The Missing Karmic Thread

Abbot Master laughed heartily. "This old monk has seen countless people belittle themselves, but rarely one as thorough as you, Benefactor. Still, you underestimate the might of Buddha-nature staining the heart."

"What kind of might?" Lin Su asked.

Abbot Master said, "The might of Buddhist teachings remolds one in silence. How many stubborn and wicked people have been transformed after being steeped in Buddhism, turning over a new leaf? Let alone an unparalleled genius such as you, Benefactor. Perhaps at some moment, you will suddenly awaken; with laughter, attain nirvana through the Buddhist Way, and pluck the true fruit of your Buddhist Way!"

"I would certainly welcome such a sudden opportunity. Unfortunately, most opportunities in this world are flowers reflected in a mirror, moons in the water."

Abbot Master said, "Why be so modest, Benefactor? For others to pluck the true fruit of Buddhism is indeed harder than scaling the heavens, yet you wrote the Diamond Sutra. How could you lack a Spiritual Root? Attaining Buddhahood ought to be but a fleeting transformation for you, a matter of a single thought..."

The two exchanged line after line, every word brimming with profundity.

Yet Liu Tianyin and Feng Wu grew increasingly puzzled...

I might not understand much of your Buddhist words and Zen mysteries, but I can still tell that none of this has half a copper coin's worth of connection to the real matter. Have you forgotten about Ji Shang?

Why are you not mentioning Ji Shang?

However, they could not speak. Before them stood the Sect Master of Thousand Buddha Temple, a true pillar holding up the heavens of the Cultivation Way. Even Divine Sense Transmission might be caught by him, ruining Lin Su's great undertaking.

The two women's gazes met, both filled with helplessness...

Lin Su raised his