At this moment, Buddha suddenly spoke:
"Is the emperor greater, or am I greater?"
Exclamations arose from all sides. The eunuchs were so frightened that they almost knelt on the ground. The abbot put his hands together, rolled his prayer beads, and hurriedly chanted Buddhist mantras.
Xia Yan took a step back.
"I don't know who is greater, Buddha or the Emperor, but what are you?" Li Changzhou pointed his finger, and flames erupted, landing on Buddha's golden body.
Amidst the raging flames, the Buddha spoke again:
"The emperor is a king of men, I am a king of law. If people do not fear the law, they will be punished by heaven and earth."
The flames slowly contracted, transforming into a lotus platform that supported the golden body of the Buddha, with rings of Buddhist light slowly emerging behind the Buddha's head.
The golden body is becoming more and more lifelike, like real human muscles.
Is Buddhism being revived?
Li Changzhou spread his palms, and the three thousand instincts converged directly. Before "Buddha's" expression could change and before the Buddha's light behind his head was fully formed, the Annihilation Divine Light had already shot out.
After half a month of cultivation, plus the Taoist books he has read these days, Li Changzhou is still unable to make his three thousand instincts not counteract each other and unleash their maximum power, but he can control the range and make the power that can be unleashed more concentrated.
boom!
The entire Buddhist temple trembled violently, and the golden brick carpet outside the temple was lifted up and exploded in the air.
A blazing beam of light pierced through the "Buddha's golden body," shattered the roof, and slanted into the sky.
The sky trembled, and the white clouds silently tore open a hole, letting in the sunlight.
There is no identity card.
Not a player, or not dead?
The eerie atmosphere inside the hall had dissipated, and Li Changzhou could vaguely sense a faint aura of the dragon vein.
"You all go out first," he said.
Overwhelmed by his divine power, the crowd retreated while nodding and replying, "Yes!"
Xia Yan frowned and walked over: "Do I need to go and request an imperial decree?"
Any evil spirit, once a royal decree is issued, becomes a caged bird or a fish drained from a pond.
"Don't worry, Lord Xia, I can handle things here," Li Changzhou said with a smile.
Xia Yan nodded, waved her sleeve, and walked out.
Li Changzhou glanced at the Buddhist hall again, his figure disappeared, and then suddenly reappeared, with Yang Qinglan standing beside him.
“I’ll explain later. Let’s look at the information about that Buddha statue first.” Li Changzhou pointed to the Buddha statue that was missing half of its head.
Yang Qinglan tapped her Ruyi scepter, and a booklet flew out, hovering in front of the two of them, the first page opening automatically.
After reading it, Li Changzhou exclaimed in surprise, "There's such a method?"
“Those who can become immortals are either geniuses, diligent, or very lucky. These people will come up with any means to achieve immortality,” Yang Qinglan said.
The information booklet states that the person residing in this Buddhist hall is Yao Guangxiao, who helped Zhu Di seize the throne.
According to history, he died as early as 1418, which is 122 years ago.
For 122 years, he hid in the palace and, relying on the dragon vein he had borrowed from Zhu Di, briefly cast a spell to set up an array.
The emperor uses rites to determine social hierarchy and govern the world.
Outside the temple, there is an order of seniority; inside the temple, there is a distinction between the noble and the lowly.
Yao Guangxiao used the heinous and wicked Diagram of Impropriety to set up the "Impropriety Array," using impropriety to counter etiquette, and constantly stealing strands of the dragon vein within the Forbidden City.
For a full 122 years, Yao Guangxiao was even able to barely use Buddhist and Taoist arts within the palace. If there were no players, he would be invincible in the Forbidden City, and might even become an immortal in the future.
Unfortunately, when the players arrived, it was Li Changzhou again.
If Li Changzhou arrives but fails to find him, given Yao Guangxiao's control over the dragon vein, it's hard to say who might seize the dragon vein and become an immortal on the Lantern Festival.
“Look,” Li Changzhou said with a hint of smugness, “if I hadn’t caused trouble and had tried to make a fuss about the Golden Crown, I would have been ambushed by Yao Guangxiao sooner or later.”
"Wasn't it because I reminded you that Buddhist statues can be used as materials?" When it was just the two of them, Yang Qinglan wouldn't give Li Changzhou any leeway.
"That's right, neither the Buddha of the Western Paradise nor the emperor of the human world is as great as my Miss Yang!"
Before Yang Qinglan could say anything more, she glanced at the palace gate and gave Li Changzhou a look, signaling him to escort her back.
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