With the Yellow-Furred Marten dead, they no longer had any hidden dangers to worry about. The matter of Yellow Wind Ridge could be considered settled. In any case, it had delayed Xuanzang and the others. Though it had not killed him, that was enough.
Yet when this news arrived, both Tathagata Buddha and Maitreya Buddha were shocked.
"Wasn't the Yellow-Furred Marten dead? Why is it alive again now?" Tathagata Buddha frowned.
"This..." Maitreya Buddha did not know what to say either. Lingji Bodhisattva had said that the Yellow-Furred Marten was dead, and they had both believed him. Lingji Bodhisattva had always been steady and reliable in his work, never rash or careless.
They had trusted Lingji Bodhisattva greatly, so why had this happened?
They swiftly sent people to investigate, only to learn that the Yellow-Furred Marten had not died.
"At the time, Lingji Bodhisattva was right beside it. He knew perfectly well whether the Yellow-Furred Marten had died or not. Yet now the Yellow-Furred Marten is alive again. This is troublesome." Tathagata Buddha spoke from the side.
Maitreya Buddha said, "Tathagata Venerable, I believe this was Uchiha Shin and the others' plan. They had Xuanzang kill the Yellow-Furred Marten, but did not kill it completely. It was merely a disguise to deceive Lingji Bodhisattva. Then they struck when we least expected it, catching us unprepared and placing us in such a dangerous situation."
Tathagata Buddha nodded. That was most likely the case.
"That Uchiha Shin truly is full of schemes. This time, we actually fell into his trap as well." Tathagata Buddha felt somewhat helpless. Previously, when Taishang Laojun and the others had been plotted against by Izumi Uchiha, he had thought they had simply been careless. He believed that if he had acted himself, such a thing would never