This single sound switched the fear and expectation on the woman's face to ecstatic joy, pushing the surrounding crowd's noise to new heights, followed by a large area of kneeling.
"Awakened"
"Truly awakened"
"Saint Monk"
"Living Buddha"
"..."
Many of the townspeople who witnessed this scene were excited and delighted, and they worshipped devoutly.
But when the girl's mother snapped out of her surprise and prepared to kneel to the Saint Monk, she found he was no longer there. Holding her daughter's knee, she pivoted and watched the receding noisy crowd from afar, bowing deeply.
That day, it was said throughout the town that a Saint Monk from the Western Pure Land had come to Jingguan City, entered the mortal world, and offered solutions to people's hardships, with a multitude of followers trailing behind him for miles. Finally, he entered the Cien Temple in the city, where the monks all bowed, the Buddha statue emitted light, and the temple's incense offerings surged...
