Meanwhile, at Vulture Peak, Tathagata Buddha's expression darkened after listening to Maitreya Buddha's report.
When Lord Lao had previously wreaked havoc at Vulture Peak, Tathagata Buddha and the others had also suspected that the black-robed man might have been one of Buddhism's own. However, the likelihood was simply too small.
In the end, Tathagata Buddha and the others merely conducted a rough investigation of the people within Buddhism before turning their attention to other forces outside Buddhism.
However, after hearing Maitreya Buddha's reasoning, Tathagata Buddha could not help but wonder whether a traitor had truly emerged among his disciples.
After all, if Buddhism's rise could truly be sabotaged, Taoism, the Heavenly Court, and the demon race would probably be the happiest.
If someone from those forces had secretly offered a great price to buy off Tathagata Buddha's disciples, it was not impossible.
Although Buddhists advocated detachment from all worldly things, they were greedier than anyone else.
In Journey to the West, Tang Sanzang and the others had failed to bribe Tathagata Buddha's disciples because they lacked enough money. That was why Tathagata Buddha had allowed them to bring back scriptures with no words.
Tathagata Buddha himself was someone who could betray his master for profit. As the saying went, a crooked beam made a crooked roof. How good could the Buddhism he led possibly be?
Tathagata Buddha also knew the temperaments of his disciples. Kasyapa and Ananda, in particular, were the greediest among them.
However, since Tathagata Buddha himself was greedy, he actually liked Kasyapa and Ananda very much, feeling that the two disciples suited his temperament.
Whenever there was something to handle, Tathagata Buddha always liked to bring those two disciples along.
When Tathagata Buddha had gone to the Heavenly Court to suppress Son Goku, he had brought