"If the ’me’ after reincarnation can truly recover this memory, I hope he can find that answer then."
The last words of the Buddha were obviously not directed at Wu Yao and the Celestial Erosion Monarch.
But precisely because of this, the two could more clearly feel the Buddha’s will and determination.
It can only be said that these Buddhas, formed by Right Mindfulness, are ultimately different from those Demon Kings, formed by desire.
Especially this kind of Buddha who has awakened his own consciousness, appears pure yet stubborn, clear-minded yet persistent, unaffected by Right Mindfulness.
"Whether you can enter reincarnation is not for me to decide."
After a long pause, Wu Yao gently shook her head and said.
"Since you have wandered in front of the Three-Life Divine Stone for so long, you must be aware."
"Only after passing this Three-Life Stone, reflecting on all the obsessions of past and present lives, will you be qualified to cross the Bridge of Helplessness and drink Granny Meng’s soup."
With one sentence, Wu Yao pointed out the crux of the problem, which was also the reason the Buddha had been lingering before.
The Buddha is the manifestation of the Right Mindfulness of all beings.
Not to mention that his current Spirit Body is not a soul in the true sense.
Even if this Spirit Body could enter the Six Paths of Reincarnation, can the Buddha himself pass the test of the Three-Life Divine Stone?
Formed by Right Mindfulness, yet obsessed with going to the present world...
To say such a Buddha has no obsessions is simply deceiving a child.
However, the original intent of establishing the Six Paths of Reincarnation was to enable souls to reincarnate.
- Obsession is reincarnation, yet reincarnation requires giving up obsession.
The current situation of the Buddha is equivalent to encountering a BUG in the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
Even Wu Yao is uncertain whether the other party can pass the Three-Life Divine Stone to come before her and then drink that bowl of Granny Meng’s soup to start anew.
"My past and present lives?"
Taking a deep breath, for the first time, a humanized expression appeared on the Buddha’s sorrowful face.
It was a subtle change in expression that was nervous, expectant, and mixed with a hint of struggle.
If he hadn’t been staring at the Buddha, the Celestial Erosion Monarch probably wouldn’t have noticed this momentary change in expression.
"Perhaps I was destined for this encounter from birth..."
"Whether a calamity or a blessing, it was destined long ago."
Before he finished speaking, the Buddha, who had stopped moving, finally took another step forward.
This step officially placed the Buddha in front of the Three-Life Stone, allowing him to truly see the divine stone said to reflect past and present lives.
What surprised the Buddha was that the Three-Life Stone was far more ordinary than he had imagined.
Even looking at it from the front, it was just an irregular rock a few zhang high, with clearly visible crevices and rock marks.
Swoosh!
Then, in the brief moment of his daze, the Buddha’s consciousness suddenly entered a state of trance.
The irregular Three-Life Stone began to transform, tracing back all of the Buddha’s experiences from the present to his birth.
From the Buddha’s perspective, he felt as if he was reliving his life.
If one views normal life experiences as going from birth to death, then the Buddha is now experiencing life from death to birth.
When the memory traced back to the Buddha’s birth, he remained silent.
At the Buddha’s birth, there were celestial phenomena.
Six successive earthquakes on the earth, mandalas descending from the sky...
Closely following were the white elephant, divine deer, and spirit turtle appearing in the world, with golden lotuses sprouting from the ground and lingzhi mushrooms growing.
Then all the Buddhas appeared, the King praised, the Bodhisattva bowed his head, Vajra lowered his head, and the Celestial Consort Monk wept with joy, and sang and danced.
The Buddha had never doubted that there was anything wrong with this, but now he vaguely felt it was abnormal.
Especially compared to the wretched souls in the Netherworld, everything that happened in the Buddha Country was too abnormal.
"All beings are suffering, how can they be saved?"
With a soft sigh from the Buddha, the sorrow in his eyes grew intense again.
But just as he thought everything was about to end, the images on the Three-Life Stone continued to trace back further.
This scene left the Buddha dumbstruck — could it be that he also had a past life?
Just as this thought emerged in his mind, the images on the Three-Life Stone fully manifested.
It was not the life path of a specific person or creature, but some kind of collective will of all beings and numerous living entities.
Although these images were only fragments and did not form a complete memory.
Without exception, the memory fragments presented in the Buddha’s eyes were the happiest moments of all beings.
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"What is going on?"
Frowning while looking at the Buddha standing in front of the Three-Life Stone, the Celestial Erosion Monarch couldn’t help but ask in a low voice.
The Buddha had lingered too long in front of the Three-Life Stone, long enough for the Celestial Erosion Monarch to almost think there was something wrong with the Three-Life Stone.
"You’re asking me? How could I possibly know?"
"He is the first Buddha who wants to reincarnate, I also want to know what he saw."
Also gazing at the Buddha, Wu Yao felt a certain inexplicable unease in her heart.
The Three-Life Stone can indeed reflect past and present lives, but not everyone can see it clearly.
Most of the time, the spirits can only see the most pivotal moments of their lives, like a flash of a lantern.
Let alone entities like the Buddha, who have no past life, only heaven knows what he will see through the Three-Life Stone.
"Huh?"
At this moment, Wu Yao seemed to have sensed something and suddenly let out a sound of surprise.
In the next instant, Wu Yao suddenly looked up at the sky.
She saw that more dark clouds were suddenly gathering in the originally gloomy Netherworld, and a face unknowingly appeared silently among those clouds.
It was the incarnation of the Emperor Fengdu, who also sensed the presence of the Buddha.
In a flash, the Three-Life Divine Stone suddenly trembled, as if an invisible power was being nurtured within.
Boom!
Awakened as if startled from the memory fragments of all beings, the Buddha instinctively glanced around.
To his utter surprise, from the Bridge of Helplessness to the Fengdu Ghost City, all the spirits he could see were kneeling as if they were worshipping.
Realizing these spirits were definitely not worshipping him, the Buddha immediately refocused his gaze on the Three-Life Stone.
As expected, this time he saw a tangible reflection on the Three-Life Stone.
It was a fierce beast, a nine-in-one creature with a tiger’s head, a single horn, a dog’s ears, a dragon’s body, a lion’s tail, and a qilin’s feet.
Just a single glance at the beast filled the Buddha with an unfamiliar sense of foreboding, as if all of his thoughts were laid bare.
Just as the Buddha pondered whether this was an illusion, the beast unexpectedly stepped out from the Three-Life Stone.
"What is that?"
The Celestial Erosion Monarch and Wu Yao also widened their eyes, seeing the beast emerge from the Three-Life Stone.
However, once it fully emerged from the Three-Life Stone, the nine-in-one fierce beast underwent a dramatic transformation.
In an instant, the originally fierce beast turned into a large snow-white dog.
[That kid Li Boyang... truly has the same wicked sense of humor as always!]
The Celestial Erosion Monarch was quite certain that this was no illusion.
That white dog was clearly carved out in his own image.
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