Chapter 764: Physical Bodhisattva Statue
Brahma Realm?
Zhang Fanyin has a good sense of naming, unlike Li Yi, who lacks culture and can only come up with names like Barbaric World and Wasteland Biochemical World. However, from some clues, it is not difficult to deduce that this is also a major cultivation world, probably no less powerful than the Xuanxian Continent.
After all, the cosmic energy here is quite abundant.
"It seems the White Bone Temple mural fell from this Brahma Realm onto Earth," Li Yi thought to himself.
The Sky Tipping events have been happening continuously, and no one knows how many great realms have had brief contact with Earth during this time or how many worlds are secretly connected to Earth.
It is precisely because of this that anything can happen on Earth, and anything can exist.
"Weren't you going to take me to see your master? Hurry up,"
Li Yi urged again. He wanted to quickly resolve this matter and leave across realms.
Zhang Fanyin said, "No rush, I have one more thing to do at the Heavenly Dragon Temple."
"Then hurry up and do it," Li Yi said, "I don't want to wait too long."
"My master said that a Physical Bodhisattva Statue is hidden within the ruins of the Heavenly Dragon Temple. If found, it will greatly benefit the future path of cultivation. However, the Heavenly Dragon Temple was destroyed hundreds of years ago, and during this time, many great virtuous monks and cultivator lay practitioners have come here to explore it, but have never been able to find that Physical Bodhisattva Statue," Zhang Fanyin said.
"Are you kidding me? Others haven't found it in hundreds of years, and now you want to find it?" Li Yi said. "Or are you saying you won't leave unless you find that Physical Bodhisattva Statue?"
Zhang Fanyin said, "Li Yi, don't be impatient, let me explain slowly. Before the decline of the Heavenly Dragon Temple, it was said to be the site of the Heavenly Dragon Vast Power Bodhisattva, who not only had Great Divine Power but also possessed great wisdom."
"Now that the site is destroyed, the Physical Bodhisattva Statue must have been hidden by the Heavenly Dragon Vast Power Bodhisattva using Great Divine Power and great wisdom. Finding it requires not only strength but also sufficient wisdom."
"I have studied the Bodhisattva contemplation for many years and have wisdom awakened. Now, I am only lacking the Great Divine Power, and Li Yi, you just happen to make up for that. Together, we can surely find this Physical Bodhisattva Statue."
Li Yi listened to this and just stood there, looking at her seriously: "After listening for so long, I finally understand that your supreme wisdom tells you that you need to use my supreme strength, right?"
"Do you think you're very funny?"
Zhang Fanyin wore a compassionate look, lowering her eyes: "Li Yi, this is the karma of our lives. Lacking either of us, it's difficult to attain the fruit of cultivation, just like the Physical Bodhisattva Statue at the Heavenly Dragon Temple, so close yet so far, difficult to find..."
"Alright, alright, no need for so much nonsense. I understand your point. You're saying that together we can find that Bodhisattva Statue, right? If we can't find it, does that mean everything you said was a lie?" Li Yi asked.
"If you don't believe it, Li Yi, feel free to try. This Physical Bodhisattva Statue will prove that there is indeed a karmic connection between us," Zhang Fanyin said.
"Since you're so certain, let's give it a try," Li Yi said. "Now, use your supreme wisdom to tell me how my supreme strength should be used to find that Physical Bodhisattva Statue."
"It's rumored that the Bodhisattva has a Dharma Eye that can see all beings in the world. I can only find that Physical Bodhisattva Statue by transforming into the White Bone Bodhisattva." As she spoke, Zhang Fanyin suddenly began to emit Primordial Spirit Light again.
Soon after, her Primordial Spirit actually left her body, gradually flying into the air.
"Li Yi, with my Primordial Spirit out of the body, sitting in the White Bone Temple, our Primordial Spirit Powers will merge, naturally forming the White Bone Bodhisattva Image. When the Dharma Eye opens, the sought object will have no place to hide," Zhang Fanyin said. At this moment, her Primordial Spirit truly appeared as if a Bodhisattva had descended to earth.
Clear light radiated, with compassionate eyes.
But despite her Primordial Spirit's impressive appearance, Zhang Fanyin's Primordial Spirit Power was indeed very strong, comparable to a Mahayana Cultivator on the Xuanxian Continent. However, she seemed to focus on Primordial Spirit cultivation, and her physical strength was not very strong, appearing very frail.
Seeing this, Li Yi hesitated for a moment but still wanted to see whether this so-called White Bone Bodhisattva matter was true or not, so his Primordial Spirit Dharma Image left his body and flew out at once.
Unlike Zhang Fanyin's Primordial Spirit, Li Yi's Primordial Spirit Dharma Image was more massive, standing three丈 (about 10 meters) tall, clad in a Five-Colored Cloud Robe, fingers forming a Treasure Seal, sitting atop a Red Lotus, with the sun and moon guarding him, exuding endless power.
"Is this your Dharma Image?" Zhang Fanyin glanced at it, surprise flickering in her eyes.
She had cultivated painstakingly for years and focused on the Primordial Spirit, just achieving the Bodhisattva form, while Li Yi not only had divine might and great power but also an extraordinary Dharma Image, standing three丈 tall with immense Primordial Spirit Power.
Moreover, the Red Lotus was an unimaginable supreme treasure, protecting the Primordial Spirit and making it impervious to all, and under the light of the treasure, this Primordial Spirit Dharma Image was constantly growing stronger.
Her Primordial Spirit was merely normal sized and looked insignificant before it like a devotee before a Buddhist statue.
After a brief moment of astonishment, Zhang Fanyin quickly came back to her senses, and her Primordial Spirit flew towards Li Yi's Primordial Spirit Dharma Image.
The couple's Primordial Spirits were shaped differently, but upon getting closer, the emitted Primordial Spirit Light became compatible, without a hint of repulsion, even the Supreme Treasure Red Lotus did not instinctively protect the master and block Zhang Fanyin's Primordial Spirit from approaching.
"Truly uncanny."
Li Yi's Primordial Spirit Dharma Image gazed down at Zhang Fanyin's Primordial Spirit, though one was large and the other was small, they seemed mismatched, yet their Primordial Spirit Powers had a feeling of being from the same source.
This is something impossible to happen in the cultivation world.
Zhang Fanyin stopped beside the Red Lotus and her Primordial Spirit was enveloped by Li Yi's Primordial Spirit Power, unharmed, instead experiencing a mystical transformation. Her Primordial Spirit now was shrouded in Five-Colored Qi, and at her feet there was also a Lotus Platform formed from the Red Lotus's sacred light.
At this moment, the missing aspects of her Primordial Spirit seemed to have been completed. She was like a true Bodhisattva, but this one was special; if your heart is as still as water, with no desires or demands, this Bodhisattva appears before you in the most beautiful form.
If the mind is filled with evil thoughts, this Bodhisattva will transform into white bones, inciting fear within you.
"Is this the true essence of the White Bone Bodhisattva?"
Zhang Fanyin herself also sensed this wondrous transformation, feeling a joy within her, a desire to remain here forever.
However, she knew in her heart that this was temporary.
Moreover, this wasn't truly the essence of the White Bone Bodhisattva, merely a resemblance.
But even this was sufficient.
When Zhang Fanyin's Primordial Spirit opened its eyes again, observing the world with the likeness of the White Bone Bodhisattva, everything appeared different. The mountains before her, the ground, the sky all vanished like illusions, ethereal and unreal.
"All conditioned phenomena are like a dream, an illusion, a bubble, a shadow, like dew or a flash of lightning; thus should one perceive them," she softly murmured, her wisdom growing, understanding some profound truths.
At the ruins of the Heavenly Dragon Temple, right in the center of the hall that once enshrined the Heavenly Dragon Vast Power Bodhisattva, a Physical Bodhisattva Statue stood there.
For hundreds of years, it had not changed.
Even though the grand hall turned to ruins, the Buddha statue turned to dust, that Physical Bodhisattva Statue still remained, visible only to those with enlightened hearts, beyond the reach of mere mortal eyes.
"Li Yi, please bring that Physical Bodhisattva Statue," Zhang Fanyin immediately spoke.
She could see it, so Li Yi surely could see it as well.
Primordial Spirit Power intertwined, Dharma Eye interconnected.
But she had no divine strength to move that Physical Bodhisattva Statue into the reality.
Li Yi didn't understand too much; he saw that the statue was hidden in another space, and to retrieve it, the space needs to be broken. No wonder Zhang Fanyin mentioned needing supreme strength to take this Bodhisattva statue.
Immediately, his Primordial Spirit Dharma returned to his body.
Then, he rushed out; silver lightning appeared around him, and an ancient, powerful aura spread. All the silver brilliance converged onto one arm.
The power of the Divine Blood Lineage erupted at this moment.
"Heaven and Earth Severed," Li Yi launched a punch, like divine might wielding a fist.
The world dimmed instantly, and an extreme silver light seemed to cleave this world like Heaven Opening.
With a Divine Art strike, Li Yi's power was brought to its peak, tearing the space.
As the space trembled.
The Physical Bodhisattva Statue hidden within the ruins of the Heavenly Dragon Temple emerged before their eyes.
And to Li Yi's disbelief, the power of his strike was so dreadful, yet it couldn't move this Divine Statue an inch. He vaguely heard the sound of a Heavenly Dragon resonating within the statue, unleashing boundless divine power.
"This Physical Bodhisattva Statue is equally mysterious," Li Yi's expression changed, quickly retreating.
As the space collapsed, the Physical Bodhisattva Statue appeared in the world, the sound of the Heavenly Dragon reverberated, and divine light gathered from all directions, illuminating the vast sky with tremendous momentum. Instantly, the air was filled with the fragrance of lotus and sandalwood.
At this moment.
Zhang Fanyin's Primordial Spirit also returned to her physical body. Witnessing such a grand spectacle, she couldn't help but lament, "No wonder people have searched for this Physical Bodhisattva Statue for hundreds of years. Such a supreme treasure is truly unparalleled."
"A physical body, dead for countless years, still possessing such power, is truly incredible," Li Yi observed seriously.
"That is the earthly presence of the Heavenly Dragon Vast Power Bodhisattva, possessing the Dragon and Tiger Power. If you bring back this Physical Bodhisattva Statue to study, you could also comprehend the Dragon and Tiger Power," Zhang Fanyin said.
The Dragon and Tiger Power?
Li Yi's gaze shifted slightly; he had mastered the Dragon-subduing and Tiger-subduing Skill, possessing the power of twelve dragons and tigers, yet this combined power was still inferior to the residual Dragon and Tiger Power within this Physical Bodhisattva Statue.
If he could grasp this skill, his power would reach an extremely terrifying level.
But as he contemplated this.
Suddenly.
Li Yi sensed many powerful auras converging from all directions, and even before they arrived, he heard the continuous chants of Sanskrit.
"They're cultivators from this world, seemingly here for the Physical Bodhisattva Statue. Indeed, no matter the world, human nature is the same, driven by interest," he immediately realized.
The Heavenly Dragon Temple held treasures even Zhang Fanyin was aware of. The powerful beings of this world couldn't be oblivious; they just couldn't find it. Now that this Physical Bodhisattva Statue has appeared, naturally, some people couldn't sit still.