Chapter 540: Joy Bodhisattva’s Plan

Chapter 540: Joy Bodhisattva’s Plan

The God Sealing Curse was a type of blood curse. By using blood as the medium, it could shackle a target’s Three Heavenly Souls and trap their Seven Earthly Souls. It should not need to be said why it was incredibly powerful.

The nine assassins who attacked Joy Bodhisattva at the beginning were the sacrifices. No one expected them to succeed, they were there just so that Joy Bodhisattva would kill them, and their blood would trigger the curses Master of Curses had planted inside them.

After the God Sealing Curse was activated, it would spawn curse chains that attacked all living beings within a certain range and consumed their blood. The more blood it consumed, the stronger it became.

In fact, they had purposely leaked Joy Bodhisattva’s exact locations to persons of interest and lured many people over to ensure that the God Sealing Curse would not be wanting in power. That was why there were so many customers in the tea stall just now. Their only purpose was to serve as fodder for the God Sealing Curse.

The nine assassins were expected to provide the God Sealing Curse with enough power to shackle Joy Bodhisattva for some time, but since she was a Half-Step Grandmaster—one who was even stronger than the Wisdom King of Joy—they decided to have some insurance in place.

The Wisdom King of Joy did not believe that his leader could break free from the God Sealing Curse fast enough to save her own life. It was also why he was fearless despite the fact that Joy Bodhisattva was awake.

As for why he didn’t show up sooner, it was because one, it looked like Master of Swords, Master of Curses, the Joy Arhat and the Lampholding Protector would be able to handle everything on their own; and two, he would become the next head of the Buddhist Hall of Joy if Joy Bodhisattva was dead. Naturally, he did not want outsiders to know that he had succeeded the position only because he colluded with Endless Sand to assassinate his own leader.

Unfortunately, Joy Bodhisattva had anticipated an attack like this and recruited Ouyang De to serve as her bodyguard. That was why he had no choice but to set foot on the battlefield himself. This would have happened even if Ye Qing wasn’t present.

“Why?” Joy Bodhisattva asked.

“You betrayed our creed,” the Wisdom King of Joy replied. He was in no hurry to take her life because he could end her with a single thought at this distance. Ouyang De could literally teleport, and he still wouldn’t be able to stop him.

He was a vain man. He did not mind boasting to an enemy who would soon perish by his hands.

“You are our leader, and you worship the Buddha of Joyful Pleasure. But instead of serving our Buddha with ultimate bliss, you suppress desire with desire with the aim of ridding yourself of desire completely. That is completely antithetical to our belief and paints you a betrayer of our creed. Naturally, you must die for your sins.”

“No two paths are the exact same, and the same goes with Buddhas. But in the end, all things begin and end the same way. Be it fueling desire with desire or suppressing desire with desire, both ways are Buddha nature that will eventually merge with the one great way, so what betrayal are you talking about?” Joy Bodhisattva replied calmly.

Ye Qing was surprised. Earlier, Yi Pin had explained to him the difference between the Buddha of Joy and the Buddha of Joyful Pleasure. The Buddhist Hall of Joy was an unorthodox sect that practiced the unorthodox Joyful Way of the Buddha and worshiped the Buddha of Joyful Pleasure, but it turned out that their leader, Joy Bodhisattva, was practicing the orthodox way of suppressing her desire through desire to attain enlightenment and become a Buddha.

“Buddha nature is everywhere, but how can two separate Buddha natures become one, and how can human desire ever be suppressed and extinguished? No, there is only one righteous way, and that is to indulge in our nature and become a Buddha through desire.”

“You... you’re a...!”

The Wisdom King of Joy couldn’t care less about his injuries, however. His attention was fully absorbed by the infinite power pressing against him from all sides.

“Grandmaster?!”

“Grandmaster?!”

Some distance away, Master of Swords and Ouyang De blurted out at the same time. However, Master of Swords’ outburst was filled with fear, whereas Ouyang De’s was simply filled with surprise.

On the other hand, Ye Qing was completely confused by the sudden turn of events, so much so that he didn’t even look when the Joy Arhat finally fell down from the sky.

What the fuck is this double reverse quadruple agent[1] nonsense that’s happening right before my eyes? If you’re a Grandmaster, then just slaughter all of your enemies from the get go! There’s no need to make it so convoluted!

“Correct. My breakthrough happened a little over a month ago.”

Joy Bodhisattva suddenly looked in Ye Qing’s direction and raised a finger. It was such an innocent and harmless gesture, and yet the power it exuded was so terrible and all-encompassing that the surrounding air froze, and the world shuddered in response. It was as if she could shatter anything and everything with one finger.

Ye Qing didn’t resist, however. It was because the attack wasn’t aimed at him.

As expected, the finger suddenly appeared at the center of the Joy Arhat’s forehead. The monk was trying to attack Ye Qing while he was distracted, but as soon as the finger struck flesh, his crazed expression stiffened, and his pupils contracted bit by bit. In the end, he collapsed on the ground and stopped breathing forever.

Ye Qing figured out what happened immediately. Joy Bodhisattva had wiped out his mind in a single touch.

The woman gave Ye Qing a nod before looking back at the Wisdom King of Joy.

1. Itsa trope. You can Google the details if you want to. ☜