"So you're the so-called Great Wise Monk?" Cao Ya's words were clearly sarcastic.
A monk who sits idly by while his mount slaughters the people and commits a series of heinous acts deserves to be called a "holy monk."
This is utterly ridiculous!
However, the six monks were quite angry when they heard this, believing that Cao Ya was belittling the Great Wise Monk and offending the dignity of Hanchan Temple.
“Holy Monk, please make your move. With our combined efforts, we can surely surround and kill this fiend,” the six monks said in a deep voice.
"No rush, no rush." The wise monk waved his hand, and the six monks immediately fell silent.
“Junior Brother Cao Ya, you came from the lower realm and finally cultivated to become a celestial being, ascending to the real world. Why ruin your future? Why not take refuge in the Buddha Maitreya and follow your senior brother to cultivate diligently at Hanchan Temple? You will surely achieve enlightenment and attain the Bodhisattva status.” The Great Wise Monk smiled, always filled with joy, and spoke slowly.
As soon as the words were spoken, the world changed. The high mountains seemed to disappear, replaced by the Merit Pool, the Bodhi Tree, and endless lotus flowers, sacred and pure, containing the essence of great freedom.
Without immediately taking action, the Great Wise Monk activated a secret technique to subdue Cao Ya as he spoke.
He clearly recognized Cao Ya, knowing that he had fought the Overlord to a draw and was the "strongest celestial being" of the time, the most powerful figure below the legendary level. However, the Great Wise Monk seemed unafraid and still insisted on attacking Cao Ya.
I wonder what his trump card is!
Cao Ya had a thought, but it seemed he had guessed the Great Wise Monk's trump card.
Race bag!
The precious Dharma treasures of Maitreya Buddha!
As a disciple of Maitreya Buddha, the wise and holy monk should be able to use the human seed bag!
The Human Race Bag is indeed powerful, but my Reincarnation Seal will only become stronger...
Cao Ya thought to himself, Maitreya Buddha is a great supernatural being in the Creation Realm, and that human seed bag is also a top-level divine weapon in the Creation Realm. Although it is extremely powerful, it is undoubtedly much inferior to the peerless divine weapon in the Other Shore Realm.
Even though the Reincarnation Seal has only been revived to the Celestial Immortal level, due to the entanglement of the Demon Buddha Mark, as well as the changes of the times and the limitations of heaven and earth, the Reincarnation Seal cannot display the unparalleled divine power of the other shore. However, its essence remains unchanged, so how can the human race bag deal with it?
With confidence, Cao Ya naturally became more composed. He raised his hand and struck out with a palm, causing a commotion that directly shattered the illusion created by the Great Wise Monk and knocked him down from the white clouds. His golden body was almost blasted apart by the palm strike.
"As expected of someone who can fight the Overlord to a draw, he is truly remarkable," praised the Great Wise Monk.
Buzzing~~~
Beside them, six monks from Hanchan Temple chanted Buddhist mantras, each opening their right hand and holding a fragment of a golden talisman in their palm. Each fragment had a single character written in Sanskrit.
“Om”, “Ma”, “Ni”, “Padmasambhava”, “Mi”, “Hum”!
It is the six-syllable mantra of Buddhism!
"Please invite Arhat Cao Ya to see our Buddha Maitreya!" the six monks shouted.
In an instant, the golden talisman glowed, condensed and intertwined, radiating boundless pure Buddhist light. In the dim light, it seemed as if countless believers were praying, chanting Buddhist prayers endlessly, trying to convert Cao Ya and make him take refuge in Maitreya Buddha.
There are many Buddhas in Buddhism, and even the Buddha Patriarch has several.
Shaolin Temple originated from Bodhidharma, and can be considered a lineage of the Buddha of Mount Ling, but it has nothing to do with Maitreya Buddha.
Moreover, Cao Ya doesn't believe in Buddhism at all—although he grew up in the Shaolin Temple in this life, he only believes in himself!
Therefore, these monks were really overthinking things in their attempt to convert Cao Ya.
Cao Ya only found the prayer sounds annoying, but otherwise, he was not affected in any way.
call out!
With a single sword strike, he shattered everything. The six-syllable mantra talisman crumbled, the six monks' Dharma bodies collapsed, and they coughed up blood, retreating with pale faces, looking at Cao Ya in terror.
"With such little strength, you dare to boast?" Cao Ya roared and raised his hand to unleash a celestial river. With a loud boom, a colossal creature leaped out—it was a Kunpeng!
The Kunpeng swept across the void in an instant, seizing and killing six monks, causing them to perish on the spot.
Cao Ya moved with extreme speed, and the Great Wise Monk couldn't even offer a helping hand in time.
Seeing the six great earth immortals of the temple perish, the wise monk was heartbroken. Even in Hanchan Temple, there were not many Dharma bodies to be found.
“Junior Brother Cao Ya, you have broken the precepts. Come with me back to Hanchan Temple and receive the teachings of Maitreya Buddha.” The Great Wise Monk uttered a Buddhist chant, and thousands of white lotus flowers bloomed in the void, transforming into dazzling lotus platforms that radiated pure Buddhist light.
As long as we take Cao Ya away and have Buddha convert him, using him as a human form to walk in the real world... hey, then this era will belong to my Hanchan Temple...
With this wishful thinking in mind, the wise monk conjured up countless lotus platforms upon which sat the same radiant Bodhisattvas, their countenances majestic and holy, uttering grand and awe-inspiring voices:
"When the flowers bloom, I will appear!"
At this moment, Cao Ya's heart stirred, and with a sweep of his divine sense, he saw that white lotus flowers were blooming behind him, with pure Buddhist light, manifesting the tall and magnificent Mount Sumeru, standing on the earth and connecting with the sky!
At the summit of the mountain, a large, smiling, golden Buddha sits, seemingly an outward manifestation of Maitreya Buddha.
The phantom image of Maitreya looked down at Cao Ya, smiled slightly, and uttered the truth:
"I saw him!"
The sound was vast and magnificent, full of Zen-like wisdom, pointing directly to the soul, as if it were about to enlighten Cao Ya.
"He has some tricks up his sleeve," Cao Ya sneered. This move of the Great Wise Monk was probably the result of Maitreya Buddha obtaining two forms of the Tathagata Palm from the Buddha of Mount Ling, and then combining [Pure Land in the Palm] and [A Smile While Plucking a Flower] to create the unique [When the Flower Blooms, I See Him, and I See Him].
Driven by Maitreya's disciples, the power of this move to influence and convert is even more intense. Even a celestial being might fall for this attack from the Great Wise Monk, unable to resist laying down their weapons and becoming a devout follower of Maitreya Buddha.
However, Cao Ya possesses immense power. Even within the martial arts system of the "Peerless One" universe, he has cultivated to the level of a Celestial Immortal, exhibiting some legendary characteristics, making him extremely powerful.
Therefore, given his special circumstances, how could he have been influenced by the wise monk's saying, "When the flower blooms, I see myself; when I see the person, I see him"?
Besides, Cao Ya has also practiced the "Smiling with a Flower" move of the Tathagata Palm for decades!
Cao Ya also spent a long time studying the general principles of the "Buddha's Palm" and gained many insights.
The power of faith that the wise monk had unleashed was like a gentle breeze to Cao Ya, having no effect whatsoever.
Cao Ya touched his right thumb and forefinger together, making a gesture of plucking a flower. An aura of enlightenment emanated from him, destroying the Buddhist power of the Great Wise Monk. In a daze, a sense of great enlightenment permeated the air.
"【A Smile While Plucking a Flower】? I know it better than you do!"
The Great Wise Monk's expression changed, because as Cao Ya spoke, he not only destroyed his "When the flower blooms, I see him; when I see him, I see him" with a smile, but also charged over like a beam of light, enveloped in thunder and lightning.
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