Hearing this, Xu Taiping immediately guessed Venerable Jiaye's intention and flatly refused again. "Venerable Jiaye, if you want me to go to Vairocana Chan Temple in the Cloud Emergence Kingdom, you'd better find someone more capable. That place has already been occupied by yaomo. I only have one life. Going there would mean certain death."
Before his departure, Huang Que had repeatedly instructed him that if he arrived at Vairocana Chan Temple, he must return immediately and absolutely must not linger.
However bold Xu Taiping might be, he dared not gamble with his own life.
"Rest assured, young benefactor Taiping. So long as you agree to go to Vairocana Chan Temple, this old monk will first grant you five lives through my Buddha's Creation Power."
Ancient Buddha Kasyapa's Golden Body Dharma Aspect slowly raised his arm and spread his five fingers.
"Five lives? You mean I can die five times?"
Xu Taiping looked at Ancient Buddha Kasyapa's Golden Body Dharma Aspect in some disbelief.
"Yes, young benefactor Taiping."
Ancient Buddha Kasyapa answered with absolute certainty.
"Venerable Jiaye, I'd like to know just what is happening at Vairocana Chan Temple that makes it worth paying such a high price to send me to its rescue."
Xu Taiping's expression also grew serious.
During his three years in the Thousand Buddha Kingdom, he had interacted many times with this strand of Divine Sense left behind by Ancient Buddha Kasyapa. He knew better than anyone how stingy Venerable Jiaye was. If he was willing to pay such a high price for his help, it certainly could not be anything trivial.
"You have an affinity with my Buddha, young benefactor Taiping. There is no harm in telling you."
"In one more day, a Buddha Child will be born among the villagers seeking shelter in Vairocana