Merit Accumulation: I Conferred God and Become a Buddha

Chapter 107 The Body of Virtue Born in the Investiture of the Gods

Feng Yu's consciousness was wandering uncontrollably. He was concentrating on watching the images in the Investiture of the Gods that seemed real and illusory. He didn't even blink and didn't notice that there was light shining from between his eyebrows.

Realizing that he had been bewitched, the demon king's red eyes shifted their angle of vision and transformed into surging black air.

The mist and gas that came towards him repelled him. He staggered back a few steps and actually fell to the ground without being able to stand steadily. He couldn't even feel the scorching temperature of the meteorite surface.

The Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva floating in the air just watched all this quietly.

The black fog quickly dissipated.

The List of Gods shrank and closed, turning into a flash of golden light, shooting towards Feng Yu's left wrist and into the white lotus on the vine bracelet.

Before Feng Yu could recover from the shock, his head began to ache. He could vaguely hear a vibration sound that seemed to come from the sky. There was a faint golden light between his brows and his eyes saw vivid image clips one after another.

His right hand released black air wrapped in wind, and the Ge Lan sword hidden in his palm automatically revealed its form, and a blood pupil emerged from the flesh on the back of his hand.

The eerie red eyes stared at the boy's face with a secretive, prying look, as if wanting to see something clearly, wanting to see through the infinite mystery hidden in him.

The sword was trembling slightly, because the Demon King suddenly felt uneasy. An indescribable feeling of oppression came over her. The threatening aura without any danger made her feel uneasy.

The eyes on the exposed back of the hand began to blink restlessly, showing some nervousness.

Shan Ting struggled to break free from Arjuna's arms and stopped halfway, opened his round eyes wide in surprise, and looked ahead in disbelief.

The human-like emotional reaction on the cat's face also appears on the faces of Galan, Rama and Arjuna who are watching.

The boundless void changed color in an instant, the sky was filled with golden light, and the colorful lights were scattered everywhere. I couldn't tell whether it was the wind that was blowing or the light that was flowing lightly and slowly.

The gloomy silence of the past has disappeared, leaving only the eternal and unchanging warm light.

The crystal clear and pure white lotus appears in the air, as if embodying all the beauty and purity in the world.

After the pain and discomfort disappeared, Feng Yu became quiet and saw sunlight floating in front of him. All the haze in his body and mind dissipated, and even the red eyes on the back of his hand fell into a trance.

The flawless lotus feet reflected Feng Yu's vision, and the soles of the feet were branded with glowing lotus patterns.

The hem of the dress fluttered in the air. It was a dress woven from breeze, clouds, sunlight, silver light and dew. It seemed illusory and beautiful like a fleeting glimpse of light, and the atmosphere seemed to be from another world.

The manifested body was as illusory as an illusion, seeming close yet out of reach, like a beautiful dream. The form that did not belong to this earthly world seemed to have come from nowhere, like an illusory image in a dream, which had never really existed, like a cloud that would disappear into thin air with a breeze and leave no trace.

Arjuna, Galan, Rama and Gulen suddenly realized and were so shocked that their hearts trembled. They experienced firsthand what emptiness is, which has no origin and no destination.

Their eyes felt slightly hot and they wanted to cry for some reason. They just felt that their body and mind were wrapped in a dream that was both real and illusory, and they realized that even time and space disappeared.

"This is the karmic body formed by the accumulation of merits and virtues. Anyone who sees or hears it can receive blessings."

After hearing the ethereal voice of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, everyone came to their senses a little. They could hardly believe what they had seen and heard, and found it strange and unbelievable.

"A body of merit born from the Investiture of the Gods?"

Luo Mo muttered to himself, his expression silent as if he was in deep thought.

The lotus turned into a dream bubble and disappeared under the feet of the body of merit.

Feng Yu was still in a trance, and he couldn't tell who he saw. It was neither the former infant spirit Xiao Feng nor Tai Xu. A great sense of loneliness suddenly enveloped him. He lowered his head quietly, feeling that time and space were so lonely, a kind of illusion that would never be annihilated. In the illusion, the endless reincarnation of life was so lonely, more despairing than the endless darkness.

He couldn't even ask "Who are you?", and in his dull eyes he saw the lotus feet appearing before him.

Not until the clear and flawless figure prostrated itself on the ground did a hint of surprise finally show on his expressionless face.

He was stunned, at a loss, his mind went blank, and he suddenly felt an inexplicable pain in his heart.

"In one of the countless kalpas in your past lives, you saved him and helped him to be reborn in the Pure Land. He was born in a lotus in the Eight Meritorious Ponds in the Pure Land.

The Pure Land is inhabited by spiritual beings. Even if one has achieved success in cultivation, one still has to return to the Saha world and cultivate until one attains Buddhahood in the flesh, because only when one attains Buddhahood in the flesh can one achieve the three bodies.

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva explained it in a casual manner. A scarlet figure emitting a divine aura appeared beside Feng Yu.

"Your wish to save all sentient beings is also my wish. And you have always...never stopped at Nirvana, traveled through different time and space, tirelessly saved all sentient beings, and thrown yourself into reincarnation again and again, stained your body with all sentient beings, and walked with them all the way. This kind of fearless love is something I could not do before, but I hope I can do it now."

Feng Yu was stunned, his mind was blank and he had no idea.

Looking at the other person prostrating himself in front of him and speaking confusing words that he could not understand, his cheeks became slightly hot due to embarrassment.

"Can you please get up first? We can talk nicely."

He probably forgot that he was still sitting on the ground and didn't know where to put his hands and feet.

He didn't know how to address the kneeling figure of light. His right hand unconsciously stretched out and paused stiffly for a moment.

Fragments of memory flashed back in his mind, presenting a hazy picture of the past - a hand reached out gently and touched the head of a person who was prostrating himself on the ground - he realized that this scene happened very long ago, and it was so blurry that even the floating light had double images.

The past life was like a dream, and now it was replayed. His hesitant hand finally touched the other person's head, gently holding it still, like a Buddha touching the top of his head to give him a prophecy.

His companions, standing not far away and watching, felt that this scene was full of divine perfection and unconsciously felt fascinated.

The orange cat, Shanting, ran forward with its four short legs, meowed, and jumped onto Fengyu's shoulder.

Feng Yu withdrew his hand after being disturbed by the little guy, and stood up from the ground, just looking at the figure still kneeling on the ground below.

"I don't remember anything." He said, "If you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known that I had been reincarnated for so long."

Feng Yu didn't want to say any more unnecessary words, so he reached out to pull him up, and then asked casually: "What's your name now?"

"Let's call you Taixu."

In order to commemorate the poor boy who committed suicide, they decided to use this name. But Xiao Feng was also very pitiful. He didn't even have the chance to use the name his parents gave him. His family was buried in the ruins of the collapsed building.

If it were in the past, he would really cry, but now he has let go of Xiao Feng and is no longer the baby spirit who can only be jumpy and timid.

He held the hand Feng Yu extended to him, and was finally able to stand in front of Feng Yu like a friend. When their eyes met, his look was not at all timid.

"He originally had a physical body in this life, but unfortunately, on the day he was about to be born as a human, the City of Gold, Silver and Iron descended from the sky, causing the City of Light to fall. The maternity and children's hospital collapsed in the violent storm, and he, who was not yet born, as well as his mother in the delivery room, his father outside the door, and the innocent people... were all buried in the ruins."

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva calmly stated this sad news. Feng Yu was horrified, his body trembled, and an indescribable pain surged in his heart.

(End of this chapter)