Chapter 1365: Buddha and Devil Are All in One Thought
"According to the plan." Wei Ge gave the order expressionlessly.
"Yes." Several inspectors from the Supervisory Bureau walked cautiously towards the tower.
The Hermit and Dongshi watched from the sidelines until the inspectors had all entered the tower. Dongshi then turned to Wei Ge and said, "Director Wei, those must be the Supervisory Bureau's most capable officers, right? If they were all killed here, the loss to the Supervisory Bureau would be significant."
Wei Ge said respectfully, "Sir, you worry too much. As an Inspector, I am prepared to sacrifice my life for the Federation. I have great confidence in my subordinates; they will definitely return safely."
Dongshi and the hermit looked at each other and said nothing more.
In fact, they all knew very well that those inspectors would never come back. They were sacrifices, and only with their sacrifice could the plan continue.
Wei Ge was also very clear about this, but in order to get his guardian promoted, he would rather let his subordinates die without even blinking an eye, as if the death of those subordinates was no different from the death of an ant in his eyes.
Dongshi really couldn't understand why such a cold, selfish and cruel guy could make all the inspectors follow him wholeheartedly and obey his orders.
Not long after, a shrill scream was heard from inside the tower, and a strange light appeared at the top of the strange tower.
"It's finally here..." The hermit looked at the light on the top of the tower, and a hint of excitement flashed in his eyes.
"Is that the legendary paradise?" Wei Ge squinted his eyes, looked at the gradually glowing tower, and muttered to himself.
The hermit nodded and said, "Yes, that is indeed heaven. It is the place where the empress used to communicate with the heavens and worship Buddha and meditate. It is said to be the place closest to heaven. Some people also call it the Tongtian Pagoda."
Wei Ge stared at the heavens and continued, "From what I know, that queen was just an ordinary human. Even if her status was noble at the time, she shouldn't have become an immortal or Buddha, right?"
"The emperor of the mortal world is indeed not worthy of becoming a myth or legend, let alone becoming a calamity-level existence after death." The hermit paused and said, "But the one in heaven is not that queen."
"Not the Queen?" Wei Ge was slightly stunned, his face full of confusion.
Both the capital of God and heaven were unique to the reign of that queen. It is hard to believe that the owner of this place is not her.
Apart from her, who else is qualified to be the king in the capital of God and occupy heaven?
As the two were talking, the light in heaven grew stronger and stronger, almost completely covering the giant tower-like heaven.
The hermit was in a good mood. Staring at the heavens, he explained, "No matter how strong a human is, they can only reach Legendary or Epic status at best, and there's no chance they'll ever reach Mythic status. The Queen is also a human, so naturally she's no exception. Even if she were Mythic, she wouldn't be alive today, let alone reach Calamity level."
After listening to the hermit's words, Wei Ge looked at the light in heaven again, as if he had thought of something, but he had no intention of saying it out loud.
Seeing Wei Ge's expression, the hermit knew that he had guessed something, so he said, "Since you have already thought of something, then tell me what you think. Let me see if you are right."
Wei Ge pondered for a moment and said, "I heard that there's a Buddha statue in the Longmen Grottoes called the Vairocana Buddha, which was carved based on the face of that queen."
The hermit laughed when he heard Wei Ge say this. "You are indeed a smart man. Lushena means radiant light, and the name the empress gave herself contains the character Zhao, which has basically the same meaning as Lushena."
"So, there really is a Vairocana Buddha in heaven?" Wei Ge's face changed slightly.
If the one in heaven is really Vairocana Buddha, then it would be really scary.
The Buddha has three bodies, and Vairocana Buddha is one of them, also known as the Sambhogakaya Buddha, the Buddha of wisdom of absolute truth.
To put it in a more popular way, Vairocana Buddha and the well-known Sakyamuni Buddha are a trinity of Buddhas, and can be regarded as one of the top Buddhas in Buddhism.
"Buddhas are all compassionate. If it is really Vairocana Buddha, why would he need to sacrifice living people?" Wei Ge felt that there were some loopholes in the hermit's words.
"Hasn't Director Wei ever heard the saying that Buddha is born from the heart?" The hermit continued, "The so-called Buddha is just a mirror, but this mirror reflects the heart rather than the person. If your heart is kind, then the Buddha is kind. If your heart is evil, then the Buddha is a hundred times more evil than you... Whether you are a Buddha or a demon is actually just a matter of a thought..."
Wei Ge said with a hint of understanding, "So, if this natural disaster creature is allowed to be born peacefully, then it might be a kind Buddha and won't cause too much disaster?"
"That's right." The hermit smiled and said, "That's naturally not what I want to see. That's why I asked you to bring people here to prevent him from becoming a kind Buddha. I need him to become a terrifying devil."
While the two were talking, the Buddha's light in heaven had become so strong that it was impossible to look directly at it. Suddenly, a door opened and it seemed that someone walked out of heaven.
Wei Ge stared intently until he died, and the person he discovered was actually a Buddhist nun wearing a moon-white robe.
She walked towards him step by step, seeming to carry the pure moonlight, and she did not look like the devil that the hermit had talked about.
"She doesn't look like a devil." Wei Ge said, looking at the nun.
"Of course not. If she were already a devil, we would be doomed to die." The hermit said calmly, "But once she leaves the Divine Capital, she will undoubtedly become a devil."
"Why is this?" Wei Ge was even more confused.
"Because you are here." The hermit laughed.
"Me?" Wei Ge was slightly stunned.
"Yes, that's you. If your heart is like that of Buddha, then Buddha will always be there. If your heart is like that of the devil, then the devil will come to the world. If someone like Director Wei, whose heart is like that of the devil, has a close relationship with that nun, then she will definitely become a devil..." The hermit said to Wei Ge.
"What do you need me to do?" Wei Ge asked.
"You don't need to do anything. Just wait until she leaves the Divine Capital and let her see you."
Seeing Wei Ge's confused look, the hermit smiled and said, "Don't you understand? Then don't bother thinking about it. You will understand it naturally when the time comes. Let's go wait for her outside the Divine Capital."
Dongshi has activated the power of time and brought Wei Ge and the hermit out of the capital.
The nun was still walking slowly forward. Wherever she passed, those ancient soldiers who looked like humans and ghosts returned to dust one by one, as if they were liberated.
Good night.
(End of this chapter)
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