The Extreme Alchemist of the Mighty Cauldron
Chapter 1327 - Chapter 1327 Chapter 1426 Someone Wants to Slaughter the

Chapter 1327: Chapter 1426: Someone Wants to Slaughter the Buddha Chapter 1327: Chapter 1426: Someone Wants to Slaughter the Buddha The great war between the two lands raged on fiercely.

For some unknown reason, the top experts of both the Nine Countries and the Seven Seas had not appeared in quite a while, unlike at the outset of the war when the top experts directly joined the battle and fought until the sky darkened and the earth dimmed.

Now, the battle between the two lands remained intense, but the top experts were no longer to be seen.

This could be because both sides were plotting, or perhaps a mutual wariness, various reasons intertwined, leading to a somewhat awkward situation for both parties.

Of course, there was one most direct cause, which both the Nine Countries and the Seven Seas had to acknowledge.

That was the fall of Burning Lamp Buddha!

As a top expert of the three sect and an elder of high repute, Burning Lamp Buddha’s position was crucial within them. During the time the Buddha Head went missing, Burning Lamp Buddha had essentially become the leader of the Buddhist Sect.

The impact of such a powerhouse on the war between the two lands was extremely profound and severe.

And now, with Burning Lamp Buddha having fallen within the territory of the Nine Countries, this dealt a very heavy blow to the three sect. Before his fall, he had invoked the power of faith, resulting in varying degrees of injury to the monks of the Buddhist Sect, causing a significant reduction in the number of combatants from the Buddhist Sect for a period of time thereafter.

Consequently, the offensive might of the three sect naturally could not match its former ferocity.

On the side of the Nine Countries, there were similarly difficulties and awkwardness.

Qin Emperor and Yuan Emperor had still not appeared, with no one knowing when they might return, leaving only Tang Emperor. Although Tang Emperor was mighty, the lack of two other emperors made him seem somewhat isolated and weak.

Moreover, the Pill Alliance had recently experienced many incidents, with North Spirit King and Western Moon King missing for a long time, their whereabouts unknown. Even the higher echelons of the Pill Alliance were in the dark about the two Heaven Kings’ locations.

Perhaps only South Zodiac King and East Pole Heaven King knew the whereabouts of those two, but naturally, South Zodiac and East Pole were not about to disclose that.

With South Zodiac King overseeing the Pill Alliance and commanding all sides, he naturally could not make a move easily–only if a truly threatening force emerged against the Pill Alliance would South Zodiac King take action.

As for East Pole Heaven King, who had disappeared for a while and then returned to the Pill Alliance, no one knew where he had gone or what he had done.

But upon returning, East Pole Heaven King chose to seclude himself in meditation, and to this day had not emerged.

According to some inside gossip within the Pill Alliance, East Pole Heaven King’s current period of seclusion seemed likely to last a very long time, possibly even a hundred years.

This rumor was initially circulated within the Pill Alliance but somehow soon reached the ears of various parties in the Nine Countries.

This turn of events caused dissatisfaction among many sectors of the Nine Countries.

Now, when the war between the two lands was at its most intense, East Pole Heaven King, with his earth-shattering abilities, could have been a game-changer, yet he had chosen to go into seclusion at such a time. What did this mean?

Many believed that East Pole Heaven King was not truly in seclusion but was instead using it as a pretense to avoid trouble, wishing to keep a low profile during this critical period and wait for the outcome of the war before emerging to reap the benefits and snatch advantages.

It was not the first time the Pill Alliance had been suspected of such behavior.

Some even speculated that Western Moon King and North Spirit King’s prolonged absence was prearranged to avoid clashing with the powerhouses of the Seven Seas.

For a time, the Pill Alliance faced the scrutiny of many from the Nine Countries, with major figures openly raising their voices in question of Pill Alliance’s inaction.

In response to the external skepticism, South Zodiac King offered an explanation, but it was a rather perfunctory one, and naturally, none were inclined to accept it.

In actuality, the Pill Alliance was far from inactive; on the contrary, to support the Nine Countries against the Seven Seas, the Pill Alliance continuously transported Pills within the borders of Tang Country. The effort was nonstop, ensuring that even in the midst of the most intense battles, there was never a shortage of Pills.

Beyond the supply of Pills, the Pill Alliance also dispatched a considerable number of personnel to participate in the war, with the number of casualties reaching over a thousand.

However, in the eyes of various factions within the Nine Countries, the Pill Alliance still seemed to have made no significant effort. If they truly wanted to help, why hadn’t the Four Great Heaven Kings taken action yet?

In response to such skepticism, the South Zodiac King didn’t bother to explain much, and instead told the factions of the Nine Countries quite forcefully that if they felt the Pill Alliance was all talk and no action, then the Pill Alliance could simply withdraw from the great war between the two regions and sever all support to the Nine Countries.

Once these words were spoken, the factions of the Nine Countries were immediately dumbfounded, and even the monarchies of the Upper Three Countries, who had initially arrived with great momentum, returned home in a dejected manner.

It was a joke, although the Nine Countries had many complaints and doubts about the Pill Alliance, if they truly drove the Pill Alliance to desperation and it withdrew from the war between the two regions, it would undoubtedly add to the Nine Countries’ woes.

The most severe consequence, which no one dared to contemplate, was that the Pill Alliance might turn their guns around to help the three sects deal with the Nine Countries.

If it came to that, they would be caught between two fires, and it was likely that the Nine Countries would be close to extinction.

After adopting such an attitude, the voices of doubt from the Nine Countries about the Pill Alliance did indeed diminish greatly, though they didn’t completely disappear, with much of the talk occurring behind closed doors.

Because of this, the members of the Pill Alliance were seething with indignation, feeling a great sense of injustice. However, many high-level figures within the Pill Alliance had already anticipated such things.

After all, the Pill Alliance was a massive force that could influence the entire situation of the two regions, its existence was too sensitive. The three sect feared the Pill Alliance, and the Nine Countries had their own apprehensions about it as well.

…

While the Pill Alliance was enduring criticism, unbeknownst to anyone, the East Pole Heaven King, who had been in seclusion for a long time, quietly emerged from his place of retreat one deep night.

The Pill Alliance masters guarding outside, responsible for protecting his meditation, did not notice that the East Pole Heaven King had left his seclusion.

The East Pole Heaven King looked at these few high-level members of the Pill Alliance with a trace of a smile on his aged face.

After that, the East Pole Heaven King soared into the sky and headed off into the distance.

Midway, the South Zodiac King appeared and had a brief conversation with the East Pole Heaven King, then returned to the Pill Alliance with a complex expression on his face.

Until dawn broke in the east.

Above the vast and mighty sea, a slovenly old man was riding the wind and waves, standing on a somewhat peculiar-looking stele as he traveled atop the ocean.

This old man was none other than the East Pole Heaven King. Standing on the stele, he moved extremely swiftly, covering a thousand miles in the blink of an eye.

The three sect, Boundless Peak.

This place was where Ling Chanzi, a reclusive high monk of the Buddhist Sect, chanted scriptures. Every dawn and dusk, Ling Chanzi would sit cross-legged on the highest rock of Boundless Peak, gazing westward and reciting Buddhist sutras.

On this day, Ling Chanzi was doing just as usual, but suddenly stopped chanting midway.

“Grand Zen Master, why have you stopped chanting?” Beneath the boulder, a very young novice monk, tilting his head, was puzzled.

The likewise youthful-looking Ling Chanzi gave a slight smile: “Someone wishes to slaughter the Buddha.”

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