Faced with Dashizhi's solemn invitation, Chen Nan's eyes flickered with curiosity. "What can Buddhism offer me?"
He understood the situation perfectly. Dashizhi would never try to recruit him with empty promises.
From Sanxiao's confrontation with Chaofeng, he had seen that Buddhism in the Primordial Wilderness was nothing like the small Buddhist faction in the Heaven Realm of the Tomb of Gods World. Its foundations ran unfathomably deep.
In the Tomb of Gods World, Buddhism had been merely an ordinary power in the Heaven Realm. It could not compare with Buddhism here.
That only made him more curious. What could Buddhism in the Primordial Wilderness offer to win him over?
Dashizhi said gravely, "If Fellow Daoist Chen Nan joins Buddhism, we will repair the flaws in your innate Great Dao. We will also entrust you with the position of Future Buddha and do everything in our power to help you break through your limits and attain the supreme Dao of Primordial Unity once more!"
Silence fell over the four seas. Then the entire crowd erupted.
Sanxiao and Chaofeng alike stared at Dashizhi in disbelief.
The position of Future Buddha was among Buddhism's highest offices. One of the Three Buddhas of the Three Ages, its holder governed Buddhism's future fortune and stood at the heart of its leadership.
And they would hand such an exalted position to an outsider who had only just entered the Primordial Wilderness, with a flawed Great Dao at that?
The current Future Buddha, Maitreya, had held the position for only a few hundred years. He was also Jieyin's foremost disciple. How could he possibly surrender it so easily?
Besides, Dashizhi was only a bodhisattva, ranked below Maitreya. By all rights, he had no authority to decide who would inherit the position.
What gave him the confidence—or the