Hell God Turned Buddha Tathagata's Tightening Fillet Spell into a Cultivation Cheat

Sun Wukong nearly cried out in alarm.

He had seen his share of the world, and with one glance, he saw through the trick. The tightening fillet in Lin Zhu's hand looked exactly like the one Buddha Tathagata had prepared, but its essence had been replaced—it was a substitute artifact capable of deceiving Heaven and Earth!

"You... when did you...?"

Sun Wukong's voice trembled. His shock did not come from fear, but from suddenly realizing something—Lin Zhu had known the tightening fillet would appear, so he had prepared a fake in advance to replace the real one.

In other words, the tightening fillet Buddha Tathagata had painstakingly prepared had been switched out before it ever reached Five Elements Mountain.

"Th-this... what exactly is going on?"

Sun Wukong lowered his voice, his monkey face filled with disbelief.

Lin Zhu tucked the fake tightening fillet back into his robe, looking as calm as if he were discussing something utterly trivial. "It was nothing. I just took it while I was at Spirit Mountain, then swapped another one in.

"Tathagata's tightening fillet looks the same now—still shiny and golden on the outside, but its effects have been changed. Not only will it not hurt when worn, it will automatically increase your cultivation. I got the spell too. I'll give it to you later."

Sun Wukong fell silent.

He sat cross-legged on the ground, his Fiery Golden Eyes fixed intently on Lin Zhu as his mind raced. He was a Spirit-Bright Stone Monkey, born with peerless intelligence. Many things did not need to be explained too clearly for him to understand them himself.

Lin Zhu had never played by the rules. Every move he made looked like a casual, random step, yet every step landed where no one else could reach.

Sun Wukong knew