Capítulo 1186: Chapter 523: Sights and Sounds of Thunder Sound, Gathering of Golden Immortals
After bidding farewell to Tang Lingwu and the others, Zheng Fa returned to the Jiushan Realm to arrange matters after his departure. He steered the rainbow light and flew towards the West Continent.
Half a year isn’t really enough ti. The Xuanwei Realm is vast, and from the Jiushan Realm to the Leiyin Temple, even with Zheng Fa’s Rainbow Transformation Skills, it takes four or five months.
Leaving Jiushan, crossing the East Continent, passing over the ocean, the coastline of the West Continent ca into distant view.
A burst of golden light appeared from the shore, gathering in front of Zheng Fa, revealing the face of a young monk.
Zheng Fa recognized him. He was one of the Arhats who had accompanied Liuli Buddha to the Jiushan Sect, with the Dharma na Huihong.
Huihong Arhat no longer exuded the intimidating aura he once had. His expression was gentle as he smiled with palms together, saying, “The World Honored One instructed to wait for Master Zheng here.”
“Wait for ?” Zheng Fa slightly furrowed his brow, then smiled, “The Mahayana Buddha is very thoughtful.”
Indeed, very thoughtful.
How did this Lu Yao… know the path he would take?
Huihong Arhat led Zheng Fa, taking a slightly roundabout route, brushing by the edge of the Turquoise Pool, and entered the territory of the Leiyin Temple.
If it were before, Zheng Fa would only have thought it was because the Turquoise Pool and Leiyin Temple belonged to different sects, and Huihong Arhat couldn’t bring him in without permission.
But…
He glanced back at the Turquoise Pool, another suspicion arising in his heart—did the Leiyin Temple’s reluctance to let him visit the Turquoise Pool lead to Huihong fetching him here?
Suppressing these thoughts, Zheng Fa turned his gaze downwards.
He had never been to the West Continent, and the mysterious Leiyin Temple piqued his curiosity, setting aside his apprehension towards Lu Yao.
The two were passing over a village, surrounded by rice fields. Ordinary rice grew there with little spiritual energy, but they seed to be thriving.
The climate of the West Continent was likely hotter than the East Continent, and the villagers’ clothing was not as thick as those in the East.
The n’s attire looked like just a piece of cloth draped over the body, with holes exposing arms and calves.
So were bare-chested, lazily working in the fields.
The won were slightly more conservative, wearing small, form-fitting garnts, but still much more open compared to the East Continent.
Judging by their faces, the villagers seed to be living quite well, at least not starving.
“The Buddhist lands of the West Continent are fertile, with rice harvested thrice a year.” Huihong Arhat seed to be observing him all along and spoke up, “The people live in peace and prosperity, everyone inclined to goodness.”
Zheng Fa nodded slightly.
If it were as Huihong said, then the common folk under the Leiyin Temple should indeed be doing well.
Especially given the stable rule of the Leiyin Temple, high grain yields, and favorable climate, calling it a Paradise isn’t completely exaggerated.
But he also noticed sothing puzzling:
The village houses were all wooden with banana leaves for roofs, looking very rudintary.
The wooden houses were scattered randomly, and the roads between them were dirt, without gravel. There were muddy patches with reddish-yellow mud.
Children, so without clothes, ran around, splashing mud everywhere.
Zheng Fa was puzzled why such a prosperous place, with high grain output, had such a poor-looking village. It seed there were no schools either.
Thinking it might be due to local customs, he didn’t question further and followed Huihong Arhat forward, until they reached a large city.
Huihong Arhat’s expression showed so apology: “With the Dharma eting approaching, I am under orders from Liuli Buddha to make arrangents in the city.”
“Arrangents?”
“This ti, the World Honored One is hosting the Daluo Dharma eting, not only a grand event for the Xuanwei Immortal Sect but also a blessing for us at Leiyin Temple. Countless followers will co to pray and worship, so preparations are needed in advance.”
“That’s no problem.”
Assuming the arrangents wouldn’t delay his participation in the Daluo Dharma eting, Zheng Fa didn’t mind and followed Huihong, descending into the city.
Zheng Fa considered himself well-traveled, but even he was surprised at this mont.
A golden road, literally, began from the city gate and extended into the city.
At the end of the road stood a magnificent Buddhist temple, facing south.
“Gold bricks?”
Zheng Fa looked down at the bricks underfoot and couldn’t help but ask.
Huihong Arhat nodded with a smile.
Zheng Fa had long been unaffected by gold, but at this mont, he felt quite impacted—imagining the splashing muddy water and looking at the pristine gold bricks underfoot, the sensation was indescribable.
“These were all offered by the followers themselves, as a show of their devotion to the Buddhist Sect.”
Now Zheng Fa understood why there were no good houses in those villages.
Zheng Fa looked ahead. The avenue was broad, wide enough for six carriages to run side by side, yet no one walked on it.
Zheng Fa and Huihong Arhat seed to be walking on an empty square, with people bustling in the narrow gutters on either side of the road.
“Who is allowed to walk on this road?”
Huihong smiled, seemingly aware of his displeasure, and answered in a way that surprised Zheng Fa even more: “It’s not that we forbid them to walk here, but… they do not wish to.”
Saying this, he turned and headed towards the northern temple, the wind lifting his robe.
Wherever Huihong Arhat passed, the residents knelt, seemingly reverently kissing the dust carried by the wind at his feet.
Zheng Fa silently followed behind until they reached the northern temple.
The Buddha Towers, shaped like gourds, were inlaid with multicolored gems, while in the Great Hero Hall, Lu Yao’s golden statue stood like a mountain of gold.
Clouds of followers brought gold, silver, and jewels, taking away smiles on their faces.
Zheng Fa firmly believed these people were voluntary. There was no coercion, no oppression, and as the Immortal Sect, Leiyin Temple likely looked down on re gold and silver.
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