Cyber Ghosts

“Those who achieved great things are free from trifles!” Fei Zhangfang didn’t have any grief nor guilt. He looked down coldly. “Now I’m free and no one can stop me. Soon, I will become the Ancestor of the gods. Why aren’t you yet converted to me? ”

“Bah!” Hao Ning spitted the sand out of his mouth. “Being converted to you? You are just an insult to the word itself! As a person who even killed his own master and destroyed his faith, how can you become a god?”

“If so…” Fei Zhangfang shook his head and sneered. “Don’t blame me.”

The virtual shadow pushed down again. It was just at that moment that three small flags flew through the air together with the Apricot yellow flag next to Nezha. They fight against the Fantian Seal from falling down. A bit of light flew into Liu Shuai’s eyebrows. Liu Shuai took a moment to stun, and then he kneeled down and burst into tears. “Dad — I am sorry. I am not a good son!”

His voice broke through the heart and rang through the sky.

But a voice sounded in the air. Hao Ning found out that it was Zhang Quan’s voice. He only heard that voice saying gently. “Although as a father, I did not fulfill my obligation, how can I watch you being killed by a traitor –. Remember, from now on, you are not someone else but Yunzhongzi with a generous heart fighting against demons!”

“Yunzhongzi?” Fei Zhangfang got stunned for a while, and then laughed. “Hahaha, I didn’t expect it. You Yunzhongzi ran over the world but should end up with such a fate. Even if a bit of your spirit flew into this boy’s eyebrows, he has no power. And what can he do?”

Zhou Yuan looked at these small flags on the ground and shouted in shock. “These are Plain Cloud Boundary Flag, Off-Ground Flame Light Flag, and the Green Lotus Glory Flag! That Master Yunzhongzi left for so long a time, was to look for these holy flags!”

As soon as Hao Ning heard it, he understood what happened. It should be that Zhang Quan had known something about Mr. Fei in some way. Perhaps he had already known the power of this Fantian Seal. He went to look for these holy flags in advance. It was these flags that Guangchengzi had used to win the Fantian Seal of Yin Jiao.

“Even though you have the flags, what can you do?” Fei Zhangfang laughed. He continuously pushed down the Fantian Seal. “It depends on who is using this Fantian Seal and it is who that is using these flags. You, the bald boy, have no magical power. Even if you inherited Yunzhongzi, you would only ruin his reputation.”

“You – nonsense!” Liu Shuai’s face was flushed. It was obvious that he was struggling to make these flags against Fantian Seal. Zhou Yuan wanted to lend some powers to Liu Shuai. But he got no rest powers to give Liu Shuai? As for Nezha and Li Yufei, their own self-protection was difficult enough, let alone lending powers.

“You!” Hao Ning saw that Liu Shuai was spitting blood. He wanted to take a tissue to wipe Liu Shuai’s blood, but there was no tissue for him as a man. He suddenly found a book and took it out. He was about to tear off a page to wipe Liu Shuai’s blood. But when he looked at it, he found that it was the Heart Sutra given by Xiao Hong and written by Avalokitesvara himself.

The Heart Sutra opened in the wind. Suddenly, the golden light was flourishing. This golden light lighted the Fantian Seal in the air. Liu Shuai’s pressure plummeted. He should be able to hold for another while.

“Oh?” Fei Zhangfang looked at the golden light and stunned for a moment. Then he laughed, “you have a lot of treasures! Even the Heart Sutra of Avalokitesvara is in your hand. But unfortunately, it’s useless. Unless Avalokitesvara himself were here, you will die just a little later.”

“You!” Hao Ning was about to look up and scold but seeing that Liu Shuai breathed a sigh of relief. The blood did not stop gushing from his mouth. Hao Ning quickly used the sleeves to rub the blood for Liu Shuai.

Liu Shuai looked at Hao Ning and smiled bitterly while spitting blood. “I’m sorry, brother I am a shame for you. I have used my powers for only two times in total, but both these two times are so shameful.”

“Don’t talk nonsense.” Hao Ning turned his head and wiped his tears. He then turned back and smiled, patting Liu Shuai’s shoulder. “You are the pillar of us. We all know that you are really powerful.”

“It’s almost enough.” Fei Zhangfang laughed. “Is it interesting to delay at this moment? Do you think you can scare me by taking out the Heart Sutra of Avalokitesvara? As to the Guan Zi Zai who closed the five senses and did not dare to look at the human world, there is no difference between the world with him and the one without him!”

Fei Zhangfang seemed to set himself free and continued, “Guan Shi Yin? Seeing the voice of the world? The name itself is ridiculous. The voice of the world can only be heard. How could it be seen? It can be seen that the logic of your Avalokitesvara is also bad. A jumbled name with no way of seeing the voice of the world, plus the Guan Zi Zai that closed the five senses, and this is totally a joke! The voice of the world can only be heard but cannot be seen, while closing the five senses can get no Zi Zai, halacha…”

“The voice of the world can only be heard but cannot be seen, while closing the five senses can get no Zi Zai?” Hao Ning looked at the sutra continuously lighting in the air and suddenly saw the sentence “No eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and thought, and then no color, sound, smell, taste, sensation and method” on the Heart Sutra. And then he suddenly understood what the Closing Five Senses of Avalokitesvara meant. He looked up and smiled, “you are wrong, Avalokitesvara has never been Guan Zi Zai. Guan Shi Yin has not only seen the voice of the world. It is only because you are ignorant. You do not understand him…”

Hao Ning looked at the shadow of Fantian Seal, which was still slowly pressing down on the golden light. And then he looked at Fei Zhangfang, smiling frankly, “Avalokitesvara closed five senses, but only the five senses of the eyes, ears, nose, tongue and body. You have forgotten the most important sixth sense, the thought. It is for this reason that Guan Shi Yin can also see the voice of the world. Because the voices he sees are not the complicated voices of the world but that of people’s hearts. The voice of hearts is just the thought. When the six senses get the thought, it surely gets Zi Zai and the ability to see. The thought is just the ideas of hearts, and the voice of the world. What you see can be fake; what you hear can be fake; what you smell can be fake; what you taste can be fake; and what you touch can be fake. But the thought can never be fake. The Avalokitesvara is just using this voice of hearts that can never be fake, with his own strength, to observe the voice of the world, to get the true meaning of Zi Zai, to save the world’s beings–”

Hao Ning looked at Zhou Yuan, and he understood what Avalokitesvara had done in the past. “With seeing the world through his heart, he has various ways to save people as long as it is effective. He can be ferocious as an angry Buddha’s warrior attendant. He can also be kind as a Bodhisattva with low eyebrows. He can turn into a happy girl, and he can also become a handsome man. Fei Zhangfang, you have the delusion of becoming a god, but you cannot see through this. Even if you became a god, you would be the one who had a god’s body, but your heart would never be a god’s!”

“You! Bullshit!” Fei Zhangfang was really provoked at this time. He shouted and suppressed Fantian Seal. “Whoever says that I can’t be a god, he would die!”

At this moment, Hao Ning calmly closed his eyes. One would not regret dying in the evening provided he or she would have come to know the truth in the morning.

“Where am I?” Hao Ning opened his eyes and looked around. A bamboo forest floated in space. The thing far away seemed to be the sun, and under his foot seemed to be the earth.

“Am I dead?” Hao Ning said strangely. “It is strange. Shouldn’t I go to the nether world after death? How did I float to space? And why can I still breathe in space? It is illogical.”

“You are still discussing logic with the Bodhisattva. Why don’t you discuss acting with the celebrities?” A familiar voice came out. “But thankfully, you finally realized it.”

At this moment, a huge golden ghost appeared in space. This ghost was originally just some fine golden lights. If you didn’t look at them carefully, you would not find them clearly at all. But as the ghost became smaller and smaller, the golden lights became denser and denser, and then gathered into a golden statue of Guanyin with thousands of hands and eyes, and it finally went into this bamboo forest.

And then, two figures appeared in the bamboo forest. One was Xiao Hong and the other was Zhang Chi Hang. It was strange that Zhang Chi Hang seemed to be very tired and was supported by Xiao Hong.

“Master Avalokitesvara!” Hao Ning saw Zhang Chi Hang and he was about to salute. Zhang Chi Hang waved his hand and then Hao Ning seemed to encounter a strong force and was unable to give a salute. Zhang Chi Hang smiled bitterly. “Are you finally willing to salute me?”

“I’m stupid.” Hao Ning smiled, scratching his head. He was a little embarrassed. “I just understood the painstakingness of Master–” Hao Ning suddenly thought that Fantian Seal was still underneath, and he wanted to speak. But Xiao Hong waved hand to him. He didn’t say anything but looked at Zhang Chi Hang.

“The time underneath has been stopped by me.” Zhang Chi Hang took a breath and laughed. “It’s not easy. If you didn’t realize it again this time. I’m afraid that I would be unable to save the world.”

“Master,” Hao Ning listened to this statement and was confused. “I don’t understand. What is it that if I couldn’t realize it this time?”

“Xiao Hong, you say it.” Zhang Chi Hang seemed to be really tired, indicating Xiao Hong to say for him.

Xiao Hong looked at Hao Ning with a complex look and said, “Brother Hao Ning, I just learned that before you and I experienced this, there have already been Yi Yuan times.”

“You… Yi Yuan times.” Hao Ning was a little bit embarrassed when he heard Xiao Hong’s words, but he knew the meaning of “Yi Yuan years”. “What do you mean? What is the meaning of that there have been Yi Yuan times before this time? Isn’t it that the number of Yi Yuan is 129,600? What does this mean?”

“Brother Hao Ning, don’t worry– When Brother Zhang was wandering in the sky a few months ago, he was suddenly hit by an idea. Xiao Hong turned back to help Brother Zhang. Zhang Chi Hang closed his eyes without saying a Zhang “After demonstrating the cause and effect in the world with great powers, Brother Zhang discovered that something bad happened in the world. This kind of bad thing is not only secretive, but also proceeding rapidly. The speed is too fast that there is no time to wait for the gods to gather incense again and then they have a fight.”

Hearing these things, Hao Ning recalled what happened during this time. It was true. From the day when Zhou Yuan lost his soul to today, it was only about two or three months. In such a short period of time, they should go from extracting the living souls to getting the essence of thearchy through the Pure Land of Bliss, and it was really amazing.

Xiao Hong continue to say, “with no other choice, Brother Zhang had to use great powers to circulate time and space to find a method. At the same time, Yun Zhongzi was also looking for the three flags in the void, which can fight against the demon below.”

“Circular space-time?” Hao Ning thought about this sentence. “What is the so-called circular space-time?”

“That is to say, the time from the beginning to present,” Xiao Hong explained patiently, “has been continuously cycled by Brother Zhang with great powers. You have cycled more than 120,000 times. This time is the 129,600th time, passing totally Yi Yuan times! The first 120,000 over times, we were accidentally killed at different time during this period. The best result is that you were killed by that Fantian Seal. Only this time, you finally realized the hidden words that Brother Zhang said to you before dying!”

“Time cycles of Yi Yuan times… We are all dead?” Hao Ning was already stunned till he heard Xiao Hong saying “hidden words”. He said with doubts, “hidden words? What is that words?”

“Closing five senses, and the voice of hearts is the thought.” Xiao Hong nodded. “This hidden word is not important. What is important is that you are finally willing to begin to understand the original intention of Avalokitesvara.”

“So what?” Hao Ning didn’t understand. “I started to understand the original intention of Master. Will there be any change as a result?”

“It’s not only change,” Zhang Chi Hang continued, “but also going to the right future.”

Seeing that Hao Ning didn’t understand, Zhang Chi Hang continued. “You probably thought in your mind that if I went underneath and dealt with the Fei Zhangfang, then everything would be over. Now I consumed too many powers in order to run the space-time cycle. Even if I were at my best, I could not kill him completely. I was fortunate to be enlightened by a great man in the infinite space-time cycles. And then I realized a slim chance of survival. It all depends on whether you can realize the meaning of the five senses and the voice of hearts. Although this does not represent anything, it’s the only possibility of future.”

“A great man? What’s that?” Hao Ning heard Zhang Chi Hang’s words and seemed to understand something. And then he asked indefinitely, “that is to say, after I died for more than 120,000 times, this time, is the only possible time to survival?”

Zhang Chi Hang smiled and nodded. “Not only is it possible that you can survival, but also…” Zhang Chi Hang squinted at the earth below and stopped speaking.

“Uh … but even you can’t do it.” Hao Ning thought, this Bodhisattva was too big-hearted. Why would he be chosen? After saying, he quickly made a gesture to say sorry, “I am a mortal, with no magic powers…”

“Isn’t it that Liu Shuai became the Yunzhongzi?” Zhang Chi Hang said with a smile. “Don’t you envy that? Don’t you want to try to be the Avalokitesvara?”

“Me? Avalokitesvara?” Hao Ning laughed after saying, “hey, don’t make a joke. You’re still fine–” Speaking here, Hao Ning froze. Just now when Yunzhongzi was exhausted, Liu Shuai became the new Yunzhongzi. Now this Zhang Chi Hang was so tired. Was he also at the time of exhaustion?

“You have already thought of it, haven’t you?” Zhang Chi Hang nodded with a smile. “The only thing is whether you are willing or not.”

Hao Ning said with his heart beating fiercely. “But I have no power and I can’t practice, and I even can’t read the Buddhist Sutra…”

“The only thing depends on your own will.” Zhang Chi Hang still smiled. “At the past, Zhang Chi Hang was also not the Avalokitesvara. It is just that Avalokitesvara happened to be Zhang Chi Hang.”

Hao Ning looked at Zhang Chi Hang and seemed to understand something. He nodded, “I am willing to do that.”

Zhang Chi Hang stood up with a smile. He was a little trembling but didn’t let Xiao Hong support him. “You stand up straight first.”

Hao Ning did not say anything but stood up straight.

“Now,” Zhang Chi Hang looked at Hao Ning, with a reverent look. “we can salute to each other.”

Zhang Chi Hang looked at Hao Ning, put his palms together devoutly and then saluted. Hao Ning looked at Zhang Chi Hang, also put his palms together, and saluted.

When he looked up again, how could he still find Zhang Chi Hang? There was the bamboo forest behind, and Xiao Hong with tears in his smile.

“Zhang Chi Hang!” Hao Ning shouted hurriedly, “Zhang Chi Hang? Where are you?”

“From today,” a voice sounded through the forest, “there is only Guan Hao Ning in the world.”

“Guan Hao Ning? Avalokitesvara? Zhang Chi Hang?” Hao Ning kept thinking about these names, with tears falling down. To think that Zhang Chi Hang was full of vigor and vitality at that time. And now he died with the wind…

Hao Ning thought of something suddenly and looked down at Xiao Hong and said, “Xiao Hong, if this is the case, there also have been many people who are Avalokitesvara, right?”

“I don’t know. And I don’t want to know.” Xiao Hong wiped his tears and said hesitantly, “Or the painful memories about replace and inheritance have been sealed by me. I don’t like this kind of departure and inheritance. In my memory, the Avalokitesvara who the Sudhana follows has always been Zhang Chi Hang. Of course, now it is you, Brother Guan Hao Ning.”

Xiao Hong reached out and pointed to his own forehead. Hao Ning knew that he was to seal off the memory of this time again. Hao Ning waved his hand, and Xiao Hong’s finger fell from his forehead. Hao Ning waved his head, “why do you seal it off? There are so many incenses in the world, and how can there be only one Avalokitesvara.”

Xiao Hong looked at Hao Ning, and for a long time he didn’t say anything. He just gave a respectful salute, which made Hao Ning a little uncomfortable.

“Let’s go to save them!” Hao Ning didn’t say much. He stepped on the ground and immediately came to the desert with Xiao Hong. The bamboo forest behind him had already turned into countless incenses and entered Hao Ning’s body. When he looked at the sky, he found that Fantian Seal and Mr. Fei were still about to press down from the sky but seemed to be frozen in the air.

Under Fantian Seal, the Heart Sutra had already turned into dust. Liu Shuai spitted blood and supported the four flags with his own strength. Several other people were lying on the ground and closed their eyes, waiting to die.

Hao Ning looked at Liu Shuai, the bald boy who knew he couldn’t make it but was still straggling, and then shook his head with a smile. “It used to be that you saved us by your power. And now it’s time for me to save you by my power.”

Hao Ning snapped his fingers, and then the whole space resumed moving. Fantian Seal still pressed down, and Liu Shuai spitting blood. He said, “Hao Ning, lie down fast! Climb out quickly!”

“Okay.” Hao Ning stretched out his palm, and a jade bottle appeared on it. Hao Ning took out the willow branch in the jade bottle and sprinkled the dews on the willow branch around him. The four flags hit by the dews suddenly fluttered in the wind and turned into towering giant flags. The Apricot yellow flag stood on the ground like a golden pillar, and the flagpole of it held up Fantian Seal. The other three flags surrounded Fei Zhangfang and Fantian Seal in the air.

“What’s going on?” Fei Zhangfang wasn’t a fool. He noticed the great change and then he looked around and immediately shouted, “who? Who? Who can even support my Fantian Seal!”

Fei Zhangfang looked down, and it turned out to be Hao Ning. When seeing the jade bottle in Hao Ning’s palm, he was shocked in his heart, “Avalokitesvara?”

“Stay here!” Hao Ning flung the willow branch, and then the sky suddenly changed color. The clouds in the sky suddenly pressed down, turned into countless green branches which tied Fei Zhangfang and Fantian Seal firmly in the middle. With time going by, the branches tied tighter. Fei Zhangfang kept yelling but couldn’t break through the branches.

At this moment, a shadow came from the sky. When Hao Ning hadn’t seen what it was, the branches were broken. It was found that Fei Zhangfang and the Fantian Seal were no longer there. Only Fei Zhangfang’s laughter still sounded in the air. “Now, Pure Land of Bliss has already showed up. If I don’t become a god, I will let all beings be buried with me!”

Guan Hao Ning looked at the sky quietly for a long time without saying a word.