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For Jin Jiuyue and the others, there had been many things they had not expected. No one had expected that, despite both being True Martial Realm, Li Huai would be able to slay Venerable Putuo in just three sword strikes.
Though they had all heard that Venerable Putuo seemed to have only recently advanced to the True Martial Realm, he was still a True Martial Realm expert. For Li Huai to cut him down as easily as chopping melons and vegetables—even Su Xin in his day had been no better than this.
Buddha had not expected it either.
Originally, he had not intended to intervene. In his view, one Venerable Putuo should have been enough. Yet for some reason, he had constantly felt ill at ease, so after Venerable Putuo made his move, he had immediately followed, just in case anything went wrong.
He had not expected his fears to come true. For Shi Daoxuan's disciple, Su Xin truly spared no effort, going to such lengths to help him.
One step too late, and the Buddha Sect had lost a True Martial Realm powerhouse. This loss was a heavy one for the Buddha Sect!
Buddha did not look at Su Xin before him. He merely frowned and said to Shi Daoxuan, "The ancestor of your Lotus Zen Monastery was my disciple. Though, as the Buddha Sect developed to this day, he did indeed harbor some doubts about my teachings back then, that was back then.
"Ten thousand years have passed. Some branches that emerged from the Buddha Sect have become unfamiliar even to me—for example, the Huanxi Lineage was not something I passed down in the first place.
"But none of that matters. No matter how it evolves, Buddha