My enemies became my companions

Chapter 216 I'll Save You
Chen Yi walked out of Yaoshang Temple slowly. Although he had one arm missing, he was still full of energy and spirit.

After getting four true essences, Chen Yi calculated with his fingers and found that his realm was enough to rise to the Jindan realm. He didn't know what Yin Weiying, who practiced hard day after day, would think after learning about this.

The cost was not small, but the rewards were great in the end.

What's more, it was quite refreshing.

Chen Yi recalled the atmosphere of the temple.

Although Zhu E is charming, she is not as attractive as the confused Goddess of Taihua. Qin Qingluo is taller than the average man, which makes him unique and difficult to compare with others.

Having said that, I don’t know how the princess and princess will face each other after they wake up.

Even though Zhu E had recovered from the separation, she had already recognized Dong Gong Ruo Shu as Ming Zun under his killing sword, so Chen Yi spared her life and let her be deeply embedded in the Demon Cult as a chess piece in case of emergency.

As for Qin Qingluo, firstly, she was impossible to kill; secondly, her martial spirit had been broken and her heart was dead; thirdly, Zhu E was still the person that this arrogant princess cared about the most.

Therefore, Chen Yi used the Taoist methods that Zhou Yitang had taught him before to do some tricks on her, which could be considered as a safety net.

At the gate of Yaoshang Temple, there were many steps and fallen leaves. Chen Yi walked down step by step, neither fast nor slow, as if he was waiting.

While walking, he touched his broken left arm out of boredom, and waves of dull pain swept over him.

After an unknown amount of time, a Buddhist nun holding a Zen stick slowly walked up the stairs.

Chen Yi stood still, raised his right arm, raised his hand and said with a smile:

"Thank you, Zen Master, for your help."

The nun did not look at him first, but glanced at Yaoshang Temple meaningfully, her eyes seemed to penetrate the long stairs. After realizing the situation of the two women, she slowly turned her head.

"Namo Pure Lapis Lazuli Medicine Buddha, it seems that donor Chen has won this battle." There was no sense of sadness or joy in the nun's voice, as if no matter what the outcome was, it was all within her calculations.

Chen Yi simply stroked the twisted broken arm with his fingertips and did not answer.

This nun called herself Master Zhihui, but in fact she was an incarnation of Bhaisajyaguru Bodhisattva. Princess Lu of Prince Xiang was also an incarnation of Bhaisajyaguru Bodhisattva. So in a sense, Yin Tingxue could be said to be the daughter of this nun.

However, at that time, Yin Tingxue did not recognize her as her mother.

Deep in her heart, Chen Yi, who appeared in Yintai Temple at that time and said in person that she would not leave him, was her mother.

Chen Yi, who had repeatedly disturbed Yin Tingxue's destiny and disrupted the nun's plans, should have been regarded as a great enemy, and should not have given any help or agreed to the gamble.

However, Chen Yi offered a condition that the nun could hardly refuse.

"In fact, in the end, if Qin Qingluo had any murderous intention in his heart, I would not be able to walk out alive." Chen Yi, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke.

The nun narrowed her eyes, then nodded slightly and smiled.

The female princess was extremely conceited. Even though she vaguely sensed that Zhao Bai had secretly played a trick on her, she still accepted the Inch of Glazed Light and the monk Wuxiang's robe.

People who are used to winning at risk always want to fish in troubled waters.

What Zhao Bai did was a trace of karma.

The so-called karma arises from ignorance in one’s heart and refers to all the good and evil actions committed by one’s body, speech and mind.

And the nun added another strand of karma to this karmic obstacle.

Let Qin Qingluo magnify his ignorance without knowing it.

In addition, the blessing and disaster of that inch of glazed light, as the ignorant wish in Qin Qingluo's heart, was transformed into Qin Qingluo's will.

The reason why the nun performed this technique secretly was, firstly, that the cooperation between her and the Annan Palace was not solid to begin with. The Demon Cult was still the Demon Cult after all, it could be used but not trusted; secondly, Qin Qingluo had received that inch of glazed light, and she wanted to take it back.

She did not help Chen Yi right away, but watched for a long time.

After the demon cult's saint Zhu'e sacrificed herself to block the bullet, the situation had already turned to Chen Yi's favor. The nun then took real action and sent their souls to the heaven of transformation and freedom.

After that, the situation was reversed. In front of the green lantern lotus, the fireworks were floating, and two red flowers fell. If Chen Yi made a mistake in one of the links, the nun would not mind going with the flow and let Chen Yi truly become a whetstone for Qin Qingluo.

As for the conditions offered by Chen Yi...

"Then, Master, you are confident that I will become a...sky-repairing stone according to the procedures."

Stroking the broken arm, Chen Yi's right hand pressed on the bent arm.

Zen Master Zhihui lowered his eyes, showing great compassion, like a bodhisattva lowering his eyebrows.
"What a great achievement! If it were in ancient times, it would be enough to cast a tripod and offer sacrifices to the gods."

At that time, Chen Yi came to Yaoshang Temple alone and lit a stick of incense in his own hand.

He first put out the names of Master Tongxuan and Broken Swordsman as paperweights, and made it clear that if he died here, the two would never let it go.

Then, Chen Yi proposed a bet, and said that if he lost, he would swear a blood oath that if the gate of heaven cracked one day, he would volunteer to become a stone to repair the sky, and clean up all the situations for the immortals who were stranded in the human world to ascend to heaven.

The reason why Chen Yi made such a proposal was because he understood that Bhaisajyaguru Bodhisattva was not an absolute enemy.

To an immortal like her, anyone who stands in the way of the cracked Heavenly Gate is an enemy, and anyone who helps in the cracked Heavenly Gate is a fellow Taoist.

As for the content of the bet...

That is to gamble whether Zen Master Zhihui can destroy Chen Yi's ignorance.

Zen Master Zhihui stared at Chen Yi, curled his lips and smiled gently:

"You are a strange person. You can actually separate your ego from ignorance. The one with the deepest ego is Master Tongxuan, and the one with the deepest ignorance is actually my daughter."

"It's my daughter."

"..."

Zen Master Zhihui narrowed his eyes and looked at Chen Yi deeply.

Chen Yi stood still.

He naturally didn't want to be treated as a mother by Yin Tingxue, but if someone wanted to take her away, he would not just sit there and watch.

Zen Master Zhihui tactfully dropped the topic and continued:

"In ordinary people, ego and ignorance are one and the same. It is rare to find someone who can clearly distinguish them like you."

Chen Yi closed his eyes slightly and did not respond.

He knew that ego attachment is the attachment to the self, and ignorance is the root of fear, love, hate, sorrow, joy and other obsessions. Because of fear, love, hate, sorrow, joy and other obsessions, people realize the existence of the self and therefore attach themselves to the self.

Therefore, ego and ignorance are often one and the same.

As for the reason why the two are inconsistent, perhaps it is because I have lived two lives.

Zhou Yitang is the one he loves the most, while Yin Tingxue is the one he likes the most. He makes a clear distinction between them, so the former is the deepest ego, and the latter is the deepest ignorance.

Even if he can tell the difference, Chen Yi is not like when he loves, or like when he likes, it's just that the degree is different.

After the nun looked at Chen Yi, she lowered her eyes again.
"Do you know why I agreed to this bet?"

“…My leverage is big enough?”

"Besides this, it is also because Bodhisattvas are meant to enlighten others."

"Oh, so everyone has their own specialty." Chen Yi pretended to be enlightened and said, "You want to save me?"

Bodhisattvas seek the supreme Bodhi with wisdom and save all living beings with compassion.

"Yes, I will save you."

(End of this chapter)