Chapter 973: I, Maitreya Buddha, Am Also Unwilling to Act Like a Villain Anymore

But if Daoist Randeng intervened, he would inevitably suffer the backlash of the dynastic fortune, and even the humanistic fortune.

Moreover, more importantly, with Maitreya Buddha holding him back right now, even if he risked the backlash of the dynastic fortune and even the humanistic fortune.

Whether he would succeed or not was still a question; after all, Maitreya Buddha was determined to sabotage him, and he, Daoist Randeng, had no way to deal with it.

However, watching the Journey to the West plan he had formulated fail just like this, Daoist Randeng was very unwilling in his heart.

"Buddha Randeng, it seems that this Journey to the West plan is going to go bankrupt. I really don't know why the two Saints, Jieyin and Zhunti, chose you as the Buddha. If it were me, the Journey to the West plan would have already started..."

Maitreya Buddha could naturally see that the Jinghe Long Wang's soul could not break through the ghost-repelling array set up by Yuan Tiangang at all.

Even under his influence, the Jinghe Long Wang had developed a certain consciousness, causing the Jinghe Long Wang to now show signs of retreating.

So, facing this scene, Maitreya Buddha was indescribably happy. After all, the failure of the Journey to the West plan planned by Daoist Randeng naturally meant that he, Maitreya Buddha, would rise in status!

Daoist Randeng, hearing Maitreya Buddha's mocking words, took a deep breath.

"Maitreya, as long as you can make Emperor Tang Li Shimin hold the Water and Land Assembly, after this, I, Randeng, will go into seclusion and hand over the entire Journey to the West plan for you to manage!"

Hearing Daoist Randeng's words, Maitreya Buddha's eyes lit up.

One must know that once Daoist Randeng goes into seclusion and the Journey to the West plan is handed over to Maitreya Buddha, all the credit will belong to Maitreya Buddha, and everything Daoist Randeng had laid out before will become Maitreya Buddha's wedding dress.

"Really?!"

Maitreya Buddha still had some doubts in his heart, but after thinking about it, he realized that once the Journey to the West plan, which the Western Fomen had been laying out for nearly a thousand years, was messed up in Daoist Randeng's hands.

By then, Daoist Randeng would not only be directly dismissed from the position of Buddha, but would even cause Daoist Randeng to be unable to keep his position as the Past Buddha.

Therefore, Daoist Randeng's words now were seen by Maitreya Buddha as an admission of defeat.

Although he lost the position of Buddha, being able to guarantee the position of Past Buddha was much better than watching the Jinghe Long Wang fail right now, leading to the total failure of the Western Journey to the West plan.

So, Maitreya Buddha did not have too many suspicions about Daoist Randeng's words.

"Naturally, it is true. After all, once the Journey to the West plan succeeds, you and I, and even the entire West, will benefit."

"However, if it fails, the Western Fomen will likely never have a day of rising again."

"In this way, sacrificing my own interests to perfect the entire West, to perfect the entire Fomen, who else but me?"

Daoist Randeng spoke so righteously.

Unfortunately, Maitreya Buddha did not believe it at all.

If Daoist Randeng were truly like this, why would he have secretly sown discord when Daoist Duobao was still the Buddha, leading to damage to the Fomen's fortune?

Furthermore, recently, in the Netherworld, Daoist Duobao brought the reincarnation of Jin Chanzi. If Daoist Randeng truly cared about the interests of the Western Fomen, how could he not report this matter to the two Western Saints, Jieyin and Zhunti?

"Since Buddha Randeng is so righteous, I, Maitreya Buddha, am also unwilling to act like a villain anymore."

Although Maitreya Buddha was very disdainful of Daoist Randeng saying one thing and doing another, he himself was the same. ===== CHAPTER 975 =====