WVKWnovel #355 - You evil beast!
#355 - You evil beast!
“Buddha… Nirvana.”
“Relic… want to taste the flavor.”
“Fulfill… the child's wish!”
Xu Chengxian seemed completely bewitched by the illusion, loudly voicing his desires.
“The child wants to eat more, a great demon… No! I want a demon general’s demon core!”
“A demon commander’s will also do, preferably made into a lollipop, so I can lick it a few times and hold onto it!”
“I also want to eat… or how about giving me a Bodhisattva to taste?” Xu Chengxian smacked his lips. “I heard the Buddha cut his flesh to feed the eagles, is there a kind-hearted Bodhisattva willing to preach with their physical body, to satisfy the snake’s craving?”
The Buddhist sounds and chanting paused for a moment.
It was as if the cassette tape had jammed.
Then, in the next instant, it rang out again, even louder than before.
The rhythm had changed.
It seemed to be mixed with anger and accusation.
Each sound was like a heavy hammer, striking Xu Chengxian’s heart, gradually making him feel ashamed.
Then, gradually and irresistibly, the thought of conversion and redemption arose.
At this moment, scenes from his past flashed through his mind.
Those past life's sufferings, confusions, and struggles seemed to find a home at this moment.
“Yes, that’s right, living is really hard.” Xu Chengxian muttered to himself.
Golden light had already wrapped around him.
He also seemed to give up struggling, giving up the thought of wanting to break free from these bonds.
Probably because he discovered that his strength seemed so insignificant in this illusion.
The benevolent-looking old monk’s Dharma form also arrived before him.
He extended an aged palm towards him.
In that hand, he held a string of prayer beads made of Bodhi seeds.
Among them, one was missing.
The old monk beckoned to him.
“Master, do you want me to complete this string of prayer beads?” Xu Chengxian asked with a face full of piety.
The old monk smiled and nodded.
As if to say, that was exactly it.
“I’ve never been a prayer bead before, I wonder what it feels like to become one.” Xu Chengxian asked.
The old monk smiled without saying a word.
He only closed his eyes and chanted scriptures, urging him to come over quickly, along with the grand and resounding Buddhist sounds.
The golden light that was wrapped around Xu Chengxian was also trying to make him obediently become that prayer bead.
“Being a prayer bead in the Buddha’s hand is much better than suffering in the mortal world!”
These words came out of Xu Chengxian’s mouth, and all the gods and Buddhas in the sky revealed gentle smiles of praise.
Then, immediately following their smiles, they turned into anger.
“But I don’t like it.” Xu Chengxian said.
He had been a human, and now he was a big patterned snake.
But he didn’t want to be a dead object prayer bead.
Not in anyone’s hand.
At least not in this lifetime.
If there was a chance in the next life, then maybe.
The old monk was still looking at him with a smile.
“Die? No way.” Xu Chengxian shook his head.
“I think that when you’re alive, you should live well.”
In some aspects, he had his own persistence.
When he was a human, he would be a good human.
When he was a snake, he would be a good snake.
Now that he was a good patterned snake, why should he die?
“This isn’t right.” Xu Chengxian sighed, “I can’t go with you either.”
His mother in this life was a big white snake.
Child?
A group of monks calling him a child sounded quite creepy.
The gods and Buddhas had gloomy faces, glaring at him angrily, “Why do you refuse to serve the World Honored One?”
Xu Chengxian scratched his head and asked, “Who is the World Honored One?”
“I’ve heard of Guanshiyin Bodhisattva.” He said, “Is the World Honored One higher in rank than Guanshiyin?”
As soon as the words fell, a huge Guanyin Bodhisattva appeared in the void.
She was draped in white gauze, holding a pure bottle, gently flicking a willow branch.
Raising specks of dew, scattering them towards Xu Chengxian.
“Child, let go of your attachments, come back.”
Her voice was like a spring breeze caressing the face, gentle and firm.
That voice seemed to have magic, allowing one’s heart to gain unprecedented peace and tranquility.
“Bodhisattva!”
“You’ve finally come!”
Xu Chengxian looked at Guanyin Bodhisattva, tears couldn’t help but slide down, flowing to the corners of his mouth.
At this moment, he seemed to see the longing and redemption deep within his heart.
The light of the gods and Buddhas in the sky completely enveloped him, and he felt his body becoming lighter and lighter, as if he was about to merge into this void.
And that longing for conversion was burning fiercely in his heart like a raging fire.
Never to be extinguished again.
… …
“Heh! This snake pet is quite interesting!”
Outside, Wang Shanlu had been laughing for quite a while.
Ever since Xu Chengxian shouted that the child wanted to eat the relics of the Bodhisattva realm, and started making various wishes, his laughter hadn’t stopped.
If he hadn’t set up a barrier long ago to isolate the noise, he was afraid that it would have attracted countless common people to watch.
Chengji also couldn’t help but smile and say, “Little Flower is indeed pure and kind-hearted, only thinking about eating.”
“You say it’s pure and kind-hearted?” Wang Shanlu laughed even louder, “Did you hear what it was shouting it wanted to eat?”
It wanted to eat relics, eat demon generals, and demon commanders' inner cores!
It didn’t even look up to the great demons anymore.
What’s even more outrageous is that it has already started shouting that it wants to eat the physical body of the Bodhisattva!
“It’s already eating physical bodies, can you still say it’s pure and kind-hearted?” Wang Shanlu asked Chengji with a loud laugh, “Do you dare say what you just said again?”
Chengji didn’t dare.
If he dared to say it again, he would only be able to betray the Buddhist faith and follow Wang Shanlu to cultivate in the Xuanmen!
But he was used to the days without hair, so he wasn’t considering growing it out for the time being.
At this time, the flower snake below was shouting:
“Why give it to the eagle, but not to the snake?”
“Snakes can also be good children!”
But soon, there was no sound.
As if it was frozen in place.
“Wang Shanlu, stop laughing.” Chengji’s expression changed.
“Hmm?”
Wang Shanlu also realized that something was wrong and became serious.
“This snake pet, I’m afraid it’s about to convert to my Buddha.” Chengkong said with a slight frown.
To think that it couldn’t even withstand the divine sense on a prayer bead, and was about to be successfully converted.
It’s truly disappointing.
Wang Shanlu and Chengji didn’t say anything.
They were waiting.
Intuitively, these two people believed that the flower snake wouldn’t be so easily converted.
Sure enough, they didn’t have to wait too long.
It was only a few breaths later.
“Hiss hiss!”
The flower snake suddenly widened its eyes.
It let out an angry hiss.
Its tail swung and slammed into the wall.
It didn’t use magic power, and even controlled its strength.
But it wasn’t very useful.
With a bang, the wall collapsed.
Then, the flower snake darted out from the ruins.
It also fiercely raised its tail and slapped it down several times.
It didn’t know who it was hitting.
“It, what’s wrong with it?” Wang Shanlu raised his eyebrows.
It looked like it had woken up, but why was this reaction so strange?
… …
And what caused all of this was in the illusion.
The Buddhas shouted loudly:
“You vile creature! How dare you be so rude!”