The mud bodhisattva watched Chen Shi and the Black Pot walk away, his expression darkening slightly as he looked up at the sky.
"The Thunder Department only blockades and sends no one into Feng'an County, clearly intending to trap me and the person who caused the Great Dao Pollution to death here in Feng'an County. Anyone who wants to leave is burned to death with the Pure Yang Divine Mirror. It seems the Thunder Department doesn't want Feng'an County to become my incense territory either."
He turned and left, his figure vanishing to avoid Zhang Xian and the others who were hurrying over.
Chen Shi and the Black Pot walked swiftly toward the temple of Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva, Chen Shi saying as they walked, "Buddhism is just like the Daoist sects, both following the path of the immortal Dao, craving longevity and transcendence. Yet Buddhism also walks the path of the divine Dao, gathering incense and faith. Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva building his temple in Thunder Profound Province most likely touched the interests of the Thunder Department. That is why the Thunder Department people didn't intervene, instead passing the buck to one another and causing the Heavenly Court to send us new recruits from the Heavenly Soldier Camp to investigate this matter."
"Woof!" the Black Pot said.
"What you said is right. The gods of the Thunder Department simply wanted to watch the orthodoxy of Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva destroyed, yet they didn't want to damage everyone's harmony, which is why they didn't make a move."
Chen Shi guessed, "There should be three forces fighting openly and secretly in this. First is the Western Heaven, second is the Heavenly Court's Thunder Department, and third is the immortal who arranged this maneuver. Two forces are in the open, and one is in the dark. But the