The Empress's No.1 Lackey-Chapter 535 - 404, Zhao Douan: Have I become an incarnation of a god?_2

At this moment, an old monk dressed in a red robe, wearing a red hat, and with a white ivory bead string around his neck stood with his back to the door, seemingly chanting scriptures softly.

Hearing the sound, he slowly turned around, revealing a face with dark skin, like an old monkey's, typical of people from the Western Regions.

The two men met eyes, and Zhao Douan was secretly vigilant, his face calm like an ancient well, as he smiled and said,

"I, Zhao, have met the Holy..."

Before he finished the courtesy greeting, he was shocked to see that the person before him, revered in the Western Regions, the leader of the "Red Sect Monk Group" within the Five Directions Monk Group, second only to the Dharma King, known as the "Holy Monk," looked at him with unconcealed joy and fanaticism in his eyes.

Then, the Red Sect Master promptly knelt to the ground with a reverent attitude of a Western monk worshiping Buddha, raised his hands high, and chanted,

"Devout disciple greets the Worldly Venerate Buddha!"

Huh?!

Zhao Douan's smile suddenly froze as he stood there stupefied, a strong sense of unreality rising in his heart.

Wait a minute... what did this mean? This script was a bit different from what he imagined.

Shouldn't you be thundering with rage, threatening me, or behaving like those high-level officials in the court, haggling over interests? Even playing mind games would count as a normal response. But what is this thought process now?

Is there a conspiracy?

Zhao Douan felt a chill run down his spine, his first reaction was that there was a trap. He decisively shifted his stance aside, speaking with a serious tone:

"Holy Monk! Don't joke about this, jokes involving gods are not to be made!"

The Red Sect Master, seeing the "Divine Incarnation's" horrified and anxious expression, was taken aback and only then realized that his actions were too abrupt, feeling ashamed and embarrassed:

"Devout disciple was rash, startled the Worldly Venerate, pray for Buddha's forgiveness!"

Zhao Douan was stunned for a moment: "Holy Monk, please make this clear, otherwise, I might as well leave."

...

After a long time.

Beside the small courtyard table, Zhao Douan finally finished listening to the Red Sect Master's account.

His expression became unusually impressive, as he stared at this dark old monkey... no, old monk, and said:

"So, you had a premonition more than six months ago that the wisdom of the Worldly Venerate was descending to the mortal world, landing in the Capital, so you came this time to specifically look for what you thought was 'Hui'? Now, you believe that I am that 'Hui'? The divine incarnation of the Worldly Venerate?"

The Red Sect Master smiled and nodded, his expression like a fan from a previous life admiring an idol.

"..." Zhao Douan was silent for a moment, then he tactfully said,

"Is it possible that this is a misunderstanding?"

The Red Sect Master smiled and said,

"At first, the devout disciple did not expect that you were the incarnation of wisdom, but when at yesterday's Scripture Debate, you received the divine enlightenment, everything was made clear. I then realized how foolish I had been before, only thinking that a benevolent deity would not descend to the mortal world in the guise of a traitor gigolo.

But later, I woke up, realizing I had fallen into the trap of clinging to appearances. Precisely because our Buddha is compassionate, he descended upon you. Isn't the change you experienced in the past year a testament to our Buddha's wisdom and mercy?

As the saying goes, 'The sea of suffering is boundless, turn back to find the shore.' If not for the divine, how else could you have transformed from a villain everyone condemned to a pillar of the nation..."

"No..." Zhao Douan was a bit unable to hold it together:

"Isn't it possible that I soared to power because I am favored and supported by His Majesty..."

The Red Sect Master, with a kind smile, said,

"There is no need for you to be modest. Just your insights into Buddhism yesterday are already an embodiment of wisdom. Earlier you also won at the Zhengyang Debate, and you have a good relationship with the Heavenly Master Mansion, surely you have a deep understanding of Daoism as well.

To be so well-versed in Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, how could it be achieved by a mere minor official? Only with the descent of the Worldly Venerate's wisdom could it be done."

"..." Zhao Douan suddenly found himself unable to refute.

The other party made too much sense, and he simply couldn't explain by saying that he was a transmigrator... but this talk of divine incarnation was just too far-fetched, unless their deity was a transmigrator as well...

Goodness, Princess Wen Zhu might be full of skepticism towards me, but you, on the contrary, are nothing short of a fanatic, a religious zealot...

Right, no wonder during yesterday's Scripture Debate, I felt this guy was acting weird. Instead of opposing me, he acted more like a professional hype man, extraordinarily agreeable...

Zhao Douan felt a bit confused, as for deceit... he really couldn't think of any reason why the other party would use such things to deceive him.

Moreover, what concerned him most was that the other party claimed to have sensed his presence more than half a year ago...

"It doesn't make sense, how come I don't know I'm some god? Moreover, you said you sensed it in early summer. With your cultivation level, if you can perceive it, then wouldn't the Dharma King, Xuan Yin, even Heavenly Master Zhang, Wu Xiankui, and others also be aware of my existence?"

Zhao Douan hinted.

The Red Sect Master, seeing that the divine incarnation did not acknowledge it, was somewhat anxious:

"'Hui' in the mortal world is but an ordinary person, inevitably unaware of their identity before awakening. You embody our Buddha's wisdom, Wu Xiankui and the Female Emperor are martial artists, lacking awareness of divinity, and naturally wouldn't know.

As for Zhang Yan Yi, being a formidable Daoist, whether he sensed anything I do not know, but if he has attempted to contact you in recent months, then he might have vaguely sensed it. Xuan Yin Monk's corporeal form has long been in the Capital, while the Divine Soul roams across the world, being unaware is only natural. As for the Dharma King, being born a Martial Monk, though he is profound in Buddhist law, he does not surpass me..."

Zhao Douan was taken aback as he listened, his eyebrows furrowed.

The amount of information in this old monkey's words was substantial, Zhang Yan Yi certainly did have contact with him, but Zhao Douan previously thought it was due to the Jin Jian, and later because he had boasted some impressive lines, drawing Zhang's further attention.