Bodhisattva, please help me in my spiritual practice!

Chapter 244 Voice Reaching Another World

During the time Ao Peng was away from the real world, the number of old-school game players in the real world experienced an explosive growth.

In particular, the empire developed a treasure called incense rice, which allowed ordinary people to cultivate, quickly solving the empire's problem of being unable to develop its own human resources.

Of course, other countries were not to be outdone. Although they did not have incense and rice, they still had enough human lives. So they made the existence of the old-fashioned games completely open to the general public and encouraged people to obtain the right to play.

Thanks to the joint efforts of many parties, the number of players worldwide has exceeded 80 million.

With 80 million players and various resources available, a large number of life-leveling quests have naturally been introduced.

So when Ao Peng looked at his panel, he saw that the number of people who had been promoted in the Empire during this period alone was over a thousand.

Lanruo Temple, a world where a hundred demons roam at night.

Twenty miles away from Lanruo Temple, there is a well-preserved Buddhist temple.

Several Empire players were seriously injured and were discussing countermeasures.

A female player named "Nightingale" whispered, "What happens if the Ascension quest fails?"

She was well-prepared and confident that she could successfully complete this mission to advance her life.

However, she didn't expect to encounter the most troublesome confrontation mission, which was a team confrontation.

In the real world, because different countries intersect and myths and legends influence each other, the probability of players from two different countries entering the same world together to complete the Ascension quest is not low.

For example, Ao Peng's first mission during the Republic of China era involved him playing with Japanese players.

Players from different countries basically represent different pantheons, so when they enter the same world, their missions are very likely to conflict with each other, which is the origin of the confrontation missions.

In these missions, players not only have to fight against monsters and demons in the world, but also against other players who also know the 'history,' resulting in an extremely high mortality rate.

Team battles are the most troublesome type.

Unfortunately, they ended up in a group combat mission during the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons.

This world is similar to the mythology of the Imperial Strange Tales, where humans and ghosts live together. Therefore, it also interacts with the world of Little Days with a Hundred Ghosts at Night, allowing players of Little Days to enter this world as well.

Upon hearing Nightingale's question, a mature and steady middle-aged man replied, "Although there are more life-leveling missions now, they are still everyone's core secret, so there isn't much information on the forums. Some people speculate that if we fail a mission, the system might not kill us directly, but we will never be able to leave this world and return to the real world, which is equivalent to being stripped of our player status."

"Damn it!"

Nightingale cursed, "I should never have chosen the righteous path!"

The Lanruo Temple world they entered corresponds exactly to the famous film "A Chinese Ghost Story III" previously filmed by Hong Kong.

It tells the story of Zen Master Baiyun, who was about to become an Arhat, escorting the golden Buddha to Mount Wutai with his disciple Shifang.

That is, the famous story: if it weren't for the little monk Shifang causing trouble, Zen Master Baiyun could have soloed the Lanruo Temple instance.

Of course, everyone knows how to choose.

However, once they actually entered the instance, the Imperial players realized just how terrible this little monk Shifang was. He was able to ruin even his master's Arhat Golden Body. While watching the movie, everyone laughed it off, but when Nightingale actually had this pig teammate by her side, she really wanted to kill the little monk next to her!

"My lords, you can't just abandon us!"

Although Shi Fang couldn't understand what these experts were saying, he knew that the only way to save Xiao Qian and his master was to rely on the help of these selfless masters.

Hearing Shi Fang say this, Nightingale flew into a rage. "How dare you talk back? We even found you a master to recast the golden Buddha, and look what you've turned it into!"

Before everyone stood a golden Buddha statue that had been melted down, but whose face was completely destroyed.

After entering this world, the players from the Empire learned from the movie that protecting the Golden Buddha was more important than protecting the Ten Directions, and they also found a way to repair the Golden Buddha.

After fulfilling the blacksmith's request, the blacksmith agreed to help repair the golden Buddha. However, during the repair process, the young monk Shifang needed to recite scriptures and attain Buddhahood.

But who knew that while the Ten Directions were reciting the true scriptures, the Japanese players captured Nie Xiaoqian's soul and tormented it, and used a method of transmitting sound over thousands of miles to spread the sound throughout the ten directions.

The young monk lacked composure and wavered at the crucial moment, causing the recast Buddha statue to topple over, and the Buddha's head was eventually melted out of shape!

"Alright, perhaps this can't be blamed on Shifang. Maybe this is just the way things are in this world."

"That's what middle-aged man Li Cunhao said."

It wasn't that he was overly compassionate; rather, he had seen another interpretation of A Chinese Ghost Story III before. Although the golden Arhat body of the White Cloud Zen Master appeared to be completely destroyed, this was also his tribulation. Only by destroying the golden body in front of him and subduing the Black Mountain Demon could he achieve Nirvana after death and ascend to paradise.

Therefore, the destruction of this golden Buddha seems to be the destiny of this world; no matter what they do, the golden Buddha will eventually be destroyed.

Yan Chixia, standing nearby, objected, "This won't do. We originally agreed that once the golden Buddha was forged, we would help you kill that tree demon, but now that the golden Buddha is destroyed, this job will be much more difficult..."

"Just because it's not easy to do, doesn't mean you'll give up?"

The nightingale retorted.

Yan Chixia patted his chest, "I'm known for my loyalty. Even if the work isn't easy, I'll still do it!"

Shi Fang quickly praised Yan Chixia, saying, "Great hero, you are truly loyal."

Yan Chixia shoved Shi Fang aside, then took out his abacus and looked at Nightingale and the others, "But loyalty can't put food on the table. The work is getting harder, so naturally we need to pay more!"

Nightingale was so angry she laughed. "Money, money, money! You might have the life to make it, but not the life to spend it!"

The current situation is still under everyone's control, but what worries the players of the Empire is the Black Mountain Demon who appeared last. In the end, Nie Xiaoqian pulled Shi Fang into the sky and, with the help of the morning glow, transformed him into a temporary Arhat Golden Body, which killed the Black Mountain Demon. This was almost a plot kill.

But now that Japanese players have interfered, if they tell the Black Mountain Demon about this, the entire battle situation will be extremely unfavorable for them. That's why the Imperial players attach so much importance to the reforging of the Golden Buddha.

Yan Chixia, of course, knew nothing about the Black Mountain Demon. He only knew about the Tree Demon Granny and thought that although the old witch was troublesome, she was not difficult to deal with with so many helpers. At this moment, he remained calm and said, "We can do without the extra money, but you have to invite another true Buddha back."

Yan Chixia pointed to the Buddha statue in front of him, which had been melted down and was no longer recognizable.

Li Cunhao suddenly realized something and said, "Perhaps I have a way!"

After saying that, he took out a small wooden carving from his system backpack. On the table in front of everyone, a lifelike little general was riding a small carriage made of seven stars.