Ye Changqing's words plunged the atmosphere in the Secret Chamber to freezing point.
Zhou Xuan's expression darkened. He pulled over a chair and sat upright.
"Explain." Zhou Xuan tapped the tabletop.
Ye Changqing drew a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the blood and qi churning inside him.
He had just forced a divination of Heavenly Secrets and suffered a tremendous backlash. Even his breathing now carried a thick, bloody smell.
"I've been analyzing the Underlying Logic of the Buddha Lord Array lately."
Ye Changqing's voice was somewhat hoarse, steeped in exhaustion.
“I discovered that the reason the Ancient Buddha Kingdom could use vow power to hold everything in check for countless ages wasn't its methods of control at all.”
Second Brother squatted in the corner, swallowed the remaining scraps of ten thousand year deep silver in his hand, and crunched them noisily.
"If it wasn't its methods of control, what was it? Don't tell me they just talked their way through it?" Second Brother rolled his eyes, his face full of disdain.
Ye Changqing turned to look at Second Brother and actually nodded.
"You're right. They did it by talking."
Second Brother froze, even his chewing coming to a halt.
Zhou Xuan raised a hand to signal Second Brother to shut up and let Ye Changqing continue.
“The Ancient Buddha Kingdom had an extremely comprehensive system of moral instruction.”
Ye Changqing braced his hands on his knees and leaned slightly forward.
"They spent hundreds, even thousands of years brainwashing hundreds of millions of believers—no, instructing them."
“They compiled scriptures and established Precepts, teaching their believers to embrace goodness from the heart, to believe in karma and reincarnation, and to believe they could enter the Pure Land after death.”
"That instruction sank into their very marrow, even becoming part of every detail