Secret Buyer

The little monk’s lips trembled, but he dared not make a sound.

Everyone knew that the legendary Other Shore World was the ancestral land of the Ling Mountain lineage, essentially the Ling Mountain itself...

Being of the Mandala Lineage, he naturally dared not show himself.

"Longevity Bodhisattva..."

Hu Lifo mused, deep in thought:

"Before entering the world, the last traveling senior mentioned this Longevity Bodhisattva to me. What’s his name..... Shi Zhengyuan?"

"In response to Lord Walker, he is indeed my master."

"Then why do you obstruct me from slaying the remnants of the Mandala?" Hu Lifo asked mildly, as golden light spread out, and behind him emerged the colossal Buddha’s Dharma Aspect!

The Great Buddha reached the sky.

The old monk sweated on his forehead, as these figures from the Other Shore World were always unpredictable,

often compassionate in one moment, then wrathful like a Vajra in the next, turning the world upside down.....

At this moment, Zhang Taishan, Lin Shiyu, and others had landed on the ground. Zhang Taishan was coughing up blood, holding his unconscious son,

beside him, Lin Shiyu was cowering, trembling.

The old monk took a deep breath, saluted the person in the sky:

"In response to Lord Walker, your actions shake heaven and earth, this mortal city surely cannot withstand your mighty presence, thus..."

"Are you saying I am wantonly killing the innocent?" Hu Lifo asked indifferently.

"I dare not, I dare not!" Shi Tianming’s old face was filled with bitterness.

Fortunately, as if considering the face of the Longevity Bodhisattva, the Other Shore Walker named Hu Lifo did not further trouble the old monk,

he glanced at the little monk, his gaze drifted down, landing on the comatose Zhang Fusheng, suddenly letting out a light exclamation.

"Such intense Buddhahood."

Hu Lifo gestured with his hand, and the comatose young man’s body suddenly appeared beside him. Zhang Taishan on the ground was sweating profusely but dared not say anything.

"An excellent Buddha material..."

Hu Lifo was intrigued, "Heaven cherishes all life. Though this child has strayed onto the wrong path, he can attain Buddhahood by laying down the butcher’s knife."

"After becoming my disciple, he could become a most virtuous child."

"Hmm, this city is not bad either. It could be refined into my Buddha Country."

The light and floating voice fell, the old monk’s expression changed suddenly, yet he saw majestic Buddha’s light and Brahma sound erupt, engulfing the entire Stone City!

The whole bustling city floated and swayed under the Buddha’s light. Golden Buddha fire descended, burning fiercely within the city,

one by one, civilians were forcibly enlightened, their bodies consumed by the golden Buddha fire, leaving only Buddha bones and Buddha souls...

"Lord Walker!"

Shi Tianming formed a seal, protecting his disciple and Zhang Taishan and others. In his hand appeared the protective Zen Staff bestowed by his master,

the Zen Staff swayed, the four rings clanging, barely resisting the refining technique of the Extreme Celestial Being!

"Your Excellency!"

The old monk roared:

"Such conduct, I must ask, how is it different from the evil Buddha of the Mandala? I plead with you to reconsider!"

"Are you questioning me?"

"I dare not!" the old monk gasped, his Zen Staff trembling in his hand, "My master said..."

The words were not finished before being interrupted by Hu Lifo.

This Other Shore Walker suddenly glared, baring his teeth, revealing eighty grim teeth :

"Are you trying to use the Longevity Bodhisattva to pressure me?"

"Look at my teeth!"

The eighty grim teeth glinted coldly in the Buddha’s splendor :

"I was born with Buddha teeth, my father was Hu Zhongli, the Bodhisattva of the Other Shore Mountain, my master’s master was the Past Venerable Buddha of the Other Shore, I am naturally the Buddha Son, the multitude of living beings should grovel."

"What, refining a small city, refining several million mortal ants, is that so drastic?"

"Or is it that you think I dare not kill you?"

The Brahma sound resounded, the old monk coughed up blood, watching countless people in the city being burned by Buddha fire, leaving only bones and souls,

He was truly panicked, but even with the treasure bestowed by the Longevity Bodhisattva, it was difficult to contend across a large boundary!

Moreover, the one from the sky, this Extreme Celestial Being, hailed from the unfathomable Other Shore World....

"Forget it, this is uninteresting."

Hu Lifo suddenly pursed his lips, retracting the eighty grim white teeth, lowering his eyelids :

"The Human Treasure technique of the Mandala is quite impressive. Your old monk’s Buddhist charm is not bad. If refined into a Human Treasure... it would be a fine thing."

The sound faded.

The Other Shore Walker audaciously struck, the golden giant palm once again covering the sky, countless refined golden Buddha bones in the city rose, soaring into the sky, standing beside Hu Lifo,

then, countless grim skeletons were chanting:

"My Buddha, compassionate!"

The Dead Man’s Bone in Hu Lifo’s chest lit up, it was clearly cultivating the Hell Observation!

Hundred thousand, million, ten million!

Tens of millions of refined civilians altogether transformed into grim golden Buddha bones, suspended in the air, chanting the Brahma sound!

"Join forces!!"

Shi Tianming roared, the Zen Staff in his hand crashing toward Hu Lifo, the little monk also did not slack, the Six-Armed Great Black Heaven Buddha Statue in his hands soaring into the sky!

"How futile it is for an ant to shake a tree; how pitiful!"

Hu Lifo sighed compassionately, and behind him, the colossal Buddha Dharma Aspect’s eyes drooped, golden light descended wanting to suppress and refine the two into Human Treasure!

Suddenly.

"Now!" the old monk roared, the little monk nodded, as the six-armed Great Black Heaven Buddha Statue and the Zen Staff approached the Other Shore, they collided forcefully, and then...

Exploded!!

The collision between the two Venerate-level treasures caused them to integrate and, opposing yet intermingling, directly exploded. The tremendous shockwaves spread out, and Hu Lifo’s expression turned dramatically.

The earth shook, the heavens quaked.

The golden light giant Buddha Dharma Aspect shattered, half of the carved stone city that was being refined into Buddha Country toppled, and the vast earth for a thousand miles around sank dozens of meters, as dust and smoke soared to the sky...

"Disperse."

Hu Lifo coughed, spoke coldly, and the soaring dust abruptly dispersed, returning everything to clarity.

He angrily lowered his eyes, but suddenly froze.

Where are they?

The damn old monk and little monk had vanished, as did the middle-aged man and girl he was protecting... not right.

Hu Lifo sharply looked to the side, only to find that the unconscious young man originally hanging beside him had also disappeared!

"Good, good, good."

He laughed furiously, uttering three ’goods’, "Just as I enter the mortal world, I encounter such an interesting matter... should kill, should kill, should kill!"

The youth stood up, his moon-white Buddhist robes fluttering, thousands of grim Buddha bones prostrated and kowtowed!

"Escape, where can you escape to?"

"Cat and mouse... actually quite interesting."

The smile on his face grew wider, no longer caring for the shattered city, he took a step and left, thousands of Buddha bones followed.

Soon after he left.

Two Venerates appeared in the void.

"This scoundrel..." the elderly Venerate looked at the now silent city, lips trembling with anger,

The white-robed Venerate beside sighed:

"Silence, this is a figure from the Other Shore World, and did you not hear him? His father is [Luo Tian Bodhisattva], and his master-grandfather is [Past Venerable Buddha]..."

After a moment, the white-robed Venerate’s expression turned solemn:

"I’ve read some records, Luo Tian Bodhisattva Hu Zhongli is one of the elders of the Other Shore World, and Past Venerable Buddha is even more remarkable..."

"It is said, he is the teacher of [World-Honored One Buddha]!"

"In other words... that scoundrel is [World-Honored One Buddha]’s nephew-disciple!"

The old Venerate opened his mouth but couldn’t say anything.

"I dare not interfere." The white-robed Venerate closed his eyes: "Neither can we ... report it, try to pacify that ’Buddha Second Generation’ as much as we can."

The old Venerate gazed at the distant Buddha shadow in silence, sighing softly.

.......

Eight Sceneries Palace.

Zhang Fusheng was very anxious, extremely anxious.

He had overheard the conversation outside the Taoist Palace.

He did not know what a True Saint was, nor who these eight people were,

But he knew, any one of them was probably a terrifying entity beyond his imagination!!

And now, these terrifying entities seemed to have mistaken him for someone even more terrifying... so, what should he do now??

Zhang Fusheng swallowed, looking at the eight terrifying beings bowing in ritual salute to him, and, as if possessed, spoke:

"You may rise, dear ministers...."

The moment he spoke, he regretted it, wanting to slap himself hard,

The various seats were also stupefied and looked up in bewilderment—huh?

The Buddha Son frowned, Celestial Venerate... what’s happening?

He silently gazed at the Celestial Venerate in the Chaos Fog, the great figure sitting cross-legged, trembling slightly... was he shaking??

The True Man was also absent...

The various seats sensed something was wrong, exchanging strange looks, Chen Nuanyu squinted, cautiously speaking outly to probe:

"Celestial Venerate, not having met in a thousand years, we haven’t practiced Heaven-Interchangeable Tao for a long time, may I know today...?"

On the meditation mat within the fog, ’Zhang Fusheng’ felt his heart rise sharply, Heaven-Interchangeable Tao?

What is Heaven-Interchangeable Tao??

He was sweating like rain, unable to speak for a long time, and the expressions of the various seats grew increasingly unfriendly...

Chen Nuanyu’s eyes turned cold, just about to speak again for one last probe.

"Celestial Venerate above."

The Chaos Fog beside the Great Celestial Venerate rolled, gradually gathering into an elderly figure.

"It has been a while, everyone." The elder smiled, and the various seats lowered their heads in unison, hands cupped in salute:

"Greetings True Man!"

The True Man, or rather the real [Zhang Fusheng], nodded with a sigh:

"Ah, time."

Time rolled into waves, flowing slowly past.