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Chapter 263 The Struggle for Faith
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It landed on the ground.

Wu Wen stepped forward and reached out to touch the forehead of the Buddha statue puppet.

Just now, when he took control of the Buddha statue puppet, he already knew that the puppet was not manufactured.

It was a corpse!
Wu Wen withdrew his hand.

At the same time, the Buddha puppet changed shape according to his will, transforming into an ordinary monk.

This is the most fundamental form of this three-headed, six-armed Buddha puppet.

It is the body of a high-ranking monk who has cultivated the "Golden Body" technique.

This eminent monk cultivated his skills to the highest level, and his flesh and blood body had completely transformed into living metal.

However, its "soul" disappeared for some unknown reason, leaving only this empty body, which retains only some basic "body" consciousness for maintenance and control.

Looking at the body before him, Wu Wen couldn't help but ponder: Where exactly did his "soul" go?
Just then, the monks of Tuomo Temple arrived. They lined up and watched Wu Wen intently.

With so many people watching, Wu Wen couldn't help but frown slightly.

He leaped onto the ruins of the collapsed stone pagoda, searched around, and found the base of the Buddha statue that was trapped underneath.

Upon opening the hidden compartment, thankfully the crystal bottle containing the secret medicine was intact.

Put it away.

Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly saw several figures appear in the sky.

"This is... stirring up a hornet's nest!"

Wu Wen looked up and saw seventy-one figures appearing in the sky around him.

These figures are just like Buddha statues and puppets!
Thirty-six strategies, walking is the best strategy!
Wu Wen, carrying the puppet he had just seized, rose up from the ground.

go!
"Bang~"

A sonic boom rang out, and Wu Wen and the puppet flew rapidly towards the outside of the city.

Just as he was about to leave the city, before the seventy-one puppets could catch up, countless points of light suddenly appeared before his eyes, as if sunlight were converging from all directions.

Subsequently, a bald old monk materialized in front of Wu Wen.

"Amitabha!"

The monk had a kind face, his hands clasped together, and he was chanting Buddhist prayers, as if he were greeting Wu Wen.

Wu Wen stopped, floating in the air, his gaze fixed on the other person.

Particle energy body!
Realizing that the monk before him was no ordinary person, Wu Wen immediately unleashed his strongest power.

The electromagnetic field spun wildly, and violent energy erupted, causing his body surface to flare up as if on fire.

"Amitabha, please calm down, benefactor. This old monk has no ill intentions!" The monk bowed slightly and greeted him softly.

Wu Wen remained vigilant: "If there's no malice, why are you blocking my way?"

“I do not mean to obstruct you, but I would like to ask you to leave this golden statue behind. It is an item of Buddhism and has a very important purpose. I hope you will leave it behind,” the old monk said slowly.

"Leave your golden statue?"

Wu Wen glanced sideways at the Buddha statue puppet beside him: "This is my spoils of war. You think I can just leave it here like that?"

At this moment, the seventy-one puppets behind him were getting closer and closer. Wu Wen didn't want to waste any more time with the old monk and decided to rush over directly.

"Annihilation Feedback!"

A fierce and resolute glint flashed in Wu Wen's eyes.

At that moment, he did not hesitate to actively destroy the precisely constructed, cage-like electromagnetic confinement field within his body.

This action was like opening Pandora's box.

In an instant.

The high-frequency, high-voltage electromagnetic waves formed by the annihilation of antimatter particles within the body, like a beast breaking free of its restraints, erupted wildly and recklessly in the form of radiation.

Suddenly, a deep blue light burst forth from Wu Wen's body.

The light was like a ghostly flame, dazzling and captivating.

However, behind this seemingly beautiful light lies a chilling aura of destruction.

Each ray of light is actually a highly destructive gamma ray, like a merciless blade, carrying a terrifying power to tear everything apart.

The old monk's particle energy body instantly lost its form under the surging, storm-like impact of gamma rays.

The formed body, like a fragile bubble, rapidly disintegrated and dissipated under the relentless erosion of gamma rays, turning into countless tiny specks of light, like drifting dust.

The outbreak has ended.

Wu Wen's body was much weaker at this moment.

This move, "Annihilation Feedback," is truly a move that inflicts a thousand damages on the enemy while also harming eight hundred of your own.

In some ways, it's almost the same as "self-destruction".

Wu Wen looked up at what was in front of him.

The old monk's figure had already dissipated and disappeared.

However, at this moment, countless points of light from all directions are converging towards the center, seemingly trying to revert to the appearance of the old monk.

Without the slightest hesitation, Wu Wen turned and fled with the puppet he had seized. However, an unexpected event suddenly occurred.

Wu Wen was shocked to realize that the surrounding scenery had completely changed without his noticing.

Before my eyes was a vast expanse of white, as if I were standing above a sea of ​​clouds, with thousands of golden rays pouring down from above, as if I had arrived at a sacred holy land.

"phantom!"

"when!"

Realizing he was under an illusion, Wu Wen immediately checked his physical and mental fluctuations, only to find that they were not affected.

So he quickly focused his mind and entered a state of "forgetfulness" flow.

However, the illusion before our eyes did not disappear.

"I'm not experiencing an illusion due to a spell; I've been forcibly pulled into a 'virtual space'!"

Realizing once again that he was not under a spell, but had been passively entered into a virtual space, Wu Wen did not panic, but quickly calmed down.

The fact that the other party could pull his mind into the virtual space without him noticing was enough to prove that the other party was no ordinary person and that their strength was far superior to his own.

at this time.

The old monk's figure, which he had just "destroyed," appeared in Wu Wen's eyes in a phantom form.

"Amitabha!"

The old monk remained calm and greeted Wu Wen with a compassionate expression.

"I'll return the golden statue to you, just let me leave!" Wu Wen said in a completely emotionless tone.

“Amitabha, benefactor, this old monk does not wish for you to return the golden statue this time.”

"Then what do you want?"

"This old monk hopes that you will join my Buddhist faith!"

Upon hearing this, Wu Wen did not respond, but simply stared straight at the other person.

After a moment of silence, he replied, "I am a Taoist disciple, from the Louguan sect, whose founder was Guan Yinzi. Do you think I would join your Buddhism?"

Unexpectedly, upon hearing Wu Wen's answer, the old monk smiled kindly and said, "In that case, you are even more qualified to join my Buddhism!"

"Guan Yinzi was once taught by Laozi, and Laozi is the Buddha of Buddhism. You may join Buddhism!"

Wu Wen fell silent again after hearing this.

Lao Tzu transformed into Buddha, and Buddha is the Tao!
The old monk actually knew all this, and thus wanted to convert me to his religion.

"I need to think about it!"

Wu Wen did not refuse outright.

The old monk nodded slightly.

Immediately, the scene before Wu Wen's eyes changed again, and he exited the virtual space.

Take a closer look.

All seventy-one golden puppets were now surrounding him.

However, they did not move; they remained still and quiet.

Wu Wen escaped their encirclement.

They remained in the same place, without making any changes.

Wu Wen did not hesitate and left immediately.

At the same time, he was also analyzing and reflecting on what had just happened.

Who was that old monk? He didn't seem to harbor any hostility towards me. How did he manage to pull my consciousness into the virtual space so silently? And why did he suddenly want me to join Buddhism, and why did he make it sound so reasonable? ...

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Just as Wu Wen was far from the capital.

Above the city, the old monk watched him leave.

This old monk's identity is extraordinary!
He is an embodiment of Ashoka's consciousness.

It was he who brought Buddhism from India to this place.

Ashoka was the emperor of the Mauryan dynasty in India, and he brought the dynasty to an unprecedented peak.

Ashoka was a Buddhist and made Buddhism the state religion.

His reign was also the period when Buddhism flourished to its fullest.

However, with the fall of the Mauryan dynasty, Buddhism also declined and was eventually replaced by Brahmanism.

Buddhism originated in India, but it also declined there, which seems to be a cycle.

The struggle for faith is, in fact, a struggle for survival!
To prevent Buddhism from completely disappearing, King Ashoka continued to promote it.

He wanted to recruit Wu Wen into the sect because he had seen through Wu Wen's true identity.

Therefore, they wanted to use Wu Wen to expand and promote Buddhism.

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(End of this chapter)