The Great Seminary

Chapter 330 The Opportunity for Nirvana (Part 2)
As the scriptures entered his ears, Zhang Gui suddenly realized that what was confusing the minds of all the creatures in 'Sweet Lake' was not a person, but some kind of supernatural phenomenon, or a ritual left behind by an ancient powerful being.

at the same time.

Nagarjuna's eyes widened, his body stretched out, and he suddenly grew more than a foot taller. The proliferating flesh and bones stretched his old skin from withered and wrinkled to taut.

He slowly sat down cross-legged and forcefully pressed Qi Zhenyao's head to the ground with one hand;
With the other hand, push upwards and grab.

Suddenly, a giant hand reached down from the clouds above.

He seized those few unicorn dragons, devoid of intelligence and possessing only bestial instincts, crushed them to death, and threw them into the sea, roaring:
"The Bodhi tree is reborn from the ashes, and the Buddha's Nirvana of eternal joy and tranquility is imminent."

"You are protected by the Supreme Emperor, and are immune to all the Buddha's teachings; therefore, you should still offer your praise and congratulations."

The words fell to the ground.

The saplings not far away grew tall in the wind and rain, and in just a few breaths, they became so large that they blocked out the sky and the moon.

Only then did Nagarjuna release Qizhenyao, clasp his hands together, and bow his head in praise.

"The Buddha of Nirvana, eternal bliss and tranquil joy, endures immeasurable time, breaking free from the affliction of incarnation amidst desolation..."

He began to chant the Mahaparinirvana Sutra in a low voice, “...viewing all beings as Rahula…”

"Great spirits Vishnu, Shiva, and Brahma came from beyond the heavens..."

Behind him, the other monks of the original monastic community sat cross-legged in lotus postures, surrounding Nagarjuna and chanting scriptures in unison.

After being released, Qi Zhenyao was stunned for a moment before suddenly rushing into the nearby crowd like a madman.

With a wave of his hand, he annihilated hundreds of commoners.

His companions and attendants seemed quite disapproving of Qi Zhenyao's indiscriminate killings.

But upon seeing his distorted face, revealing bulging veins and blood vessels like a tangled mess, they were all horrified and roared:
"The True Yao King has gone mad while crossing the 'Great Heavenly Barrier,' what should we do!"
"Qi Zhenyao, Qi Zhenyao, when he was crossing the 'Great Natural Barrier,' did he perform the act of 'destruction and construction'?"
He possesses such talent and such courage!
"You're still praising him? Can't you see he's gone mad?!"

To carry out the acts of 'destruction and construction' without remaining in a 'gap' is to gamble on that one in ten chance of success.

"He insists on dragging everyone down with him..."

And indeed, things began to unfold exactly as those people had feared.

Qi Zhenyao slaughtered the common people of Tianhu City, and seemingly attracted by blood ties, he began to massacre his own attendants and guards.

Like a madman.

No matter how far they escaped or how badly they were wounded, they were all killed, their heads severed, their blood consumed, their brains eaten, and their flesh devoured.

After a fierce battle, Qi Zhenyao killed all his clansmen present, and he himself, dragging his broken body, collapsed under the enormous Bodhi tree.

Then time went by.

The surviving residents of Sweet Lake City stared blankly as the sun rose.

As the sunlight pierced through the branches and leaves of the Bodhi tree, illuminating the four heads of the Buddha statue, facial features appeared on the hollow faces.

With his head bowed, accompanied by a group of monks, Nagarjuna, who had been chanting sutras all night, now murmured in harmony with the rustling of the Bodhi tree branches:

"As the Buddha said, the karmic results of the two kinds of giving are not different..."

For example, it can break through the five poisons of greed, anger, ignorance, pride, and doubt, and eliminate the influence of miscellaneous foods, afflictions, and the manifestations of deities...

Finally attaining the four virtues of Nirvana... permanence, bliss, joy, purity...

The four faces that sprouted from the four heads of the giant bronze Buddha statue became increasingly full of earlobes, with fleshy protuberances on the top of the head and thick lips and teeth.

Finally, with a kind and gentle expression, he slowly stood up.

The mouths on the four heads uttered the four words, "Chang, Le, Xi, Jing," in a voice that resounded throughout the heavens and earth.

Then, four more people shouted out "Buddha!" ​​in unison.

As he walked towards the sea, he chanted with a compassionate expression:
"...I too suffered from illness...to liberate the demons from the heavens, I fell into hell, becoming an animal and a hungry ghost without remorse...The World-Honored One alone rescued me, granting me the Vajra body, and I was reborn in Nirvana...attaining the four virtues: permanence, bliss, joy, and purity..."

It is again the 'Buddha of Eternal Bliss, Joy, and Purity,' the Buddha of Eternal Bliss, Joy, and Purity, the Buddha of Eternal Bliss, Joy, and Purity…”

Along the way, it trampled countless living people into mincemeat and reduced countless houses to dust. After entering the sea, the bronze statue transformed into flesh and disappeared into the abyss.

at the same time.

Qi Zhenyao, who had been dead, was reborn.

Around the corpse emerged the bloody, mangled images of his kinsmen whom he had slaughtered.

Guided by the sound of the wind through the branches and leaves of the Bodhi Tree, which resembled chanting scriptures, it 'pounced' into Qi Zhenyao's restored physical body.

"He's alive! Qi Zhenyao is alive again!"

He, like me, rose from the fourth rank of 'Upper C' to 'Upper B', crossing a great chasm, and also had to go through the process of 'destruction' before 'establishment'.

He was supposed to die, but a powerful backer helped him arrange things.

"Thanks to the opportunity of the Buddha's rebirth at the 'Great Seven Life Temple' in Sweet Lake City of Xiangfan Kingdom, it has also been resurrected!"

Zhang Gui, mingling in the crowd, sensed that Qi Zhenyao's body had regained its vitality, and thought in astonishment:
"But the inside story of this matter is probably not that simple."

Xiangfan Kingdom is also a superior country in the Eastern Continent, and Sweet Lake City is extremely famous, yet it suffered such heavy casualties.

There are also colossal statues of gods and Buddhas with 'four heads and seven faces', who were reborn as true Buddhas through a Nirvana ritual performed thousands or tens of thousands of years ago, but inexplicably lost three faces.

The remaining four faces have also undergone significant changes.

From a mystical perspective, it's practically a reshaping of the 'Taoist tradition,' and there must be some enormous cause and effect involved!
Add to that the so-called 'primitive monastic community' and the infighting among the direct descendants of the Great Qi Emperor, and it's utter chaos.

"It would be such a hassle if it got on me; I can't let it get mixed in."

Just then, half of the Bodhi Tree slowly withered.

The monks surrounding Nagarjuna under the tree slowly emitted jade pillars from their nostrils, their faces showing joy.

Finally, he chanted, "Nirvana, eternal bliss, joy, purity, Buddha, excellent, excellent," and then stopped breathing.

The Dharma King himself opened his eyes and looked at Qi Zhenyao, who had come back from the dead.

A look of satisfaction appeared on his face. With a flick of his sleeve, he unleashed a continuous stream of gentle strength.

It carried him away, perhaps dozens or hundreds of miles away.

"The four virtues of Nirvana are 'permanence, bliss, joy, and purity,' hahahahaha..."

If the World Honored Ones and Buddhas truly possessed such virtue, they wouldn't need to deceive their teachers and ancestors, or distort the truth.

A bunch of turtle-like bastards! I, I, I—pfft!

As he watched Qi Zhenyao's figure disappear into the horizon, a strange expression appeared on the face of Dharma King Nagarjuna.

He clasped his hands together before the Bodhi Tree and uttered a final curse.

He slapped his own forehead with his palm, shattering it, and golden blood splattered everywhere.

When the water was poured onto the remaining half of the lush Bodhi tree, it burst into flames like white phosphorus.

It spread rapidly.

In just a few breaths, the entire giant tree was transformed into a torch soaring into the sky.

The scorching heat made Zhang Gui instinctively want to leave, but he suddenly sensed that the Bodhi Spirit Tree, which was about to turn to ashes, was giving rise to life in the midst of annihilation, and 'burned' out a seed.

It's about to 'land and become nothing', and we don't know when it will truly appear in the world.

However, Zhang Gui, driven by greed, unleashed his full power with the 'Black God Explosive Weapon Master's Technique,' transforming into the true form of an ancient demon god and throwing himself into the fire.

They fought tooth and nail to get their hands on it!
Nirvana may seem like death, but it is actually 'seeking life within death'.

The key to this seems to be a Bodhi tree.

(End of this chapter)