Ancient Godly Monarch - Chapter 1964

Chapter 1964: 1964

The Bodhi Abbot stared at Qin Wentian while sighing in his heart . His palms were pressed together while he bowed to Qin Wentian, “Benefactor Qin, it isn’t impossible if you want me to give you a recommendation for you to enter the western paradise . But have you ever thought that even if you controlled me and ensure that I didn’t leak this secret, things might not go your way . The western paradise isn’t an ordinary place . Benefactor Qin, why do you insist on acting like this, ignoring your own safety?”

Qin Wentian looked at the Bodhi Abbot . The abbot’s gaze was clear, like he was truly worried about Qin Wentian’s safety . Even though Qin Wentian could see through all illusions and deceit, he didn’t see anything hypocritical about the abbot . It was like this abbot was truly concerned about him .

However, there were simply too many buddhist arts and techniques, Qin Wentian couldn’t really be sure what was true or false . However, he couldn’t take the risk . Since he has revealed his identity, he had to make sure that he can control the Bodhi Abbot .

“A daughter of my good friend is being controlled by the Karma Buddha . I have to go to the western paradise no matter what . If abbot is really concerned about my safety, I hope that you can cooperate with me and send me there . ” Qin Wentian calmly spoke .

“Amitabha . ” The abbot pressed his palms together and spoke, “Benefactor Qin is willing to walk into danger for the people around you . From this, I can tell that you are a kind-hearted soul . Even if the Heaven Vault expands under your control, it probably won’t endanger the Supreme Ancient Immortal Realms . Maybe, the Buddhist Sect is wrong . ”

“Benefactor Qin, how do you want this old monk to cooperate? Just state it out . ” The Bodhi Abbot spoke .

“Let me join the sect under the Karma Buddha . ” Qin Wentian’s eyes gleamed with sharpness .

“The Karma Buddha is a buddha lord of the western paradise . Although this old monk has some face in the western paradise, I cannot promise you for sure . I can only try my best . ” The abbot replied .

Qin Wentian stared at the abbot in bewilderment, he didn’t expect that the other party would really cooperate with him . Also, Qin Wentian wasn’t able to see anything hypocritical about the Bodhi Abbot .

“If this is the case, I have to thank Reverend . If I have to offend you later, please don’t take offense . ” Qin Wentian spoke . For the sake of safety, he still had to control the Bodhi Abbot .

However, the abbot merely gracefully smiled . His aged eyes suddenly became bright . The him now actually looked much younger than before .

“Can this old monk ask Benefactor Qin something?” The abbot spoke .

“Reverend, please feel free to speak . ” Qin Wentian nodded .

“If Benefactor Qin attains your dao in the future, I hope you won’t hate the buddha dao . The innate nature of the buddha dao is one of kindness, it’s just that the human heart is unfathomable . It isn’t the fault of the dao itself . ” The Bodhi Abbot spoke . Qin Wentian’s eyes flashed, the abbot’s words weren’t wrong . The energy that was generated from the dao had no sin . Kindness or evil depended on the human heart .

“I will consider reverend’s words . ” Qin Wentian calmly spoke . The abbot nodded his head . Only to see him sitting cross-legged on the praying mat and gradually, resplendent buddha light radiated from him . The buddha lamp nearby began to glow, like it was burning . The body of the abbot was now also like a buddha lamp, the wick of his life was burning away as his body grew illusory .

Qin Wentian frowned, his expression changed, “Reverend, what do you mean by this?”

“I’m naturally helping Benefactor Qin to enter the western paradise . ” The Bodhi Abbot calmly spoke . His body grew more and more illusory, he then transformed into motes of buddhic light, no longer having a body of flesh and blood .

“Reverend!” Qin Wentian’s gaze froze . After that, the motes of light continuously seeped into Qin Wentian causing Qin Wentian’s body to glow with buddhic light too, exuding a holy intent . After that, a string of bodhi buddha beads appeared at the location where the abbot vanished . It floated up and hung around Qin Wentian’s neck . A voice then rang out in Qin Wentian’s mind . “Benefactor Qin has some misunderstanding about the buddha dao . I hope this old monk’s action can resolve Benefactor Qin’s misunderstanding to some extent . ”

As the sound of his voice faded, the buddhic glow from Qin Wentian grew increasingly brighter . A formless energy was released, breaking through the seal of this room .

At this moment inside the ancient temple, countless people turned their gazes towards the room . Over there, golden light shone brilliantly, it was like they could see the illusory form of the abbot slowly fading away . In an instant, countless voices rang out in chants . The people in the temple pressed their palms together and chanted buddhist verses, as they bowed in the direction of the room .

“The abbot has passed away . ” A voice rang out, but the voice was extremely calm . There was no sorrow, no resentment, only calmness . It was like passing away to them was a kind of deliverance .

The buddha chants filled the air, causing the temple to seem even more imposing . Many monks began to walk over to the small room and when they arrived outside the room, they only saw Qin Wentian walking out . At this moment, Qin Wentian was in a daze . He inclined his head and stared at the skies, his gaze was a little vacant .

The monks didn’t ask Qin Wentian why the abbot passed away, all of them merely calmly looked at him . Finally, one of them spoke, “Benefactor, you have fate with the buddha dao . The abbot gave his life up to help you accomplish your wish . We will send you to the western paradise for cultivation . ”

Qin Wentian didn’t feel any joy after hearing this . He was able to enter the western paradise flawlessly . The Bodhi Abbot chose to give his life up to aid him . The risks which he imagined that he had to face when entering the western paradise no longer existed, he could simply go with the flow and enter there now . This should originally be a joyful matter, wasn’t this what he wanted?

However, he wasn’t able to feel happy at all . What just happened earlier caused his heart to be unable to remain calm .

The nature of the buddha dao is kindness . Only the human heart is unfathomable, it isn’t the fault of the buddha dao .

He knew that the abbot chose death because he intended to help atone for part of the crimes committed by the western world . At the same time, the abbot wanted to lessen the resentment and hatred Qin Wentian felt for the buddha dao .

This abbot was truly a highly respected and esteemed reverend . Sadly, he was no longer alive .

Who could judge the good and evil in this world? The human heart determines everything . Humans chose to pursue cultivation for the sake of fame, power and glory . Evil would naturally be magnified but there were still people of great kindness in the world .

Qin Wentian turned and bowed three times towards the direction of the room . Only after that did he lift his head, “This junior will carve Reverend’s words deep in my heart . ”

The Bodhi Abbot could give up his life in an attempt to neutralize Qin Wentian’s misunderstanding about the buddha dao . From now on, Qin Wentian would no longer misunderstand . However, to him now, those hypocritical monks seemed to be even more detestable . These people ought to be eradicated from the Buddhist Sect . Only by doing so would the Buddhist Sect truly stand for the Buddha Dao .

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After several days, a group of monks traveled across the Pureland of Bliss and arrived outside the western paradise .

Within the western paradise, holy light glowed, the atmosphere was filled with peace and tranquility . Some monks from within came by to welcome the group . And after they saw Qin Wentian and the others, they bowed in courtesy . The monks from the Bodhi Temple pressed their palms together and returned the bow . After that, they turned and left just like that, they didn’t exchange any words . Their purpose for coming was just to send Qin Wentian here to the western paradise .

One of the monks turned his gaze onto Qin Wentian as he spoke, “We have already heard about the incident regarding the Bodhi Abbot . He gave his life up for the dao to aid Benefactor . I believe Benefactor is fated to have destiny with the buddhist path . After entering the western paradise, there would be sacred buddhas imparting the buddhist dao to benefactor . ”

Qin Wentian nodded . Sacred buddhas were a term used in the western world to describe heavenly deities of the buddha dao .

After that, Qin Wentian followed them and entered into the sacred grounds of the Buddhist Sect in the western world . The western paradise .

Golden light illuminated the ancient path, auspicious clouds could be seen in the sky . Occasionally, peacocks and phoenixes could be seen flying overhead . This place seemed to be not of this world . Just by standing here, one could feel a sense of peace calming their hearts . The name holy ground was truly apt . However, even such a peaceful place could give birth to so many monks with evil intentions .

Qin Wentian was brought to a simple courtyard for cultivation . He didn’t release his divine sense to probe the western paradise . He knew the experts here were as common as the clouds . If he used his divine sense, he would instantly reveal himself . What he needed to do now was just to wait patiently .

After several days, he was brought to another buddhist hall as a sacred buddha spoke about the dao .

He recognized the speaker . It was none other than Seven Abstinences . Now, Seven Abstinences’s knowledge of the buddha dao was extremely consummate, he was already incomparable to the past .

After finishing the dao lecture, his gaze landed on Qin Wentian, glancing at the string of buddha beads around his neck . He then spoke, “The Bodhi Abbot has imparted the dao in the ancient temple for many years, he is someone of great kindness . Now, he actually chose to give up everything for you . I believe that you have fate with the buddha dao . I heard that you wanted to enter western paradise? Now that you are here, are you willing to join my sect?”

“The Bodhi Abbot gave his life for me, yet I don’t know if I truly have fate with the buddha dao or not . I’m willing to continue staying here to listen to the dao lectures before I make a decision . I don’t dare to decide rashly . ” Qin Wentian spoke . Seven Abstinences nodded his head lightly, “You are unflustered and not arrogant . There are many sacred buddhas imparting the dao in the western paradise . Which sacred buddha do you wish to listen to?”

“My desire to enter western paradise actually caused the Bodhi Abbot to give up his life . I’m sure this is all karma . Hence, I wish to learn more about the dao of karma under the Karma Buddha . ” Qin Wentian replied . The eyes of Seven Abstinences flashed . “The Karma Buddha is a buddha lord . But since the Bodhi Abbot is willing to sacrifice himself to help you, I will speak for you . But as to whether the buddha lord is willing to accept you or not, I cannot decide that . ”

“Many thanks sacred buddha . ” Qin Wentian pressed his palms together and spoke .

After Qin Wentian returned, he simply waited quietly until someone came by with a message saying that the Karma Buddha was willing to meet with him . This caused waves to rise in Qin Wentian’s heart . Everything seemed to be proceeding so smoothly . However, he understood that if the Bodhi Abbot didn’t help him, things wouldn’t be like this .

Today, Qin Wentian finally met the Karma Buddha . This was the second time he met him . The first time was when the Karma Buddha led a bunch of monks to pay a visit to the Qin Heavenly Divine Sect . However, at that time, no one knew that he was a buddha lord character, they only knew that he was a heavenly deity . After that, he planted a seed of karma in Fan Ye which led to everything later happening .

Now that he saw the Karma Buddha again, Qin Wentian had to suppress the rage in his heart, forcing himself to remain calm . The Karma Buddha seemed as ordinary as ever, no different when compared to other heavenly deities . He exuded no aura, yet the people around him were extremely respectful of him . Their gazes were filled with reverence from the depths of their hearts when they looked at him . Because, he was a buddha lord .

“I heard that you wish to join my tutelage to learn about the dao of karma?” The Karma Buddha calmly spoke .

“Yes . ” Qin Wentian nodded .

“Do you know what karma is?” The Karma Buddha asked . Qin Wentian shook his head . What is karma? The types of energy from the buddha dao has always been mysterious and unfathomable . Karma has ties to fate and samsara, how could one explain it clearly?