Chapter 983

"The Buddhist Sect has suffered quite a loss this time."

Hearing the discussions around them, Zhang Liang and Su Fan looked at each other and smiled; it wasn't just the Yanhuo Domain—there were discussions in other regions as well.

Clearly, it wasn't just the Yanhuo Domain taking this action; sects in other regions were also fanning the flames behind the scenes, constantly splashing dirty water on the Buddhist Sect.

These sects were no fools; the Buddhist Sect came this time not necessarily with aggressive momentum, but they certainly had some preparations.

If the Buddhist Sect were truly allowed to succeed, it wouldn't just be a loss for the Yanhuo Domain; other regions would inevitably suffer losses as well.

A struggle for interests.

Once the Buddhist Sect gains a firm foothold in the Nanzhan Buzhou, they will inevitably send more people; when the time comes to compete, no one dares guarantee they can match those people from the Buddhist Sect.

A struggle for luck is perhaps only valued by the major sects.

But a struggle for resources is what these small sects value most.

Yet the Buddhist Sect's personnel are all very formidable.

One can see this from the Yanhuo Domain; if the Yanhuo Sect hadn't relied on local strength, they would likely have been defeated by the Buddhist Sect long ago.

Moreover, smart people can see that the Buddhist Sect hasn't been killing everyone off—perhaps they are worried that going too far would provoke hostility from the overall forces of the Nanzhan Buzhou, or perhaps there are other considerations.

But regardless, the power the Buddhist Sect has displayed has shocked many sects.

Since that is the case, the best method is to force the Buddhist Sect to retreat on its own.

Now that there is a scandal created by the Buddhist Sect itself, it has given them an excuse, so not only the Yanhuo Domain but also the surrounding regions have begun to spread this news, leading to a situation that is intensifying.

And the scope of this spread seems to be expanding rapidly; clearly, there is someone supporting this behind the scenes.

Who is this force?

Su Fan and Zhang Liang thought of the Changsheng Temple immediately.

"It seems the Changsheng Temple has exerted its strength."

"However, I'm afraid the Buddhist Sect won't compromise so easily."

Su Fan has some understanding of the Buddhist Sect; indeed, this incident has dealt a significant blow to them, but wanting the Buddhist Sect to give up just like that is absolutely impossible.

With their reputation stinking, they will certainly want to reverse it, so they will naturally place even more importance on the Nanzhan Buzhou; it is impossible for them to just leave without doing anything.

"Hehe! When the sky falls, the tall ones will hold it up."

The Buddhist Sect wanting to invade on a large scale actually has no influence on Su Fan and Zhang Liang; if it weren't for that monk incident, they would actually be willing to see the Buddhist Sect enter.

Even though Su Fan had a bad impression of the Buddhist Sect before, he doesn't care about them preaching.

After all, as long as the Buddhist Sect doesn't obstruct the Human Race's plans, if they can win over the Buddhist Sect, it would also be a good thing for the Human Race.

Of course, Su Fan also knows that the Buddhist Sect is also a type of "gods and buddhas filling the sky"; wanting to pull the Buddhist Sect to the Human Race's side is not that easy—without paying a certain price, the Buddhist Sect won't form an alliance with the Human Race either.

The reason he and Zhang Liang are doing this is nothing more than calculation—they want to increase the conflict between the Buddhist Sect and the Daoist Sect.

The Daoist Sect is one of the biggest obstacles to the Human Race's plans.

Within the Daoist Sect, many immortals and gods have a very large influence on the Human Race; the Jie Sect was one of the Daoist Sect's forces back then.

Even in the Fire Cloud Cave, there are quite a few people who originated from the Daoist Sect.

The Daoist Sect previously controlled half of the Human Race's luck; even the former Human Emperors were considered to be under the control of the Daoist Sect.

The Human Race's treasure of luck, the Kongtong Seal, has always been controlled in the hands of the Daoist Sect.

You must know that the treasure of luck, the Kongtong Seal, can choose the Human Emperor and influence the luck of dynasties.

In some situations, the Kongtong Seal is even enough to depose the Human Race's emperors.

That such a treasure of luck was not controlled in the hands of the Human Race is thanks to Great Yu later refining the Nine Cauldrons, which became the treasure of luck for the Human Race of the Nine Provinces, dividing part of the Kongtong Seal's power.

Otherwise, the Human Race would have been even more miserable.

However, now that the saints are gone, the Fire Cloud Cave side has actually begun to plan to bring the Kongtong Seal back.

Once the Human Race can take back the Kongtong Seal, then the Human Race's power won't necessarily increase by much, but their autonomy will be greater.

But the Daoist Sect will naturally not let go easily.

Previously, the Kongtong Seal was always in the hands of that saint of the Human Teachings; that saint has left, so it is estimated that it is now also on the Human Teachings side.

If you remove the Human Race from the Kongtong Seal itself, it is also a top-tier Innate Spiritual Treasure, and once it is blessed with the luck of humanity and wielded by a Human Emperor, its power will be no less than an Innate Supreme Treasure.

For such a treasure, no side is willing to give it up.

There are actually at most only thirty-some top-tier Innate Spiritual Treasures in the entire Primordial World.

Who is willing to let go?

A top-tier Innate Spiritual Treasure can even increase a Great Luo Golden Immortal's combat power by half; just like Zhao Gongming, holding the twenty-four Sea-Calming Pearls, he could battle Randeng without falling behind in the slightest.

You must know that Randeng at that time was a top-tier Great Luo Golden Immortal, but against Zhao Gongming, he even suffered losses.

Zhao Gongming's cultivation at that time was at most at the early stage of Great Luo Golden Immortal, or at best reached the middle stage of Great Luo Golden Immortal.

But facing Randeng, he could suppress him and fight.

One can see the formidable nature of this top-tier Innate Spiritual Treasure.

Such Innate Spiritual Treasures are even rarer in the Primordial World.

And a comprehensive top-tier Innate Spiritual Treasure like the Kongtong Seal is excellent in both offense and defense, and also has the effect of suppressing space-time and suppressing luck.

It can be said that it is completely a smaller version of the Chaos Bell.

The most important thing is that the Kongtong Seal is the Human Race's supreme treasure; it represents the Human Race.

It being held by the Daoist Sect all along is not a small matter.

The Daoist Sect has always held this Human Race supreme treasure, so they could openly control the affairs of the Human Race; the Human Race has always been plotting this matter.

Of course, Su Fan doesn't know about this side.

But he and Zhang Liang understand that the Daoist Sect being powerful and dominating alone is not a good thing.

Only with competition and pressure can the Human Race have better freedom.

As for whether this will lead the wolf into the house, actually, neither Su Fan and Zhang Liang nor the Human Race's Fire Cloud Cave are worried.

The Buddhist Sect is powerful, so what?

The Human Race had already made preparations long ago to confront these "gods and buddhas filling the sky," even including the Buddhist Sect.

If they can win over the Buddhist Sect when the time comes, it will instead reduce their pressure.

And Su Fan and Zhang Liang are very simple now: the Buddhist Sect is coming, so they will plot first to increase the conflict between the two sides.

If they want to unite in the future, the price they pay will definitely be higher.

So they left the Buddhist Sect matter to the Yanhuo Sect and the Changsheng Temple.

Now that the Changsheng Temple has entered the fray, they are naturally extremely satisfied.

"So next, it depends on what actions the Buddhist Sect takes."

"What do you think the Buddhist Sect will do next?"

Zhang Liang was curious.

Su Fan was also curious, but he couldn't guess either; however, there are only two possibilities: either they retreat now and wait until this matter dies down before slowly coming back.

Time can eliminate all negativity.

The second is to fight hard, directly ignoring the Yanhuo Sect and increasing their strength instead.