Chapter 554-1: Six Perfections Universal Auspicious, the Great Bodhisattva’s True Body (1)
The objects left behind by Enma, the One Seed in Lin Xun’s pocket, and the One Sprout obtained by Martial Emperor, should all possess the effects of purifying malice and concealing heavenly secrets.
With the purification effect of One Sprout nourished by nectar, Martial Emperor would absolutely not have fallen into Extreme Evil, of course, the premise was that he did not actively court death by calling upon an Extreme Evil god or Buddha.
But no matter how powerful the effect of concealing heavenly secrets was, it could not make someone stand right in front of the enemy while the enemy found no such person. That was why the Great Bodhisattva had said that after Shee fell into Extreme Evil, Martial Emperor must not call Her again.
When Sindhu’s Extreme Evil army arrived beneath the city walls, the most correct choice at that moment should have been to take One Sprout and flee.
However, Martial Emperor was clearly unwilling to abandon Vermilion and chose to take another risky gamble.
After Martial Emperor blackened, there was one doubtful point.
As Martial Emperor’s blackening continued to deepen, he became the evil god’s proxy and wanted to head to Penglai to remove the Daoist immortal venerates. There was nothing wrong with that.
This was the evil god’s usual method, making the ruler who governed a nation become its proxy, and then beginning to come knocking and fish.
And after Martial Emperor blackened, there was also nothing wrong with him forgetting the effect and origin of One Sprout, and even being unable to notice the previous records about One Sprout in his handwritten notes.
The divine object left by Enma had the effect of concealing heavenly secrets. If writing a diary could expose this thing, then One Sprout and One Seed would be far too useless.
It was even possible that whether it was Martial Emperor or the Great Bodhisattva, as long as they were someone who had fallen into Extreme Evil, even if they held this item, they could not notice anything strange about it. They could only feel that it was unpleasant to look at, uncomfortable to wear, and would subconsciously want to stay away from it or abandon it.
But after Martial Emperor fell into Extreme Evil, there was indeed one doubtful point.
After Martial Emperor blackened, he called upon the Great Bodhisattva to enjoy pleasure. The Great Bodhisattva bestowed Martial Emperor with a God-Inviting Spell and a red rope.
Afterward, Martial Emperor later disliked One Sprout because it felt too uncomfortable to wear, so he gifted the divine object again. In truth, he returned it to the Great Bodhisattva.
If the Great Bodhisattva truly had fallen into Extreme Evil, She would definitely find this thing unpleasant to look at and extremely uncomfortable to wear, and most likely would not accept it.
Moreover, according to the Imperial Notes, during the two people’s later pleasures, the Great Bodhisattva was bound and restrained by the red rope, resisting and struggling yet unable to break free… Were the two of them playing SM, or was there some other hidden mystery?
Characters flickered in Lin Xun’s eyes, and he slowly said.
“Is there a possibility that the Great Bodhisattva also cultivated a divine ability or cultivation method similar to Past Self, and that the one later tied up in bondage play was actually not the Extreme Evil Great Bodhisattva, but the true body that had not yet completely fallen?”
“Because the true body was discovered by the Extreme Evil Great Bodhisattva, this method was used to torture the true body?”
“And afterward, One Sprout returned by Martial Emperor was actually not in the hands of the Extreme Evil Great Bodhisattva, but in the hands of the true body?”
“And it was precisely because One Sprout returned to the Great Bodhisattva’s hands that the Great Bodhisattva’s true body could last until now?”
All of the above was Lin Xun’s speculation. Although it seemed reasonable, it still lacked the most critical piece of evidence.
Without this piece of evidence, he did not dare take too great a risk and summon the Bodhisattva big BOSS to descend.
If his speculation was wrong, and nothing of the sort had happened at all, and the two of them purely just liked playing SM, then since he could not beat the Great Bodhisattva, he would only expose himself for nothing.
He was a wanted criminal of Western Pure Bliss Heaven. If he were exposed, the one chasing him would not only be the right attendant Great Bodhisattva. The other left attendant Great Bodhisattva would definitely also come charging over.
It was even possible that main god Extreme Delusion Fruit would personally act and kill him.
[You put away the Document item and search through the Hidden Chamber…]
[Searching…]
[…]
[Very soon, you find a brocade box hidden in the corner.]
[Opening it, you see a bundle of red hemp rope inside.]
[You have obtained Ten Great Vows Samantabhadra Bodhisattva’s Immortal-Binding Rope (Special Item)!]
[Ten Great Vows Samantabhadra Bodhisattva’s Immortal-Binding Rope (Special Item): An Immortal-Binding Rope refined from the life blood essence of Enma’s right attendant, Ten Great Vows Samantabhadra Bodhisattva. There are mottled bloodstains upon the rope, and it is stained with a special smell that is difficult to describe.]
[Use this item on a designated target, and you can bind the target for one double-hour. During this period, the target character cannot break free from the Immortal-Binding Rope’s restraint and can only allow you to act.]
[Even if the target character suffers a large amount of malicious damage and dies during the restraint period, the Immortal-Binding Rope will not undo itself.]
[This item cannot take effect on other targets. It can only take effect on a certain designated target.]
Lin Xun’s spirit shook. After reading the item description, he let out a long breath. “Safe!”
The item’s name did not use the Sanskrit transliteration ‘Samantabhadra.’ Instead, it used the Chinese title ‘Puxian Bodhisattva.’ This proved that the item had been specially prepared for the Great Bodhisattva’s true body, and that his speculation was basically correct.
Would the blackened and fallen Samantabhadra Bodhisattva refine an item that controlled Her own life and gift it to someone else?
Definitely not. This item could only control and torture the Bodhisattva’s true body, but could not threaten the Extreme Evil Great Bodhisattva.
The one Martial Emperor had always humiliated and tortured was the Great Bodhisattva’s true body, who had not yet been completely corroded by malice!
As Lin Xun thought, he had already come up with a plan.
[You put away the red hemp rope and leave the Hidden Chamber’s underground passage…]
[After dismissing everyone around, you ask the Crown Prince of Vermilion to return the Martial Emperor Human-Skin Mask, then head to Zhongzheng Hall, where the palace worships the right attendant Great Bodhisattva.]
[On the divine platform of Zhongzheng Hall stands the divine image of Ten Great Vows Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, different from Purple Void Primordial Lady’s Qinan Hall.]
[The furnishings inside the hall are exquisite. Wooden fish, bells, drums, chimes, handbells, banners, pennants, Dharma conches, and all kinds of Buddhist ritual implements are complete. Even the plates holding offerings are gold and jade vessels.]
[The Bodhisattva divine image has a beautiful face, a broad forehead, and a white urna symbolizing wisdom embedded at the center. The eyebrows are slender like willow leaves, the eyes curved like a crescent moon, and the gaze is compassionate yet wise.]
[The Bodhisattva wears a double-collared, hanging celestial robe. A gorgeous great necklace adorns the chest, and the twining floral patterns on the garment edges are exquisite beyond compare.]
[Inside the hall, not only is there the Great Bodhisattva’s divine image, but the walls are also painted with murals of the Great Bodhisattva’s Dharma form.]
[The most eye-catching one is a mural of the Great Bodhisattva riding a white elephant.]
[The Bodhisattva sits in half-lotus posture upon a Six-Tusked White Elephant, elegant and solemn in bearing. The Six-Tusked White Elephant beneath Her stands upright on four legs, stepping on a lotus seat. The elephant’s body has flesh folds, large ears, long tusks, its trunk hangs to the ground, its back bears a saddle, and colored ribbons adorn its topknot. It is extremely luxurious.]
[You look at several murals and see the shadow of the Six-Tusked White Elephant everywhere, completely different from Senior Brother White Elephant’s position and status at Great Dark Endless Delusion Bodhisattva’s side.]
[You immediately ask. Since you and the White Elephant Demon have spent a long time together, you both know each other thoroughly and no longer need to worry about face. The White Elephant Demon says to you somewhat awkwardly…]
[Junior Brother, that Six-Tusked White Elephant is named Six Perfections Universal Auspicious. It is the old ancestor of the exotic elephant demon race. Its strength and cultivation far surpass this White Elephant’s, and it is probably about the same as you are now, Junior Brother.]
[Six Perfections Universal Auspicious is the chief seat mount of the right attendant Great Bodhisattva and possesses heaven-reaching great divine abilities.]
[You also know Senior Brother’s important position in the Bodhisattva’s sect. The main duty is guarding the dojo and watching the home and courtyard. Because this heavy responsibility is upon me, I rarely leave the house, so few people know of me.]
[Our family’s Bodhisattva’s chief seat mount is a golden-haired, blue-faced lion called Kalavi. It is that mixed-fur beast you repeatedly saw in the thangka portraits in Qingtang City…]
Lin Xun: “…”
Life was already hard, so no need to expose it. He did not want to poke Senior Brother White Elephant’s sore spot again.
Although Senior Brother’s current strength was not much, he was a rare clear-headed person in the world. The senior and junior brothers had journeyed eastward together, sharing hardships and joys, and this friendship was indeed real.