Longevity from Liao Zhai

Chapter 17: Ten Buddhist Items
"Scar, was that expert last night a rank 10th level player?"

Zhou Ping asked Scar. He was very skeptical about Jinhua Temple's statement.

"Tenth rank? There should be, I think there is!"

"Haha, I can actually compete with a 10th-rank master."

Scar was already getting cocky because the temple said the thief was a tenth-grade warrior. He felt that he could already withstand a few moves from a tenth-grade warrior.

Zhou Ping doesn't think that one ear is of the tenth grade.

One ear is most likely the state of spiritual perfection.

Three people interrupted the spell of One Ear last night.

A normal person would be furious if their spellcasting was interrupted.

If Yizi'er was really a tenth-grade cultivator, he would definitely attack Zhou Ping and the other two instead of just running away.

Compared to the fact that one ear is of the tenth grade, Zhou Ping believes that it is the temple’s false propaganda to tell the world how powerful Jinhua Temple is.

"What a great way to recycle waste."

Zhou Ping sighed that there was a master in Jinhua Temple.

Killing people to silence them and destroying evidence would be fine, but even a dead person was used as a background for Jinhua Temple.

This advertising campaign is really brilliant.

"Zhou Ping, let's go, it's time for the initiation!"

Chen Erdan rubbed his hands, his eyes full of excitement. After this morning, he would be able to feel the spiritual energy just like Scar and Zhou Ping.

A monk led the two people into a room.

There is no Buddha statue in this room, but there are three old monks sitting in the front.

Among them was an old monk who was thin but had a kind face.

The moment Zhou Ping saw the monk, he seemed to see his kind grandmother.

There were two monks on both sides of the skinny monk, one was strong and had eyes wide open, and the other was fat and had a smile on his face.

There were ten little monks on each side of the room, constantly beating wooden fish and chanting scriptures.

"Please take a seat, benefactors."

The little monk led Zhou Ping and three others to sit on the cushions.

This time, the initiation was given not only to Zhou Ping and Chen Erdan, but also to two other people.

"I heard from the monks in the temple that the monk among them is an eighth-grade cultivator!"

“Only an eighth-grade master can give us initiation.”

Chen Erdan said in a low voice.

Zhou Ping's heart moved, and he looked at the monks a few more times. He had a bad impression of Jinhua Temple, but the monks there really gave people a kind feeling.

The old monk doesn't seem to have any accomplishments at all, he just looks like an ordinary old man.

"Please don't say anything, close your eyes and sit quietly. The initiation will begin soon."

"The initiation may fail, so we need you to open your mind and body and let the elders pass on the power."

The little monk reminded.

Zhou Ping, Chen Erdan and the other four people no longer made any small movements, but closed their eyes and sat quietly as they were instructed.

This is a Buddhist fate! Twenty taels of silver.

As the four people sat quietly, the door of the room slowly closed.

The young monks began to recite scriptures and chant Buddha's name.

"Oh Amitabha, may the Buddha have mercy on me."

"Take refuge in the Buddha, attain the true fruit of Arhat, and enter the Western Paradise."

"Oh Amitabha, may the Buddha have mercy on me."

"Take refuge in the Buddha, attain the true fruit of Arhat, and enter the Western Paradise."

In this environment, Zhou Ping gradually relaxed physically and mentally, and became less wary.

"Initiation."

After an unknown amount of time, the eighth-rank old monk among them slowly spoke.

Immediately afterwards, golden light suddenly burst out from the three monks sitting in the middle.

The dazzling golden light illuminated the entire room.

The golden light of the three people transformed into a golden Buddha.

"Oh Amitabha, may the Buddha have mercy on me."

"Take refuge in the Buddha, attain the true fruit of Arhat, and enter the Western Paradise."

The golden Buddha opened his mouth and then transformed into four golden lights that shot towards Zhou Ping and the other four people respectively.

The four people were wrapped in golden light.

Zhou Ping felt as if there was a seed growing inside his body.

This feeling was exactly the same as when he first felt the spiritual energy.

However, the first time, the spiritual energy Zhou Ping saw was white dots, while this time the spiritual energy was white with golden color.

Is this the power of Buddha?

A little bit of golden Buddha power entered Zhou Ping's body.

The four people were all enveloped by the same Buddha power at the beginning, but their feelings about the Buddha power were obviously different.

Except for Zhou Ping and Chen Erdan, the golden Buddha power entered the people's bodies at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The least amount of Buddhist power entered Chen Erdan and Zhou Ping, and a lot of it dissipated in the air.

The old monk sitting in the middle sighed slightly.

The success of the initiation also depends on the qualifications of the person being initiated. If that person is kind-hearted by nature, is in tune with Buddhism, and accepts the Buddha's power wholeheartedly, the success rate of the initiation will be much greater, and a lot of Buddha's power will remain in the body.

If the person has no interest in Buddhism, or even hates it, the success rate of the initiation will be much lower.

Chen Erdan is too smart, and his state of mind is not in line with Buddhism.

Zhou Ping was hostile to Jinhua Temple and was skeptical about Buddhism, so less Buddha's power entered his body.

However, the next moment, the Buddha's power in Zhou Ping's body no longer dissipated, but entered Zhou Ping's body at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The Buddha's power enveloping Zhou Ping was not wasted at all, and was all absorbed by Zhou Ping.

At this time, there were bursts of shattering sounds coming from Zhou Ping's body.

Zhou Ping was familiar with this feeling, a breakthrough!
The last time I broke through in martial arts, it was the same, there was a sound of cracking in my body.

This is the stage where the bottleneck of human beings is broken and the body is reshaped.

Zhou Ping is hostile to Buddha's power and absorbs it very slowly, but Zhou Ping has two Buddhist treasures on him.

One is a red silk robe, and the other is a pair of Buddhist beads.

The Buddhist beads are grown under the Bodhi tree next to the Buddha, and their Buddha nature is extremely strong.

The Buddha's power that enveloped Zhou Ping did not enter Zhou Ping's body as before, but was absorbed by the Bodhi Buddha beads.

After absorbing the Buddha's power, the Bodhi beads fed back to Zhou Ping.

Only then could Zhou Ping absorb the Buddha's power surrounding him without any waste.

As more Buddha power was absorbed, that feeling of breaking through the realm came again.

"boom."

A muffled groan came from Zhou Ping's body, and then the Buddha's power in Zhou Ping's body suddenly increased.

Buddhism, tenth level!
As Zhou Ping entered the tenth level of Buddhism, he could feel his strength becoming stronger.

In addition to strength, there is also a change in state of mind.

At this time, Zhou Ping was in a very peaceful state of mind, neither arrogant nor impatient, and had no desires.

"Is this the power of Buddha? In addition to increasing my strength, it also affected my state of mind."

Zhou Ping felt that he was no longer greedy, angry, ignorant, or lustful.

As Zhou Ping absorbed all the Buddha's power without any waste, the Buddha's power from the other three people was also completely absorbed.

It’s just that Chen Erdan absorbed 30%, and the other two absorbed 60% of the spiritual energy.

Zhou Ping absorbed 90% of the spiritual power because of the Bodhi Buddha beads!
"The initiation is over."

Following the monk's long Buddhist chant, Zhou Ping and others slowly opened their eyes.

"Zhou Ping, I can feel the spiritual energy. So this is the spiritual energy!"

Chen Erdan's eyes were full of ecstasy. After much trouble, he was finally able to feel the spiritual energy.

"Congratulations."

Zhou Ping was happy for Chen Erdan.

Compared to Zhou Ping and Chen Erdan, the other two were happy but seemed calmer. They bowed down to the three monks. They bowed again and again to the three monks, very pious and not pretending.

"Zhou Ping, shall we kowtow?"

Chen Erdan asked after a moment of hesitation.

"Forget it, we paid for it."

Zhou Ping thought for a moment and said.

After the ceremony, Zhou Ping and Chen Erdan left, but Scar was still waiting for them at the door.

As soon as Zhou Ping went out, the little white cat lay on his shoulder.

In the room, three monks were reviewing the initiation they had just received.

"Out of four people, only two were successfully reformed, and the other two were not affected much."

"Two will be enough. Those two don't look like they have money."

"That's right. One of them looks like he has practiced martial arts and has a strong mind, while the other is a little smart. It's obvious at first glance that they are not people who can be easily influenced by Buddhism."

"It's also our fault that our skills are not deep enough. If we had the skills of the third or fourth rank, even if a demon came, we would be able to persuade him to convert to Buddhism!"

Zhou Ping and two others left Jinhua Temple.

The escort agency has already protected Liu Ruyan and is heading towards Qinghe County.

The carriage was moving very slowly, and the three men on horseback were able to catch up with the escort team just in time for the evening.

Along the way, Chen Erdan was studying his own strength.

Chen Erdan can crush a stone with his bare hands.

However, Chen Erdan could only crush the stone into several pieces, unlike Zhou Ping who could directly turn the stone into powder when his spiritual energy was perfect.

"Scar, let's try."

Chen Erdan was full of confidence and he wanted to compete with Scar in strength.

"Okay, hehehe."

Scar grinned evilly and agreed to Chen Erdan's request.

The two men did not use any fancy kung fu, but simply bumped their fists together, a pure collision of power.

"boom."

After the two fists collided, the two men remained deadlocked.

"Oh, my hand."

Chen Erdan squatted on the ground, holding his right hand and wailing.

The force of this punch almost broke Chen Erdan's hand.

"Scar, what's wrong with you? Why are you so strong?"

Chen Erdan was in so much pain that he almost cried.

"I have already reached the perfect spiritual energy, just one step away from the tenth level. I am already far ahead."

Scar looked at Zhou Ping and Chen Erdan with pride.

Erhu's death not only stimulated Chen Erdan, but also stimulated Scar.

Scar also took out all his savings, but he didn't use the money to get initiated at Jinhua Temple. Instead, he bought an elixir from Uncle Lame.

One pill costs fifteen taels!
Although Scar felt some pain in his body, after taking the elixir, his cultivation level reached the level of spiritual perfection.

Scar felt it was worth it to exchange twenty taels for perfect spiritual energy.

"Zhou Ping, let's practice together. You are different from Erdan. In addition to the initiation, you also have the foundation of a warrior. Come on, let's practice together."

Erhu looked at Zhou Ping with great interest, with a strong desire to win in his eyes.

"I can't beat you. You're already so far ahead."

"Hurry up and go. It would be bad if we run into ghosts on the road at night."

Zhou Ping urged.

"Ghost! What's so scary about ghosts? Even though I can't beat Scar, I have the power of Buddha."

Chen Erdan tried to save his face.

"What if we encounter a female ghost?"

Scar asked.

Chen Erdan smiled obscenely and licked his lips. He used to be very afraid of ghosts, but now that he has the power of Buddha, he doesn't feel so scared of ghosts anymore.

"We've encountered a female ghost. Let's each take one."

As Zhou Ping spoke, he jumped on his horse. He rode away from the others, followed closely by Chen Erdan and Daoba.

"What if there is only one female ghost?"

"Zhou Ping goes first, he's tough."

……

The few people were in a very good mood and talked about this and that along the way.

"Scar, Zhou Ping, do you know? The He family is very wealthy, but the head of the He family only has one daughter, He Yunqing."

"I don't know which man will be so lucky to be the son-in-law of the He family in the future."

"Tsk tsk tsk, by then all the He family's properties, money, and He Ren Tang will be his."

Chen Erdan said enviously.

Chen Erdan is a little clever, but this little cleverness makes him know his own worth and knows that such a good thing will never happen to him.

"I don't know what kind of girl He likes."

"Do you think she would like a rough guy, a big guy with a strong waist, who looks particularly strong and makes her feel safe?"

Scar chuckled.

"Well, I think Miss He also likes this, and she likes the kind of warriors who carry maces."

Chen Erdan teased.

"Yeah, then don't I have a good chance?"

When Scar heard Chen Erdan's words, he instantly became excited, not realizing that Chen Erdan was teasing him.

"Zhou Ping, what do you think Miss He likes?"

Chen Erdan asked Zhou Ping.

"He who has great wealth and power is a man of great means."

Zhou Ping expressed his opinion.

"It's very concise and to the point."

Chen Erdan praised.

Scar also wanted to praise Zhou Ping, but suddenly he remembered that he was illiterate. He scratched his head and thought for a long time.

"Me too!"

Scar held his words for a long time before uttering something.

"Hahaha."

“Alas, since the third lady is not here, I will tell you something strange about the He family.”

Chen Erdan always had so much news. Taking advantage of his time with the He family maids, he got some explosive news.

"This Third Madam is not actually the Third Madam? She's the Fourteenth Madam."

"Mr. He married his third wife when he was sixty years old. Mr. He had nineteen wives in total."

"It's just that out of the dozen ladies who died, only these three are left!"

Chen Erdan lowered his voice and spoke as if he had discovered something extraordinary.

"Can your body handle marrying a young man?"

Scar was dissatisfied with Mr. He for occupying so many women.

"That's not the point. The point is that of these 19 ladies, only three are dead."

Chen Erdan said anxiously. The point he made was that three of the nineteen wives had died, and Scar only saw that Mr. He had too many wives.

"Why are there only three left out of the nineteen ladies?"

Zhou Ping asked. Chen Erdan's words aroused his interest.

It is normal for a rich man to marry several women, but it is very abnormal if only three are left after nineteen wives die.

“There is a saying.”

"It is Master He who knows the evil magic and is using the lives of these ladies in exchange for their longevity."

(End of this chapter)