The Great Bandit of Journey to the West

Chapter 20 Too Much Empty Promises

With just one glance, Wuchen sensed something was wrong.

His technique did not suppress Jiang Feng at all; on the contrary, he felt that he was the one being suppressed.

He immediately switched to another exercise in the "Ten Abodes Mahayana Practice," and a flame shot out from his palm.

Jiang Feng waved his right hand, and the flames suddenly shrank, extinguishing with a "poof" as they reached him.

Wuchen was taken aback and continued to change his techniques, but Jiang Feng completely countered all of them, whether they were water, fire, or lightning techniques.

At this moment, he finally understood that Dharma difficulty had not deceived him; the *Ten Stages of the Mahayana* was indeed complete, overcoming any incompleteness, but—

Jiang Feng's cultivation technique is the one that is more complete!

"Who exactly are you, and why do you possess the complete 'Ten Stages of Mahayana Practice'?"

Fa Nan watched the two fight in astonishment and couldn't help but ask the question that had been bothering him.

Jiang Feng brandished his Vajra Pestle, forcing Wuchen back, and laughed, "Who am I? I am the direct descendant of the Mahayana sect, the future Buddha of this world!"

Fa Nan was furious and said, "Nonsense! I have followed my master since I was a child. How could I not know when he took a white dragon as his disciple!"

Jiang Feng said, "Oh, then I must have remembered wrong. I remember now, it seems that I was the one who passed on my skills to Fa Qing, which led to the later establishment of the Mahayana Sect."

So, by that logic, you're still my grand-disciple, my good grandson. Kneel down and kowtow to Buddha!

Fa Nan cursed loudly, "You scoundrel! Wu Chen, kill him!"

Wuchen: "@#￥%￥#@……"

You saw how badly he controlled me, I was so desperate to kill him!

Taking advantage of a lull in their conversation, Wuchen gritted his teeth and suddenly activated his Divine Speed ​​Technique.

The next instant, his figure appeared a hundred miles away.

Wu Chen glanced behind him and, seeing that Jiang Feng wasn't chasing after him, just as he breathed a sigh of relief, a clear, cold voice suddenly rang out: "This road is blocked."

Wuchen looked up and saw a black-clad man with an expressionless face standing in front of him, waving his hand lightly at him.

Wuchen felt a sudden dizziness, and when he looked again, he found himself back in the alchemy room!

Wuchen: "@#￥%￥#@……"

Destroy it, do whatever you want!

Unable to fight back or escape, Wuchen, having given up completely, plopped down on the ground, his eyes losing all color, and slumped against the wall like a lump of mud.

At this moment, Jiang Feng and Fa Nan's conversation continued.

Fa Nan, his face contorted with rage, roared, "No matter who you are, you are still a disciple of my Mahayana sect! Why did you ruin my plan! Do you know how much effort I've poured into this plan?"

Jiang Feng smiled dismissively: "The struggle for the Buddha's throne has always been like this! There can only be one Buddha in this world, and that is me—the Buddha of Cold Water!"

The perilous situation: "..."

After a moment of silence, Jiang Feng spoke up: "Want to cooperate with me? After it's done, I'll be the new Buddha, and you'll be the future Buddha."

Fa Nan gave him a meaningful look: "That's what Master said to me back then."

Jiang Feng gasped. This monk had been eating too many empty promises and had become quite the expert!

Fa Nan glanced at Wu Chen, who was slumped on the ground, and said, "You won't get anything out of him even if you keep him alive. Although Wu Chen is my disciple, he is only responsible for refining medicine. He knows nothing about other matters."

"Since you're also going to start a rebellion, then Yangzhou is yours. You're right, the struggle for the Buddhist throne has always been like this. From now on, we'll each rely on our own abilities."

After saying that, his figure turned into a glimmer of light and disappeared into the air.

Jiang Feng's expression was not good. After a moment, he looked at Wu Chen in the corner and said, "Tell me, how did you come to know Fanan? The more details the better."

At this point, Wuchen had already given up resisting. He recalled, "That was when I was very young. Back then, I always felt like I wasn't getting enough to eat, and I was always looking for food everywhere."

One day, Fa Nan appeared before me, gave me a piece of beef the size of my fist, and asked if I wanted to eat meat every day.

"Who wouldn't want to eat meat every day? So he sent me here to tirelessly learn how to make medicine every day..."

There were probably hundreds of kids like me back then, but later those familiar faces became fewer and fewer, and I don't know when, but I was the only one left in the temple.

He also told me that when he becomes Buddha, he will make me emperor so that I can manage the human world for him.

I know he's lying to me, but at least he can feed me. So what if he's lying? It doesn't really matter to me anyway.

"About ten years ago, he sent me a monster and told me that these were the ingredients for making a mad potion."

I succeeded in refining medicine on my first try, and he was very happy, asking me what reward I wanted.

I asked for two days off and went to explore the county town. At that time, the world was in chaos, and there were refugees everywhere. Those who couldn't survive had no choice but to exchange their own children for food.

At that time, I felt that although I didn't have freedom, I was living a much better life than them, until I saw an old monk and a young monk...

As Wuchen spoke, he looked up at Jiang Feng and said, "That little monk looks a bit like you."

"When the Sui army attacked Zu'an County, they encountered considerable resistance. After entering the city, the Sui army wanted to massacre the city's inhabitants. An old monk and a young monk went to persuade the general in charge of the army to stop them."

The young monk's clear and logical explanation of the advantages and disadvantages dissuaded the general from his plan to massacre the city, which captivated me.

I was thinking then, we're both monks, both master and disciple, if I switched places with the young monk, could I also shine as brightly as him?

"Unfortunately, there are no 'what ifs.' After returning to the temple, I continued my previous life, even starting to trick monsters into killing people and then using them to make medicine, until you arrived."

As he spoke, he calmly looked at Jiang Feng and said, "Whether you need me to continue refining medicine for you or not, it doesn't matter who I refine medicine for."

Jiang Feng silently removed the dragon horns from his head and dropped all his disguise, then asked, "Do you have any last wishes?"

Wuchen looked at Jiang Feng, who was dressed in black monk's robes, and at his familiar face. Suddenly, a realization flashed through his mind, and he revealed an extremely complex smile.

"No, that's all. The barbecue you made was the best I've ever had."

Jiang Feng raised his hand and plunged the Vajra Pestle into his heart, saying, "You go first, I'll send Fa Nan down to find you later."

Wuchen clasped his hands together, his gaze gradually becoming unfocused.

After a flash of light, Yang Jian appeared beside him, glanced at Jiang Feng who was frowning in thought, and said, "The clues have gone cold again?"

Jiang Feng shook his head slightly: "No, this Buddhist temple is of a high standard. Back then, only the Southern Chen Dynasty and the twelve aristocratic families of Jiangnan had the money to build it."

"If we investigate the origins of this Buddhist temple, we can probably uncover the persecution of Buddhism."

Yang Jian said, "Then what are you still worried about?"

Jiang Feng hesitated for a moment before saying, "Before leaving, Fa Nan said he was giving Yangzhou to me. I suspect he's already made a name for himself elsewhere..."