Playing a DPS Role with Absolute Defense-Chapter 298 - 296: Damn, Are You Trying to Get Me Killed?!
"No, you must be mistaken. How could my apprentice do such a thing!"
Tu Hongwu was confused and puzzled. At that moment, even the wine in his hand lost its aroma.
He had a feeling that something was a bit off, like a train derailing and speeding towards a direction he couldn’t control.
Before he could open his mouth to ask what was happening, he heard Old Long continue, "Your apprentice pulled you out of the coffin!"
"No way, didn’t anyone stop him? They just watched! Isn’t Su Mo being a bit too disrespectful to his master!"
"Your apprentice just said he plans to scatter your ashes directly..."
Tu Hongwu quickly interrupted, "No, wait a minute, what’s going on here!"
"No rush, I’ll tell you later. Oh, the kid on the Extreme Dao path who kicked you earlier stopped your apprentice."
Tu Hongwu finally let out a sigh of relief. Although Chu Tian often opposed him, he was staunch when it came to major issues.
"He said it’s inappropriate for a junior like Su Mo to do such a thing, so he’s going to do it himself."
Tu Hongwu: ???
"Your ashes were scattered..."
Tu Hongwu stood up, started packing his things, and after glancing around, he put Old Long’s tree root coffee table made by the War Giant Tree into his System Space.
He also took the stool wrapped in the shell of the Insect Race’s Mother Empress.
This left Old Long dumbfounded, "What are you doing?"
"What else can I do? Of course, I’m making a run for it. My apprentice and Chu Tian can do something like this, and everyone around just watched without stopping. Obviously, my secret is out. If I don’t escape now, I’ll be stomped on!"
"Hold on, what about me if you run!"
Without lifting his head, Tu Hongwu glanced at a spot of Buddhist wine not far in the corner and pocketed it while saying, "Don’t worry, my apprentice knows you saved my life and won’t do anything to you. He understands that much, plus you signed a peace treaty with us, the Human Race.
Besides, even if my apprentice tries to take action then, Chu Tian and the others will help stop him. Unlike me, I might get hanged and beaten.
Oh, if my apprentice asks where I went, just say I’ve gone adrift in the universe, and you don’t know where exactly. I’ll come back when they’ve cooled down."
As Tu Hongwu was about to leave, he suddenly remembered something and halted, asking, "By the way, how did my secret get out, who betrayed me?"
Old Long looked at his newly empty lair and fell silent for a moment, "I think you shouldn’t run."
Tu Hongwu was puzzled, "Why?"
Old Long bowed his head and quietly said, "Mainly because if you run, I can’t explain it to the Human Emperor."
"??? Explain what? Human Emperor? Which Human Emperor?"
"It’s your apprentice. He now has the Human Emperor’s Approval and is effectively the Human Emperor of your Human Race."
At these words, Tu Hongwu’s face changed, "What do you mean, you want to detain me!"
Old Long shook his head, "In your Human Race’s words, this is about being wise to current affairs. There’s another saying, ’a new king and a new courtier’.
When your ashes were being scattered earlier, your former subordinates just stood by and watched, so I also think it’s better to follow the Human Emperor.
After all, he’s the Human Emperor now, so he should be more reasonable."
"No, how can you see my apprentice as reasonable!"
Old Long shook his head without answering but instead said again, "Let’s not talk about the Human Emperor for now. Just by going out now, you will be in greater danger than staying here."
Tu Hongwu furrowed his blood-red brows, "What do you mean, you want to make a move against me! Although I’m not your match, I’m still Su Mo’s master!"
Old Long shook his head again, "You’re overthinking it. As you say, no matter what you’re still the Human Emperor’s master, so naturally I dare not make a move against you, but others might not think the same.
Do you know why your secret was suddenly exposed?"
Tu Hongwu stared silently at the hunched figure of Old Long.
"The seal on Yanhuang Star, known to you as Earth, has been lifted. The Buddha Race has fully emerged, and if it weren’t for that little guy who knows a bit of space speaking up, the Human Race almost perished."
Tu Hongwu’s face finally grew serious upon hearing about the near extinction of the Human Race.
He found a new place to sit and earnestly asked, "What happened?"
The reason he was serious rather than worried was because Old Long said nearly extinct, meaning the Human Race was still fine.
And judging by the matter if even his apprentice Su Mo couldn’t handle it, he wouldn’t stand a chance either.
Tu Hongwu and Su Mo’s concerns were opposite. Su Mo found things that couldn’t be solved with fists troublesome.
While Tu Hongwu felt problems solved with brains were small issues.
After all, this universe is a place where only the strong survive. As long as you have great power, all problems can be easily solved, and fortunately, his apprentice possessed such power.
As for using brains, that’s only an option when strength can’t solve the issue. If everything could be solved with fists, who wouldn’t want things to be simpler?
Did people really think Tu Hongwu enjoyed using plots and schemes, plotting against others in secret.
It was all because there was no other way.
"The Buddha and your Human Race were originally one. In other words, at the beginning, they were also the Human Race, and back then you were not called the Human Race, but the Dao Race. But due to differing ideologies, the Buddha Race left for the Extreme East to establish the Buddha Country, hence the saying ’Buddha was originally Dao’."
"Ugh, can you focus on the main point. I’m not that interested in this history."
Old Long shook his head, pulling out a piece of leather from somewhere and slowly unfurling it to continue, "The main point, the Buddha Race after gaining strength, disseminated spiritual seeds, actually a kind of spirit virus, everywhere to gain more followers, places the seeds reached would convert whole races, becoming followers, spreading from east to west, almost permeating the entire cosmos, the most fearsome Buddha disaster in cosmic history.
One could even say it’s comparable with the Insect Race’s disasters, the Insect Race continuously devours all material, while the Buddha Race’s virus continuously spreads outward, and once a place has a Buddha seed, the area is covered.
Continual spread, at one time the cosmos was aglow with Buddha’s light as they said, ’Buddha’s light shone on all.’
Tu Hongwu still puzzled, "So how does this concern us, if the Buddha Race stems from us surely it’s good, we gain an ally."
"Then the Buddha Race got sealed by your Dao Race, meaning your current Human Race. They shattered the entire Buddha Realm.
Every converted race was virtually slaughtered, leading to an unprecedented extinction event in cosmic history, the universe barely withstanding the outcome, you tell me if it’s related or not."
Tu Hongwu stammered with his lips before finally letting out a curse, "Damn!"
Despite this, Old Long didn’t stop and continued, "I heard the Buddha Race left contingencies, not meaning they would resurrect, but left something behind on you.
From then on, the Dao Race, or your Human Race, vanished for a while, even many later races didn’t know of you.
Only powerful races knew, you branded yourself as Human Race, not even I linked you to the Dao Race."
"You mean the Buddha Race could be making a comeback?"
"Hard to say, but your apprentice might not fear it, so I advise you...hey, what are you doing?"
In mid-sentence, Old Long saw Tu Hongwu tie himself with a rope.
He was so fast, Old Long felt a blur in his vision, and the next moment, Tu Hongwu was bound tightly before him.
Tu Hongwu then took a long whip from his System Space and lashed himself twice.
He didn’t hold back, hitting his own face directly, leaving two glaring red marks.
After finishing, Tu Hongwu turned to Old Long, "Come on, give me a hand and hang me somewhere."
Old Long was stunned at the scene, "What the hell?! This old guy is trying to get me killed!!!"
