Chapter 352 - A Big Shot (1/2)

“Hmph, all you’ve got is a sharp tongue. If that’s the case, we’ll just make it a battle of wits then! I just want to see if the sky in this realm is able to subdue me by even a bit!”

Zhi Nan’s gaze turned cold as he swept across the trio. With a swish of his robe, he then disappeared from their sight.

Gu Buwei was slightly astonished at the sight, which prompted him to ask, “That demon lord has is quite thick-skinned, how is it possible for him to turn so angry from embarrassment? Also, it seemed like Bodhisattva was seemed to be acquaintances with him, could you tell me why so?”

Bodhisattva had no choice but to say, “That’s because the Venerable One rubbed salt into his wounds. If there’re no vitality on the other planets, he won’t be able to make a fresh start, which means he will have to continue being restrained by the Heavenly Axiom of this realm.

“A similar matter happened in the Upper Realm; he managed to approach the limit twice, but he was always stopped by the True Dragon together with the Will of the Heavens themselves. Every time his past is mentioned, he finds it pretty hard to control himself. Furthermore, he isn’t what one would call a sane person… Forget it, there’s no gain in you both knowing this, so I will continue telling you some matters that have happened before instead.”

Hearing this, Gu Buwei shared a glance with Vigilante A before they both nodded at the same time.

“Go ahead, Bodhisattva.”

Bodhisattva Spirit King then continued to reveal gossip about Zhi Nan.

As it turned out, Zhi Nan had tried to popularize the Paradise Realm multiple times while he was in the Upper Realm. He tried to sell it as a place where people would not have to go through birth, aging, sickness, and death as well as a place where they would be able to live forever without a care in the world.

Although he meant well, he was too eager for success, so he tried to use Enchantment on everyone so that they would give up their physical bodies to enter Paradise Realm.

He stirred up a lot of trouble and involved hundreds of countries, so the True Dragons had no choice but to intervene.

By then, he had already turned into a demon lord with immeasurable strength.

The True Dragons that had been sent to subdue him were merely two youngsters, so they were no match for him. It was practically a disaster waiting to happen.

Then, the Will of the Heavens appeared, and he was defeated in the hands of the young True Dragons. He immediately became the laughing stock of the demons, and the matter scarred him for life.

As Bodhisattva spoke about this “Will of the Heavens”, a weird smile briefly appeared on his face before it disappeared as quickly.

A human’s will is also the Will of the Heavens, and that proved to be true.

“I see. The only way to defeat that demon lord would be to summon the Will of the Heavens once more then. I will return to the mountain first, and discussion of this matter will resume at a later time,” said Gu Buwei calmly.

With that said, his figure started fading before he disappeared completely.

Bodhisattva Spirit King could only smile bitterly at the situation. He felt helpless, for it was not like he could go against his own words.

He thought to himself, ‘Maybe the Heavens of this realm will see him as an eyesore too. After all, that old friend of mine is too ambitious and too wild.’

The System could only groan at the current situation, “All that discussion was nothing more than a waste of time. We will still have to beg Daddy Axiom in the end. If I had known earlier, I would’ve gone and done it…”

Fang Ning berated, “Where did we waste time? After that discussion, I now know the true background of that fellow. I finally understand why it didn’t appear on the System Map despite standing right in front of us. I can’t make him red, so you can’t farm him.”

The System instantly replied, “I’ve already said so why long ago; it’s time for the System Map to get an upgrade. Quickly summon that old book of yours home, Richie. It’s been doing nothing but farming recently and I think it’s farmed more than thousands of monsters. That’s a few billion experience points. It’s been a while since I’ve obtained that many experiences points.”

“It’s because he isn’t even a living being to begin with!” Fang Ning continued, seemingly not having heard what the System had said at all.

“What?!” The System was shocked. “Then what exactly is he?”

“From what I’ve gathered from what Bodhisattva told us, I have a bold but illogical idea. He’s actually only…”

The System urged, “Only what?”

“Forget it, I can’t say it now. Let me confirm things first.” Fang Ning had hesitated for a moment, but finally decided against revealing his statement.

“Don’t say it then, you’re merely trying to grab my attention… That would be impossible to do, since I’m not as curious as humans.

“Now, give me back the body. I have to go check on the black dog since it’s currently going around looking for materials for an oil lamp. I’ll have to be on alert, I don’t want Zhi Nan kidnapping it,” muttered the System nonchalantly.

Once Gu Buwei left, Bodhisattva Spirit King and Vigilante A made small talk before Bodhisattva Spirit King invited Vigilante A to continue their conversation at his home.

Vigilante A rejected the offer and said that he had some matters to deal with, before flying off immediately.

Bodhisattva Spirit King could only watch Vigilante A’s fading silhouette. He shook his head and heaved a deep sigh.

In this day and age, being the Bodhisattva was no easy matter. Lots of people pray to him, but those that light incense along with their prayers are little to none. Furthermore, nobody in the Association of Spirit Kings knew how to manage finances, so their finances have been in the red for as long as he can remember.

He had a bunch of mouths to feed at home too, but thankfully the eldest one of the household knew how to hoe their own row…

Bodhisattva Spirit King then descended back onto the bluestone plain as he wanted to speak with the great green insect. He wanted to ask the other party if it could transfer some funds over.

After all those countless days and nights of effort, numerous purified places had already appeared in the Demonic Realm and those places could now be accessed.

There was no point in waiting for the entire realm to be converted, since that would be too inefficient and the time taken to achieve that would be too long.

Furthermore, it would be just like Vigilante A’s Morality City as it would require a lot of funds.

Most of the times, building infrastructures required a lot of investment, so only established organizations would be able to bear the burden.

Once Bodhisattva Spirit King descended, the great green insect jumped down from its platform and flew towards the Bodhisattva before he could even say anything.

It anxiously asked, “Where did the Great Azure Dragon go?”

“Oh, Brother Dragon had some matters to deal with and has already flown off,” replied the Bodhisattva, “I…”