"This... this child..." Great Chan Master Ji Mie finally snapped out of his stunned daze. He had worried over entering Nirvana for who knew how many years, pondering countless matters concerning it in his mind. Now that he saw the signs of Jiang Liuer entering Nirvana, he recognized them at once. How could he not be dumbstruck? "Has he entered Nirvana?!"
Though Great Chan Master Ji Mie's words were phrased as a question, his tone carried certainty. In the entire Pure Land World, there were likely few who understood the signs of entering Nirvana better than he did.
Just as Great Chan Master Ji Mie's gaze fell upon Jiang Liuer, the rain that had poured down for days abruptly ceased. The rain stopped, the clouds parted, and the morning sun peeked half its face over the horizon. Above Golden Mountain Temple, a rainbow appeared, stretching between Golden Mountain Temple and the western heavens. At the rainbow's end sat Jiang Liuer atop his wooden basin!
Beneath the rainbow, seven-colored radiance flowed around Jiang Liuer's body. Within that radiance was an intense Buddhist light, which suddenly surged into the rainbow. An indescribable solemn treasure-like appearance emerged upon his face. Though he sat in a broken wooden basin, with rainwater still streaming from its cracks, in Great Chan Master Ji Mie's eyes, it resembled a nine-petaled golden lotus!
"Amitabha... This disciple, Ji Mie, thanks the Buddha for His grace!" Suddenly, Ji Mie seemed to grasp something. Tears flowed from his eyes. Disregarding his soaking wet kasaya, he knelt upon the huge rock and respectfully kowtowed nine times toward the west.
Great Chan Master Ji Mie was not the only one stunned. Even Xiao Hua, hidden nearby and watching in secret, found it unbelievable! He had orchestrated all of this from behind the scenes,