Longevity, starting from being a chicken raising servant Chapter 2427 - 211: Taiyi! (2)
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Encircled by three enormous Buddha statues, Wang Ba kept a serene and steady look on his face. His eyes glanced over the trio of statues before surveying the area around him. In the distance, he spotted Shen Fu, who had just driven back the Zhang’s Ruins cultivators with one powerful palm strike and then smoothly pulled back. Shen Fu's glance passed over Wang Ba without a flicker of feeling, treating him like some unknown passerby.
A bit farther off in the emptiness, the young monk's features rang a bell. When his sight landed on Wang Ba, it stayed just as serene, his demeanor detached, as though Wang Ba meant nothing to him at all.
"Why did Xiahou Demon put them in this spot?"
A slight furrow creased his brow in thought, racing through ideas fast, when Wang Ba got cut off by a booming Buddha incantation like a massive bell tolling:
"Supreme True Buddha, Layman Taiyi, we never thought we would meet you again here after parting ways in the Cloud Sky Realm."
At these words, Wang Ba pulled back his stare, turning to the three massive Buddha statues encircling him. He gave each a quick look-over and then zeroed in on one particular statue, arching a brow while a faint grin played on his lips:
"Northern Great Bodhisattva, it has been a while. I never expected to encounter you here; life is full of unexpected meetings, and everywhere one sees the traces of the Supreme True Buddha."
His voice carried a neutral edge, maybe a touch of sarcasm, or just quiet contemplation.
The statue representing the Northern Great Bodhisattva creased its brow a bit:
"Our last parting was just three or four hundred years ago; how can you say it’s been a while?"
Shifting gears right away, a flash of ’greed, anger, delusion’ flickered across its features:
"Nonetheless, it’s no matter. After today, you and I will no longer have to part."
On that note, it barked an order without delay:
"You two, this demon’s means are many; we must not underestimate him. Let’s strike together and prevent his escape!"
Even before the words died out, the three huge Buddha statues all hoisted their gigantic Buddha’s Hands and smashed downward at Wang Ba!
Beyond the three mighty Buddhas, a swarm of golden gleams shaped like ’卍’ popped up without a sound, right as the move began!
Sutras swirled, chants resounded.
The towering Buddha’s Hands crashed down like they were dropping from the heavenly vault!
Right then, silence gripped the entire world!
With hands clasped behind his back, Wang Ba remained planted amid the three colossal Buddha statues, staring up at the enormous Buddha’s Hands bearing down from overhead. His gaze stayed as still as a pond, but instead of mirroring the Buddha’s Hands, it caught strange golden motifs swirling about.
Those golden motifs right away twisted through endless shifts and reshapings... finally blending into the form of a ’Buddha’s Hand.’
Certain sections stayed hazy, but others shone sharp and vivid in his vision.
"Is it like this?"
Just as the huge Buddha’s Hands looked set to crush him, Wang Ba appeared to grasp a key insight, his mind turning swiftly, and in a flash, he lifted his palm to softly thrust upward—
Boom!
The thunderous blast right away jolted every cultivator and monk nearby!
The fierce quake even ripped loose tons of debris from Zhang’s Ruins' ground, whipping up surging Chaos Origin Substance that swallowed the three massive Buddha statues whole...
"Ruins Master!"
"Great Bodhisattva!"
Right now, the faces of both cultivators and monks twisted in alarm.
Beyond Zhang’s Ruins, a pair of concealed shapes in the void displayed worry and shock too, their stares locked on the swirling fog of Chaos Origin Substance down below...
In a mere moment, the churning Chaos Origin Substance got shoved aside fast.
What emerged next were the outlines of the three Great Bodhisattvas.
But the sight inside left all onlookers dumbfounded!
Right in the middle of the three huge Buddha statues, a hushed golden Buddha with eyes shut tight, towering way grander than the Dharma Forms of the three Great Bodhisattvas, rested in peaceful contemplation.
It boasted three heads and six arms, crowned with a meat bun, a plump visage, lobes dangling to its shoulders, a subtle merciful grin on its lips. Its whole form gleamed like pure gold or crystal, draped in a golden cassock, radiating solemn majesty, clutching a green-clad Taoist in one grip while its remaining three hands shaped mudras, holding off the three massive Buddha’s Hands from the encircling statues!
"What’s going on?!"
"Why has the Ruins Master also turned into a demonic monk?!"
The Zhang’s Ruins cultivators weren't the only ones baffled—even the monks gawked in confusion at this display.
"This... this is the ’Wisdom Dharma Aspect’ from the ’Prajna Sutra’!"
"But... how is he able to do this?"
Faced with this spectacle, the entity inside the Six Paths of Rebirth and the duo lurking in the void alike couldn't mask their astonishment!
"That’s not right!"
Up in the void, the old man's form creased its forehead lightly:
"The aura of this Supreme True Buddha is somewhat ambiguous..."
Across in the opposing void, the hulking shape's expression twisted with doubt and wariness too:
"It somewhat resembles yet doesn’t entirely match... How is it that True Man Taiyi can employ the means of the Supreme True Buddha?"
The Dharma Form Buddhas bringing forth the three Great Bodhisattvas now confronted the mute Buddha with sealed eyes, their expressions stripped of any poise, replaced by raw astonishment and denial.
Of the group, the Western Great Bodhisattva spotted the issue with the Buddha image ahead at once, voice laced with fury and shock:
"The four rules are sparse... This is fake!"
"How dare you defile the True Buddha!"
The remaining two Great Bodhisattvas caught the imperfection soon after.
They wouldn't normally fall for such a trick so readily, yet the sight of their foe pulling off the Supreme True Buddha’s Dharma out of nowhere had thrown them off guard, making them miss the tells. Now prompted, though, the variances jumped out clear as day.
Burning with wrath, they lashed out once more.
Linking through Telepathy, the trio synced their thoughts. In furious motion, they summoned the four rules, which to bystanders looked like a barrage of Buddha’s Hands hammering the quiet Buddha image.
"So you couldn’t be fooled," Wang Ba chuckled lightly upon being unmasked, showing no worry at all.
He'd only tried copying the Great Bodhisattvas' handling of the four rules, but truly, he hadn't woven them into his Dharma Lineage. Such a strained copy nabbed just the surface, missing the core. For masters to pierce it was, naturally, expected.