Above the Great Dao
Chapter 320 - 163 Dog_2

Chapter 320: Chapter 163 Dog_2

Zen Master Ku chuckled to them, saying they were all quite good, fine seedlings. As for the little monks who had died, they were merely stinking sacks of skin without the root of wisdom, having no fate with the Buddhist Law, thus unable to become Spiritual Children.

But they were different.

They had survived and took one step closer to becoming the Buddha’s Spiritual Children.

"In a year, there will be a second trial," Zen Master Ku said.

Wu Chen and his dozen or so senior and junior brothers practiced even harder, not daring to slack off, for slacking off meant not surviving!

In addition to his diligent practice, he also harbored thoughts of escape, though some of his brethren had already put it into action.

Three brothers quietly fled, and for several days, their whereabouts were unknown. Wu Chen was overjoyed, thinking they had escaped to freedom.

This incident inspired him until one day, when Zen Master Ku used his immense mana to display the Buddhist version of hell. There, he witnessed those three brothers climbing mountains of blades and plunging into cauldrons of boiling oil, their suffering beyond words.

From then on, no one entertained the notion of escape.

In the second year’s trial, four survived.

Wu Chen had a great relationship with the other three, supporting each other, and thus they survived the ordeal.

In the third year’s trial, two survived.

The other person was named Wu Le, and he was his closest friend.

In the fourth year’s trial, there were no demons, nor was it the Illusionary Realm Demon Domain, only Wu Chen and Wu Le were present.

Wu Chen and Wu Le both realized that the master didn’t need two Spiritual Children to follow him and become Buddha; only one could become the Spiritual Child.

In this brutal battle, Wu Chen ultimately survived.

He walked out of the trial area, and Zen Master Ku draped the monk’s robe of a Spiritual Child over him with a smile.

"Wu Chen, you truly are the one I chose. You will attain enlightenment with me," Zen Master Ku said with a smile.

He followed Zen Master Ku in practice, traveling far and wide, encountering many odd and extraordinary people, and heard and experienced many bizarre affairs.

Zen Master Ku was very fond of him, imparting to him the best Cultivation Techniques and Skills without holding anything back.

"Spiritual Child, only by practicing the Cultivation Technique exactly like mine, can you perfectly merge with me, become me, become Buddha," Zen Master Ku said.

At the time, he was still a young monk and didn’t understand the meaning behind his master’s words. Only later did he gradually comprehend what it meant to become him, become Buddha.

He wanted to escape but also knew that in the vast world, there was nowhere to flee.

He had always followed Zen Master Ku, watching the Zen Master grow older and older, and what was strange was that the Zen Master hadn’t possessed him, his Spiritual Child.

Later, he heard Zen Master Ku mentioned a Child Scholar, saying that the Child Scholar was the most suitable Spiritual Child.

Zen Master Ku was aging, still desperately searching for a better Spiritual Child than Wu Chen.

He felt somewhat lucky but also jealous.

He had risen through a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, even his best friend had died by his own hand, so why wasn’t he the best?

It was only this time that Zen Master Ku received a message from the Western Capital and immediately set out with him for Gongzhou.

"Chen Shi, is he the Child Scholar that the master can’t stop thinking about?"

Wu Chen looked in the direction Chen Shi had left and murmured softly, "He doesn’t seem that special. Probably after having the Supreme Divine Embryo gouged out, he became no different from ordinary people."

He vanished in the blink of an eye.

Chen Shi and Li Tianqing arrived at the headquarters of the Cao Elder Association, with Black Pot leading the way, swaggering into the big house.

Guarding the gate of the Cao Elder Association’s headquarters were four Cultivators of the Golden Core Realm. Seeing the dog and the two men behind it, they stood even straighter.

Once the two men and the dog entered the headquarters, the four Cultivators didn’t dare to relax, with only one thought in their minds: perform well, get promoted and receive a raise.

As for why they thought this way, they didn’t know.

Chen Shi and Li Tianqing followed Black Pot into the Cao Elder Association’s headquarters, where they saw various dragon sculptures in the courtyard and statues of old ladies in black clothes and faces, wrapped in black dragon-shaped creatures, with thriving incense offerings.

The headquarters of the Cao Elder Association was rather large, adjacent to the Min River, and the air was filled with a fishy smell.

Chen Shi and Li Tianqing followed Black Pot to the kitchen.

The kitchen was bustling with people coming and going, and over a dozen chefs were vigorously preparing fine dishes.

Chen Shi and Li Tianqing greeted the chefs with ease, gorging themselves first, filling their bellies until round, and Black Pot also ate until his belly touched the ground, finally satisfied.

Chen Shi saw a huge counter in the courtyard of the kitchen, upon which lay a long fish, several meters in length. They exchanged a glance, walked over, lifted the big fish, and started to carry it out.

That’s when a voice said, "Who are you? Where are you taking that fish?"

Chen Shi was startled, and saw the head of the Cao Elder Association, Cao Yunshen, come in with more than a dozen people, looking unfriendly at Chen Shi and Li Tianqing.

The more than a dozen people with Cao Yunshen were actually the high-ranking officials of Gongzhou City!

Governor Fei Tianzheng, Salt Transporting Commissioner Cui Yongzhi, Judge Ma Weigong, General Xia Chuli, Tea and Horse Department Director Gu Ping’an...

"So many people were cooking in the kitchen just now because Cao Yunshen was hosting these officials!"

He internally groaned. With so many powerful figures and with Black Pot’s strength, could they deceive them?

Black Pot was in a state of high tension, gazing at Governor Fei and the others, doing everything possible to change their thoughts and perceptions.

If they couldn’t be deceived, it was likely that Chen Shi and Li Tianqing would be immediately killed by these officials!

There were too many experts.

Trying to deceive them all at once was as difficult as ascending to heaven!

Black Pot had once tried to mislead the perceptions of two or three experts, which was already quite strenuous, but to mislead a dozen or more was incredibly tough!