"Fellow Daoist, what do you mean by that? What east and west? We are all creatures of the Primordial World. We stayed in our own corner before only because everything elsewhere had already been divided up, and we could hardly seize it by force! Now that the Spirit Vine Sect is to be destroyed, vast stretches of cave abodes and spirit mountains will clearly be left vacant. Why shouldn't my Buddhist Sect take them?"
The moment Zhunti heard Taishang's words, he exploded.
It was not that Taishang had said anything wrong.
On the contrary, Taishang was entirely right. The Three Pure Ones and Nuwa in the east, Jieyin and Zhunti in the west-this had been the customary division since time immemorial. Even Jieyin and Zhunti had fully acknowledged it in the past.
But what they had acknowledged before was one thing. Now that an opportunity to advance east lay right before their eyes, neither of them could accept it anymore.
If they did, they would be handing all those spirit mountains and cave abodes to the Chan Sect for nothing. Once the Chan Sect rose again, how the hell was their Western Buddhist Sect supposed to flourish?
Previously, with the Chan Sect and the Spirit Vine Sect standing side by side, they had found no opportunity to advance east. If the Chan Sect became the sole dominant power, forget advancing east-they might have to start thinking about how to defend the Western Lands.
The four Saints might currently stand in the same camp, but Jieyin and Zhunti had little friendship with Taishang and Yuanshi. They had come together purely because of the threat posed by Lin Tian.
Besides, even if they were close friends at this very moment, what would that change? Had the Three Pure Ones not once spent