Chapter 1601: The Ancient Buddha Belongs to the Heaven-Exploding Gang

Xu Que couldn't help but press his forehead and sigh; taking a deep breath, just as he steeled himself to leave anyway, the surrounding crowd had already been drawn in.

"Hey, everyone, look quickly! There's actually a stele here!"

"What's written on it? 'The Heaven-Exploding Gang is awesome'?"

"The Heaven-Exploding Gang? What in the world is that?"

"Have you forgotten? It's that Xu Que from outside just earlier..."

"Hiss! I remember now!"

Amidst a flurry of discussion among the crowd, the topic immediately shifted to Xu Que.

It was solely because Xu Que had previously stirred up wind and rain outside, even slaughtering envoys from the Heavenly Gates, that the Heaven-Exploding Gang's name had already been proclaimed far and wide.

Upon seeing this stele now, everyone simultaneously turned their gazes toward Xu Que.

Clearly, they demanded an explanation from Xu Que.

Why would a stele of the Heaven-Exploding Gang appear in the land of the Ancient Buddha Inheritance?

In his heart, Xu Que cursed Er Gouzi ten thousand times over; turning to face the crowd, he adopted a solemn expression and spoke in a deep voice: "Actually... to be honest, the Ancient Buddha was also a member of our Heaven-Exploding Gang."

"Thinking back to when our Heaven-Exploding Gang was first established ten thousand years ago, the founding Gang Leader swore a vicious oath to gather all peerless geniuses under heaven into the Heaven-Exploding Gang; every subsequent Gang Leader has taken this as their duty, and to this day, I still remember the words passed down by that Gang Leader: a vow to become the number one gang under heaven. Such bold and majestic words—how could they not make one's heart sway!"

"This stele is an object left behind by the Ancient Buddha after he joined our Heaven-Exploding Gang back then, intended precisely to let future generations know what a magnificent gang our Heaven-Exploding Gang is!"

These words were earth-shattering, inevitably stirring longing in people's hearts.

Being the number one gang under heaven might mean nothing in the mortal world, but where is this place?

This is the Immortal Cloud Continent, home of the Four Great Heavenly Gates!

To become the number one gang on the Immortal Cloud Continent, even pulling the legendary Ancient Buddha into the gang—what an awe-inspiring feat that would be!

"No wonder Xu Que is so powerful... it turns out the Heaven-Exploding Gang possesses such a long and profound history of inheritance!"

"Does this not mean the Heaven-Exploding Gang is even older than the current Four Great Heavenly Gates?"

"Shh... quiet down quickly! If someone hears you say that, do you want to die?"

"Oh right, right, right; just saying it in our hearts is enough."

One must know that the Four Great Heavenly Gates currently wield absolute dominion over the Immortal Cloud Continent; almost no other faction can contend with them on the Immortal Cloud Continent.

Even if the Heaven-Exploding Gang once had a glorious past, that is merely history; nowadays, it is the era of the Four Great Heavenly Gates.

Seeing that the atmosphere had been sufficiently built up, Xu Que suddenly leaped into the air, soaring halfway to the sky; spreading his arms wide, he declared in a loud voice: "Everyone, meeting is fate! Since we have gathered here, why not all join my Heaven-Exploding Gang, become members of the Heaven-Exploding Gang, and create history together with me!"

As he spoke these words, the background music began to play at just the right moment.

"Waves surge! Waves flow!"

"Ten thousand miles of surging river water never cease!"

"Washing away all affairs of the mortal world!"

"Blending into a surging tide!"

As the melody of "Shanghai Bund" resounded, the crowd seemed to see the thousand complexities of this world transform into a single, surging great river.

Countless heroes and bold men stood within the river waters.

Those with brilliant heavenly talent fell midway; those who persevered endlessly walked always upon the river waves; and those who served as the mainstay broke through the surging waves, how exhilarating!

At the end of this great river stood a massive stele, upon which was inscribed a line of grand and majestic characters, written with vigorous, dragon-soaring and phoenix-dancing calligraphy.

The Heaven-Exploding Gang is awesome!

Having developed to this point, Xu Que's brainwashing prowess had grown increasingly formidable; even someone with a Buddha Heart as firm as Little Light Bulb couldn't help but produce the desire to join the Heaven-Exploding Gang.

Of course, this was not merely Xu Que's doing; it was also because he had integrated a Buddha Secret Art into it—Universal Salvation of All Beings.

Using this technique, the sound of one's voice becomes a Buddha sound, capable of causing people to convert to my Buddha.

After some modification by Xu Que, it had directly become the "Universal Salvation of All Beings: Heaven-Exploding Gang Version."

"The words I speak are the voice of the Heaven-Exploding Gang; anyone who hears this voice will convert to my Heaven-Exploding Gang!"

"Brother Que... the ink up there hasn't even dried yet!"

Just at that moment, Er Gouzi spoke up again, asking in confusion.

Due to Er Gouzi's own identity issues, he felt absolutely nothing from Xu Que's words; he had been squatting there alongside Duan Jiude, studying the stele.

"Joining the Heaven-Exploding Gang? This Divine Venerable was originally a member of the Heaven-Exploding Gang; what is there to join?"

"It would be better to hurry up and figure out how to get hold of the Ancient Buddha Inheritance!"

The atmosphere, which had been perfectly set, was instantly ruined completely by Er Gouzi's remark.

On the surface, Xu Que maintained his calm, but in reality, blue veins bulged on his forehead as he raged internally.

"Damn it! Has Er Gouzi's brain broken?"

"I was just about to fool all these people into limping, and then you suddenly pop up, wasting all my saliva!"

This secret art has one major flaw: it cannot be interfered with by external forces.

Er Gouzi's voice was as if he had a loudspeaker installed; in an instant, Xu Que's technique was broken.

At this moment, Xu Que felt in his heart as though he were young again, dating the school beauty; after finally fooling her into coming to the hotel and even taking off his pants, the school beauty told him she had her period—equally depressing.

Meanwhile, the crowd gradually came to their senses.

Basically everyone present was of the Immortal King caliber; with a moment's thought, how could they not understand what had just happened?

"Bastard! You brat actually dare to use the Heart-Confusing Art on us!"

"This fellow definitely harbors ill intentions; he already swindled so many people outside before!"

"Exactly! I previously bought Buddhist seals from him and was swindled miserably by this rogue!"

Little Light Bulb gave Xu Que a meaningful glance, then suddenly opened his mouth: "Disciple Xu, what you just used is the Universal Salvation of All Beings method from the Ancient Buddha Inheritance; could it be that you have already obtained the Ancient Buddha Inheritance?"

Clatter!

Once these words were spoken, the crowd erupted in an uproar!

So they had been searching here for so long, only to find that this kid had already obtained the Ancient Buddha Inheritance!

Not only was he preparing to swallow the Ancient Buddha Inheritance for himself, but he also wanted to bewitch them into joining the Factions of Heaven; truly, he was the most shameless of all!

Xu Que's heart also let out a string of "holy crap."

Who would have thought that you, Little Light Bulb, a little monk with such thick eyebrows and big eyes, would be so scheming!

"No! Absolutely not!" Xu Que immediately declared with righteous indignation, "My Factions of Heaven has always acted openly and honorably; we would absolutely never do something like swallowing the Ancient Buddha Inheritance for ourselves!"

Denying it to the death is the basic principle of my Factions of Heaven!

But how could the crowd believe him? Otherwise, why had they searched here for so long without finding even a trace of the Ancient Buddha Inheritance?

Yet, since they could not make a move in this place, they had no way to deal with Xu Que.

Everyone exchanged glances, already having formed a plan in their hearts.

Once they left this place, they would immediately capture this kid and force him to hand over the Ancient Buddha Inheritance!

Xu Que didn't even need to look to know what schemes these fellows were plotting in their minds.

Just as he was preparing to find a way to slip away, the system's notification suddenly arrived.

"Congratulations, Host, the fusion of the Ancient Buddha Inheritance is complete; the Righteousness and Madness Sutra has advanced to the third stage."

A massive surge of power instantly flooded into his body, far exceeding the limit his current realm could withstand.

At the horizon, a surging black cloud rolled in, accompanied by peals of thunder.

The Heavenly Tribulation was coming!

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