"Are you finally here?"

"No!"

"You are not him, who are you?"

...

Walking into the Sansheng Gate, the golden water surface under Zhang Ruochen's feet turned white.

The boundary between water and the sky disappears.

This is a dust-free world!

Zhang Ruochen asked while moving forward slowly, "Who are you and where are you?"

"I know who you are, you are his successor."

The vast voice sounded again.

"Wow!"

A shadow appeared on the white water surface under Zhang Ruochen's feet.

It is a Buddha's shadow, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, a ancient face, wearing a robe, and ninety-nine buns on his head, and the bun is like a mud pattern in the earthworm.

Zhang Ruochen couldn't help but take a step back and looked up at the sky.

But, there is nothing in the sky.

There is only one shadow in the water.

"No need to look for it. I have been dead for many years. This is the reward body condensed by my remaining consciousness and merit energy." The Buddha shadow in the water said.

The sound is erratic, sometimes far and sometimes near.

Zhang Ruochen saw the Buddha's shadow in the water, which looked very similar to the body of Yun Qing Ancient Buddha, and said, "Are you Yun Qing Ancient Buddha?"

“That’s right.”

Zhang Ruochen developed a sense of respect, and quickly clasped his hands together and bowed.

This is a great sage of Buddhism. Zhang Ruochen was deeply favored by Buddhism, so how could he not worship him?

Zhang Ruochen said, "The person you are waiting for should be my master, Sumeru Holy Monk, right?"

"I was waiting for him, but it's okay if you come." The Buddha Shadow in the Water said.

Zhang Ruochen was puzzled and said, "I just became a god with spiritual power. My cultivation is limited. Compared with the master, it is a hundred and eight thousand miles away."

"It is not that if you have high cultivation, you will definitely succeed. Please sit down first, and I will talk to you slowly."

Zhang Ruochen sat cross-legged and sat in the same position as the Buddha shadow in the water.

The Buddha's shadow in the water is like his reflection.

The Buddha's shadow in the water said: "In this abyss of darkness, I have died for endless years. Only the retribution body remains, and my consciousness is almost wiped out. Your arrival is my only hope."

The Buddha has three bodies: Dharma body, reward body, and response body.

The Dharma body is the true body of the Buddha and the symbol of the essence of life.

The Dharma body of Yunqing Ancient Buddha is the corpse that was thousands of feet long that fell into the ancient abandoned city.

The reward body refers to the body formed by accumulated merits and knowledge. After the Dharma body dies, the reward body can be reincarnated.

what goes around comes around.

All are rewarding bodies.

As for the response body, it refers to the incarnation of Buddha.

Yunqing Ancient Buddha, the Dharma body is dead, the response body does not exist, and only the reward body remains here, and he cannot be reincarnated.

Zhang Ruochen still had some understanding of the Buddha and said, "The ancient Buddha is hope. I can bring your reward body out of the abyss of darkness and be reincarnated?"

The Buddha Shadow in the Water said: "I certainly have this idea, but I hope you do something more important. Because, maybe only you can make it."

Zhang Ruochen asked, "What's the matter?"

"Go to Daming Mountain and retrieve the Buddhist treasure Mani Pearl." The Buddha's shadow in the water said.

Zhang Ruochen was not unfamiliar with the Mani Pearl and said, "The Great Ming Mountain is vague and cannot be found. With my current cultivation level, it may be difficult to complete the ancient Buddha's instructions."

With the cultivation of Yunqing Ancient Buddha, the Mani Pearl was unable to retrieve it and fell in the ancient abandoned city.

With Yin Xuetian's cultivation level, in order to find the Mani Pearl, he was still missing in the Abyss of Darkness.

Zhang Ruochen is a humble and cautious person, so he naturally cannot be arrogant and thinks that he can do things that neither Yunqing Gu Buddha nor Yin Xuetian can do.

"Crash."

The water surface is rippling.

A scroll rose from the water and appeared in front of Zhang Ruochen.

On the scroll, two swallows are painted on the willow branches, which are extremely vivid.

However, Zhang Ruochen saw that this painting contained traces of the Great Way. Each stroke seemed to be as good as you want, but it contained infinite mystery.

In the lower left corner of the scroll, there is also the word "Zhang".

Seeing this text, a magnificent figure appeared in Zhang Ruochen's mind unconsciously. The twenty-seventh level of heaven above his head, and his feet stepped on the hell and the underworld, shocking his mind.

The Buddha's shadow in the water said: "Have you ever heard the allusion that the Ming King lost his bead while sitting in meditation?"

Zhang Ruochen suppressed the shock in his heart, looked away from the scroll, and nodded.

"At that time, the King of Modified King Dazun won away the Mani Pearl from my master, Yutian Buddha. However, after my master sat in the transformation, he came to mourn, drew the painting and handed it to me. He said that using this painting as a token, you can go to the abyss of darkness to retrieve the Mani Pearl." The Buddha's shadow in the water said.

Zhang Ruochen touched the scroll and sighed in his heart: "This "Swallow Flying Two Picture" was actually from the hand of a great master. However, since the ancient Buddha held the token, why..."

Zhang Ruochen couldn't say the next half.

The Buddha Shadow in the Water said: "The dangers of the Abyss of Darkness are far more terrifying than you think."

Zhang Ruochen said, "So, the ancient Buddha hopes that I can hold this picture and go to Daming Mountain, retrieve the Mani Pearl, and send it back to the Buddha Realm of the West?"

"No! I hope that you can retrieve the Mani Pearl and give it to the Kong Yinxue of the Nether Clan. If she has fallen, she can give it to her descendants." The Buddha Shadow in the Water said.

Zhang Ruochen was very puzzled and said, "Why? How can the Buddhist treasure fall into the hands of the underworld?"

"What is the meaning of the existence of the Buddhist treasure?" The Buddha Shadow in the Water asked this.

Zhang Ruochen understood ingeniously.

The Buddha Shadow in the Water said: "All the grievances in the past came from this Mani Pearl. These grievances did not disappear as the old friends passed away, but continued, causing countless innocent blood and tears."

"A bead, a love, a resentment, endless pain."

"I wanted to find the Manizhu back then, just to resolve this tragedy of hatred. Although the Manizhu is precious, it is the most valuable place to resolve hatred, reduce pain, and calm resentment."

Zhang Ruochen sighed in his heart.

Haishui said that Yun Qing Gu Buddha wanted to retrieve the Mani Pearl because the Mani Pearl was lost because he felt guilty and wanted to make up for the regrets in his heart.

Now it seems that the sea water regards Yunqing Ancient Buddha too shallowly.

Zhang Ruochen was from the bottom of his heart and admired the ancient Buddha Yunqing and said, "Did the ancient Buddha have seen that I am a descendant of the Dazun of the Ming Dynasty?"

"That's right! It is precisely because you have this unique identity that you are the best candidate to retrieve the Mani Pearl and resolve the resentment of the two families." The Buddha Shadow in the Water said.

Zhang Ruochen clasped his hands together and said, "I am obliged to find the Mani Pearl. However, I can't do it if I ask me to give the Mani Pearl to the descendants of Kong Yinxue and send it to the Underworld Hall."

"This is exactly why I must send you! Most of the disputes in the world are because there are prejudices in my heart."

"If you have prejudice in your heart, you will have disputes in the future, and then fight for life and never end. When will it end?"

The Buddha Shadow in the Water continued: "But if you have the heart to resolve hatred and let go of prejudices in your heart, you may not be able to clear the clouds and see the sun, the sea will be broad, and the sky will be accumulated, and the future generations will be able to accept all rivers and tolerate everything. It is not a person with narrow mind, but should be able to do it."

Zhang Ruochen smiled bitterly and said, "Senior, do you know how many years have you been in the Abyss of Darkness? It has been eight hundred thousand years. Eight hundred thousand years, the outside world has changed the world, the twenty-four heavens have fallen, the holy realm is destroyed, the heavenly palace is established, and the universe and all worlds are under the attack of the hell realm, and there are more than tens of millions of casualties."

"Now, the war has started again, I don't know how many great realms are going to be destroyed, and how many stars are going to be broken."

"I am sending the Mani Pearl to the Palace of the Underworld now, isn't I pushing the war to a more cruel direction?"

"You said, I am open-minded and can accommodate all rivers and tolerate everything. However, I cannot tolerate the gods of the Nether Palace because they are far stronger than me and do not need my tolerance. In other words, I am not qualified to say the word tolerance in front of them before I have strong cultivation."

"The prerequisite for the sea to embrace all rivers is that I have to be as vast and powerful as the sea."

"Now, I am just a drop of water, and I have only a heart that has become a sea, and I can't stand the river."

The Buddha shadows in the water were silent for a long time, as if they were digesting the words that Zhang Ruochen said.

Zhang Ruochen then said, "But I can promise the ancient Buddha that if I am strong enough in the future, I will do my best to resolve the grudges of the past and fulfill the ancient Buddha's last wishes. But if the descendants of Kong Yinxue are stubborn and still become enemies with me, I can only hold a sword and kill them all and eliminate the threat forever."

Kong Yinxue's curse made no one in the Zhang family become a god. I don't know how many Zhang family members were killed because they were unable to resist foreign enemies.

Although these casualties and blood and tears were not done by Kong Yinxue personally, they were indirectly caused by her.

Zhang Ruochen was able to agree to Yunqing Ancient Buddha and resolve this grudge, but the Buddha's heart was like a sea of ​​Buddha's heart.

The Buddha's shadow in the water said, "You said, you are just a drop of water that cannot accommodate rivers. I said, I can help you."

"How can the ancient Buddha help me?" Zhang Ruochen asked.
To be continued...