The Lord Buddha waved his hand: "Who else can it be? Vairocana, no one else can trap me. Regarding this guy... forget it, I won't tell you, you won't know even if I tell you."
Jiang Fan's eyes were strange: "The Great Sun Tathagata? The leader of the Tantric Sect?"
Lord Buddha was a little stunned: "Shall I go? How did you know?"
Jiang Fan pinched his chin, his eyes wandering, "...I guessed it."
"You are pretty good at guessing..." Lord Buddha looked at him in surprise: "Boy, no wonder everyone says you are evil, you are really a bit evil..."
Seeing that Jiang Fan seemed to be thinking about something, he immediately said: "You are not a member of the Buddhist sect. There is no good in always asking what these things are for. Just mind your own business."
Jiang Fan snorted: "How come it has nothing to do with me? Tantric, Tantric, have you ever assassinated me?"
He was talking about the battle in Daizhou. Someone from the Tantric Sect did take action, but theoretically they were not from the Buddhist country.
The Lord Buddha was a little surprised: "How come you can get involved in everything? Boy, I have to advise you not to have anything to do with Buddhism and just be your disciple."
Jiang Fan suddenly looked at him: "You have a problem with their leader, and I have a problem with their disciples. As a group, why don't we at least cooperate in tantric sects?"
The Lord Buddha was a bit dumbfounded: "Chinese Tantric Sect was under my control before, but now I don't know what's wrong with you, and I don't bother to ask. I have a lot of things to do with Vairocha. No need to guess, what should you do?" What are you doing, don't try to drag me into the water, we won't be together."
Jiang Fan looked at him. As expected, he didn't say any more about this. Ever since he said that the bet was different, Jiang Fan had already felt that he had another set of things. He would definitely not talk to him too much, let alone go deep into it. Cooperation, saying this, he just wanted to test it out more.
"Okay, okay, I won't ask this question. Let's change the question, what is the relationship between the Demon Sect and Buddhism?"
Lord Buddha frowned: "Oh...you kid has so many problems, and you are involved in the Demon Sect. How can Li Pan offend you?"
"Li Luo?" Jiang Fan was startled: "I only know that Li Luo has a Buddhist country called Devadatta."
Lord Buddha was also stunned for a moment: "Replacement? But...that's not right...that fellow Devadatta...can't be still alive, let alone come to the Great Zhou Dynasty."
"Then which Li Pang are you talking about?"
"Demon Lord, back then, you, the cake maker, me, and those few were of the same generation, and they were really powerful."
Jiang Fan felt strange in his heart, Li Pan... could he be Li Luo's father? No, no, the age doesn't match, the name doesn't match, could it be... that it's his grandfather?
The Lord Buddha had no idea about his question. In his words, after being out for a hundred years, the devil knows which one is behind him.
But no matter what, let Jiang Fan confirm one thing. Li Pang, who lived at the same time as Master Fatty, Chang Mei, and Lord Buddha, was the Demon Lord at that time, a genius of heaven, and the only one in the Demon Sect’s five hundred years who had achieved great success in the Five Aggregates Demonic Art. In Lord Buddha's words, in terms of pure combat power, he was slightly inferior to Fat Master back then.
As for Li Luo, the Lord Buddha had never heard of him, but he just found it a little strange that he used the name Devadatta.
Regarding the five skandhas demonic power, Jiang Fan was given an explanation. It was a great evil bhikkhu who was hostile to the Buddha and committed the five sins of rebellion. He was also the elder brother of Ananda, a disciple of the Buddha. He was later suppressed by Ananda.
"Only one thing..." Lord Buddha seemed a little angry: "I have seen the portrait of that guy. He is extremely beautiful. You can't tell the difference between male and female. There is nothing wrong with his good looks... The problem is that he is prettier than me!"
Jiang Fan didn't care about his narcissism at all. He was shocked in his heart at that time. He was so beautiful that he couldn't tell the difference between male and female?
At that time, he ignored the Buddha's strangeness and anxiously found a piece of white silk and sketched a portrait of Li Luo. Although it was not very detailed, he was good at sketching and his features were still very obvious.
The Lord Buddha nodded immediately when he saw it: "It's him, Devadatta, have you seen this portrait?"
Jiang Fan was stunned for a long time, and finally shook his head: "No... I have seen such a living person..."
Lord Buddha:? ? ?
The two actually chatted for a while, but in the end there was no conclusion, so they had to end the topic with some confusion.
Compared with this topic that requires more information to think about, Jiang Fan is most concerned about the Maurya Dynasty's intentions at the moment.
Lord Buddha seemed to have been waiting for this question for a long time, and for the first time he showed a somewhat solemn expression.
"Buddhism comes to the west and has a big plan..."
As he spoke slowly, Jiang Fan gradually got a general outline. As he felt endless anger in his heart, he began to feel that the water was unfathomable.
This matter begins with Ashoka, the current leader of the Maurya Dynasty and known as the only holy king in the history of Buddhism.
This man was the third generation holy king of the Maurya Dynasty. Although he respected the Buddha, he governed the country more with religion. Under his rule, the Buddhist kingdom prospered extremely. The ambition of King Ashoka, who has a vast territory and a powerful army, is growing.
Then, he finally found a certain Buddhist master who had gone out of the Buddhist country to preach, and received his guidance. He learned about the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions, and even learned about the huge dynasty in the far east after crossing the wasteland, the Zhou Dynasty.
According to the powerful man, Zhou was a country that was more powerful, richer, and broader than the Buddha Kingdom. This aroused King Wuyou's strong desire to conquer. In his eyes, the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions were barren and barren. Don't even look at it, Zhou is the bigger target.
So, he began to plan to send people into Dazhou to collect all information about Dazhou.
However, the journey was too long and too rugged, and for many years there was not much success.
But after all, he learned about the amazing prosperity of the Chinese land through a few people. What made him even more excited was that the once prosperous Zhou Dynasty was now divided internally, with constant melees, and the country was weakening.
King Wushu was so excited that he couldn't sleep. He came up with the crazy idea of taking advantage of the decline of this huge empire to march eastward to plunder this rich land. If possible, he even wanted to take it into his arms.
However, both the powerful one and King Wuyou understand that it is difficult to attack directly under the current situation. If two countries that are too far apart in space want to go to war on a large scale, there are too many problems that need to be overcome. In addition to the insurmountable Plateaus and desolate lands, as well as military supplies and transportation, etc., most of them cannot be overcome in a short period of time. The very unwilling King Wuyou finally decided to start with religion, expand his influence within the Chinese, obtain more information, and Use a few strong players to plunder resources and lay the foundation for the future.
At this time, the Buddhist great authority once again suggested sending an envoy from the Western Regions to the Zhou Dynasty on the pretext of debating scriptures and preaching scriptures, to observe the situation of the Zhou Dynasty openly and look for allies. There are also considerations for taking a detour through many countries in the Western Region. On the one hand, it can examine the situation of key countries in the middle, and on the other hand, it can explore the most suitable march route for the future.
King Ashoka immediately adopted this strategy, so the Mauryan Dynasty's mission had set out more than two years ago. The messenger the great monk saw at the beginning was just an outpost. Naturally, the news they sent had been adapted a lot, and it was impossible for the other party to tell the true situation that the mission had already set off.
