The elderly monk was slightly stunned when he heard that. A pure gold Buddha statue?
This statue stood several zhang tall and weighed several thousand jin. If it were to be made of pure gold, it would require several thousand jin of gold!
That was an astronomical figure. They had never seen that much money.
They found it hard to believe, but these were people from the imperial court. Would they really go back on their word?
Moreover, in recent years, the imperial court had shown them Buddhists a measure of respect, rather than ignoring them as it had before. The elderly monk was somewhat convinced.
If it was to be destroyed, then so be it. The Buddha had also said that all conditioned phenomena were like dreams, illusions, bubbles, shadows, dew, and lightning. It was only a stone statue. As long as there was Buddha in one's heart, what did it matter if the statue was destroyed?
The elderly monk and the other monks stood to one side, watching coldly as Uchiha Shin prepared to destroy the Buddha statue.
Uchiha Shin glanced at the monks, feeling nothing but contempt for them. If they had been this indifferent from the beginning, he might even have respected them. But at first, they had claimed how much they revered and cherished the statue, yet the moment he offered to pay for a golden Buddha statue, they allowed him to destroy it however he pleased.
He truly did not know whether they cared about the money or the golden Buddha.
Uchiha Shin waved his hand, and Goku stepped forward, raising the Adamantine Staff to smash the statue.
But before Goku could swing down the Adamantine Staff, the statue flashed with light. Something flew out from within it and shot toward the outside of