Wen Zhong laughed in extreme anger. With a cold snort, the surrounding clouds surged violently. Mystic light flared across his golden armor, and his vertical eye brimmed with mockery and chilling killing intent as he fixed his gaze on Bodhisattva Rizhao.
"Humph! You people of Buddhism have always stayed in the remote Western Lands. Keeping to that corner is your proper place, yet now you have crossed the boundary and come east. What are you doing sneaking into the heartland of Great Shang?
"You even dared to secretly collude with King Pingling of the East Sea, inciting princes and nobles to rebel, throwing the court into chaos, and affecting the fortune of the entire Human Dao! What audacity!"
He stepped forward, and the Sky Dome shook. The void beneath his feet cracked layer by layer. His voice rang like clashing metal and stone, every word exploding like thunder beside the ear.
"Do not think this Grand Preceptor knows nothing! Since the Human Race flourished in the era of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, you people of Buddhism have repeatedly coveted Human Dao Fortune, secretly meddling in the great affairs of the Human Race, hoping to convert them with Buddhist teachings and steal their foundation.
"And what happened in the end? Every time, the great powers of the Human Race and Human Dao Fortune struck back at you. You suffered terribly and fled back to the Western Lands in disgrace!
"Have you truly forgotten those lessons entirely?"
With a sweep of Wen Zhong's sleeve, Black-Gold Gang Qi swept across the land, making the Buddha Light around Rizhao's body tremble faintly. His tone grew increasingly sharp, carrying towering fury and contempt for Buddhism's actions.
"Now you are using the same old tricks again, secretly causing trouble through King Pingling's rebellion, hoping