Chapter 695 - 384: Lamp-Burning Ancient Buddha, Bullying the Weak, Despair and Turning Point (3)
Chapter 695: Chapter 384: Lamp-Burning Ancient Buddha, Bullying the Weak, Despair and Turning Point (3)
The ancient Buddha, with kind eyes and a benevolent face, spoke in a voice like a great bell:
"Benefactor, refrain from speaking nonsense. Our Buddha has always embraced compassion, yet seeing you consumed by anger, he has especially summoned you to come under his presence to listen to meditation and chanting, so as to dispel your anger."
"Once the benefactor dispels this anger, you will regain your freedom."
"Damn!"
Su Yu once again experienced the shamelessness of the Buddhist sect, top to bottom.
They say that dispelling anger will set him free, but once he enters the Buddha Country and is transformed by the Brahma sounds, even his will would be distorted; he would no longer be himself.
He took a deep breath, suppressing the anger in his heart, and said in a deep voice:
"I am the Ninth-Grade Traveling Immortal Envoy under the command of the Fighting Star Lord of the Celestial Court’s Northern Dipper Division!"
The ancient Buddha smiled and replied:
"No matter. I shall send a message to the Star Lord. I believe the Star Lord will agree to let you proceed to the Spirit Mountain in the West for a period of meditation and chanting."
"Damn it."
As one of the three thousand guests at the Purple Cloud Palace, and a former Buddha of the Western Sect, with a lofty status, he indeed would not put the Fighting Star Lord in his eyes, not even bother with the face of the Primordial Monarch.
"Damn it, could it be that I’m in real trouble this time?"
Now he really had no solutions left; he had exhausted all his means.
The Vast Sea and the Star Master couldn’t save him. Though the Vast Sea also has the true form of the Chaos Demon God, she has not mastered the Law of Time and cannot enter.
The Star Master is merely a Golden Immortal and hasn’t mastered the Law of Time, also unable to enter, let alone contend against a Daluo Golden Immortal.
Though the Chaos Bead holds great power, it isn’t an ultimate killer artifact, and thus cannot resolve the situation.
"What to do?"
Just then, the ancient Buddha raised his head and looked towards a certain direction. A figure parted the river of time and came forward, clasping his hands in salute:
"I have seen the ancient Buddha."
The ancient Buddha smiled and nodded:
"So it’s Daoist Chi Jingzi from the Cloud Heaven Cave of Mount Taihua."
At this moment, Su Yu, at a loss for a solution, heard the name Chi Jingzi, and his eyes suddenly lit up. A thought rose in his mind, and he shouted loudly:
"Master Uncle, save me, the family ancestor is Guang Chengzi."
Both the ancient Buddha and Chi Jingzi were momentarily stunned. The ancient Buddha immediately spread his large palm to take him, but Chi Jingzi quickly flipped his wide sleeve to block the ancient Buddha’s hand, and in a deep voice, asked:
"Are you a disciple of Brother Guang Chengzi?"
Su Yu nodded vigorously and activated the Nine Heavens Mysterious Scriptures:
"I am indeed Brother Guang Chengzi’s newly taken disciple, and I practice the Nine Heavens Mysterious Scriptures."
The only straw to clutch at for survival, grasping it is crucial or he’s truly doomed.
Moreover, he wasn’t lying; he is indeed a disciple of the Guang Chengzi line, albeit a branch line.
As for being exposed later, that’s not a concern; survival comes first. Besides, if he really wanted to establish a connection, he could; at most, he’d face some punishment, but certainly wouldn’t die.
With this statement, Chi Jingzi found the opportunity to scrutinize him closely, but this close examination left him with some peculiar feelings, yet sternly, he clasped his hands and said to the Lamp-Burning Ancient Buddha’s divine sense incarnation:
"This child is indeed a disciple under my senior brother. If he has offended the ancient Buddha, let me take him back for punishment according to sect rules, and save the ancient Buddha the trouble."
However, the ancient Buddha remained expressionless, speaking in a flat tone:
"This child is ferocious, once killing my direct disciple’s mortal form and seized several Stabilizing Sea Pearls I granted my disciple."
"Moreover, I once stayed at the Jade Void Palace. As far as I know, the Nine Heavens Mysterious Scriptures are merely for named disciples; the direct descendants practice the Yuqing Purple Mansion Immortal Manual, so he cannot be a direct heir of your sect."
Chi Jingzi calmly replied:
"The ancient Buddha left the Jade Void Palace long ago and is unaware that the rules have changed."
The ancient Buddha remained unyielding, his tone growing colder:
"Do you intend to shelter this villain? Or is it that the disciples received by your sect at the Jade Void Palace..."
But halfway through the sentence, he stopped, not because Chi Jingzi stopped him, but because he didn’t dare continue.
Chi Jingzi saw this and unceremoniously said:
"I shall protect this child. I ask the ancient Buddha to let go."
The ancient Buddha remained silent, his expression constantly changing.
Yu Sheng, who was sitting in the palm of the Buddha, dared not speak, and Su Yu, grabbed by another Buddha hand, showed a look of joy.
"So this is the protective nature of the Chan Sect’s lineage; I love it, I truly do."
At this moment, Su Yu made up his mind; once he escapes, he’ll immediately become an apprentice.
With such a powerful sect to rely on for protection, he would never be this wretched in such situations again.
A good while passed in silence, the ancient Buddha and Chi Jingzi didn’t move, yet Su Yu vaguely sensed the suppressed anger of the ancient Buddha, causing his heart to race, fearing that the Buddha might lose his temper and crush him or throw him into the Buddha Country to suppress him.
If that indeed happened, Chi Jingzi wouldn’t be able to save him.
The Lamp-Burning Ancient Buddha, after all, was one of the three thousand guests at the Purple Cloud Palace, a Great Divine Techniques master, much stronger than the average Daluo Golden Immortal.
Even if this was just a sliver of his divine sense incarnation, with limited power, Chi Jingzi wouldn’t be able to save him before the ancient Buddha tried something.
The outcome hinged on the ancient Buddha’s decision.
The ancient Buddha didn’t remain silent for long, speaking up after a dozen seconds:
"For the sake of the Heavenly Venerable, let’s drop the matter. However, he must return the three Stabilizing Sea Pearls he took after killing my disciple’s mortal form."
Chi Jingzi nodded, stating:
"That’s fair."
He turned to Su Yu with a kindly face and said:
"You heard the ancient Buddha. Just return those three Stabilizing Sea Pearls."
With quick thinking, yet showing a wry smile, Su Yu said:
"Those Stabilizing Sea Pearls are not with me."
The ancient Buddha lowered his head, showing an angry expression, but indeed didn’t sense the presence of the Stabilizing Sea Pearls on him.
Su Yu explained:
"Those treasures belong to someone else. Back then, my cultivation was only at Celestial Immortal and I couldn’t refine them. Later, I exchanged them with a master for other treasures."
The ancient Buddha frowned, but there was nothing wrong with his words; a Celestial Immortal indeed couldn’t refine Stabilizing Sea Pearls.