landbeastnovel Chapter 45 I Only Have One Mother! Red Boy Defies Buddha with Arrogance, Immortality is Nothing!
Chapter 45 I Only Have One Mother! Red Boy Defies Buddha with Arrogance, Immortality is Nothing!
Lu Chen stood on an official road halfway up Mount Hao.
This official road is the only way to enter Haoshan from the northwest.
Guanyin must pass through here to get to Huoyun Cave.
He was alone.
Standing in the middle of the road.
He was holding that broken wooden stick in his hand.
The white light is getting closer and closer.
The figure of Guanyin became clearer and clearer.
She saw the person in the middle of the road.
The white light suddenly paused.
Guanyin stopped in mid-air.
She looked down at Lu Chen, who was standing on the road.
His face was ashen.
That face, which was always kind and gentle, now held no trace of a smile.
"you."
A single word was squeezed out of Guanyin's mouth.
"Me." Lu Chen looked up, smiling.
"It's been a long time since we last met, Bodhisattva."
Guanyin slowly descended and stood ten feet away from Lu Chen.
Holding the willow-leaf vase in my hand, mouth facing down, the dew on the willow branches shimmered faintly in the morning light.
"Lu Chen." Guanyin's voice was as cold as ice.
"You dare to stop this humble monk?"
Whether or not to stop them depends on what you, Bodhisattva, want to do.
"This humble monk has come on the orders of Mount Ling to subdue the demon of Mount Hao. This is part of the great pilgrimage to the West. It has nothing to do with you."
"None of my business?" Lu Chen tilted his head. "The mother of that kid, Red Boy, came to my manor and knelt down, begging me to save her son. That's my business."
Guanyin's eyes narrowed slightly.
"Has Princess Iron Fan come looking for you?"
"They've come. They've come crying."
Guanyin remained silent for a moment.
"Lu Chen, this humble monk took in Red Boy for his own good. To convert to Buddhism, shed his demonic body, and attain enlightenment—this is an opportunity that countless people would rather die for."
"Did he ask for it?"
"What?"
"Was this opportunity something Red Boy sought out himself?" Lu Chen asked in return.
Guanyin opened her mouth.
no answer.
Because the answer is obvious.
No.
Red Boy never asked for anything.
Red Boy was unaware of this.
All of this was arranged by Buddhism and carried out by Guanyin.
Red Boy himself was never asked "Are you willing?" from beginning to end.
"Bodhisattva." Lu Chen's smile faded slightly.
"My conditions are very simple."
"You want to take in Red Boy? Fine."
"But he has to agree to it himself."
He said he was willing to go with you, and I didn't stop him.
"If he says he doesn't want to, then you should go back."
"His choice to stay or leave is up to him."
"It wasn't your choice. Nor was it the Buddhist sect's choice."
Guanyin stared at Lu Chen.
long time.
"What if he doesn't want to?"
"Then you'll leave empty-handed."
"Do you know what this means?" Guanyin's tone became stern. "The arrangements of Buddhism cannot be changed. This humble monk is acting on the decree of Mount Ling."
"The decree of Mount Ling has no effect on me." Lu Chen pulled the wooden stick from his waist and slowly held it horizontally in front of him.
"Bodhisattva, you already tried it once before on Mount Ling."
"Should we try again?"
Guanyin's willow branch and vase were slightly raised.
The dew at the mouth of the bottle began to condense.
A pure Buddhist power rose from Guanyin's body, pressing down on the surrounding plants and trees, causing them to bend over.
The air pressure is at the level of a Bodhisattva.
Ordinary demon cultivators would have to kneel just by standing in this pressure.
Lu Chen stood firmly and steadily.
On the wooden stick in his hand, the shadow of a small willow-shaped vase slowly appeared.
The bottle opening is facing down.
A single, identical dewdrop hangs on a willow branch.
The moment Guanyin saw the bottle on the wooden stick, the corner of her mouth twitched.
She knew this feeling all too well.
She had witnessed this scene before at the main hall of Mount Ling.
Whatever she plays, the opponent plays the same thing.
The same.
Exactly.
It's a 50/50 split.
It's always a 50/50 situation.
"Bodhisattva." Lu Chen's voice was very soft, but every word was clear.
"Think it through."
"This is not Mount Ling, there are no Manjushri or Samantabhadra to lend you a hand."
Just the two of us.
"Your amulet won't work for me. You know that."
"You can't win a fight. You know that."
"The end result is that you return to the South China Sea in disgrace, and the Ling Mountain will once again spread the joke that 'Guanyin Bodhisattva was stopped by that mortal again'."
"There are thousands of eyes watching us from all over the world right now."
"Are you sure you can afford to lose face like this?"
Guanyin's hands were trembling.
The jade dew in the clean bottle seeped out drop by drop.
She is making a choice.
To fight or not to fight.
We can't win if we fight.
If we don't fight, where will Buddhism put its face?
Guanyin took a deep breath.
"Let Red Boy choose for himself?"
"right."
"What if he chooses to go with me?"
"Then take it with you. I won't stop you."
"What if he doesn't leave?"
"Then go back to the South China Sea. Don't ever try to take advantage of him again."
Guanyin stared at Lu Chen for a long time.
"it is good."
When she uttered that word, it seemed as if she used all her strength.
Outside the Fire Cloud Cave.
On an open space.
Lu Chen stood in the middle.
On the left is Guanyin, dressed in white as snow, holding a willow branch and a vase, her face expressionless.
On the right is Princess Iron Fan, dressed in a red dress, clutching a banana leaf fan in her hand, her eyes red-rimmed.
Sun Wukong leaned against a pine tree, his golden cudgel stuck in the ground, and looked around with his arms crossed.
Nezha squatted on another tree, hugging his knees, his eyes sparkling.
Red Boy emerged from the cave.
He held the fire-tipped spear in his hand, his face still showing signs of morning grumpiness.
Lu Chentian told him about it before dawn. He had only slept for less than two hours and was now being called out to make a choice.
He rubbed his eyes and saw Guanyin.
Then he saw his mother.
Princess Iron Fan couldn't hold back any longer when she saw Red Boy appear.
"My son!"
She rushed over to hug Red Boy, but stopped halfway there.
Because she remembered what Lu Chen had said: "Don't let the child panic."
Princess Iron Fan bit her lip, stubbornly remaining rooted to the spot.
Seeing his mother like this, Red Boy gripped his Fire-Tipped Spear tightly.
"Who bullied you?"
"No," Princess Iron Fan shook her head, her voice trembling. "No one bullied Mother."
"Then why are you crying?"
Princess Iron Fan was speechless.
Lu Chen spoke.
"Red Boy".
Red Boy turned to look at Lu Chen.
"I explained the situation to you last night. Now you have two paths in front of you. I'll repeat myself and make it clear, the choice is yours."
Lu Chen pointed to Guanyin.
"The first path. Follow this Bodhisattva. Go to Mount Putuo in the South China Sea, worship under Guanyin, and become Sudhana."
"What are the benefits? You'll be free from your demonic form and won't have to worry about being slain or exorcised. With the Bodhisattva protecting you, no one in the Three Realms will dare to touch you. Your cultivation will also advance further, and you might even become a Buddha in a few hundred years."
"What will be the price? You will be bound by five golden hoops. The power of Buddhism will gradually erase your demonic nature, including your Samadhi True Fire. You will never be able to leave Mount Putuo, return to Mount Hao, or see your mother again. You will slowly forget everything. Forget that you are called Red Boy, forget whose son you are. You will only remember that you are Sudhana, the attendant of Guanyin."
Red Boy's expression changed.
He looked at Guanyin.
"Is he telling the truth?"