Chapter 62 Zen Light

Regarding Mei Jiu directly killing someone on Bibo Yao Mountain, neither Mei Jiu herself nor Charlie and Madison had anticipated it.

That was their eldest brother, after all, always projecting an image of compassion and kindness, treating his fellow disciples with generosity and benevolence.

Even when his face contorted in a ferocious struggle, spewing curses before his death, they refused to believe that this was the eldest brother they had always relied on, day and night.

The eldest brother who had always treated all his fellow disciples with gentleness had suddenly turned violent one day, his face twisted, uttering dreadful curses and even trying to hurt people!

In the end, they saw Mei Jiu, to protect Luo Yao beside her, take out the treasured artifact left to her by her mother. The artifact protected its owner, instantly killing a Buddhist cultivator nearing the Jindan stage.

The scene changed so rapidly that no one present had expected it.

Everyone present was dumbfounded. Only after that did Madison and the others remember that the boy who had caused the eldest brother's inner demons had been standing not far away the entire time.

Dressed in a clean apricot-white monk's robe, he had been lightly twirling Buddhist prayer beads in his fingers from the moment the eldest brother went mad, standing in place without joy or sorrow, never saying a word.

Even when the curses included him, he lowered his eyes, without joy or sorrow, from beginning to end.

"Even if eldest brother was invaded by demons and lost his mind, wiped out the entire Baicao Sect, and even killed Wang Wenfei, Zen Light's reaction is too muted, right?"

The truth revealed by the Lianhua Temple's eldest brother before his death placed all the blame on himself. That uncontrollable outburst of evil energy led to a destructive "self-explosion" of sorts. Although it cleared the suspicion from the other members of Lianhua Temple, Charlie still found some inconsistencies that didn't make sense.

"Zen Light came with the other elders this time. I heard that because Zen Light was born with a Buddha's bone, he naturally carries a kind of Buddhist aura. Approaching him can bring peace of mind, but it's also a very terrifying thing for demons."

Madison recalled the elder's explanation that the reason eldest brother had suddenly turned violent was that he couldn't suppress the evil energy in his body, and the presence of Zen Light had triggered it completely.

"Think about it, not just anyone can be the eldest brother, right? Logically, it should be the strongest of the next generation or a role model for all the disciples. But Zen Light's existence… Did you forget the way he looked at Zen Light at the time? And those words…"

Jealousy turned into madness.

Zen Light was the Buddha's son of their Lianhua Temple. From the moment they entered the game, their character memories revered Zen Light as the future of Lianhua Temple.

Although their eldest brother was also extremely talented, it was as if he had become fixated. Why should Zen Light be defined as the future of Lianhua Temple at such a young age?

"Bullshit destiny!! Why should those favored by the heavens receive everyone's favor?! I refuse to believe it!! If the heavens don't love me, I will defy the heavens! If the Buddha doesn't save me, I will slaughter the Buddha!"

The slogan sounded impressive, but the scene of him being instantly killed by a five-year-old child's red thread-like artifact was still too much to bear.

"Speaking of which, the reason he was in jail a few days ago wasn't because he was devoted to Buddhism, but to suppress the evil energy?" The two suddenly recalled their memories of being in prison those days.

"Maybe?"

"Have you ever thought that if the two of us had made a little noise and disturbed the eldest brother's chanting, would he have gone berserk in advance and slaughtered us all?"

When Charlie said this, the two thought about it in their minds and broke out in cold sweat. Madison even couldn't help but slap himself in the mouth.

Compared to the two gossiping in private, Mei Jiu was fearless. Although she had stirred up such a mess, she had done a good deed. Now, she directly and blatantly asked Zen Light, who was sitting in meditation beside her.

"Zen Light, you, I heard them say that you were raised by your senior brother. Are you... aren't you sad?"

In fact, Mei Jiu felt at a loss when she later heard others say this and then faced Zen Light. She chattered a lot to Zen Light, not even knowing what she wanted to say.

Zen Light had eyes lighter than others, and when he opened them in the light, they sparkled like the midday sun, not dazzling or intense.

His light golden, glazed eyes stared straight at Mei Jiu for a long time, without saying a word, only finally turning into a soft sigh, saying, "Since he chose to end himself in that way, I... shouldn't be sad."

"Shouldn't?" Mei Jiu didn't understand what that meant.

His tone was so calm that he seemed to have truly seen through life and death. Seeing Zen Light raise his head slightly, his eyes empty, Mei Jiu tilted her head, not knowing what he was thinking, but then heard him say, "The real culprit behind this matter is not my senior brother."

"Who is it then?"

Before Mei Jiu could ask, Mei Shi, who had just arrived, landed precisely in front of Mei Jiu's house, put Mingmei down, and pushed the door open, blurting out this sentence.

Zen Light met Mei Shi's eyes as she stood at the door, then glanced at Mingmei behind Mei Shi, closed his eyes slightly, and only said, "I don't know, but the cause and effect of all fate has long been secretly intertwined..."

Outside the game, Mei Shi looked at Zen Light with a strange expression and said, "I remember this little bald head being quite cute when he was little. He wasn't so mystical. He was soft and adorable, obedient and well-behaved when he was in Jingyun Mountain."

After speaking, Mei Shi looked at Yan Hui with a condemning gaze, questioning him about Zen Light's character setting: "How can a child this young have such a mystical character setting?"

Ming Yi knew something about this.

"When Buddhist cultivators reach the end of their cultivation, they also have the ability to see the future in the dark. Although they can't calculate everything like the Divination Sect cultivators, the future they see in the dark is more accurate."

"But Zen Light shouldn't have it at this age." Even after Ming Yi finished speaking, Mei Shi still felt that this character setting was problematic.

Just as Mei Shi finished speaking, Yan Hui repeated his explanation from behind: "I've said it before, the memories in this world are mostly based on the extraction of Mu Chen's past memories, which I then reprocessed.

At least, Zen Light does have the power to see the future in Mu Chen's memories. As for how Mu Chen knows..."

Yan Hui smiled and shrugged, indicating that he really didn't know.

Although he had checked other details in this game world with Mei Shi, Ming Yi, Mingmei, and Mei Jiu, everyone's memories of Zen Light were indeed very vague.

Only Mu Chen's memories were different from others.

[Xie Chen, your future is a sea of darkness…]

[I know, but I still can't help but come and see you, to see…]

[Zen Light, you clearly know what I've done, so why have you never said anything? You have a good relationship with Xiaojiu, so why are you still helping me?]

[Because I envy you.]