Chapter 142: I Hold the Bodhi, Which Can Break the Jade Fire

Pang Bo said a few words and brought up a little girl named Xiao Tingting.

In his telling, that little Tingting was very cute and very sensible, but had been bullied by a few bad people.

"Damn it, there are always some bad people in this world bullying the old and the young — I can't stand the sight of them. If Ye Fan hadn't held me back, I would've knocked those thugs flat on the spot!"

Pang Bo spoke of something that had happened not long ago. Little Tingting lived together with an old man surnamed Jiang; one old and one young ran a little restaurant and depended on each other. But in that small town there was a Li family that was always making life hard for the old and the young, sending ruffians and thugs to harass them nonstop.

"Old Uncle Jiang's son once stepped onto the path of cultivation, and that Young Master of the Li family also stepped onto the path of cultivation. But his heart was crooked, and once he was taught a lesson by the old man's son. He bore a grudge, and later when the old man's son went out and met with an accident, the Li family people started coming to bully them every day."

Ye Fan filled in the grievances between the two families, making clear the rights and wrongs. He too couldn't stand seeing anyone bully the old and the young, especially a little girl only a few years old.

"There are plenty of people like that, and you can't kill them all even if you try. But when you come across one, you can still step in."

Fang Yu listened to Ye Fan and Pang Bo's words, then spoke up.

The group rose. Ye Fan and Pang Bo bought some new clothes and some snacks, then flew back from the small town.

Fang Yu also met the little Tingting that Ye Fan and Pang Bo had spoken of. She really was a very cute little girl, and upon seeing Ye Fan and Pang Bo arrive, she happily called them over to eat, her face full of joyful smiles.

When she heard Ye Fan and Pang Bo address Fang Yu as Brother Fang, the little girl also called Fang Yu "big brother."

Fang Yu gave a hum, his gaze sizing up little Tingting.

This little girl was very, very small. The clothes on her didn't fit, tattered and patched all over, yet they couldn't hide her radiant childlike innocence.

"Tingting, are you happy? We bought you new clothes."

Ye Fan asked with a smile.

"Try them on quickly."

Pang Bo also laughed.

"No, the clothes I'm wearing now can still be worn. When they can't be worn anymore, I'll put on the new ones."

The little girl shook her head instead, showing a sensibility clearly beyond her years.

Ye Fan was taken aback, as if he hadn't expected little Tingting to be so sensible — sensible enough to make one's heart ache.

"There will be lots of new clothes in the future. Tingting doesn't need to worry."

Ye Fan tried to persuade little Tingting to change into the new clothes.

"Really?"

"Really."

Only then did the little girl happily change into the new clothes.

It was also at this moment that Fang Yu saw a few people coming from not far away, each one looking like a petty thug, though their strength hadn't even reached the 3rd Stage of Physical Body.

"Open up! Your lord's here to eat…"

Among those people, the leader was a middle-aged man, extremely arrogant, and before even entering he gave the little shop's door a hard kick.

Inside the little shop, Tingting was very nervous, her big eyes full of fear, afraid those people would barge in.

Old Uncle Jiang had already shut the little restaurant, and no matter how the people outside cursed, he wouldn't open the door.

Ye Fan and Pang Bo listened to those ugly curses, their brows furrowing, their eyes growing colder and colder.

"Ants like these — just kill them and be done with it. No need to be so particular."

Fang Yu, sitting inside the little shop, spoke up.

His physical body remained in the little shop, but his true qi wrapped around the few petty thugs and carried them dozens of miles away. Then with a slight stir of his jade-green flame true qi, every one of the provocateurs was burned to ash.

"But these people are only small hired thugs. Once they're dead, others will still come to provoke."

Ye Fan saw those provocateurs suddenly vanish and knew they were already dead.

He could handle things the way Brother Fang did, but sometimes that not only failed to help the old and young of the Jiang family, but instead invited disaster.

"Come as many as they like, kill as many as they come. If they all come, then kill them all."

Fang Yu's divine sense transmitted over, and both Ye Fan and Pang Bo felt a chill.

This Brother Fang's killing intent was truly far, far too great. But if killing really could deal with those evildoers, then by all means use killing.

"Little Tingting, the trouble's been taken care of for now. Don't worry."

Fang Yu's gaze turned back to little Tingting, and he smiled.

His words naturally carried a kind of power to soothe people's hearts.

Little Tingting immediately forgot her fear and became happy again.

"This young man seems to be a great personage."

Old Uncle Jiang of the Jiang family looked at Fang Yu, sensing that he seemed to carry a kind of miraculous aura, enough to make everyone obey his words.

A few ants who hadn't even reached the 3rd Stage of Physical Body were casually dealt with by Fang Yu, and Fang Yu continued his cultivation.

He was now at the 2nd Stage of Divine Abilities True Qi Realm, only a step away from the Gang Qi Realm. How to transform true qi into Daoist Gang Qi was the truth he now needed to comprehend.

Wisps of jade-green flame manifested around him, carrying terrifying heat, yet under Fang Yu's casual control they could take the shape of all manner of weapons.

"Brother Fang's cultivation base seems to have grown stronger again. He looks like a god-king amid fire — that jade-green flame is about to turn into a sea of jade."

Pang Bo clicked his tongue as he watched the terrifying vision Fang Yu displayed not far away.

His current realm had also reached the Life Spring Realm, but he had a feeling that if he encountered this Brother Fang's flames, he would be burned to flying ash in an instant.

There was simply no way to resist.

The power of the divine rainbow, the essence of life — none of it seemed able to withstand that terrifying jade-green flame.

"Perhaps it's because of Brother Fang's cultivation method. But since those thugs have been dealt with, we can also cultivate a bit. If there's anything we don't understand, maybe we can ask Brother Fang for guidance."

Ye Fan felt that terrifying jade-green flame in the distance and sensed its terrifying might, but when he held the Bodhi seed in his hand, he had a feeling that even those jade-green flames couldn't do anything to him.

It was a strange feeling.

The Bodhi seed seemed able to withstand that kind of jade fire.

Why was that?

Ye Fan suddenly thought of many things. In Buddhist legends, what was the most powerful fire? Naturally, it was karmic fire.

The flames condensed from the karmic force of all sentient beings are enough to burn a Buddha to ash, capable of destroying the many gods and demons of the world—nothing can stand in their way.

When all the sins of the world gather upon one body, they become karmic fire. When the Buddha attained enlightenment, he emphasized great compassion, and only by enduring the burning of karmic fire did he finally achieve the fruit of the Dao.

And when he attained enlightenment, what he relied on most was a single bodhi tree, which granted him great awakening and allowed him to withstand the many karmic forces.