Chapter 428

Now that the Buddhist Sect took the initiative to propose a talk, Luo Fu naturally would not refuse.

Therefore, Luo Fu flashed directly, using the Great Dao of Space, and teleported directly from the Western Continent to in front of the Five-Finger Mountain.

"Burning Lamp Ancient Buddha, I don't know what you want with me; could it be that you want me to release Tathagata?"

Luo Fu's gaze locked onto Burning Lamp Ancient Buddha, and he asked lightly.

"Yes and no. This humble monk seeks an audience with Fellow Daoist Luo Fu in the hope of resolving the karma between you and our Buddhism. I wonder what conditions would be required for you to cease targeting our Buddhism."

Knowing that pleasantries would have no effect on Luo Fu, the Ancient Buddha Dipankara went straight to the point.

"It is very simple. As long as your Buddhism abandons the matter of the Journey to the West, I will no longer target your Buddhism."

Like the Ancient Buddha Dipankara, Luo Fu did not mince words and stated his objective directly.

His mission this time was to reverse the Great Calamity of the Journey to the West; if Buddhism ceased the Journey, he would naturally stop targeting them.

Yet, Luo Fu knew this was impossible.

"Amitabha! The matter of the Journey to the West is a grand plan of our Buddhism and also a major trend of the Heavenly Dao; it is not something our Buddhism can simply choose not to proceed with."

As expected, the Ancient Buddha Dipankara pushed the matter of the Journey directly onto the trend of the Heavenly Dao, tactfully rejecting Luo Fu's demand.

"Then there is nothing left to discuss."

Seeing this, Luo Fu's face turned icy in an instant, signaling that the conversation was at an end.

"Fellow Daoist, wait!"

Luo Fu's attitude caused the previously calm and composed Ancient Buddha Dipankara's expression to shift slightly, and he hurriedly spoke to salvage the situation.

At this moment, the Ancient Buddha Dipankara finally truly understood what it meant to not play by the rules.

"Apart from the matter of the Journey to the West, please state any conditions you may have, Fellow Daoist. Our Buddhism will certainly do our best to satisfy them."

The Ancient Buddha Dipankara lowered his stance significantly, leaving it entirely to Luo Fu to set the terms.

Faced with someone like Luo Fu who would end a conversation at the slightest disagreement, the Ancient Buddha Dipankara had no other choice.

At present, it was Buddhism that had a request of Luo Fu, not the other way around.

"I have already stated my requirements clearly. However, I have changed my mind. Let us spar first; if you satisfy me, I may slightly alter my conditions."

Luo Fu suddenly spoke, a trace of battle intent rising from his body.

*Swish!

Without waiting for the Ancient Buddha Dipankara to reply, Luo Fu's figure flashed, and he stepped from Mount Wuzhi directly into the Heavens Beyond the Heavens.

Seeing Luo Fu's actions, the Ancient Buddha Dipankara was slightly stunned.

He truly could not have imagined that Luo Fu would propose such a request.

Based on his preliminary understanding of Luo Fu, he did not seem like a battle-hungry person.

But since Luo Fu had already appeared in the Heavens Beyond the Heavens, the Ancient Buddha Dipankara had no choice but to follow.

With a flash of his figure, the Ancient Buddha Dipankara also rushed toward the Heavens Beyond the Heavens.

A moment later, the figure of the Ancient Buddha Dipankara also appeared in the Heavens Beyond the Heavens.

"Fellow Daoist Luo Fu, please state your conditions if you have any; there is no need for a battle."

The Ancient Buddha Dipankara was not a warlike person, and he did not particularly wish to cross hands with Luo Fu.

After his figure appeared in the Heavens Beyond the Heavens, the Ancient Buddha Dipankara immediately spoke to reject Luo Fu's proposal.

Unfortunately, Luo Fu ignored him.

A battle with the Ancient Buddha Dipankara was a step Luo Fu had deliberately created for himself.

Without this step, how could he present his conditions?

Therefore, this battle was unavoidable, regardless of what the Ancient Buddha Dipankara thought.

"World in the Palm!"

Before the Ancient Buddha Dipankara could finish, Luo Fu raised his hand and began to execute his signature technique, World in the Palm.

A world slowly condensed and took shape in Luo Fu's hand.

*Boom!

The moment the world in his hand condensed, Luo Fu raised his hand and pressed it toward the Ancient Buddha Dipankara.

A massive world instantly appeared above the Ancient Buddha Dipankara's head, suppressing him from above.

Seeing Luo Fu choose to act directly, the Ancient Buddha Dipankara knew that this battle was almost unavoidable.

"Amitabha!"

"Since Fellow Daoist Luo Fu wishes to spar, this old monk can only accompany you."

Chanting a Buddhist name, the Ancient Buddha Dipankara waved his right hand, and a jade ruler flew directly out from his sleeve.

As soon as the jade ruler flew out, it grew in the wind, quickly transforming into a giant ruler ten thousand zhang long, blocking the space between the Ancient Buddha Dipankara and the descending world.

Bursts of faint light bloomed from the jade ruler.

In an instant, the surrounding space began to fluctuate violently.

The world Luo Fu had condensed was about to land on the giant ruler.

Yet, under the illumination of the ruler's faint light, the falling world seemed as if it had been frozen in time.

"Heaven-Measuring Ruler, measuring the heavens and earth; a fine spiritual treasure."

Luo Fu was also equally proficient in the Great Dao of Space.

Thus, he could recognize at a glance that the Ancient Buddha Dipankara was employing spatial methods.

The source of this method was the Ancient Buddha Dipankara's innate spiritual treasure, the Heaven-Measuring Ruler.

The Heaven-Measuring Ruler, as the name suggests, has the ability to measure the heavens and earth.

Since it can measure the heavens and earth, it can naturally redefine distance.

The Ancient Buddha Dipankara had just used the Heaven-Measuring Ruler to stretch the distance between himself and the suppressing world to infinity.

The speed at which the world fell was finite; once the originally short distance was defined as infinitely far, the falling world appeared as if it had been frozen.

Luo Fu was also capable of such a method, and he could perform it even without an innate spiritual treasure.

"Using the Great Dao of Space in front of me? Isn't that a bit like showing off one's axe before a master carpenter? Break for me!"

Seeing that the Ancient Buddha Dipankara was actually employing the Great Dao of Space, a trace of mockery flashed in Luo Fu's eyes.

In the role he was currently playing within the Three Realms, the Great Dao of Space was one of the Daos he excelled in.

Being able to open up space with a wave of his hand was proof enough that his attainments in the Great Dao of Space were astonishing.

Employing the Great Dao of Space in front of him was indeed showing off before a master.

Luo Fu waved his right hand gently, and an invisible spatial fluctuation swept toward the Ancient Buddha Dipankara.

*Boom!

The next moment, the speed of the falling world suddenly surged, and in almost an instant, it landed on the Heaven-Measuring Ruler.

With just a wave of his hand, Luo Fu had broken the Heaven-Measuring Ruler's spatial method and infinitely shortened the distance between the falling world and the ruler, causing the condensed world to appear directly upon it.

Just as the Heaven-Measuring Ruler was about to land on the World in the Palm, the expected collision did not occur.

After the World in the Palm made contact with the Heaven-Measuring Ruler, for some reason, it began to shrink rapidly. In the blink of an eye, it had shrunk a million times, transforming from a world into a small space.

A mere small space could not possibly shake the Heaven-Measuring Ruler.

It was swept away by the Heaven-Measuring Ruler, exploding with a bang and turning into a tiny firework.

Since the Heaven-Measuring Ruler can measure space and change spatial length, it can naturally also measure worlds and change their size.

The World in the Palm was, after all, only condensed by Luo Fu; it was not a real world. Without a spiritual treasure to suppress the world, the Heaven-Measuring Ruler could easily re-measure it.