Chapter 68 Negotiation
"As long as you meet this condition, I will go to the Western Paradise!"

He swore with all his heart, but in his heart he just thought it was a fart.

The five-star general once said: Only cattle and horses have the spirit of contract. People in power are always adaptable and can tear up the agreement in a casual conversation as long as the situation becomes favorable.

A ripple of golden light appeared out of nowhere, temporarily blocking the fifteen black hands reaching out to Chen Xiaoke and the pair of black feet moving towards him.

Guanyin Bodhisattva's expression did not change at all, as if she did not feel that she had any moral problems at all. Without looking at Tang Xuanci, she smiled and said:
"You evil creature, you have committed heinous crimes, yet you refuse to repent and yet you dare to make demands. Do you have the qualifications?"

Upon hearing this, Tang Xuanci said nothing, used the little strength he had just accumulated to flip the pistol at his waist, and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

"Boom~"

A blue flame flashed, and a bullet shot out of the barrel at a speed close to Mach 6, shooting towards Tang Xuanci's head which was just a few inches away.

The five-star general said—

There are only two focuses in negotiation: building "deterrence" and "bottom line" in the other party's mind.

As long as you can make the other person believe it, that's enough.

Whether you believe it or not, or whether you have it or not, is completely irrelevant.

The water droplets condensed again and bound the bullet 2.5 centimeters away from his nose.

Without blinking, he looked at Guanyin and asked:

"Am I qualified? Otherwise, you will personally take me to obtain the scriptures. Let's go now?"

After a pause, he said fiercely:

"If you don't agree and dare to touch my people again, no matter if you really want to obtain the scriptures or have other ulterior motives, I promise that you will have worked for decades in vain."

Two pairs of phoenix eyes, one male and one female, stared at each other from a distance.

The atmosphere was silent for several seconds before Guanyin said:
"How can you be so ignorant?

"It's clearly a good enlightenment, but I suspect there's another conspiracy. When you reach the Western Paradise, you'll understand the Buddha's good intentions.

"Tell me, what are your conditions?"

Tang Xuanci said lightly:

"It's very simple. Now you revive all the dead people on my side. Isn't that what you are best at? Including her. She is also my girlfriend."

As he said this, he pointed at Gao Huitong who was lying on the ground sadly.

When Li Shimin heard this, he thought, "Oh shit, is this even possible?"

He naturally thought, could I resurrect my people as well?

For example, Qin Qiong, Yuchi Gong, Xiatounan, the commanders of the left and right imperial guards, Du Junchao, the eunuch... and so on.

However, he still didn't bring it up.

"I'll call you a lawless pervert." (A phrase used exclusively for insults in the Four Continents)

Guanyin Bodhisattva spat:

"Your father was clearly saved by the Dragon King of Hongjiang and survived; the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty was harmed by the ghost dragon and his life was not destined to end.

“The cycle of life and death has its own order!

"How can I help you confuse cause and effect and do whatever you want?"

Tang Xuanci said:

"I do not believe.

"You are a high-ranking official in Heaven, is it a big deal to resurrect some people?
"You must revive three of them right now. One is Hui Bao, and the others are Li Xian and Si Qin. They are at Xuanwu Gate right now.

"They were killed by you. Only by resurrecting them can I follow your plan, attend that damn conference, and then go to obtain the scriptures."

Guanyin looked at Gao Huitong on the ground:
“This woman was a civil servant, yet she was instigated by a traitor to assassinate the emperor. Even if she were alive now, I’m afraid she would not be able to escape the blame.

"And Princess Pingyang, how can you be sure that it was a Buddhist disciple who killed him?

"In fact, there was a third party present in the mountains at the time. After committing the crime, they only took away the bodies of their own people, and deliberately left behind the Buddhist disciples who died protecting the princess, just to make you misunderstand."

Tang Xuanci frowned:
"I do not believe.

"Anyway, you're such a silver-tongued person that you can turn soft things into hard things and dead things into living things. I have no evidence to refute you.

"Anyway, if they're dead, there's no point in talking about this. I can't possibly help my enemies!"

He shouted again:
"Xiao Ke, if you can't resist, then just lie down and enjoy it.

“No way, this is life.

"If she doesn't agree, Gege will commit suicide immediately and will never let them have their way!"

After saying that, he fell down and lay flat.

Chen Xiaoke, who was curled up against the wall, heard this and looked carefully at the restless black shadow behind the golden light.

Although she felt that she couldn't "enjoy" it anyway, she still nodded and said:
"Ah."

Looking at the tough man, Guanyin's beautiful eyes flickered.

Even as strong as she was, she was speechless at this moment.

A thought that kept arising and then overturning, then again arising and overturning, once again surfaced in her mind -

"Could he be Jin Chan?"

Otherwise, a mere mortal, even if he had the talent of a golden cicada, would not be able to force her to this point, right?

According to the original plan, he would first be trained as a devout monk in Jinshan Temple, and then go to Hongfu Temple in Chang'an to become a senior monk. With his background and life experience, he would catch the emperor's eye, and finally, he would make a great wish to obtain Buddhist scriptures for the sake of his country.

Is this plan unreliable? Doesn't it seem like any of the steps are difficult to complete?
However, under the teachings of the brainwashing master Fa Ming, Tang Xuanci not only did not believe in Buddhism, but instead had all five poisons.

All these confusing behaviors seem absurd and brainless, but in fact they are shocking step by step, and inadvertently disrupt the Buddhist plan.

In the end, they were not careful and even breached the Xuanwu Gate, causing the immortal officials of various factions to be on the verge of war in Chang'an City.

Guanyin was very glad that she did not act too arrogantly and came to Chang'an in person under the pretext of supervising the "Water and Land Assembly".

Otherwise, no one can control the current situation, and the journey to the West will completely collapse.

Guanyin appeared calm on the surface, but she knew in her heart that she didn't have much time left. Even if the person in front of her was really Jin Chan, she would have to think of a countermeasure later.

After a quick calculation, she said decisively:
"Okay, I promise to help you save the three of them, only three of them.

"Their spirits will be led to the underworld for rebirth. I will have them taken care of to prevent them from falling into reincarnation and to rebuild their bodies. "When you reach the Western Paradise, I promise to return you three people with their spirits intact, their memories intact, and their appearances unchanged."

When Tang Xuanci heard this, he said dissatisfiedly:

"Are you kidding me here?

"Why do we need to reshape our bodies? Isn't the human body made up of atoms like oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen bound together by electromagnetic forces?

"As a Bodhisattva, don't you even know the most basic electromagnetic force changes? Wouldn't it be more convenient to just repair the existing corpse and install the spirit?
"Besides, I don't even know if I'll still be alive when I get to the West.

"I don't accept cash on delivery. You must pay the full amount first!"

Guanyin said:
"Monks don't tell lies, but you're a liar by nature. If I help you now, I can't guarantee you won't regret it tomorrow.

"Moreover, this woman is from the Taoist sect and bears the responsibility for her crimes. The bodies of the other two women have been seen by many people, and their souls must first enter the underworld.

"How about this, the journey to the Western Paradise is 18,000 miles. For every 6,000 miles you travel, I will resurrect one person."

Tang Xuanci still wanted to argue with her.

Guanyin told him to "stop talking" and landed beside Li Shimin, whispering some words to him.

Li Shimin nodded repeatedly at first, then his face changed, and finally he sighed and nodded again to agree to something.

Tang Xuanci looked at Guanyin Bodhisattva's actions and felt vaguely that she seemed to be in a hurry to leave, so he immediately tried to pull her away.

But Guanyin ignored him. After talking to Li Shimin, she waved her hand and killed the eight black men. She looked at Chen Xiaoke and said:

"Little girl, I see you have considerable talent, but the method you are practicing is quite incompatible. Come with me back to Luojia Mountain in the South Sea, and I will teach you the Buddhist practice methods."

Ah this?

She is also quite talented and can even fool ghosts!

Tang Xuanci knew that this was a naked kidnapping.

Even Chen Xiaoke didn't believe it and immediately shouted: "No, I don't want it, I want to be with Gege~"

Guanyin didn't say anything and cast a spell to create a gust of wind, which swept her up and flew straight to the top of the temple.

At the same time, Tang Xuanci's tattered clothes burst into flames, and one arm and half of his chest felt a burning sensation.

When he weakly raised his hand to tear off the cloth, he found that the large area of ​​skin with the Guanyin pattern tattooed on it was in a horrible state.

"Two birds may part ways temporarily, but they will surely meet again someday. Tang Xuanci, remember our agreement and stop playing tricks."

Li Shimin watched Guanyin kidnap the little girl and escape from the roof of the temple, and felt that his impression of gods in this life was completely overturned.

At this moment, he believed what Tang Xuanci said - "Heavenly rules do not allow immortals to mess around in the mortal world" - was true.

I also seem to understand why those immortals in Buddhism and Taoism clearly attach great importance to human beliefs, but rarely show their power in front of people.

Simply because "faith" and "reverence" are completely different.

Doing the latter is easy.

He dared to say that more than 90% of the officials in the court must be in awe of him.

But no one would believe in him.

It wasn't that his magical power was insufficient. Because even if his magical power was weak, killing the entire family of a petty official wouldn't be a piece of cake, right?
Because everyone knows that "even the emperor's shit stinks."

If gods and immortals could appear in the human world at will, the overall faith value of the human world would plummet.

As for why they cared so much about the beliefs of ants and were willing to work so hard to preach in the world, Li Shimin couldn't understand.

You can hear a needle drop in the hall.

When Tang Xuanci saw Guanyin leave, his mind immediately became active again. He fixed his eyes on the lonely widower and began to try to get up with difficulty.

Suddenly, a halo appeared in his lower abdomen and severe pain surged in his body again, causing him to fall down again.

"Brother, don't move!"

Li Shimin's slightly panicked voice came from the side.

Tang Xuanci's pain disappeared again. He turned his head and saw that the guy was putting his hands together in front of his mouth, staring at him vigilantly.

"The Bodhisattva has taught me the mantra. If you don't move, I won't recite it. Someone will be coming to find us soon. Don't worry, I will let you leave on your own."

"Grass!"

Tang Xuanci cursed with gritted teeth and really wanted to draw his gun and shoot him immediately, but unfortunately, he was injured even more by this blow and couldn't even move his fingers.

At this time, Beaker's voice sounded again, saying that even Li Shimin could learn the spell immediately, which meant it was not complicated. If he could find a way to learn it and conduct experiments, according to his previous reactions, he could try to break the seal.

Tang Xuanci was moved and asked her how confident she was.

Beaker said quite honestly:

"With the current computing power, the probability of cracking is less than 0.1%. But if the computing power can return to the peak of the mother planet, then there will be at least a 40% chance..."

After that, he talked about some theories about quantum computing. Tang Xuanci didn't want to listen anymore and said to Li Shimin:

"Did you see everything just now? I fought back and forth with Guanyin Bodhisattva. Are they that scary?

"If you had joined forces with me earlier, would things have turned out like this?

"Li Xian and Hui Bao won't die either. Qin Qiong and Yuchi Gong are still alive. Look who's around you now!"

Li Shimin was stunned. He felt that if he said that he had no regrets at all at this moment, he would be deceiving himself.

Tang Xuanci took a few breaths and said with less than 0.1% expectation:
"It's not too late to regret now. Tell me the spell and I'll study the secrets of myself before dealing with them."

Li Shimin looked at him and shook his head firmly, remembering the Bodhisattva's words that were particularly, especially, and emphasized:
"This mantra can be recited silently, never aloud. If a third party learns of it, your entire clan will be in danger."

A moment later, footsteps were heard outside the temple, and several generals, led by the abbot of the temple, came with their troops to rescue the emperor.

Seeing that Tang Xuanci was still alive, everyone pointed their spears and guns at him.

However, Li Shimin shouted something that shocked Tang Xuanci:

"Yuchi Jingde and Qin Shubao are plotting rebellion.

"They held me hostage for many days, imprisoned me in Ganlu Palace, and guarded me day and night, never leaving my side.

"Thanks to my brother's astuteness, he understood my intention and was able to take this action today...

"Those two thieves, kill them!"

(End of this chapter)

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