Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 2088 Audience (Part Two)

Although it's not easy to determine a winner at the Vajra Realm level.

However, the ratio of high-end combat power between the Hyena tribe and the Southern Capital Kingdom is three to two. If the Hyena tribe were to risk certain casualties, their success rate in killing the King of the Southern Capital Kingdom and the monk Baoyin would be relatively high.

Under these circumstances, the hyena-man tribe has remained inactive for years.

On the one hand, they may genuinely not want to take the risk.

After all, there are struggles within the Orc Alliance and even within the tribes themselves. Every Orc wants to monopolize more resources, and weaker Orc tribes will be swallowed up by other Orc tribes.

On the other hand, they most likely regard the Southern Capital Kingdom as their 'canteen'.

Knowing their disadvantage in high-end combat capabilities, the King of Nandu and the monk Baoyin are unlikely to choose to show themselves voluntarily.

Based on this premise, the hyena-human tribe could simply come to eat at the appointed time, and then leave without a care in the world.

Orcs may not be very intelligent, but they are definitely not stupid.

In this situation, was it really necessary for them to smash up the 'cafeteria'?
The reality is that they not only won't smash it, but they'll actually do the opposite, carefully maintaining their precious 'canteen'.

Only in this way can they continue to eat in this 'canteen' for a long time, or even forever.

Zhou Xu was already aware of this issue, and there was no need to delve deeper into it.

During this time, although Monk Baoyin only briefly mentioned the situation of the high-end combat forces on both sides, he had already pointed out the most crucial issue.

Just like in technological warfare, where the outcome largely depends on which side has more advanced technology, in magical warfare, the quantity and combat power of the high-end forces on both sides are the key to determining the outcome.

Therefore, after briefly explaining the high-end combat power of the monk Baoyin, he also prepared himself for a moment before deciding to ask for help.

In his view, the Great Zhou only needed to send two Vajra Realm warriors to support them to quickly break the balance of the battle on the other side.

But Zhou Xu clearly had no intention of discussing this topic with them at this moment.

They immediately shifted the topic to the other person's identity as a monk.

"Judging from your words and actions, you seem to be a monk."

Zhou Xu originally wanted to say it was an outfit, but he found that the old monk's outfit was actually not that convincing.

He also noticed that the monk Baoyin was always walking barefoot.

The words were on the tip of his tongue, but he changed them into his words and actions.

"Do you know a monk named Wuchen?"

Upon hearing this name, the kneeling monk Baoyin was immediately startled.

"Does the Emperor perhaps know Master Wuchen?"

Wow, I actually know him!

The fact that they were both monks was enough for Zhou Xu to make connections, not to mention that the location seemed to match up as well.

Zhou Xu didn't answer the other person's question, but instead asked a question directly...

"What's your relationship with Wuchen?"

Faced with this situation, Zhou Xu's strength was undeniable, and even the monk Bao Yin dared not disobey.

“Master Wuchen, although he did not formally accept me as a disciple, he did impart Buddhist teachings and methods of ascetic practice to me. He should be considered my mentor.”

Okay, now Zhou Xu has a general idea.

It's highly likely that the Southern Capital Kingdom was the place where the monk Wuchen preached before.

It seems the rumor has spread quite successfully; even the monk Baoyin has become the Imperial Preceptor.

At this moment, Zhou Xu was clearly more interested in learning about the monk Wuchen than about the monk Baoyin in front of him.

"Do you know where that monk Wuchen came from?" The title "monk Wuchen" sounded somewhat rude to Monk Baoyin.

But the thought that it was the emperor in the hall who was saying this made the monk Baoyin lose his temper, and he could only answer honestly...

"The master once said that he came from the Western Paradise."

As they spoke, it was the same old story of Monk Wuchen preaching Buddhism and saving all sentient beings, which Zhou Xu had already heard once before.

At the same time, he realized that the monk Baoyin in front of him probably didn't know much more about monk Wuchen than he did.

Indeed, that was the case; the monk Wuchen stayed in the Southern Capital for several years.

Perhaps because their missionary work in the Southern Capital was going very smoothly, they also taught them a set of Buddhist cultivation methods, namely the ascetic practices mentioned by the monk Baoyin.

Before, Monk Baoyin was just an ordinary person in the Southern Capital Kingdom. He was ordained as a monk under Monk Wuchen, studied Buddhism, and mastered the method of asceticism, which led him to embark on the path of cultivation.

After successfully training the monk Baoyin to become the head of missionaries in the Southern Capital, he left.

As for the monk Baoyin, who cultivated to the point of entering the realm of sainthood and was appointed as the national teacher by the king of Nandu Kingdom, that happened much later.

"Didn't your king have the monk Wuchen help him deal with the hyenas outside?"

In Zhou Xu's view, since the capital of the Southern Capital had gone to such lengths to build temples and worship Buddha, shouldn't the monk Wuchen at least show some appreciation?

The result was obviously not.

"Master Wuchen said that this is an inevitable calamity for our Southern Capital Kingdom, and we must overcome it ourselves."

To Zhou Xu, this meant that since the missionary work had already been successful, they didn't want to put in any more effort.

However, Monk Wuchen himself knew that if he wanted to get something for nothing, the missionary work would probably be difficult to carry out smoothly. He needed to make the 'monk' occupy a certain status in the Southern Capital Kingdom.

So, for the time being, a method of asceticism was given, and missionary leaders were trained so that Buddhism could continue to spread within the Southern Capital after his departure.

At this point, Zhou Xu had asked almost everything he wanted to know, and he didn't plan to invest any more time in Monk Baoyin.

Although the audience with the monk Baoyin took place in the main hall, Zhou Xu clearly wouldn't have summoned his court officials specifically for the monk's sake; it was essentially a private meeting.

Now that the conversation was over, Zhou Xu got up and left.

The monk Baoyin, kneeling on the ground and not daring to lift his head the entire time, had no idea what was happening and was still preparing to ask for help.

But then he found that Zhou Ye had come in and called him.

He looked up and realized that the person in the hall had already disappeared.

For a moment, he was a little confused.

No, we haven't even discussed the request for help yet, why did they leave?!

He wanted to speak up, but dared not.

Throughout the entire audience, he didn't even know what the emperor looked like, but the emperor's presence had already left a strong impression on him. Just thinking about it made his body tremble uncontrollably.

After a long pause, he finally managed to speak to Zhou Ye.

"General Zhou, this..."

“I’m not a general. You can just call me Captain Zhou. Come with me.”

After speaking, Zhou Ye glanced at the side again.

"Bring your entourage."

Following Zhou Ye's gaze, Bao Yin subconsciously looked to his side and discovered that the Hundred Refinement Realm officer who had come to see him with him had fainted from fright at some point and was still unconscious.

At this moment, perhaps because of the stimulation he had just experienced, even the monk Baoyin, who had devoted himself to studying Buddhism all these years and whose lips were constantly uttering "Amitabha, good, good" couldn't help but feel an urge to slap him...

(End of this chapter)