The elderly monk had said incredulously, "Hsuan Kong, monks do not speak falsehoods."
"Although you lacked wisdom potential, you had entered Buddhism and could not..."
Ethan Shu didn't waste time and began reciting.
"Na Mo Shurangama assembly of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. O deep and wondrous dharani unmoving Honored One, Supreme Shurangama appears most rarely in the world..."
Ethan Shu's lips moved incessantly, producing bursts of Sanskrit sounds. The difficult Shurangama Mantra was recited flawlessly, word for word.
His proficiency was not inferior to the elderly monk's.
The severely injured elderly monk was stunned and exclaimed,
"Hsuan Kong, if you had had wisdom, you might not have been inferior to the Buddhist heir of the Hanging Temple!"
Ethan Shu thought, "Although I lacked wisdom potential, I had a system!"
"Even if the Buddhist heir had six wisdom potential, with the system in hand, the world was mine."
Seeing Ethan Shu's confident eyes, the elderly monk thought he was unafraid of difficulties and had a firm heart in seeking Buddhism, praising him repeatedly.
"Good! Good! Good!"
"I hadn't misjudged you. Although you lacked wisdom potential, your Buddhist heart was extraordinary, and your insight was extremely high."
"If you could survive this calamity tonight, the world would have been like a pond for you to roam freely!"
Saying that, the elderly monk closed his eyes and began to meditate deeply into a deathlike trance.
His injuries were too severe, leaving him without combat ability.
Looking at the kind-faced elderly monk, Ethan Shu decided in his heart.
"Master, you saved my life. Today, I would help you survive this deadly calamity!"
Ethan Shu picked up the cassock and wrapped it around his palms and arms.
The tank, infused with Buddhist blood, shimmered golden.
Using the cassock dipped in the water mixed with Buddhist blood as ink, Ethan Shu wrote the Shurangama Mantra on the low walls of the ancient temple.
This mantra had great power, capable of warding off all enemies, destroying all evil sorcery and curses, avoiding all disasters and misfortunes, subduing all heavenly demons and heterodoxies, and eliminating all serious illnesses.
It could also prevent all calamities related to earth, water, fire, wind, space, weapons, celestial phenomena, famine, imprisonment, demons, grievances, diseases, and more.
It could also win the favor and protection of the sun, moon, and stars, bringing great auspiciousness and turning misfortune into good fortune. After death, one could be reborn in any desired realm of the ten directions.
Of course, such great power required a Buddha of the great spiritual mastery level to wield.
Ethan Shu, at the stage of the Dusty Realm, could not unleash the full power of the Shurangama Mantra with the help of Huiming the Elder Monk's Buddhist blood, but it still had an effect against demons and heterodoxies.
Using his hand as a brush, Ethan Shu wrote in a fluid and relaxed manner, filling one side of the low wall by the time the sun was high in the sky.
He climbed onto the wall and saw the elderly monk sitting in the lotus position in the courtyard, meditating. So, he continued writing the Shurangama Mantra.
After writing on the surrounding low walls, one wall was covered with the profound and complex Shurangama Mantra, written with vigorous strokes.
Ethan Shu continued writing on the walls of the ancient temple's dilapidated structure.
After finishing the three houses, the sky darkened a bit.
Ethan Shu turned his head to look at the distant mountains beyond the hills. The sun's rays weakened, nearing sunset.
"It's getting dark!"
"Faster! Faster! Faster!!"
Ethan Shu became even more urgent, his arms and hands wrapped in the cassock, continuing to dip into the tank of water mixed with Buddhist blood and running to write on the temple's front gate.
As he wrote, the blood-tinged water in the vat dwindled rapidly.
"No good! The entire ancient temple hadn't been fully inscribed with the Shurangama Mantra. There was a flaw at the temple gate!"
"Master, wake up quickly! The Buddha's blood and water are almost gone!"
Ethan Shu anxiously called out to the old monk.
But the old monk was as unmoving as a carved statue, deeply absorbed in meditation.
Ethan Shu muttered to himself, "Could this be the fate mentioned in Buddhism?"
"Escape is impossible, escape is impossible? I, Ethan Shu, will challenge the fate today!"
Ethan Shu's deep starry eyes had flickered, and his youthful yet handsome face was filled with determination and resilience.
"Since there is still a flaw in the Shurangama Mantra, I will plug it up!"
Ethan Shu peered into the vat.
There was hardly any Buddha's blood-tinged water left, nearly hitting the bottom.
It was not enough to complete the entire temple gate.
Moreover, time was running out.
The sky had got darker and darker.
He could even faintly hear wailing and howling carried by the wind, emanating from a valley among the towering mountains.
Seeing the sunset, the Black Mountain Demon immediately began casting spells.
Hundreds of dead branches swayed, accompanied by ghostly wails, and the mass grave in the valley seemed to come back to life.
In an instant, the entire valley was filled with swirling dark fog and lingering vengeful spirits, creating an eerie and terrifying atmosphere.
"Puff, puff," one after another, skeletal hands emerged from beneath the soil, looking extremely frightening.
Immediately afterward, the soil loosened and bulged, and skeletons clad in rusty armor shook and crawled out from underground.
After a few shakes, the putrid mud clinging to their ribs fell to the ground with a rustling sound.
" My most loyal servants, go destroy the Arany Temple and bring back the old monk and the young monk to me!"
The enormous black tree monster in the valley emitted a piercing and terrifying scream.
The trunk with the Purple Gold Scepter inserted was still bleeding, further angering the Black Mountain Demon.
"Awww…"
"Howl…"
The previously stagnant skeletons, with oily green flames emitting from their eye sockets, raised their rusty knives and broken swords, marching towards the ancient temple.
Over a thousand skeleton soldiers were crawling out of the mass grave in the entire valley!
Elsewhere.
Ethan Shu had a brainstorm and took off the cassock wrapped around his arm, wringing it hard above the vat.
Some Buddha's blood-tinged water was squeezed out, merging into the bottom of the vat.
Ethan Shu shook the cassock and spread it flat on the ground.
Using his fingers to dip into the remaining Buddha's blood-tinged water, he kept writing the Shurangama Mantra on the cassock.
The entire cassock was filled with the Shurangama Mantra!
Ethan Shu draped the cassock over himself.
"Oh, right, there's the master!"
Ethan Shu's gaze fell on the old monk's bony upper torso, skin stretched tightly over his bones.
Looking back at the vat, there was only a tiny bit of Buddha's blood-tinged water left.
"A stitch in time saves nine, but for the sake of surviving this fate, I have to make Master endure a little inconvenience!"
Ethan Shu murmured "sin, sin" under his breath and gritted his teeth, unzipping his pants and urinating into the vat.
Then, using the mixture of urine and Buddha's blood-tinged water, he inscribed the Shurangama Mantra all over the old monk's upper torso.
After finishing, Ethan Shu folded his hands and bowed to the deeply meditating old monk.
"Master, let's ride out this storm together! Amitabha Buddha!!"
Saying that, Ethan Shu picked up the bamboo broom, turned resolutely, and stood alone at the temple gate, gazing down at the dark mountain path.
Having cultivated the Sutra of Strengthening Sinews and Bones to the third level, Ethan Shu could see as well at night as during the day.
Looking down the winding and rugged mountain path that extended into the darkness, he could see terrible skeleton soldiers climbing up!
Ethan Shu took a deep breath, gripped the broom tightly, and infused his Buddhist power into it.
"Arhat's Stick Drives Away Demons, Bodhidharma's Scepter Stabilizes Heaven and Earth!"
"Tonight, I stand alone at this gate, unyielding to any demon!"
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