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Chapter 476 Ghost Buddha! Xuanzang

Chapter 476 Ghost Buddha! Xuanzang (44)

[The Tomb of My Late Father, Zhang Xiaojing]

Zhuang Boshi looked at the tombstone, sighed, and shook his head.

He placed the coin from the seventeenth year of the Tianbao era, which he had obtained from the Ghost Realm, on the tombstone, then turned and left.

Quickly traversing the Suzaku Avenue filled with demon slaves, Zhuang Boshi arrived at the entrance of the Great Ci'en Temple for the third time.

The real-life Da Ci'en Temple.

The temple was decaying and desolate, with withered osmanthus trees at the entrance resembling stiff corpses, covered with letters from people of Chang'an.

"I hope my son will pass the high school entrance exam."

"I wish to marry a good husband."

Wishing you good health.

"I wish to achieve great things and make contributions."

These simple wishes, now each word is dimmed and illegible, leaving traces like tar.

The dark entrance to the main hall opened wide, revealing no light inside, only the smell of decay and the sound of wooden fish being struck repeatedly.

He stepped inside, only to find himself in a magnificent, golden palace.

A handsome young monk stood with his back to Zhuang Boshi, continuously striking a wooden fish.

"Thump, thump, thump".

Zhuang Boshi made a hand seal, activating the Samadhi Fire, ready to unleash its power.

“Don’t be nervous, benefactor.”

The sound of the wooden fish stopped, and a clear voice rang out.

The monk slowly turned his head.

Zhuang Boshi originally thought he would see a corrupt or blood-stained ghost's face, but he didn't expect to see the face of a handsome monk.

"You've finally arrived," he said quietly.

"You went through all that trouble to bring me here, just to see me, didn't you?"

Zhuang Boshi walked up to him and said expressionlessly, "I'm here."

"Master Xuanzang".

Are you a human or a ghost?

Xuanzang smiled slightly and said, "Neither human nor ghost."

"And does it really matter whether it's a person or a ghost?"

“Of course it’s important.” Zhuang Boshi stared intently at Xuanzang.

Xuanzang shook his head: "I am a ghost, so am I obligated to kill you?"

"Or do you think that if I were human, I wouldn't kill you?"

Zhuang Boshi suddenly felt that his body could not move.

“I already know why you're looking for me.” A cross-shaped bloodstain appeared on Zhuang Boshi’s wrist.

At the same time, a nail appeared in the center of his forehead, abdomen, and between his eyes.

"You want me to..."

Golden-red flames swirled around him, and the restraints Xuanzang had placed on Zhuang Boshi shattered instantly.

Xuanzang smiled enigmatically: "You should understand now that we are not enemies."

Zhuang Boshi put away the Samadhi True Fire, somewhat surprised.

"You want to help me?"

I thought I was going to have to talk my way out of things, or use threats and inducements.

Unexpectedly, Xuanzang offered to help him without hesitation.

"Why?" Zhuang Boshi asked.

"What will it cost me?"

Xuanzang gently shook his head: "The price you have to pay was already paid for you in the previous reincarnation."

The previous cycle?
Just as Zhuang Boshi was about to speak, he saw Xuanzang raise a finger.

"It's not Yang Jian."

"You should know who it is."

"But it must not be spoken of."

Zhuang Boshi took a deep breath: "How is he?!"

"Can't say."

You don't need to know.

Xuanzang shook his head.

"I told you, not only me, but you will die too."

Xuanzang pointed to the sky above and the earth below.

Suddenly, a bespectacled figure appeared before Zhuang Boshi.

Just as Zhuang Boshi was about to ask a question, he saw an enormous, invincible, and indescribable giant hand suddenly stomp on the phantom, crushing his body to pieces. The entire hall shook slightly from the impact of this stomp.

Xuanzang said slowly, "He gave me the opportunity to break free from the cycle of reincarnation."

"It also awakened my intelligence, enabling me to resist the corruption of the ghost Buddha."

Zhuang Boshi said in a deep voice, "Xuanzang, you have controlled the Ghost Buddha?"

Xuanzang laughed, revealing his gleaming white teeth.

"I am the Buddha of Ghosts."

"I am the Ghost Buddha."

He lowered his head, clasped his hands together, and the sound of chanting filled the entire temple: "I vow to liberate all sentient beings..."

I vow to sever all endless troubles...

I vow to learn all the boundless Dharma teachings...

I vow to attain the supreme Buddhahood and Taoism...

"The number of sentient beings is boundless..."

As the chanting continued, the night outside seemed to fall lower, the fog thickened, and the temple grew even darker, the dense, almost tangible darkness filling the entire space.

In the boundless darkness, there seemed to be countless black Buddhas with their bodies bound in chains.

They surrounded Zhuang Boshi, chanting scriptures incessantly!
The sound of chanting filled my ears!
Zhuang Boshi found himself amidst the chanting, which seemed like a vast ocean.

He seemed to see an unknown monk who, more than a hundred years ago, traveled westward from Chang'an in search of Mahayana Buddhism.

The journey was fraught with difficulties and dangers, with eighty-one tribulations.

More than ten years later, he finally arrived in India. But by then, India had already fallen into a land of vengeful spirits.

He was desperate, yet he couldn't help but fall into the vortex of vengeful ghosts.

After several years of wasted time, he lured all the evil spirits in India to merge into one, becoming a terrifying vengeful ghost.

Amidst the chaos caused by the vengeful spirits, the nameless monk made a grand vow to them before his death.

May there be no ghosts in the world.

The Ghost Buddha was thus born.

But at the same time, the Buddha also granted its first wish.

He wanted to resurrect the nameless monk, but in the end he resurrected a non-human being.

Xuanzang.

Xuanzang and Yang Jian are not inherently vengeful spirits, but they rely on vengeful spirits to create special supernatural beings.

Xuanzang maintained his status as a monk and returned to the Tang Dynasty.

He signed a contract with the royal Li family, relying on them, making grand promises, and maintaining his own existence.

Xuanzang is the Ghost Buddha, and the Ghost Buddha is Xuanzang.

But Xuanzang possessed reason, while the ghosts and Buddhas lacked it.

It was Xuanzang who was restraining the ghost Buddha.

“It is going to recover, you should know that,” Zhuang Boshi asked.

“I know,” Xuanzang said slowly.

"As long as it revives, all the ghosts will merge into one."

"Me too."

"Back then—"

"Then there would be no ghosts in the world."

"My wish has come true."

Xuanzang lowered his head.

Zhuang Boshi did not react suddenly, but remained very calm and said, "There's no need to test me. How many of you have helpers?"

Xuanzang looked up and smiled: "Compared to the last reincarnation, you are finally more composed."

"The four of us are inherently demons who cannot be imprisoned."

"Only by restraining each other can we fade into obscurity in history."

"You still have three nails in your body, and three things need to be done."

"The first thing to do is to nail down the ghost Buddha."

"The second thing is to nail down the Heavenly Venerable."

"Who should we give the last one to? Who is the fourth ghost?" Zhuang Boshi continued.

"You'll understand once you see it." Xuanzang smiled, but his expression suddenly crumbled.

"That's about enough, time's up."

boom!
The temple was completely blown up and was on the verge of total destruction.

Zhuang Boshi looked up at the golden ceiling of the temple, where all the Buddhas were corpses.

A Buddha rises from the boundless darkness, infinitely high and infinitely large.

Is this a ghost or a Buddha?
As soon as this thought arose, the majestic Buddha in the sky suddenly transformed into a shattered skeleton, its body dripping with black and red corpse fluid!
The skeleton clasped its hands together and slowly chanted: "All beings are Buddhas, Buddhas are also me, I am all beings."

The shattered golden Buddha statues on the dome, their bodies cracked and dripping with stagnant fluid, chanted in unison.

"All sentient beings are Buddhas, and Buddhas are also me; I am all sentient beings."

All the corpses were murmuring and chanting, flowing towards the enormous carcass like liquid.

Ultimately, they were combined into one, forming a Buddha statue with a hundred heads and a thousand hands.

Beneath the Buddha's seat, all sentient beings turned into stones, which piled up to form his lotus throne.

It put its hands together in prayer position.

"Namo Amitabha."

"What are you thinking!"

The rumbling sound echoed throughout the heavens and earth.

“Remove the Apocalypse from my body!” Zhuang Boshi shouted.

"good."

The Buddha spread his hands, and on his hands and wrists, which were as solid as if cast in gold, a faint blood-red mark appeared.

Three nails appeared on Zhuang Boshi's body, one in his forehead, one in his abdomen, and one in his eyes.

The apocalypse that had been limiting his abilities has finally been removed!

In an instant, that long-lost power returned to his body.

In the instant that Buddha clasped his hands together, a curtain rose, and instantly, barriers arose everywhere between heaven and earth.

Even in the distant sky, the blood cross, which was spreading, was blocked by these layers of barriers!
Zhuang Boshi stepped forward, holding a Heavenly Revelation Spear, and plunged it into the Buddha's body.

Click! Click! Click!

The inverted swastika on the Buddha's chest began to disintegrate.

Black blood flowed freely.

In that instant, its form suddenly turned to the darkest color!

Black blood flowed continuously, seemingly weaving into a jet-black robe on its body!

Immediately afterward, the Buddha disappeared into the void.

In a flash, he found himself back in the main hall.

Before him, only a pale-faced Xuanzang remained.

"Well done." Xuanzang gave it a gentle push.

Zhuang Boshi took a step back, as if he had fallen into endless void.

"The first year of Yongchang in the Eastern Jin Dynasty!"

"We've found the Celestial Venerable!"