Chapter 2083

Ah?

He Pingsheng was truly startled: "You... senior... you this..."

"You have lost so much of your origin—how can this be remedied?"

"No matter..." The Old Monk's ashen face showed a hint of a kind smile as he said: "It's nothing—just slowly cultivate, and after several kalpas and yuan, this origin power will return!"

"Cough cough cough cough... puff..."

While speaking, the Old Monk also spat out a mouthful of blood.

He Pingsheng saw that the monk's cultivation had also dropped a little.

This made him feel even more uneasy.

But in the next moment, He Pingsheng's heart was instantly filled with vigilance: Wrong... wrong... wrong...

This is problematic.

I and this foolish-looking monk have no relation—why would he help me so much?

Offering?

Hiss hiss hiss hiss...

He Pingsheng felt numb all over.

It's not that offering is bad, but when offering exceeds a certain limit, it makes people feel fearful.

One sentence: Unnecessary!

"Thank you for your gift, senior!" He Pingsheng sprang up from his seat and bowed respectfully to the monk.

The monk smiled, thinking He Pingsheng was about to accept his gift!

Who would have thought that in the next moment, He Pingsheng said: "Senior's gift is too weighty; I, the junior, cannot bear it, nor do I have reason to accept it!"

"Otherwise, my Dao heart would be unsettled, and in this life I would have no hope of advancement."

"Thank you!"

"Goodbye!"

After saying that, He Pingsheng didn't wait for the Old Monk to respond, but directly bolted out of the private room and then hurried out of the merchant guild.

"This..."

The Old Monk was utterly unprepared, staring blankly, speechless.

"Elder, what should we do?" The nun beside him was also stunned.

"Alas..." The Old Monk took a deep breath and said: "Amitabha... all I can say is, he and I have no karmic affinity with the Buddha!"

"However, this person has an excellent appearance—he will surely not be a mere pond-dweller in the future!"

"Forget it, forget it, forget it..."

After saying that, the monk swallowed the lump of origin he had condensed himself.

His withered, pallid appearance instantly returned to normal, and his cultivation was restored.

Everything was as if nothing had happened.

Having left the merchant guild, He Pingsheng was already drenched in cold sweat.

Afterwards, he visited several more merchant guilds, subtly suggesting he wanted to purchase some Buddhist-Daoist origin, but without exception, all were refused.

It shouldn't be said they were refused—more accurately, they returned empty-handed.

No!

Not to mention Buddhist-Daoist origin—He Pingsheng couldn't even buy a Buddhist cultivation method!

"Amitabha... the Buddhist Dharma cannot be obtained without sincerity of heart!"

In a certain merchant guild, a young monk bowed to He Pingsheng and said: "Donor, are you a newcomer from outside our Gelan City?"

"If you have business, you should walk more, turn more!"

"Do not limit yourself to one corner!"

"Please!"

"Amitabha..."

He Pingsheng was asked to leave this merchant guild.

He felt somewhat puzzled: "Without sincerity, it cannot be obtained?"

Is my heart not sincere?

How did you see that?

"Daoist, Daoist, Daoist..." He Pingsheng had just stepped out of the merchant guild when a Divine Travel Realm lower god bowed his body and laughed heartily as he walked up to He Pingsheng.

"What's wrong?" He Pingsheng's face remained calm.

The man said: "Senior... you've just come to Gelan City, haven't you?"

"Of course—I have no other intention; I just want to solve your current problem!"

"Oh?" He Pingsheng smiled and said: "You know what my problem is, and you can still help me solve it?"

"Of course!" This man was extremely confident, and the moment the words "of course" left his mouth, he straightened his back, stood before He Pingsheng, and said: "You just want a Buddhist cultivation method, don't you?"

"What sincerity or insincerity—that's just an excuse the Buddhists use!"

"Actually, Buddhist cultivation methods are special—they do not belong to the Three Thousand Great Dao of heaven and earth, so they cannot be directly seized from the void!"

"If you want to cultivate, there is only one way!"

He Pingsheng asked: "How can one obtain this Buddhist Dao method?"

"Bestowal!" The Divine Travel Realm lower god waved his hand: "Unless someone is willing to give it to you!"

"Otherwise, you cannot obtain it!"

He Pingsheng's face darkened: You're offering it to me voluntarily?

Don't say it, but just now there really was an old monk who voluntarily gave me a source of power—unfortunately, I didn't dare to take it.

"Keep going!" He Pingsheng took out one mid-tier divine metal and handed it to this man.

The man's eyes lit up instantly; the body he had just straightened bent again in an instant: "Senior, you're so generous—this single move is worth dozens of times all my wealth…… Thank you, thank you……"

He Pingsheng smiled without saying a word.

The man continued to bow, saying: "I am someone who grew up in this Buddhist realm, born in Garan City, and I know the ins and outs of this place inside out!"

"Our Buddhist God Emperor actually originally cultivated the Great Dao of Goodness within the Great Dao of Good and Evil, being extremely humble in conduct—one could say he is the very best person in the entire divine realm!"

"After his cultivation reached the God Emperor realm, he wanted to go further, so he merged his own Good Dao with the Xiang Huo Dao, thus establishing the current Buddhist sect!"

He Pingsheng said: "I already know all this information—no need for you to tell me!"

"Yes yes yes……" the man said: "Then I'll tell you something you don't know!"

"The Buddhist Dao is not one of the three thousand Dao that form the framework of the divine realm, so it cannot be obtained from the void!"

"To obtain it, there is only one way: through someone else's bestowal!"

"High monks can bestow their cultivated Buddhist Dao upon others!"

"Yet, all these profound Buddhist principles ultimately come from the Buddhist Emperor himself!"

"At the very center of Garan City lies the Buddha Palace of the God Emperor!"

"Before the Buddha Palace stands a high platform named the Platform of Infinite Merit!"

"On the Platform of Infinite Merit, from low to high, twelve divine stelae stand upright—these twelve stelae are the Twelve Buddha Images condensed from the White Elephant God Emperor's lifetime of wisdom!"

"If someone can understand these Buddha Images, they can comprehend the Buddhist Dao and receive the Buddhist Dharma bestowed by the God Emperor!"

"Therefore, no matter who, the Buddhist Dharma on one's person must come from the bestowal of the Buddhist Emperor himself!"

"That elder from the merchant guild said your heart is insincere, demanding no Buddhist cultivation method at all—indeed, he is mocking your complete ignorance of Buddhism!"

"But he wasn't wrong—you truly lack sincerity!"

"Hahaha……" He Pingsheng laughed heartily: Exactly!

If one's heart were sincere, wouldn't they go to the Buddhist holy land to see?

Having reached the Platform of Infinite Merit, yet still coming to ask for Buddhist Dharma?

Indeed, a person lacking sincerity!

"Thank you……"

"In the center of Garan City, where exactly is the Platform of Infinite Merit, and how can one reach it?" He Pingsheng asked again.

The man pointed to the nearby transfer platform: "Senior, go to the short-range transfer array over there, and you'll naturally know—the Platform of Infinite Merit can be reached directly!"