Buddha Tathagata Is Bled Dry, and Lin Zhu Tells Monkey the Tightening Fillet Is a Massage Artifact!

The ceilings spanning dozens of li, added together, amounted to an astronomical figure that made even Buddha Tathagata's scalp go numb.

A more terrifying thought suddenly flashed through Buddha Tathagata's mind. He remembered the construction of the Enforcement Hall by the Heavenly Court back then—after a great war, when everything needed rebuilding and its finances were tight.

That old fox, the Jade Emperor, had struck a deal with Western Heaven to cut costs. Most of the materials used to build the Enforcement Hall had been transported over from Western Heaven. Not only the materials—even the craftsmen who built the hall had been transferred from Western Heaven to work without pay.

In other words, though the Enforcement Hall nominally belonged to the Heavenly Court, nearly everything used to build it had come from Western Heaven's own reserves.

Now that Lin Zhu wanted the Enforcement Hall's ceiling, he was effectively demanding Western Heaven's own property.

At that thought, Buddha Tathagata went completely numb. Sitting atop the stone platform, his expression shifted from shock to bewilderment, then from bewilderment into despair on the verge of collapse.

His lips moved several times before he finally forced out a hoarse sentence. "Amitabha... so whatever's lacking gets delivered. Hell God came to Western Heaven to stock up on renovation materials—and the kind he doesn't have to pay for.

"And it's not enough that he doesn't pay. Western Heaven has to personally deliver them, and personally help him build it."

The more he spoke, the angrier he became, until even his voice started trembling. "Is Western Heaven really this cheap? Western Heaven has been deeply involved in this Enforcement Hall—providing materials, craftsmen, money, and labor—and now we even have to tear down our own ceiling to send it over. So the entire Enforcement Hall belongs to Western