Chapter 320 (1/2)
A place where the sound of Sanskrit entwined, the light of Buddha was shining in the world, a sacred and solemn place.
The Great Thunder Sound Heavenly Dragon Treasure Temple, The Buddha Enlightenment Hall.
There was a handsome monk in white sitting on a futon, softly chanting Buddhist sutras. Although the voice wasn't loud, the sound turned into a lotus, the highest Buddhism sound.
Besides this handsome monk, a spider with a human face and dull eyes looking at him.
Perhaps the female spider felt so uncomfortable.
It transformed into a beautiful woman. She was barefoot, with a snow-white complexion. She tiptoed to the monk's side and leaned her head gently on the monk's shoulder.
”Don't be distracted when chanting the sutra and reciting the Buddha. After saying so many times, why isn't this profoundly qualitative.” Head Priest Yun's voice was gentle. He thought he had passed the difficulty after a year and extradited the other side into the Buddhist sect.
Although it couldn't be transmitted outside, but it had been challenging to feel the demonic qi from the demon because the demon itself only carried the remaining trace.
A look of satisfaction appeared on the face of the red spider, ”I like to be close to you.”
She liked being with him, and she was at ease when she was close by his side.
Head Priest Yun shook his head gently and let her go.
BANG!
Just at that moment, the door of the Buddha Enlightenment Hall was pushed open. Head Priest Yun's face was expressionless, but his Buddha's heart trembled slightly. When he looked up, the abbot and the head priests were coming with rage.
When they saw the demon girl leaning next to Head Priest Yun, even their unshakable Buddha hearts burned with anger.
”What are you doing? Why are you bringing the female demon back to the holy land of the Buddha Sect? Do you know that this is blasphemy against the Buddha Sect?” The abbot glared and rebuked angrily, grieving inwardly.
Head Priest Yun was his most favored disciple, and the future abbot of the Great Thunder Sound Heavenly Dragon Treasure Temple was bound to be him.
However, looking at the situation now.
How dared he brought the female demon back and even made such an intimate unashamed move?
If the outside world knew, where should they put their faces?
Head Priest Yun got up, folded his hands, and said, ”Abbot, brothers and sisters, please listen to me. She is indeed a demon, but now she has been extradited by me to the Buddhist Sect to listen to the sutras and is no longer a demon.”
”Shut up.” The abbot scolded.
The other head priests around, some pained, some gloating.
What could the Buddhists do?
Even immortals had selfish desires, let alone cultivators who had not yet become immortals.
”I ask you, what is the first tenet of the Buddhist Sect?” The abbot asked.
Head Priest Yun said, ”To eliminate demons and kill demons when you encounter them.”
”Then why are you doing this now?” the abbot asked with heartache. It’s as if his favored successor had done something that broke his heart with the wrath of heaven.
Originally, with the abbot's character, he would not be like this. However, this was his most favored disciple, and his Buddha's heart couldn't be calmed.
Head Priest Yun said with folded hands, ”Abbot, everything in this world has a spirit. Originally, this disciple also thought that all the demons were evil. However, this disciple did not kill the demons that appeared around me because of the difficulty. After a year of living together, this disciple realized that all things have Buddha-nature and need a generous heart.”
”Please, I'm asking the abbot to give her a chance.”
At this moment, another head priest spoke out, ”The demon must have compelled Senior Brother Yun, Abbot. If what he said gets out, the Great Thunder Sound Heavenly Dragon Treasure Temple will become a joke. Perhaps the only way to save senior brother is to kill this female demon.”
”I think senior brother has a point; all things have Buddha-nature.”
”No, he is compelled by the female demon. How can we sit back and do nothing?”
”This matter still needs to be decided by the abbot.”
Some head priests thought that what Head Priest Yun said was justified, but some disagreed. The reason was simple: they felt pressure on Head Priest Yun's presence, and the pressure made them unable to turn over.
The red spider's face looked frightened as she hid behind him.
In her eyes, the Buddha light emanating from these monks was so terrifying. It was as if she was surrounded by a blazing fire and would quickly be burned to ashes.
The abbot saw all this. He could not tolerate this matter to happen, not even for his most favored disciple.
”Kill her, and this matter will be treated as if it never happened. As a disciple of the Buddhist Sect, you should know that some things are not as simple as you think. The reputation of the Great Thunder Sound Heavenly Dragon Treasure Temple cannot be destroyed at the hands of a female demon.”
”You know what?”
The abbot looked serious as he spoke these words; his robe was flung, and golden light flashed.
CLANG!
A Golden Nine-Ringed Dharma Scepter was inserted into the ground, emitting a robust Buddhist light.
Head Priest Yun looked at the Nine-Ringed Dharma Scepter and did not move. He was deep in contemplation, not expecting things to turn out like this.
One of the head priests stood out and folded his hands and said, ”Abbot, senior brother's words are not without reason. We can ferry the demon into the Buddhist Sect because our Great Thunder Sound Heavenly Dragon Treasure Temple's Buddhist teachings are powerful. Others can't do it, but we can do it…”
”I hope the abbot will consider it.”
His words drew other head priests to fill the cloth.
A slightly chubby head priest with a kind face kept narrowing his eyes and said, ”Female demon, my senior brother is a senior monk of the Great Thunder Sound Heavenly Dragon Treasure Temple. In the future, he may also be the abbot. After ascending, he will have a seat in the Buddhist Sect in the Immortal Realm, and by following him, you will only lead him to a place of no return.”
”Even if we can tolerate you today, but in the future, my senior brother will only be spurned by the world and have no place to live…”
”If you said this for his good, you shouldn't have appeared.”
Upon hearing these words, the spider red still looked terrified. She looked at the monks and then at the people in front of her.
And just at that moment, Head Priest Yun said, ”Senior brother, I have no intention to compete with you for the abbot position; why do you have to be so aggressive. She is a young demon who has entered the Buddhist Sect, and why you, as the head priest of the Buddha Hall, can't even tolerate her?”
Upon hearing it, the fat monk growled, ”Humph, what do you mean by this, Senior Brother Yun? Could it be that you can't endure the demon you bred? That is, you have no heart of endurance?”