Wandering Gods of Day and Night

The Green Robed Buddha’s attitude was quite respectful, seemingly beyond reproach.

Zhou Xuan sat on the reclining chair under the Ancestor Tree. Though it was a reclining chair, he did not lie down, but rather sat with his back straight, somewhat in the style of sitting upright with dignity.

He asked the Green Robed Buddha, "How do the gods on the Heavenly Dome address you?"

"Elevated by the gods of the Heavenly Dome, even though I, the Green Robed Buddha, rank the least among the twenty-four God-level beings, everyone sees my Buddhist name and calls me ’Old Buddha’."

In the itinerant world, whenever a name is prefixed with "Old," it signifies respect,

such as "Old Mister" or "Old Senior," and naturally, the "Old" in Old Buddha denotes respect as well.

Zhou Xuan nodded and said, "Then I’ll call you Old Buddha too. Old Buddha, there’s some grievance between us, right?"

"There was some grievance before."

The Green Robed Buddha nodded secretly. He felt that though Zhou Xuan’s character wasn’t great, he at least acknowledged what he did, like snatching his Wash Away Injustice Talisman, and he recognized this past conflict.

"Hmm."

Zhou Xuan beckoned to the Green Robed Buddha with his finger and said, "It’s good that you understand there’s a grievance. Come on, apologize to me."

"If you’re sincere in your apology, our past resentments can be written off."

He waved his large hand, seemingly to show his broad-mindedness.

Now, the Green Robed Buddha was dumbfounded—who should apologize to whom? You snatched my Wash Away Injustice Talisman and want me to apologize?

"Master Zhou, you are a named master of Bai Yujing, I cannot afford to offend you, but notwithstanding my inability to offend, for you to reverse the Heavenly Gang and demand my apology—aren’t you being overly domineering?"

The Green Robed Buddha’s expression was already untenable. Were it not for being a Buddhist, restrained from acting on greed, anger, and ignorance, he’d have already lost control, wanting to physically confront Zhou Xuan.

Zhou Xuan clapped and laughed,

"Green Robed Buddha, once upon a time, I went to the Time-Space World to hunt down the Taiping Monk Mo Tingsheng of the Buddha Country. You seized the opportunity to try to kill me. Shouldn’t you apologize for this?

If it wasn’t for Lord Jian blocking the mishap for me at the time, you’d probably have succeeded and beheaded me,

This kind of grievance, I’m only asking you to sincerely apologize, is it so difficult? Why speak of reversing the Heavenly Gang?"

Zhou Xuan’s eloquence was extremely clever, instantly leaving the Green Robed Buddha speechless.

The Green Robed Buddha was so infuriated that his hands trembled. He questioned in a shaky voice, "Master Zhou, I ask you, why would I act to cut you down..."

"You have to ask yourself that." Zhou Xuan replied innocently, head tilted.

The Green Robed Buddha said again, "That’s because you took my belonging... the Wash Away Injustice Talisman... it was my possession."

"You mean this?"

Zhou Xuan spat out a stream of turbid air and a clear breath. These two merged, forming a "Will Heavenly Book."

He had already utilized this Heavenly Book to achieve numerous great feats, merging with the "Heavenly Book" more and more each day. Now, the Heavenly Book had become part of his body, calling it forth felt as natural as using his own limb.

"This Heavenly Book indeed used to be the Wash Away Injustice Talisman."

Zhou Xuan sneered, "But I didn’t get it from you—I obtained it from the Blood Well."

This Wash Away Injustice Talisman was originally an object fished out by the original owner from the Blood Well, so Zhou Xuan claiming he got it himself was not entirely false.

"Obtained from the Blood Well, it’s still my Wash Away Injustice Talisman—it was given to a Daoist by me earlier and was unfortunately lost when the Daoist walked the human world."

The Green Robed Buddha’s gaze held a hint of evasive color.

Yet Zhou Xuan remained uncompromising, saying, "Then when your Wash Away Injustice Talisman was in the hands of the Blood Well Venerable, why did you not forcibly seize it?"

"This..."

The Green Robed Buddha stammered, "That’s because... because... at that time, I didn’t know that this talisman was with the Blood Well Venerable. If I had known, I would have... I would have..."

"You would have turned a blind eye, pretended not to know where the talismanic script was, and dared not demand it back, correct?"

Zhou Xuan’s words were extremely sharp, leaving the Green Robed Buddha unable to hide.

The Green Robed Buddha suddenly turned red-faced and could not voice a response.

Zhou Xuan continued, "Old Buddha, oh Old Buddha, when facing weaker opponents, you slaughter them, while facing stronger ones, you feign deafness and mute. Is this how you’ve been practicing your Prajna Wheel Collection all these years?"

"This... this...?"

The Green Robed Buddha was constantly at a loss for words. He realized he had still underestimated Zhou Xuan. The predetermined route of "shouting at Zhou Xuan, then smoothly refusing his help request" had collapsed,

"So, Old Buddha, you’d better apologize to me, bow your head as a Buddha."

Zhou Xuan sneered, "Otherwise, the fight we didn’t finish ages ago, shall be fought again today."

He finished speaking, and the Eternal Life Sect Leader and the Tiancan Monk each broke out in a cold sweat.

They were all too aware that if Zhou Xuan only engaged in verbal sparring, bolstered by his position as the Jade Capital Divine Pill Master, the Green Robed Buddha would naturally be outmatched, losing face.

But if it turned into a real weaponry fight, Zhou Xuan would not gain any advantage.

One was the human world’s Seven Incense Sticks, the other a God-level Great Buddha of the Heavenly Dome; the incense fire level between them was vastly different,

Though the Zhou Family’s Great Nuo was unmatched within the same realm, this advantage was insufficient to bridge such an incense gap.

The Eternal Life Sect Leader also feared Zhou Xuan might go overboard, so he promptly stepped in to mediate, saying, "Master Zhou, we all have our dignities. It’s not right to resort to violence at the drop of a hat. Relations sour over a few words, and we end up in a brawl."