Chapter 171 Heart
When Ma Junji looked up, he saw the monk's skin torn apart, his flesh and blood blurred, and an evil ghost with a green face and fangs crawling out from it.
He opened his mouth to scream, but Yan Chixia covered his mouth with his hands and said, "Don't scream, let's retreat."
The four of them mixed in with the fleeing monks and escaped from Zhenniang's home.
As the demons appeared in Zhenniang's house, Ning Caichen suddenly heard several loud howling noises and asked, "Why do I hear pigs squealing?"
Yan Chixia said, "She turned her parents and brothers into pig monsters."
Ma Junji asked, "Why?"
Yan Chixia asked, "Are you asking why she can do it, or why she wants to do it?"
Ma Junji just woke up and didn't remember anything, so he said, "Ask everything."
Gong Mengbi took them to a house. There was no one at home, so they hid in the room and closed the door.
Ning Caichen was worried and asked, "Will hiding here be of any use?"
Gong Mengbi said: "If you really encounter such a situation, it will be useless. But this is the realm of truth and illusion, so nothing is impossible."
Ma Junji looked at Yan Chixia and said, "You haven't said why yet."
Yan Chixia said, "Why is it possible? I'm afraid it's because she's eaten the Buddha's heart. Zhenniang, this is a Buddhist method. The heart devours the body, and a person can be transformed into a ghost or a monster. As for why this is necessary, that's a long story."
The monks said that Rakshasa ghosts harmed people and that Zhenniang was harmed by ghosts. In Zhenniang's eyes, they were probably the Rakshasa ghosts.
Yan Chixia told Ning Caichen and Ma Junji what they had seen in the world of truth and illusion, which made the two scholars sigh with emotion.
Ning Caichen was puzzled and said, "What kind of Buddha is this? I think it's more like a demon!"
Yan Chixia sneered, "That's exactly what's going on. The more you try to understand it, the harder it is to do so. Obsession with paranoia is not uncommon."
Gong Mengbi sighed and said, "The realm of truth and illusion, whether it is real or fake is unknown."
Ma Junji said: "I hope it's fake."
Gong Mengbi was filled with doubts and asked, "Where did this real and illusory world come from, and why was it created?"
Yan Chixia said, "We'll find out if we keep following. Zhenniang transformed into a Rakshasa ghost and made such a big fuss, it's impossible for Zen Master Sanming to remain indifferent."
"He's here." Gong Mengbi stood by the half-open window and looked out. Rakshasa ghosts were hurting people everywhere. When Zhenniang walked onto the road, the villagers on the road turned into rats and fled in all directions.
When they arrived at the washing area by the stream, the girls who were being targeted by the Rakshasa ghosts were so frightened that they ran away in all directions. When they saw Zhenniang, they screamed in fear, "Ghost!"
Zhenniang laughed, and the girls fell to the ground. Their skin cracked open, and out of it came out many Rakshasa ghosts.
Rakshasa ghosts are different in gender, the males are ugly and the females are charming, but they are all evil ghosts that eat human flesh and blood.
Wherever Zhenniang went, orchids grew from the ground. Zhenniang seemed like the Flower-Scattering Goddess and the Rakshasa ghost in one and the same form. The fragrance of orchids and the screams of the orchid village were intertwined with each other, just like her image, combining holiness and ferocity into one.
Zhenru is worthy of being a son of Buddha.
Although he was suffering from a serious illness and was trapped in his desires, his Buddhist heart created such a terrible demon.
Seeing Master Sanming approaching, Zhenniang smiled and said, "I haven't seen you for a few days. Master, you don't look well."
Zen Master Sanming was almost emaciated, his eyes were dim, and he looked dead.
Zen Master Sanming looked at Zhenniang, then at her chest, and suddenly burst into tears, saying, "Zhenniang, why did you pollute his Buddhist heart?"
Zhenniang was silent for a moment, then said, "You think this is the heart of a Buddha, but I think it's just an ordinary heart. I take revenge when there's revenge, and I repay grievances when there's grievance. That's all."
Zen Master Sanming said, "I have harmed you. Please kill me."
Zhenniang glanced at him and suddenly burst into laughter, almost breathless, and said, "You've actually come to terms with it? You've actually come to terms with it!"
"After doing so much evil, I have attained enlightenment. Then what am I? What is the true nature? I don't believe it!"
Zhenniang stretched out her hand towards Zen Master Sanming, as if to pick a flower, and reached into his chest, grasped his heart and pulled it out.
Zhenniang pinched his heart, but the smile on her face disappeared: "You didn't hide?"
An uncontrollable rage flashed across her face as she said, "I will destroy the Lanyin Temple's lineage. I hope you can watch carefully from the Western Paradise."
Zen Master Sanming clasped his hands together and said, "Zhenniang, I'm sorry."
Zhenniang reached out and tried to crush his heart, but instead she squeezed a hard object.
She looked at the palm of her hand and saw a shrunken rock with the words "Deep in the Shade of Orchids" engraved on it.
The rock suddenly generated an irresistible force, which grabbed Zhenniang and caused her to fall into the rock.
Zhenniang stepped on the ground, the soil surged up, and countless orchids grew out of the soil, wrapping Zhenniang in it.
The soil and orchids intertwined, transforming into an enormous statue of the Flower-scattering Goddess, casting a shadow over the orchid village.
The Flower-Scattering Goddess's palms continuously grew soil and orchids, trying to push the small rock away. But no matter how hard she tried, it was like a drop in the ocean.
The mustard seed-like Sumeru, the small rock seems to be infinite in size.
Zen Master Sanming put his palms together, golden light burned all over his body, his figure became hunched and short, and his magic power and soul turned into golden light and were placed on that small rock.
The huge statue of the goddess shouted angrily, "You cheated me! You cheated me!"
Zen Master Sanming only chanted "Amitabha" and everything was burned to ashes, his bones and flesh withered and turned into a dried corpse.
The small rock seemed to be infinitely vast, containing the huge statue of the Flower-scattering Goddess.
The rock fell from the sky and landed on the ground like a landslide, smashing everything to pieces. Everything around it began to collapse, turning into billowing white mist, submerging the entire scene.
Gong Mengbi and the other three who watched this battle were finally able to breathe a sigh of relief, but they still couldn't suppress the throbbing in their hearts.
"It's so scary." Ma Junji felt his legs go weak and supported Ning Caichen, but found that his body was shaking constantly.
Yan Chixia exhaled and said, "It is indeed terrifying. It has some of my master's style."
Gong Mengbi glanced at him, unsure if he was serious or joking. But Yan Chixia quickly changed the subject, "Did Zen Master Sanming suppress Zhenniang in that stone?"
Gong Mengbi said, "That should be the cliff carving you saw before. After Zen Master Sanming passed away, I wonder who moved this cliff carving back to Lanyin Temple and where they hid it."
Yan Chixia said, "Brother Ma and I have been searching for a long time but haven't found it. But I have a question now: how are we going to get out?"
Gong Mengbi said: "This is easy, just go back to the real and fantasy world."
Yan Chixia hesitated for a moment, "I'm not afraid, but isn't it too dangerous to go back the same way?"
Gong Mengbi laughed and said, "It doesn't matter. I can find the other world in Orchid Country and leave from under the willow tree in Orchid Country."
Yan Chixia breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Then it depends on Brother Gong."
Gong Mengbi used the Tongtian method, and it seemed as if layers of illusions unfolded before his eyes, and countless tiny and distant sounds came to his ears.
He endured the oppressive feeling of the real and illusory worlds and found the illusory world where the monks were performing rituals for salvation in the Orchid Village.
Just like popping a bubble, several people appeared in Orchid Village again.
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