"Amitabha. Patriarch Subhuti, how's your plan coming along?”
Tathagata asked when he saw Patriarch Subhuti walk out of the void.
The latter shook his head and said,"That monkey was taken in as a disciple by an unknown existence."”
His plan had yet to begin, but it was already dead in the womb.
Tathagata's eyes flickered." What existence is it? How dare it interfere with the great matter of my Buddhism spreading eastward?"”
"This Penniless Priest is also curious."
Patriarch Subhuti was puzzled. Logically speaking, all the mighty figures of the Three Realms and Six Paths knew that this was the era of Buddhism's prosperity and that it was the general trend. Fighting against Buddhism was equivalent to fighting against the entire trend.
"Did Patriarch discover anything?"
"This Penniless Priest left a mark on that monkey and found that he had entered a small bookstore in the East Victory Divine Continent. However, that bookstore is very strange. It can be seen with the naked eye, but it can't be sensed. I think the root of the problem might be in that bookstore.”
Patriarch Subhuti said calmly.
"This Penniless Priest originally planned to enter and investigate, but I received a message from Rulai, so I left.”
"A small bookstore?"
Rulai's glass-like eyes flowed with Buddhist light. Suddenly, he said,"Honored Ananda, I'll let you go to the bookstore and investigate.”
"Yes, World Venerable One."
Ananda chanted the name of Buddha in a low voice. Then, he took a step forward. Buddhist light flashed under his feet and he disappeared from where he was.
Patriarch Subhuti frowned." I'm afraid that the bookstore is extremely special. It's probably useless for you to send a small Venerable there.”
"It's fine. This is the only way to show the spirit of our Buddhist Sect. If that hidden existence attacks Ananda, it will also give us a reason to attack.”
Tathagata said softly.
"Yes, Buddha is right." Patriarch Subhuti nodded.
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On the other hand, after the Honorable Ananda left the Spirited Mountain, his originally merciful and solemn expression was restrained a little. He looked at the Spirited Mountain behind him, and no one knew what he was thinking.
After that, he left the Western Ox Continent and headed towards the Eastern Victory Divine Continent.
His cultivation base was only at the peak of Primordial Unity Golden Immortal. Naturally, he could not travel between two large provinces in a single inch like Patriarch Subhuti.
However, Honored Ananda was proficient in Buddhist Divine Feet. With a thought, he could travel more than 100,000 miles.
After about a day, he arrived at the East Victory Divine Continent, which was the bookstore that Patriarch Subhuti had mentioned.
It was easy to find this bookstore because in this huge area, this bookstore was the only one that could not be searched with divine sense, but could be seen with the naked eye.
Of course, this was because the Honorable Ananda had known about it in advance. Otherwise, if it were someone else who did not know about it, they would have forgotten about it after a glance and would not have investigated it in detail like he did.
" From the outside, it looks like an ordinary bookstore…"
Ananda the Honored muttered to himself. However, when he walked into the bookstore and saw the extremely simple decorations inside, he added in his heart, No, from the inside, it looked like an ordinary bookstore.
However, when he saw Ji Xuan leaning against the counter, his pupils constricted. He could sense the same aura from the latter as World Venerable Tathagata. It was an aura that surpassed all living beings, reincarnation, and everything!
The owner of this ordinary bookstore was actually such an existence!
No wonder even Patriarch Subhuti was unable to detect it.
"Yo, a monk came."
At this moment, Ji Xuan's voice rang out with interest.
"Greetings, benefactor." Ananda saluted Ji Xuan.
Name: Ananda
[Identity: One of Rulai's Ten Great Disciples, Venerable of Spirit Mountain]
[Cultivation: Peak Primordial Unity Golden Immortal]
"So it's that Honored Ananda."
Ji Xuan's expression changed. In that case, the new book that he had exchanged for might come in handy.
Thinking of this, Ji Xuan said to Ananda,""Tsk tsk, Tathagata and Subhuti know the mysteriousness of my place. They didn't dare to come themselves, so they sent you, a small venerable. I'm afraid you've been abandoned.”
Hearing this, Ananda's expression did not change. He chanted the name of Buddha and said,"Benefactor, you must be joking. It is Ananda's honor to be able to walk the world for our Buddha.”
"A bootlicker will end up with nothing.”Ji Xuan sneered.
Ji Xuan didn't say anything else. He pointed at the bookshelf and said," Since you've come to my shop, it can be considered fate. There's a book there that I think suits you. Go take a look."”
" Amitabha. Ananda only reads Buddhist scriptures and Buddhist texts. He sees all other books as fleeting clouds…"
Before he could finish the last word, Ananda's gaze at the bookshelf suddenly froze.
He saw himself on the cover of the last book on the bookshelf.
The difference was that although the 'self' on the cover was also wearing monk robes, it was not surrounded by Buddha's light, but a dense demonic will. Above his head, a huge swastika floated up and down, and it was also as black as ink.
However, his expression was still so solemn and merciful. From afar, he looked like a demonic Buddha!
"This, this is…"
Ananda felt as if his heart had been touched. He walked over subconsciously, picked up the One World Honored One, and slowly opened it.
In an instant, a sigh sounded, and it was filled with sorrow.
"If the heart is not calm and the emotions are not stable, how can one see the Buddha in the heart even if one breaks the precepts and accepts the precepts in the world of mortals?”
Vaguely, in front of Ananda's eyes, a monk with a bitter face and heavy invisible shackles appeared. The monk looked exactly like him.
Immediately, Ananda was completely immersed in it.
Ji Xuan had previously exchanged for this book for Ananda, so he had made some changes to the contents. He had weakened the main character's experiences and emphasized the plot of the Devil Buddha Ananda.
Of course, the general direction did not change.
At this moment, as the Honorable Ananda continued to read, he gradually put himself in the shoes of the Honorable Ananda in the book. He experienced the pain and struggle of the latter when he entered Samsara and experienced the Red Dust Tribulation, but could not transcend.
This made Ananda think of his own reality. Similarly, it was difficult for him to see his own Buddha nature and understand the wonders of the vacuum. He stopped at the peak of Primordial Unity Golden Immortal and could not advance any further.
Because of this, World Venerable Tathagata no longer valued him as much as before.
As one of the top ten disciples, he enjoyed supreme glory. However, because he could not take this step, he gradually lost his status. The Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and other spiritual mountain monks gradually ignored him.
Although Ananda did not want to admit it, he knew that the Buddhist Sect had long given up on him!
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