The Ghost-faced Man seemed unconcerned by the Solar Fire's attack, elegantly saluting everyone while lightly laughing, "The two of you truly seem like kindred spirits upon your first meeting, your bond is deep, thicker than blood, truly moving."

A torrent of words was released with a rapid patter, filled with a sense of flippancy.

Standing behind Manjusri, the White-haired Ape's heart stirred, sensing a familiar pungent Qi.

Then, the Ghost-faced Man shifted topics, saying, "With such a situation, I feel reluctant to inform you of the tragic death of your family's eldest son in the White Mountain Black Water. Incidentally, the members of your family stationed at Linggan Temple are almost all dead; I am willing to testify that the people from Buddha Country did it themselves."

"What did you say?"

Manjusri and Jiang Liuguang simultaneously exclaimed, causing Buddha's energy and Sun Qi to rise together, making the sky as bright as day, with Buddhist chanting resonating everywhere.

Jiang Liuguang's face was cold and severe, while Manjusri, after a brief astonishment, rebuked, "Wicked one, how dare you utter slanderous lies?"

Although our Manjusri Bodhisattva had already decided to stir trouble by exploiting the relationship between the Awakened and Karma Tathagata, upon hearing the Ghost-faced Man's words, he immediately raised his voice to coldly rebuke, expressing disbelief.

Regardless of what's in his heart, on the surface, he cannot believe any words detrimental to unity.

Moreover, the death of the Jiang Family members in Buddha Country was actually a relief to Manjusri. Although he might not have much affection for those Jiang Family members, appearances needed to be maintained.

"How is it slander?"

The Ghost-faced Man spread his hands and smiled, "I am merely stating the facts. You two Great Masters defied the Awakened's will, leading your people eastward, which was indeed intolerable to the Awakened. Now that the Awakened has emerged, of course he would want to purge the rebellious."

Good heavens, earlier he said it was Buddha Country people who acted, now he's shifting the blame onto the Awakened.

This ability to spout nonsense could very well rival my own, Jiang Li thought to himself.

'The deaths of the Jiang Family members most likely have connections to the Fire House Buddha Hell...and more than likely, it was the work of the Fourth King of Buddha Prison. Fire House Buddha Hell truly played their cards well, joining forces with Taibai True Monarch to force the Awakened out, then promptly selling them out.'

Jiang Li listened from the side, inwardly cheering for Fire House Buddha Hell.

Taibai True Monarch forced the Awakened out to have the monks of Buddha Country return.

The Awakened's cleansing intentions are covert, but on the surface, he must have the monks return. Besides, with Karma Tathagata reappearing in the world, the monks of Buddha Country should logically return to defend, which is what the lower ranks would do, regardless of reluctant superiors.

Thus, throwing the blame onto the Awakened becomes necessary.

Jiang Li did this, and Fire House Buddha Hell did this. Jiang Li aimed to thwart Taibai True Monarch's plans to defeat enemies in Great Zhou, while Fire House Buddha Hell sought simply to divide the enemy.

The two sides seemingly thought along the same lines.

Jiang Li gave a nod of approval to Fire House Buddha Hell's act of blaming and felt a peculiar sense of familiarity.

'This shit-stirring ability...'

Jiang Li silently glanced at the Ghost-faced Man.

Meanwhile, the Ghost-faced Man had not finished speaking.

"It seems Manjusri Bodhisattva does not trust the people from my Buddha Prison," the Ghost-faced Man sighed, "Even though our Worldly Venerable and your Chief have a deep connection."

"Humph!" Manjusri sneered coldly, "Wicked one, don't tell me you're going to say Karma Tathagata and our Chief look identical?"

"Hmm?" The Ghost-faced Man exclaimed in surprise, "You knew?"

At this moment, a familiar feeling surged within him.

'Who plagiarized my idea?'

No doubt about it, someone was being a shit-stirrer, having earlier conveyed the news, trying to legitimize Manjusri's betrayal of the Awakened.

The Ghost-faced Man ground his teeth at this realization.

He was delighted that someone thought like him but disliked that someone else wanted to fish in troubled waters as he did.

In these times, even the role of a shit-stirrer is contested, what a world.

While the Ghost-faced Man realized the rival, Manjusri had already raised his voice, ensuring it reached all around, "Buddha Prison's wicked one, daring to slander the Chief, claiming the Chief and Karma Tathagata look alike, deserves to be exterminated!"

His voice boomed like Thunder Sound, echoing far and wide, causing monks inside and outside the city to freeze in surprise.

Then Manjusri's fingers formed a sword, commanding, "Prajnaparamita, draw the sword."

The golden Buddha Sword unsheathed, and Manjusri wielded it to slice horizontally, with the Sword Qi stretching dozens of meters, slicing through the Ghost-faced Man's silhouette as if entering the void, disappearing.

Simultaneously, 300 miles away, a Sword Light soared, mirrored by Buddha's energy, clearly the Sword Qi released by Manjusri.

Appearing there was not the Ghost-faced Man's true body but an Illusion Body, his True Body remained 300 miles away. Manjusri's Sword Qi traversed through him, sensing his Qi, and through Wisdom Round Light and "Gui Cang Yi" calculation, locked onto his True Body's location, embarking on a spatial chase, just like he did with Jiang Li.

"The Sword Qi possesses spirit, slaying through space, truly one of the Four Swordsmanship Extremes."

The Ghost-faced Man clapped, praising the spirituality of Manjusri's Sword Qi from a distance.

Observing from afar, the Sword Light surprisingly evolved, arranging across the sky, forming rows of sword shadows, as if hundreds of swordsmen wielded Sharp Swords into a Sword Array, attacking simultaneously.

This is Manjusri's Sword Dao.

Within the Four Swordsmanship Extremes, Taibai True Monarch is noted for sharpness, Daoist Guang Cheng for speed, and Manjusri excels in spirituality. His Sword Qi, like living creatures, evolves spontaneously, one sword spark spawning countless transformations, its sword momentum unending.

Only a Manjusri possessing such capability could openly challenge Daoist Guang Cheng's Yin Yang Two Extremes Sword.

As for Taibai True Monarch, when he discusses Sword Dao with Daoist Guang Cheng, it's typically "you hit yours, I hit mine, win by killing the other first."

Yet despite such endless transformative Sword Qi, the Ghost-faced Man's True Body remains untouchable. This Fourth King of the Fire House Buddha Hell's Illusion Body continues to exist here, showing not a trace of urgency.

Jiang Liuguang, seeing this, stirred his thoughts, making the Great Sun in the sky appear to move, but at the same time, the distant Sword Qi began to disperse, wandering, scurrying across the sky and underground.

"He has already left."

Tan Wuwei spoke calmly, with a composed expression, "It seems you have already departed. It is rare to find someone whose prowess in Magic rivals yours today, probably not more than five, not even Tinghu Tianxuan, who has already advanced to third grade, would dare claim superiority over you."

Through his Divine Skills to foresee the future, Tan Wuwei has confirmed the other's departure. Even if Jiang Liuguang uses his power to confirm the opponent's location, he cannot easily catch him.

The speed of the Golden Crow is truly fast, but if the opponent's location cannot be determined, how can you capture him?

"Ha," the Ghost-faced Man laughed heartily, "I am not like the other three; no matter how they seek death, they won't find it."

Yet, even with prior preparation, his escape from Manjusri's Sword Qi was a feat that no common mastery of escaping can easily justify.

His skill in Magic must rank among the top ten or even top five in the world today.

This mastery of escape? Far too modest.

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