Seeing this, Monk Ding Ding felt a glimmer of hope.
It was obvious that this plaque from the Hall of Merit that he often saw had something special. It might really be able to save Ding Ru.
As he thought about this, he looked at Xin Ji.
Xin Ji looked up at the sky as if he was in a daze, but his expression was grim. He did not look relaxed at all. His heart sank as he knew that Chu Li could not be saved.
Monk Hui Guang wanted to get closer but stopped.
Although the flames on Chu Li's body did not have any temperature, it gave him a strong warning that he would definitely die if he touched it. No matter how powerful he was, he could not afford to offend the negative karma, yet he had to watch his disciple die.
He felt that this was a great punishment for him.
"Abbot!" Monk Ding Ding said, "Is there no other way?"
"There's no use." Xin Ji retracted his gaze and sighed. "He can only rely on himself. This merit plaque is already the most powerful, but it's not worth mentioning compared to the negative karma he's offended. Hui Guang, prepare for his funeral, sigh …"
"Abbot, Junior Brother Ding Ru is not dead yet!" Ding Ding said hurriedly.
Xin Ji shook his head lightly. "He won't be able to escape this."
"I believe he can!" Monk Hui Guang said in a low voice.
Xin Ji did not say anything else. He stared at the fire of karma that covered the sky and shook his head.
If they could see the Fire of Karma, they wouldn't have such hope. No one could resist such a Fire of Karma. Even if they had the Glazed Lotus Scripture, it would be useless. It was like using a drop of water to douse a bonfire.
As time passed, Chu Li's body became smaller and shriveled. In the end, he became a skeleton. His vitality became fainter and finally disappeared.
They could only watch helplessly, unable to do anything.
Monk Ding Ding said, "Abbot, do you want to find the Honorable Masters to send Junior Brother Ding Ru to the West?"
"There's no way." Xin Ji sighed. "Under the fire of karma, both body and spirit can't escape. They'll all be burned and their souls will vanish."
Monk Ding Ding wanted to howl at the sky.
Monk Hui Guang stared at the burning skeleton. He was motionless as if he had lost his soul.
Xin Ji glanced at him and said nothing.
It was useless to say anything now. He could only watch helplessly as his disciple died bit by bit. Only those who had experienced it personally would understand the pain. Words were useless at this moment.
"Huh?" Monk Hui Guang's eyes suddenly lit up.
The burning skeleton suddenly sat up straight, crossed its legs, and sat in the lotus position.
Logically speaking, Chu Li was only left with a burning skeleton and had lost all signs of life, so he should not be able to move at all. However, he was sitting in a lotus position on his own. It was truly strange. How could he move without any signs of life?
The gazes of the three of them were attracted, and a glimmer of hope appeared in them.
The skeleton that Chu Li had transformed into sat in the lotus position. The flames were burning fiercely, becoming more and more intense.
As time passed, the color of the skeleton began to change. The original pale white color gradually became lustrous white like white jade. Its entire body emitted a pure and holy aura, which greatly surprised them.
Ding Ding and Hui Guang turned to look at Xin Ji.
The abbot was experienced and knowledgeable, so he might know what was going on.
Xin Ji shook his head and said, "It could be Bone Forging, but I've never heard of such a situation."
Under the Karmic Fire, everything would be reduced to ashes, even bones. Karmic Fire was not used for Bone Forging.
Ding Ding and Monk Hui Guang stared at Chu Li.
The color of the bones darkened from white jade, as if a layer of cyan had been smeared over it. Then, the cyan color gradually faded, and a layer of red was smeared over it. Then, the red faded again, and the bones returned to white jade.
Then, it was green, then purple, and finally gold.
The gold color slowly faded, but did not disappear. The bones seemed to be smeared with a layer of gold powder, which emitted a faint golden light.
As time passed, the Karmic Fire continued to burn, and the gold color slowly intensified. The gold color seemed to slowly penetrate into the bones, and finally, the bones of the skeleton became completely purplish gold.
His bones seemed to have become purplish gold, and his entire body exuded a sense of thickness and heaviness, which inexplicably made people feel reverence.
At this time, a day and a night had passed.
Xin Ji and the other two had been guarding at the side, staring at Chu Li.
Xin Ji looked up at the sky, and his eyebrows moved. The endless Karmic Fire had actually dissipated by more than half.
However, the Karmic Fire was still burning, as if the purplish gold bones were still not the end.
Suddenly, lotus flowers appeared out of thin air, faintly looking real and illusory. The surrounding Karmic Fire adhered to them, and instantly turned into green lotus flowers condensed from Karmic Fire. They were clear and real, and they all floated toward the purplish gold skeleton.
The Karmic Fire in the sky began to condense into lotus flowers, and they floated toward Chu Li.
The sky full of Karmic Fire Lotus was unusually spectacular.
Ding Ding and Monk Hui Guang were shocked. They did not expect there to be so much Karmic Fire. They could not help but take a few steps back and stick close to the wall to avoid being touched by the Karmic Fire Lotus. Xin Ji also retreated.
He did not dare to provoke this.
The Green Lotus that blotted out the sky and covered the earth rushed towards Chu Li, completely covering him. He could not see what was happening.
The three of them suddenly became nervous.
At this time, they already had a premonition that Chu Li did not die, and it was very likely that he was still alive.
The densely packed green lotuses suddenly burrowed into Chu Li's body. By the time they disappeared, the skeleton had already turned into a body of flesh and blood. Chu Li slowly opened his eyes. His gaze was clear, without any joy or anger. It was as calm as the surface of a lake.
"Junior Brother Ding Ru!" Ding Ding hurriedly shouted.
Chu Li's gaze turned to him.
Ding Ding felt a chill in his heart, as if he had been seen through by a glance. Then, the chill faded, and Chu Li was already smiling. "Senior Brother Ding Ding! Abbot, Master! "
He floated up, stood straight, and bowed with pressed palms.
The dense green lotus that covered the sky and covered the earth just now seemed like an illusion. The surroundings were calm, and only Chu Li stood in the same place in his gray frock, which made them feel a little dazed.
Even Xin Ji, who had a calm state of mind, could not help but be surprised.
The flesh that was originally burned was reborn, and even the frock that had disappeared was reborn. This was really a little magical, and it was unbelievable.
Chu Li smiled. "Thank you, Abbot!"
He turned his head to look at the plaque that was lying quietly on the ground. He knew that it was a rare treasure. The plaque had accumulated a huge amount of merit, far more than his own merit. Destroying this item was a great loss.
Xin Ji shook his head. "It's good that you're fine. Ding Ru, what happened to you …?"
As the abbot, he was experienced and knowledgeable, but he had never seen Chu Li in such a situation.
Chu Li said, "The Glazed Lotus Scripture has been refined, and my body has been remolded. It's all thanks to the Hellfire that I have. As the saying goes, a golden lotus grows in the fire."
"What a great Glazed Lotus Scripture!" Xin Ji exclaimed. "I really didn't expect to be able to save you."
Chu Li let out a bitter smile.
He was really lucky this time, and his luck was good enough.
It was too dangerous this time. Before he died, he already understood that once he died, even the Life and Death Scripture would not be able to resurrect him. The Hellfire could surpass the level of Heaven and Earth, and completely destroy him.
Under the stimulation of death, his potential was unleashed, and with the help of the Dipankara Sarira, his understanding of the Glazed Lotus Scripture and the Path of Nothingness was suddenly accelerated. Thus, after burning his flesh and blood, he was able to understand the Path of Nothingness and the Glazed Lotus Scripture in time, and his body was remolded.
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