw. In their eyes, the Living Buddha Shi Shan was merely stepping on the pale golden Buddha's Light. In the scene of it blooming like a lotus, he approached his opponent in one step, raised his right hand, and pressed it down slowly and heavily, as though he was going to press his opponent into the ground and seal him.
Facing the huge golden Buddha palm that couldn't be avoided or resisted, Lou Cheng suddenly gave up on the Enemy Heart Freezing Move. He took the initiative to draw the Fighting Formula that was full of battle intent and unyielding.
His Qi and blood boiled, and the feeling of depression and sluggishness were swept away.
Lou Cheng bent his back, retracted his force, and balanced his Dantian.
This time, he didn't move the stars to complete the Fighting Formula. He merely grasped the charm.
Bam! His Dantian Qi exploded, and his fist blasted upwards like a launched rocket. He straightened his body, as though he was going to soar into the clouds and break through the Heavenly Palace!
Even if his palm covered the heavens and earth, even if the Buddha's will couldn't withstand it, even if the path ahead was hopeless, he would force his way through!
Never Give Up, Fight Heaven and Earth!
Under this will and aura that connected the inside and outside, the huge golden Buddha palm in Lou Cheng's eyes shrank rapidly. It no longer covered the heavens, but became traceable and returned to the mortal world!
Boom!
Lou Cheng's fist rose like a real dragon and collided with the pure and untainted Buddha palm. Golden light burst out from the impact, and the other party's arm rebounded and leaned back.
At the same time, his thoughts flashed. He wanted to gather the crimson, golden, light blue, blazing white, and faint purple swirls behind him and smash them out as one. He wanted to use the Nine Rotations of Five Flames. Descend of the Sun to break the Living Buddha's spiritual territory!
However, just as he thought of this, the clear and restored Shi Shan's figure in front of him suddenly pulled away. He moved from two meters away to the peak of Mount Meru in an instant. He fell back onto the lotus platform, and the distance between him and Shi Shan turned into a faraway place.
Lou Cheng recovered his Enemy Heart Freezing Move, but he could only sense the situation within five meters. Beyond this distance, he wouldn't be able to tell if the Living Buddha in front of him was real or fake. If he blindly used Nine Rotations of Five Flames. Descend of the Sun, he would only exhaust himself for nothing, and it would be a huge drain.
Just as he thought of this, the rapidly circling crimson, faint purple, and other fireballs slowed down and continued to revolve without any difficulty.
It wasn't until this moment that Lou Cheng's mind flashed back to his earlier encounter, and he gained some understanding.
Thoughtsteal?
The Living Buddha used Thoughtsteal to "hear" his "thoughts" in advance and avoided them as if he had foreseen it!
This is really a bug-level ability!
Daxing Temple's Womb Realm Division's Thoughtsteal was equally difficult to master. Most of the time, the disciples could only scratch the surface. Even Wisdom King, Zhi Hai, had only reached the level where he could sense the true emotions of others and detect clues. In the current world, other than the Living Buddha, Shi Shan, only the Abbot of Daxing Temple, Divine Monk Fayuan, who had practiced Silent Meditation for decades, could truly master it.
In the live broadcast room, the host watched as Lou Cheng and Shi Shan separated after a brief exchange of blows. The former's Five Flames, which had been ready to be unleashed, calmed down, while the latter pulled a distance of twenty to thirty meters within a second.
"The Living Buddha avoided Descend of the Sun in advance?"
Following which, he answered his own question,
"Thoughtsteal is really mysterious!"
"Furthermore, Lou Cheng's control of the Five Flames is as light as a feather. I've only seen it on the Dragon King … To be able to forcefully retract and rebalance when he's about to release it, that's no simple feat …"
…
As the host rambled on, the silver-haired old Taoist beside him tried to open his mouth a few times but couldn't find a chance to interrupt.
Being very polite, he didn't want to interrupt the host and could only quietly play the part of the background.
…
After a short exchange, both Lou Cheng and the Living Buddha, Shi Shan, had a more direct impression of each other's style, strength, and standards.
At this moment, the Living Buddha didn't approach. Instead, he continued to sit cross-legged on the lotus platform at the peak of Mt. Meru. His hands formed a seal and his lips opened and closed.
"Om!" "Ma!" "Ni!" "Ba!" "Mi!" "Hum!"
"Om Mani Padme Hum!"
The Six-Syllable Sanskrit Mantra was fully executed!
PS: I have to travel in the afternoon. That night watch should be before midnight. Begging for a guaranteed monthly ticket at the beginning of the month ~
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