Who gave you permission to travel through time with Earth?

"If we want Buddhism to escape this calamity, it's actually not difficult for us. With the help of four venerable elders, where in this vast world can't we find a foothold? Why bother clinging to this filthy nunnery?"

As if seeing through Fang Jin's doubts, Chang Xiao shook his head and explained, "After all, if Buddhism had such a foundation from the very beginning, this campaign to destroy Buddhism would never have started."

"...What you're interested in is the nature of this anti-Buddhist campaign. It has attracted the attention of the entire world and the entire martial arts world. Even right now, several princes and nobles are sitting and watching from the mountainside so close by?"

"Using someone else's stage to perform your own drama, and then presenting a grand and magnificent show to the whole world... Is that your purpose?"

Fang Jin continued, saying that he hadn't figured this out immediately either, but after noticing various anomalies, he gradually came up with a few vague guesses.

But after reaching this point, even he couldn't continue the calculations. After all, it had been less than five hours since Fang Jin arrived in this world, and this was the limit of what he could piece together from the fragments of information.

For example, even now, Fang Jin wasn't sure how this scene should unfold. If it was merely about thwarting a large-scale anti-Buddhist campaign, or simply about burying three 10,000-strong generals of the Jinxiu Army alive here...

"The show's impact was somewhat lacking..."

If revealing all their cards only results in the same effect as moving or running away, then all of Chang Xiao's arrangements are a joke, and the nunnery is nothing but a farce from beginning to end.

"It's not just not enough... this is far from enough."

"We've staked everything on 'her'."

Chang Xiao understood, and then, smiling, he pressed against the hole in the dilapidated temple wall and squeezed into the cramped and dimly lit little temple, standing one in front of Fang Jin under the white jade Buddha statue.

With a gentle wave of his right hand, the surface of the jade Buddha shimmered with a lustrous sheen, and the previously dull stone texture seemed to come alive, while the sorrowful, wrinkled face suddenly gained a touch of relief.

"Is 'she'...alive?"

Fang Jin's face couldn't help but show astonishment. The living Buddha was the remains of a great enlightened monk. Her soul should have already entered the cycle of reincarnation and experienced all the calamities and sufferings. This past body was just a guiding light...

Could it be that she's coming back now?

"How could that be... At most, he's half-dead, I can't possibly bring back the soul of this Bodhisattva."

Chang Xiao waved his hand with a wry smile. If they could just bring this Bodhisattva back, why would they need so much planning and scheming? The powerful beings from the mythological side would be enough to sweep through this mere first-tier low-level martial world.

"Although her inner self is empty, her physical body is immortal and indestructible, and beneath her wrinkled skin lies a vitality as vast as the ocean... This is not a realm that mere mortal martial arts can cultivate to achieve."

"...That's a real pity. If it weren't for the killing intent, but if this Buddha statue contained a million weeping, vengeful ghosts, simply releasing them would be enough to flatten the capital of the Li Dynasty. Who would doubt the truth of Buddhism then?"

Fang Jin retorted, "Logically speaking, I should have understood these things long ago. The flesh-bodied Buddha cannot awaken life force and cannot kill people... But why is the ominous premonition in my heart getting stronger and stronger?"

"Where is the Buddha now...?"

Deputy General Chang chuckled, showing no sign of anything amiss. At most, his usually drowsy eyes flickered with an unusual light, and his expression as he looked at the jade Buddha was full of gentleness and reverence.

"Ever since the founding emperor of the Li Dynasty overthrew most of the dynasty and consolidated his power, the law of the jungle has been amplified to the extreme, and the bloodstains of cannibalism have permeated the entire history book."

"Those who were once in power have fallen to the bottom, and those who were once in power have long been reduced to mere followers. Not fighting for the top is considered a death sentence... I refuse to accept this! Why should everyone in the world have to live this damned life?"

"The law of the jungle is fundamental, it's human nature, it's an instinct etched into our genes... But why can't we add a little bottom line and kindness to our hearts and our lives? We just want to live a less stressful life."

"Brother Fang, do you know what futile efforts people have made throughout history, when they can no longer survive and are powerless to resist their rulers, in order to cling to the last shred of rationality before committing suicide?"

"..."

"Praying to gods and Buddhas."

Seeing that Fang Jin did not answer, Chang Xiao smiled bitterly and took out three purplish-black incense sticks from his pocket. He then bowed heavily to the jade Buddha statue. The three muffled knocks lingered in the cramped temple for a long time.

Fang Jin's expression changed, and she reached out to stop him, but whether she lit incense or kowtowed, it was just pressing the start button... The right hand of the jade Buddha statue had turned pitch black.

"Life force is actually a pretty good weapon. Even though we don't have the cultivation methods of the Buddhist city in the north, we have still summarized some ways to use this jade Buddha statue, such as... pollution and detonation."

He said with a sneer that the three incense sticks burned out in an instant. Then, the Buddha's black right hand slowly pressed down to the ground. The moment the fingertips touched the soil, the blackness spread out instantly!

Just as a drop of ink was introduced into clear water, an eerie, deep blackness began to erode the earth and even the air! It expanded wildly outwards like a spherical candle flame, corroding and decomposing everything it touched!

"...Ah...Ah!"

Zhou Chufeng was not spared either. The armor on her legs was the first to touch the ground and was the first to be corroded into a pool of poisonous water. She could clearly feel the excruciating pain in her feet and legs, as if they were being gnawed and chewed up!

But what shocked Fang Jin the most... was not the potent poison covering the entire statue, but the change in the Buddha statue itself. As the severed hand was completely defiled and fell off,

The Buddha statue itself was nourished by the leaked vitality! The wrinkled old woman gradually became smooth, upright, and even radiant in the next moment, and the lines at the corners of her eyes were magically smoothed and moisturized!

...She's becoming younger!

"On this stage that the world is watching... by massacring 100,000 soldiers and numerous princes, showcasing the brutal side of Buddhism's benevolent teachings, we will also expose the secret of immortality to the heavens!"

"Who do you think would be willing to eradicate Buddhism in Central China?!"

Chang Xiao's body was melting, as was Tie Shou Tong Hong Niangzi. They had long been aware that today's situation would completely ignite the wildfire of Buddhism in the Central Plains!

The Sea Dragon King left early on. He had quietly left the ancestral temple territory as agreed when Chang Xiao appeared. Only now did he realize that he had actually escaped such a disaster!

Fang Jin had nowhere to hide or escape. He finally understood the cause and effect of this Buddhist extermination, and also knew why the system had given this low-level martial arts dungeon a "nightmare" emoticon.

The plot is so deadly that if you don't see through the Central Plains Buddhist sect's scheme beforehand, and you get too close to the ancestral temple at this stage, any player who tries to conquer the dungeon will instantly turn into a pile of pus!

"So it's alright... I only had two backup plans."