Above the Great Dao
Chapter 670 - 301: Second Hell_3

Chapter 670: Chapter 301: Second Hell_3

His strength was clearly no match for the two ghost monks, and his Golden Body was about to be shattered.

Chen Shi dashed forward, and one of the ghost monks immediately let go of Monk Wu Chen, turning to rush at him. However, just as it got within fifty feet, it was struck by lightning, with a sinister wind attaching to its body and blowing into its insides!

This ghost monk was far stronger than the previous ones, realizing the danger, it immediately shut its mouth and sealed its nine orifices, retreating swiftly.

However, merely sealing its own acupoints wasn’t enough to withstand the Wind and Thunder Transformation.

The ghost monk’s body quickly swelled up, unable to bear it any longer, it opened its mouth and let out a scream, spraying a mist of blood. In an instant, it shriveled, turning into an empty husk!

The other ghost monk who was attacking Wu Chen witnessed this, and in utter horror, looked at Chen Shi as if seeing a ghost. With a swish, it leaped up and entered a blooming Eye Flower in mid-air, with its stamens piercing into the muscles of its back. The petals then closed, returning to form a giant eye.

The eye quickly retracted upward, adhering to the surface of the Buddha statue, embedding itself, the eyelids closing, and the eye disappeared.

The other eyes seemed startled as well, shrinking back into the Buddha statue, closing their lids. Suddenly, the statues standing sky-high became gloomy, and all the red glowing eyes vanished without a trace.

Chen Shi moved forward, helping up Monk Wu Chen, and said, "Monk, still breathing?"

"Yes." Monk Wu Chen replied, slumped.

Scholar Tian Yue’e and others hurried over to treat him and reset his broken bones.

Daoist Guo refined his Primordial Spirit, using mana to lift Monk Wu Chen to prevent jostling.

Monk Wu Chen looked at Chen Shi and said, "Now you owe me nothing."

Chen Shi was puzzled, not knowing what he meant.

The group continued onward, with Monk Wu Chen lying in the air, gazing at the colossal Buddhas sitting in the heavens and earth, suddenly bursting into tears.

Daoist Guo smiled and said, "Monk, why are you crying?"

Monk Wu Chen cried mournfully, unable to control himself for a moment.

After a while, he composed himself, sorted out his emotions, and said, "These giant Buddhas are the Half Buddhas of our Buddhist sect, not stone statues. We are now in the Buddhist Hell. There is a distinction between monk and layman hells. Our Buddhist Hell has twenty layers, whereas the worldly known hells have eighteen layers and are in a different place."

Chen Shi did not know the difference here, so he listened intently.

"The legend of the Buddhist Hell originates from the Huaxia Divine Continent. In the scriptures of the Bodhisattva Maitreya, it is said that hell comprises the Living Hell, Black Rope, Jam, Yelling, Duobona, Boduo Bona, Avici, Guguolo, Dead Body, Sword Forest, Blade Forest, Splitting, Safe Drift, Acabab, Atata, Utpala, Kowuta, Fragrance, Puntavardna, Bodhima, and other twenty layers of hells."

Monk Wu Chen looked dazed, murmuring, "The high monks and virtuous men of our Buddhist sect followed the Great Ming soldiers to the West Bull New Continent, where Great Ming’s people multiplied and thrived, leaving the wandering souls and wild ghosts with nowhere to go. The land where these wandering souls and wild ghosts resided was then called the underworld, and back then, the Yin and Yang realms were not yet fully separated. If there were no ghost gods to manage it, chaos would ensue."

Thus, the True King constructed the eighteen layers of worldly hells, inviting the clones of the Ten Halls of Yama to guard them. Judges and Yin Generals of the Huaxia ghost gods also invited their clones, separating the Yin Yang two realms, and hence, humans and ghosts took separate paths.

"Our Buddhist sect’s high monks and virtuous men also crafted the twenty layers of Buddhist Hell to enclose the souls of the deceased."

Monk Wu Chen gazed at the towering Buddhas on both sides and said, "According to the records of our Great Baoguo Temple, in the True King Era, the three great holy places of Buddhism had many high monks who were half a step into the Buddha Realm. They made great vows to empty hell before becoming a Buddha to break through. Many virtuous high monks followed these Half Buddhas in practice. After the True King Era ended, the Buddhist twenty layers of hell, along with those approaching the Buddha Realm, vanished without trace. There is a legend in our Great Baoguo Temple that they have already become Buddhas and entered Nirvana. This has inspired countless monks in our temple."

As he spoke, his eyes filled with tears once again.

He was one of the monks inspired by this.

Hu Guanghan beside Chen Shi asked, "Monk, do you mean these sky-high Buddha statues were the Buddhist masters who sat in hell at that time?"

Monk Wu Chen wiped away his tears, glanced at him, and said, "And you are?"

"Hu Guanghan from Wangwu County."

"You’re not of a noble family?"

"No."

Monk Wu Chen did not answer his question.

"The bones of these giant Buddhas turned to stone, their flesh turned to soil. They were incredibly strong in life, much stronger than my master, Zen Master Ku Zhu, with their Golden Body without Leakage, hence able to preserve their Buddha form."

Monk Wu Chen tearfully said, "There is Evil Qi inside them, which grew into strange eyes that are neither flowers nor eyes. Those who followed these Half Buddhas became the ghost monsters in the flowers. They are not in Nirvana at all!"

Overwhelmed with grief, he cried out loud.

Chen Shi, not knowing how to comfort him, patted him on the shoulder.

Monk Wu Chen cried even harder.

Seeing this, Daoist Guo hurriedly said, "Chen benefactor, don’t pat him; his shoulder bone is broken, and you are hurting him."

Chen Shi withdrew his hand, looking slightly embarrassed, and asked, "Monk, how can we get out of the Buddhist Hell?"

"There’s no way out!"

Monk Wu Chen cried out loudly, "If it were possible to leave, why didn’t those Half Buddha ancestors succeed in getting out back then? We cannot get out! We are trapped here to die!"

—Sorry, got stuck in the plot, updated late. But fortunately, it’s still a major Chapter! Updated with nine thousand six hundred words, close to ten thousand!

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