Chapter 650 - 644: The Frustrated Wa Huang
Wa Huang isn’t a three-year-old child. Naturally, she can see that the Demon Lord and Buddha are playing good cop, bad cop.
But as the saying goes, those without burdens have nothing to fear.
Now, the Demon Lord and Buddha are without burdens, while she, Wa Huang, has her burdens.
Facing the Demon Lord and Buddha, she’s naturally at a disadvantage.
"Two scoundrels!" Wa Huang cursed in her heart.
But apart from cursing, Wa Huang really had no solution.
Now, the Demon Lord and Buddha blatantly teamed up. Facing one against two, she had no chance of winning.
Moreover, if she didn’t agree, who knows if the Demon Lord might actually crouch outside her Wa Huang’s Palace and kill the Peacock Great Ming King.
After all, Wa Huang couldn’t possibly stay beside the Peacock Great Ming King all the time to protect him.
Thinking it over, the more Wa Huang thought, the angrier she became.
However, no matter how angry she was, she was helpless.
"Fine!"
"I agree with you!" Wa Huang said through gritted teeth, "However, I don’t want any magical treasures or spiritual medicines."
"You and the Demon Lord each owe me a favor. If you agree, then this matter is settled."
Since ancient times, the hardest thing to repay is a favor.
Magical treasures and spiritual medicines have value.
Only this favor can’t be measured by value.
With this favor, Wa Huang could handle Buddha and the Demon Lord in the future.
If possible, Buddha would definitely want to use things like magical treasures and spiritual medicines to make the deal.
A debt of gratitude is easy to owe but hard to repay!
However, now Wa Huang actively proposed to exchange for two favors.
Buddha was momentarily unsure how to respond, after all, there’s an old adage: once is chance, twice is coincidence, third time is a pattern!
If it were refused again, it would seem somewhat bullying.
However, seeing Buddha not speaking for a long time, the Demon Lord beside him feared Wa Huang might change her mind and quickly agreed: "Deal!"
"Two favors only, agreed!"
Buddha: "???!!!"
Hearing the Demon Lord agree for him, Buddha shut his eyes helplessly.
Buddha thought to himself, what a fool for a teammate!
Buddha hadn’t figured out a solution before, now, he didn’t have to think about it.
The Demon Lord had already agreed, the matter couldn’t be changed.
"Deal!"
"Let’s set it like this then!"
"This matter isn’t urgent, wait until Wa Huang has subdued the Peacock Great Ming King. Then, we’ll act when we find an opportunity," Buddha said slowly, his tone neither happy nor sad.
The Demon Lord was delighted, Buddha was indifferent, while Wa Huang’s face couldn’t hide her anger.
Although Buddha, the Demon Lord, and Wa Huang reached a deal, Wa Huang was forced into it, so naturally, she was angry inside.
"Farewell!" Wa Huang said, turning and leaving at once.
"Hahaha!"
"Hahahaha!" As Wa Huang walked out, the Demon Lord couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
After a bout of laughing, the Demon Lord said smugly, "That woman Wa Huang, thinking she’s smart. She refuses tangible things and insists we owe her a favor!"
"What do you think she’s thinking!"
After hearing the Demon Lord’s words, Buddha sighed helplessly, "Sigh!"
Buddha thought, it’s not her being overly clever, it’s you being a fool!
Buddha didn’t bother explaining to the Demon Lord. He knew that if he continued explaining, the Demon Lord would bring his intelligence to the same level and then defeat him with experience.
"Let’s deal with future matters when they come!"
"That Peacock Great Ming King is a tough nut. It’s not so easy for Wa Huang to subdue her either," Buddha said to the Demon Lord.
"Damn it!"
"Truth is, it’s all on the World Honored’s lack of capability. These countless years, he lived as good as a dog."
"To actually be defeated by a youngster like Lin Yuan, if the World Honored achieved the path, we wouldn’t have so much trouble!" the Demon Lord cursed.
The Demon Lord and Buddha placed the blame on the World Honored. After his defeat, they didn’t even have capable people under them.
So, it’s understandable that the Demon Lord cursed the World Honored’s ancestors.
"Talking about it now is useless!"
"Think of a way, we must quickly gather some capable people!" Buddha said after pondering for a moment.
Among the Four Great Demon Kings under the Demon Lord, at least one remained, whereas among Buddha’s four great disciples, all were wiped out!
Buddha, at the moment, needed more people.
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Mysterious World.
East Sea.
Lin Yuan was cultivating when he saw Guanyin Bodhisattva rush in hurriedly from outside.
In terms of all matters of this Mysterious World, Lin Yuan entrusted them to Elder Bai.
Therefore, usually, Elder Bai looked for Lin Yuan more often.
If Guanyin Bodhisattva came to find Lin Yuan, there must be a reason.
"What wind blew Bodhisattva here today?" Lin Yuan asked Guanyin Bodhisattva.
Guanyin Bodhisattva, looking anxious, said, "Mengmeng is back, she’s likely to ask where her father is, have you thought about how to handle it?"
Before the battle with the World Honored, at the Peacock Great Ming King’s request, Kong Mengmeng was sent to the Real World.
Lin Yuan hadn’t expected Kong Mengmeng to return at this time.
This is a real problem!
The great battle ended, and the Peacock Great Ming King was missing. How should Lin Yuan explain to Kong Mengmeng?
Being truthful wouldn’t work.
Could he tell Kong Mengmeng that the Peacock Great Ming King went to Wa Huang’s Palace as an undercover agent?
Undoubtedly, if Kong Mengmeng knew the truth, she’d surely worry about the Peacock Great Ming King’s safety.
She might lose sleep over it.
"How does the Bodhisattva know that Mengmeng is back?" Lin Yuan inquired.
Guanyin Bodhisattva laughed bitterly, saying, "Mengmeng must have returned to the Peacock Great Ming King’s sanctum, and not seeing her father, she went to my place to inquire."
"I didn’t know how to answer, so I avoided her with an excuse of not being at the sanctum."
"I thought she’d come to you for answers, so I came to give you a heads-up."
After hearing Guanyin Bodhisattva’s explanation, Lin Yuan thought it seemed inevitable to use a protective lie to pacify Kong Mengmeng.
"I’ll handle Mengmeng’s side."
"Bodhisattva, you should secretly notify others so we all maintain a consistent story."
"In the future, if Mengmeng asks, just say the Peacock Great Ming King had a fortuitous encounter and went to the Void to cultivate," Lin Yuan told Guanyin Bodhisattva.
"This..."
"A monk doesn’t speak false words," Guanyin Bodhisattva said somewhat awkwardly.
"The World Honored is gone, so what monk!"
"Consider for yourself. If things slip from you, think about how you’ll account to the Great Ming King!" Lin Yuan said irritably.
Guanyin Bodhisattva reluctantly agreed, "Though monks don’t speak false words, it’s acceptable to occasionally tell a well-intentioned lie."
As a good ally of the Peacock Great Ming King, in his absence, Guanyin Bodhisattva certainly would protect Kong Mengmeng.
Given the current situation, concocting a well-intentioned lie to placate Kong Mengmeng was the most advantageous plan.