Chapter 306: Resurrection of Gods and Demons (VII)
"I am…"
"I know you," Seventeen tugged at his clothes and wiped the wine from the corner of his mouth, "I have seen your portrait in the temple. Not only you, but also all the gods and Buddhas present."
Maitreya nodded with a smile: "We all saw your performance outside just now very clearly. You were able to pass the test of three thousand steps. Your character and perseverance must be far beyond ordinary people. This point..."
"Future Buddha, please don't say anything good or bad. Thank you. I'm in a hurry. If there is anything that is inconvenient to say directly, we can change places."
Maitreya's eyes narrowed and he glanced at the Buddhas present with an unhappy expression.
The Bodhisattvas who knew the former best immediately bowed and said goodbye, and some other people who were interested also left. Soon, there were only two people left in the entire Buddhist hall.
Maitreya and seventeen.
The moment the Buddhist hall was closed, the former suddenly vomited blood.
Seventeen was actually shocked: "Oh my god, Maitreya Buddha, what are you doing? I can't beat you, are you trying to frame me or what?"
The former wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with a pale face and said: "I will not use such a despicable method as false accusation. Give me the treasure bag in your hand."
Seventeen hesitated.
"I know that the magic bag was given to you by your master, and I also know that it says that you should keep your original heart and not be bewitched by anyone, right?"
The latter widened his eyes.
"I wrote these words by myself back then," Maitreya seemed to be recalling something. Although his face was pale, he was still smiling.
"In this dilapidated ancient temple, you can trust no one, but I am not one of them."
Seventeen hesitated for a moment and then handed over the sachet in his hand.
Maitreya pointed a finger at it and muttered something as if guiding something. Soon a string of bodhi flowers flew out of the brocade bag and landed in the former's hand.
"Phoenix Eye Bodhi Seeds, the quality is good, but there should be more than this bunch," Maitreya muttered, and then guided again. This time, three more bunches flew out.
They are Mani Bodhi seeds, Longan Bodhi seeds and Tianyi Bodhi seeds.
The three strings all fell into Seventeen's hands the moment they came out, and were wrapped around his hands and neck.
Maitreya stared at the three strings with a look of surprise in his eyes.
"The quality of these three strings is simply amazing. They are clearly blessed by the Buddha himself!"
Seventeen looked at the Buddhist beads on his body that were emitting a warm and aura, and then looked at the bleak and mediocre Buddhist beads in Maitreya's hand, which were incomparable. He immediately took a few steps back and stared at him vigilantly.
"Don't even think about taking these skewers!"
It looks like a puppy guarding its food!
Miroku curled his lips, and after a while he slowly said: "Okay, don't be so nervous, I won't snatch them from you. Even if I snatch them, I can't use them. The moment they land on you, they have already established a connection with you, and they will be scrapped the moment I snatch them away."
There was a flash of surprise in Seventeen's eyes, and then he asked:
"How do you know there's something hidden here? This brocade bag was given to me by my master. Don't tell me that a monk like you can embroider and even embroider a big red flower on it."
Maitreya's face suddenly turned red, and that look... seemed to confirm that what the former said was true.
Seventeen’s mouth twitched. No way… .
"Amitabha..." Maitreya chanted, and after calming down, he said, "You have brought the things back, so let's get down to business. The place we are in is actually an ancient temple with a high status in the Buddhist world.
Back then, in order to make the Buddhist world more powerful and prosperous, the Buddha separated a part of the original power of the Buddhist world and integrated it into this temple to promote the development of that area.
However, unexpectedly, when the spirits of the fairy world devoured the Buddhist world, a great battle caused the island to fall into the cracks of time. It was thought that the island would disappear.
I never thought that after I was thrown into the space-time rift, I would encounter this island. So I controlled it to fly out and landed on the vast continent.
After I discovered the specialness of this place, I used a powerful spell to seal it off to prevent the spirits from the fairy world from finding this island.
I think when the latter discovered that the origin of the Buddhist world was incomplete, he also had the idea of finding us and swallowing us up in one go, but I don’t know what happened and this action was forced to be stopped.
Until recently I felt that breath again. Can you tell me, was it the spirit from the fairyland coming? ”
"Yes," Seventeen said with a serious expression, "The reason why I found this place is because the Abyss Demon Eye of the Immortal Spirit appeared here. In a week at most, they will get the key and start to devour this world."
"Where is that adult? That's your master," Maitreya asked with a worried look on his face.
"Master hasn't fully awakened yet, but we don't have much time left. We don't know if we can hold on until Master wakes up." Seventeen also said in a low voice.
"…Right now, we don't have much else to do…"
Maitreya thought about it again and again and said, "When I saw the three strings of Bodhi on you and your golden body of relics, I knew your identity, but I am not sure whether that person meant it."
“???” Seventeen looked confused.
My...identity?
"What do you mean?"
"I want to say that you are not only an enlightened monk, you are also [beep——]" Maitreya said seriously, but Seventeen could not hear the last few words.
"It seems that it is not the right time yet," the former sighed, "In that case, let's first deal with those Bodhisattvas and Arhats who have taken refuge with the spirits of the immortal world!"
"When did it happen?"
Maitreya shook his head: "I rescued them from the cracks, and some of them were abducted back by me after ascending from your world. However, in fact, except for my confidants, I did not let them participate in too many activities.
Apart from those who have been confirmed, I’m actually not sure who else there are and how many there are, otherwise we would have taken action long ago. ”
Seventeen nodded when he heard this: "What do you want me to do?"
"I will find an opportunity to send out the confirmed identities, and then I will have my confidants secretly assist you to wipe out all their spirits, especially to eliminate the connection between the immortal spirits and them.
I don't want to encounter a group of zombie puppets in this place. ”
"So, what can I get?" Seventeen asked after a grunt.
“…You are truly real.”
"Of course, everything is based on interests first. I need strength now. Master also believes in you, otherwise he wouldn't let me find you, right?"
Maitreya nodded with a low smile, and finally pointed to a house outside: "That place is the library of all the Buddhist scriptures of our 'branch'. You can read them at will."
“…Keep going!”
“…”
"... No way, Great Maitreya God, I climbed up those 10,000 steps step by step. Now I help you solve the troubles of these spies from the immortal spirits, and your reward is just to let me go to obtain the scriptures?"
Miroku's face turned red: "You are helping to deal with the spies, aren't you also helping yourselves..."
"…Then I'd better leave. Only a fool would do such a thankless task!"
"Wait, wait!" Maitreya was stunned when he saw Seventeen standing up and leaving without any hesitation. He quickly shouted, "What do you want?"
"What can you give me?"
"...As you saw when you arrived just now, this is just a deserted island that has been abandoned for a very long time. We really don't have any resources to give you."
"I don't believe it."
Miroku choked, thought hard, and said in a very serious tone: "In this case, how about I take the initiative and give you the original power of this ancient temple?"
"What???"
Seventeen sat back down in disbelief for a second: "Are you crazy?!"
"I'm not crazy..."
Miroku slapped away Seventeen's hand on his forehead: "I am very sober now, and I am very serious about negotiating the terms with you."
"Uh... although, isn't this price too high?"
Seventeen wanted to ask him to change the resources, but before he opened his mouth, he heard Maitreya say: "It's decided, I will first pass on a part of the original power here to you, so that you will be an invincible existence on this island!
After you get used to it and have no rejection reaction, I will pass the rest to you. ”
As the latter spoke, he guided wisps of golden light out of his body and merged them into Seventeen's golden body.
"Oh no, I haven't agreed yet!"
“Boo!”
It was as if there was a shackle tied around his neck. Seventeen opened his mouth, but found that he could not utter a word. His body began to be forced to absorb the original power, and his entire spiritual consciousness was filled with a force.
Maitreya glanced at Seventeen who was integrating the original power. The latter was emitting one Dharma image after another, and a thoughtful look appeared in his eyes.
"It was indeed him... Did he also pass away and reincarnate in the end..."
Maitreya's expression gradually became complicated, and then he stood up and left, sealing off the Buddhist temple and not allowing anyone to come in and disturb him.
If those guys found out that a portion of the original power had been given to Seventeen, who knows what kind of trouble would be caused!
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