Chapter 848 (1/2)
Upon hearing that, the man raised his eyes.
The True Buddha looked at him and continued, “Actually, he tied his Red String on Phoenix, thus allowing Phoenix to have a broken marriage at the very least. In other words, he willingly let himself be manipulated by Phoenix just to be together with Phoenix. You and Phoenix are not destined to be together. Why are you so determined?”
The man remained on his knees and his black hair was blown about by the wind continuously, “Buddha, you said it yourself, the marriage was incomplete. If Phoenix is reincarnated, is she still destined to be alone?”
“She is the Ancient Phoenix and is destined to return to the Buddha’s gate.” The Buddha’s words answered Bodhi’s question.
The man’s voice was very soft as he said while coughing, “Then I beg you. Please set Phoenix free of her destiny to complete her marriage.”
The True Buddha looked at the man in shock, “You kneeled for 9999 times just to fulfill a marriage for others?”
“I know that I’m also a part of destiny as well.” The man held his chest, with blood trickling from the corners of his mouth, “But I hope that one day, she will no longer be the one lonely existence in Buddhism. She is a Phoenix and she should live freely, to fall in love with the person she likes, and to do the things that she loves.”
The True Buddha looked at him without blinking, “Even though you would not recognize her when you go down to the secular world, you still want to do this?”
“Yes.” The man raised his head, the light in his eyes was as gentle as the snowy waters of Mountain Tenya.
The True Buddha laughed, “People always talk about the Tribulation of Buddha that happens once in ten thousand years, do you know what that is?”
The man shook his head.
“The True Buddha had been destroyed and it’s difficult to return to the righteous path.” The True Buddha looked at him and said, “You are the only Dharma fate I have left in Mountain Tenya. Everyone who had become a Buddha must pa.s.s by you, but no one had ever stopped to water you. Only when Phoenix appeared, things started to change. And that gave me hope. But I never thought that you would wake me up this way. My time is running out. I avoided the Sound of Buddha set by Honored Sir to tell you this, because I want you to know that this time, when you go to the secular world, Golden Lotus will also be reincarnated. According to destiny, you must be fooled and mistake her as Phoenix in order to deceive everybody, giving Phoenix a slim chance of survival. Bodhi, everything has a cause and its consequence. Let me ask you again, do you really wish to do this?”
The man nodded, his eyes were as clear as moonlight, “I do.”
The True Buddha shook his head, “Do you know what you are giving up on?”
What you have given up was the ranking of Buddhism that is able to salvage all sentient beings.
What you have given up was any possibility of her falling in love with you.
“Just for the fulfillment of others?” Buddha asked.
The man chuckled lightly, “I was originally just a Bodhi tree. Whether I am the purest Dharma fate of Heaven and Earth or not, it was because of her that I exist. I remember when she was young, she ran over to water me. The G.o.ds and Buddhas persuaded her not to waste the mythical water on me, but she said that it was not a waste at all. Because in the whole world within the Six Paths, there were many blooming golden lotuses, but there was only one Bodhi tree. There was no other scene like this in the world. She gave me a name so that I was no longer just a lone Bodhi. I know that she likes that man. Since she likes him, why not fulfill them?”
The mythical bird was listening beside them. It wanted to ask, Then what about you? If you give her everything, then what about you?
However, it seemed that the man never thought about it. His handsome and elegant face looked like a prince deep in his sleep.
The True Buddha was touched, “Perhaps that is for the best. You are Bodhi, so there are 108 Dharma Bones in your body and all of them are creations. But none of those are real, except the one in the middle of your rib cage. After you leave here, I will take away this Dharma Bone of Bodhi and use it to pave the way for the rebirth of Phoenix. At the same time, you will forget everything that happened here. You will then become a human being, a p.a.w.n of destiny until Phoenix gets her six senses back. Only then will this memory of yours be restored…”