Incense smoldered throughout the temple where Bai Lingmiao, with hair flowing over her shoulders, sat cross-legged on a lotus stone table. Although her ferocious teeth were exposed at the corners of her mouth, and her white hair concealed black porcupine quills and green snake scales.
However, compared to before, she had improved significantly, at least she had just the right number of eyes on her face—two, although one of them was still that of a beast.
Surrounding Bai Lingmiao on the Lotus Platform were the monks of Da Qi's Zhengde Temple, rhythmically striking the wooden fish while seated on their meditation cushions.
They struck in time, simultaneously chanting obscure Buddhist scriptures. "In the Lotus Pond Ocean Assembly, Amitabha Tathagata, Guanyin and Mahasthamaprapta sit on the Lotus Platform, ascending the Golden Steps, vowing to expand greatly, desiring to break free from worldly dust. Namo to the Lotus Pond, Ocean Assembly Bodhisattva, Mahasattva..."
