Chapter 114 The Rooster Crows and the World Turns White
Chapter 114 The Rooster Crows and the World Turns White
Buzz!
The casino hall in Shoucai Town suddenly felt like a rural countryside, with millions of caterpillars fluttering their wings and flying in the fields after the rain.
Ao Peng was in the thick of it all. He could clearly see that on the distant stands, one player after another had a bloody hole in their chest. The cicada-sized green worms with different human faces were flying towards the head dealer Su Motan, carrying clumps of filthy incense. They were filthy and disgusting, the cause and effect of incense, worms born from human flesh and blood, the embodiment of human greed.
But at the same time, they were also radiant, like thousands of fireflies gathering in the night wind. Not only in this casino, but throughout the entire town of Shoucai, they were like a ribbon falling from the river in the sky and into the mortal world, forming a golden thread that gathered all the wealth of the world!
With thousands of fireflies as his support, Su Motan controlled the entire [Treasure Elephant Devouring Heaven Formation], and beams of extremely brilliant divine light burst forth from behind him.
Above the casino, the magnificent flying images seemed to come alive!
Atop the flying apsaras, some holding incense burners transformed into graceful Gandharvas, others holding pipa transformed into melodious Kinnaras, and still others with indigo-faced, red-mouthed Yakshas served as guards, while enormous dragons and snakes formed a precious bed.
Sumotan sat upright on a snake bed made of dragons, as if the sun god himself had descended upon the world.
He was full of confidence as he looked at Ao Peng. He could feel the unique blue amulet in Ao Peng's chest. He was not in a hurry to kill Ao Peng directly. In his mind, Ao Peng was also a player. Dying here would only mean losing a physical body.
As the ultimate victor, he reveled in the pleasure of tormenting the defeated. Even true gods and Buddhas could not rid themselves of their inner arrogance, let alone Somatan.
Su Motan said with a smile, "It seems you haven't grasped the true meaning of this bet, but as a mortal, you've done quite well!"
Ao Peng took out the Dragon Slayer Blade from his system inventory.
Su Motan's expression changed slightly, and he shouted sternly, "Kneel down! Bow down and worship me!"
He wanted to see Ao Peng panic, or at least see him look resentful and helpless. Because of Ao Peng, he had to detonate the trap of Guardian Town ahead of time. Although he made a fortune, the players would be very wary of Guardian Town afterward, and he would no longer be able to run it as before. So he naturally hated Ao Peng.
A terrifying pressure came from all directions. One after another, the green-winged insects, as light as fireflies, flapped their wings and made a noisy buzzing sound. This was a rebuke, this was a judgment!
The oppressive aura at this moment far exceeded the oppressive aura that Elder Mo had exerted on Ao Peng when he was experimenting with outdoor scenes.
Sumotan's eight followers have gathered four of them, equivalent to four emblems. However, this is not his limit. With the help of the [Treasure Elephant Devouring Heaven Formation], he has gathered tens of millions of incense offerings. Even the celestial beings of the Second Dhyana Heaven cannot compare with him in terms of pure power!
Buddhism believes that not only humans suffer from the three calamities, but the world also suffers from the three calamities. The first calamity, the fire calamity, spreads from the Desire Realm to the First Dhyana Heaven of the Form Realm. The second calamity, the flood calamity, spreads from the First Dhyana Heaven to the Second Dhyana Heaven. The third calamity, the wind calamity, spreads from the Second Dhyana Heaven to the Third Dhyana Heaven.
This corresponds precisely to the three calamities during which a person's soul condenses into patterns and grows stronger. Therefore, Buddhist practitioners generally divide the major levels of cultivation into the First Dhyana Heavenly Being, the Second Dhyana Heavenly Being, and the Third Dhyana Heavenly Being.
Su Motan sat on the snake bed, as if he were truly sitting on the second level of Buddhist meditation, looking down upon all living beings.
However, he forgot one thing: even if the Buddha can sit in the Pure Land, it is because of the countless beings who are operating the cause and effect of this world. Since the beings can elevate you to a divine position, they can naturally pull you down from that position!
This is not the Buddhist worldview; it is the most simple and pure worldview of Chinese civilization over thousands of years!
The spirit of martial arts flows across the blade of the Dragon Slayer Sword.
【Wrath of a Common Man】 Activating this skill allows you to temporarily ignore pressure beyond your own level, regain control of your body, and temporarily gain +3 to all attributes.
Ao Peng slowly stood up from his seat and looked at Su Motan, who was sitting upright on the snake bed. He waved his arm, and the Dragon Slayer Blade understood its master's intention. The blade cut through the air, and a clear dragon's roar rang out, suppressing the ear-piercing noise of thousands of insects and fireflies!
"Soma".
Ao Peng looked up at Su Motan and smiled. "If I remember correctly, this was originally the title of the Moon Goddess, wasn't it?"
Suddenly, a great terror surged in Su Motan's heart. He looked at Ao Peng's face, and for a moment, he even vaguely saw his own god, Ganesh.
He remembered that when he had mastered the [Qingfu] supernatural power, he became a disciple of Ganesh and received his rewards and high regard. When Ganesh touched his head, he bestowed upon him a new name, Somatan.
The purpose was to admonish him that even the brightest moonlight has its limitations, and that even the radiance of the moon goddess comes from others. Therefore, he should uphold righteousness with a pure heart and not lose his way in the ways of magic.
At that moment, he suddenly remembered Ganesh's warning, and in an instant, a great terror, like the darkness of night, eroded the bright moon in his heart—"No, you are merely an Outer Demon!"
Overwhelmed by fear, Su Motan no longer bothered to waste words with Ao Peng. He pointed his palm at the green worm in Ao Peng's heart!
The reason he knew Ao Peng would win was that he still made Labu lose his life and millions of incense offerings, all so that Ao Peng's Qingfuzi would grow to its maximum potential!
Sure enough, with Su Motan's finger pointing, a large hole instantly appeared in Ao Peng's chest, and a Qingfu, almost pure gold in color and resembling a cicada, flew out from Ao Peng's heart, carrying countless greed and karma, about to fall into Su Motan's palm.
What a perfect Qingfuzi! Su Motan saw six perfect patterns on this Qingfuzi. With this Qingfuzi in hand, he could enter the Third Zen Heaven in no time!
However, before the green pheasant had flown far, a bright moonlight, like the rising moon in the autumn sky, flew up from Ao Peng's shoulder and transformed into a green lamp. Ao Peng's eyes were bright, without sorrow or joy, reflecting the bright moon and the lamp, just like the clear and transparent lake water in autumn.
"A clear blue sky without a single cloud!"
Su Motan was half surprised and half angry. Then he pointed at Ao Peng and sneered, "Yuan Dao, you're quite something. So you're just a preacher. You said my brilliance is like the bright moon, but you're just borrowing the moon's light!"
The chirping of insects resumed.
Faced with Su Motan's ridicule, Ao Peng was not angry. He felt great joy and fulfillment. From the beginning, he knew that he would win this mission! Naturally, he was not afraid of the noisy insects in front of him.
Therefore, Su Motan's boundless joy was not fake, but genuine, which was why it was able to deceive Su Motan's final suspicions!
He flicked his fingers, and a cluster of kundalini fire ignited at his fingertips, guiding it toward the image of the Kitchen God at his waist. If one bright moon wasn't enough, how about adding a sun?
The image of the Kitchen God, sealed with beeswax and hanging from his waist, was instantly ignited by Kundalini fire. A fierce and scorching flame erupted directly, carrying the Kitchen God's wrath, just like a great sun rising into the sky!
Just then, outside Shoucai Town, a golden boy and a jade maiden rode a five-colored celestial rooster, flying in the gloomy sky, and called out to those below, "The hour of Chen has arrived; please invite the Kitchen God to return to his place!"
The five-colored celestial rooster crowed triumphantly, and the weather changed. The world was bathed in the glow of the rising sun!
This is the rooster's crow that heralds the dawn!