New concept of the mysterious way to ascend to immortality

Chapter 32: Blessings of the Dharma, Offering of the Flesh

Before he could finish his words, a volley of bullets was unleashed towards the source of the noise. Fortunately, the marksman's shooting was so poor that all the bullets missed and hit a large tree far away. The bark cracked, sawdust flew everywhere, and the people hiding in the pile of dead leaves screamed in fear.

"Ahhh! Don't kill me, don't kill me!"

Seeing this scene, Yuan Zhu quickly shook his head and raised his hands to indicate that he did not do it.

"I, I, I was a little nervous. I lost control and pulled the trigger." Lu Rang responded belatedly, his tone unable to conceal the panic, and his expression was full of regret and fear after accidentally killing someone.

"Fuck! It's you?!" The pink-haired girl walking in front of him screamed and quickly dodged as if running for her life, fearing that she would be shot.

The captain did not blame him. After all, all newcomers go through the same thing.

If anyone gets shot, don't they still have the [Mao Mao Wang] uniform to defend themselves? If even that can't stop them, then it's God's will. If even the gods can't stop them, what else do you want?

"Come out, don't be nervous, you are safe."

The captain took the lead, walking to the front row and protecting everyone behind him. This gesture seemed very responsible and heartwarming. But Yuan Zhu inexplicably felt that he could not rely on others and had to take action himself.

There was another tremor of fear in the pile of dead leaves. Finally, a short and skinny figure stood up and walked timidly towards the crowd.

Only after getting closer did Yuan Zhu see that the other person was a young monk with dark skin and a rather unattractive appearance. His uniquely tattered shawl and signature bald head made him look somewhat similar to the monks in Southeast Asia on Earth.

"A monk?" Meng Xiyue, who was hiding near Yuan Zhu, muttered to herself with a bit of curiosity and surprise, "Does this bubble world have a Buddhist background?"

The young monk bravely looked up and scanned the crowd, finally saying to the captain, "Hello, I am Kucao, a resident of the Yefo Kingdom. Are you here to rescue us?"

"Rescue?" The captain grasped the key word. "Can you tell me a little about the situation in Yefo Kingdom? What happened exactly that requires rescue? I see you've been hungry for a long time. I can provide you with some food."

Seeing the hungry boy named Kucao, who looked weak and famished, the captain took out two red-wrapped energy bars from his bag, tore open one, and handed it to him: "Tear it open here, and you can eat the food inside directly."

The aroma of food he had never smelled before immediately made the little monk swallow his saliva, his stomach rumbling with hunger. Without caring about anything else, he grabbed the food and quickly stuffed it into his mouth, chewing and swallowing it with big mouthfuls. The hungry ghost-like figure ate so fast that he almost choked to death.

The captain handed over another water bottle: "Drink water."

"Wow, wow... Thank you, thank you! You are such a kind-hearted donor, you will definitely be blessed by the Buddha!" The little monk swallowed the food stuck in his throat with a painful look on his face, feeling relieved. Then he knelt down and kowtowed to everyone with a grateful look on his face.

"Get up and tell me about Ye Kingdom and your experiences." The captain helped the little monk up and asked again.

The skinny young man carefully put away another energy bar before nodding repeatedly and replying, "Okay, okay. Ye Foguo is a Buddhist city built by the Buddhas. It has a population of a hundred thousand, and the city walls alone are three meters high! Originally, we Ye people lived a life of worshipping the Dharma and Buddha, living in seclusion. Suddenly, just two months ago, many resurrected skeleton ghosts crawled out of wild graves in the wilderness and began to attack the farmers."

"The casualties mounted, and then a new monster, invisible to the naked eye, appeared. They slaughtered recklessly and possessed bodies to hide. Even the temple's chieftains were caught off guard, suffering heavy casualties. Almost a month ago, word spread that the Diamond Temple in the east of the city had been overrun by invisible ghosts, spawning a terrifying corpse-ghost Buddha. The chief abbot, Longyin, decided to personally vanquish the demon, but was unexpectedly ambushed by a ghost slave hidden among the monks. He fell into a trap and remains unknown."

"Just as the Ye Kingdom was about to be conquered, we were rescued by a mage. He drove back numerous demons and ghosts along the way, saving hundreds of us. We escaped the Buddha Kingdom and hid in the wild forests for over half a month. During this time, the mage tried to contact other fleeing residents and Buddhist saints to regroup and retake the Buddha Kingdom. Then we heard that another Buddha master turned the tide in a critical moment, suppressed the evil spirits, regained control of the Buddha Kingdom, and accepted refugees."

"I don't know what happened after that, but Master Xiangwen abandoned his plan to return, preventing other refugees from reaching the Buddha Kingdom and continuing to stay in the wild. At first, things were fine, but hunting became increasingly difficult. I heard the large game in the forest was rapidly dwindling. Without food, some refugees couldn't bear it and secretly fled back to the Buddha Kingdom. The rest continued to search for food in the forest." "Then about ten days ago, Master Xiangwen returned gravely wounded. Without much time to explain, he simply gathered us young men together and, before his death, gave us the Dharma and precepts, inducting us into the Buddhist faith. After that, the hunting party encountered a terrifying beast, killing three adult hunters and injuring four. We children were forced to join the search, but the dangerous beasts kept increasing. Some said they were going to the Buddha Kingdom to ask for a monk for help. In the end... we all got separated."

After listening to the boy's description, the captain asked, "Aside from the Ye Buddha Kingdom, are there any other kingdoms?"

"Huh?" The young man looked confused, completely unable to understand what the other party meant. He asked back, "Is there another Buddhist country in this world? How come I have never heard of it?"

"Are there any other places where humans gather outside of Ye Country?"

The young man nodded. "Yes, there are. There are some villages in the deep forest outside the city. They all yearn to settle down in the Buddha Kingdom. In addition, those who offend the Buddha, violate the precepts, or break the law in the Buddha Kingdom will be exiled to a distant place to atone for their sins and open up wasteland."

As the two of them exchanged questions and answers, Yuan Zhuguang, even as an observer, could already imagine a remote, backward, and ancient city-state system. This world didn't seem very civilized. I wonder if the "Buddha Masters" the teenagers were talking about would wear luxury children's clothing from [Maomao Wang]?
Or, could they sell 'luxury children's robes' to the Buddha's disciples and grandchildren? I wonder if the Buddhist sect here forbids women? From what the young man said, they seem to be a meat-eating sect?

Captain: "Let me see your precepts."

"it is good!"

Upon hearing this, the young man immediately tore off his tattered monk's robes. He then raised his right arm high, revealing his dirty armpit.

At the intersection of the boy's armpit and chest, a purple-red tumor protruded abruptly. Its surface was densely covered with blood vessels, and it looked as if it was about to burst. Even more eerie was the shape of the tumor, which vaguely resembled the outline of a Buddha's head.

However, the area on the face corresponding to the tumor is still very vague, and the specific details of the facial features cannot be seen, but the structure of the Buddha's head, the bun area on the top of the head, and the blank facial area can be judged... It makes people feel inexplicably chilled, as if there is a distorted and invisible face looking at themselves.

"Hiss...!" Meng Xiyue made a disgusted sound, stepped back repeatedly, and didn't look any more.

The others didn't react at all, still staring blankly at the purple-red tumor the size of a pigeon egg. They seemed to smell the mellow and soft scent of sandalwood at the tip of their noses, which made them feel pure and detached.

[Beep beep! Abnormal pollution fluctuations detected, mind tampering attack.]

Yuan Zhu was startled and stopped observing the strange tumor on the boy's side. Inside that thing, it seemed to be gestating a nascent form of pollution.

The captain said, "It's a Buddha cocoon. It seems to be a blessing from the Dharma. Tell me about your ordination process..."

"I don't know either. At that time, Master Xiangwen was on his deathbed. He brought out a bowl of sticky blood soup mixed with minced meat from the stone cave and asked each of us to drink a sip. Then we fell to the ground and never woke up. When we woke up, Master Xiangwen had passed away." When he said this, Kucao still felt a little sad.

"It seems to be a flesh offering. That Master Xiangwen crushed his own cocoon and mixed it into the meat soup, letting you consume it and teach you the Dharma, hoping to protect you from this disaster. As for the ghost you mentioned coming back to life..." The captain looked up, took a long breath, then closed his eyes and carefully sensed it. Finally, he whispered in confusion: "Yellow Spring?"

Yuan Zhu stood aside like a minion, looking confused and impressed. He really wanted to join in, but his knowledge was too limited, and all the technical terms were incomprehensible to him.

He seemed to have witnessed a new system, the Buddhist "Buddha Cocoon." And what about "Blessings of the Dharma, Offerings of Meat Soup"? It seemed strange no matter how he looked at it, seemingly even inferior to the holy light of the temple.

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(End of this chapter)