Chapter 967: Chapter 965: Resurrection Armor Throughout the City 3
Dream Dao Attainment, Opening Scheme Against Cultivators
Dream-Making Expert
The Buddha Ancestor Tathagata, who had been amiable and smiling, was instantly enraged.
Because he discovered that although he had rebuilt the home of the weeping family of three before him, his merit points had not moved in the slightest.
This was unacceptable to the Buddha Ancestor Tathagata.
After all, Taibai Jinxing had already made it so clear.
From the innocent people of this city who had suffered, lost their homes, and been left homeless, merit points could indeed be obtained.
And he had repaired the house this family of three had lost.
Yet his merit points had not changed at all.
If Taibai Jinxing had not lied to him, then it was the problem of these three ants before him.
The Buddha Ancestor Tathagata felt it was the latter.
Because Lin Qi was too powerful; he probably would not lie about such a trivial matter.
So naturally there was only one truth.
That was, although he had repaired the house for this family of three, rebuilt their home, and prevented them from becoming homeless, this family of three not only did not know gratitude, they did not even fucking intend to forgive him.
Simply damnable!
He, the mighty Buddha Ancestor Tathagata, had personally intervened to rebuild their home for them.
And they still dared not forgive him.
You ants have already earned your deaths!
The Buddha Ancestor Tathagata’s killing intent rose; he felt humiliated.
The pitiful, innocent family of three was terrified by the Buddha Ancestor Tathagata’s undisguised killing intent.
But who knew where the courage came from.
It made the father of the family of three muster his courage and shout loudly.
“Our house was destroyed in the first place because of you.”
“Our whole family even took a trip to the Ghost Gate together.”
“Now you fix our house. Isn’t that what you should do?”
“We won’t blame you, and that’s that.”
“Don’t tell me you still want us to be endlessly grateful?”
The Buddha Ancestor Tathagata’s gaze turned icy cold.
“A mere ant dares to be so insolent before this old monk.”
“Simply deserving of ten thousand deaths!”
As the words fell.
The Buddha Ancestor Tathagata backhanded a slap.
The house that had just been repaired, along with the family of three, was smashed to bits by him.
Damn it.
A mere three merit points, forget it.
So what if he owed three more points.
Being bullied by Lin Qi was one thing, but to be bullied by you ants too?
The Buddha Ancestor Tathagata killed the family of three, and stepped forward to walk toward another family nearby that had collapsed to the ground in fright.
But the next second.
The family of three killed by the Buddha Ancestor Tathagata revived and returned once more.
The family was still shaken, but soon seemed to understand something, and immediately shouted at the Buddha Ancestor Tathagata.
“The people do not fear death. What are you immortals and Buddhas worth!”
“Come on, kill us again.”
“We’re not afraid of you!”
The Buddha Ancestor Tathagata’s steps halted at once.
And the other family nearby, who had been frightened, also seemed to understand something. Their fear vanished completely, and they spat at the Buddha Ancestor Tathagata.
“That’s right.”
“We have heaven’s protection.”
“You can’t actually kill us right now.”
“Why should we still fear you.”
“It was clearly you who destroyed our homes.”
“It’s impossible for us to forgive you so easily.”
“Get out!”
“Yes, get out!”
…
Public fury surged, and the cries of righteous indignation spread like sparks, instantly setting the prairie ablaze.
Not only the Buddha Ancestor Tathagata.
The Demon Buddha encountered the same predicament.
They killed people, destroyed their homes, then turned around wanting to gain forgiveness and gratitude by rebuilding those homes, thus cultivating merit.
How could anything in this world be so easy?
“Damn it, unruly commoners, all unruly commoners!”
Lin Feng and the Stone Monkey were also somewhat furious.
They had thought that by handing out silver, they could casually and easily send off the city’s common people, making them endlessly grateful and obediently handing over their merit points.
But the result.
“Fuck!”
“I really want to kill them all!”
“Old Tathagata bullying me is one thing.”
“A bunch of unruly commoners, ant-like things, bullying me too?”
“Ah!”
Lin Feng went berserk. The Stone Monkey fell silent.
They might not be as mighty as the Demon Buddha and Tathagata, with boundless spiritual power.
But they had long since transcended the mundane for who knows how many years.
No ordinary folk among their associates, only immortals and Buddhas in their conversations.
When walking the mortal world, wherever they went, the worship they received outnumbered the people many had seen in a lifetime.
And now they were being thwarted by a bunch of ordinary commoners.
Damn it.
Simply the world turned upside down.
“Amitabha.”
“Is this Your Majesty’s true killing move?”
“Attempting to use this filthy human heart to ruin my Dao heart.”
“Truly a heart deserving of death!”
The Demon Buddha’s expression was ugly. He was the first to realize that this seemingly simple and unremarkable struggle over merit was in reality no less dangerous than the most sinister tribulation.
After all, how could exalted beings like them truly stoop down to bow before these ants of sentient beings?
More importantly, when they truly fell into the dust, allowing the city’s common people to take and demand as they pleased, how could they truly make the filthy, mud-like mortal ants submit to them?
After all, from ancient times to the present, to truly subdue hearts, one must display power and tempt with profit.
And now the people did not fear death, and profit could not be held.
How then could they subdue the hearts of this entire city?
The Demon Buddha pondered, then without a shred of hesitation decided to find Tathagata, the Stone Monkey, and Lin Feng to discuss.
They had to first unify their front line, present a united front.
They could not give these unruly commoners the chance to compare prices among four sellers.
Otherwise, even if their divine abilities were vast and their spiritual power boundless, they probably could not fill the greed of the human heart.
The Buddha Ancestor Tathagata also realized this.
Seeing the Demon Buddha approach, he nodded slightly, and then they each sought out Lin Feng and the Stone Monkey.
The four sat together and began discussing the maximum compensation plan.
In short.
Everyone could provide certain compensation to the city’s common people for the sake of cultivating merit.
But the compensation plan had to be unified.
Otherwise, no matter how hard they worked themselves to death, they would never earn a single merit point from these unruly commoners.
“How interesting.”
“They should be irreconcilable competitors fighting to the death.”
“Yet now, unwilling to pay more benefits and because of that seemingly matter-of-fact arrogance.”
“They choose to sit together and plan to join hands against a group of mortals.”
“The meat-eaters are base, truly the ancients did not deceive me.”
Above the Lingxiao Treasure Hall.
Lin Qi awoke from his friendly exchange with this Realm’s Heavenly Dao.
He opened his eyes and saw the Demon Buddha and the other three sitting together discussing how to deal with the city’s refugees. He could not help but shake his head and sigh.
But he did not intervene.
Because he had long anticipated it.
So he was very certain this fragile alliance could not possibly truly succeed.
Because to establish a stable alliance, one must first ensure all members’ interests align.
But could the Demon Buddha and the others’ interests align?
There’s no real chance.
Because from the very beginning, the merit points they each owed were completely different.
Just like that seemingly unbreakable Supreme Alliance.
Lin Qi looked forward to the day they fell apart and turned on each other.
Soon, soon.