Chapter 1238 - 553: The Treasure Guardian Eunuch, Great Bodhisattva’s Invoking Mantra
[The Imperial Garden is located at the northernmost end of the Forbidden City, the deepest part of the Imperial Palace. In the dead of night, the Imperial Garden is silent, with only the occasional chirping of insects.]
[The only Daoist Treasure Hall in the Capital City, and perhaps even the only extant Daoist structure within the Vermillion Empire, is situated within the Imperial Garden.]
[There is no sign of life around the Qin’an Hall, not even a eunuch on night watch to be seen.]
[As for this Daoist Treasure Hall, which defies the Western Buddha, even the consorts and princes of the palace who come to the Imperial Garden for recreation would take a lengthy detour to avoid it.]
[You take the lead and step into the Treasure Hall, pushing open the doors of the palace to see the statue of the Immortal Venerable enshrined on the altar in the depths.]
[The Sovereign wears a robe of celestial blue brocade and holds a Treasure Bottle in her left hand and a whisk in her right, with her feet atop a Law Sword, assuming a pose of sword-flight into the heavens.]
[The features of the statue are blurred, but one can barely discern that the ’Purple Void Sovereign Lord of Brahma Energy’ is that of a Daoist nun.]
[You carefully examine the statue before you. The Immortal Venerable’s statue is not surrounded by the moisture of incense, thus even if others destroyed the statue, the ’Purple Void Sovereign Lord of Brahma Energy’ would not be able to manifest through the statue and descend.]
[After a thorough investigation, you detect no abnormalities with the statue...]