「A few minutes later.」

Xu Lei saw Hui Ming.

"Master Wu Tan?"

Hui Ming asked, "You came so suddenly today. Is there something you need?"

"Amitabha Buddha."

Xu Lei said, "Hui Ming. What if I were to tell you that I have a way to end this chaotic era?

But it would require the Buddhist Sect to agree to a small condition. What do you think?"

"What?"

Hui Ming was astonished. "Master Wu Tan, what are you saying? You can end this chaotic era?"

Ever since he learned of the existence of Extraordinaries like Hui Ming and Wu Gui, who possessed True Magical Power, Xu Lei had wanted to embark on the path of Cultivation himself.

At first, he feigned disinterest in the path of Cultivation in front of Hui Ming and Wu Gui, merely to observe them more and understand their ways.

「After the Painted Skin Spirit incident.」

Xu Lei had actually been planning all along to obtain a ’Dao Seed’ from the Buddhist Sect!

And to that end, he had devised more than one plan.

For instance, he had once considered finding their weaknesses.

The "they" didn’t have to be from the Buddhist Sect; it could be a True Daoist from the Daoist Sect.

Then, he would find an opportunity to gain leverage over them!

And thus obtain the ’Dao Seed’ inheritance!

After all, after Wei Qingning obtained the Dyeing Technique, she had amassed great wealth from all over the world in just a few years.

A portion of that wealth belonged to Xu Lei.

With immense wealth, one could naturally leverage considerable Power.

At the time, Xu Lei believed he had enough capital to stir up some trouble.

However, Xu Lei felt he still didn’t know enough about the True Daoists and True Monks.

Therefore, he didn’t dare to recklessly initiate this plan of taking it by force.

He decided it was better to use the most reliable method to obtain the Dao Seed.

Thus, he waited for the chaotic era to arrive.

This was because Xu Lei had learned from his daily interactions with Wu Gui, Hui Ming, and the others that these True Monks actually despised the chaotic era as well! 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

They still desired a quiet and peaceful environment for their Cultivation.

Take the Shang Yin incident, for example. They were forced to waste their Magical Power to intervene.

And this was the twilight of the Immortal Dao, a declining Cultivation Era!

Every last drop of their Magical Power was obtained through painstaking Cultivation.

They were completely unwilling to use it unless absolutely necessary!

So, Xu Lei decided to wait for the chaotic era to come, to wait until the chaos became unbearable for the Buddhist Sect.

Then, he would go to the Buddhist Sect to negotiate a deal: he would be the one to end the chaotic era.

After all, he still had a lot of advanced technology from Earth in his head.

For example, more advanced weapon-forging techniques.

If he used them to support any faction, he could cause that faction’s power to skyrocket!

They could then unite the world!

And end the chaotic era!

Compared to repeatedly sending out personnel to counter the impact of the chaotic era,

constantly wasting Magical Power like they did in the Shang Yin incident,

having the Buddhist Sect pass on a Dao Seed to him should be a much smaller expenditure!

Therefore, they should be willing!

That was Xu Lei’s plan back then.

Then, the chaotic era did indeed arrive, with the rebel army sacking cities and destroying temples.

Xu Lei hadn’t expected that when Hui Ming and the others decided to act, they would call on him again.

This gave him another opportunity to observe, so naturally, Xu Lei gladly went along.

Afterward, Xu Lei witnessed with his own eyes the Daoist and Buddhist Sects joining forces.

By sending out just a few people, they were actually able to assassinate the General of Shang Yin’s army of over one hundred thousand soldiers.

And it was a decapitation strike in the midst of tens of thousands of guarding soldiers!

This couldn’t help but make Xu Lei’s heart tremble with apprehension.

He secretly rejoiced that he hadn’t arrogantly tried to use some secular powers to forcibly challenge the Daoist or Buddhist Sects.

Otherwise, in this lifetime, he might have died without ever obtaining the Dao Seed.

He was already forty-eight years old now. If he were killed, Xu Lei would definitely choose to reincarnate.

He would not choose to resurrect.

After all, resurrection didn’t make one young again.

The value proposition for resurrection wasn’t very good anymore.

In any case, that was how it went. Xu Lei had waited until today to finally speak to the Buddhist Sect.

「A few more minutes later.」

Wu Gui also arrived before Xu Lei.

"Junior Brother Wu Tan, you’re not joking, are you?"

Wu Gui said, "End the chaotic era? How could it be that simple! Many of the Elders, including those in charge of Precepts and temple supervision, are unable to do so!"

That was right. Although the True Monks of the Buddhist Sect had profound Magical Power,

they were also somewhat helpless against the chaotic era.

After all, while their Magical Power was mystical, it wasn’t endless or inexhaustible.

They couldn’t overwhelm an entire army head-on by themselves.

So they couldn’t go out and unite the world on their own.

During such unconventional times, when the chaotic era showed no sign of ending, the Daoist and Buddhist Sects would also dispatch some people.

They would expend some Magical Power to aid certain factions, hoping to help them unite the world as quickly as possible.

This was why there was a saying that during chaotic times, the figures of Daoists and Monks would often appear.

Sometimes they were forced to act, a truly helpless situation for them.

In times of peace, they would rather hide away, having no interest at all in showing off their powers before mortals.

Of course, what they could do was, in truth, only offer a little help.

At most, they could help assassinate an enemy army’s leader.

But they couldn’t do it too often!

After all, the Magical Power consumed was too precious!

Besides, sometimes assassinating the leader of an opposing faction didn’t guarantee that the side they supported would win.

Sometimes, a faction vying for supremacy was like a form of ’potential energy’!

The leader is assassinated!

It has little effect!

A new person will be promoted to be the new leader!

The faction will continue to vie for supremacy!

It’s even possible that the new leader, after taking power, will be even more capable or more insane!

This was why the Daoist and Buddhist Sects were also rather helpless.

In recent years, the Buddhist Sect had also sent people to interfere slightly in worldly affairs.

However, they still hadn’t been able to end the chaotic era.

And the chaotic era dragged on.

One faction would decline, and another would rise to take its place.