1467 Entering Lapis Lazuli Land, Desire World Sky, Did He Notice Something?
The Buddhist Character Boundary has existed outside Lapis Lazuli Land for countless years.
The boundary set by the great one of the Buddhist world was indeed a powerful one, and even an Arch Gilded Immortal would have difficulties breaking through as it only allowed entry to all Buddhist disciples.
Who would be considered a Buddhist disciple?
Those who possessed Buddhist Traits were all categorized as one.
The Prodigies knew Chu Kuangren as a bloodthirsty battle manic who caused the slaughter-fest at Interstellar Arena. He even killed multiple Buddhist world Prodigies throughout his existence and even possessed the Papiyas strength.
They believed Chu Kuangren had lost even his humanity, let alone his Buddhist Traits. Therefore, he would never be able to enter the Buddhist Character Boundary.
However, the shocking scene left them all speechless.
With the Buddhist light shot up into the sky and the solemn energy presence, Chu Kuangren was like a living Buddha, and no one would doubt his authority.
“How could he possess such high Buddhist Traits?”
“It’s impossible!”
The Buddhist light from Chu Kuangren rendered everyone speechless. They were all carried away by the shock and astonishment.
“Amitabha. Brother Chu possessed great wisdom,” Hui Zhang said while putting his hands together.
At the same time, he sensed something familiar from Chu Kuangren—the presence of Ksitigarbha.
It was rumored that Chu Kuangren also possessed the inheritance of Ksitigarbha, now it has been proven.
“Honghua, Shi Ying, let’s go,” Chu Kuangren said to the ladies behind him.
“Can we?” Shang Honghua asked curiously.
“Honghua should make it. You have already cultivated the Restful Mantra for a while now, and the technique belongs to Euphoria Pure Land, so you are already half a Buddhist yourself,” Jing Hui explained.
A few years ago, in order to suppress the evil in Shang Honghua, Jing Hui taught her the Restful Mantra, and she had already cultivated it to a certain height.
“As for Shi Ying, I believe she will be fine as well.”
Jing Hui glanced at Shi Ying strangely.
“Then, let’s have a try.”
Shang Honghua and Shi Ying followed Chu Kuangren into the Buddhist Character Boundary.
It was as Jing Hui said — the boundary did not reject their entries.
The two of them entered the boundary and continued into the Lapis Lazuli land.
Shi Ying was more confused than ever.
‘Who exactly am I?’
As far as she could remember, she had never cultivated any Buddhist world technique and had never been a Buddhist disciple, so why would the Buddhist Character Boundary grant her entry?
She also felt a strange sense of familiarity as soon as she set foot inside. It was as though she came here before.
Chu Kuangren glanced at Shi Ying and said, “Don’t think too much. Just follow your heart.”
“I understand, Chief.” Shi Ying nodded.
Hui Zhang and the other Prodigies entered the Lapis Lazuli land as well.
Chu Kuangren sized up the new environment.
Grand mountains and clear rivers could be found in the land. Inside the lush forest stood many Buddhist statues with Buddhist light circulating around them, granting them a solemn presence.
At the far end was a number of palaces that worshiped the Three-Thousand Sangharama, Eight Divisions Dragon, Four Heavenly Kings, and Eighteen Arhats, who were all ancient existence from the Buddhist world.
The Buddhist Traits were portrayed magnificently in the land.
However, Chu Kuangren sensed a hint of Evil Traits among the Buddhist Traits.
It came from above him, where the sky was.
Everyone looked up to the sky.
Instead of the blue sky with clouds, the sky was dyed violet and red.
Amidst the seducing glow were visions of women, gold and all kinds of mortal temptations. It was as though all temptations in the universe were contained in the sky.
Buddhist Traits on the ground, Evil Traits up in the sky.
The two different energies seemed to balance out each other in this land, hence forming a strange phenomenon.
“Brother Chu, please do not simply deduce the sky above you. That’s the Desire World Sky. Staring at it for too long will attract attention from the Desire World Sky Demon,” Jing Hui came up with a solemn warning.
“Oh? The Desire World Sky? I heard it was the land where the Demonic Buddha, Papiyas, lived. Why is it here?”
“This is just a fragment of the original Desire World Sky. As for why is it here, maybe after the Immortal World shattered, this fragment arrived here by accident. The great ones from the Pure Lands suspected that it was the main reason for Lapis Lazuli Land’s decline, hence the Buddhist Character Boundary to prevent it from affecting its surrounding.
The Desire World Sky’s energy should not be fooled around with.
Even the most devoted monk would fall into temptations sometimes, let alone the common man.
“You mentioned the Sky Demon, what does that mean?”
“The Desire World Sky Demon works for Papiyas. It sees through people’s desire and lures them into the demonic paths, converting the tempted into one of their kind. Once fallen, not even Buddha could save you.”
Chu Kuangren nodded at the careful explanation.
“Our expeditions usually only cover land that is veiled by Buddhist Traits. We have never once tried to approach the Desire World Sky,” Jing Hui added, emphasizing how dangerous the sky was.
She sounded like the sky was the source of all evil and would bring a catastrophic end to humankind once fallen.
“Alright. We shall go to the Arhat Hall first as planned,” Hui Zhang said.
There were many structures of the Buddhist world in the land that worshiped different kinds of existence from ancient times.
Hui Zhang and the others would visit the Arhat Hall every visit to pray and pay respect. The process blessed them with a slight increase in comprehension of Buddhism.
They might even find opportunities in the process.
With Hui Zhang’s lead, the group soon arrived at Arhat Hall, and as its name suggested, the place worshiped the Eighteen Arhats.
Many Daoist patterns surrounded the statues of the Arhats and the shimmering Buddhist light granted them a mystical presence.
Other than Chu Kuangren and his group, Hui Zhang led the other Prodigies to pray and pay respect at each and every Archat’s statue. They then sat on the ground and started chanting.
The Eighteen Arhat’s statue shone brightly as soon as they chanted as if they came alive. All kinds of Buddhist world divine abilities were displayed to their worshippers.
“That’s the manifestation of Daoist Rhyme.”
Chu Kuangren spotted something strange and was rather surprised.
All Eighteen Arhat’s statues had Buddhist world’s divine abilities and Daoist Rhymes etched onto them by some powerful means. With some kind of correct trigger, one could activate them and gain insights from them.
Half a day later, after the chanting session ended, the group got up and planned to head toward the next destination.
“Jing Hui, I almost completed my Dragon Demon Vanquisher. I want to stay here for a little longer. You guys go ahead to the next worship place. I’ll catch up later,” Hui Zhang said with a smile.
“Okay.” Jing Hui nodded without a hint of suspicion.
Chu Kuangren glanced at Hui Zhang and curled his lips profoundly. “Master Hui Zhang, the Desire World Sky is above our heads, you must be careful and don’t peek at it.”
“I understand.”
Hui Zhang stared at Chu Kuangren deeply.
“Hui Zhang has been to Lapis Lazuli Land more than ten times. He doesn’t need your reminder. It’s you who should be careful not to cause any trouble for us,” one of the Prodigies voiced his grievance.
“Brother Chu, let’s go ahead to the next destination. We shouldn’t disturb Hui Zhang from gaining insights into his divine ability.”
Jing Hui stepped in and brought the others away.
Hui Zhang saw them off from the Arhat Hall. He pondered. “Had he noticed something?”