Chapter 41 Returning Home (VIII)
Zong Chen and Lu Ren fled to the yard. The Buddha head behind them was still chasing them. It seemed to enjoy this cat-and-mouse game, and it laughed wildly while chasing. Because it had many hands and feet, it worked together and ran very fast. While running, Lu Ren kept looking back to confirm the position of the Buddha head and found that the distance between it and the two of them was constantly shortening.
Oh no, racing with this monster will inevitably lead to death.
So Lu Ren made a prompt decision: "Let's run separately! At least one person can be saved."
Although this was cruel, Zong Chen knew in his heart that this was the best solution at the moment, so he agreed without hesitation: "Okay!"
The lucky two-choice session is about to begin.
Participating players: 17-year-old energetic high school boy Zong Chen VS 24-year-old manual laborer Lu Ren who has experienced all the hardships in life.
The loser will be made into new clothes for the evil god, so who will get this honor?
Ready? Go!
Zong Chen and Lu Ren parted ways at the fork in the road outside the Lu family's gate. The road Zong Chen chose led directly to the village, while the road Lu Ren chose meandered into the mountains.
The Buddha head looked at the two people who went their separate ways, and hesitated for a moment at the fork in the road, like a lady choosing goods in a store, considering the clothes she likes.
These two "clothes" were obtained by his followers under his instigation. Speaking of which, Buddha thought that humans were really a ridiculous kind of creature. They seemed to like to drag their closest people into the water the most . Almost all of his followers developed from this.
At first, Lu Ren's uncle found him among a pile of foreign trade debt-paying goods. At that time, he was not what he is now. He was just a small stowaway who had just escaped from Mount Xumi in a panic, and his body was not as big as this.
The Lord ordered that each realm be divided and governed separately, and more strictly stipulated that the creatures of each realm could only live in their own world. Just like fish cannot leave the water to reach the land, the realms could not communicate with each other directly and freely. If they must cross the realm, they can apply to the realm department, but Buddha Head is a sinner and cannot ask for help from the realm department, otherwise he will be arrested. His act of forcibly crossing the realm almost took away all his power. But a blessing in disguise was that because his power was too weak at the time, the human world's rejection of him was also weakened a lot, allowing him to have a little respite.
He was so weak that he was attached to a fragment of an ancient Indian scripture, like a deformed hermit crab.
Because the various realms were not interconnected, before meeting Lu Ren's uncle, Buddha Head had never even come into contact with humans. The reason why He chose to come to the human world was largely because among the ten realms, only the human world was a place that the gods disdained, and only here, as a great sinner, could He sleep peacefully for a night and survive.
Lu Ren's uncle is called Lu Guoqing. He is not a bad person, but an ordinary middle-aged man who is a bit cowardly. He is in middle age and is experiencing a midlife crisis. He is always scolded by his wife at home, and his beloved daughter is getting less and less close to him. Lu Guoqing was very scared when he found the Buddha head, but gradually he realized that it was so small that it did not pose any threat, and it even begged Lu Guoqing to help him. Lu Guoqing felt sympathy for it and hid it in the attic.
At first, the ignorant Buddha Head and the frustrated Lu Guoqing got along well. Lu Guoqing would come to him every day with wine to chat for a while.
He showed him a photo of his daughter. He remembered that in that photo, Lu Lan smiled like a flower, a flower that grows wildly towards the sun. Then Lu Guoqing would look at his daughter's photo and complain, "She was so cute when she was little, why is she so cold to her dad when she grows up?"
Most of the time, the Buddha Head just listened quietly, occasionally comforting Lu Guoqing with a few words.
Lu Guoqing would also hold Him in his palm when He felt pain from the repulsion of the human world. He was wrapped in human body temperature and could clearly feel that the repulsion of the human world had been reduced a lot.
“Human body temperature is so warm.” He thought so at the time.
Because it is not a creature from the human world, the Buddha head does not need to eat, it eats human emotions. Frustration and loneliness can become its nourishment, and Lu Guoqing, who has eaten these negative emotions, will become cheerful and gain the courage to face a new day. They help each other, and life is moving towards the good side.
It was a really good time.
The transformation began on an ordinary night, which was no different from the countless days and nights before. Buddha Head still remembered that day, Lu Guoqing's small business started to suffer losses due to poor turnover, and he might go bankrupt. That night, Lu Guoqing drank a lot of wine, and was obviously anxious like an ant on a hot pot. He cried in front of Him with tears and snot all running down his face, like a helpless child.
The Buddha Head still remembers what he was thinking at that moment. He wanted to help this poor middle-aged man. After all, he was his first friend since he came to the world.
He used his power to create gold, which was not a difficult task for the Buddha head.
At that moment, Lu Guoqing looked at the gold in his hand with his eyes fixed. And he found that the emotion he ate that night was so strange. The emotion smelled like the roots of a plant that had been rotten for a long time, but it tasted like honey, surprisingly sweet.
Later, Buddha finally understood that feeling, which was called desire. But when he understood what it was, he had become addicted to the taste of that feeling, and Lu Guoqing was addicted to gold. The two of them began to repeat the process of that night in the attic every night.
Not long after, the Buddha head, who had been eating for a while, was surprised to find that his body began to grow, and he slowly grew to the size of an adult's arm. However, relying solely on Lu Guoqing's desires could no longer satisfy him.
When he found out that money could come so easily, Lu Guoqing gave up his small business. He only needed to ask his new pet for money. He became a greedy middle-aged man. In order to better satisfy his pet, Lu Guoqing began to gather believers for Him. How foolish are humans? He only needs to pretend to listen and show some small miracles, and they will believe in Him. He satisfies the believers' small wishes, and they will take the initiative to bring more believers to Him.
The Buddha's head was getting bigger day by day, and the attic could no longer hold it, and his appearance became increasingly ugly. What was worse was that as his power grew, the human world's rejection of him also grew, and his body began to decay.
Lu Guoqing transferred Him to the small mountain village where He was born. They settled there and gradually turned it into their kingdom of God.
But even after creating this otherworldly kingdom of God, which could help them avoid some unnecessary troubles, they still could not escape the punishment of the human world.
It had been a long time since anyone had held the Buddha's head in their hands to relieve the pain. When he remembered, Lu Guoqing had not talked to him for a long time. He now appointed himself as his chief priest and received support from believers every day.
Lu Guoqing shouldn't think that the Buddha's head was just a pet that he could discard at will. He had been taught desires by humans. He could no longer tolerate the day and night intrusion of repulsion, so he remembered that he had been able to escape the repulsion of the human world in Lu Guoqing's hands, and he came up with a way to solve the problem once and for all.
He turned Lu Guoqing into a piece of His clothing.
But this dress has been worn for too long and is about to become ineffective. He needs a new dress, a younger one that will last longer. It would be even better if this dress could be like Lu Guoqing, the man who gave him the first warmth in the world.
And his followers began to work hard to fulfill his wishes...
Buddha Head hesitated for too long at the fork in the road. Seeing that his new clothes were about to run away, he had to make a decision quickly. He finally chose to chase Lu Guoqing's young nephew up the mountain. He had no choice, because he was still nostalgic and wanted a similar piece of clothing.
The winner of this lucky two-choice grand prize is Lu Ren, who is as unlucky as ever. Let us congratulate him as he is about to be disemboweled.
Lu Ren found that it was an unwise decision to run on the mountain road. The mountain road was rugged and had many uphill sections, which was not suitable for him to run for his life. Moreover, the Buddha head that was chasing behind him did not seem to be affected by the difficult mountain road and was still walking briskly.
Lu Ren put a debuff on himself: "..."
The footsteps of the Buddha Head were very close to Lu Ren. He didn't even dare to look back. He heard the Buddha Head's voice almost close to his back: "I caught you, my new clothes."
Then Lu Ren felt something pulling at the collar behind his neck. He thought desperately, "I'm afraid it's really over this time."
Suddenly, the collar that was being pulled seemed to be cut off by something, and the force pulling him from behind suddenly loosened, causing Lu Ren, who was wrestling with the person from behind, to lose his balance for a moment and was thrown out, falling flat on his face.
When Lu Ren got up from the ground, he found a young man standing behind him. The young man stood firmly between Lu Ren and the Buddha's head.
The young man's clothes looked like a college student who came to collect folk songs, but he had snow-white hair, a spotless white color, and at first glance he looked as noble as the peak of a snow-capped mountain in the distance. The young man had his back to Lu Ren, his back straight, and a refreshing scent of grass and trees emanated from his body. Lu Ren vaguely felt that the smell seemed to be inexplicably familiar.
Lu Ren had a guess about the identity of this young man, so he asked tentatively: "Qi Yu?"
Hearing this, the young man turned his head and glanced at Lu Ren. Those were a pair of deep blue eyes, as clear and transparent as the sky after the rain. His eyes were calm, with a kind of indifference that saw through the world, showing an indescribable divinity. The young man did not reply to Lu Ren's words, but just looked at Lu Ren and showed a faint smile, which was considered a greeting.
The Buddha head opposite seemed to recognize the young man who blocked his way. He narrowed his eyes and said unhappily, "Mountain ghost? You actually wore the clothes you escaped from before, and you want to deal with me?" As he spoke, the Buddha head laughed strangely, "You are simply overestimating your own abilities!"
The mountain ghost didn't say anything, he just looked at the Buddha's head and raised his eyebrows.
So, feeling offended, the Buddha head rushed forward and fought with the mountain ghost that was blocking the way.
