"He has become a Buddha." Hearing the abbot say this calmly, Li Huowang instantly felt a chill on his back.
He suddenly raised his head and looked at the five huge golden Buddhas around him. They were solemn and solemn just now, and their faces seemed to have changed instantly.
Li Huowang, who was just about to get up, glanced at the bright sun outside the door, and then looked at the abbot in front of him.
The old abbot was still the same as before, sitting there calmly and neither happy nor sad, as if the words just now did not come from his mouth.
"Wait, don't scare yourself, it may not be what I think."
After thinking carefully for a while, Li Huowang asked again: "Abbott, there should be a festival between Zhengde Temple and Danyangzi."
"Yes, he went around kidnapping people and killing people, causing chaos. I once sent the monks from the Bodhidharma Temple to capture him, but he escaped every time."
"You can think of a way to get rid of this person, which is also a merit."
"Then I dare to ask Master, how did a heinous and evil person like him become a Buddha? How could he become a Buddha?"
"Amitabha, what he is now does not depend on what he is. I have Buddha in my heart, and in my heart, he is Buddha."
Hearing what the other party said, Li Huowang suddenly became irritated. The old monk didn't talk well and was playing riddles with himself.
"Donor, it doesn't matter what Danyang Zi Dun and Daqian are at this time. What matters is what you think he is. What you think he is is what he is. After all, his cause and effect now depends on you.
Not Lao Na."
Xinhui's voice was still uneven, but this time Li Huowang understood what he wanted to express.
"Are you saying that Danyangzi has now become a shapeless thing that can change with people's thoughts? Similar to Mr. You?"
"Of course."
"But why? How did he become that kind of ghost? I made up all the techniques to become an immortal. There are so many poisonous things. If you eat them, you should die directly!"
Li Huowang couldn't think of this problem even if he racked his brain.
"I don't know."
Li Huowang was caught off guard by the other party's frank words. "You don't know?"
"I am not the future Buddha and cannot be omniscient and omnipotent. Monks do not tell lies. If they don't know, they just don't know."
After Li Huowang thought for a moment again, he asked a key question again.
"Abbott, is there any way to completely eliminate Danyangzi? Since he is our opponent, it is not a problem to leave him hanging like this."
He went all out to come all this way just to solve this problem.
Don't worry about what Danyangzi has become, you must deal with him.
This time Xinhui did not answer so quickly, but after thinking for a while, he raised his right hand. "Come here, I need to take a look again."
Looking at the wrinkled white hand, Li Huowang hesitated.
"Donor Xuanyang, if you still suspect that I want to harm you, then you should not have entered the temple just now."
After Li Huowang thought for a moment, he put his forehead on his palm.
With a "buzz" sound, Li Huowang felt that all the colors around him instantly became brighter several times, and he felt light and airy all over.
This wonderful feeling came and went quickly. When everything returned to normal, Li Huowang didn't know what was going on, and he still felt a little empty.
He understood that, among other things, the old abbot must have some special Buddhist powers.
"Well... this matter is of great importance. I need to discuss countermeasures with other elders. You can stay in the temple for now and I will give you an answer tomorrow."
As soon as he heard that he was going to stay, Li Huowang became a little nervous. "I still have friends outside the temple, and they won't worry if I don't go back."
Seeing Li Huowang's refusal, the abbot's tone remained calm and unhurried.
"It's up to you whether you want to stay or not. The Zhengde Temple will open at midnight tomorrow. Donor Xuanyang, please don't break your promise. You also know that if this trouble is not eliminated, it will ultimately be a big hidden danger to you and the people of the world."
When Li Huowang walked outside the hall and stood in the sunshine, looking in, he found that the abbot had turned around again and started chanting sutras again in front of the huge golden Buddha.
Li Huowang raised his head and looked at the noon sun above his head, and then at the quiet and peaceful Buddhist temples around him. It didn't look like anything had happened.
Just when Li Huowang turned around and walked a few steps, the bald back of the abbot's head, who was chanting sutras, began to squirm.
After a while, the smooth skin under the Five Buddha hat slowly cracked open, and a huge vertical eye the size of a fist came out, staring at Li Huowang.
At this time, the old abbot's chanting voice suddenly became an order of magnitude louder. "Color is not me...if it were me, color should not be sick or suffering. I want such a color...I don't want such a color...
.....Follow your emotions. So you should know..."
When Li Huowang turned around and followed the path between the temples to the main entrance where there were a lot of people and pilgrims, he felt like he had come to the human world again.
Standing in the crowd, he looked towards the alley he had just come out of, "Should I believe him?" Li Huowang felt a little hesitant.
"Hey! Taoist! I'm here!" When Li Huowang heard someone calling him, he turned around and saw the old beggar on the road not far away, waving to him excitedly.
"You came to Zhengde Temple? Are others willing to hire you?"
The old beggar nodded excitedly. "Well, the monk just said that if I feel sorry for me, he can let me stay and work in this temple."
"That's fine. You can work hard here. At least it's better than digging wild vegetables outside and eating tributes from dead people. I have to leave beforehand. By the way, I haven't asked your name yet."
"You can just call me monk. I like to be called monk. I will come to the temple to sit in the temple when I have time."
"Haha, according to your Buddhist teachings, just let it happen."
After bidding farewell to the old monk, Li Huowang left Zhengde Temple.
When he arrived at the inn that had been agreed upon, other people immediately swarmed up.
Li Huowang raised his hand to stop others from asking further questions, and said, "I have something for everyone. You can disperse and ask the locals about Zhengde Temple."
Although the contact with those monks today was very normal, he still planned to listen to the local people's opinions on Zhengde Temple before making any plans.
Others also asked what they were talking about, nodded, turned around and walked out of the inn.
Time passed little by little, and when the sun went down, the seven people who had dispersed came back one after another, and began to report their experiences to Li Huowang.
"I heard from them that Zhengde Temple is the largest temple in Xijing City and has the most popular incense."
"I heard that those monks are very pious and strictly abide by the rules. Last time, a monk ate meat secretly and was kicked out of the temple."
"I heard that the emperor in the palace would also go to that temple to worship Buddha. If you are lucky and get a good seat, you can even see the emperor!"
"This is similar to what they found out. Senior brother, what do you want us to ask about Zhengde Temple?"
Li Huowang did not answer. He did not want to tell them such a terrifying thing that Danyangzi might still exist, lest they be frightened.
After carefully considering what they had seen and heard for a while, Li Huowang found that he had no reason to refuse.
If you don't trust these monks, then you can only go head-to-head with Danyangzi who has become a "Buddha". This choice is undoubtedly courting death.
After finally weighing the gains and losses, Li Huowang made the decision to return to Zhengde Temple tomorrow.