If Yuan Kong really had to recall, it seemed he had only met the Revered Buddha Runan once. And that was when Chu Xingchen had him pretend to be the Radiant Buddha to fool the Revered Buddha.
On that day, Runan seemed to have already seen through the facade, he just hadn't exposed it.
With just this one-time meeting, he didn't know how they could be considered old acquaintances.
Yuan Kong didn't really believe that the contact Chu Xingchen found was actually Runan. After all, as the sole Revered Buddha of the Buddhist sect, Runan was incredibly difficult to meet even on a normal day. How could he possibly have the time to personally lead him in some inexplicable joint operation?
At most, he would just be like Chu Xingchen, finding some nominal Buddhist cultivator to make up the numbers.
Chu Xingchen was most likely deliberately exaggerating to play a joke on him, wanting to see his nervous expression.
So Yuan Kong agreed readily. Refusing wasn't really an option anyway, so he might as well agree straightforwardly. At least it would make him look like he had some courage and prevent Chu Xingchen from laughing at him. Otherwise, wouldn't his years of experiential learning in the mortal world have been for nothing?
Chu Xingchen didn't waste words either, merely smiling and nodding with a compliment: Good kid, you have made a lot of progress.
When Yuan Kong was led through the air by Chu Xingchen, and from a distance saw the auspicious clouds of the Buddhist sect, the magnificent jeweled canopies, the half-closed eyes of Runan, and the grand Buddhist formation...
Wait... wait a minute... Yuan Kong's eyes widened as he hurriedly spoke up. Are you serious? Is that really the Revered Buddha Runan?
Chu Xingchen looked at Runan ahead and replied:
I told you but you didn't believe me. You can just ask him when we get there.
Fly... fly a little slower, Yuan Kong said, his heart trembling a bit. Didn't we actually get into a fight with them last time? With his cultivation, he definitely saw through my true form. I listened to you and fooled him last time.
Right, so what?
Even if I am just a cheap disciple, you can't really sell me out to Runan, can you? Besides, I have cultivated a bit of Mahayana Buddhism. What if they tear me apart?
He is a Revered Buddha, why would he hold a grudge? Moreover, what could anyone even get by tearing apart an unlucky Buddhist disciple like you?
What if he makes things difficult for me?
He is a Revered Buddha, he has a very broad perspective.
Just because he is a Revered Buddha means he has a broad perspective? Well, I am a Buddhist disciple, and I don't have much of a perspective either.
When you become a Revered Buddha, your perspective will broaden. Just do your best, and who knows, maybe you will be a Revered Buddha in the future.
I have grown up, I am not as naive as I was back then. I also know that for a monk cultivating Mahayana Buddhism right now, let alone becoming a Revered Buddha, just not getting caught at the gates of the Great Thunderclap Temple would be considered incredible dumb luck.
Chu Xingchen didn't stop moving, a smile curving his lips:
Oh? So you understand everything now. Do you have anything to say?
Yuan Kong kept a straight face and said solemnly: Can we switch to another unlucky monk?
Xie Lingyu, who was beside them, also tried her best to keep a straight face. Now that this monk had grown up, his sense of humor had certainly improved quite a bit.
No. Chu Xingchen refused very firmly. Do you think you cultivated that Mahayana Buddhism for nothing? It is coming in handy right now.
Yuan Kong pursed his lips slightly, thought for a moment, and then asked solemnly: The Revered Buddha probably won't hit me, right?
Even if he doesn't give you face, wouldn't he give me face? I guarantee he will treat you like a precious treasure, Chu Xingchen chuckled. Besides, you underestimate the Revered Buddha. Even though we are this far away, he can hear your loud muttering perfectly clearly.
Yuan Kong looked suspicious: Really? Are you lying to me?
Despite his doubts, Yuan Kong really didn't dare to say another word. Perhaps they were close enough now.
By the time Chu Xingchen's figure stopped, they were already in front of Runan.
Runan cast a calm glance at Yuan Kong, who had straightened his back and was staring right back at him.
Although he had spoken rather cowardly just a moment ago, now that he was truly face-to-face, he refused to show weakness.
The friends Chu Xingchen made and the disciples he sought out were always so interesting.
Runan looked at Yuan Kong, then chuckled softly:
Is this the newly accepted disciple you mentioned? I actually know this person. The Buddhist disciple Yuan Kong, who resided at the Chanlin Temple.
Hearing this, Yuan Kong's eyes widened, and he immediately turned to look at Chu Xingchen.
It was obvious that he suspected Chu Xingchen had leaked his background.
All Buddhist disciples are on record. As a Revered Buddha, I naturally have to recognize all of them and understand their respective arrangements. After all, any Buddhist disciple could potentially be a future Revered Buddha. Runan slightly raised his hand, his tone calm. Although you are a Buddhist disciple, your meridians are severed, and you cannot cultivate martial techniques.
Without the ability to cultivate techniques, staying at the Great Thunderclap Temple wouldn't be a good place for you. If you only cultivate mental methods, the world is vast, so a good place and a good abbot were found for you.
Therefore, you were arranged to go to the Chanlin Temple, and an Arhat was assigned to watch over you.
Later, when the records were returned, what Yuan Jing did far exceeded my expectations.
I also understood what Yuan Jing sought, so I did not force you to return to the Great Thunderclap Temple.
And later, I learned that the Arhat watching over you harbored disdain for you because he was stuck in the Southern Jambudvipa continent on your account, and thus he failed to truly fulfill his guarding duties. I have already punished him for that.
But regardless of how you put it, as a Revered Buddha, I indeed did not pay much attention to you.
Today, you have joined Chu Xingchen's tutelage, but this cannot be considered a betrayal of anything.
Since the Great Thunderclap Temple failed to fulfill its responsibilities back then, you naturally cannot be blamed for seeking your true destiny.
Runan's expression was gentle as he looked at Yuan Kong's shocked gaze and continued:
I feel a sense of guilt towards you, so you do not need to worry.
Yuan Kong's lips moved slightly, but he couldn't say anything.
Chu Xingchen reached out and patted Yuan Kong's shoulder, then raised an eyebrow and looked at Runan:
Since you feel you owe him, do you have a couple of treasured magical artifacts you could bring out to properly compensate him?
Yuan Kong glanced up at Chu Xingchen again.
Naturally, I do. I will make up for it later. Runan nodded slightly, answering very straightforwardly.
Yuan Kong looked at Chu Xingchen with innocent eyes, the meaning in his gaze incredibly obvious: This Runan operates at such a high level, aren't you afraid I will be smooth-talked away by him?
Chu Xingchen slightly raised an eyebrow: If you are really that stupid, then being smooth-talked away would be a good thing, saving you from ruining my reputation.
It was obvious that Yuan Kong hadn't grasped the deep essence of communicating through eye contact. Faced with Chu Xingchen's visual reply, he just looked blank and couldn't understand it.
He only knew that Chu Xingchen seemed to have replied with something.
Chu Xingchen didn't pay him any more attention, his gaze now fixed on Runan as he said:
Everyone is here. This monk arrived in one piece, and he must be returned in one piece.
Then let's follow the plan. I will first accompany the operation centered around the Southern Jambudvipa.
Back then, your Buddhist sect truly protected the Western Aparagodaniya continent. You did it then, and you will do it again this time.
Sometimes, speaking pretty words is never a match for taking real action.
I am not criticizing the Buddhist sect, it is just that the Buddhist sect needs to do this today.
Runan gently nodded his head: Excellent.
Seeing Runan attend in person, Yuan Kong had no idea what kind of operation warranted such a massive display. He thought for a moment and quietly asked:
I still don't know anything right now. The operation... what is this operation? Am I allowed to know?
Chu Xingchen reached out, patted Yuan Kong on the head, and said:
"Of course, it is to deliver warmth to their doorsteps. For example, popping off the heads of evil cultivators who haven't washed their hair in ages to give them a good scrub, or skinning man-eating demons and sewing their hides into quilts for poor families who have nothing to keep them warm in the winter."
"Well? Doesn't that sound like the benevolent light of Buddha shining upon the world?"
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
ng to die together with you." Lin Xuan is dead, his body thrown into the river by his scumbag lover and her accomplice. She, the president of the Su Group, is decisive, ruthless, and ice-cold. For three days and three nights, she had his body fished out of the river, and without hesitation, she kissed the bloated corpse of Lin Xuan. She laid down beside him in a cold coffin, their fingers intertwined, a smile lingering on her lips as she closed her eyes. The noble and cold-hearted woman, only bending for one man—Lin Xuan. Lin Xuan, with his golden finger, is reborn and returns to the day of his wedding to the treacherous woman. Su Qiang comes to steal the bride. Lin Xuan's eyes light up, eager to pledge his loyalty on the spot, but instead, her kiss transfers a glass of drugged wine into his mouth, causing him to pass out... 【Male Protagonist with Single Female Lead】【Yandere Tycoon】【Action-Packed】【True vs. Fake Heir】
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
