Everyone had seen Xuankong perform Three-Corpse Severing with their own eyes. There was no concealing it.
The three Buddhist Sect masters had to acknowledge it.
Once they did, the fundamental theory of Three-Corpse Severing came into play.
Xuankong had indeed been a monk before, but ever since he severed his three corpses, he had turned his back on the Buddhist Sect. What did that make him?
A traitor to the Buddhist Sect!
A follower of the Demonic Path!
Was it not laughable that three Buddhist Sect masters had traveled thousands of miles to demand justice for a follower of the Demonic Path?
The emperor's eyes brightened slightly. This was a promising opening!
Sure enough, old ginger was the spiciest.
The seventh prince also breathed a sigh of relief.
Master Zhi Ding said, "Amitabha Buddha. The Buddhist Sect embraces all and delivers all living beings. How can a single pronouncement from you determine whether someone is a Buddha or a demon? Even yesterday's demon can become today's Buddha, and even today's demon can become tomorrow's Buddha. You hold high office, yet remain so obstinate. No wonder the Great Wilderness Dynasty has acted in such defiance of heaven!"
Those words left Song Lifu floundering.
He was not a member of the Buddhist Sect, but he had heard far too much about its deliverance of all living beings.
As minister of justice, he dealt with vicious crimes occurring throughout the provinces and prefectures every day, and every day the Buddhist Sect intervened. Their arguments never strayed from the Buddhist Sect's boundless embrace, the deliverance of all living beings, and laying down the butcher's knife to become a Buddha on the spot...
Others might find those words radiant and noble, but as the man responsible for administering criminal law, he found them irritating.
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