954 Blossoms At Las (2/2)

The Chief Monk said, ”I've watched over it for a year because I want to watch.”

The two verbs were the same, but the former one meant guarding, while the latter was seeing.

The Eldest Brother said, ”What are you waiting to see?”

The silver eyebrows of the Chief Monk were slightly floating in the autumn wind. He said, ”To see the Buddha and all living creatures.”

Jun Mo didn't understand, and then waved his head. He turned the sword around, and continued to hit the chessboard.

The Chief Monk looked a little bit different, while the Drunkard's face was increasingly serious. It shocked them both. Jun Mo was not giving up, but turned the sword around. This way, even though the iron sword was ruined, he would still use something else to go on cutting, right?

The Eldest Brother suddenly said, ”The Buddha's chessboard cannot be cut open, and Haotian cannot be killed.”

The Drunkard looked at him and could have stopped him. But he thought it over and did nothing.

The Eldest Brother continued, ”Even if the Buddha were to exterminate her existence in the chessboard, she could only transform back to the pure regulations. Naturally, she will return to the Divine Kingdom. What is the point in letting it happen?”

The Chief Monk said with his fingers and palms joined, ”The Buddha knows events from five thousand years ago and predict events that will happen five thousand years later. He can see through the past even before his birth and calculate the future. That is to say he can predict what is happening at the moment without a doubt.”

The Eldest Brother said peacefully, ”The Headmaster had thought it over for a millennium, and finally found a way to let her stay in the human world. Would the Buddha predict the Headmaster's measures? Would the Buddha calculate what my Little Brother is capable of? Or would the Buddha calculate that Haotian was divided into two forms of existence by the Academy? No. The Buddha can't calculate anything.”

His tone was quite normal and his look was very quiet. However, his confidence was splendidly shown. The Academy's plan was even beyond Haotian's calculations, let alone the Buddha.

The Chief Monk understood, so he fell into a silence for a long time. The Drunkard was informed of that by the Abbey Dean, so he had known long ago. That was why he came here to help the Buddhists.

The Buddha laid out a life-or-death scheme for Haotian. But how on earth could he calculate that Haotian had become two beings? In the Eldest Brother's word, what was the point of the scheme then?

It was meaningless.

In a very short period of time, the Chief Monk became much older, because he confirmed the intention of Taoism, and admitted that the Academy was right. The Buddha's scheme was meaningless.

It there was only one Haotian, the Buddha's chessboard could kill the girl named Sangsang and imprison her for good. Without any connections to the outside world, she would definitely have no way to go back to the Divine Kingdom and resurrect.

Nevertheless, there were two Haotian currently. If he were to kill Sangsang, how could the Buddha prevent the rules she will become after her death from connecting to the outside world? Haotian was there, so rules could be connected to other rules. In this regard, no power could possibly stop that. Sangsang, after her death, would definitely return to the Divine Kingdom, which was the result that the Abbey Dean would rather to see.

It was meaningless.

The Chief Monk repeated these words, while looking at Jun Mo, who was still cutting at the chessboard.

”What you are doing is also meaningless. This is the Buddha's chessboard. As long as the Buddha doesn't let them return, they will never find a way back. Whether or not the Haotian in the chessboard would die and whether or not she would return to the Divine Kingdom are all depended on the Buddha's destiny or the God's will. We're all mortals and we're supposed to be meaningless before the moment becomes reality.”

The bell tones still rang amid the peaks. Many monks had come to the cliff plateau, but dared to move forward. After hearing that, they all bowed with their fingers and palms connecting. Qi Nian and the Third Elder were in the crowd as well.

It looked like the Academy had the upperhand in this battle. However, as long as they can't break open the chessboard, the Academy would still lose.

Finally, Jun Mo stopped and said all of a sudden, ”If we can't break it open, we should enter it.”

The Eldest Brother said with a smile, ”It sounds feasible.”

The Chief Monk said, ”It doesn't open upon your will.”

The Eldest Brother said, ”Chief Monk, have you ever considered why we are still here even though we have the chessboard? Instead of leaving, we came to the cliff plateau.”

The Chief Monk slightly raised his silver eyebrows, as if he had just came to a realization.

The Eldest Brother looked at the green tree, held up its leaves and said, ”Is this the pear tree?”

The Chief Monk remained silent, while Qi Nian looked slightly nervous behind the green branches.

The Eldest Brother said, ”The pear tree blossoms every five hundred years, and ripens five days after that. Once it touches the ground, it will become oakum and fade away without any traces. How remarkable.”

The Drunkard said, ”The tree blossomed a year ago, and it bore some fruits then.”

The Eldest Brother leaned on the green tree and then sat down. He said, ”So it be. We need to wait for another four hundred and ninety-nine years until the day it blossoms with fruits again. Then, we can get into the chessboard and find them.”

Jun Mo held up the chessboard, and sat down under the tree as well.

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