Journey to the West: Man in heaven, working nine to five

#2207 - Provoke the demons again

Maitreya Buddha naturally discerned the sarcasm in his words, and his face immediately showed anger as he spoke to Chu Hao with some displeasure.

"Hmph, the Western Paradise is nothing special, just relying on the Tathagata Buddha. If there were no Tathagata, our Demon Clan would have flattened the Western Paradise."

Hearing Maitreya Buddha say this, Chu Hao couldn't help but smile inwardly, because this was the effect he wanted.

"Tathagata Buddha? It seems you don't know yet, the Tathagata Buddha and Guanyin, and others, have been imprisoned by the Heavenly Court."

Chu Hao briefly told Maitreya Buddha how the Tathagata had been imprisoned.

Of course, Chu Hao deliberately omitted his own secret manipulations, only saying that the Tathagata and Guanyin and others attacked the Divine Prison Hall and were captured by the Heavenly Court.

"Is this true?"

Maitreya Buddha and the members of the Demon Clan were all pleasantly surprised upon hearing this news.

"Of course, you can investigate if you don't believe it."

Chu Hao nodded affirmatively, unafraid of the Demon Clan's investigation, because the situation was indeed as he said.

"Alright, since you Demon Clan are fine, I'll be leaving first."

The reason Chu Hao came was to tell the Demon Clan this news.

The Demon Clan and the Western Paradise have a deep-seated hatred, and they are definitely planning revenge, so Chu Hao doesn't need to provoke them with deliberate words; they will take the initiative to act.

If Chu Hao said too much, it would instead make Maitreya Buddha and the others suspect that all of this was Chu Hao's arrangement, and they would become apprehensive.

After Chu Hao left, Maitreya Buddha immediately sent people to investigate whether what Chu Hao said was true or false.

The Tathagata Buddha and Guanyin and others being publicly tried and imprisoned by the Heavenly Court was not a secret, and this matter was significant, having already spread like wildfire throughout the Three Realms.

The investigation naturally yielded results easily, confirming what Chu Hao had said.

After obtaining the confirmed results, Maitreya Buddha and the Demon Clan members couldn't help but rejoice.

"The Tathagata and Guanyin and others being imprisoned is a perfect opportunity for us to take revenge on the Western Paradise."

"With the Tathagata and Guanyin imprisoned, the Western Paradise has lost half of its core combat power."

"Opportunity knocks but once; if we want revenge, we must seize the moment!"

The Demon Clan members naturally all had thoughts of revenge and urged Maitreya Buddha with suggestions.

"Alright, immediately gather all the strength of our Demon Clan; we will declare war on the Western Paradise and directly attack Mount Ling!"

After pondering, Maitreya Buddha made a decisive decision.

The Demon Clan acted swiftly, immediately gathering a large army and openly issuing a declaration of war against the Western Paradise.

Within the Western Paradise, however, the situation was different. With the Tathagata Buddha absent, the second-in-command, Dipankara Buddha, naturally took charge.

"Now that the Tathagata Buddha and Guanyin and others have been imprisoned by the Heavenly Court, our Western Paradise lacks key combat power.

"The Demon Clan has already begun to counterattack, and many of our places have suffered attacks from the Demon Clan."

"Without the Tathagata Buddha, how can we contend with the Demon Clan?"

"Guanyin and the dozens of others are all elite combat forces of our Western Paradise; without them, we are no match for the Demon Clan."

The Western Paradise members said to Dipankara Buddha, appearing very沮丧 (jǔ sàng - dejected).

"First,调回 (diào huí - transfer back) our Western Paradise personnel to Mount Ling. We can only defend the land of Mount Ling for now, awaiting the return of the Buddhas."

After considering for a while, Dipankara Buddha decided to adopt a defensive posture.