"This..." Jingcheng's mind could not quite turn itself around. When he had come, he had only thought about how to contend with the Confucian cultivators of Changsheng Town and how to appoint an abbot for Little Gold Temple. Yet he had never expected that, upon reaching Hanling Mountain, it would become a matter of erecting the first Bodhisattva golden body on the Cangxian Continent in Changsheng Town—and a nine-zhang-nine Dharma image at that, only a tiny bit short of the Buddha's ten-zhang body. It truly was unimaginable.
Cimei continued, "Senior Brother Cihang has yet to attain the Fruit for no reason other than insufficient cultivation and inadequate power of faith. Once this nine-zhang-nine Bodhisattva golden body is cast, millions—nay, hundreds of millions—will come to Changsheng Town to worship. How could the power of faith possibly be lacking? Even if Senior Brother Cihang does not wish to attain the Fruit, he will have no choice but to attain it! The first Bodhisattva on the Cangxian Continent to attain the Fruit will bear witness in Yu Province, right here in Changsheng Town of Xi Kingdom. Jingcheng, whether you or I, we will both have rendered immense contributions to our Buddhist school! This will be an unprecedented feat, never seen before and never to be seen again! Just think of it—a nine-zhang-nine Bodhisattva golden body. Tsk, tsk, it will crush every other Bodhisattva beneath it!!!"
"Yes, yes, naturally!" Jingcheng suddenly understood what Cimei had in mind.
"Moreover, there is another reason..." Cimei looked again toward the place where dawn was breaking in the distance. "The Buddha golden body of our Hanling Temple has always been obstructed by the Confucian cultivators, making it difficult to erect. Over these many years, the patrons have begun to harbor doubts. Once Changsheng Town has a Bodhisattva golden