Chapter 503: Chapter 193: “You see, it was an easy win.” _3

“Ha.”

The emaciated elder clad in a kasaya suddenly looked at the Bishan Palace Ancestor and laughed, “The Ancestor from the Three Springs Building also just made a breakthrough to Half-Step Void Refining, and yet he perished along with the Three Springs Building. Are you so confident that the two of us can take down Chen Qiu?”

“There’s no need to belittle ourselves,” the Bishan Palace Ancestor said indifferently, “The reason the Half-Step Void Refining from the Three Springs Building fell was firstly, because his cultivation was shallow just after breaking through to Half-Step Void Refining, and secondly, because he didn’t die in a head-on battle, but was struck down by the Heavenly Tribulation.”

“With 2.9 billion sin value and a twelve-petaled Nascent Soul as a lure, the resulting Heavenly Tribulation is normally hard to withstand.”

“The Half-Step Void Refining from Three Springs Building was essentially trapped to death.”

“But I’m different.”

“As one of the top forces in Xuantian Continent, Bishan Palace, and me being its Ancestor, the only one on the Xuantian Continent with a ten-tier Domain, Chen Qiu’s twelve-tier Divine Domain may suppress everyone else, but it can hardly suppress my Domain.”

“Your Buddhist Sect is also a top force in Xuantian Continent,” he continued.

“The two of us joining forces with all our foundations fully unleashed, even if Chen Qiu and the Dragon Clan have already formed an alliance, they will certainly not be our match.”

“Moreover, this is actually a good opportunity for us.”

“The Dragon Clan has also appeared in this world.”

“As long as we can seize all the foundational assets from Chen Qiu and the Dragon Clan, we might find the chance to break through to Void Refining within.”

“…”

The Buddhist Ancestor, dressed in a kasaya, did not speak. Instead, he placed a white game piece on the chessboard and, after a long while, lifted his head to look at the Bishan Palace Ancestor with a hoarse voice.

“It’s not secure enough, let’s add a bit more to the stake.”

“The man is indeed difficult to kill. If we are to strike, we’ll use a thunderous method to eliminate him.”

“Good deeds shouldn’t be given out all at once, they should be given bit by bit.”

“Evil, on the other hand, should be unleashed in its entirety. Strike once and thoroughly cut off all his avenues of retreat.”

Afterward, the elder picked up another black chess piece and placed it on the board: “Do you know why I like to play chess against myself?”

The Bishan Palace Ancestor frowned and looked at the black chess piece on the board. He hadn’t made a move; since sitting down, the Buddhist Ancestor had been playing against himself. He did not know why the opponent suddenly brought this up.

“Because by doing so, I’m always winning,” he said.

“Alright.”

The emaciated elder in the kasaya stretched lazily while sitting in place before speaking casually, “Ever since Kong Ming had a minor conflict with Chen Qiu last time, I took it upon myself to carefully investigate Chen Qiu.”

“Starting from Quzhou, inch by inch.”

“And guess what I discovered.”

“Chen Qiu actually shares a past karma with me, unbeknownst to me.”

“Oh?”

The Bishan Palace Ancestor’s eyes narrowed slightly. He knew what the Buddhist Sect’s karma was–a special method used by Buddhist disciples to harvest merit values, letting their karma continually perform good deeds to accumulate merit. The merit value accumulated would be transferred to the disciple.

Of course, that was just a euphemism.

In reality, it was no different from Evil Demon techniques.

Each of these Buddhist disciples’ karma was actually a living person who had been forcefully altered by Buddhist secret techniques to selflessly perform good deeds and accumulate merit, which was then plundered using Buddhist secret techniques.

Different levels of cultivation allowed control over different numbers of karma.

Typically, a Buddhist disciple at Divinity Transformation Cultivation could control thousands of karma, and a Half-Step Void Refining Buddhist Ancestor probably more.

Possibly close to ten thousand.

The best targets for this Buddhist secret skill were people with low cultivation, such as Foundation Establishment cultivators; those with higher cultivation were likely to come to their senses and couldn’t be controlled for long.

But none of these people ended well in the end.

The cost of doing good deeds often meant causing great harm to those around them, including themselves.

…

“Mm.”

The kasaya-clad Buddhist Ancestor picked up a black piece and placed it on the chessboard: “It’s quite an interesting karma. Chen Qiu was first found north of Quzhou in Boundless Snow Mountain, unconscious in the snow.”

“My karma carried him from the Snow Mountain to ‘Certain Death Town,’ saving Chen Qiu’s life. At that time, Chen Qiu appeared to be severely injured, and after revealing his early Golden Core cultivation, he asked my karma some very basic questions.”

“Such as the layout of the Xuantian Continent, and so forth.”

“So, at that time, Chen Qiu must have been entering the Xuantian Continent for the first time, completely unaware of everything about it.”

“Afterward, Chen Qiu left behind some Spirit Stones and then departed. Later, when he passed by Certain Death Town again, my karma was being bullied by a group of thugs, and it was Chen Qiu who appeared and rescued my karma.”

“It is clear that Chen Qiu is grateful to his savior.”

“I understand,” the Bishan Palace Ancestor’s eyes narrowed slightly as he stared at the black chess piece the Buddhist Ancestor had played, “You mean to use this karma of yours to scheme, to lure Chen Qiu into a trap?”

“That’s part of it.”

With a fleeting smile in his murky eyes, the Buddhist Ancestor picked up another black chess piece and placed it on the board, speaking meaningfully, “We just need to find a way to let Chen Qiu know that his once life-saving benefactor is now in danger. I believe that when Chen Qiu goes to help a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, he will not be very cautious.”

“After all, he has already reached Divinity Transformation Cultivation.”

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