The Sage of Idle Tales
Chapter 740

The Three Great Daos Illuminate Spirit Mountain

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Not long after the eunuch departed, a chaotic burst of footsteps sounded outside the hall. Soon, a group arrived before the hall.

"Buddha Son!" When the group of Bodhisattvas saw Chen Luo, they seemed to have found a small boat in a sea of suffering. They hurried forward, but Chen Luo merely frowned.

At this moment, Bodhisattva Yixing no longer had the solemn, compassionate Buddha image he had displayed earlier. His eyes were brimming with tears, yet he was restless and anxious. Even Chen Luo could tell that the mind of this Five Decay Realm Bodhisattva had fallen into turmoil.

If he did not calm his mind soon, he might draw down the Five Decays of Heaven and Man!

"Stop!" Chen Luo raised a hand, signaling Bodhisattva Yixing to halt. He slowly said, "I already know about the blood sea. Sit down first and listen to a passage of the Heart Sutra!"

"But—" Bodhisattva Yixing was about to say more when Chen Luo directly closed his eyes and slowly chanted, "Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, when practicing deep Prajnaparamita, Perceived that the five aggregates are empty, crossing over all suffering and distress..."

Threads of tranquil Buddhist resonance radiated from Chen Luo's body. A thin layer of golden light shimmered around him, its radiance spilling over Yixing.

Yixing's thoughts stalled. Then he took a deep breath, pressed his palms together, sat cross-legged, and closed his eyes.

Empress Lin sat sideways on the soft couch, one hand propping up her fragrant cheek and the other holding a tobacco pipe. She took a puff and exhaled a cloud of smoke, watching Chen Luo and Yixing with interest. Galaxies flashed in her phoenix eyes, as though she had seen a Golden Great Dao stretching ten thousand li.

"The Buddhist sect really is fated not to perish..."

"Even

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