Out of fear of death, Invest Everything into Health

Chapter 739: Chapter 289: The Enlightened Are Ever Blessed (4)

"You knew I would come?"

Fan Wubing appeared indifferent,

"Aren’t you the best at concocting various schemes to deceive the world? How come, this time, you didn’t see through my clumsy act?"

"Luo Qingyao" looked at Fan Wubing, took a deep breath, slowly exhaled, and smiled,

"You’ve grown up, and even learned how to deceive people."

"You really have no idea what I’m thinking." Fan Wubing frowned, a bit annoyed.

"Luo Qingyao" said,

"Why don’t you just tell me what you’re thinking?"

Fan Wubing was left speechless. He shook his head,

"No matter what you’re plotting, I’m sure you’ve acted too hastily, putting a lot of unnecessary pressure on yourself. Otherwise, you definitely would have seen through my tricks."

"Luo Qingyao" said,

"Did you feel the Jian Shi Tathagata attacking you right from the start? But pretended not to know, to lure me over?"

Fan Wubing turned his head away,

"I don’t sit around doing nothing. How could I not know someone wants to kill me."

"Luo Qingyao" asked,

"Are you sure I would come?"

"Not sure. I just wanted to try."

"Luo Qingyao" unwillingly said,

"You won, I lost. Perhaps, I really can’t accept you forgetting me."

"Perhaps?"

"... Then let’s remove the ’perhaps’."

Fan Wubing glanced at her, "Aren’t you going to apologize to me?"

"Why should I apologize?"

"You maltreated me with cold violence before."

"Would you forgive me?" "Luo Qingyao" asked with a smile.

Fan Wubing said, "How would you know I won’t forgive you if you don’t apologize?"

"Luo Qingyao" smiled and said,

"Such a willful child. Then... I’m sorry, I made a wrong choice before, as far as you’re concerned."

"You’re forgiven."

"Will you continue to fulfill the previous agreement?"

Fan Wubing said sternly, "I’ll look for you this winter."

"Then I’ll wait for you."

After saying that, "Luo Qingyao" closed her eyes, her demeanor returning to its original state.

As Jiang Sha left, Luo Qingyao awoke as if from a long dream and hurriedly hugged Fan Wubing upon seeing him,

"Senior Brother, I had a nightmare! Dreaming that—"

Fan Wubing laughed, "That was no dream."

"Ah!" Luo Qingyao regained her senses, and after realizing, she angrily said, "Where’s that damned monk! How dare he attack Senior Brother!"

"Don’t worry, it’s all over now."

"Really? That monk controls the karmic causes in the world and can quietly erase a person’s existence!"

Fan Wubing pinched her cheek and smiled, "I know you’re afraid I’ll disappear. But don’t worry, I’m fine." Then, he stood up and said, "Xiaohong is heavily injured. I’ve healed her, but she needs to recuperate. You take her to the Fan Family first."

"What about you, Senior Brother?"

Fan Wubing narrowed his eyes, "I’m going to Miaomu Continent."

With his back to the sunlight, he seemed extraordinarily imposing in Luo Qingyao’s eyes.

The eyes of the Great Sword Immortal sparkled,

"Senior Brother..."

"What is it?"

"You’re so handsome!"

"Uh... thanks for the compliment."

After speaking, Fan Wubing activated the "Seven Luminaries Celestial Patrol Skill" and suddenly transformed into a beam of light.

The light traveled two hundred million miles, reaching the Miaomu Continent in the north of the world from the skies above Little South Continent in the blink of an eye.

...

Great World Zen Institute, Scripture Hall.

Jian Shi Tathagata, who was in deep meditation, suddenly coughed up blood, his face instantly turning pale as paper.

The Great Clothing Calamity Buddha’s brow twitched,

"Jian Shi, what happened?"

Jian Shi Tathagata looked somewhat baffled, "How could anyone possibly harm this humble monk? I act on behalf of the heavenly mandate and should transcend the mundane... Whose hand was that, suppressing my Dharma form with a flip?"

A deep, resonant voice sounded in his ear,

"You say... you transcend the mundane, do you?"

"Who!" Jian Shi Tathagata was startled, feeling a chill down his spine, and quickly turned around to find the one who desecrated the Celestial Buddha standing right behind him.

The other Buddhas reacted promptly, on high alert,

"Who dares to trespass the Great World Zen Institute!"

Fan Wubing looked intently at Jian Shi Tathagata,

"Tell me, have you truly transcended the mundane?"

Jian Shi Tathagata wielded the power of the Heavenly Dao, "This humble monk acts on behalf of the heavenly mandate, transcending the mundane."

"In other words, you and I are destined enemies."

"Naturally. You desecrate the Celestial Buddha, and this humble monk must execute you!" Jian Shi Tathagata looked down upon Fan Wubing.

Fan Wubing smiled, "Our conflict has nothing to do with Zen Buddhism or any worldly force, right?"

"Right."

Fan Wubing looked at the Great Clothing Calamity Buddha,

"Buddha, did you hear what your disciple said?"

The Great Clothing Calamity Buddha looked at Jian Shi Tathagata,

"Jian Shi. Are you an executor, or a disciple of Anashituo?"

Jian Shi Tathagata answered earnestly,

"This humble monk is first an executor, and then a disciple of the Buddhist school."

The Great Clothing Calamity Buddha closed his eyes, "This worldly lord may proceed, it has nothing to do with Buddhism. Anashituo." After speaking, he began striking the wooden fish.

Fan Wubing paid his respects, clasping his hands together and said,

"Anashituo."

The other Buddhas understood, each returning to their seats and continuing to recite scriptures.

Jian Shi Tathagata appeared confused,

"My Buddha, fellow brothers, what does this mean?"

No one answered.

Fan Wubing coldly regarded him,

"The Heavenly Dao doesn’t understand what Buddha is, how can you, who acts on behalf of the heavenly mandate, possibly understand?"

"Absurd! Deluded and unenlightened!" Jian Shi Tathagata clasped his hands together, attempting to disturb all of Fan Wubing’s karmic causes. But this time, he was horrified to find... Fan Wubing’s karma was solid as a rock, seemingly beyond the control of the Heavenly Dao, unmoving.

Fan Wubing approached him, "Do you know why the Heavenly Dao wants me dead?"

He answered himself, "Because I’m not within the Heavenly Dao. You who act on behalf of the Heavenly Dao, what gives you the right to control my karma?"

Jian Shi Tathagata still did not understand,

"Even so, what can you do to me? Your abilities all come from the Heavenly Dao."

Fan Wubing began to emit thunderous energy, he laughed,

"And you are the truly deluded one."

After saying this, he pushed the "Seven Luminaries Thunder Control Skill" to its utmost.

Fan Wubing completely transformed into heavenly lightning.

At this moment, Jian Shi Tathagata’s eyes were filled only with thunder, nothing else.

The glory of the thunder instantly engulfed him.

Jian Shi Tathagata, who controlled karma and acted on behalf of the heavenly mandate,

expired!

In the Scripture Hall, no waves stirred.

Fan Wubing clasped his hands together, slightly bowing to the Great Clothing Calamity Buddha, then departed.

At that moment, the scriptures being recited reached a line once spoken by the Buddha Anashituo,

"The enlightened are Buddhas; the unenlightened are worldly lords."

The Great Clothing Calamity Buddha looked at Jian Shi Tathagata’s cushion and thought,

"Jian Shi, from the moment you became an executor, you lost enlightenment and became a worldly lord."

Eight hundred Buddhas, none mourned or lamented Jian Shi Tathagata’s death.

Not because they had poor relations, but because for him, this was true transcendence, a blessing.

The Buddhas actually felt that,

Fan Wubing was the Enlightened, the "Buddha" that Anashituo Buddha spoke of.