Chapter 462: Thinking of what to do next, I can't help but laugh

Above, there were Heavenly Soldiers and Generals filling the sky. Below, in Lingshan, were the Buddhas hidden within the array.

The standoff between above and below would naturally cause a sense of intense, oppressive tension in the hearts of the Buddhas below.

Jieyin did not yet want to reach the point of tearing off the mask; if they could resolve this peacefully today, perhaps the Western Sect could be preserved.

"Fellow Daoist."

"The conflict between you and me is merely a difference in stance."

"Now that the Three Realms Defense Great Tribulation is approaching, why don't we set aside our grievances for the time being and unite against the outside?"

"If you are truly dissatisfied with the events of the past, Fellow Daoist, you may state your terms. If we could turn hostility into friendship, wouldn't that be even better?"

"Heh." Tang An shook her head in disappointment. "I knew you were cowards, but I didn't expect you to be cowards who still try to maintain a facade of virtue."

"Do you think your Western Sect has anything left to bargain with me? The Seven-Treasured Wonderful Tree, the Six-Roots-Purifying Bamboo, and the Blue Lotus Treasure Flag are all in my hands."

"Now, the only thing you have left that is worth showing, I fear, is the Nine-Rank Merit Golden Lotus, isn't it?"

Jieyin recalled the events of the past, his brows knitting slightly. But it was clearly not the time to tear off the mask; he still wanted to continue stalling for time.

"Is the Fellow Daoist interested in this humble one's Nine-Rank Merit Golden Lotus?"

Tang An nodded very honestly. "Yes, indeed."

"If this humble one offers up the Nine-Rank Merit Golden Lotus, can you spare the members of my Western Sect today?"

Hearing this question, a smile spread across the corners of Tang An's mouth.

The question he asked was far too naive. When a wolf loses its claws and teeth and becomes a sheep, will the other side stop killing you just because you are weak?

How could a Saint who had always hidden behind Rulai and Zhunti say such naive words?

"It seems that Jieyin Saint is also stalling for time."

Jieyin Saint was startled. "Also?"

It was not strange to him that Tang An could see he was stalling, but why did Tang An use the word "also"?

Was she also stalling for time? Stalling for what?

The smile at the corners of Tang An's mouth grew broader. No one noticed that the expressions of Sun Wukong and the other two behind her were dull, and their bodies were emitting a faint golden light of Merit.

That golden light merged with the radiance of Tang An's Merit Golden Seat, and no one noticed the anomaly here.

Jieyin stopped speaking; his attention was entirely on Tang An.

He could not figure it out: was Tang An stalling for time for Chenxiang to inherit the Opening Heaven Axe? Or was she stalling for other forces to come to the rescue?

No, five hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers and Generals were already more than enough; she did not need to wait for any reinforcements. The several Saints behind her were also observing in secret; they had only appeared for an instant and did not need to stall.

Tang An did not give Jieyin any more time to react; she raised her hand and tapped her fingers lightly.

"Bring up the Shit-Throwing Carts."

"What?" Zhunti did not react in time and even chuckled. "Stone-throwing carts?"

"There are no stones in the Three Realms that can break my Lingshan Array."

As soon as Tang An thought of what the scene would be like next, she could not help but cover her forehead to hide her laughter.

"Prepare."

"Yes!"

Not until the foul, nauseating stench wafted over did Jieyin and Zhunti's mouths twitch, their faces turning the color of pig liver.

It turned out not to be stone-throwing carts, but shit-throwing carts!

The immortals on Tang An's side all tacitly sealed their sense of smell. As for the Buddhas, seeing this scene, even if they sealed their sense of smell, they could not stop themselves from feeling nauseated.

"Tang An!" Zhunti really wanted to strangle her!

"Fire!"

"Bang!"

"Bang, bang!"

A circle of Shit-Throwing Carts continuously hurled excrement at the Lingshan Array.

How should one put it...

The physical damage was almost non-existent, but the insult was absolutely explosive!

It was the kind of rage where you could clearly use a Magic Treasure to defend, but you absolutely could not bring yourself to take one out.

After all, no one would want their own Magic Treasure to be stained with shit, right?

Cart after cart of excrement bombarded the Lingshan Array; even though the Buddhas had sealed their sense of smell, they could not help but retch one after another.

That was no longer just an olfactory attack; wherever their eyes landed, the array was covered in shit! It had simply upgraded to a mental attack, hadn't it?!

"Oh, did you steal a drink of Child-Mother River water again?" As soon as Tang An opened her mouth, it was another round of dark-history critical hits.

The Buddhas were furious; they didn't care about their Dao Hearts or their six-roots-purifying anymore—they all wanted to go out and fight Tang An to the death.

"Tsk tsk tsk, not much ability, but quite a temper." Tang An was full of disdain and didn't take those things seriously at all.

"Fellow Daoist." Jieyin steadied his mind, not letting emotions arise.

"If this act can allow you to vent your anger, Fellow Daoist, then that is the sincerity my Western Sect can offer."

"Oh my," no wonder they say he is the deepest-hidden Saint. "Fine, counting it as sincerity is acceptable too."

"But since it counts as sincerity, shouldn't we settle our accounts properly now?"

"You want to protect the Western Sect? Fine. I have always been magnanimous; I can choose not to pursue the schemes the Western Sect carried out against me in secret."

"But you chased me down to kill me—doesn't that seem a bit unreasonable?"

Tang An waved one hand, and a clear projection appeared in mid-air.

That was the evidence Lu Ya had previously confessed to, regarding the Western Sect secretly sending him to hunt down Tang An.

"You two, my arrival this time is truly justified and well-founded. If you want evidence, I have surveillance; if you want surveillance, I have evidence."

"Even if the Heavenly Dao came, if it wanted to show you favoritism, it would still have to be reasonable, wouldn't it?"

"Furthermore, you colluded with the Outer Realm Demon Race and tried to kill me, the Guardian, first; I will have to seek an explanation from the Heavenly Dao for this matter later."

"He indulges you to this extent; I fear he is the one who does not hold the living beings of the Three Realms in his eyes, is he not?"

These few short sentences stopped Hongjun Laozu, who had been observing this place in secret, from his intention to appear.

After all, Tang An had said everything there was to say; if he were to step out now, it would be almost equivalent to declaring to everyone that he intended to stand in the same camp as the Outer Realm Demon Race.

Jieyin took a deep breath, his gaze toward Tang An becoming increasingly serious and grave.

"The matter of the Outer Realm Demon Race is merely mutual utilization."

Zhunti, however, was not as composed as Jieyin; he glared at Tang An, seemingly wanting to use his own set of theories to make Tang An feel ashamed of herself.

"The alternation of yin and yang is called the Dao; bearing yin and embracing yang follows the principles of mutual restraint and mutual generation, of mutual assistance and mutual completion."

"In the manifestations of all living beings in the Three Realms, without demons, where would there be Buddhas? Without falling, where would there be rebirth? Without karmic grievances, where would there be Merit?"

"The opposition between immortals and demons has also existed since ancient times. Yet, does the Heavenly Court not have gods who were originally demons that cultivated and achieved Ascension?"

"Since immortals and demons can coexist, why can demons and Buddhas not cooperate to coexist and live together?"

Tang An scratched her head, feeling as uncomfortable as if her brain marrow had been sucked away.

"When you were killing me, you talked to me about cultivation; now that you are being killed by me, you are here lecturing me on reason? Huh?"

"And 'Buddha-demon coexistence'? Why don't you all just move house collectively and go to the Outer Domain to preach to the Demon Race?"

"Why stay in the Three Realms? Are you wasting air while alive or wasting land when dead?"

Zhunti was almost choked to death by Tang An's crude language; clearly, his grand theories had not convinced Tang An, and he was left unable to utter a single coherent word in response.

"If you truly wish to eradicate the Western Sect and slay a Saint, the Heavenly Dao will inevitably intervene by force. At that time, you..."

Tang An placed her index finger lightly against her lips, "Shh~"

"Look behind me."