"Skin-Changing Blood Curse"
Lin Feng glanced at the human skin clinging to his body, then slightly moved his arm, and a demonic power covered the blood curse.
In those few brief moments, he felt the demonic power eroding the blood curse, and the difference between the two sides became apparent at that moment.
The blood curse was chaotic and incoherent, lacking any lasting power. It was even used as nourishment by the demonic power, which devoured it and transformed it into drops of demonic power.
"casual!"
As they were devouring, Shizang's voice suddenly came from within the thick fog, only to be swallowed up by the fog a moment later, leaving behind a deathly silent environment.
Lin Feng forcefully tore off the human skin from which all the curse power had been devoured, then shook his demonic blade to absorb the excess demonic power, and listened carefully to the sounds within the thick fog.
Several shrill screams and several low, angry roars lingered in the thick fog, seemingly close at hand, yet also thousands of miles away.
Lin Feng glanced at Gui Ke, who was holding a bunch of abandoned babies beside him, and slowed down his thoughts slightly.
The next moment, Hong Linggui appeared beside him, took the abandoned babies, and temporarily sent them into the ghost realm of the underworld, entrusting them to a group of paper figures for safekeeping.
After the matter was over, Lin Feng walked towards the place where Si Cang's voice had just come from. Following the scene in his memory, he stepped on the grass that was covered with water droplets and walked to the other side of the hillside.
One step, two steps, three steps...
What should we eat tonight?
Suddenly, a familiar voice asked, subtly drawing his attention back to what was behind him.
"It's the child's birthday, why don't you go buy a cake?"
"Just go when I tell you to. Why all the nonsense? I wonder who cried while eating cake when they were young."
"Do you think you're a child? You have no manners at all."
The familiar voice made Lin Feng involuntarily turn his head back, where he saw past scenes appearing all around him, taking him back to his childhood.
Is it an illusion?
Lin Feng recalled what Si Zang had said about the intermediate state, the demon of true form, the demon of reality, and the demon of the womb... Could it be...?
"Number, are you awake? Your friend just came looking for you..." An unexpected shout rang in his ears, and Lin Feng's lips twitched involuntarily.
Unexpectedly, after the name was traded, the illusion directly revealed his number.
Even so, the familiar voice and memories really seemed to take him back to the past, and he even had a kind of hallucination as if he had just woken up from a dream.
At this moment, the person in front of him became much more real, and Lin Feng unconsciously raised his hand to wipe his eyes.
But the next second, the figures seemed to overlap, turning from one into three: a woman he didn't recognize, his mother from the real world, and a person in a theatrical costume.
"Ah Hao, where have you been playing again?!"
"Number 90..."
"Lift your legs up, don't spill the water in this bowl!"
Lin Feng was dazed for a few moments, then his mind suddenly cleared. Looking at the three figures that walked out, he quickly retreated.
This is about Ah-hao's past, and Hong-ling's cunning...
Immediately afterwards, Lin Feng saw the fourth scene that was about to appear: Gui Ke swimming happily around as a fish.
Gazing at the rapidly unfolding images before him, Lin Feng unhesitatingly swung his blade at the illusions, tearing apart the four figures before him and returning to the thick fog.
The past is indeed something to be nostalgic for, revealing innocence... but one cannot live in the past forever, longing for the carefree days brought by that so-called 'innocence'.
Besides, how can life remain so unchanging?
Only a cowardly and incompetent personality would want to wallow in these flimsy words. They are unwilling to face difficulties, they fear failure, and their hearts even deny the present and themselves.
They prefer to attribute their mistakes to everything in the world, thereby numbing their own conscience!
They don't even understand that while the past may have been wonderful, the future has never been bleak!
But they simply can't support their own future...and they don't want to!
They just want to escape to their most comfortable memories and sing sad songs.
As his thoughts raced, Lin Feng's gleaming eyes seemed like a pair of invisible hands, pulling out a version of himself, hands clasped together and radiant with divine light, from the thick fog of memories that filled the room.
"The Demon of Reality"
"I am you."
The Demon of Reality spread his hands flat, and the Earth God took a few steps forward as he spoke. At the same time, the memories and emotions of everyone else in the thick fog dissipated.
Sensing a hint of unknown danger, Lin Feng took a step back.
Upon seeing this, the Demon of Reality immediately stopped and waited with a smile.
Something's not right... Lin Feng could sense something strange. His spiritual eye scanned the face of the Demon of Reality, but he didn't detect any danger.
The words of the Three Demons of the Intermediate State... and the Four Treasuries flashed through his mind again.
"What do you want to do?" Lin Feng tried to ask, but the Demon of Reality slowly shook his head, continued to smile, and remained motionless.
In his mind, he tried to communicate with Gui Ke and Hong Linggui. The connection between them still existed, but they did not give him any feedback.
Just then, the Demon of Reality raised his hand, and an inexplicable feeling arose in Lin Feng's heart. Following the direction of the other party's finger, he saw Chen Ren and Yi Mei appear not far away.
The Demon of Reality pointed, as if telling him to go and help One-Eyebrow.
help?
No help!
Lin Feng frowned, but did not act immediately. Instead, he leisurely looked at the Reality Demon, whose expression had changed.
Not help? The Demon of Reality's expression became even stranger. Although he still maintained his smile, a sense of anger swelling on his face was obvious.
The fog rolled in again, further reducing visibility. Lin Feng exhaled a long breath of hot air, and the surrounding sounds faded away until only his own heartbeat remained.
A few seconds later, the third fetal demon appeared behind the Reality Demon. The elder had the same face as him, with a kind and benevolent expression, and stepped into Lin Feng's field of vision.
Unconsciously, he seemed to see some strange scene: two tiny things came into contact, then fertilized and developed, then were born, and then grew up, went through the process of birth, aging, sickness and death.
The next moment, the fetal demon raised its finger and pointed at him, and a thought immediately entered his heart.
By abandoning the physical body and entering the intermediate state (bardo), one breaks through the cycle of rebirth, finds the origin of life, and realizes the Dharmakaya, which is inherently complete, without beginning or end, neither born nor dying, neither going nor coming, capable of generating all phenomena, and never ceasing. One then cultivates the Sambhogakaya Buddhahood and obtains the body obtained through karmic retribution.
That...that sorcerer...is he teaching Buddhism?!
Lin Feng immediately understood that the three demons in the intermediate state before him were not there to kill him, but to spread the Dharma and to select those more suitable for Buddhism so that they could achieve the so-called Dharma body and Buddhahood.
Transmitting the Dharma?
What does he want to do?
Lin Feng was puzzled, even though the Buddhist teachings before him would make him stronger.
The other professor's Dharmakaya is the soul body, and the Sambhogakaya is the physical body. Although the names are different, they are actually very similar.
He will become stronger, but that might not be the right fit for him!
In a fleeting moment, he had the thought of rejection. Compared to the intermediate state, he trusted the Dharma in his heart more. Besides, in the nightmare space, there was more than just what was in front of him; he truly relied on himself.
As his will confirmed his choice, the benevolent Buddha-like appearance of the fetal demon before him was reversed, transforming into a fierce demonic form.
Apart from the original form demon that he had shattered with a single strike, the true form demon and the fetal demon approached him together, surrounding his body and manifesting their demonic forms.
A furious roar, imbued with the might of a dragon, suddenly erupted from his mouth and spread outwards.
A moment later, the sound changed to a sharp, sinister tone, swirling and dancing in the thick fog, clearing away a large area of space.
The demonic figures before them were forced away; aside from the illusionary interference, they actually possessed no offensive power.
Lin Feng's eyes gleamed, and after he spoke in the Yin Si dialect again, the surrounding fog finally dissipated, revealing the bodies of the Renjia Town villagers lying on the ground.
Behind the villagers stood Yi Mei and Chen Ren. Yi Mei's aura was faintly emanating, as if he might break through the illusion at any moment, while Chen Ren showed signs of his soul leaving his body, and he produced a similar aura to the fog.
He seems to be seeking proof of the so-called Dharmakaya Buddhahood.
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