477: Cause and effect

“You, just say what you want to say quickly. You've already had four pots of tea with me, stop dawdling!”

Tang Ku looked at Tang Xian, who was drinking tea unhurriedly, and said with a twitching corner of his mouth.

“It's nothing, the tea here is quite good... sour and sweet, and it has a fruity taste, just like the fruit tea from Mixue Bingbing!”

Tang Xian smacked his lips and said with a very satisfied chuckle.

“Good, my ass. Say what you need to say, spit it out!”

Tang Ku slapped the table and said angrily, “If you don't want to talk, then get out, Buddha!”

“Look at you, why are you so irritable!”

Tang Xian put down his teacup and said calmly, “The Buddhist path emphasizes peace of mind. Monk, you have already committed the sin of anger!”

Tang Ku sneered, raised his fist, and said: “Then don't force me to commit the sin of killing... Great Wilderness Divine Fist...”

“Alright, alright, I won't joke with you anymore!”

Tang Xian immediately sat up straight and said seriously, “I do have two things to tell you... and these matters concern our future and our lives, so we cannot be careless!”

“Hmph...”

Tang Ku lowered his fist, snorted heavily, and said, “Does this ‘we’ include you?”

“Of course it includes me. We are now grasshoppers tied to the same rope. If, with my help, you still can't become a... uh, whatever, then I'll have no way out either! So many things need to be considered in the long term, we can't afford the slightest carelessness, and also...”

Tang Xian's rambling made Tang Ku's eyes twitch. He raised his fist again: “Great Wilderness Divine...”

“Okay, I'll get to the point now!”

Actually, it wasn't that Tang Xian wanted to tease Tang Ku; it was truly difficult to know how to bring up many things, and even more difficult to know how to organize his words. After all, his identity involved too much. If he told Tang Ku everything, it would inevitably cause unnecessary trouble.

Therefore, it was necessary to filter the information in his mind.

“I don't know if you've noticed one thing... the Ashura Realm before our eyes is completely different from what we imagined!”

Tang Xian said in a deep voice.

Tang Ku lowered his fist, poured himself a cup of tea, took a light sip, and said, “So what? Anyway, we are not people of this world. As long as we achieve our goal, we will leave!”

“But you can't guarantee that you won't have any intersection with the Ashura Realm in the future!”

Tang Xian tapped the tabletop with his finger and said, “The king from before has already taken you as his master, which means you already have a Karma relationship. And Karma is a very effective constraint on those who practice the Dao. As long as there is mutual Karma, there will always be intersections. This is an immutable truth!”

Tang Ku frowned slightly: “What exactly are you trying to express?”

Tang Xian said: “As a Disciple of Buddhism, you should have some patience. Listen to me explain it to you slowly!”

Tang Ku this time surprisingly did not refute, but nodded and said: “Speak, I'm listening!”

“Hmm, first let's talk about this Ashura Realm... Legend has it that the Ashura Clan are fierce and evil, each one is good at fighting with extraordinary strength, and they are addicted to slaughter. They definitely shouldn't look like what we see now... So the question arises: is this really the Ashura Realm that the Buddha had placed a Seal upon? If it is, why has it become this strange appearance? Their combat power is not as strong as the legends say, so how did they become a great disaster? Where did their steam technology develop from? Who taught them? If this is not the Ashura Realm, then where is it? After we entered here, we could feel the power of the Buddhist Restriction constantly suppressing this space. If this is not the Ashura Realm, then why was it subjected to a Buddhist Seal? What did they do to be treated like this?”

Tang Xian raised two questions. Before Tang Ku could think, he continued: “Since arriving in this world, everything I have seen and heard has been extremely strange. Logically speaking, the King and the Old Prime Minister also said this is the Ashura Realm. Then, according to the disputes between the Buddhist sect and the Ashura Realm in ancient times, they should treat us as enemies. Why are these two so polite to us? Is it simply because we helped him eliminate Prince Yong, who wanted to usurp the throne? Regarding the Buddhist sect, they seem to know very little. Then, wouldn't this world have records of such a history that can be called intertwined with glory and humiliation?”

Tang Ku couldn't help but fall into deep thought. Actually, if he didn't think carefully, these things wouldn't be a big problem at all. After all, Tang Ku and the others had nothing to do with this world. And because he was concerned about Sun Wukong's affairs, he hadn't thought about these aspects, which is why he had overlooked the key issues.

“You're right!”

Tang Ku frowned slightly and said, “However, even if there are such and such problems, it doesn't affect us much... So, I don't intend to get involved in these matters!”

“Hehe, this brings us back to the issue of Karma mentioned earlier!”

Tang Xian smiled strangely and said, “Have you ever thought that from the moment you stepped onto this land, you already had a thousand threads of connection with it? In other words, you have already formed mutual Karma. Just like how you and that little emperor became master and Disciple, the Karma between you is basically already hard to sever!”

“You mean that regardless of whether I actively intervene, the bullshit things happening in this world will likely involve me?”

Tang Ku curled his lips, his heart full of helplessness.

“Exactly, this is the rule of the Heavenly Dao!”

Tang Xian said in a deep voice, “Being in the game, one cannot help oneself. So, the questions I raised must be solved! Only by having a full understanding of this world can we grasp the initiative. If we are really dragged into it, we will have a way to retreat unscathed. This is the reason why I came to you to talk about these things!”

Tang Ku said in a deep voice: “But the answers to these questions only lie with that Disciple of mine. Now it is late at night, let's wait until tomorrow to ask him before making a decision.”

Tang Xian nodded: “Also, there is one more thing that concerns me very much, and that is Xituo Country. After communicating with people in this world, I found that although the living conditions in Dongyu Country look good, people here show envious expressions when they mention Xituo Country. They call Xituo Country a land of wealth, and it seems to be much stronger than Dongyu Country in terms of both military strength and the country's own wealth... This is a hidden time bomb, because we don't know what attitude Xituo Country has towards the Buddhist sect, or towards outsiders...”

“We're back to where we started!”

Tang Ku narrowed his eyes slightly, “After talking for so long, we still have to wait until we ask my newly accepted Disciple!”