After pondering for a moment, the Sacred Spirit Cult Saintess finally spoke. "Su Shi'er may not be able to do it, but don't forget... within our Sacred Spirit Cult, there is also a Buddhist Sect expert from ancient times."
Feng Heyu instinctively shook her head. "A Buddhist Sect expert? That can't be. That person sealed himself within a stone lotus and was trapped by the sea of blood. We checked it just now as well; the formation had not been broken, and the stone lotus was still exactly as it had been."
"Nothing in this world is ever absolute. Has Elder Feng forgotten the twenty-four-character prophecy that unexpectedly surfaced within the Hope Fire during the Spirit Appeasement Assembly?" the Sacred Spirit Cult Saintess countered.
Feng Heyu froze at that. "A prophecy? It appeared out of nowhere. Could it be... Saintess, are you saying that Buddhist Sect expert was behind it in secret?"
"But how could that be possible? Doing so would be no different from helping our Sacred Spirit Cult!"
As she spoke, Feng Heyu hurriedly shook her head again, instinctively rejecting that speculation.
The Sacred Spirit Cult Saintess continued, "It did indeed help us greatly, but it also made the Sacred Spirit Cult the focus of cultivators throughout the world, drawing all sides to send people to investigate. For example, that fellow who fought our cult earlier and escaped while on the verge of death. He possessed a full set of top-grade Magical Treasures. Though he was only at the early Nascent Soul Stage, his strength was astonishingly formidable."
Feng Heyu spoke again, disbelief still written across her face. "But if that is so, then wouldn't the tens of thousands of living beings who died miserably in the Sacred Spirit Cult today be connected to him as well?"
"Buddhist