Golden intestines lay sprawled on the ground, with a liquid that resembled molten gold spreading around.
The monks below stared with wide eyes, even those who had achieved their fruit positions as Bodhisattvas could not maintain their composure.
They all looked hungrily at the intestines, as if they might leap forward at any moment to swallow them whole and attain the position of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.
In the Buddha's teachings, the fruit position was of utmost importance, with the highest being the Buddha, followed by Bodhisattvas, and then Arhats.
Below them were the Vajras, Dharmadhatu Guardians, and great monks, who did not genuinely possess fruit positions but had merely entered the path of cultivation, their accomplishments still incomplete.
This was akin to the Taoist Golden Elixir; there were distinctions between the Golden Elixirs of immortals, great vehicles, and even the Golden Elixirs of different cultivation stages.
Some powerful cultivators believed that the Golden Elixir could only be regarded as a 'false elixir' and that a true elixir could only be achieved through the Great Vehicle.
Each instance of a Buddha's fruit position was unique.