Chapter 1380: Chapter 604: Qin Army Accelerates Expansion, Secret Negotiations! (2)

He could clearly feel that the Qi Fortune belonging to the Heavenly Court was being continually devoured and swallowed by that domineering Human Dao Dragon Qi.

If this continued, it wouldn’t take a hundred years before the entire Nan Zhanbu Continent would completely fall into the hands of Qin.

By that time.

He would truly become a joke as the Sovereign of the Three Realms.

"Your Majesty."

Beside him, dressed in an imperial robe, magnificent and elegant, Turquoise Pool spoke softly: "Qin Court’s ambition is already perfectly clear. If it is not stopped, I fear..."

Hao Tian suddenly waved his sleeve, shattering the picture in the cloud mirror before him.

He stood up from the Emperor’s Throne and paced back and forth: "Stop? How to stop?"

"That Ying Zheng gathers the Qi Fortune of the Human Race, and also has a Supreme Treasure to suppress the National Fortune, further protected by the Nine Provinces Barrier. Even a Saint visiting in person would find it difficult to break into his Xianyang Heavenly Palace!"

"Now, he has also linked the Earth’s veins within his territory to Qin Court’s National Fortune."

"Moreover, Qin Court’s strength is not weak now, with countless Daluo."

"Even if I send Heavenly Soldiers and Generals to crusade, it would surely be the same as before, fruitless."

Hao Tian grew more and more irritable as he spoke.

Being the nominal Lord of the Three Realms, yet restrained everywhere, this feeling frustrated him to the extreme.

Turquoise Pool looked at him, a gleam of light flashed in her phoenix eyes, and she said slowly: "Your Majesty, though Qin Court is strong now, it is not without weaknesses."

"Ying Zheng rarely ventures out, sits in the Heavenly Palace, and aligns with the National Fortune of the Human Dao, indeed hard to shake."

"However, that Crown Prince of Qin, Zhao Feng, does not always stay in Qin."

Hao Tian’s footsteps suddenly halted, he looked at Turquoise Pool: "Continue!"

Turquoise Pool smiled and said: "This child is truly the real variable of Qin."

"From the Mortal World to the Earth Immortal Realm, with each expansion of Qin, every stir in Fengyun, his shadow is present behind it."

"If this child is removed, Qin would be like losing an arm!"

"At that time, if our Heavenly Court unites with the Buddhist Sect, and even other major forces, combining efforts, it might be possible to completely wipe out this against-the-world dynasty!"

The light in Hao Tian’s eyes grew brighter.

Yes!

Zhao Feng!

As long as Zhao Feng is killed, the sharpness of Qin will be greatly reduced!

Hao Tian looked at Turquoise Pool, asking in a deep voice: "Then according to your view, how can we lure this child out?"

Turquoise Pool smiled slightly, "This child seems to act cautiously, but is in fact arrogant."

"Since he dares let Xuanzang travel westward, eroding the Qi Fortune of the Buddhist Sect with Qin’s law, it shows he does not put the Buddhist Sect in his eyes at all."

"We might be able to use the hand of the Buddhist Sect to set up an inevitable death trap for him."

Hao Tian fell into deep thought.

Using the hand of the Buddhist Sect?

The current Buddhist Sect, troubled by Qin, cannot take care of itself; would they be willing to join hands with the Heavenly Court to deal with Zhao Feng, this scourge?

After a long time.

Hao Tian made a decision.

At this point, there is no other choice.

Hao Tian slowly rose, his Emperor’s Robe fluttering without wind, he spoke solemnly: "I shall personally make a trip to Spirit Mountain."

Only by appearing in person can he display the sincerity of the Heavenly Court, and let that group of bald donkeys in the Buddhist Sect see his determination!

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Western Continent, Spirit Mountain.

Inside the Great Leiyin Temple, the atmosphere was equally oppressive.

Since the battle with the Blood Sea, and after being humiliated at Wuzhuang Temple, the entire Buddhist Sect was shrouded in a cloud of gloom.

Upon the Lotus Platform, Duobao Tathagata sat cross-legged with eyes closed, his face did not look good.

At this moment.

He seemed to sense something and abruptly opened his eyes, looking towards the outside of the Great Leiyin Temple.

Immediately.

Hao Tian’s voice echoed in his ears: "The Buddha, it seems your Spirit Mountain’s situation is not optimistic."

Upon hearing the transmission, Tathagata’s expression did not change at all, similarly transmitted back: "Why is the Great Heavenly Venerate not sitting in the Palace of the Polestar presiding over the Three Realms, but has time to come to the West?"

Hao Tian replied: "I have come today for something to discuss, concerning... Zhao Feng, may I have a word?"

Tathagata’s gaze condensed.

The next moment.

Before the Emperor Haotian, space shifted, and a figure appeared out of nowhere. It was the Tathagata’s Good Corpse Incarnation, who respectfully saluted Haotian and said, "Great Heavenly Venerate, please!"

Behind Spirit Mountain, within a bamboo grove shrouded by Buddha Light.

This place was a retreat for Tathagata, where ordinary Buddha Bodhisattvas dared not step without summons.

The Emperor Haotian, donned in the Nine Dragon Emperor Robe, stood with hands behind his back, gazing at this space linked with the Qi Fortune of Spirit Mountain’s main vein yet existing as its own realm. He nodded in praise, "The Buddha has extraordinary skills, refining this place akin to his Buddha Country."

The Tathagata’s Good Corpse Incarnation slightly bowed and led Haotian to a stone table, inviting him to sit: "Great Heavenly Venerate, you flatter me."

"It’s merely a minor trick."

Then.

Tathagata personally poured for Haotian a cup of tea brewed from Bodhi leaves.

The fragrance was pervasive, with a calming and mind-clearing effect.

Yet Haotian did not touch the teacup. He looked directly at Tathagata and cut to the chase: "Let’s not mince words—Qin Court has become a critical threat."

"Their devouring of the Nan Zhanbu Continent and erosion of my Heavenly Court’s Qi Fortune is overt strategy, which I can tolerate."

"But the Crown Prince of Qin, Zhao Feng, acts without restraint—first disrupting the westward journey, now fomenting a deadly enmity between your Buddhist Sect and the Blood Sea."

"Such methods are no different from the Demon Path!"

"Today, he could send your Buddhist Sect against the Nether River; tomorrow, he could incite the Demon Clan to attack the Heavenly Court!"

"At this rate, both my Heavenly Court and the Buddhist Sect will become mere stepping stones for Qin’s expansion, eventually to be wholly consumed and eternally damned!"

The Tathagata’s Good Corpse listened quietly, without a change in expression, just gently blowing over the steam from the teacup.

Seeing this, Haotian slightly furrowed his brows and continued, "Buddha, I know there have always been frictions between your Buddhist Sect and my Heavenly Court."

"But now, it is a matter of life and death!"

"The principle of lips not surviving without teeth, surely you, Buddha, understand better than I do."

"That Zhao Feng, whose cultivation nearly approaches the Primordial level, acts increasingly unbridled. If allowed to continue growing, on the day he truly achieves enlightenment, you and I will be left with no place to rest in peace!"

"I’ve come today to propose we join forces. While this child’s wings are not yet full, set a deadly trap to completely eliminate him, eradicating future troubles!"

Having finished, he quietly watched Tathagata.

The bamboo grove fell silent.

Only the rustling of the wind through bamboo leaves could be heard.

After a long time.

The Tathagata’s Good Corpse finally put down the teacup, looked at Haotian, and instead of answering directly, asked a seemingly unrelated question, "I wonder, Great Heavenly Venerate, what is your view on the Saints’ return?"

Haotian’s pupils contracted.

The return of Saints to the Primordial is a highly secretive matter; even he learned of it accidentally from Hong Jun. How does Tathagata know of it?

But quickly, he restored calm, replying indifferently: "Saints returning, the Heavenly Dao reordering—it is naturally a good thing."

"Oh?" Tathagata’s Good Corpse smiled, "Does the Great Heavenly Venerate truly believe so?"

He sighed, "When Teacher Tongtian returns, seeing his most prized disciple now as the head of the Buddhist Sect, what will he think?"

"Great Heavenly Venerate, outwardly we seem glorious, but in truth, we are but pawns in the Saints’ game, tools for them to perpetuate their Dao in this Primordial Heaven and Earth."

Haotian’s face instantly turned sour, he slammed the stone table, growling in anger, "Presumptuous! Tathagata, what do you mean?"

The stone table shattered into powder.

Yet the Tathagata’s Good Corpse neither dodged nor avoided, faced Haotian’s fury directly, and calmly said, "Great Heavenly Venerate, what I mean is, my Buddhist Sect accepts this matter."

Haotian was stunned.

His burning anger was stifled by this single sentence.

Tathagata continued speaking to himself: "Saints returning is inevitable, beyond what we can prevent. But before they return, we must accomplish one thing."

"That is, to severely weaken this Qin Dynasty, to utterly cripple this Human Dao!"

"A unified and strong Human Dao is what no Saint desires to see."

"Thus, killing Zhao Feng would be the gift from us to the returning Saints, letting them see our value, thereby granting us a thread of vitality."

Haotian quietly listened.

He had to admit, Tathagata saw farther and more clearly than he did.

Indeed.

Below the Saints, all are ants.

Those at the so-called Quasi-Saint Peak, in the Saints’ eyes, are no different from ants.

Even with the backing of the Hongjun Taoist Ancestor, in facing Saint-level powerhouses, he could be easily crushed.

Under such circumstances, finding ways to earn the Saints’ favor is undoubtedly the best choice.

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