This time, Ancestor Bodhi had completely piqued Alex’s curiosity. So, Alex asked, “That Rac… Who exactly is she?”
Ancestor Bodhi shook his head. “I can’t say! I can’t say!”
Afterward, he was filled with a fighting spirit. “This is probably the will of the Western Paradise, leaving a chance for our Buddhism. Brat, what are you waiting for? I’ll send you to Dairaionji Temple right now. Remember, my real body is at the Heart Mountain behind it. When the time comes, you…”
Ancestor Bodhi whispered to Alex, telling him the key secrets of his actual body.
Alex nodded.
“Good brat, the revival of the Western Paradise’s Buddhist realm will depend on you.”
Alex smiled. Having a vague concept about the Buddhism of Western Paradise, he had done everything just to save his father.
***
Whoosh!
With their heads faced down, Ancestor Bodhi grabbed Alex and burrowed into the ground.
“The underground air isn’t good, and there’s a strong earthen stench, so you’ll have to endure it for a bit,” Ancestor Bodhi reminded him.
After that, he told Alex again.
An ancient Buddhist battlefield was fought here at the forbidden area of Dairaionji Temple. Over a hundred bodhisattvas once died in bloody battles here, and many Buddhas met their demise… This place had inherited the residual ancient Buddhist fighting spirits. Hence, those evil demons that had a hold on Dairaionji Temple dared not enter this place, inadvertently sealing it up.
If Ancestor Bodhi hadn’t been able to burrow into the ground and break force fields, he wouldn’t have come to this place. In fact, he would have been refined a long time ago.
Soon, they arrived at the periphery of the ancient Buddhist battlefield. As expected, a force field engulfed the place.
Alex asked, “Do you want to try to break the seal open?”
Their true identities were hairy, pitch-black bear demons, but each seemed to be carrying a monk’s body on their backs. When they turned around, they looked like kind Buddhist disciples, but they became hideous demons when they turned around again.
At that moment, the two fake monks showed their true faces and engaged in a discussion.
“Strange. I clearly felt an abnormal movement here just now. Why did I find nothing?”
“Hmph, you urchin. You must’ve become blind from all that drinking.”
“Perhaps I really am.”
“This is Dairaionji Temple. Who else can enter? It’s very safe! Go, go… Go take a leak! We’ll continue drinking later!”
Alex’s expression stiffened. ‘D*mn! Are they going to piss on our heads?!’
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