Chapter 492: Chapter 386: Defeated by the Future_2

Just as Xia Jianlong was intimidated by the modest display of power from the Great Bright Buddha, the monk in front of him didn’t even turn his head. While busying himself, he continued, “Alright, I’ve answered so many of your questions, it’s time for you to answer some of mine.”

“Spill all the intelligence you have.”

The expression on Xia Jianlong’s face tightened. The opponent was capable of creating a third-transmission power Mechanical Buddha and could capture his consciousness into the machine from thousands of miles away, which showed immense divine skills.

As such, he didn’t dare to haggle in front of the other party. Instead, to show his sincerity, he quickly relayed everything he knew in detail.

“Ever since Lin Xing landed on the Moon, Jing Shiyu has been trying to find ways to explore the Moon and locate Lin Xing’s traces.”

“However, the Moon has been rife with strange occurrences since the great battle six years ago, rendering ordinary means utterly incapable of detecting the situation on the Moon.”

“I don’t know how that Evil Woman Jing Shiyu managed to obtain some intelligence from that battle, which was inadvertently known to me.”

“It is said that during the battle on the Moon, four Immortals were attacking Lin Xing together.”

“To speak of it, Lin Xing really has quite the prestige, being targeted by four Immortals for a kill. Only Jing Shiyu is so infatuated to still believe he could survive…”

Suddenly, he felt the mechanical body he was currently operating become somewhat sluggish, and even a few sparks of electric fire were flickering and jumping within.

The monk, who had been busy until now, turned around and stared at him, asking, “What did you just say?”

“Uhm…” Even though he was inside a machine, Xia Jianlong still felt a wave of alarm, and he quickly replied, “Jing Shiyu still believes Lin Xing is alive…”

“No,” the monk said coldly, “the sentence before. How many Immortals were attacking Lin Xing?”

Xia Jianlong answered, “Four.”

The monk took steps towards Xia Jianlong and continued to inquire, “What else?”

Xia Jianlong said hastily, “It is said that during the battle, three of the Immortals were being secretly manipulated by another mysterious Immortal.”

“These three Immortals acted as if they were mad and irrational, hardly making any sense. If it weren’t for the suppression by this mysterious Immortal, they would likely have turned on each other.”

“Unlike the three frenzied Immortals, this mysterious Immortal was very rational in his actions, not affected by the slightest bit of emotion during the fight. No matter how provocative Lin Xing’s words were or how the battle progressed, his mood appeared to remain without much fluctuation…”

As he listened to Xia Jianlong’s narrative, the Great Bright Buddha muttered to himself, “Can such a thing really have happened?”

“But how did Jing Shiyu come to know these details of the great battle?”

He looked at Xia Jianlong, asking in a deep voice, “Do you know?”

Xia Jianlong responded helplessly, “I truly do not know how that Evil Woman managed to find out about the great battle on the Moon, but at least Jing Shiyu herself is very convinced of the intelligence.”

“She also speculates that the mysterious Immortals might have discovered a method to avoid going mad, enabling them to not become as frenzied as those third-transmission and fourth-transmission powerhouses in the mortal world.”

A glint of interest flickered in the eyes of the Great Bright Buddha. He nodded slightly and continued to ask Xia Jianlong about the process by which he came by this intelligence, corroborating and comparing repeatedly for over an hour before stopping.

“Four Immortals…”

The Great Bright Buddha thought, “On the Moon, only three Immortal bodies were found. So, was the fourth Immortal’s body not found? Or did he return to the Immortal World or… has he already returned to earth, secretly hiding between the two realms?”

During the Great Bright Buddha’s moment of contemplation, the cautious voice of Xia Jianlong emanated from the machinery beside him, “Senior, I have told you all the intelligence I know. How about this…”

Glancing at him, the Great Bright Buddha said indifferently, “After you go back, you don’t need to chant scriptures and worship Buddha every day. Whatever you need, just tell Hui Yin, and he will do his best to provide it for you.”

“As long as you don’t leave my Buddha Country, you can do whatever you want.”

Xia Jianlong was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, as it was different from what he expected. He clearly wanted to switch allegiances and join the ranks of Great Bright Buddha’s new support.

But now, hearing what the other party said, there was a hint of house arrest implied.

He immediately professed his loyalty again, indicating that he truly wished to devote himself to the Great Bright Buddha’s Buddhist Sect.

Xia Jianlong said, “Could it be because I don’t believe in Buddha? Actually, I could become a monk, I could embrace the Buddhist Sect and cultivate the Buddhist Law as well…”

Great Bright Buddha, however, interrupted his plea and abruptly mentioned another matter, “The great changes in the world, the surge of inspiration, it’s been six years now.”

“These past six years, I have diligently practiced day and night, searching for new methods, not daring to slacken in the slightest. Do you know why?”

It was not that he really wanted Xia Jianlong to answer. Great Bright Buddha continued to speak for himself, “It’s only because the one who initially locked me in this flesh only gave this body a lifespan of seven years.”

“If I cannot escape from this body within seven years, then the outcome will be death and the extinction of my Dao.”

“That’s why these years, I have not dared to waste a single moment, only focused on finding a way to break through the limits of this body.”

It seemed that over these years, Great Bright Buddha had accumulated too much frustration in his heart; he now gave Xia Jianlong the impression that he was desperate to confide, so Xia just quietly listened to him speak.

What Xia Jianlong did not expect was that there laid such secrets within the other’s physical form.

Great Bright Buddha went on to say, “At the beginning of the great changes in the world, my confidence was at its peak.”

“Back then, I thought that no matter how powerful that person was, he was merely a Three Transmitter. Once I master the Fourth Transmission, what difficulty could there be in breaking out of the body he left behind?”

“So I devoted myself entirely to my own cultivation and finally mastered the Fourth Transmission, Universal Virtue Zen Heaven.”

“But I discovered that as I advanced, the power of that body also rose dramatically, becoming more tight and formidable, like a hellish prison of sky barring my spiritual consciousness.”

“It was also after mastering the Fourth Transmission and being able to observe the minute interplay between spiritual consciousness and the flesh that I realized how inseparably intertwined they had become, as if they were one.”

“And yet this body, while flesh, is also a treasure, and my consciousness seemed to be the Artifact Spirit of this treasure.”

Great Bright Buddha looked at his own hands and let out a bitter laugh, “The treasure and the Artifact Spirit nourish each other, complementing one another.”

“This body aids my cultivation, and as my realm advances, it also nourishes this very body in return.”

“It was at this point that I understood that person had calculated everything from the moment I was forced into this body. Every bit of my progress was for the refinement of this treasure.”

“But I still refused to give up.”

“I tried to refine the remains of the previous experts into Corpse Buddhas, thinking of transferring to their form.”

“I combined Corpse Buddhas with modern technology, hoping to transfer my consciousness into a Mechanical Buddha and desperately escape.”

“I even attempted to merge modern AI technology, to completely shatter this flesh and survive as an electronic Buddha after.”

“But I failed.”

“Thousands of attempts, and I could not escape from this body.”

“Hundreds of suicide attempts, yet I could not destroy this physical form.”

Great Bright Buddha sighed deeply, “Seven years… Heh heh… that person said I had seven years to live, neither allowing me a moment more nor a day less. If he said seven years, then seven years it is.”

Listening to this, Xia Jianlong felt a great shock. He never expected the Great Bright Buddha, who in his eyes was not inferior to an Immortal Emperor, to be so tightly bound by another.

In his heart, he sighed, “Such a domineering power…”

Great Bright Buddha then turned around and looked at him again, “Do you know who the person is that forced me into such a miserable state?”

Xia Jianlong naturally did not know who it was, and Great Bright Buddha did not expect him to answer.

“That person is Lin Xing.”

After speaking, Great Bright Buddha looked toward the direction of the Moon, his thoughts tumultuous, “Lin Xing, are you truly dead?”

“Could you, who defeated me across time in the future, really die so easily?”