At the Shaolin temple, abbot Hui Wen and the other temple court heads were gathered together at the Dharma Court.
“Abbot, why did you ask all of us to gather here? Is there something that you have to tell us?” asked the Martial Arts Court head as he looked at abbot Hui Wen in confusion.
When abbot Hui Wen heard his words, a smile appeared on his face. “In a short while, I’ll be going into Closed-Door Training. When that time comes, all the affairs of the Shaolin temple will be handled by Hui Jue.”
Hui Jue was the Dharma Court head and his power was second to abbot Hui Wen among all the martial artists of the Upper Realms in the Shaolin temple.
“Closed-Door Training?”
The Precepts Court head was shocked. He quickly asked, “Are you preparing for a breakthrough?” The Precepts Court head looked at abbot Hui Wen in disbelief.
“Have you recently gained a deeper understanding…”
Abbot Hui Wen was about to speak when all of a sudden…
Bang!
A terrifying shockwave spread across the Shaolin temple. The entire Shaolin temple slightly trembled for a second.
“What’s this!?”
“What’s happening?”
All the temple court heads looked shocked and sped out of the Dharma Court.
“It’s the Rear Mountain. The shockwave came from the restricted area of the Rear Mountain.” The voice of the Martial Arts Court art wavered as he looked nervously in the direction of the Rear Mountain.
As soon as he finished speaking, all the temple court heads including abbot Hui Wen went pale as a sheet.
Ever since Luohan Tuo A used a great technique to subdue the Demon Buddha at Rear Mountain 900 years ago, the Rear Mountain became a restricted area of the Shaolin temple.
If a problem occurred at any of the other restricted areas such as the Mystical Village Tower or the Thousand Buddha Hall, it would only be considered a small problem for the Shaolin temple.
However, if something went wrong at the Rear Mountain restricted area that resulted in the escape of Demon Buddha, that would have been an absolute disaster for the Shaolin temple. Even the Demon Buddha successor that appeared every hundred years brought enough problems for the Shaolin temple. Each time they appeared, the temple nearly ended up destroyed. What more when the actual Demon Buddha got out?
When that happened, not only the Shaolin temple but the entire world would become a battlefield of the Demon Buddha.
“Hurry, we need to get to the Rear Mountain right away!”
Abbot Hui Wen exchanged a look with the temple court heads. They all wore resolute expressions as each of them knew they were headed for their deaths. If the Demon Buddha did indeed escape, they might not be able to stop him even if they fought with their lives.
In no time at all, abbot Hui Wen and the others arrived at the outskirts of the Rear Mountain. When abbot Hui Wen and the other temple court heads looked toward the Rear Mountain restricted area, they saw a sight that no one would have been ever able to forget.
They saw golden Udumbara flowers continuously falling from the sky and enveloped the Rear Mountain. Seated at the core of the sacred land was a gold Buddha that emitted a strong and powerful aura that completely permeated the air.
Boom!
Abbot Hui Wen was in disbelief at the sight of the gold Buddha raising his palm and slowly pressing his palm down in the depths of the Rear Mountain.
“This is…” Abbot Hui Wen’s mouth gaped with shock. His face was filled with incredulity.
“The Buddha Palm technique. It’s the Buddha Palm technique!!”
The Precepts Court head mumbled to himself, “Is it possible that Luohan Tuo A has come back to life?”
“That’s not possible!”
Abbot Hui Wen was deep in thought for a long time before he said, “Luohan Tuo A passed on 900 years ago and there’s no chance that he’s still alive!”
As soon as abbot Hui Wen said that, he paused for a moment before he continued in disbelief, “Someone is using the Buddha Palm technique to subdue the Demon Buddha who’s trapped in the Rear Mountain…”
…
In the Rear Mountain.
“The True Meaning of Buddha! Why do you have the True Meaning of Buddha!?” The Demon Buddha became more and more enraged. He completely lost his cool. He was never that angry before, not in the 900 years of his life or not even when Luohan Tuo A used the Buddha Palm technique to imprison him on the Rear Mountain.
The Buddha Palm technique belonged to the True Meaning of Buddha martial arts style. However, the True Meaning of Buddha style was not the same as the Buddha Palm technique.
There were a total of nine techniques within the True Meaning of Buddha style. Each technique was completely independent of the other. Even Luohan Tuo A only mastered one of the techniques within the True Meaning of Buddha martial arts style.
The Shaolin temple had a history of thousands of years and all the Luohans they had produced were similar to Luohan Tuo A. That was because no one could withstand and wield the true immense power of the Buddha Palm technique.
If one wished to fully master the Buddha Palm technique, the only way to do so was through possessing the True Meaning of Buddha martial arts style. Only through achieving the command of all nine techniques of the True Meaning of Buddha style could one have accomplished the ‘general’ effect.
The True Meaning of Buddha was extremely elusive and mysterious. Even if the Demon Buddha looked through all the Buddhist classics in the world, he would not have been able to find more than a few words on it
It was so elusive that the Demon Buddha concluded that the True Meaning of Buddha style did not exist.
Yet at that moment, the Demon Buddha would never have imagined that he would see the True Meaning of Buddha being performed by a young monk.
“The True Meaning of Buddha?”
Su Qin did not waste any time wondering about it. Right at that moment, he completely controlled the power of the seal in that restricted area as though he turned into one of the true Luohans.
Ever since he entered the Rear Mountain, Su Qin started to faintly sense a strange behavior from the gold Buddha in the depths of his brow[1]. The change kept intensifying until it reached a peak once he entered the Buddhist Mountain.
Through the gold Buddha deep within his brow, Su Qin was able to have absolute control over the power of the Rear Mountain seal. Hence, the transformation of the Rear Mountain and also the incredibly powerful Buddha Palm attack was said to be the continuation of Luohan Tuo A’s attack instead of Su Qin’s attack.
All Su Qin had to do was make a tiny gesture.
“No! I don’t want to be imprisoned again!” screamed the Demon Buddha as he watched the Buddha Palm descend toward him. His body exploded and transformed into countless clouds of black evil energy that sped off in all directions to escape.
He spent 900 years only to be able to destroy a tiny portion of the seal so that he could use some of his power. If he was locked up once more, he feared that all that awaited him was total death and destruction.
That was because even though the Demon Buddha gave up on his physical body and relied on the Spiritual method to extend his wretched lifespan, he would not have been able to live up to 200 years.
“You won’t be able to escape!”
Su Qin’s eyes were dead cold as he lifted his right arm high and slapped it down once more, just like Luohan Tuo A did all those years ago.
Boom!
The earth looked like it was enveloped by a deep gold Buddha Palm. Total annihilation was the technique above all others. At that moment, the tiny portion of the seal that was destroyed by the Demon Buddha fixed itself, even while it was buffeted by endless forceful vibrations of the Buddha Palm.
The body of the Demon Buddha that was formed from his Spiritual Sense immediately let out a cry before it vanished into thin air.
“It’s finally done.”
Su Qin released his right hand. As he felt the gold Buddha in his brow calm down, he let out a sigh of relief. Even though he did not know why the gold Buddha was able to restore the strength of the Rear Mountain seal, it did not matter because everything was settled.
“My physical body went through another transformation.”
Su Qin sensed the change in his own body and felt elated. Even though the power that Su Qin just wielded was not his own, the same Luohan used the cultivation to cleanse Su Qin’s essence while he bore the power of the Rear Mountain seal.
The benefits of the essence cleansing were unimaginable. It was equivalent to Su Qin going from an ordinary person to a martial artist of the Upper Realms!
“That’s right. I almost forgot the real reason I came!”
Su Qin silently said to himself, ‘System, sign-in!’
[1] The location where the gold buddha sits in the depths of Su Qin’s brow is a specific acupuncture point in the practice of alchemy. 眉心祖窍. Something that this translator had recently learned.