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The green light emitted by the Crystal Buddha gradually weakened, slowly thinning into a milky white, like a dense fog spreading throughout Changlong Tower.
I could clearly see that all the skeletons were undergoing a strange transformation!
Dark red flesh began to grow slowly over their bones. As the light dimmed, these fleshy tendrils became increasingly distinct, growing faster and faster. The muscles twisted together like worms, entwining around the bones, layer upon layer covering them. From the originally empty skeletal frames, organs such as hearts, lungs, and esophagi began to grow; I even clearly saw the pale intestines starting to writhe.
I looked down at my own body; fine as spider silk, nerve clusters were rapidly sprouting... I was witnessing my transformation from a mere skeleton into a living, breathing person.
This sensation was beyond description. Although I had studied medicine and attended anatomy classes, wielding a scalpel to cut open cold corpses, slicing through layers of pale yellow fat to extract every organ needed for research, that was merely separating a body. What was happening now surpassed anything I could accept!
Finally, the white light vanished, and everyone in the tower returned to their normal bodies.
It dawned on me that the green light from the Crystal Buddha did not eliminate our flesh; rather, under this peculiar glow, I could see nothing but bones—much like the effect of X-rays.
At the same time, I noticed that behind the White-Bearded Monk, all the Human Pupas were surrounding Mangrai. Strangely, those Human Pupas stood motionless, as if they had lost their lives. Mangrai stared in bewilderment at everything around him: "Ajahn, what is happening?"
"The Buddha's light shines universally; all evil spirits cannot hide," the White-Bearded Monk smiled gratefully at me. "Thank you for helping the temple through its most dangerous crisis in fifty years."
The Crystal Buddha swayed in mid-air before plummeting rapidly toward the ground. I wanted to catch it, but it was too late. "It's over!" I closed my eyes, not wanting to witness the Crystal Buddha shattering into pieces.
With a loud crash! I couldn't help but open my eyes and saw that the Crystal Buddha had struck the stone floor, creating a small dent and several cracks radiating outward.
To my surprise, the material of the Crystal Buddha was so hard; I felt a sense of relief wash over me. Otherwise, after all that effort, if the Crystal Buddha had shattered, it would truly have been a case of "both jade and stone destroyed."
"Ajahn, what's wrong with the Crystal Buddha?" Mangrai stared intently at the Crystal Buddha, stepping over the Human Pupas, two of whom were holding hands tightly, their posture resembling an embrace.
I sensed something was off with Mangrai's expression; the earlier air of righteous devotion had vanished, replaced by a greedy gaze fixed on the Crystal Buddha.
The White-Bearded Monk was reciting something in front of the Tathagata Statue, his back turned to Mangrai, oblivious to his change: "The Buddha's light cleanses the world's evils. These Human Pupas have long lost their humanity and are all dead, including the Controller of the Curse outside. The Crystal Buddha's light has also been exhausted and will take ten years to recover. I wonder if I will still be here when the next calamity arrives. It's a pity that my fellow practitioners, who share my dedication to Buddhism, lack a steadfast heart..."
At this point, the White-Bearded Monk looked up at the top of the pagoda, struggling to keep tears from falling.
"So that means..." Mangrai said with a sinister smile, "No one can stop me now?!"
He had already reached the side of the Crystal Buddha, cradling the statue in his hands and licking its surface with his tongue. "Our the Curse Clan has waited a thousand years for this day!"
I began to understand! Mangrai was from the the Curse Clan! He was in cahoots with the Controllers of Gu outside!
"What!" The White-Bearded Monk trembled all over and turned to face Mangrai. "Mangrai, you!"
"Me?" Mangrai replied with a cold smile. "I'm still that same Mangrai who broke the Lustful Precept back in the day! Ajahn! Don't you recognize me?"
A wave of goosebumps spread across my body as an indescribable fear grew within me!
The most terrifying thing in the world is when the person you trust most suddenly becomes your most dangerous enemy.
The human heart is the most terrifying of all!
"When you were in a coma at the hospital, I had already come to see you. The doctor told me that when they first admitted you and checked your eyes, your pupils were red. By the next day, they returned to normal. The doctor couldn't explain this phenomenon and could only vaguely suggest it might be due to blood congestion. But I knew the opportunity had come, so I initiated the Buddha Curse War early!" Mangrai raised the Crystal Buddha high. "The Buddha's Relics are finally ours, the Curse Clan!"
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