Chapter 295

Long Peace.

Above the sky, a golden Buddhist statue shrouded Zhang Weng's exterior!

Up close, one could see that the golden-light Buddha statue's appearance was exactly the same as his face! "This is the method to arouse the power of faith!"

The City God spoke thus, and with the same method shrouded himself!

Behind him, a clear radiance instantly condensed as well! Wearing a Daoist robe, its appearance exactly matched his face! "Anyone who comes into contact with the power of faith and cultivates with incense-merit can use this method to verify their identity!"

"The appearance that emerges—whether it is Buddhist faith or heavenly court incense—is known at a glance!"

Such strong evidence instantly shattered the Ancient Buddha Ran Deng's pale words into fragments! "Get out!"

"A bunch of damned monks!"

"Swaggering deceivers, foolish wretches!"

Chaotic clamor rose from the ground! It was those masses who felt deceived, beginning to pick up traditional arts—

Throwing eggs, hurling stones! The originally red-hot Buddhist gathering instantly turned into a chaotic mess! As for the proposal to discuss the Journey to the West after the gathering, it was now blocked so that not a single word could be uttered! The Tang emperor's gaze was icy, he leisurely glanced at the Ancient Buddha Ran Deng.

His strength insufficient, he could not utter too many offensive words! But it was obvious that at this moment his fondness for the West had plummeted to rock bottom! The Ancient Buddha Ran Deng felt bitter in his heart, regretful without end.

Which bastard devised this method?

How come I've never heard of this before!

If Zhang Weng's identity cannot be solidly proven, even if the Tang emperor harbors doubts, he will absolutely not turn against him!

He need not expend manpower or money; simply writing a pass document proving this relates to humanity suffices! He will very likely not refuse!

But now…

Has the Journey to the West route been severed at the outset? He is in a dilemma!

The drought demoness's smile grew ever colder, and her fingertips flicked out claws.

"Will you go on your own, or shall I send you?"

At this moment, killing intent surged through heaven and earth! The Ancient Buddha Ran Deng's brow twitched, he instinctively felt the threat of death enveloping his whole body!

He didn't even dare utter another half-sentence of nonsense; he swept his hand and brought the Golden Cicada Child to his side! "Go!"

The pagoda's radiance flickered; in a few moments, the two figures leapt to a place ten thousand li away!

The present Tang emperor raised his head, hesitated briefly, then still looked toward the drought demoness.

"You all have assisted this time; I am deeply grateful. Why not go to the palace for a chat, to express my respect?"

"That's not necessary!"

The drought demoness shook her head without hesitation, her palm exerting slight force!

Bang! Zhang Weng's head exploded like a watermelon, then his whole body turned into a blood mist! "Bias toward others, inviting disaster through others—these are manifestations of one's own weakness!"

The drought demoness signaled the City God, ordering him to unleash the secret technique just now indiscriminately!

A hazy radiance enveloped half of Chang'an!

Countless civilians curiously gazed at their own heads! Vaguely, they could see orange or white lines continuously extending toward the unknown! The radiance of many officials linked into a line, hidden beside the Tang emperor; the Tang emperor's aura now shone extraordinarily bright! Yet, this was rootless duckweed!

These forces did not condense upon the Tang emperor's body, but continually emanated with his belief!

Some drifted toward the imperial palace, the dragon veins! Some also flew toward the heavenly court!

Seeing this, the drought demoness couldn't help but shake her head and sigh lightly!

It is clearly visible that the drought demoness, Wind Lord, and Rain Master have never manifested any dharma form on their bodies! "Trust no one, trust only oneself!"

"The power of humanity condenses within oneself!"

"If one must have some belief, then believing in one's own ancestors is enough!"

"As a human emperor, yet easily controlled by outsiders, do you truly feel no shame?"……

Golden List space.

Listening to the drought demoness's domineering words, many strongmen's expressions changed! On the path of cultivation, the power of faith is indeed a fine method!

Seven or eight out of ten in the field have practiced it before!

Even what they are now striving for is the opportunity to go to the new world to spread the Dao and comprehend the Great Way!

The drought demoness's words utterly struck them dead! "The words spoken by the drought demoness are likely an embodiment of the human emperor's will!"

The Welcoming and Preparing did not miss the opportunity, opening his mouth to sow discord.

Even if we cannot make the strong turn against each other, giving them a thorn in the heart would also be good!

Who knows, it might work wonders later! The Three Xuanyuan naturally would not argue now, they lowered their heads! The drought demoness's words had already entered their hearts!

Whether wild or arrogant, this is their creed! How could they, over a few mere words, go and smile obsequiously at others!

"Or let's just look at the points!"

One sentence instantly turned the strongmen's gazes! As the first calamity of the Journey to the West's opening! This result will also sway their subsequent actions! "Before and after, merely intimidation, with no substantive clash at all!"

"This round's scoring, I fear, cannot be higher!"

"That method for verifying the power of faith is somewhat interesting; we can study it later!"

Numerous strongmen's divine thoughts intertwined, voicing their own opinions! Without waiting, the scores on the list also showed real-time changes! First, Xuanyuan Nine Generals (human race), 93 points, combined, 95 points! Second, Jinghe Dragon King (dragon race), 1 point, combined, 10 points! Third, Chang'an City God (heavenly court), 4 points, combined, 8 points! Fourth, Ran Deng Zhang Weng (Buddhist sect), 2 points, combined, 7 points! Fifth……

The list was laid out in order!

The allocated scores instantly changed the expressions of many strongmen! In this initial calamity, the human emperor actually directly obtained ninety-three points!

"Without even fighting, they managed to raise the score this high?"

"Truly, a heavenly bounty of points freely given to the human emperor!"

"Scoring ninety-three points at once likely requires annihilating the scripture-seeking team unscathed, right!"

The strongmen lamented the human emperor's dog luck!

But they do not believe this method can be replicated!

The karmic difficulty of this opening is immense!

It directly cut off the appearance of Journey to the West from the root!

It's probably because of this that this time's score is unexpectedly high!

But what about the others?

Basically not worth it!

Other participants, aside from the baseline, only that Long Peace City God received some points!

This is probably because he gave evidence sufficient to establish the tripod, thereby bringing about the change!

The Western Three Saints' faces were naturally extremely ugly!

All are lunatics! Once fighting breaks out here, they will surely slaughter a city! The Western Three Saints never considered that someone would cause chaos in Long Peace City! Therefore, their preparations are completely insufficient!

Otherwise, not to mention anything else, that Zhang Weng long ago made him vanish from the human world! How could he leave such obvious evidence!

Well, this is good—the start is unfavorable!

The Journey to the West's statements weren't even brought up, and how should we continue to develop! Moreover, this time they actually only got two points! Even that City God that was dragged out got more points than their entire Buddhist Sect! It's clear that Ye Yang is extremely dissatisfied with their performance!

While cursing the Human Emperor to death, the three people looked toward the south in panic!

What should we do next? (End of chapter)