Chapter 415 You're playing this game with me inside the Ten Thousand Buddha Cave?

Great Master Likong was looking at Yan Chu with a strange expression.

His eyes were currently emitting a hazy green light as he stared straight at him, seemingly filled with infinite wisdom, easily seeing through all his thoughts and secrets.

The sutra Great Master Likong cultivated was the number one Buddhist scripture among the ten thousand volumes in the Ten Thousand Buddha Cave, the Stainless Lingtai Heart Sutra.

This scripture cultivated the mind, refining one's state of mind to be like a divine platform—clear, stainless, unmoved by external things, and unshaken by the secular world.

Therefore, Great Master Likong's state of mind and Primordial Spirit cultivation had always exceeded those of the same rank.

This was also the reason why he was able to master Buddhist Divine Abilities like Telepathy.

The Six Divine Abilities of Buddhism all required an extremely high level of state of mind cultivation.

In the current Buddhist world, Likong was the only one who had mastered them.

However, before Yan Chu's eyes of wisdom, everything about Great Master Likong was seen through.

Even the other party's strongest thought at this moment was perceived by Yan Chu.

"How on earth should I tell him?"

"Hmm? Say what?"

Yan Chu was startled. This line had just popped up in Great Master Likong's mind, and Yan Chu happened to catch it.

Did he have something he wanted to say to him?

"Great Master Likong, do you have something you wish to say to me?"

Hmm?

Likong was startled, a trace of a smile squeezing onto his old, wrinkled face:

"How did you know?"

Yan Chu revealed an enigmatic smile.

This Wisdom Dharma Eye could see through illusions and falsehoods, and peer into thoughts and minds. Although it was not as profound as Telepathy, which could be continuously improved, it was exactly what Yan Chu needed right now.

Because its greatest utility was that it could see through all spatial rifts in this world and discern where they led.

This meant that as long as Yan Chu searched the entire world and found naturally occurring spatial rifts, he could use these Dharma Eyes of Wisdom to see where they led.

In this way, he could smuggle himself into the Upper Realm through a spatial rift.

This was the real reason behind his smile.

But in Great Master Likong's eyes, this smile made him think that Yan Chu had already seen through the plans of the Buddhist monks.

Indeed!

After some discussion, the Buddhist monks had decided that Master Kongchan, Monk Fajue, and Master Fayuan—the current leaders of the three Buddhist Holy Lands—would go together to persuade Abbess Wangyou of Jingyue Nunnery, as well as Miaoyun and her Disciple of Kongzhu Nunnery.

In the two nunneries, there was no shortage of beautiful women with excellent appearances, temperaments, and clear Heart-Natures. They were all highly respected figures in the Buddhist community, and many were even of the same generation as Monk Fajue and Master Fayuan.

Of course, the Buddhist community would naturally provide sufficient compensation for the sacrifices made by the two nunneries.

Meanwhile, Great Master Likong had come to consult Yan Chu about this news and ask for his opinion.

The general idea was to see if Abbess Wangyou and the others could serve Yan Chu well so that he would then set up an altar to lecture on the scriptures for everyone.

However, for him, the current number one figure in Buddhism, to bring up such a matter was somewhat embarrassing.

He had originally wanted to use the phenomenon inside the Zhenru Grotto as an opening, but when the words reached his lips, he simply couldn't bring himself to say them.

He hadn't expected that the other party had already seen through their little scheme.

As expected of a True Buddha!

Great Master Likong couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Since that was the case, what else was there to say? He might as well speak plainly!

This was all a terrible idea cooked up by juniors like Kongchan and Master Fayuan; he, Great Master Likong, had absolutely no part in it.

With the True Buddha's profound realization of Buddhist dharma, he would surely look down upon the petty and disgraceful actions of these juniors!

At this point, Great Master Likong decided to just let it all out, spilling the beans about what Master Fayuan and the others had discussed, though he completely excluded himself from it.

Implicitly and explicitly, he expressed his deep shame for these juniors.

"What?!!"

Hearing this, Yan Chu was utterly shocked:

"This, this, this, this—"

Seeing this, Great Master Likong's heart sank, thinking that things had gone wrong. As expected, such a matter displeased the True Buddha. He quickly said:

"True Buddha, please wait. This old monk will go and stop those juniors right away! This is simply outrageous! What do they take our Buddhist precepts and rules for?"

"No, wait..."

Yan Chu hastily pulled him back.

"I didn't mean that. Let me think first."

He rubbed his forehead, seemingly in deep thought.

Seeing this, Great Master Likong was stunned again, wondering to himself: 'Could there be a chance?'

To be honest, Yan Chu really hadn't expected the Buddhist community to go to such lengths for him.

This was the Ten Thousand Buddha Cave!

The ancestral home of Buddhism with a Legacy spanning over ten thousand years!

And yet, you guys are playing this game with me inside the Ten Thousand Buddha Cave?

How could I possibly accept this?

Although this was all out of the filial piety of the Buddhist Disciples, if word of this spread to the Jianghu, it would not look good and would do no favors for his reputation.

Thus, after pondering for a moment, Yan Chu finally clapped his hands, let out a long sigh, and nodded reluctantly under Great Master Likong's expectant gaze:

"Since you all yearn so deeply for the Buddhist Dharma, I shall choose a day to set up an altar and lecture on the scriptures in the Zhenru Grotto, teaching you the Mahayana Dharma to fulfill your wishes!"

Previously, even if he had accepted the benefits from the Buddhist community, he would have had no scriptures to lecture on.

But now, having just received the Legacy of Venerable Huaimojun's wisdom fruit, his understanding of Buddhist principles and scriptures—while perhaps not at the level of an Arhat—was absolutely far superior to that of Great Master Likong before him.

Thus, he could naturally lecture on the scriptures now!

"However, what you discussed also makes some sense. The Buddha once said that the Dharma cannot be easily transmitted. Whether you can hear these scriptures depends on your karmic affinity."

Great Master Likong, understanding perfectly, said:

"True Buddha, please rest assured. My martial nephew Kongchan and the others are currently persuading them."

There was naturally no need to spell out what they were persuading them about.

"Yes, remember that everything must be voluntary. Our Buddha never forces anyone."

"Of course!"

Great Master Likong sighed softly in his heart, but quickly gathered his thoughts.

In any case, they were all monastics, so they did not place that much importance on the purity of their physical bodies.

Even if Abbess Wangyou and the others broke the precept against lust this time, they would be testing the precept with their own bodies to serve the True Buddha. Their Karma would be boundless!

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At this moment, inside the Great Awakening Cave of the Ten Thousand Buddha Cave.

This was the exclusive Buddhist cave of Abbess Wangyou, the leader of Jingyue Nunnery.

The leaders of all the major Buddhist sects in the world each had an exclusive Buddhist cave within the Ten Thousand Buddha Cave for their use when they came to lecture on scriptures and debate the Dharma.

After listening to the explanation from Kongchan and the other two, Abbess Wangyou's expression flickered unpredictably.

Abbess Wangyou was dressed in a plain Buddhist robe, kneeling on a futon, which accentuated her slender and graceful figure.

Her long black hair was completely bound up inside a Buddhist cap, with no trace of worldly makeup on her face, yet her facial features were as exquisite as a painting, with a delicate nose and cherry lips that formed a gentle, moving contour.

Her eyes were clear, like a mountain spring. Even without any adornment, she still could not hide her naturally peerless beauty.

Between her brows, she possessed both the serene Zen intent of Buddhism and the delicate charm of a woman.

As a natural beauty ranked eighteenth on the beauties ranking list and a Heaven-Man Realm powerhouse who had opened her Divine Treasury, even though she was already over a hundred years old, her skin and appearance still surpassed those of a sixteen-year-old girl.

She also possessed the charm left behind by the passage of time, beautiful in a dignified and holy way that inspired respect while making one unable to help but admire her elegance.

"Junior Sister Wangyou, I believe we do not need to say more about what the True Buddha represents, do we?"

"The World-Honored One's Sanskrit Voice from not long ago directly caused the cultivation of all Buddhist Disciples to advance. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"