Outside the Royal Capital, the other three grandmasters who had just made their move were rapidly converging.
The three moved like lightning, stopping at a secluded spot beneath the city walls.
"Where is he?"
"With Wushi."
"Go find him."
"Fine!"
The four of them had been called upon by Xisa to join forces and abduct Wang Xuan.
They were only the first stage. In the second stage, two Perfected Grandmasters from the Hall of Buddhist Worship and Great Lingfeng Temple would act together, escorting their captive back to the main hall.
Since Mu Chengwei was gone, Wang Xuan could forget about staying behind. Bringing him back to brainwash him into a Buddha Seed for breeding was just perfect!
Within the Hall of Buddhist Worship, there were in truth only two grandmasters who had truly reached perfection, while Great Lingfeng Temple had only one.
These three were the foremost experts of Buddhism, second only to Guoshi Moduo. Even Xisa merely had the potential to surpass them in the future; for now, he was still inferior.
Yet for this abduction, Buddhism had directly deployed two of its three pillar experts.
The grandmasters who had once stood loftily above all else, unconcerned with worldly affairs, were now gradually falling into the dust, becoming entangled with the mundane world.
And all of this was because the Ju Sha Army formations that had emerged in Great Yue had already gravely threatened the grandmasters' status as martial powers.
It had brought them down from their lofty pedestals as well.
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Within a pine forest outside the city.
Weeds carpeted the ground, with dead branches and tender shoots existing side by side.
Wei He sat cross-legged on the ground, while Zen Master Wushi stood behind him.
For a time, neither spoke.
Wei He did not