Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game-Chapter 1179 - 531: Great Red Supreme Heavenly Sovereign, Brahman Form Divine Treasure Mysterious True Invocation Spell
After acquiring the ’Stone Treasure Molybdenum Gold,’ Lin Xun searched the Scripture Storing Pavilion meticulously.
Most of the scriptures and books within the pavilion were useless, and even after turning the place upside down, he only found a few low-level Buddhist divine skills books.
It seemed that the divine skills taught by the old scripture teacher were the most valuable skills in Fengyang Academy.
Having explored several places within Fengyang Academy, Lin Xun did not immediately leave for the next location but returned to the lecture hall to seek information from the old scripture teacher.
There were still two intact buildings in the city, one was a large loft to the west that retained some elements of Daoist style, and the other was a towering temple in the center of the city.
According to the old scripture teacher, the loft was originally known as ’Flying Immortal Pavilion,’ a very ancient building that housed a shrine of the Daoist Heavenly Sovereign, and any Qi Refiners passing through Luoyi would enter the Flying Immortal Pavilion to worship.
It was rumored that several great Qi Refiners had attained enlightenment and ascended to immortality, transforming into Feathered beings.
However, after the Vermilion Emperor prioritized Buddhism over Daoism, the ’Flying Immortal Pavilion’ was converted into ’Zhufa Building,’ not only changing its name but also removing the shrines of the immortals one by one, turning it into a military building used for overseeing and defending the Western Territory.
As time passed and peace prevailed, Zhufa Building was gradually transformed into a scenic spot for sightseeing and entertainment, and the top floor was altered into a place for banqueting important officials and dignitaries.
[...]
[You and the White Elephant Demon leave Fengyang Academy, traverse through the monster-infested ruins, and arrive beneath ’Zhufa Building.’]
[Zhufa Building has five stories of flying eaves and a pointed roof, covered with golden glazed tiles and supported by numerous round columns, with crane wing-like corners extending outward.]
[Originally there were other structures surrounding the building such as pagodas, archways, verandas, and pavilions, but now these structures have all crumbled into ruins, with only Zhufa Building still standing intact.]
[Together with the White Elephant Demon, you enter the building, and right upon entering the first floor, you see a spacious hall with a huge ’Buddha’s Universal Deliverance’ mural on the front wall.]
[In the painting, the Buddha is known as ’Namah Shakya Muni,’ commonly referred to as ’The Present Buddha.’]
[The entire hall, resplendent and redolent of ancient grandeur, shows none of the semblance of its former Daoist ascension site and entirely resembles a place of entertainment.]
[Several Extreme Evil Monsters were wandering around the hall, and the White Elephant Demon swung the Iron Hammer, wiping out all the monsters on that floor.]
[You searched the hall once but didn’t find anything special, so you followed the staircase up to the second floor...]
[...]
[Zhufa Building has five floors; you and the White Elephant Demon fought your way upstairs, arriving at the top floor of Zhufa Building.] 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮
[From this vantage point, you could survey the splendid vistas of Luoyi city, but now, the city merely presented a hellish landscape, its once-glorious features obliterated and vanished.]
[The top floor seemed unremarkable as well, and your gaze turned to two supporting columns beside you, which bore a long couplet: Buddha Light comes from the west, sweeping away the clouds and shaking the earth; Purple Chi departs to the east, stirring waves and cleansing ancient and current evils.]
[You didn’t discover anything worth exploring inside Zhufa Building, are you considering leaving this place?]
Lin Xun knitted his brows.
The Underworld Game probably wouldn’t set up unnecessary scenes; if there were useless places, they’d appear to be collapsed and damaged like those ruins and not included in the Apostle’s preset levels.
There must be another mystery inside this Zhufa Building.
He meticulously reflected on the meaning of the couplet—the term Buddha Light is a Buddhist term, suggesting heavenly Buddhas arriving from the Bliss Heaven in the West.
Purple Chi, on the other hand, is a term from Daoism, could ’Purple Chi going east’ imply that the Daoist Heavenly Sovereigns left Vermilion and traveled east to Penglai in the Mysterious Sea?
"Logically speaking, since the Vermilion Emperor honored Buddhism over Daoism and removed the immortals’ shrines from Flying Immortal Pavilion, turning it into a place of amusement, such an act of disrespect to heavenly immortals."
"And since Flying Immortal Pavilion had undergone several reconstructions, how could the crane wing-like eaves and the couplet on the top floor subtly hinting at Daoism remain?"
"The waves cleanse ancient and current evils... The person who wrote this couplet must know something!"
With this thought, Lin Xun immediately returned to Fengyang Academy with the White Elephant Demon to inquire about the origin of the couplet from the old scripture teacher.
[...]
[The old scripture teacher huffed and puffed, slamming his desk and said, what nonsense is this, the couplet on the top floor of Zhufa Building clearly reads: Buddha Light comes from the west, sweeping away the clouds and shaking the earth; Great River goes east, washing away ancient and contemporary sorrows.]
[Where does it mention anything about Purple Chi going east and something about Daoism?!]
[Don’t think It’s gone senile and try to confuse it with your made-up stories here!]
The old scripture teacher’s demeanor didn’t seem deceptive; he even fetched books and scriptures from the Scripture Storing Pavilion, which explicitly recorded that this couplet was personally penned by the ancient governor of Luoyi and had never been changed ever since.
Lin Xun pondered for a moment, then returned to Zhufa Building.
He and the White Elephant Demon searched the entire building from the first to the fifth floor again, but ultimately found no unique aspects; it seemed there was no special event inside Zhufa Building.
[...]
[The White Elephant Demon brushed off the dust adhering to its Big Red Cassock, expressing doubt, "Junior Brother, this Zhufa Building is quite ordinary; it doesn’t seem like a place that harbors divine Buddhist treasures. What exactly are we looking for here?]
[Bored and seeing the huge mural of The Present Buddha, it properly stood there and thought that since it saw the Buddha, it should offer a prayer, so it brought its hands together and worshiped for a while.]
