Heavy Sweetness Ash-Like Frost

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Chapter 14: A Bug Eating Through the Heart

  In the heavens, there were many gods, in the western skies, there were many buddhas.

  In the Big Thunder Temple, the eighteen golden arhats were either sitting, lying down or standing tall, they were arranged on the left and the right sides of the temple, in the middle was an incense burner which was burning one scent, the light twirls of smoke slowly emanated a beautiful smell that slowly disappeared in the chanting.

  With both of my hands respectfully pressed together, I followed father into the main hall of the temple. Under the stern gaze of the shining arhats, I surveyed for a while, became disinterested and returned my gaze to the main hall.

  On top of the lofty and majestic rectangular stone pedestal, there were three figures each sitting cross-legged on a lotus flower, they must be the Three Lifetimes Buddha, that transversed the past, present and future. Father's both hands were respectfully pressed together as he bent down his head and chanted, the Three Lifetimes Buddha lightly nodded their heads towards father, the Buddha in the middle with benevolent brows and kind eyes spoke, "Today is not a day where we open to the public to discuss the religious scriptures, why has the Water God come today?"

  "Luo Lin has rashly came today to seek the Ru Lai Holy Buddha to release the Jia Lan seal, " Father's voice was like the spring water, slowly flowing, it was neither hasty nor slow.

  "Is this for Zi Fen's daughter who is behind you?" The Buddha on the left looked at me, his holy gaze revealed light sympathy. Truly they were the Past, Present and Future Buddha, in one glance they can ascertain my origins.

  "Indeed," Father moved away to reveal my face, "I plead for the three great ones to allow us a meeting with the great Buddha."

  On the right, the future Buddha lightly looked at me, his calm demeanour slowly revealed faint ripples, his brows furrowed and he closed his eyes, he gave out a soft sigh.

  Seeing this, Father's body tightened, "May I ask why the great one is sighing?"

  The Future Buddha said, "A destined chance in one's fate, cannot be spoke of, cannot be spoken of."

  Father turned to look at me, his gaze held worry. My heart skipped, the Future Buddha did not know the past, but his eyes could see the future, seeing his description, my future must not be bright, could it be that I won't be able to cultivate into a god? Thinking of this, I couldn't help being depressed.

  "The door is always open, but the journey of the Water God will be fruitless, it will have no effect," The Future Buddha waved his hand, the door behind opened, behind it were many routes, the stars in the sky were arranged like the chess pieces and bedazzled one's eyes. However, in this moment, an unremarkable path of lilies started to lit up, one could not see the end, it was truly, one did not know how deep the clouds were, but this was the way to the Buddha, "The water lilies can lead the way for the Water God, one must be careful not to get lost or the ghosts will trap you and sink you to hell, I can only say up to here, Amitabha."

  Father pressed his hands together respectfully and chanted thanks to the Three Lifetimes Buddha, he took my hand and led me on the small path towards Buddha Grandfather. All the other paths were filled with flower scent, flat and wide, only this route of mud was extremely uneven, curved and hard to walk. One of my feet would sink in the mud, the other would tread over the mud as we walked on this trench-filled road. I thought about what was said - "fruitless", fruitless? Unless the Future Buddha has predicted that Ru Lai Grandfather will not release my seal? If my seal is not released, my divine energy cannot improve, if my divine energy cannot improve, I definitely cannot become a god, if I cannot become a god, I was destined to be looked down upon by all the great gods, for example Phoenix, ah such a fate was truly depressing...