Chapter 438

Now that it involved the Saint Tongtian, the Saint Jieyin had already placed this matter in the most important position.

"My conditions are only those! However, some details still need to be clarified in advance."

Luo Fu's attitude remained indifferent; even though this involved a major matter for three Saints, it seemed like a trivial affair to him.

In fact, for Luo Fu, this was indeed a trivial affair.

The reason he chose to bet with the Saint Jieyin and the Saint Zhunti was more to muddy the waters of the Journey to the West, and then take the opportunity to force the Saint Jieyin and the Saint Zhunti to take action against him personally.

Whether or not other Saints were involved was not important to Luo Fu.

As for other conditions, they were not needed; there were not many things in Buddhism that could catch Luo Fu's eye.

Even if he really took a fancy to something, he would choose to snatch it himself rather than bet with the West.

"Fellow Daoist, please speak."

Hearing Luo Fu mention finalizing the details, the Saint Jieyin and the Saint Zhunti also nodded, their expressions becoming exceptionally serious.

The conditions mentioned earlier were too crude, and the room for manipulation in between was simply too large.

If the details were not finalized, then the agreement between them would be as if it did not exist.

"The first point: neither side's Saints nor great supernatural beings may personally intervene in the Journey to the West. Once one side violates this rule, that side shall automatically be judged the loser."

Under the gaze of the Saint Jieyin and the Saint Zhunti, Luo Fu stated the first condition.

This condition did not have much controversy.

And it was even more favorable to Buddhism.

After all, what the Saint Jieyin and the Saint Zhunti feared most was Luo Fu personally intervening in the Journey to the West.

"We have no objections to this condition. However, lending out spiritual treasures should not count as personally intervening, right?"

For a condition favorable to himself, the Saint Jieyin naturally agreed without hesitation.

However, he also pointed out a problem based on this condition, which was the matter of spiritual treasures.

For cultivators, spiritual treasures were an important component of combat power.

And lending one's own spiritual treasures to disciples for use was almost a convention among great supernatural beings.

After all, the means provided by spiritual treasures were extremely limited, and most were in the hands of great supernatural beings.

Buddhism was even more fond of doing this; otherwise, Tathagata and the Ancient Buddha Randeng would not have been in possession of the Seven-Treasured Tree and the Nine-Rank Golden Lotus, respectively.

The Saint Jieyin pointing out the issue of spiritual treasures had the intent of probing.

On one hand, he did not want the issue of spiritual treasures to become an excuse for Luo Fu and the Saint Tongtian.

On the other hand, he wanted to probe Luo Fu's bottom line.

Regarding spiritual treasures, Buddhism clearly had the advantage on the surface.

The Investiture of the Gods war led to the Jie Sect's innate spiritual treasures being looted in large numbers. Even the Saint Tongtian's Four Immortal-Slaying Swords fell into the hands of others.

Apart from the twenty-four Sea-Calming Pearls just taken back, the Saint Tongtian had no other powerful spiritual treasures.

Luo Fu had always relied on divine abilities to fight and had not revealed any spiritual treasures.

Compared to them, Buddhism, as the largest faction in the Three Realms, possessed a considerable number of innate spiritual treasures.

Enough to arm one Da Luo Golden Immortal after another with formidable combat power.

Hearing the Saint Jieyin mention spiritual treasures, Luo Fu glanced at him indifferently, as if telling him that he had already seen through his thoughts.

"Lending out spiritual treasures naturally does not count as personally intervening."

Although he had seen through it, Luo Fu did not refuse this matter.

Because this matter seemed favorable to Buddhism, but in reality, it was more favorable to him.

He could have as many innate spiritual treasures as he wanted; although he did not have powerful innate spiritual treasures, he could borrow them.

Ancestor Minghe, Goddess Nüwa, and the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors were all his providers of spiritual treasures.

The innate spiritual treasures of these people combined were far more luxurious than Buddhism's twenty-four Sea-Calming Pearls.

With this, the first condition was settled, and both sides were very satisfied with it.

"Second, the scripture seekers must be the ones originally designated; they may not be replaced. If one side intervenes to replace them, that side shall be deemed the loser."

After finishing the first condition, Luo Fu quickly proposed the second.

The scripture seekers certainly could not be replaced. After all, Sun Wukong was Luo Fu's most important chess piece.

If this condition were not proposed, and the Saint Jieyin and the Saint Zhunti simply replaced the scripture seekers, then there would be no need for this bet to continue.

"Our Buddhism agrees to this condition!"

Without saying much, the Saint Jieyin agreed directly to the second condition.

This condition did not need probing to know that it was absolutely Luo Fu's bottom line.

This bet was about whether the scripture seekers could overcome the eighty-one tribulations.

If the scripture seekers could be replaced at will, then Luo Fu would almost certainly lose.

Luo Fu would never be foolish enough to agree to a bet he was certain to lose.

Therefore, there was no need to discuss this condition.

Moreover, not changing the scripture seekers was actually more favorable to Buddhism.

Apart from Sun Wukong, the other scripture seekers all had relations with Buddhism.

"The third condition: the duration of this bet is one hundred years. Provided the scripture seekers do not deliberately hide, if you in Buddhism fail to defeat the scripture-seeking team within one hundred years, then Buddhism loses."

Luo Fu was not surprised that the Saint Jieyin would directly agree to his second condition.

Because this condition was one of the tacit conditions for the bet to be established in the first place.

It was just explicitly stated by Luo Fu.

Just as the Saint Jieyin agreed to the second condition, Luo Fu followed up with the third.

This condition was to limit the use of certain means.

For example, Buddhism could directly set up a great array to trap the scripture-seeking team and then defeat them bit by bit.

"Agreed. During the Journey to the West, the scripture seekers must not leave the scripture-seeking route without cause; if the time spent away exceeds one year, then you shall be considered to have failed."

Regarding the time limit, the Saint Jieyin could not refute anything.

Although he did indeed have similar thoughts, these thoughts were not fit for the public stage.

Since Luo Fu proposed a time limit, he could only propose similar restrictive conditions.

"One year is too short; the cumulative time must not exceed ten years."

Luo Fu did not agree immediately but changed one year to ten years.

"Fine."

The Saint Jieyin did not oppose this change by Luo Fu.

Whether it was one year or ten years, it was the same to him. He proposed this condition mainly to restrict the scripture seekers to the Journey to the West route.

"The fourth condition: this bet shall be witnessed by the Saint Taqing. Alright, those are all my conditions."

Since it was a bet, there naturally had to be a referee.

For a bet between Saints, the only ones who could serve as referees were other Saints or the Dao Ancestor Hongjun.

Neither Luo Fu nor the Saint Jieyin and the Saint Zhunti wished to disturb the Dao Ancestor Hongjun over such a matter.

Thus, the most suitable person to serve as referee was the powerful Saint Taqing.