“I’m actually touched, the genius doctor is indeed a great man!”
“How could’ve I have suspected favonovel.com and slandered favonovel.com in secret! I’ve even loathed favonovel.com and thought about killing favonovel.com when I had the chance!”
“I’m such a short-sighted man! He treats me better than my parents do! What’s the use of a little treasure compared to my life? It’s bulls*it!”
Maha forced Alex’s acting skills out.
‘Who would’ve thought that an old monk would be so talented at acting. He’s a natural!’
Alex didn’t know that Maha was just busy convincing himself.
“Oh no, the Underworld is collapsing. All trialists’ lives are threatened, and there’s not much time left!”
“Kid, you’re a Buddhist, so I’ll have to guarantee your safety, Run. Flee before it’s too late!”
“You escaping is better than all of us dying here. You don’t know them anyways, they might even come for you when they’re out!”
When the trialists heard that, they almost fainted.
“Master, no. Please!”
“Isn’t kindness and saving lives the principles of Buddhism? All of us here are living humans, can you bear to see so many lives lost?”
“We won’t trouble the genius doctor, he’s our savior. We swear that we’ll definitely protect and love him. From now on, he’s our second parent!”
There was only one chance at life, and nobody wanted to die. Right at that moment, everyone was thinking about what death would be like. These trialists were all elites, saints, and geniuses of their worlds. They came from high social statuses and treated commoners as if they were ants.
They came to the Underworld with the guarantee of evolving. If they knew that they were going to die, they would’ve never come… In the end, they were about to die here. They couldn’t accept such a fate.
Alex turned back and looked at those nervous trialists who spoke such sincere words.
He smiled lightly and said, “It’s not like I want y’all to be my children from now. I just don’t wish to pay such a heavy price-getting attacked after saving you…”
“Okay, might I suggest this? Each of you will have to swear a spiritual blood oath. You will have to refer to me as your big brother and put me as your priority. You’ll always have to put yourself in my shoes too.”
“If I’m in danger, you guys have to help me immediately. How’s that?”
“Uhm…”
“You want us to swear… A spiritual blood oath?”
“I mean, isn’t such an oath too extreme?”
Once the trialists heard that they needed to swear such an oath, many became unhappy. They were all trialists who had to go through tribulations. Thus, their spiritual blood oath would be very effective, meaning they had to follow religiously everything they swore.
If they ever betrayed the oath, the consequences were severe. A lightning tribulation would punish them when it was time for them to pass a trial.
Almost three quarters were unwilling to make an oath. Even though they’d said sweet things before this, going as far as comparing Alex to their parents, those were just empty words. When it came to a critical time, they were also the ones to refuse.
Maha immediately said, “You all can’t even make an oath. It’s also obvious that you’d look for trouble in the future.”
“Alex, I know you follow the Buddhist way of kindness, but sometimes, too much kindness results in cruelty upon yourself. The Siddhartha realm is in such a state today because of this, so… Let it go.”
“If you save them today, they might kill you in the future.”
Alex was ultimately impressed with Maha’s acting. He must be truly great, going to such extremes.
“Master, I still believe that humans are inherently kind creatures.”
“Humans can be both kind and evil. It all depends on their experiences. Ksitigarbha had a great wish, favonovel.com refused to become a Buddha unless hell was empty. Bodhis, however, can only be created once all lives are saved.”
“I may not be as great as Ksitigarbha, but I wish to keep some of my kindness. So, those who are willing to take the oath can come over once. I’ll let you leave first, but I’ll be staying back to protect you all… Be quick!”
As soon as Alex finished speaking, Maha started his convincing act again.
There were illusions and smokescreens of all manner, even random earthquakes, and tsunamis…
He was the controller of Shoraionji Temple, hence favonovel.com had a better understanding of this world than these trialists.
