Volume Five: A Boundless World - Wine and Meat Pass Through the Gut, but Buddha Sits in the Heart (Part One)

Back when they had plotted against the Devil Master, Master Xuqing had paid a hefty sum to play the butcher, yet he had never appeared. He could not have abandoned such an immense good deed without something holding him back. Luo Qian had not visited the Buddha Realm in all this time, either. He felt rather bad about it.

Now that he finally had some free time, he made his preparations and set off to see his two old friends in the Buddha Realm.

Buddha Light revolved like a prayer wheel. Master Xuqing stood before Luo Qian, looking at him with a wry smile. Luo Qian stepped forward and clapped him warmly on the shoulder. "Haha, Master, it's been ages! I've been so busy my head's been spinning. I finally managed to find time to visit. How have you been? Has anyone clubbed you from behind, stuffed you in a sack, drugged you, or cut off your dick? Hahaha..."

"Ahem..." A cough came from nearby. Luo Qian's ears pricked up, and only then did he sense the immense presence lingering beside them. He looked at Master Xuqing, who could only smile ruefully. Then he surveyed their surroundings. The place was still plain, but its architecture and furnishings had a grandeur far beyond Master Xuqing's temple. Beside this place, the master's temple was practically a cramped cell for solitary confinement, a dark room where prisoners were punished.

Luo Qian realized the Buddha Realm's ultimate boss was probably about to make an appearance. He sighed, turned, and bowed. "Luo Qian of the Immortal Realm's Imperial Execution Bureau pays his respects to the venerable Buddha Ancestor." He had made his position clear from the start: *I'm the Immortal Emperor's trusted man, and I hold an official post. Don't push me too far, old