Chapter 356: Wind Does Not Come From An Empty Cave Without Reason (1/2)
“Is this really the Elder Sister Wu Siyou who wanted to kill Su Xing on first sight?” Shi Yuan asked in shock from inside the Star Nest.
The Thief Star received a knowing laugh.
“No way, This Young Lady is falling farther and farther behind. Next time, This Young Lady definitely will eat Su Xing. Elder Sister Suwen, quickly help This Young Lady refine some pills.”
“…”
On a faraway hill, two people appeared. One was a woman dressed as a Buddhist nun, but her clothes were unable to conceal her body’s curves. Beside her was also a man, however, he concealed his face, covered his hair, but from his attire, he clearly was an Azure Dragon Territory Cultivator.
Their cultivations were unfathomable.
“The honestly exceptional Stupa of the Buddha Six Ancestors has unexpectedly been killed. This is the legendary Star General Wu Song. Formidable as expected.” The bhiksuni1 softly exclaimed, again gazing at the man beside her.
The man’s eyes were absolutely calm, appearing not too concerned. “How can a Star General be provoked, he has only himself to blame.”
“She is truly brazen, unafraid of Buddhism’s retaliation.”
“Could it be that Abbess Water Moon will take revenge?” The man smiled.
The woman had a pious appearance of aloofness: “How could the Mirror Flower Nunnery participate in the affairs of the Stupa Saber Fast.”
“True, we had better first go to the next floor. The Holy Monk’s propagation of dharma appears to be very rowdy.” The man faintly smiled.
“En.”
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Looking at the spectacularly gigantic Thousand Leaf Lotus Flower before him, Su Xing was stupefied. How was this a flower, clearly, it was a gigantic monster that had entrenched itself into the world.
“A world in a flower.”
Su Xing mumbled.
The fifth floor of the Seven Floor Stupa Pagoda – A World In A Flower was this level’s mystery, but now, it appeared far from being that simple. Looking at those lotus flowers emitting Buddhist light, opening and closing, if a monk walked in, that lotus flower would immediately shut tight.
At this time, Su Xing saw at least several hundred monks flying over from every direction. It seemed that after the fifth level, the Seven Floor Stupa Pagoda’s worlds various celestial words already connected together. Monks arrived in succession and chatted around the Thousand Petal Lotus Flower, endlessly shocked at this gigantic Buddhist flower.
“Buddha Kingdom has three thousand Buddhist sects, yet this Thousand Petal Lotus Flower has millions of worlds. It seems this Sixth Floor will not be passed through luck.” Qingci sighed.
Each of this Thousand Leaf Lotus Flower’s petals should be the stepping stone to the next level, but among the countless paths, there were only three thousand exits that could lead to the Sixth Floor. Furthermore, the moment one monk entered, the entrance to that lotus flower would immediately shut. The second person need not think of entering, which also meant that the Stupa Pagoda’s sixth floor only had three thousand people.
And to see through this lotus flower’s passageways, a person absolutely could not get by on luck that brought them through the previous floors. They were required to rely comprehension talents that had already superbly pondered profound dharma cultivation. Also, they were to be pious to Buddha, for under Buddha’s guidance could they enter the Sixth Floor.
What this trial tested was precisely piety and the meditative mind that had accumulated over a long period of time.
Difficult.
As far as people like Su Xing who had entered Buddhism in this fashion, they need not think of being lucky again.
“Wifey, can you see the passageway?” Su Xing asked.
Wu Siyou concentrated for a moment. In the end, she shook her head.
The Thousand Petal Lotus Flower Prajna World was Buddhism’s supreme ability. THose lotus flowers successively opened and closed, and Wu Siyou could not discern any gaps.
“Chan Xin?”
Wu Siyou subconsciously gazed at the Heavenly Solitary Star.
As the Heavenly Solitary was the sole one among them that had comprehension of Buddhism, the Flower Monk was clearly the only one that could have a chance of success.
Chan Xin pondered for a moment, “I can sense several, but I cannot distinguish the real from fake.”
“Big Brother, don’t you have the Heart Like Mirror Soul Technique? You can try it.” An Suwen reminded.
Su Xing suddenly understood. How could he have forgotten this.
“Let me try.” Su Xing said.
“You can discern them?” Chan Xin was taken aback.
“Just a try.” Su Xing smiled. He concentrated completely on operating the Absolute Sincerity Soul Technique.
In Su Xing’s eyes, the notion of that Thousand Petal Lotus Flower totally disappeared. In the void, each lotus was a world, each emitting a unique light. Some were deep, others shallow; some were dim, others bright. Buddha said: A world in a flower, a bliss in a trunk of wood, a paradise in a blade of grass, a tathagata in a leaf, an ecstasy in a grain of sand, a pure land in a place, a destiny in a smile, a tranquility in an idea.2
This incantation still reverberated in Su Xing’s mind. Slowly, the Hearts Like Mirror already broke free of the “See Mountains Not As Mountains” Realm and returned to the true “See Mountains As Mountains” Realm.
The Thousand Leaf Lotus Flower began to manifest each of their own characteristics.
Finally, Su Xing found several Lotus Flower Worlds that led to the Sixth Floor.
“Found them.” Su Xing breathed deeply, dispelling the Soul Technique.
“You truly found them?” Chan Xin was not too convinced.
“En, however, each of these Thousand Petal Lotus Flowers can only admit one person. I’ll tell you the entrances, however, I can’t be certain about their authenticity. If you believe me, then we can try. In short, I won’t trick you.” Su Xing said.
Wu Siyou naturally did not object.
Qingci hesitated, then nodded.
Chan Xin thought for a moment, “Chan Xin will first see, then decide.”
Su Xing was not surprised the Heavenly Solitary Star would decide like this. He pointed out several Lotus Flower Entrances for them to see. When the Heavenly Solitary Star saw they were the same as she had thought, she no longer hesitated.
“Then I shall take the first step.” Chan Xin put her hands together.
“En.”
Chan Xin scuttled in. That Lotus Flower’s Buddhist light expanded, sucking her in, and then it closed.