Hearing Abbot Zhiyuan's reply, the Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan fought back the dizziness in his head.
Not daring to waste a single second, he quickly sent a sound transmission to the Third Elder of the Ancient God Clan:
“Old Third, hurry over to the vicinity of the Ancient Buddha Sect and see if you can find our Ancestor. He destroyed their formation, snatched their Vajra Bodhi Fruits, and even beat up their Abbot...”
He was terrified that if any more time passed, there was no telling what other catastrophic disasters their Ancestor might cause.
After sending the message to the Third Elder, the Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan hurriedly sought out the Second Elder, who had just recovered from his injuries.
“Let's go, let's go... Hurry and follow me to the Ancient Buddha Sect to take a look...”
“Why are we going to the Ancient Buddha Sect?” the Second Elder of the Ancient God Clan asked, deeply bewildered.
On the way, the Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan recounted the contents of Abbot Zhiyuan's sound transmission to him.
Hearing this, the Second Elder's eyes nearly popped out of his head!
He truly could not have imagined that their Ancestor could cause such a massive disaster!
In the past, he was only tricked out of some spirit stones or tricked into eating poison pills. But now, look at him—he had actually learned how to cause real trouble!
Once the two arrived at the Ancient Buddha Sect, they met up with the Third Elder, who had already searched the surrounding area.
Seeing the Third Elder alone, they didn't even need to ask to know that he hadn't found the Ancestor.
“Patriarch, I've searched the entire surrounding area, but I couldn't find the Ancestor anywhere!”
The Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan took a deep breath.
“Let's go. We'll head into the Ancient Buddha Sect first... Oh, and once we're inside, we must absolutely not admit that the Ancestor did it...”
“We haven't found the Ancestor yet, so we don't know the exact details of what happened...”
Hearing the Patriarch's words, the Second Elder and the Third Elder exchanged a glance.
They both understood exactly what the Patriarch meant—no matter what, they had to deny everything to the grave!
They would play it by ear!
With that decided, the three of them made their way into the Ancient Buddha Sect.
Abbot Zhiyuan furiously led the three of them to the Vajra Bodhi Fruit Tree.
“Look at this! Look at the fine mess your fool of an Ancestor made! Our formation is ruined, and our fruits are gone! Hurry up and have him return our Vajra Bodhi Fruits!”
Looking at the absolute wreck surrounding the Vajra Bodhi Fruit Tree, full of craters and debris...
It had clearly suffered severe devastation!
The eyes of the three Ancient God Clan members flickered. Their Ancestor had really held nothing back!
It's not like you're lacking food or drink at home, so why on earth did you steal their Vajra Bodhi Fruits?
“Heh... Abbot Zhiyuan, it's not that I'm refusing to take responsibility! But you're claiming it was our Ancestor based purely on your word alone. That's a bit unreasonable, don't you think?”
“Exactly. Our Ancestor might be a little simple-minded, but for all these years, he's only ever been tricked out of spirit stones or tricked into eating poisonous pills. He only ever does things that harm himself and benefit others...”
“In all these years, when have you ever heard of our Ancestor stealing anything? If he actually had that kind of capability, we wouldn't have to keep him amused at home every single day.”
The Second Elder and the Third Elder chimed in, supporting the Patriarch.
Wang Defa and Big Yellow listened to this, utterly dumbfounded.
They hadn't expected the Ancient God Clan to actually have a fool for an Ancestor!
“Amitabha... To think you would actually deny it! I saw him with my very own eyes...”
Hearing the words of the three from the Ancient God Clan, Abbot Zhiyuan was instantly consumed by rage!
“Yeah! Your Ancestor stole our things, and yet you refuse to admit it... You people are going way too far!”
“Hurry up and return our Vajra Bodhi Fruits!”
“Amitabha, the Ancient God Clan is pushing us too far...”
Zhiku and the rest of the monks also glared furiously at the three from the Ancient God Clan, shouting in anger!
Seeing this scene unfold, Wang Defa and Big Yellow exchanged a look. Are they going to start fighting?
We won't get dragged into this, will we?
With that in mind, the man and the dog quietly took a few steps back, pulled out some melon seeds, and began to enjoy the show...
“Abbot Zhiyuan, it's not that we're refusing to admit it, but you have to show us some proof!” the Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan said with a solemn expression.
At the same time, he muttered to himself:
If it were anything cheaper, I might have just sucked it up and admitted it. But we're talking about three Vajra Bodhi Fruits here.
If we have to compensate them for that, our Ancient God Clan will suffer a devastating loss!
Besides, the Second Elder and I were just plundered by the Qingshan Sect not too long ago. We can't afford to waste any more of our family's reserves!
“Amitabha! This poor monk saw your Ancestor with his own eyes and even exchanged blows with him! What other proof do you possibly need?”
The old monk Zhiyuan was so furious his face turned pale. He glared at the Patriarch and the others, gritting his teeth as he spoke.
“What is the meaning of this, Ancient God Clan? Are you trying to instigate a war between our two great powers?”
The Patriarch's heart sank, but he kept his face completely blank and replied firmly:
“Our Ancient God Clan is not unreasonable, but just because you say you saw him doesn't make it a fact!”
“I could just as easily claim that I saw you sneaking into our Ancient God Clan to steal things with my own eyes! Besides, what you see with your eyes isn't necessarily the truth!”
“You... A monk does not tell lies. This poor monk would never stoop to deceiving you!” Abbot Zhiyuan glared at the Patriarch.
He could finally see through them now—the Ancient God Clan had absolutely no intention of taking responsibility!
A sharp glint flashed in Abbot Zhiyuan's eyes, and a powerful aura suddenly erupted from him as his gaze turned icy cold.
“This poor monk now suspects that your Ancient God Clan is intentionally trying to provoke a war between our two factions! Since that is the case, do not blame this poor monk for being impolite...”
The Patriarch's eyelids twitched. What happened to Buddhist monks being peaceful and averse to conflict?
However, he couldn't afford to back down now. Flicking his sleeve, he countered:
“Abbot Zhiyuan, I advise you to calm down. If our two factions go to war, the Ancient God Clan won't be the only one affected. When the time comes, we will likely both end up severely weakened, allowing others to reap the benefits of our conflict...”
Abbot Zhiyuan's eyes flickered. He knew the Patriarch was right.
The other ancient powers were watching them like hawks!
They were all waiting for an opportunity to swallow each other up!
But was their Ancient Buddha Sect supposed to just let themselves be bullied and swallow this bitter pill in silence?
No, absolutely not! When had the Ancient Buddha Sect ever suffered such humiliation?
Just as he was preparing to strike, Zhiku suddenly stepped forward from behind him.
Abbot Zhiyuan was slightly puzzled, not understanding what his junior brother was trying to do.
Slap!
Patting his protruding, round belly, Zhiku declared:
“If your Ancient God Clan doesn't return our Vajra Bodhi Fruits, I will have Abbot Senior Brother go cry at your front gate every single day!”
“Or, I'll have Abbot Senior Brother take a dump right at your doorstep! And if that still doesn't work, he'll just hang himself right at the entrance of your Ancient God Clan!”
Who doesn't know how to play dirty?
The moment Zhiku finished speaking, the entire place fell dead silent. Everyone stared at him, utterly dumbstruck.
Good heavens...
How on earth did you come up with such a shameless tactic?
Even the furious Abbot Zhiyuan couldn't help but twitch his lips upon hearing this.
So all the humiliating work is going to be done by me, huh?
If you're so brilliant, why don't you do it yourself?
Yet, compared to starting an all-out war, this actually seemed like a viable, albeit bizarre, alternative!
After all, the fool of the Ancient God Clan was a peak Half-Immortal. If they truly fought, the Ancient Buddha Sect might not necessarily come out on top!
Especially considering that their Buddha Son was about to be born, now was not the time for a massive conflict!
Weighing all these factors, Abbot Zhiyuan took a deep breath and said:
“That's right! If you don't return our Vajra Bodhi Fruits, I will go cry at your gate... or hang myself right at your front door!”
As for taking a dump at the Ancient God Clan's doorstep, he still cared somewhat about his dignity, so he really couldn't bring himself to say it!
And of course, he would never actually do such a thing!
The three members of the Ancient God Clan, who were already reeling from Zhiku's shocking words, were now completely flabbergasted.
Hearing Abbot Zhiyuan actually agree to it made them even more dumbfounded!
“Are you really the Abbot of the Ancient Buddha Sect?!”
The Patriarch of the Ancient God Clan simply couldn't hold back from shouting.
“Nobody ever said an Abbot can't do this!” Having made up his mind, Abbot Zhiyuan threw caution to the wind!
I'll leave my face in the hands of the Buddha for now!
“Zhiku! Guard the temple. I am heading to the Ancient God Clan's front gate right now...”
“You got it! Go with an easy mind, Abbot Senior Brother!” Zhiku readily agreed.
Wang Defa and Big Yellow were completely speechless, utterly stunned by this turn of events!
Good grief! This is certainly an eye-opener!
To think things could actually be resolved like this!
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