The Monk That Wanted To Renounce Asceticism - Chapter 131

Chapter 131: Buddha Statue Augmentation

However, Xiaomi didn't understand Squirrel and thought that he was playing with her . She was so happy that she could not even close her mouth .

At that moment, Lone Wolf returned languidly . Xiaomi's eyes immediately lit up as she pointed at Lone Wolf and asked Fangzheng, "Big Baldy, is this a dog?"

"Eh . . . I guess you can consider him a dog's ancestor . Don't be fooled by his size . He's very gentle," said Fangzheng with a chuckle .

When Lone Wolf heard that, he raised his head high . When he saw Xiaomi holding the pine nuts in her hands and the squirrel on her shoulder, he suddenly had a sense of foreboding . The hoarder's pine nuts had landed in the little girl's hands! She spelled trouble! Therefore, the fellow immediately turned around in a bid to escape!

The result-

Fangzheng dragged him back and placed Xiaomi on Lone Wolf's back . Under various threats and promises, Lone Wolf finally bitterly became Xiaomi's second playmate . He brought Xiaomi around the monastery and ran everywhere .

Fangzheng was naturally not worried leaving Lone Wolf and Squirrel to watch Xiaomi . The two animals were getting more intelligent by the day, and he always had a nagging feeling that it wouldn't take long for them to turn into demon spirits .

And at the same time, he could hear faint sobbing come from the temple hall .

Fangzheng came to the hall's entrance and looked in . He saw Lu Shuangshuang kneeling on the ground, drowning in tears .

Fangzheng was somewhat surprised . The Buddhist scriptures he read did not teach him the art of consoling a crying woman . Should he go over? Or not?

Fangzheng rubbed his bald head and was completely lost .

"Ding! Do you need help?" asked the System suddenly .

"What do you think? If I had hair, I would have already pulled all of it out . A woman's crying is truly terrifying . However, she is really sad . She resembles . . . me back when Old Dad One Finger departed . I can sense the pain in her heart, but I am completely unsure how I should console her," thought Fangzheng .

"The Thousand-armed and Thousand-eyed Guan Yin is a blessing to most people . For you especially, she is the best teacher . Perhaps you should seek her help," said the System .

Fangzheng was stunned . "Seek Guan Yin Bodhisattva's help? Can . . . I?"

Although the System was very miraculous, Fangzheng was a little taken aback to seek Bodhisattva's help on such a matter . Would it work?

"You are not seeking Bodhisattva, but the powers that accompany the Thousand-armed and Thousand-eyed Guan Yin drawing on the Ten Thousand Buddha plaque . Just like the child-giving Guan Yin allows you to make a person pregnant, it is a unique guiding divine power," explained the System .

"Then how do I cast it?" Fangzheng had no clue at all .

"As long as you are in the monastery, you can borrow the statue's power to guide you into completing something you are incapable of . It can also strengthen a particular divine power of yours, such as helping people become pregnant or the Heavenly Eye divine power, etc . However, you are required to take the lead . The powers of the statues can only aid you . Use your divine power, A Golden Millet Dream, and you will understand," said the System .

Fangzheng nodded and looked at Lu Shuangshuang . He took a deep breath and held his palms together . "Amitabha!"

Ever since Lu Shuangshuang entered the temple hall, she had remained motionless in her kneeling state . She believed that everything would go as she expected it to go and that she was only trying to numb herself or trying to find a place to secretly cry out to vent her anguish .

However, when she knelt on the mat, voicing out her troubles and pains in mumbles, the Ten Thousand Buddha plaque in front of her suddenly lit up with golden light . But the golden light was faint and vanished after a flash as though it had been an illusion .

Lu Shuangshuang only treated it as her eyes playing tricks on her . However, when she looked at the Ten Thousand Buddha plaque from the corner of her eyes, the Thousand-arm Guan Yin's eyes seemed to move . The compassionate and benevolent gaze left her heart palpitating! She looked up abruptly but discovered that the Guan Yin on the Ten Thousand Buddha plaque remained unchanged . It had not moved at all .

"It must have been an illusion," Lu Shuangshuang heaved a sigh of relief . At that moment, a Buddhist proclamation sounded from behind her, "Amitabha!"

Lu Shuangshuang subconsciously turned her head to look over but discovered that Fangzheng and Xiaomi were no longer around . Even stranger, the bodhi tree in the yard had bloomed! The snow had melted and lotus flowers were blooming in the monastery . The walls and everywhere inside the yard was filled with lotus flowers!

"This!" Lu Shuangshuang had a look of shock plastered all over her face . She immediately ran out of the hall as she heard the sound of water splashing .

Lu Shuangshuang lowered her head and instead of seeing land beneath her feet, she saw water!

She looked up again, and the monastery was gone . All that was left was a lush bodhi tree!

When she looked back, the Buddhist hall was gone too! All that was left was an endless pond of lotus flowers .

"Where am I?" Lu Shuangshuang surveyed her surroundings . In her perplexed state, she questioned worriedly and fearfully .

However, her surroundings were empty . No one answered her question .

Lu Shuangshuang turned more perplexed .

At that moment, there was the sound of flowing water . Following that, a path parted at her feet . The path stretched deep into the lotus flower pond . Due to the lotus flowers blocking her view, she could not see what was inside .

Lu Shuangshuang bolstered her courage as she walked forward and pushed aside the lotus flowers . As she walked, the surrounding scenery changed . The lotus flowers began to turn sparse, and someone seemed to be talking ahead of her .

"There's someone!" Lu Shuangshuang was just about to run forward when a young bald monk suddenly appeared in front of her . He was dressed in white monk robes and effused a sense of cleanliness . Just a look at him calmed her panic and fear .

"Master Fangzheng?" asked Lu Shuangshuang .

Fangzheng looked up slightly and nodded before shaking his head . He then looked up to the sky .

Lu Shuangshuang traced his gaze and looked up as well . She was dumbfounded the next moment!

She saw a white-robed monk sitting on a golden lotus throne high in the sky . Behind him were a thousand hands, all forming different hand seals or holding different treasures . The Dharmic presence was solemn, but it also effused kindness . The person was gargantuan, covering half the sky!

"Guan Yin Bodhisattva?!" Lu Shuangshuang asked in disbelief .

"Amitabha, it is This Penniless Monk . Lu Shuangshuang, you stepped into One Finger Temple, paid respect to This Penniless Monk and offered incense . This Penniless Monk will naturally help you with your pleas . However, the knot in your heart requires you to untie them yourself," said Guan Yin Bodhisattva .

Lu Shuangshuang was looking up into the sky, and she did not realize that Fangzheng was below, racking his brains to think of what to say .

Everything that happened was indeed a scene that he had set up with the statue's guidance . He even vaguely knew what to do . However, the statue's guidance was very ambiguous . Many things required him to think, ponder, and understand before he could complete everything .

The statue in the sky was not a mirage but a Dharma body manifestation projected from the real Guan Yin Bodhisattva's statue . There was no sentience from the Bodhisattva and everything was left to Fangzheng's control . But not only did this Dharma body provide guidance, with it also came a Bodhisattva's aura . It could calm a person's heart and refresh one's mind .

Lu Shuangshuang looked at the Guan Yin Bodhisattva in the sky and sensed the peaceful aura that the Bodhisattva exuded . She vaguely felt as if she were near Han Xiaoguo's sheltering arm . It was warm and dependable, as though she had found a shelter against a storm .

Lu Shuangshuang held her palms together as she bowed and said, "Bodhisattva, I implore you to help me . "

"The person you wish to meet is up ahead . Go on," Guan Yin Bodhisattva pointed ahead .

Lu Shuangshuang nodded and walked forward . After she passed through the dense lotus flowers, she was left stunned . There was no longer a lotus pond but a bustling city!