Chapter 126

Guanyin drank the Luotai Spring water, and her lower abdomen visibly flattened. The discomfort immediately dissipated.

Clearly, Guanyin breathed a sigh of relief, joy appearing on her face.

However, when she looked up again, she met Tang An, who was still maintaining that smile.

Guanyin was all too familiar with that smile; it was clearly her up to no good.

"Did you... do something to the water?" Guanyin's expression was stern.

Tang An shrugged, "How could I, Tang An, do such an unseemly thing."

Guanyin laughed upon hearing this. Was her own conduct seemly? Seemly enough to make almost all the gods and Buddhas of Lingshan pregnant? And spread it throughout the Great Tang?

"Bodhisattva, don't look at me with those eyes; after all, it's not me, Tang An, who is walking around with a protruding belly."

"And it wasn't me, Tang An, who fed them water to make them pregnant."

"Don't you agree, Daoist Cihang?"

Guanyin's expression darkened, but she had no heart to argue with Tang An.

"Since this matter is settled, then this poor monk will..."

"Is the Bodhisattva only caring about herself now, and not the lives of those in the Buddhist sect?"

Guanyin hesitated and struggled.

She wanted to protect herself, but also held onto the wishful thinking that Tang An wouldn't reveal that she had played dirty tricks on her own people.

"Perhaps the Destined One could propose a condition; if this poor monk can fulfill it, please let us form a good connection."

Tang An saw through Guanyin's goal at a glance. It wasn't that Guanyin couldn't hide it, but given Guanyin's character and Tang An's judgment of the current situation, her goal was obvious.

"Alright." Tang An kept holding that square object in her hand, "Why doesn't the Bodhisattva tell me, what exactly is the trick behind this Women's Kingdom?"

Guanyin stared at the object in Tang An's hand, always feeling that since Tang An could hold it, she must have done something else in secret that she didn't know about.

"Destined One, what kind of magic artifact is that in your hand?"

"Magic artifact?" Tang An shook the object, "Has the Bodhisattva ever seen such an ordinary magic artifact?"

"This is just a toy of mine; if the Bodhisattva doesn't like it, I'll just put it away." Tang An tucked the object into her waistband, appearing as if she had put it away.

Little did she know, Tang An was continuing to dig a bigger hole for Guanyin.

"Alright, can Guanyin Bodhisattva speak now?"

"A reminder, I don't have much patience."

Guanyin appeared to be hesitating, struggling over whether to speak.

But suddenly, she seemed to hear something; her brow smoothed, and as if feeling secure in the knowledge that she had backing, she spoke slowly.

"Does the Destined One really want to know what the Women's Kingdom is hiding?"

"Or let me ask it this way: does the Destined One truly think that the tribulation of the Women's Kingdom is so easy to pass?"

Tang An pondered for a moment and snapped her fingers.

"Is the King of the Women's Kingdom actually a man? Is this a love tribulation specifically targeting me, to make me suffer emotionally? Am I right?"

Guanyin's lips twitched; she was always like this, very serious one moment, and then wildly imaginative the next.

"Yes, and no."

"What the hell?" Tang An jumped up from her chair. "Did he really take a trip to T-Country?"

"No way, is the technology that advanced? How much did it cost? Does it hurt? Can you introduce the plastic surgery hospital?"

After all, the King of the Women's Kingdom did look stunning; that plastic surgery hospital must be very reliable.

Guanyin couldn't understand the gibberish coming out of Tang An's mouth at all, and sighed, "Her past life was a member of the Buddhist sect."

Tang An's smile froze on her face; it seemed she had guessed correctly. The hardest part of the Women's Kingdom wasn't some love tribulation at all.

"Who in the Buddhist sect?"

"Jin Chanzi."

"Jin... Jin Chanzi?" Tang An felt it was outrageous, "Does he not even need to go through the process when reincarnating?"

He really was always rushing to reincarnate!

"Aren't you angry?" Guanyin observed Tang An's expression.

"Angry? Why would I be angry?"

Guanyin seemed to have finally found some sense of presence in front of Tang An.

"Do you know what her name is?"

"I don't know, is it important?" She only knew that she called her Your Majesty the Queen, and she called her Princess Sister; having a title was enough, why care about so much.

Guanyin Bodhisattva raised her chin slightly, "Her name is Wu Zhao."

"Oh." Tang An felt it didn't matter; what her name was didn't...

Wait!

What was her name?

"Wu Zhao???"

A flash of surprise appeared in Guanyin's eyes, "It seems you really can glimpse the destiny."

Since the journey west began, Guanyin had also been observing Tang An. She had long suspected that Tang An knew many things in advance, allowing her to be prepared for every tribulation.

"Do you know that Wu Zhao's destiny from birth is to become a female emperor of a nation and shake the foundations of the Great Tang?"

"Who do you think the Great Tang empire you are conquering now will belong to in the future?"

"Do you really think that just because you won now, you have truly won?"

"When Wu Zhao, the reincarnation of Jin Chanzi, unifies the Great Tang, Buddhism will flourish, and no one will be able to stop it. Including you, Tang An."

Guanyin spoke with high spirits, as if she had already seen the scene of Buddhism flourishing.

Tang An listened quietly until Guanyin finished, her face showing no joy or anger.

So this tribulation wasn't a love tribulation, but a choice between family and country.

If she chose to let the Tang Emperor annex the Women's Kingdom, it would destroy the future of the women there. If the Great Tang went to war with the Women's Kingdom, thousands of innocent women would die.

If she chose to keep the Women's Kingdom and keep Wu Zhao, it would be equivalent to letting the situation develop. If Buddhism flourished later, it would mean her struggle against the Buddha was ultimately like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, a complete defeat.

"Clap!"

The door suddenly opened from the outside, beyond everyone's expectations.

The person who entered was none other than the King of the Women's Kingdom, Wu Zhao.

"Princess Sister, don't listen to the instigation of others."

Wu Zhao looked at Guanyin Bodhisattva, "Self-proclaimed as a Buddha, yet you use the lives of the many women of my Women's Kingdom as a gamble."

"And you force a woman to choose whether to turn her blade against us, fellow women, or to bow and admit defeat to your Buddhist sect."

"You people of Buddhism, self-proclaimed to educate the world and save the suffering. So, this is your true style behind the scenes?"

Wu Zhao's appearance was a variable.

A mortal could never hear their conversation, let alone easily enter Guanyin's array as if it were empty space.

Oh, even Guanyin almost forgot, her past life was Jin Chanzi.

Guanyin's cheeks twitched, feeling that Jin Chanzi was scolding himself as well. It was both infuriating and funny.

"You have not yet awakened; just leave quickly."

Wu Zhao snorted coldly, "I, Wu Zhao, am Wu Zhao, not some Jin Chanzi, and certainly not a member of your Buddhist sect."

"I have received the mandate of heaven, and I shall live forever. How I deal with the Great Tang and how the people of the world fare is none of your Buddhist sect's business to manipulate."

Seeing this, Tang An suddenly clapped her hands.

That's right, she almost forgot, that guy Jin Chanzi, he was also a rebel! And he was the biggest rebel in Buddhism!