Chapter 516: The Miserable State of the Ancient Buddha Dipankara

On the other side, hearing the words of Daoist Duobao, the Ancient Buddha Dipankara could no longer sit still.

"Daoist Duobao, you are merely a traitor who abandoned the sect. What face do you have to judge my Buddhist Sect?"

The Ancient Buddha Dipankara had caught the subtext in Daoist Duobao's words.

After all, whether or not the Western Buddhist Sect had anyone who could replace Jin Chan to become the reincarnated leader of the scripture seekers, did Daoist Duobao, the former Tathagata Buddha of the Buddhist Sect, not know?

Yet, since Daoist Duobao still said this, was his purpose not to mock him, the Ancient Buddha Dipankara—the current Buddha of the Western Buddhist Sect—for being unable to even select a candidate for the scripture seeker?

So, when Daoist Duobao said the Western Buddhist Sect had no one left, he was not referring to the scripture seeker who could replace Jin Chan, but rather that within the Western Buddhist Sect, there was no one left capable of being the Buddha.

These words touched the very reverse scale of the Ancient Buddha Dipankara, so the Ancient Buddha Dipankara, who had originally been sitting on the mountain watching the tigers fight while observing the verbal clash between Daoist Duobao and the Maitreya Buddha, now had to step into the fray himself.

"Traitor? Heh, I was originally a member of the Jie Sect, and the first disciple under the Master of the Jie Sect. Now that I have returned to the Jie Sect, how can I be called a traitor?"

"If we are talking about traitors, it must be you, Ancient Buddha Dipankara. You were originally a member of the Chan Sect, yet now you have defected to Western Buddhism. You still have the face to call me a traitor!"

Daoist Duobao directly exposed the background of the Ancient Buddha Dipankara, leaving this current Buddha of the Western Buddhist Sect unable to step down.

"You! You! You..."

The Ancient Buddha Dipankara was so provoked by Daoist Duobao's words that he could not even utter a complete sentence.

"Hmph, if I hadn't returned to the Jie Sect, would you, Dipankara, this 'Past Buddha' of the Buddhist Sect, have had the opportunity to covet the position of Buddha?"

"You are nothing but a dog with a broken spine; how dare you bark wildly in front of me?"

Daoist Duobao's words were even infused with magic power, making them extremely powerful, striking directly at the spirit.

"Ugh~ Ah~"

The Ancient Buddha Dipankara was struck in his spirit by Daoist Duobao's words, to the point that he appeared to be vomiting blood from anger.

Jin Chan, who was beside Daoist Duobao, felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction upon seeing this scene.

He had been bullied severely by the Western Buddhist Sect, and seeing the people of the Western Buddhist Sect in such a miserable state made him very happy.

Of course, what Jin Chan wanted even more was to one day be able to personally teach the people of the Western Buddhist Sect a lesson, just as Daoist Duobao had done.

Only in this way could the spite in his heart be truly vented.

Bodhisattva Guanyin, facing this situation, had to step forward.

"Daoist Duobao, you were all once fellow sect members; there is no need to be at daggers drawn when you meet, is there?"

"For the sake of you, Great Being Guanyin, I will not haggle with Dipankara."

Having said this, he took Jin Chan and left the place, entering the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

Watching the miserable state of the Ancient Buddha Dipankara, the Maitreya Buddha could not help but feel fortunate that Daoist Duobao had not targeted him.

Although he was the one who started the war and provoked Daoist Duobao, it was the Ancient Buddha Dipankara who ended up injured.

Now, looking at the Ancient Buddha Dipankara, who was vomiting blood incessantly on the side, the Maitreya Buddha seemed to recall, on this day, the fear of being ruled by the Tathagata Buddha back then.

Of course, there was also a trace of secret joy in his heart, as the Ancient Buddha Dipankara was the Maitreya Buddha's true rival.

Therefore, seeing his rival, the Ancient Buddha Dipankara, end up in such a state, the Maitreya Buddha also felt a sense of comfort.

Even though this incident was entirely caused by the Maitreya Buddha initiating the conflict, the one who ended up injured was not him, but the Ancient Buddha Dipankara, who had been in a safe position and able to reap the rewards of the battlefield.

Unlike the Past Buddha, the Ancient Buddha Dipankara, and the Future Buddha, the Maitreya Buddha, who only had eyes for each other,

Bodhisattva Guanyin had watched with his own eyes as Daoist Duobao took Jin Chan into the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and he thought of many things.

"This time, Daoist Duobao is taking Jin Chan to reincarnate. Now that the Journey to the West Great Calamity is about to begin, this move by Daoist Duobao must involve matters we are unaware of."

"Now that I am about to enter the Six Paths of Reincarnation, I ask the two of you, Buddha Dipankara and Buddha Maitreya, to pay close attention."

"If possible, please inform the two Saints, Jieyin and Zhunti!"

Bodhisattva Guanyin shared his speculations with the two people beside him.

However, the Ancient Buddha Dipankara and the Maitreya Buddha, upon hearing this, each had their own thoughts.

For the Maitreya Buddha, he was very optimistic about Daoist Duobao taking Jin Chan to reincarnate.

After all, this move would inevitably disrupt the Western Buddhist Sect's Journey to the West, thereby causing the Western Buddhist Sect's plan to fail, or at the very least, cause the Ancient Buddha Dipankara's gains from the Journey to the West plan to plummet.

Now, with Bodhisattva Guanyin reincarnating, the Ancient Buddha Dipankara's prestige within the Western Buddhist Sect had already been dealt a blow.

Added to the impending bankruptcy of the Journey to the West plan, the Maitreya Buddha had already foreseen that when the Journey to the West Great Calamity ended,

he, the Maitreya Buddha, the Future Buddha of the Western Buddhist Sect, could use this matter to stir up trouble and force the Ancient Buddha Dipankara, who currently held the position of Buddha, to abdicate.

In this way, he, the Maitreya Buddha, could ascend to the position and become the Buddha of the Western Buddhist Sect, turning the position of Future Buddha into the Present Buddha.

As for the Ancient Buddha Dipankara, Daoist Duobao taking Jin Chan to reincarnate would inevitably destroy the Journey to the West plan he had formulated for the Western Buddhist Sect.

However, now that the several reincarnated scripture-seeking candidates promoted by the Ancient Buddha Dipankara to replace Jin Chan had been rejected one after another by the Maitreya Buddha, the Ancient Buddha Dipankara's prestige had already been swept into the dust.

Therefore, the Ancient Buddha Dipankara no longer cared whether the Buddhist Sect's Journey to the West plan succeeded; the most critical thing was to bury a big trap within the Buddhist Sect's Journey to the West plan and let the Maitreya Buddha fall into it.

And he himself would simply withdraw, and when the time came, the Buddhist Sect's Journey to the West plan would be directly ruined in the hands of the Maitreya Buddha.

In this way, he, the Ancient Buddha Dipankara, could use this opportunity to crush the Maitreya Buddha and ensure he could never turn things around.

Therefore, based on these two considerations, whether it was the Ancient Buddha Dipankara or the Maitreya Buddha, the key to achieving their goals was Daoist Duobao's plan.

Thus, it was impossible for the two of them to report this matter to the two Western Saints, Jieyin and Zhunti.

As for whether this move would cause the Western Buddhist Sect to suffer?

That was not important; what was important was whether they could become the Buddha of the Western Buddhist Sect.

Otherwise, how could the Past Buddha and the Future Buddha of the Western Buddhist Sect fail to see what even Bodhisattva Guanyin could see?