"Thank you for your help, benefactor. My Buddha is merciful." On the translucent, radiant lotus platform, the white-robed figure's lips curved slightly as he spoke with a gentle smile.
Jue Youqing seemed to exude a transcendent air, like a divine Buddha who had stepped beyond the Three Realms and outside the Five Elements. He gave the impression of one untouched by mortal smoke and fire, at once ethereal and illusory, yet vivid and real.
A golden lotus flickered between his brows, its dazzling light complementing his delicate skin, as fair as mutton-fat jade.
His figure was graceful, slender, and soft, his lustrous black hair cascading down his back like clouds. His entire being radiated a clear, captivating beauty.
Jue Youqing-the name sounded rather unusual, yet it held special significance in the Buddhism of the Western Desert. Since ancient times, few had taken such a name.
It carried another meaning of Bodhisattva, representing enlightenment of oneself and others. Enlightening oneself meant comprehending the true essence of Buddhist teachings.
Enlightening others meant taking their awakening as one's responsibility, harboring compassion and pity for all living beings. Such a person possessed both feeling and enlightenment, a truly awakened being.
Rumors had long claimed that Jue Youqing would surely attain the Dao and become a Bodhisattva. In the Western Desert, he was one of the rare people throughout history with an affinity for Buddha, and was highly likely to achieve the Great Dao in the future.
Jue Youqing gently put away his lotus platform and stood lightly in the swamp. His white robes fluttered in the wind, his skin as clear as seven-colored glazed glass in the faint light, radiating a gentle Buddhist glow, dreamlike and magnificent.
He said nothing more, merely maintaining a quiet Buddhist serenity. He nodded slightly and gave Jiang Zhu