Traveling Through Journey to the West: I Am the Dragon King

Chapter 70 Relic Transforms into Inner Elixir, Possessing Both Immortal and Buddha Talents

The White Crane Fairy continued, "The final effect is that after the relic is transformed into an inner elixir and merged with the body, one can use the Buddha's power. In addition to increasing magical power, one can also walk on lotus flowers like the Buddha, and a giant wheel of merit will appear behind one's back. However, whether this can actually be achieved, I'm not so sure."

"After all, in the entire Heavenly Court, apart from the Lady of the Palace of Light, the mother of the Pleiades Star Lord, the Bodhisattva Vimalamitra, no one else has received such a favor. Moreover, she only received the Bodhisattva status of a minor official. But you are a Golden Buddha with a major official official status. That was the case when she manifested, so you should be no less so."

Yun Chonghua said, "If it truly possesses such profound mysteries, then we can certainly give it a try. But sister, how exactly can we transform this relic into an inner elixir?"

The White Crane Fairy replied, "Swallow it and place it in your dantian, then use your own magic power to envelop and refine it."

After hearing what the White Crane Fairy said, Yun Chonghua immediately swallowed the "Golden Buddha Relic" in one gulp.

Following the instructions of the White Crane Fairy, this object was placed within his dantian and refined using his own magical power.

Now that Yun Chonghua has attained the Heavenly Dragon True Body, refining a relic is not very difficult for him.

Soon, Yun Chonghua used the relic as a foundation and his own blood and magical power to refine a "refined inner core".

The inner core, along with his bloodline, caused him to finally open his eyes, from which a golden light emanated.

Seeing this, the White Crane Fairy smiled and stepped forward to ask, "Do you feel anything?"

Yun Chonghua stood up, looked himself up and down, and said, "Aside from a sense of peace, I don't feel anything else. It's not much different from when I was holding it outside."

Seeing this, Fairy White Crane asked in confusion, "That shouldn't be the case. Just now, your eyes were shining with golden light. You clearly appeared to have successfully merged with the Buddha. I could even feel the Buddhist power emanating from you. This relic is a precious treasure left behind by the golden-bodied Buddha after his passing. Even if you haven't made rapid progress in cultivation like ordinary little immortals, you shouldn't have felt nothing at all. Could it be that your temperament isn't quite in harmony with this Zen relic, preventing you from unleashing its full power?"

Yun Chonghua said, "Perhaps. What a pity, I really thought I could be like the Buddha, with lotus flowers blooming with every step, and a giant wheel of merit appearing behind me..."

But as soon as Yun Chonghua finished speaking, with just a slight thought, the Wheel of Merit appeared behind him.

He noticed this change, and after taking a few steps, colorful lotus flowers bloomed beneath his feet.

And this lotus flower can catch his steps, even help him ascend. It's as if he's stepping on invisible steps.

Seeing this, the White Crane Fairy said, "Hehe, I knew it. It's impossible for a treasure bestowed by Buddha to have no effect at all. Try to see if you can conjure up the golden body of Buddha."

Yun Chonghua activated the power of the inner core in his abdomen, and then with a slight thought, his body was covered with a layer of protective golden light, just like Jin Chanzi had been.

Seeing this, the White Crane Fairy clapped her hands and said, "Not bad. You have immortal energy, although you can't fully manifest a golden body like the real Buddha of the Western Paradise. But with this layer of Buddha light illuminating your body, you do look quite like him."

Yun Chonghua looked himself up and down. Although the relic didn't seem to be of much use to him, the merit wheel behind him and the lotus flower under his feet were indeed quite cool.

Moreover, with this relic inside his abdomen, he felt that the magical power he had used up by conjuring the Wheel of Merit and the Lotus Steps was constantly being restored.

The healing effect is faster when the relics are transformed into an inner elixir and stored in the abdomen than when they are held in the hand.

With the regenerative power of this relic and the merit wheel behind it, the "special effect" of the Lotus Step is quite good. In the future, when a fight breaks out, the manifestation of this merit wheel will be quite intimidating.

However, compared to its inherent function, Yun Chonghua also felt that he had an extra way out.

If what the White Crane Fairy said is true, then this relic is a Buddha.

So when I am desperate in the future, I may be able to "lay down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the spot" and devote myself to the "vast Buddhist sect".

Of course, Yun Chonghua still hoped that he would never need to use this opportunity in the future.

After all, for him, being a carefree immortal was better than being a Buddha who had no desires.

Moreover, he heard from the White Crane Fairy that the Empress would arrange a good marriage for him in the future. Naturally, he was even more reluctant to leave the Heavenly Court and the Empress.

However, Yun Chonghua was also curious about which fairy the Empress would arrange for him in the future.

After refining the inner core, Yun Chonghua enjoyed a hearty meal of celestial cuisine in the Jade Pool and drank two large bottles of imperial wine.

As before, after a short rest, he immediately descended to the mortal realm and returned to the Sishui River God's Palace.

Confucius, standing by a river, said, “Time flows on like this river, never ceasing.”

Several years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Over the past few years, Yun Chonghua has continued his carefree and leisurely life as always. Let it rain when it should rain. Let him do good deeds when he should do good deeds.

Occasionally, he would also handle minor matters such as exorcising demons, in accordance with the requests of believers and local colleagues.

For example, some demons that have become spirits, or evil spirits with extremely heavy resentment.

Those "great demons" who have cultivated for hundreds of years and are invincible ghosts in the eyes of mortals are nothing more than clowns who cannot be brought to the stage in front of Yun Chonghua.

Some weren't even qualified to fight him; he simply appeared around them, and the demons couldn't withstand the celestial aura and Buddhist light emanating from him, thus vanishing into nothingness.

Because of his frequent interventions, he has almost completely wiped out all the monsters, big and small, around him.

Because of his intervention as a true god, many Taoist priests who exorcise demons and monsters lost their livelihoods.

Without the disturbance of demons, naturally no one would plead with them anymore.

Nowadays, people neither worship Taoism nor respect the virtuous; if they want to worship, they worship the local gods.

Yun Chonghua's fellow righteous gods, under his protection, all enjoy great prosperity and flourishing incense offerings.

Nowadays, only a few alchemists still make offerings to them. After all, there are still many people who want to prolong their lives and achieve immortality.

However, Yun Chonghua wasn't just idle; he was helping out everywhere.

This is because he discovered something.

That is, the more good deeds he does and the more merit he accumulates to bless the world, the higher his compatibility with the relic within his body will be.

Putting aside other things, in the beginning, although he could manifest the Wheel of Merit and a golden body, the Wheel of Merit behind him was far less radiant than it is now.

Moreover, Yun Chonghua can now activate the "Golden Body Dharma Form," but his Golden Body Dharma Form is formed by borrowing the power of the Buddha's relics, rather than by himself.

Therefore, his Dharma image only has the Buddha's halo covering his body and that huge Dharma image, but not the golden body that covers his entire body.

However, he didn't care. He already had golden armor protecting him, so whether he had a golden body or not didn't matter.

These changes in appearance are not the most important.

Most importantly, the regenerative power of the relic inside Yun Chonghua's abdomen has also been greatly enhanced.

The initial recovery speed was like a drop of water; after being swallowed and refined into an inner core, the flow of the droplet gradually increased. But now it's like a thin stream.

The combined power of these "dual talents" made Yun Chonghua feel that his strength had increased significantly.

At least in future battles, with the restorative power of this Buddhist treasure, I will have an advantage in both physical strength and magical power.