Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game-Chapter 1176 - 530: Extreme Evil Telepathy Technique, Stone Bao Mo Gold

[You couldn’t help but nudge White Elephant Senior Brother with your elbow, asking him what was going on.]

[It was normal for you, not yet officially taken as a disciple by the Bodhisattva, to know very little about the Bodhisattva, but the White Elephant Demon was the Bodhisattva’s senior disciple and had served the Bodhisattva for many years. Wouldn’t it be too embarrassing if even he didn’t know these things?]

[The White Elephant Demon transmitted to you telepathically, "Junior brother, as the senior disciple, I certainly know how the Bodhisattva achieved enlightenment and some of the legends about the Bodhisattva’s enlightenment. These are the common knowledge that all disciples must learn."]

[However, what exactly the Bodhisattva’s current level of enlightenment is, is rather difficult to determine, the reasons behind it are quite complex...]

[The old scripture master, looking displeased, loudly scolded, "You two exchanging looks and yet failing to respond, if you don’t even know these essential lessons, why listen to the preaching at all? Just leave now!"]

[Angered by these words, the White Elephant Demon pointed at the old scripture master’s nose and shouted, "I understand far more about the Bodhisattva than you, when it comes to discussing the Bodhisattva, you only have to listen obediently, don’t show off here with your half-baked knowledge!"]

["Listen up well!"]

["Our Bodhisattva in his previous life was born in the Doron settlement of the Mandela family in Xinde Country.]

[The Bodhisattva was born from the right side of his mother, with a golden-purple body and complete in all merits. As soon as he touched the ground, he could speak like a celestial child and was covered in seven treasures, bringing all kinds of auspicious omens to his household.]

[As he grew, the Bodhisattva went to seek ordination among celestials, but none of the Brahmins and disputers could answer him. Thus, he took refuge with the Buddha, took up the monastic life to learn the law, and aided Buddha in spreading the teachings...]

[...]

[Later, the Bodhisattva went to the Great Snow Mountain and under the Nyagrodha tree, he sat in the lotus position and expounded and elucidated the twelve sections of scriptures to five hundred celestials.]

[By preaching and transmitting the dharma, the Bodhisattva attained great merit, his body shone with great light from all his pores, turned golden in color, and transformed into a glass-like figure, sitting on a lotus pedestal, through which he attained enlightenment and liberation, achieving the second-level fruition of ’Sotapanna’.]

[Once enlightened, the Bodhisattva ascended to the Western Paradise and within the Land of Ultimate Reward established a teaching ground, widely gathering disciples to spread the teachings and preach the scriptures...]

[The White Elephant Demon spoke swiftly, as if he had long memorized this content and could recite it backwards effortlessly.]

[The old scripture master looked stunned; although this monk looked ugly and seemed uneducated, his knowledge of the Bodhisattva’s various deeds was as detailed as a treasury, even more detailed than what’s recorded in the scriptures.]

[There were some details not recorded in the scriptures passed down through the world, unknown even to the old scripture master, yet this big-bellied monk could enumerate them clearly, the details matching with the broader context, clearly not fabricated.]

[The old scripture master stuttered, "Where, where did you learn these from some lost scriptures... uh cough! You only mentioned what level of enlightenment the Bodhisattva first achieved, but you haven’t fully answered the test question I posed."]

["Now he’ll ask you, what level of enlightenment has the Bodhisattva achieved now?"]

[The old scripture master, feeling somewhat embarrassed by what the White Elephant Demon had said, wanted to ask for details but felt it would be beneath his dignity, so he continued to question under the guise of a test.]

[Yet, this question made the White Elephant Demon show a troubled expression.]

[The White Elephant Demon hesitantly said, "Our Bodhisattva, widely spreading the Buddhist teachings in the Land of Ultimate Reward and greatly progressing in his own power, soon achieved the first-level fruition of ’Sotapanna’, becoming the Left Attendant under the Yama God.]

[The Bodhisattva should have ascended to ’Blissful Light Pure Land’, but due to some unknown complication in his cultivation, he fell back to the second-level fruition and has since remained in the Land of Ultimate Reward...]

[Now, whether the Bodhisattva has recovered the level of first-level fruition, even his close disciples do not know.]

[The old scripture master, originally harboring a spirit of inquiry, upon hearing this couldn’t help but slam the table and scold, "What nonsense are you spouting!]

[’Endless Delusion Bodhisattva’ attained the second-level fruition and then, with guidance from the Yama God, achieved the first-level fruition, thus becoming the Left Attendant under the Yama God.]

[As for your talk of some complication in the practice and falling back to the second-level fruition, that is completely fabricated!]

[From which absurd scripture did you read these fallacies? Burn them! Burn them!]

[The old scripture master, furious, was almost ready to kick the White Elephant Demon out of the lecture hall.]

[The White Elephant Demon, as the Bodhisattva’s senior disciple, spoke of witnessed truths, far more real and accurate than the scriptures circulating amongst the mundane world.]

[Now, faced with questions from the old scripture master, he laughed out of sheer frustration and said, "Fallacies? Let me ask you, if the Bodhisattva had already achieved the first-level fruition, why wouldn’t he go to the Blissful Light Pure Land and instead stay in the Land of Ultimate Reward?"]

[This question touched upon an area unknown to the old scripture master, who stuttered for a long time without a coherent answer.]

Lin Xun’s eyes flashed with numerous characters.

From the previous plot, he knew the Bodhisattva had subtly sensed that the celestial Buddhas were being quietly eroded and, in order to maintain his own sanity, had practiced the "The Buddha’s Secret Sutra of Three Worlds".]

After mastering the scriptures, the Bodhisattva severed his past body, retaining his present and future selves for the Evil God to continue eroding, thus deceiving heaven and leaving behind a ’Glazed Karma Fire Seed’.]

Taking into account what White Elephant Senior Brother had said, the Bodhisattva likely severed his past body and left most of his power and still lucid part of his soul in his past body, causing the Bodhisattva seen by many celestials to drop in level.]

It was for this reason that the past body was able to endure the erosion of the Evil God for a long time, until he entrusted the ’Glazed Karma Fire Seed’ to Lin Xun before dissolving and attaining liberation.]