Chapter 2397 Papiyas’ Whereabout, Bodhi Samadhi's Mystic, The Wicked Repents
Guanyin was surprised to see Chu Kuangren. She was grateful for Chu Kuangren saving her, so she bowed as a sign of respect.
"Thank you, Monarch Chu. If not for you, I can't imagine what would've happened."
"You're welcome."
Chu Kuangren added, "I'm here to retrieve something from the Heavenly Buddha Pure Land. I wonder if you can guide me."
With Cundi and Receiva joining the Heavenly Buddha Pure Land, Guanyin, Tathagata, and the other Buddhist cultivators also joinedl. Only a handful of Buddhist cultivators remained in the Pan Gu Sect, like Shi Ying and Buddha Yun Lan.
With Guanyin leading the way, Chu Kuangren made his way to the center of the Pure Land and got to understand the current situation.
When the Buddhist Tower collapsed, numerous wicked men were released.
All of them had intense grudges against the Buddhists, and now that they finally got a chance to vent their grievances, the cultivators and commoners of the Pure Land suffered.
Multiple tragedies happened across the Pure Land, and lives were lost.
Almost all the cultivators of the Heavenly Buddha Pure Land were mobilized to help the commoners and capture the wicked men.
Even after the collapse of the tower, the Buddhist cultivators insisted on capturing the wicked men instead of killing them because they wanted to redeem them.
Of course, if capturing was no longer an option, they would have to kill those men on the spot.
Chu Kuangren was rendered speechless.
They might as well kill the men from the start to save more lives and time.
If the Buddhist cultivators had been firmer, the situation would not have been exacerbated.
It was difficult to understand the Buddhist cultivators.
Chu Kuangren did not know what to say about them.
"It's all karma. If the Pure Land hadn't built the tower in the first place, this tragedy wouldn't have happened today," Guanyin said sentimentally as she looked at the places wrecked by the wicked men.
Chu Kuangren chuckled and said, "You think that the master did something wrong too? That he shouldn't redeem the wicked men?" "No, the master's ideals are good. Saving sentient beings is a huge dream, but due to the complicated karmic relationship, it's too complicated to summarize everything in a few words."
Guanyin had her own dream as well, and it was similar to the master's ideals, which was to save every sentient being.
Chu Kuangren was not surprised by her answer.
To him, saving everyone was impossible.
There were two sides of a coin, and good and evil could never be fully separated. Any sentient beings would have evil thoughts that would produce a demon inside them.
Otherwise, the Devil King would not exist.
He could not understand Guanyin and the master's ideals but chose to respect them.
"Hahaha! No one can escape today!"
Just then, a manic voice roared, followed by a surge of rage qi.
A disheveled man was on a killing spree, murdering monks and commoners. Guanyin had to intervene and save the people from the man, so Chu Kuangren followed.
"Cry, wail, or use your terrible voices to pleasure my lord!"
The man was holding a Blood Buddha sculpture. For each man he killed, a piece of blood and flesh essence would be absorbed into it.
"Stop it!"
Guanyin wanted to stop the man from killing others.
Chu Kuangren, who had arrived, released a sliver of his aura on the man. With a loud bang, the man was slammed to the ground.
"A M-Monarch?"
The man looked at Chu Kuangren in fear.
Guanyin was also shocked that the wicked man, whom she deemed troublesome, could not even take a sliver of Chu Kuangren's aura.
Had Chu Kuangren grown so strong that he became invincible?
"Huh? This Blood Buddha…"
Chu Kuangren was intrigued by the sculpture. He picked it up and sensed a familiar presence.
"This is… Papiyas!"
Guanyin's eyes widened in shock.
Papiyas was the Demonic Buddha of the Pan Gu Universe and also the Desire World Sky Ruler.
He was the arch-enemy of all Buddhas.
Guanyin knew the nefarious Papiyas, and the sculpture from the man had three heads and four arms, which was exactly the image of Papiyas.
"Interesting. It seems like after he escaped to the Great Hongmeng Universe, he still stands against Buddhism. I wonder where he gets his powers?"
Papiyas was just an Embodier back in the Pan Gu Universe.
However, even before Chu Kuangren became a Monarch, he could easily kill the Demonic Buddha.
What fueled the Papiyas' confidence to stand against the Heavenly Buddha Pure Land?
"Speak. Where did you get this sculpture?" Guanyin asked the man.
The man refused to speak. He scoffed. "The trumpet for the extinction of Buddhism has been sounded. All Buddhist cultivators are doomed!"
"I don't know if the Buddhist cultivators are doomed, but I know you are." Chu Kuangren tapped the man on his head.
In an instant, he had cast the Soul Scouring Technique.
Chu Kuangren accessed the man's memories and searched for information related to Papiyas.
Compared to the Papiyas he knew, the Papiyas he saw in the man's memories was a lot stronger.
To the wicked men, Papiyas was an unbeatable force of evil.
"Interesting. It seems like Papiyas and Luo Hou both got their own Opportunities of Fortune," Chu Kuangren said with a chuckle.
He originally thought of killing the man, but then an experimental idea replaced his murderous one. He pointed at the man, and Buddhist Light shone.
The light was pointed at the man's forehead.
As Buddhist light shone, Bodhi Samadhi was cast.
Bodhi Samadhi was a Buddhist technique that he mastered a long time ago. It could cleanse one of rage and madness, and it worked wonders.
When Chu Kuangren became the Child of Light, he used that technique to cleanse the hostility against him and strengthen his position in the Radiant Church.
"W-What did I do?"
The man was struck with a sudden clarity. He looked at the bodies around him and a terrible guilt drowned him. He broke down in tears immediately.
Guanyin was stunned as to what was going on.
Did the wicked man just repent his murderous sins?
All she knew was that it was because of Chu Kuangren.
"H-How did you do it? That Buddhist Light that you released is pure. Are you a Buddhist Monarch?" Guanyin asked with wide eyes.
The wicked men were locked up in the Buddhist Tower for countless years and exposed to endless mantra chants, yet their rage and anger remained strong.
When they escaped from the tower, they only got worse.
Now, Chu Kuangren simply pointed at the man's forehead, and it made the man repent his sins.
Chu Kuangren had done something that the Heavenly Buddha Pure Land could not in countless years with such ease!
Guanyin was deeply shaken.
"It's just a little trick. Are you interested? I can teach you," Chu Kuangren said.
Guanyin put her hands together and bowed. "Brother Chu, you must be joking."
Such an amazing technique must be rare. She was too shy to ask Chu Kuangren to teach her, but she was strongly interested in it.
Chu Kuangren did not insist on teaching either.
The Bodhi Samadhi was magical but unuseful for Chu Kuangren.
Why would he want the wicked men to repent his sins?
He could just kill anyone who messed with him. As the Bodhi Samadhi was barely offensive, it lacked in performance compared to the All Law Indestructible Physique, Infinity Domain, Thousand Weapon Heart, and so on.
However, he had used it this time because he felt like it.
He came to the Heavenly Buddha Pure Land to retrieve the Devil King's weapon, so if he could stay away from conflict, he would solve things in the most peaceful way.
The Bodhi Samadhi might be able to save him some trouble.