Chapter 272: Fallen Zhan Hong
"Hmm... This is hard." Zhan Hong muttered in a low voice while glancing at the people on his back. After getting bonked, Zhan Hong had been teaching them about morales. And that was when he actually learned about their stories.
The story that had been forgotten because they indulged themselves in desire.
Zhan Hong learned that most of the disciples from the Joyful Union Sect used to be innocent people. They just got dragged to pleasure the disciples of the Joyful Union Sect and indulged themselves to the pleasure as well.
According to them, the disciples from the Joyful Union Sect had been equipped with abilities to enhance their desire, vigor, and even improve their performance. It surely made them the best among the world in terms of sexual desire.
They also learned the doctrine of the Joyful Union Sect and eventually they ended up becoming the real disciples of the Joyful Union Sect.
It seemed that the Joyful Union Sect had this never-ending cycle which was to get innocent people and turned them into s*x-crazed maniac.
But now that the influence had gone due to Albert’s power, they wanted to atone for their sins, especially for the people they had harmed during the process. Some even fell into despair, wondering why they couldn’t realize it until now.
It took him a great effort to calm them down and told them this wasn’t the end.
Ultimately, he asked them to follow him because he wanted to see whether they truly turned over the new leaf or not.
But from he could see in the past few hours, they seemed to have repented enough.
’Still, what kind of power bonk is? It can truly expel the lust from these people. Even our Buddhist Scripture has a hard time to recover a single disciple, let alone dozens of them in an instant.
’But to think that the power is from a bat? No, should I say that the power manifest itself in the form of a bat? These disciples couldn’t even defend themselves from those bats even though they looked weak.
’It seems that he can also grant people of that ability, though I’m sure he’ll also pay some prices to give it to others.’ Zhan Hong thought while looking at the stick he always carried around. This red stick had always been with him since small, but after seeing Albert, he somehow saw the stick as a bat.
’Huh, my mind has become weird this time. Why do I think that I can wield that bat instead of this stick?
’It’s true that the Ancient Buddha Sect always want to purify the Joyful Union Sect... but can I really betray them and get this power to do the mission?’ Zhan Hong frowned.
In the middle of his thought, there was a huge explosion nearby.
*Boom!*
"Huh? A battle? Let’s go." Zhan Hong was alerted by the explosion and informed the disciples behind him to move.
They nodded at each other and followed Zhan Hong. Although they realized they couldn’t use any techniques related to lustful desire anymore, it seemed they could use normal Martial Arts. At the very least, they had some means to protect themselves.
When they were going to the battlefield, Zhan Hong was startled when seeing numerous hands reaching the sky. And each hand was holding a bonk bat.
"Huh? Have my mind gone crazy that I imagine everything with that bat?" Zhan Hong rubbed his eyes to check if his eyes were playing him or not. But there was no change, making him realize it was the truth.
It might look like human hands, but the color was blue. So, Zhan Hong hurriedly moved toward the battlefield to see what was going on.
To his surprise, there was a man standing on top of a huge salamander. And from that man came out these one thousand hands.
There were a few Joyful Union Sect Disciples that tried to resist him, but all these hands smacked them with the bats and ended up dying.
"Hahahaha!" The man laughed uncontrollably. "You won’t be able to fight against me because I have everything! I have the nine-tailed... Cough, I mean I have the mighty salamander as well as the one thousand hands guan—Ahem, I mean Slime Bonkichi! There is nothing I fear!"
The man seemed to be living at the dream of his life. He defeated one disciple after another, wreaking havoc in their formation.
"It’s your fault for becoming horny. That’s why I shall purify you! Bonk is Supreme, you horny can’t defeat me." Gin laughed again.
"This is..." Zhan Hong’s heart thumped when he saw those one thousand hands. It looked like one of the Buddhist Statues in his sect. "But he said bonk? Does that mean he is related to that person?"
Zhan Hong thought for a moment and flew to Gin. "Don’t you think what you have done is enough?"
"Hmm?" Gin furrowed his eyebrows, recognizing Zhan Hong since he was one of the people that stood out in the entrance. "You are someone with the Ancient Buddha Sect."
Zhan Hong nodded and said, "Earlier, I saw someone with the same power as you..."
There was only one person with that power in this place, it was Albert. Gin also noticed the people that came with Zhan Hong. It seemed they were the people from the Joyful Union Sect.
It took him an instant to connect the dot.
"It seems you have met my Master. What do you want to say?" Gin asked with a serious expression.
"They were actually innocent people. If they had the chance to atone their path, why would you kill them?" He asked.
"It seems that you have a doubt in your heart..." Gin squinted his eyes as if he could see Zhan Hong’s heart.
"..." Zhan Hong fell silent for a moment and asked, "I can’t fathom the difference between you. You have the same power but why did you kill all of them while he let some of them alive? He even asked me whether I wanted to gain this power, but what you did earlier made me rethink my decision. This monk simply can’t understand because this power might be the devil’s temptation that made me discard my belief."
"Our paths are different." Gin shook his head. "Your sect provides with you the same techniques, but why do you handle people differently?"
"..." Zhan Hong couldn’t answer this question.
"Because there is one big thing that differentiate us with others. Even with the same mind and the same ability, they won’t be able to do the same thing because of this." Gin pointed at his heart.
"Heart? No, feeling and compassion."
Gin smirked. As someone who wanted to persuade the monk from the Ancient Buddha Sect to be the bonk police, Gin had prepared something for this occasion. He took out a flag from his Space Ring. The wind was blowing the flag, making Zhan Hong curious.
"Wint the wind blowing, the flag flaps. Do you say the wind is moving or the flag is moving?"
Zhan Hong was startled because Gin actually gave a different impression. He thought Gin was a murderer, but this question made him look like he was well-versed in their teaching.
"The wind is moving," answered Zhan Hong.
Gin shook his head.
"..." Zhan Hong furrowed his eyebrows, but this time his tone was a bit unsure. "Then, the flag is moving?"
"No. It’s your heart that is moving."
Gin wanted to teach him that things changed because of one’s heart. Their intention, feeling and compassion would give them a different view of the matter. And due to them they had a different approach. Even if they had one hundred monks with the same mission and abilities, they wouldn’t give the same result.
Gin smiled, thinking, ’I was the bad guy? It was you who thought that way. These people kidnapped and ruined people’ lives and who would stop him from killing these people? It served them right.’
Zhan Hong fell silent for a minute before saying helplessly. "I couldn’t help but remember my teacher teaching me... ’If I don’t descend into Hell, who will?’ At that time, I was shocked because I couldn’t understand what he meant. Hell should be the a place filled with extreme torture.
"But it seemed you are the perfect example of it. Your action defeating the Joyful Union Sect can help innocent people from being abducted by them in the future. If you didn’t kill them, many people would be sad in the future."
Zhan Hong closed his eyes for a moment, remembering the first thing Gin said to him. ’The flag is moving, the wind is moving, and my heart is moving. The bonk is the mean, not the path.
’If I went on a journey to the west and there was a mountain standing in my path, I could choose to walk in that treacherous path of the mountain or took a ride while circling around the mountain. My feet or the ride... those are the mean, but if my heart doesn’t move, I’ll reach the same destination.
’I have my own idea and means. I still don’t agree with his view in killing the people from the Joyful Union Sect, but he is also not wrong. If that’s the case, then I’ll descend to Hell and save those people with my own way. I will only relieve them from their lustful desire and have them atone their sins for the rest of their lives. The world where everyone can live happily.’
Zhan Hong’s expression turned solemn as he looked at Gin. "How do I learn the power of bonk?"
