Using entries to cultivate immortality in chaotic times

"It's not the leaves that block out the sky, but the greed in one's own heart."

"The ancient saying goes..."

"Enough, you talk a bit much," Fat Long said expressionlessly. "I simply asked casually, there's no need for you to show off your knowledge here, it's a bit stiff."

"As you command, Immortal."

...

"It was right that there was no grudge in the past."

Chen Qiu stood suspended in the air, looking up and down at the Deceit Buddha with a calm expression. The Buddha exhibited considerable wariness towards him, which somewhat eased his anxiety. However, in that recent strike, the Deceit Buddha seemed to have sustained little damage.

His attack wasn't with full force, merely one-tenth the strength of what he could truly exert, and even that was weakened by the Heavenly Dao Shackles. Still, even so, the fact that the Deceit Buddha could block it unscathed was rather shocking.

"But today, a grudge has formed."

"Why guide me to the 'Seven Maiden Continent'? Are you scheming against me? Why scheme against me?"

"Scheme against you?"

The Deceit Buddha couldn't help but laugh out of rage, saying, "Damn it, I don't even know you. Why the hell would I scheme against you? Wasn't it you who asked me if there was any lower-grade continent where the underworld had collapsed? I told you the answer, and now I'm wrong?"

"Not quite."

Chen Qiu shook his head and said, "In fact, this series has several First Grade Continents where the underworlds have collapsed. Why didn't you mention those continents and instead pointed me towards the Seven Maiden Continent? What's your scheme in directing me there?"

"I'm scheming against your mother!"

It was clear that the Deceit Buddha wasn't adept at polite conversation, and his temper was quite unstable. At the moment, he was emotionally charged and hysterically shouted, "Just because of that, you want to ruin my opportunity?"

"Am I omnipotent? I ask you, am I the Heavenly Dao, or am I the All-Knowing Immortal Emperor?"

"How the hell would I know which inferior continents had their underworlds collapse in this series?"

"Ah? You tell me!"

"I only know about the Seven Maiden Continent, whose underworld has recently collapsed. Whether other continents' underworlds have collapsed, I was not aware. I could only mention the Seven Maiden Continent to you. Do I have a problem, ah, I'm asking you!"

"Because of this, you destroy my opportunity? Do you know how long I've been preparing for this chance? Ah!"

"Scheme against you, scheme against you!"

"I don't even know who the hell you are, what meaning would there be in scheming against you? A bunch of Body Integration Realm guys coming to a First Grade Continent for fun, aren't you? Isn't this endless?"

...

"..."

Chen Qiu stood suspended in the air without expression, falling into a long silence. The Deceit Buddha seemed to be speaking sincerely, and it seemed he wasn't lying, plus he made some sense. The Deceit Buddha wasn't the Heavenly Dao, so naturally, he couldn't possibly be All-Knowing about all times.

Knowing only of the Seven Maiden Continent's underworld collapsing, so mentioning the Seven Maiden Continent, indeed there was no issue.

"So you weren't scheming against me?"

"That's right!"

The Deceit Buddha looked at Chen Qiu with an agitated expression, and sensing the killing intent in Chen Qiu's words weakening, hurriedly tried to make amends, "This is purely a groundless calamity, so, let's just say we got off on the wrong foot today, and besides..."

"But you cursed at me just now," Chen Qiu said in a light, expressionless voice.

"..."

This time it was the Deceit Buddha's turn to fall silent. After a while, he said expressionlessly and hoarsely, "So you're not going to kill me just because I cursed at you, right?"

"That's correct."

"I advise you to think thrice. The reason why I'm being so courteous to you is simply to avoid wasting my foundation. A junior at the Body Integration Realm isn't qualified to talk to me like that when I'm at my peak."

"So you're not at your peak now?"

"That's not important. What's important is that I hope you understand, if I wish to, it's not certain that I can't defeat you."

"Not certain that you can't defeat me?"

"We could cooperate, at least if you're thinking of carrying out justice for the Heavenly Dao, you might want to hold off for a moment. I'm not an Evil Demon, although my name might sound a bit weird, in reality, I'm a good person."

"Brother Qiu," Fat Long whispered in Chen Qiu's ear, "being able to recognize at a glance that you have unification cultivation, he must not be someone from the First Grade Continent; his former cultivation might truly be formidable, at least at the unification cultivation level."

"..."

After pondering for a moment, Chen Qiu slightly raised an eyebrow and said, "Shall we talk?"

"Let's talk."

The Deceit Buddha nodded solemnly and sincerely.

...

A few breaths later.

Chen Qiu summoned the Heavenly Palace to float in the air. Everyone formed a circle at the entrance of the Heavenly Palace, seated on the ground. The Deceit Buddha, sitting on the floor, was the first to speak earnestly, "First of all, I need to clarify something."

"Although my name is Deceit Buddha, I've never actively killed anyone. Everything I do is an equivalence exchange, and there's no problem with that, right?"

"Equivalence exchange is the fundamental rule of all the Grades of Continents, isn't it? Even the rewards from the Heavenly Dao involve an equivalence exchange, right?"

"While sometimes the things I bestow might indeed lead to slaughter, if a person who buys a knife goes on to kill, that sin shouldn't be blamed on the seller of the knife. Otherwise, the one with the highest sin should be the Heavenly Dao, right? If not for those entries, Heavenly Dao Secret Realms, and so on, there would be less killing in this world."

"Before we start this round table discussion, I want to state my position: I'm a good person. So I hope you don't look at me with prejudiced eyes."

"Heh."

With a smirk that was more like baring his teeth, Fat Long poured a cup of tea for each person and then said in a mocking tone, "Great, it's been a while since our last tea party. The first speaker has finished, let the second speaker begin."