Chapter 234 - Inheritance (2/2)
“Circular space-time?” Hao Ning thought about this sentence. “What is the so-called circular space-time?”
“That is to say, the time from the beginning to present,” Xiao Hong explained patiently, “has been continuously cycled by Brother Zhang with great powers. You have cycled more than 120,000 times. This time is the 129,600th time, passing totally Yi Yuan times! The first 120,000 over times, we were accidentally killed at different time during this period. The best result is that you were killed by that Fantian Seal. Only this time, you finally realized the hidden words that Brother Zhang said to you before dying!”
“Time cycles of Yi Yuan times… We are all dead?” Hao Ning was already stunned till he heard Xiao Hong saying “hidden words”. He said with doubts, “hidden words? What is that words?”
“Closing five senses, and the voice of hearts is the thought.” Xiao Hong nodded. “This hidden word is not important. What is important is that you are finally willing to begin to understand the original intention of Avalokitesvara.”
“So what?” Hao Ning didn’t understand. “I started to understand the original intention of Master. Will there be any change as a result?”
“It’s not only change,” Zhang Chi Hang continued, “but also going to the right future.”
Seeing that Hao Ning didn’t understand, Zhang Chi Hang continued. “You probably thought in your mind that if I went underneath and dealt with the Fei Zhangfang, then everything would be over. Now I consumed too many powers in order to run the space-time cycle. Even if I were at my best, I could not kill him completely. I was fortunate to be enlightened by a great man in the infinite space-time cycles. And then I realized a slim chance of survival. It all depends on whether you can realize the meaning of the five senses and the voice of hearts. Although this does not represent anything, it’s the only possibility of future.”
“A great man? What’s that?” Hao Ning heard Zhang Chi Hang’s words and seemed to understand something. And then he asked indefinitely, “that is to say, after I died for more than 120,000 times, this time, is the only possible time to survival?”
Zhang Chi Hang smiled and nodded. “Not only is it possible that you can survival, but also…” Zhang Chi Hang squinted at the earth below and stopped speaking.
“Uh … but even you can’t do it.” Hao Ning thought, this Bodhisattva was too big-hearted. Why would he be chosen? After saying, he quickly made a gesture to say sorry, “I am a mortal, with no magic powers…”
“Isn’t it that Liu Shuai became the Yunzhongzi?” Zhang Chi Hang said with a smile. “Don’t you envy that? Don’t you want to try to be the Avalokitesvara?”
“Me? Avalokitesvara?” Hao Ning laughed after saying, “hey, don’t make a joke. You’re still fine–” Speaking here, Hao Ning froze. Just now when Yunzhongzi was exhausted, Liu Shuai became the new Yunzhongzi. Now this Zhang Chi Hang was so tired. Was he also at the time of exhaustion?
“You have already thought of it, haven’t you?” Zhang Chi Hang nodded with a smile. “The only thing is whether you are willing or not.”
Hao Ning said with his heart beating fiercely. “But I have no power and I can’t practice, and I even can’t read the Buddhist Sutra…”
“The only thing depends on your own will.” Zhang Chi Hang still smiled. “At the past, Zhang Chi Hang was also not the Avalokitesvara. It is just that Avalokitesvara happened to be Zhang Chi Hang.”
Hao Ning looked at Zhang Chi Hang and seemed to understand something. He nodded, “I am willing to do that.”
Zhang Chi Hang stood up with a smile. He was a little trembling but didn’t let Xiao Hong support him. “You stand up straight first.”
Hao Ning did not say anything but stood up straight.
“Now,” Zhang Chi Hang looked at Hao Ning, with a reverent look. “we can salute to each other.”
Zhang Chi Hang looked at Hao Ning, put his palms together devoutly and then saluted. Hao Ning looked at Zhang Chi Hang, also put his palms together, and saluted.
When he looked up again, how could he still find Zhang Chi Hang? There was the bamboo forest behind, and Xiao Hong with tears in his smile.
“Zhang Chi Hang!” Hao Ning shouted hurriedly, “Zhang Chi Hang? Where are you?”
“From today,” a voice sounded through the forest, “there is only Guan Hao Ning in the world.”
“Guan Hao Ning? Avalokitesvara? Zhang Chi Hang?” Hao Ning kept thinking about these names, with tears falling down. To think that Zhang Chi Hang was full of vigor and vitality at that time. And now he died with the wind…
Hao Ning thought of something suddenly and looked down at Xiao Hong and said, “Xiao Hong, if this is the case, there also have been many people who are Avalokitesvara, right?”
“I don’t know. And I don’t want to know.” Xiao Hong wiped his tears and said hesitantly, “Or the painful memories about replace and inheritance have been sealed by me. I don’t like this kind of departure and inheritance. In my memory, the Avalokitesvara who the Sudhana follows has always been Zhang Chi Hang. Of course, now it is you, Brother Guan Hao Ning.”
Xiao Hong reached out and pointed to his own forehead. Hao Ning knew that he was to seal off the memory of this time again. Hao Ning waved his hand, and Xiao Hong’s finger fell from his forehead. Hao Ning waved his head, “why do you seal it off? There are so many incenses in the world, and how can there be only one Avalokitesvara.”
Xiao Hong looked at Hao Ning, and for a long time he didn’t say anything. He just gave a respectful salute, which made Hao Ning a little uncomfortable.
“Let’s go to save them!” Hao Ning didn’t say much. He stepped on the ground and immediately came to the desert with Xiao Hong. The bamboo forest behind him had already turned into countless incenses and entered Hao Ning’s body. When he looked at the sky, he found that Fantian Seal and Mr. Fei were still about to press down from the sky but seemed to be frozen in the air.
Under Fantian Seal, the Heart Sutra had already turned into dust. Liu Shuai spitted blood and supported the four flags with his own strength. Several other people were lying on the ground and closed their eyes, waiting to die.
Hao Ning looked at Liu Shuai, the bald boy who knew he couldn’t make it but was still straggling, and then shook his head with a smile. “It used to be that you saved us by your power. And now it’s time for me to save you by my power.”
Hao Ning snapped his fingers, and then the whole space resumed moving. Fantian Seal still pressed down, and Liu Shuai spitting blood. He said, “Hao Ning, lie down fast! Climb out quickly!”
“Okay.” Hao Ning stretched out his palm, and a jade bottle appeared on it. Hao Ning took out the willow branch in the jade bottle and sprinkled the dews on the willow branch around him. The four flags hit by the dews suddenly fluttered in the wind and turned into towering giant flags. The Apricot yellow flag stood on the ground like a golden pillar, and the flagpole of it held up Fantian Seal. The other three flags surrounded Fei Zhangfang and Fantian Seal in the air.
“What’s going on?” Fei Zhangfang wasn’t a fool. He noticed the great change and then he looked around and immediately shouted, “who? Who? Who can even support my Fantian Seal!”
Fei Zhangfang looked down, and it turned out to be Hao Ning. When seeing the jade bottle in Hao Ning’s palm, he was shocked in his heart, “Avalokitesvara?”
“Stay here!” Hao Ning flung the willow branch, and then the sky suddenly changed color. The clouds in the sky suddenly pressed down, turned into countless green branches which tied Fei Zhangfang and Fantian Seal firmly in the middle. With time going by, the branches tied tighter. Fei Zhangfang kept yelling but couldn’t break through the branches.
At this moment, a shadow came from the sky. When Hao Ning hadn’t seen what it was, the branches were broken. It was found that Fei Zhangfang and the Fantian Seal were no longer there. Only Fei Zhangfang’s laughter still sounded in the air. “Now, Pure Land of Bliss has already showed up. If I don’t become a god, I will let all beings be buried with me!”
Guan Hao Ning looked at the sky quietly for a long time without saying a word.