The atmosphere on the field fell silent the moment Yan Ling spoke.
This guy was fated with Buddha?
Countless eyes turned toward Bai Yu. In their impressions, he did look fairly upright, but fated with Buddha? Wasn't that utter bullshit?
Forget the methods of Desire God Palace he wielded—just that Thousand Alluring Beauties Painting alone. That notorious evil weapon had been restored; who knew how many women he had kidnapped? And he was still fated with Buddha?
Bai Yu was stunned when he heard Monk Yan Ling's words. He sized the monk up and down, then said with a smile, "Master truly is... a keen judge of people!"
"Honestly, every Buddhist cultivator who has met me has said the same thing!"
"I didn't believe it at first, but now that I've met Master, perhaps that saying might really be true."
"I am Li Nian, inheritor of Desire God Palace. Greetings, Master."
As Yan Ling listened to Bai Yu's words, his gaze shifted, and the compassion on his face became even more apparent.
"Benefactor, your feeling is correct, but when I say you are fated with Buddha, I am not speaking merely of feeling."
"First, when Joyful Patriarch of Great Thunder Sound Temple perfected his Dao Fruit back then, he was inspired by Desire God Palace. The Thousand Alluring Beauties Painting was also forged by our patriarch after he suppressed those evildoers who wrought havoc upon the world."
"Because its methods are strange and wicked, this spirit treasure has merely been misunderstood by the world far too deeply."
"Now that the patriarch's spirit treasure has returned to the hands of a Desire God Palace disciple, that too may be counted as karma."
Monk Yan Ling spoke with great ease. When it came to this spirit treasure, there was not the slightest