Chapter 242

Chapter 242: The Collapse of the Buddhist Nation, the Merit Pool in Hand

After speaking, the Mysterious Person glanced around.

Finding that the person he was looking for still hadn’t appeared, the Mysterious Person couldn’t help but feel speechless.

“Come on, can you be this stingy?!”

“It was just a little trouble for you back then; you didn’t have to avoid me completely.”

“Your choice of people, why should I handle their troubles?”

The Mysterious Person’s complaints echoed throughout the Buddhist Nation, but after a long time, there was still no response.

Seeing this, the Mysterious Person had no choice but to compromise, saying, “Fine, fine, fine!”

“I’ll take care of this matter, right?”

“Why do I have to be the bad guy? It’s really vexing.”

As he spoke, the Mysterious Person grabbed the unconscious Tianxuan and Chen Shisan from the ground and also pulled over Qian Bao’er who was nearby.

“If you took someone else’s stuff, you naturally have to compensate.”

“Three counts’ time — if nothing else happens, I’ll sever the heads of these three.”

“One!”

“Two!”

When the count of “Two” was pronounced, Linglong, who had been silent, stood up.

She quietly approached Tianxuan and gently stroked his face.

“I once tried everything to fall in love with you, but after some time, I realized I couldn’t love you.”

“I thought I had escaped the cycle of cause and effect, but now I realize that I loved you from the very beginning.”

“So the reason I thought I didn’t love you was that I always measured it with a fixed standard.”

“There are no standards for liking someone, and there’s no reasoning to be had.”

“Since this matter arose because of me, I will end it myself.”

After saying this, Linglong walked up to Huineng.

“Linglong has stolen the treasures of the Buddhist sect. According to the Buddhist commandments, all her cultivation should be stripped, and she should be expelled from the Buddhist sect.”

“From today, Linglong will no longer be a disciple of the Buddhist sect.”

“Om!”

An unnamed wave spread out.

Breaking the “Spring Eye,” severing the “Divine Bridge,” cracking the “Other Shore”…

Linglong completely crippled her own cultivation.

After finishing everything, Linglong slowly took off her monk robe, revealing the bright red dress underneath.

Lying beside Tianxuan, Linglong placed the Vajra Pestle in his hand and whispered.

“This Vajra Pestle is yours now; since I’ve stolen something, I might as well take a bit more.”

“I gave you a person, I gave you the Vajra Pestle, and since this place has nurtured me, I’ll leave a line of hope for the Buddhist sect during this critical time.”

After speaking, Linglong slowly closed her eyes.

Seeing Linglong disable her own cultivation, the old monk Huineng suddenly felt a rush of intense unease.

Because he realized that the Buddhist Nation seemed to have been schemed against.

The Heavenly Mandate and everything at the Buddhist Fate Conference were all part of the calculation.

Sure enough, just as this thought arose, ugly curses echoed in everyone’s ears.

“d*mn it!”

“d*mn bald donkey, just you wait; I will dig up your ancestral grave!”

A large white dog rushed out quickly, and a huge amount of spiritual power surged into Chen Shisan and the others’ bodies.

In an instant, a light-headed bald figure also slowly appeared.

Seeing this “Master Jueyuan,” Huineng instantly understood that this person was the mastermind behind everything.

“You calculated the Buddhist Nation!”

“Yes.”

“What is your purpose?”

“The Merit Pool.”

“Absolutely impossible; the Merit Pool will not be given to you.”

Regarding Huineng’s refusal, Chen Changsheng ignored it.

He flew up and kicked the Mysterious Person away, then began to tend to Chen Shisan and the others’ injuries.

“This statement might have been useful a quarter of an hour ago, but placed in the present, it no longer matters.”

“Kindly open the Merit Pool; I don’t want to waste time chatting with you.”

“The Buddhist Nation has no reasoning in this matter, so you are no longer united, no longer as solid as a fortress.”

“If you provoke me, I will destroy you!”

Upon hearing this, Huineng staggered back two steps in shock.

He never expected the Buddhist Nation to collapse so easily.

“Good! Good! Good!”

Realizing the defeat was certain, Huineng repeated “Good” three times!

“Such methods are indeed ghostly and unfathomable; I should have guessed your identity sooner.”

“In the end, it was the temptation of the Heavenly Mandate that clouded our eyes.”

“This time, the Buddhist Nation concedes both in heart and mouth.”

After saying this, Huineng tossed the Heavenly Mandate to Chen Changsheng and then turned to leave.

At this moment, the Mysterious Person, who had been kicked away by Chen Changsheng, also approached.

“Tsk tsk!”

“This method has certainly opened my eyes; the Buddhist sect is notoriously stubborn.”

“You actually made them hand over the Merit Pool, impressive.”

Casting a sidelong glance at the Mysterious Person’s grinning face, Chen Changsheng responded blandly.

“The reasoning is simple; it’s merely about breaking their unity.”

“The reason the Buddhist Nation is hard to shake isn’t because of a deep foundation and powerful strength.”

“But because the Buddhist Nation is united as one.”

“Now that they are in the wrong, disputes will naturally arise internally.”

“With disputes, the Buddhist Nation is no longer invulnerable.”

Hearing this, the Mysterious Person praised, “The best strategy is to attack the plans; this psychological tactic of yours is truly ingenious.”

“However, how did you predict the affairs of Cloud Mountain Temple in advance?”

“The presence of Cloud Mountain Temple doesn’t matter; even without Cloud Mountain Temple, there would be other affairs happening.”

“I am all too familiar with Chen Shisan’s character; he is a person who speaks reason, and he is very good at doing so.”

“Those who have their eyes blinded by the Buddhist sect cannot compete with Chen Shisan.”

“Since reasoning is out of the question, they can only abandon reason; once they do so, I will naturally take action.”

Upon hearing this, the Mysterious Person asked curiously.

“Interesting, so what method do you have to blind their eyes?”

“There are plenty of smart people among these bald heads.”

“It’s nothing; I told them that there is a chance here for the Buddhist Nation to bear the Heavenly Mandate.”

“And those who bear the Heavenly Mandate can solve the methods left by Emperor Huangtian.”

“With the temptation of the Heavenly Mandate and the desperate desire for freedom intertwined, they will naturally be blinded.”

“Hahaha!”

“You are truly wicked; so tell me, is what you said real or fake?”

Hearing this, Chen Changsheng turned to look at the Mysterious Person and replied blandly.

“Zhang Zhenren, this Heavenly Mandate is already within your grasp; you should know who taught you about Emperor Huangtian.”

“Feigning ignorance is looking for a beating, isn’t it?”