As Sengyuan departed, the strange Images across the land gradually began to fade.
The strange Image that had reached Jiankang City slowly dwindled to a stretch of Colored Clouds. Just as it was about to vanish, a speck of light fell from it and shot straight toward Chen Cuo!
"Hmm?"
Chen Cuo's heart stirred. The Mind Daoist waved a hand, and a faint Spirit Light enveloped him.
The speck of light could not touch him. It circled around him, and when it seemed to realize it could not get through, it manifested in midair as the illusory projection of a monk.
Seven-colored light shone from the projection. The moment it appeared, it clasped its hands without a word and bowed devoutly to Chen Cuo!
Hum!
Chen Cuo's mind jolted. He sensed a dense mass of Incense coiling toward him, while broken snatches of scripture echoed in his ears!
With it came a measure of understanding and information!
"Well, would you look at that!" Chen Cuo's heart skipped a beat, and he understood. The one who caused these changes in heaven and earth was a monk. He stepped into Beyond the Mundane and sent a wisp of his will straight to me. Without a word, he's bowed his head and wants to worship me as a true Buddha!
In an instant, Chen Cuo felt his state of mind grow much calmer, even his thoughts clearer. But the three thousand strands of worldly trouble on his head trembled faintly, as though they meant to leave him!
"I can't have that!" He shook his head and smoothed a hand over his hair, holding it in place. "Why bow so deeply, eminent monk? I can't accept such a salute."
As he spoke, his thoughts shifted, and the Three Fires Divine Ability emerged, burning the