I will teach you how to cultivate immortality

Chapter 576 The Birth of the Divine Listener
"If the 'me' after reincarnation can really regain this memory, I hope he can find the answer then."

The Buddha's last words were clearly not directed at Wu Yao and Shi Tianjun.

But it was precisely because of this that the two of them were able to more clearly feel the Buddha's will and determination.

It can only be said that these Buddhas, who were born of right mindfulness, are ultimately different from those demons who were born of desire.

Especially the Buddha who has awakened to self-awareness, unaffected by mindfulness, appears both pure and stubborn, clear-headed and persistent.

Whether you can be reincarnated is not up to me.

After a long while, Wu Yao shook her head slightly and said this.

"Since you have lingered in front of the Three Lives Stone for so long, you must know the answer."

"Only after passing the Three Lives Stone, which illuminates all the obsessions of your past and present lives, will you be qualified to cross the Bridge of Helplessness and drink Meng Po's soup."

Wu Yao succinctly pointed out the crux of the problem, which was also the reason why the Buddha had been hesitant.

The Buddha is the being manifested through the right mindfulness of all sentient beings.

Let's not even mention that His current spiritual form is not a soul in the true sense.

Even if this spirit can truly enter the cycle of reincarnation, can the Buddha himself pass the test of the Three Lives Stone?
Mindfulness is the manifestation of this state, yet there is an attachment to going to this world...

To say that a Buddha like this had no attachments is simply fooling children.

However, the original purpose of establishing the Six Paths of Reincarnation was to allow souls to be reborn.

—Obsession is the key to reincarnation, but reincarnation requires letting go of obsession.

The Buddha's current situation is like being stuck in a bug in the cycle of reincarnation.

Even Wu Yao wasn't sure if the other party could come to her through the Three Lives Stone and drink the Meng Po soup that would allow them to start over.

"My past and present lives?"

He took a deep breath, and for the first time, a human expression appeared on the Buddha's sorrowful face.

It was a subtle change in facial expression that conveyed tension, anticipation, and a hint of struggle.

If he hadn't been staring at the Buddha, Eclipse King probably wouldn't have noticed the change in his expression in that instant.

"Perhaps I was destined to experience this from birth..."

Whether it's a calamity or a blessing, it was all predetermined.

Before he finished speaking, the Buddha, who had been standing still, finally took another step forward.

This step allowed the Buddha to stand formally before the Stone of Three Lives and truly see the divine stone that was said to be able to illuminate all past and present lives.

To the Buddha's surprise, the Three Lives Stone was far more ordinary than he had imagined.

Even from the front, it was just an irregular rock several meters high, and He could even see clearly visible cracks and marks in it.

call!
So, in the brief moment of Buddha's daze, his consciousness suddenly entered a trance-like state.

The originally irregular Three Lives Stone began to evolve, revealing the entirety of the Buddha's experiences from the present day until his birth.

From the Buddha's perspective, he felt as if he had been reborn.

If we consider a normal life experience as going from birth to death, then the Buddha is now going from death to birth again.

When his memory returned to the time of Buddha's birth, he fell silent.

When the Buddha was born, there were unusual signs in the sky.

Six earthquakes struck in succession, and mandalas fell from the sky...

Following closely behind were the appearance of white elephants, divine deer, and spirit turtles, as well as the emergence of golden lotuses and the growth of lingzhi mushrooms.

Then the Buddhas appeared in the world, the Kings of Light paid homage, the Bodhisattvas lowered their brows, the Vajras bowed their heads, and the Heavenly Princesses and Bhikkhus wept with joy, offering dances and songs.

The Buddha had never doubted that there was anything wrong with this, but now He vaguely felt that something was amiss.

Especially compared to the miserable ghosts in the underworld, everything that happened in the Buddhist kingdom was too abnormal.

"All beings suffer, how can we save them?" The Buddha sighed softly, and the sorrow in his eyes deepened once more.

However, just when He thought everything was about to end, the image on the Three Lives Stone continued to rewind.

This scene left the Buddha stunned on the spot—could it be that he also had a past life?
The thought had barely crossed my mind when the image on the Three Lives Stone appeared in its entirety.

That is not the life trajectory of a particular person or a particular creature, but a kind of common will of all living things and countless beings.

Although these images are only fragments and do not constitute a complete memory.

Without exception, the fragments of memory presented to the Buddha were the happiest moments of all living beings.

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"How is this going?"

With a furrowed brow, Shi Tianjun looked at the Buddha standing before the Three Lives Stone and couldn't help but ask in a low voice.

The Buddha lingered before the Three Lives Stone for such a long time that even the Eclipse King almost thought there was something wrong with it.

"You're asking me? How could I possibly know?"

"He was the first Buddha who wanted to be reincarnated, and I also want to know what he saw."

As she gazed at the Buddha, Wu Yao felt a strange stirring within her.

The Three Lives Stone can indeed illuminate past and present lives, but not everyone can see it clearly.

Most of the time, ghosts can only see a few of the most crucial moments in their lives, like a revolving lantern.

Moreover, someone like Buddha, who has no past life, is anyone's guess what He might see through the Three Lives Stone.

"what?"

Just then, as if she had noticed something, Wu Yao suddenly let out a surprised exclamation.

The next instant, Wu Yao suddenly looked up at the sky.

Suddenly, even more dark clouds gathered in the previously gloomy underworld, and a face appeared silently among them.

That was the incarnation of the Emperor of Fengdu, who also sensed the Buddha's presence.

In the blink of an eye, the Three Lives Divine Stone trembled violently, and an invisible power seemed to be brewing within it.

boom!
Awakening suddenly from the fragments of memories of all beings, the Buddha instinctively looked around.

To His utter surprise, from the Bridge of Helplessness to the Ghost City of Fengdu, all the ghosts in His sight knelt down as if in worship.

Realizing that these ghosts were definitely not worshipping him, the Buddha immediately refocused his gaze on the Three Lives Stone.

Unsurprisingly, He saw a tangible reflection on the Three Lives Stone this time.

It was a ferocious beast, a creature with the head of a tiger, a single horn, dog ears, a dragon's body, a lion's tail, and the feet of a qilin—a creature that resembled nine different animals.

Just by exchanging a single glance with the beast, the Buddha felt a long-lost sense of dread, as if all his thoughts had been read out.

Just as the Buddha was wondering if this was an illusion, the ferocious beast actually emerged from the Three Lives Stone.

"That is?"

With their eyes wide open, Shi Tianjun and Wu Yao also saw the ferocious beast that had emerged from the Three Lives Stone.

However, after completely leaving the Three Lives Stone, the beast that resembled nine different creatures underwent a tremendous change.

In the blink of an eye, the once fierce beast transformed into a large, snow-white dog.

[That kid Li Boyang... he's got the same twisted sense of humor as always!]

The Heavenly Lord was absolutely certain that this was not his imagination.

That big white dog was clearly modeled after me.

Monthly ticket/recommendation ticket

(End of this chapter)