Chapter 73

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Guan Yin's curious voice came from the other end of the phone: "Why do you need Ling Ji Bodhisattva's phone number? Hey, I must kindly remind you, your goal should be to marry Ru Lai. What are you trying to do by getting another woman's phone number?"

"Is that so? I didn't know Ling Ji was a woman until you said that." Tang Sen said irritably, "Anyway, stop talking nonsense. I'm in a hurry, give me her phone number quickly."

"Alright, what's the rush? I'm busy too. Her phone number is xxxxxxxx, got it?"

Tang Sen didn't have time to chat with Guan Yin, so he quickly hung up and dialed Ling Ji Bodhisattva's number.

"Beep... beep..." The call went through, and a long dial tone sounded.

At the same time, a pleasant and melodious ringtone suddenly played from the grass beside the cave entrance:

I am a proud rabbit

With two big front teeth

Red eyes and long ears

These you all know

If you give me a smile

I'll pose in the coolest way

Then I'll twist my waist and act cute

And fall into your arms

...

"Huh?" Tang Sen was greatly surprised. I just dialed Ling Ji Bodhisattva's number, and the ringtone is coming from the grass? Could it be that Ling Ji Bodhisattva is right there in the grass? That's too much of a coincidence, right?

Just as Tang Sen thought this, a bunny girl emerged from the grass. It was none other than the rabbit that Zhu Ba had once molested and then jumped into Tang Sen's arms to act cute. She held her phone awkwardly and said, "Oops, I forgot to set it to vibrate. Now I'm exposed."

Tang Sen wiped the sweat from his forehead: "Don't tell me you're Ling Ji Bodhisattva."

The bunny girl blinked her eyes, rubbed her rabbit ears, and suddenly transformed with a "pop" into a dignified and mature woman, about 25 or 26 years old. Her bunny girl outfit disappeared, replaced by an Indian woman's attire, showing her navel and a rather provocative figure...

She smiled bitterly: "Mr. Qiren, I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I am indeed Ling Ji Bodhisattva."

This transformation was quite shocking. Not only was Tang Sen surprised, but even the rat spirit and Hu Niu were stunned. They clearly didn't expect that one of their subordinates, a rabbit spirit, was actually a bodhisattva.

Tang Sen covered his face: "What's going on?"

"Cough, well... this..." Ling Ji looked embarrassed, "I am a bodhisattva, and I can take on various forms. Recently, I have been appearing as a bunny girl to save all beings, cough, cough... yes, I am saving all beings..."

"You're turning into a bunny girl to save all beings in this remote mountain where spirits live?" Tang Sen didn't care if there was a table, but he made a gesture as if he was flipping a table, thinking to himself: This guy seems to be like Guan Yin, always trying to shift attention with nonsense. Her appearance here must have a reason. Could it be that Dali Sound Temple has finally sent a bodhisattva to secretly protect me? Actually, since I entered the Character Garden, she has been disguised as a bunny girl and secretly taking care of me?

Thinking this, Tang Sen quickly said, "Enough talk, help me deal with the rat spirit."

"This... I must refuse your request," Ling Ji Bodhisattva said solemnly.

"Why? This spirit is capturing and imprisoning humans in cages, which is insane. As a bodhisattva, are you going to stand by and do nothing?"

Ling Ji Bodhisattva's face showed a serious and profound expression as she said, "The yellow flowers are full of wisdom, the green bamboo is the Dharma body... because of the Buddha nature, all beings are seen as equal... Mr. Qiren, I have been observing your words and actions in the form of a rabbit spirit to determine if you are worthy of Ru Lai... but from what I have seen and heard, you are just an ordinary person. You should not go to the West. I must take my leave now..."

After saying this, her body suddenly emitted a golden light, and she rose into the sky, disappearing without a trace.

"Huh?" Tang Sen was greatly surprised: This guy spouted a bunch of incomprehensible verses and then flew away? So irresponsible? She's even more unreliable than Guan Yin! At least give me the Wind-Stabilizing Pearl before you fly away.

He felt a bit lost.

"Ha ha ha ha..." Hu Niu suddenly burst into laughter, "Ha ha ha ha... Mr. Tang, you actually wanted to find a bodhisattva to deal with us. You, a villain, are so devious and evil, yet you try to justify your actions, only to be despised by the bodhisattva, ha ha ha ha... ha ha ha ha... The bodhisattva is right, you are just an ordinary person."

"Hey, I don't like being talked about like that," Tang Sen straightened up and said seriously, "It's because you captured and imprisoned humans in cages for display that I planned to come up the mountain to deal with you. How can this be called devious? It should be called clever! Besides, I am a hero here to save the hostages, and you call me evil, which is completely unreasonable. I think before you criticize me, you should first examine your own behavior to see if it is appropriate, understand who is right and who is wrong, and use more accurate positive and negative terms."

"Is that so?" A flash of anger crossed Hu Niu's face, "Humans always try to claim the moral high ground, always criticizing others as wrong while believing themselves to be right. Do you really think that capturing and imprisoning humans for display is wrong?"

"Could it be right?" Tang Sen asked in surprise.

"Then I have a question," Hu Niu said seriously, "What is the essential difference between humans capturing and imprisoning animals for display and us capturing and imprisoning humans for display? If our actions are wrong, what about human actions? Why don't you break into zoos to save the animals?"

Those are animals, not humans. Tang Sen almost blurted out this sentence, but as soon as it came out, he felt something was wrong.

Suddenly, the verses Ling Ji Bodhisattva said came to mind: "The yellow flowers are full of wisdom, the green bamboo is the Dharma body... because of the Buddha nature, all beings are seen as equal..."

Right, the Buddha sees all beings as equal, with no distinction between the Buddha, yellow flowers, and green bamboo.

Deities, spirits, humans, animals, plants... in the eyes of the Buddha, all beings are equal.

Tang Sen suddenly felt something deep in his heart tremble...

Is it the soul?

Through past and present lives, something deep in his soul seemed to awaken. His mind became clear.

Humans imprison animals in zoos, and the Buddha never intervenes. Similarly, if spirits imprison humans in zoos, why would the Buddha intervene? No wonder Ling Ji Bodhisattva wouldn't help me and even despised me for lacking enlightenment. This is what she meant.

From this perspective, who is right and who is wrong? It's really hard to say!

Hu Niu laughed wildly, "Do you know where the spirits in the Character Garden come from? Ha ha ha ha... Apart from me and the king, all the other small spirits come from zoos in nearby small countries. Before they became spirits, they were imprisoned and humiliated by humans, fed scraps, forced to perform, act cute, and roll over, and whipped... How much suffering have they endured? Who has ever explained to them what is right and what is wrong?"

"Now that they have the power, they are returning the suffering they endured to humans. Why do you say they are wrong?" Hu Niu asked aggressively, "Speak up! Didn't you say that before criticizing others, you should first examine your own behavior to see if it is appropriate and understand who is right and who is wrong? Who is right and who is wrong?"

"Damn!" Tang Sen found himself at a loss.

He took a step back, and his mind became even clearer. He could hear his heart beating, and a strange power spread from deep within his soul...

He turned around and looked at the over a hundred handsome men and beautiful women in the cave. For some reason, Tang Sen's eyes suddenly saw through past and present lives. Most of these handsome men and beautiful women were hunters and butchers in their past lives, their hands stained with the blood of animals. In this life, they were imprisoned in cages and displayed like animals, as a way to repay their past evil deeds.

Tang Sen suddenly understood the principle of cause and effect. He didn't know why he understood it, as if a strange power was flowing within him, giving him the ability to see through the cycle of cause and effect... but that power was very brief and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

He didn't even know where that power came from!

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