Wandering Gods of Day and Night-Chapter 973 - 387: Heavenly Book Resonance (Part 4)

"He specifically asked me to check on this street, to see what kind of power caused the street to be rebuilt."

"To catch Bi Fang, it truly took efforts to lay the trap."

Zhou Xuan stood up, walked around the low house a few times, then thought: "Still need to contact Ya Zi, have him find the Joyful Zen Master and release a portion of the stored Human Desire Power."

Currently, all the people in Mingjiang Prefecture have come to believe in the matter of ’resurrection from death,’ but whether this newly established trust will allow those Human Desire Powers to reach the Cloud Prefecture City is still uncertain.

"But we must take the chance, otherwise, as time passes, dreams grow under long nights, and Bi Fang might awaken from the illusion."

...

Zhou Xuan left the low house and found Zhao Wuya riding a donkey, idly wandering in the Donkey Shed.

"Ya Zi, what are you wandering about?"

Zhou Xuan shouted to Zhao Wuya.

Zhao Wuya rode the donkey and slowly approached Zhou Xuan, saying: "The rebuilding of this street is connected to donkeys, my Big Black is indeed feeling sentimental."

Countless donkey blood and meat built these two grand streets, unintentionally stirring Big Black Donkey’s sentiment. It only lightly uttered two "Ah-er Ah-er" sounds to Zhou Xuan, completely lacking the usual spirit.

Zhou Xuan patted the donkey’s face, comforting it: "Big Black, it’s not like we absolutely used your donkey kind to pave streets or build structures, and your donkey kind died long ago from a fire, as bricks and tiles, there’s nothing inhumane about it, you’re sad for nothing."

This mixture of comfort and reprimand made Big Black feel a bit better, Zhou Xuan continued to speak to Zhao Wuya: "Ya Zi, lower your head."

"For what?"

"I’m looking for Master Wu Ya."

Zhou Xuan stated.

"Finding that bald donkey again."

Zhao Wuya complained as he lowered his head, and when his head lifted again, he recited a Buddhist invocation.

"Amitabha, the great gentleman indeed has a skill, through a mere illusion, he brought true hope to the city’s populace."

"Zen Master, does my method of deception harm my hidden virtue?"

"The great gentleman cares for the people, everything he does is to revive the entire city, how could it harm one’s virtue, a gentleman questions the heart not the appearance."

Upon hearing, Zhou Xuan found Master Wu Ya’s Buddhist Law quite flexible and adaptable — doesn’t it all say a gentleman questions the heart, not the appearance?

"Let’s not discuss questioning the heart or appearance for now, Zen Master, can you have Joyful Zen release a portion of the Human Desire Power?"

Zhou Xuan said: "I want to see if those powers can soar skyward, reaching the heavenly Cloud Prefecture City."

Upon hearing this, Master Wu Ya replied: "Belief is a form of power, but the congregation of ’belief’ requires time, you have only planted the seed of belief in the hearts of Mingjiang Prefecture’s people, borrowing their power now is somewhat hasty."

"Circumstances compel, I can’t wait."

Zhou Xuan said.

"Then, does the great gentleman know that once those stored powers in the Bodhi Tree are released, they cannot be stored again, if they fail to reach the Cloud Prefecture City, they will be wasted."

"Waste them if necessary, Zen Master, first release one-fifth of the powers."

Zhou Xuan’s persistence was too resolute, Master Wu Ya no longer argued, reaching out to summon a leaf, directing it to the Bodhi Tree by the Mingjiang River.

Suddenly, hundreds of colorful Bodhi leaves took flight like clouds, releasing all the contained ’Human Desire Power.’

The power dispersed like clouds and mist, drifting towards the Cloud Prefecture City, but this time, when it reached two zhangs [24 feet] away from the Cloud Prefecture, it solidified like an iron weight and fell abruptly.

It fell to a hundred zhang [approximately 1,200 feet] from the ground, and suspended in mid-air.

"Can’t go further?" Zhou Xuan felt a bit disappointed.

Master Wu Ya smiled and said: "It’s actually quite reasonable."

Zhou Xuan thought for a moment, then said: "Zen Master, release another one-fifth of the Human Desire Power to combine with these suspended powers."

"If we release more, it will reach four-tenths of the stored powers — is the great gentleman really going to waste this four-tenths?"

"Release them, without sacrificing the child, you can’t catch the wolf, without sacrificing the wife, you can’t..."

Zhou Xuan felt that the powers could potentially reach the Cloud Prefecture, because when the powers rushed towards the prefecture earlier, he sensed a slight emotional stirring within,

But the stir was too faint, too quick, Zhou Xuan did not capture what this ’emotional stirring’ signified...