Chapter 172: Another Encounter with a Grandmaster
"You know what?" Grandpa Zhu said triumphantly, "Although the spiritual energy of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau can increase the speed of cultivation tenfold, in doing so, one's power will far exceed their realm, causing Tibetan Buddhist living Buddhas to often need to reincarnate and cultivate again to avoid the fate of self-detonation due to too much spiritual energy in their bodies! On the other hand, our Central Plains living Buddhas are down-to-earth, gradually improving, and can live for several hundred years, until they eventually break through the void..."
"So amazing..." The grandson looked very envious.
"Of course! If you think about it, our Central Plains living Buddhas are the true 'living Buddhas'!"
"Didn't those Tibetan living Buddhas ever think about solving their problems?" The grandson looked very curious.
"Why wouldn't they? The problems of living Buddhas can only be solved by themselves, others can't help much!"
"Even if others can't help, they have reincarnated so many times, they should have found a solution in several hundred years, right?" The grandson looked very puzzled.
Grandpa Zhu smiled, "Do you think those living Buddhas can completely carry their memories from past lives when they reincarnate?"
"Don't they?"
"Of course not! Those with a higher realm can carry some memories when they reincarnate, but those with a lower realm will only retain their Buddha nature and wisdom after reincarnation..."
At this point, Grandpa Zhu's expression became very distant, "Forty years ago, Sakya's Jebtsundamba Hutuktu was truly a genius of the ages. Many people thought he would break the law that 'Tibetan Buddhist living Buddhas must reincarnate'. But in the end, he still... sigh!"
"Grandpa, do you think the matter at the manor is caused by the living Buddha?"
Grandpa Zhu couldn't help but knock him on the head and looked at the father and son who were still bowing their heads, smiling and scolding, "I've been saying this for so long, don't you understand?"
"The supernatural powers of living Buddhas are truly unfathomable! A small living Buddha who has not yet officially taken over the position can make nearly a thousand people have nightmares for ten consecutive days..." The grandson looked very longing.
"Dad, don't digress so much..." The head of the Ming Dynasty aristocratic family finally couldn't help but raise his head and said, "Let's talk about what we should do now?"
Grandpa Zhu glared at him and said, "If it's a living Buddha, what else can we do? Use the 'Jade Document for Inviting Immortals'..."
The nightmares haunting the Ming Dynasty aristocratic family were all caused by Eric!
The crystallization of nightmares extracted from the Yan Mountain Secret Laboratory only required a piece as small as a soybean to make all intelligent beings within a ten-square-kilometer radius have nightmares simultaneously. With Eric's dark magic assistance, its effect was exponentially increased.
Eric had no good feelings towards the Ming Dynasty aristocratic family; his impression of them was extremely negative. Originally, he had planned to spend a day gathering magical power and using a destructive curse to level the entire Qixia Mountain where the Zhu Ming Villa was located. However, he suddenly remembered a line from a drama—rather than directly destroying his physical body, it would be better to let his mind gradually collapse in despair!
Knowing that this plan would take a long time to prepare, Eric built a teleportation magic array in a secluded place as soon as he arrived at Qixia Mountain in Nanjing.
The connecting point of this magic array was the villa in Shanghai's Ziyuan where he, Tan Ailing, and Tang Feiyan temporarily resided!
With Eric's temperament, he would never spend more than ten days alone in the "wilderness" for revenge! He spent his days in Shanghai with Tan Ailing and Tang Feiyan, and after they fell asleep at night, he would use the teleportation magic array to go to Qixia Mountain to create nightmares with the crystallization of nightmares, tormenting the intelligent beings living in the Ming Dynasty aristocratic family!
This round trip took only a little over an hour and did not have much impact on Eric's normal life!
"Eric, the young master of Medicine King Sect. Jebtsundamba Hutuktu, the living Buddha of Sakya, where are you... Our Ming Dynasty patriarch wants to meet with you..."
Listening to the calls echoing throughout the mountains, Eric sneered.
In the past three days, as soon as he arrived at Qixia Mountain, he could hear such calls, and they did not stop until he returned to Shanghai!
However, Eric had no intention of showing himself. After all, this was the stronghold of the Ming Dynasty aristocratic family, and there were many experts. Now that Eric also had a "family," he naturally would not take risks!
Today was probably in vain!
Eric looked at the brightly lit Zhu Ming Villa in the distance, feeling regretful.
It seems that the Ming Dynasty aristocratic family has adjusted their schedule, sleeping during the day and being active at night... Should I come over during the day tomorrow?
Eric pondered for a while and shook his head. Now he had two idle women and a little girl who didn't know how to live at home!
Little Feng Qian was in a critical stage of intellectual enlightenment and couldn't do without someone. Besides Eric, she was unwilling to accept guidance from others.
To quickly restore her mental state to the normal level of children her age, Eric, who had crossed from another world to Earth less than half a year ago, had to become a family tutor and teach her common sense!
In addition to Feng Qian, Tang Feiyan was also very clingy to Eric!
Tang Feiyan was originally an energetic, lively, and active woman. Now that she was idle at home, she naturally felt bored. Unlike Tan Ailing, who could focus on martial arts, she either exercised or went shopping every day! And for all this, she demanded Eric's company!
It was because of these two beauties that Eric had no way to adjust the schedule of the Ming Dynasty aristocratic family reasonably.
Since I can't make you collapse in despair, I can only settle for destroying your bodies!
Although the population of the Ming Dynasty aristocratic family had decreased by about a hundred since Eric first saw them, he didn't care. Because he could feel that the vast majority of the experts still lived in Zhu Ming Villa! Perhaps it was for the dignity of a great family that they stubbornly refused to leave.
It was almost time to finish off these people now, after all, Zhu Mingde's mistake was not enough to make the Ming Dynasty aristocratic family extinct!
However, tonight was not the right time!
Firstly, releasing the forbidden curse requires chanting the spell for seven to eight hours to gather magic power. If he were to start now, it would probably be close to noon before everything was ready. Eric hadn't informed Tan Ailing and the others yet. If they couldn't find Eric after daybreak, they might think he had had an accident at Zhu Ming Villa. That misunderstanding was not something Eric wanted.
Secondly, and most importantly, when chanting the forbidden curse, Eric had no defensive capabilities! Although Eric had hidden and defensive barriers in place, he didn't think this made him completely safe! He felt it would be better to have the Four Great Secret Guards come and protect him...
Just as Eric stepped into the teleportation magic array, preparing to return to Shanghai, he suddenly noticed a distortion in the space not far ahead.
With Eric's proficiency in spatial magic, he could see at a glance that this was the characteristic of "teleportation magic"!
Was it a spatial magician or a spatial ability user?
Out of curiosity, Eric did not activate the magic array but instead added fifteen layers of "qi shields" to himself, then quietly waited for the other party to appear.
Five or six seconds later, a large black hole appeared out of thin air two meters in front of Eric, and two old men stepped out of it.
"Ha ha, young man, I knew it was you..."
Looking at the old man who came over with a friendly face, preparing to pat his shoulder, Eric frowned and said, "Zhou Dian, what are you doing here?"
"Young man, you're tough with your words. How come you still treat your old brother as an outsider?" Zhou Dian's expression seemed to have a kind of awkward grievance.
Eric's eyes remained unmoved, and he said, "Do you, this old man, still want to be my 'inside man'?"
Zhou Dian's expression stiffened for a moment. He looked at the silver-haired old man beside him, who had no expression, and said helplessly, "We've known each other for so long, don't you give me a little face?"
"Face isn't given by others, it's earned by oneself!" Zhou Dian snorted and muttered a few words under his breath.
Although Eric couldn't hear clearly, he knew it couldn't be anything good. He immediately said impatiently, "If you have something to say, say it quickly. I'm in a hurry..."
Zhou Dian was so angry that his beard trembled, but he was reluctant to make a scene for some reason. After taking a few deep breaths, he asked, "Kid, did you cause the nightmares at the Ming Dynasty aristocratic family every night?"
"Yes." Eric's answer was straightforward. He didn't think there was anything to hide.
"You brat..." Zhou Dian's eyes flashed with admiration. He said straightforwardly, "Can you, for my sake..." Here, he paused, apparently remembering Eric's earlier words, and changed his words, "You've been at them for so long, can you stop and spare them?"