Chapter 1919: Chapter 1917: The Untouchable Meditation Cushion?
The power of "My Wish" is formidable, and especially in the Mortal World it’s tied to a legend so unimaginable that people don’t even dare to think about it!
Precisely because of this, Ye Tianchen told Wuji Taoist everything he knew about that legend. Even if it delayed them a bit, it was worth it for both of them, because if they could truly grasp the essence of this one line "My Wish" from the Buddhist Emperor, the benefits would be endless!
"You mean that the Samantabhadra Bodhisattva from the Mortal World’s legends must have a close connection with the Buddhist Emperor?" Wuji Taoist came back to herself and couldn’t help but frown as she asked.
"Even if that Samantabhadra Bodhisattva wasn’t a disciple of the Buddhist Emperor, he should still be someone who comprehended the essence of the power of My Wish. Otherwise it would be impossible to leave behind such a legend in the Mortal World!" Ye Tianchen thought for a moment and said.
After finishing telling such a story, Ye Tianchen and Wuji Taoist didn’t feel they had wasted time, much less that it was tedious. Instead, there were far too many hidden secrets in the Martial Arts World worth digging into. If one could figure out these secrets, it might benefit a Martial Artist for life. All the more because this particular secret concerned the Buddhist Emperor, the most mysterious Great Emperor in history. There was probably no one who wouldn’t be curious about everything related to this Buddhist Emperor!
It was just that what Ye Tianchen hadn’t expected was that the place where the Buddhist Emperor had once stayed, with just a single "My Wish," actually made a temple appear in this desert. And this temple, having gone through Wan Gu ages, remained eternally Immortal, and possessed a force that made many things not dare to approach. What kind of Divine Skill was that? The Buddhist Emperor truly deserved to be called a Supreme Emperor!
"With one sentence, ’My Wish,’ he made a temple Immortal through Wan Gu—this Buddhist Emperor really commands admiration!" Ye Tianchen muttered to himself.
"The Buddhist Sect’s inheritance is ancient and mysterious, and is also the most difficult kind of inheritance. Since ancient times, all the other Great Emperors’ inheritances, although many have been wiped out in the Martial Arts World, all once produced remarkable successors. Some even relied on the inheritance left by former Great Emperors and for a time stepped into the Emperor Realm. But the Buddhist Sect’s inheritance has remained Immortal for billions of years. Ever since it appeared in the Martial Arts World, it has never been extinguished. Yet over billions of years, the only figure at the Emperor Realm to emerge from the Buddhist Sect is that one Buddhist Emperor..." Wuji Taoist couldn’t help but frown as she spoke.
Hearing Wuji Taoist’s words really startled Ye Tianchen. This was something he had truly never thought of, nor had he seriously pondered it. Now that he heard Wuji Taoist say it like this, Ye Tianchen was indeed a bit surprised!
It was indeed so. The inheritances left by some Supreme Strong of bygone eras had all gone through ups and downs, and had produced successors who rose to the height of the Emperor Realm. Yet only this Buddhist Sect’s inheritance endured without decline, with profound significance, spreading throughout the entire Martial Arts World. But there was one thing off: the only Emperor to ever emerge from this Buddhist inheritance was the most mysterious Buddhist Emperor in history. Why was that?
Logically speaking, the Buddhist inheritance, Immortal for billions of years and the one lineage in the Martial Arts World that has never been erased, should be incomparably powerful. Yet there has been no later generation able to cultivate the Buddhist inheritance to its highest realm. Why is that? Just thinking about it doesn’t quite fit common sense!
"Looks like this Buddhist inheritance truly has many secrets worth exploring!" Ye Tianchen couldn’t help but smile slightly as he spoke.
"Hehe, aren’t you cultivating the Buddhist Sect’s Yijin Jing? It’s hailed as the number one Cultivation Immortal Scripture in the Martial Arts World. If even you can’t comprehend the Buddhist inheritance to its extreme, who else could do it?" Wuji Taoist smiled as she looked at Ye Tianchen and said.
Ye Tianchen glanced at Wuji Taoist, then shook his head and said seriously, "That’s everyone’s misunderstanding. It’s because many people have never seen the Yijin Jing, so they think it’s the Buddhist Sect’s inheritance and must contain a lot of Buddhist content. In fact, they’re wrong. The Yijin Jing indeed records a lot of Buddhist things, but it also has many things that aren’t Buddhist at all. I don’t know which Buddhist high monk fused all this together and forged such a Cultivation Immortal Scripture. In short, the Yijin Jing is not merely a Scripture Skill cultivated by the Buddhist Sect. That is the real reason it could become the number one Cultivation Immortal Scripture in the Martial Arts World!"
"So that’s how it is, looks like I misunderstood as well!" Wuji Taoist said with a faint smile.
"Let’s go. I still have to search for the Barbaric Forbidden Land, and you still have to search for the Buddhist Sect’s inheritance. We finally relied on this place where the Buddhist Emperor stayed to avoid being devoured by the Flying Sky Demon Spider. Seems our luck isn’t bad!" Ye Tianchen said with a smile.
"Mm, now I finally understand why in this shabby temple there are only a stone table, stone stools, and two cushions for meditation, and no statues being worshiped at all. The Buddhist Emperor is the highest existence in this system of faith toward the Immortals. Whose statue would dare to be placed here?" Wuji Taoist said seriously.
Speaking of the cushions, this made Ye Tianchen pause for a moment. Curiously, he walked toward the two meditation cushions at the side. He saw that the cushions were covered in dust. They were even on the verge of disappearing, eroded by time, the dust so thick it was outrageous!
Ye Tianchen squatted down, planning to use his hand to brush away the dust on the cushions. At that moment, Wuji Taoist suddenly strode up in front of him and said very seriously, "Don’t touch anything recklessly!"
"Hm?" Ye Tianchen was stunned. Seeing Wuji Taoist’s extremely solemn expression, he pulled his hand back after all!
"I’ve heard my master mention these two cushions. One was used by the Buddhist Emperor when he meditated, and the other was used by a high monk disciple of the Buddhist Emperor. On these two cushions there exists a certain power. Once you touch it, you may never be redeemed!" Wuji Taoist said with tightly furrowed brows.
"What? Something like that could be true? Isn’t the Buddhist Sect all about compassion and saving all beings?" Ye Tianchen froze for a moment and asked in disbelief.
Wuji Taoist furrowed her brows, also feeling very puzzled. But she still began to tell Ye Tianchen the rumors about this place. The Buddhist Emperor was incomparably powerful and unfathomably mysterious, the most mysterious Great Emperor in the Martial Arts World’s history. The places he had once stayed at were probably so few in the Martial Arts World that one could hardly find a handful. Under such circumstances, a place where the Buddhist Emperor had once stayed, and where he had even comprehended the heart realm of the Buddhist Law—the power of "My Wish"—who knew how many people would come here to worship and to try their luck at a fortuitous encounter!
After Wan Gu years, the people who had come here were countless. There were Martial Artists of the Human Clan, there were those who cultivated the Buddhist Law, there were members of the Demon Clan, and even exotic beings from the dormant Ancient Alien Race appeared. Among them, who knew how many powerful figures had come. Yet not one had ever comprehended anything here. It was as if there was nothing to gain at all; this was just an utterly ordinary temple.
Naturally, some people turned their attention to the cushion where the Buddhist Emperor had once meditated. Perhaps by sitting on it, they could comprehend something different. However, no matter how powerful the person who sat on it, in the end there was only one outcome: body and soul utterly destroyed!
"It could actually turn out like that?" Ye Tianchen was shocked in his heart and asked a little incredulously.
"It’s true. My master told me this. Places where the Buddhist Emperor has stayed can hardly be found throughout the Martial Arts World, and can be said to be locations that the powerhouses of all races would vie to explore. Yet those who come here gain nothing at all. Moreover, no matter how strong you are, as long as you sit cross-legged on the cushion where the Buddhist Emperor sat, you will become a walking corpse, and in the end body and soul will be annihilated, turning to ashes and dispersing between heaven and earth!" Wuji Taoist also frowned as she spoke.
"So bizarre—this really doesn’t fit with the Buddhist inheritance’s ideal of compassion and saving all beings!" Ye Tianchen said with a frown.
"Mm, but as for why such a situation occurs, no one knows!" Wuji Taoist nodded and said.
Ye Tianchen stood up. The cushion on the left was clearly much larger than the one on the right; that cushion should be the one the Buddhist Emperor had once meditated on. According to Wuji Taoist’s account, at that time the Buddhist Emperor had not yet become a Supreme figure at the Emperor Realm, and had not yet comprehended the Buddhist Scripture Skills to their pinnacle. So why could this cushion not be touched by others? Reasonably speaking, the Buddhist Sect is compassionate, saving all beings; its inheritance has spread throughout the entire Martial Arts World. The Buddhist Emperor was the one who most wanted his Buddhist Scripture Skills to spread far and wide. How could he not want people to comprehend this power of "My Wish"? There had to be some hidden story behind this!
"What are you doing?" Seeing Ye Tianchen step forward, Wuji Taoist hurriedly asked.
Without realizing it, Ye Tianchen had stepped forward, one foot about to tread onto the cushion. This gave Wuji Taoist quite a scare, and she hurriedly felt an urge to drag Ye Tianchen back down!
"I want to stand on it and try!" Ye Tianchen looked at Wuji Taoist and said.
"What? You..."
Wuji Taoist was so shocked that her expression changed drastically. She stared at Ye Tianchen like she was looking at a monster. She never imagined that this guy Ye Tianchen wouldn’t fear death, that he would actually risk his life wanting to touch the cushion the Buddhist Emperor had meditated on. What was even more outrageous was that this guy Ye Tianchen wasn’t going to sit on it, but to step on it. That was simply a huge disrespect to the Buddhist Emperor. Since ancient times, how many people would dare to do that? Was Ye Tianchen insane, or did he really not want to live anymore? (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast recommendation votes and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)
