Wife, you didn't really drug me, did you?

Chapter 445 Living Buddha Bashiba and Dream Magic
Tuotuo is indeed an old fox. He arranged things directly and placed people in the Big Buddha Temple so that he can remain unchanged in the face of all kinds of changes.

No matter what tricks you Zoroastrians use, I have only one word in mind: consume. As long as you waste time and push the little Ming King out and kill him, everything will be fine.

Tuotuo thought about it, feeling confident and calm.

A trusted follower at the side asked: "Prime Minister, are we really not taking any precautions at all?"

Tuotuo looked at his trusted aide and said, "What are you guarding against? What defense can be more perfect than that of the Living Buddha?"

"So we just let them do whatever they want in Dadu?"

The attendant continued, and after hearing this, Tuotuo said, "If they don't like it, just take it. They have two goals in Dadu. The first is my Prime Minister's Mansion. Now there are only a few maids left in the Prime Minister's Mansion. If they like it, just take it."

"And where else can they go except my Prime Minister's Mansion?"

The attendant said, "I don't know."

Tuotuo said: "It's just the Ministry of Personnel's prison."

"Ministry of Personnel."

The attendant frowned slightly, and Tuotuo said, "Old fellow Dode from the Ministry of Personnel has been very close to Hama recently. I'd like to take this opportunity to teach him a lesson and let him know who has the final say in the court."

After hearing this, the attendant immediately echoed: "Your Excellency the Prime Minister is right, but..."

Tuotuo looked at him and said, "If you have something to say, just say it. Don't be so fussy."

"My lord, isn't Deputy Commander Lu going to set up a dragnet with Master Dharmaba in the Heavenly Prison to catch the assassin? If the Zoroastrians suddenly arrive, I'm afraid they will have trouble fighting against the two famous Heavenly Ranking masters, the Dragon King and Master Yushan."

Tuotuo's mouth curled up slightly when he heard this and said, "Haha, you are right, but this is also what I want."

The attendant was stunned after hearing Tuotuo's words, and then he woke up in an instant, and then looked at Tuotuo and said, "Sir, what do you want?"

Tuotuo laughed and said, "That's right."

The follower's eyes were shocked again, and he had a new understanding of Tuotuo's cruelty.

This prison trap was very naive, Tuotuo knew it, and it could even be easily broken. As long as the Sea Dragon King Fang Guozhen or the Foolish Mountain Monk Liu Futong took action, it would be impossible for Dharmaba, who was at the second level of the Melting Spirit, to defend the prison, let alone become a prison.

I'm afraid that Dharmaba himself would be injured by these two men, but injuring Dharmaba might not be part of Tuotuo's plan.

Dharmapa was the favorite disciple of Living Buddha Bashipa, and the Living Buddha had always adopted a passive attitude towards a series of things done by Tuotuo, neither opposing nor supporting them.

However, if Liu Futong or Fang Guozhen injured Dharmapa, they could use this to anger the Living Buddha.

If the Living Buddha is willing to leave the Big Buddha Temple to help him, then would the Zoroastrian Northern Red Turban Army still be a problem?

First of all, in terms of high-end combat power, there is a living Buddha. Not to mention Liu Futong and Fang Guozhen of the Zoroastrianism, what about Han Shantong, who was known as the person closest to a land immortal back then?
He has an absolute advantage in high-end combat power, and as for low-end combat power, he still has the Baoxiang Army and the 50,000 Bailu Army mobilized from Jiangnan. By then, will there be any obstacles to his own King-Slaying Conference?

The reason why Tuotuo hid in the Big Buddha Temple and dared not come out was because Ba Siba was unwilling to leave the Big Buddha Temple. If Ba Siba could leave the Big Buddha Temple and deal with those Zoroastrian guys, would all this still be a problem?

So Tuotuo had already figured out that the other party's purpose was to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Heavenly Prison to see if he could rescue the little Ming King.

He also knew that the trap set by Lu Feng and others in the Heavenly Prison would most likely fail, and Dharmaba would even be injured. Of course, he would not die. You have to know that if a second-level Rong Shen wanted to escape, the possibility of killing him was very low. Moreover, as long as a fight broke out in the city, the leader of the Baoxiang Army outside the city, Boluo Timur, might be alarmed. Therefore, it was impossible for them to risk their lives to kill Dharmaba.

By then, we can dampen Damoba's arrogance in the Heavenly Prison, so that he can be sent to Jiangnan and entrusted with important tasks in the future.

So this time Tuotuo killed several birds with one stone, which was definitely a smart idea.

Thinking like this, Tuotuo had already made up his mind, and he no longer cared about these things. He closed his eyes and said, "Okay, just pay close attention, and ignore the rest."

He turned around as he spoke, but just as he turned around he said, "By the way, is there any movement over there, Hama?"

Upon hearing this, the attendant said, "Lord Hama is inspecting the ancestral mausoleum and should be back in the next few days."

After hearing this, Tuotuo asked, "How many days are left until your Majesty's birthday?"

The attendant said, "Two days."

Tuotuo said: "The birthday is the day of the King's Slaughter Conference. Two days, well, find a way to delay Hama on the road for a few days. Don't let him return to the capital before your majesty's birthday. Wait until everything is settled, and then let him come back."

The attendant heard this and said, "Sir, if the kidnapping of the right prime minister of a country were to get out, it would be a disaster."

"Kidnapped a country's right prime minister? You did it?"

"Ah, Prime Minister!"

After hearing this, the follower immediately knelt down and begged for mercy. Seeing him like this, Tuotuo smiled and said, "You look so scared, but I didn't ask you to be the scapegoat. The capital is so chaotic now, and the Northern Red Turbans are coming one after another. The kidnapping of the right prime minister must have been done by the Northern Red Turbans."

"Understand?"

"My subordinate understands."

The attendant understood what he said, and then said: "Sir, since it was done by the Red Turban Army, why don't we..."

The attendant made a gesture of wiping his neck, and Tuotuo looked at him and said, "You are so brave, you actually dare to kill the right prime minister?"

"Sir, I dare not do that, but didn't you say that it was the Northern Red Turbans who kidnapped the Right Prime Minister? I think the Northern Red Turbans should dare to do that."

The attendant said to Tuotuo, who had a flash of interest in his eyes, but it soon disappeared, and said, "Hama is the right prime minister of a country, and his fate is related to the country. The Living Buddha is also paying attention to him. If we kill him, we might reveal our true identity and the Living Buddha will find out, and then we will lose everything."

"So, we can delay his return to the capital, but we can't harm his life. We can't even hide this matter from the Living Buddha. In this case, you can ask the Demon Slayer Monk to take charge of this matter. His injuries have just healed, so let him take charge of this matter."

Upon hearing this, the attendant looked at Tuotuo and said, "Sir, this demon-slaying monk has always been a maverick, how could he help?"

Tuotuo said: "You said I told him to go, so he will go. He still owes me a favor for saving his life, so this is the time for him to repay me."

"Yes, I understand."

The attendant spoke, and Tuotuo thought about it again, and felt that there should be nothing missing, so he said: "Then let's do it this way, you go and do your work."

"Yes!"

The attendant responded and immediately went out to do his work.

At this time, in the Buddhist hall of the Big Buddha Temple, three figures were sitting there, a strong man, a young man, and a child?
Sitting on the cushion in front is a child who looks only seven or eight years old, with a bald head, one arm, and wearing a moon-white monk's robe. His face is as childish as a child, but his eyes are full of vicissitudes of life, as if he can see through the world.

That’s right, this person is the Living Buddha of the Daqian Empire, Living Buddha Bashiba.

He is 121 years old this year, but if you look at his face, you would never believe that he is a 121-year-old man. On the contrary, he looks more like a child.

In fact, he didn't look like this. He used to be a kind old man. But after being injured last time, he used the secret method of Buddhism to reverse his age and rebuild himself.

This skill is called [Sarira Reincarnation Skill! ]

This skill can reverse a person's aging and thus repair all injuries on the body. The last time he fought at Mount Wending, he fought with Han Shantong, which resulted in the destruction of his golden body, severe injuries, and even a broken arm. The severity of his injuries can be said to be unprecedented.

In order to repair his own injuries, Ba Siba used the [Relic Reincarnation Technique] in the Big Buddha Temple to give up a golden relic on his body in exchange for a chance to ascend to physical form again.

He only needs to rest for a year, and then his body will grow at the rate of one year every half a month. After a year, his body will grow to twenty-four years old, the best age, and he will be reborn.

Of course, there will be a small problem in this process. That is, during this process, his own cultivation will have an unstable stage. That is to say, his strength should not be as strong as that of the immortals on land. Of course, it is definitely countless times stronger than the ordinary Melting God Realm.

Even if he is willing to endure a little damage, he may be able to exert the strength of a land immortal, but the price may be that when he enters the perfect realm, his original land immortal realm strength will decline.

This is something he absolutely cannot bear. You must know that he has always been able to be evenly matched with Zhang Sanfeng, and this is also the foundation of Daqian's establishment. As long as his strength is not weaker than Zhang Sanfeng, then Daqian's national destiny will not be affected.

That's why Living Buddha Bashiba was willing to risk losing a relic and rebuild his body, because only in this way could he ensure that his fighting power would not decrease and could be kept on the same level as the Wudang one.

Only in this way can we maintain the balance of high-end combat power and allow Daqian to last a few more years.

What was the price? His golden body relic.

You should know that Buddhism emphasizes cultivating merits, and when merits are achieved, they will become a golden body relic. The number of golden body relics is related to the level of your future Buddhahood.

Damaging a golden relic means that Ba Siba has lost a merit on his future path to becoming a Buddha. For a Buddhist disciple, this is a horrible expense. Most Buddhist disciples will not lose the blessings of the next life for the sake of this life.

It can be said that Bashiba made a huge sacrifice by doing this.

Of course, this concession was made because of his status as the national mentor.

He remembered that he was the most humble horse slave on the grassland. He was about to starve to death. It was Tian Khan who saved him, gave him something to eat, and sent him to the most famous White Pagoda Temple on the grassland at that time to study Buddhism.

From then on, his destiny changed, and he would never forget the kindness of Tian Khan, even though he later forgot that he had saved a horse slave.

But he must remember this kindness. This is what the Buddha said: you reap what you sow!

The unintentional act of the Heavenly Khan made today's Living Buddha Ba Siba. In order to repay the kindness of the Heavenly Khan, Ba Siba sacrificed his own golden body relics and defended the country for more than a hundred years. This was his reward.

This is in line with what the Buddha said about doing good and accumulating virtue. If Tian Khan had not done good deeds and saved a humble little horse slave, how could there be the Living Buddha Ba Siba today?
It is because of this cause and effect that the current picture is formed.

Living Buddha Phagpa sat on a cushion, and opposite him sat two people. One of them was very young. He was absent-minded, as if his soul had been taken away. He opened his eyes but dared not look at anyone. He could only look at the ground with his head down, just like a thief. But the strong man next to him was not like that. He sat there with a serious look, bright eyes, and an unyielding look in his eyes, looking at the Living Buddha as if waiting for the Living Buddha to reply.

The Living Buddha stretched out his short left arm. His right arm was still growing and would be ready in about two or three months.

This is the power of the Relic Reincarnation Technique. By relying on it, all injuries in the body can be repaired, including injuries like broken arms. It can be said that with this technique, it would be impossible for Bashiba to suffer irreparable injuries.

This is where his strength lies.

At this time, Ba Siba looked at the strong man and said, "King Ruyang, have you gained any enlightenment after meditating here for a few days?"

King Ruyang, the sturdy man sitting there, said, "I understand something."

"Oh, please tell me."

Ba Siba looked at King Ruyang, and King Ruyang said, "What I want is a clear conscience. I have defended the south of the Yangtze River for decades, and I have experienced life and death. I can say that I have made great contributions. I wonder if the national teacher will recognize it?"

Ba Siba nodded and said, "King Ruyang's words are true."

"Then I ask the Imperial Master: If I am to be deprived of my military power now, should I hand it over or not?"

The Imperial Master looked at King Ruyang and said, "Whether to hand it over or not, shouldn't this be a question you should consider yourself?"

Prince Ruyang nodded slightly and said, "What the Imperial Master said is absolutely true, but I still can't figure it out!"

"What is it that you can't understand, Your Majesty?"

Ba Siba was not in a hurry. He looked at Prince Ruyang and asked. Prince Ruyang pondered for a moment and said, "What I can't figure out is whether it was your majesty's intention to reduce the vassal states, or the Prime Minister's intention."

"Oh, what's the difference?"

Bashiba looked at King Ruyang and continued to ask.

King Ruyang said, "Master Imperial Master, you should know me. I, Chahan, was ordered by the previous king to guard the five routes and eighty-one prefectures in Jiangnan. I thought I was doing my job conscientiously, and when I was there, there was no major disturbance in Jiangnan. It is not an exaggeration to say that the country is peaceful and the people are safe."

"The whole country is in chaos right now, and I am needed to suppress the south of the Yangtze River, but you suddenly want to strip me of my military power. If this is what Your Majesty wants, I have nothing to say."

"All under heaven belongs to the king, and all the people in the world are his subjects. If the king orders his subjects to die, they must die."

"Your Majesty, you don't even need to do this. As long as your Majesty issues an imperial decree to Jiangnan, I will immediately hand over the military power in my hands. I will not be greedy and will hand over the power immediately."

"Master, you can testify to this matter."

Prince Ruyang looked at Bashiba. Bashiba turned the obviously large Buddhist beads in his hand and said, "I have seen Prince Ruyang's loyalty to the emperor and his love for the country."

King Ruyang said: "But then again, the military power in my hands was given by the previous king, and only the current emperor can take it back. Apart from the current emperor, I don't recognize anyone else, and no one can take away the military power in my hands."

After hearing this, Prince Ruyang looked at Bashiba and said, "So, Imperial Master, if this reduction of the feudal system is something that the Prime Minister did on his own accord, then Chahan cannot understand it, and it is impossible for him to understand it."

"Unless he kills me, I will never give him this military power!"

After hearing what Prince Ruyang said, Ba Siba was silent for a long time and said, "Perhaps it would be better if the military power was returned to the central government?"

Prince Ruyang looked at Bashiba and asked, "Who will be in charge of the military power? Should it be given to Tuotuo?"

"Toghto now has the management power of the civil officials. If he takes over the military power of the world, then whose kingdom will be Daqian? Will it be the kingdom left by the Heavenly Khan to the Borjigin clan, or will it be left to Toghto?"

"Can the Imperial Master explain this to me?"

Prince Ruyang looked at Bashiba and asked. Bashiba was silent after hearing this. He thought for a long time and then said, "This is really a difficult question, isn't it?"

Prince Ruyang looked at Ba Siba and said, "Master Guoshi has been protecting the country for hundreds of years. It can be said that Daqian's current status is inseparable from the help of the Guoshi. Then I would like to ask the Guoshi a question."

"Master, do you think this world belongs to us, the Borjigin clan, or to Toghto?"

"You are a land immortal, you are a great bodhisattva of Buddhism, you are the most fair, just tell me that this world still belongs to my Borjigin clan. If you think that this world should not belong to my Borjigin clan, then we admit it."

The few words of the King of Ruyang confirmed what Phagpa said. After a while, Phagpa sighed and said, "Of course, this world belongs to the Borjigin clan and the descendants of the Heavenly Khan."

"Then Master Imperial Master, why are you keeping me here?"

Prince Ruyang continued to ask. After hearing this, Bashiba sighed and said, "Chahan, I used the Buddhist dream technique to predict the future for myself in my dream. The hexagram shows that Daqian's national fortune is not prosperous. If no changes are made, there will be a risk of collapse."

After hearing this, Prince Ruyang looked at Bashiba and asked, "What does the Imperial Master think will be changed? To reduce the power of the feudal lords?"

Ba Siba sighed and said, "I don't know, but Tuotuo found me and said he knew. As long as I listened to him, he would definitely ensure the prosperity of Daqian. As for the rebellion of the rebels in the world, he could also quell it, as long as I supported him."

Prince Ruyang looked at Bashiba and asked, "Does the Imperial Master believe his words so easily?"

Ba Siba was silent for a moment and then sighed, "The world is undergoing great changes. If we don't change, we will die. If we change, we will have a glimmer of hope. I have been entrusted by the Heavenly Khan to protect Daqian, so I cannot let Daqian perish in my hands again!"

"Chahan, you are the blood of Tian Khan, you should understand me!"

After hearing this, Prince Ruyang looked at Bashiba and said, "State Master, I understand you and I can cooperate with you, but what if you are wrong? If Daqian is destroyed because of your opinion, will the State Master have the face to go to the Buddhist Kingdom to see the Heavenly Khan?"

Ba Siba was silent, and Prince Ruyang continued: "Master Imperial Master, you should know that the people who killed Daqian may not be Han people, but may also be Mulan people."

"Daqian is the Daqian of the Borjigin clan. If a Mulan people were to become the emperor, it would no longer be Daqian. So, Imperial Master, do you want to support the Mulan people's country, or the country of my Borjigin clan?"

"Please think it over carefully!"

Prince Ruyang looked at Ba Siba, who remained silent.

Prince Ruyang continued, "The vassal kings guarding the frontiers are not to suppress the Han people, but also to suppress the powerful ministers. The national master has been guarding the country for a hundred years. It is impossible that he did not know the purpose of the Heavenly Khan's holding of the vassal kings to guard the frontiers, right?"

"The civil officials deal with the foreign relatives. If the civil officials are strong, the princes will be invited to suppress them. This is the purpose of the Heavenly Khan."

"Toghto has become an all-powerful official now. If he kills the vassal kings, will the world still belong to our Borjigin clan?"

"And when Tuotuo ascended the throne, I wonder what the identity of the State Master is, is he the State Master, or something else?"

Prince Ruyang did not say anything too harsh, but Bashiba had already fallen into deep thought. He was very strong, a rare genius in martial arts, but he was still a little immature when it came to politics.

At this time, he was shaken by what King Ruyang said.

However, he still remembered the scene of the demise of Daqian that he saw in his dream. If he changed, there would be a glimmer of hope, but if he didn't change, he would surely die.

He still had great faith in their Buddhist dream magic.

Moreover, this dream technique has a long history. It is said that in ancient times, the Taoist Hongjun set up six saints. Nuwa became a saint for creating humans and repairing the sky, and the Three Pure Ones became saints for establishing religions.

Only the two saints of the Western religion did not have enough merit. They had no choice but to make vows in their dreams, a total of eight hundred great vows, and finally they had enough merit to become saints.

However, this method of making wishes in dreams, when passed down to later generations, gradually lost its original most powerful power, which is making wishes in dreams, and its only use left is divination in dreams.

This is what is now known as the dream technique.

Because Ba Siba saw the scene of Daqian's demise through his dream magic, he believed that Daqian would change. At this time, Tuotuo came and said that he could lead Daqian to change, so Ba Siba believed him.

But now, after what Prince Ruyang said, Ba Siba was somewhat shaken.

Indeed, what he was protecting was the world of the Borjigin clan. If it were someone else, would he still need to protect it?

However, Ba Siba would not give up his idea easily, and Tuotuo had also agreed to him. The plan was right in front of him, and Ba Siba also wanted to let Tuotuo give it a try. After all, Tuotuo was responsible for half of the country's destiny, and national destiny would not lie.

Ba Siba looked at King Ruyang and said, "Maybe I'm wrong, but I want to try."

Prince Ruyang looked at Ba Siba and said, "The Imperial Master wants to test it with the national destiny of Daqian?"

Ba Siba looked up at King Ruyang and said, "The power of the vassal kings is indeed too great and has affected the imperial court. It is right to reduce the power of the vassal kings."

"So can we just leave it alone when the powerful ministers are so powerful?"

After hearing this, Ba Siba pondered for a moment and said, "Let's not talk about them first, let's talk about you. What will it take for you to voluntarily hand over the military power in your hands?"

"Haha, I think Tuotuo has been busy these days. He must have gone to Jiangnan to take back my military power. Does it matter whether I volunteer or not?"

"There is a difference between voluntarily handing it over and robbing it, and the attitudes of the soldiers below are also different."

After hearing this, Prince Ruyang said, "It's easy to get me to voluntarily hand over my military power. Just ask His Majesty to issue an edict stating that the feudal lords will be reduced, and I will kneel down to thank you immediately!"

After hearing this, Ba Siba thought for a moment and said, "You think His Majesty will not issue an order? You should know that the matter between your daughter and that Han Chinese Chen, Chen Jiusi, has been reported to the emperor. Since you have brought shame to His Majesty, His Majesty should not take away your military power?"

Upon hearing this, Prince Ruyang said, "Haha, Your Majesty knows what is important and what is not, so Imperial Master, if you want me to voluntarily hand over power, Your Majesty, please issue an order!"

Upon hearing this, Bashiba frowned!

(End of this chapter)