“I can’t believe I ran into a Buddhipede so soon after I entered the Thousand Buddhas Grotto. How unfortunate.”5

Ye Qing shrugged. The centipede wearing a monk’s head earlier was called a Buddhipede, a Hatred-class Stranger.0

The Buddhipede was a special kind of Stranger with a human head but a centipede’s body. It could only be born at a Buddhist site. Because it was born with Buddha-nature, A Buddhipede naturally possessed the power to forbid murder, eliminate violent thoughts, and induce feelings of kindness and compassion in others. Anyone who got near a Buddhipede would slowly let down their guard and their suspicion and turn peaceful and subdued. For example, a bloodthirsty murderer that was influenced by the Buddhipede could be converted into a devotee of the Buddha instantly. It was why the Buddhipede was also nicknamed the Protector of the Buddha.0

However, a Buddhipede’s nature could vary drastically depending on their place of birth. If the Buddhist site was a proper Buddhist site, then all was well. If it was the opposite, then the Buddhipede would become an evil, bloodthirsty killer instead.0

It spoke volumes as to the type of place the Thousand Buddhas Grotto was considering that the Buddhipede it gave birth to had just tried to murder him. It was quite the dangerous and unpredictable Stranger too. Its ability to pacify a victim subtly...0