Qin Shi Lei completely put aside Mu Feng's matters and continued to tour Great Xia with the three women.
Occasionally, he would punish one or two evil-doers, and more often, he would accompany An Qian and the others to admire the beautiful scenery of Great Xia and refresh fixed, suitable attributes for various cities and elite evolvers.
Unconsciously, they had already flown through more than half of Great Xia's territory.
On this day, they arrived at Burdan, which was the sphere of influence of the Buddhist Sect.
There was also a spatial rift near Badae City, which was near Burdan.
Qin Shi Lei had also searched in this area before, but he had not found that spatial rift.
Furthermore, the insects there had not expanded outwards, so he had not paid any further attention to it.
Later, when the Buddhist Sect appeared, they cleaned up all the nearby insects and discovered the spatial rift within.
However, the Buddhist Sect had always remained confined to Burdan and had no intention of encroaching on the Qin'an King's Mansion, so Qin Shi Lei had always allowed them to exist independently, making them the only force in Great Xia not yet under the rule of Qin'an King.
Now that he was passing by, he decided to take the opportunity to understand this Buddhist Sect.
In the center of the city of Burdan was a magnificent palace complex, with chanting sounds reaching the heavens.
Qin Shi Lei looked down and saw that more than one-third of the survivors in the entire city were bald-headed Buddhist disciples wearing kasaya.
The Buddhist disciples below also noticed Qin Shi Lei and the three women appearing in mid-air, and soon, more than a dozen Buddhist masters flew out from the distant palace complex.
"So it is King Qin'an and the three wives gracing us with their presence. It is truly an honor for our Buddhist sect."
A middle-aged man at the forefront performed a Buddhist salute and smiled.
"Greetings, Master."
Qin Shi Lei said faintly, "My wife and I wish to visit your sacred Buddhist land. We apologize for any disturbance."
"The four of you, please!"
The middle-aged monk gestured with his hand.
The group then flew towards a distant temple with him.
Just then, a series of loud bell tolls echoed from the distant palace complex.
The melodious bell sounds spread throughout almost half of Burdan.
The bell rang nine times before it stopped.
Hearing the nine tolls from the sacred Buddhist land, the survivors and the Buddhist disciples were stunned.
"They actually rang the highest-grade bell. Is the Buddhist Sect holding some grand ceremony?"
"That shouldn't be the case. If they were holding a ceremony, they should have notified us disciples."
"Could it be that distinguished guests are visiting?"
"When the leader of the Righteous Alliance visited last time, they only rang the bell seven times. Are there any guests more distinguished than the leader of the Righteous Alliance on Blue Star?"
"Now that you mention it, I do think there are four guests on Blue Star who are more distinguished than the leader of the Righteous Alliance."
"I also recall that King Qin'an and his three wives are worthy of the highest reception from our Buddhist sect."
"A giant eagle flew from a distance just now. It turns out to be King Qin'an gracing us with his presence. It's not surprising."
Those who understood why the Buddhist sect rang nine bells were suddenly relieved, feeling that this reception was not only appropriate but also necessary.
When Qin Shi Lei and his party flew to the main hall in the center of the palace complex, twenty to thirty solemn Buddhist high monks were already standing in front of the main entrance.
"Welcome King Qin'an and the three wives. I, Wei Hongshen, the Sect Master of the Buddhist Sect, pay my respects!"
An elder with kind eyes in the middle performed a Buddhist salute.
Qin Shi Lei and the three women cupped their fists in salute and said, "Greetings, Masters."
Wei Hongshen gestured to the side and invited, "Please come inside!"
After the host and guests were seated, young monks served fragrant tea.
Qin Shi Lei drank his tea while observing the thirty to forty Buddhist high monks in the hall.
All the high monks seated in this hall had cultivated to the Platinum realm.
The highest cultivation was that of the Sect Master of the Buddhist Sect, Wei Hongshen, who was at the peak of the Platinum realm.
As for whether the Buddhist Sect had other Platinum masters, or Diamond masters who surpassed Platinum, it was unknown.
No wonder they were a force on par with the Demonic Sect and the Righteous Alliance. Their strengths were comparable.
"May I ask if Sect Master Wei has any countermeasures for the alien invasion three years from now?"
With his powerful strength as a backing, Qin Shi Lei did not try to probe the other party and directly asked, "May I ask if Sect Master Wei has any countermeasures for the alien invasion three years from now?"
"Our Buddhist sect is weak and has no good countermeasures. We are likely to hide back in our spatial secret realm again."
Wei Hongshen replied calmly.
Although he spoke of hiding in a spatial secret realm, there was no hint of helplessness or dejection in his tone.
It was unclear whether this Sect Master of the Buddhist Sect was insightful or had something to rely on.
Qin Shi Lei tentatively asked, "May I ask if Sect Master Wei is interested in cooperating with our Qin'an King's Mansion?
You can send your Buddhist masters to assist our Qin'an King's Mansion in expanding our territory, and when the alien invasion comes, we can support each other."
Wei Hongshen smiled faintly, "This is not impossible. As long as King Qin'an allows our Buddhist sect to spread Buddhist teachings within your sphere of influence, our Buddhist sect can send most of our masters to assist you."
"Hehe."
Qin Shi Lei chuckled and said, "This is the apocalypse. Survivors are busy hunting alien beasts all day and have no time to comprehend Buddhist teachings. It seems we cannot cooperate."
With the assistance of masters from the Demonic Sect and the Righteous Alliance, he did not place much importance on the masters of the Buddhist Sect.
As for allowing them to spread Buddhist teachings within his territory, unless Qin Shi Lei's brain was malfunctioning, he would never agree.
Wei Hongshen did not dwell on this issue further.
He suddenly revealed a meaningful smile and said, "I see that King Qin'an has a great affinity for Buddhism. If you could join our Buddhist sect, you would surely become a Buddha or even a Bodhisattva in the future."
Zhang Xiaoli immediately reprimanded, "Good for you, Sect Master of the Buddhist Sect! You actually want to lure our husband into the Buddhist sect. Don't you know that Brother Qin has a family?"
"Amitabha!"
Wei Hongshen smiled faintly and said, "Our Buddhist sect is not like those monks; we have never had a prohibition against marriage. Joining our Buddhist sect will not affect your marital relationship. Our Buddhist sect even has the cultivation method of the Joyful Buddha, which can help you better improve your strength."
Dual cultivation!
Qin Shi Lei suddenly thought of this legendary cultivation technique.
He really wanted to witness the so-called cultivation method of the Joyful Buddha, but it was impossible for him to join the Buddhist sect.
"Sect Master Wei has probably misjudged. This king has too much killing intent and is definitely not destined for Buddhism, nor can I join the Buddhist sect."
Wei Hongshen said meaningfully, "Our Buddhist sect has a divine ability that can see through a person's past and future lives. King Qin'an's past life was an enlightened Buddha, and he will surely return to the embrace of my Buddha's radiance in the future."
Qin Shi Lei smiled indifferently but did not argue with him further on this matter.
Wei Hongshen then chatted with him about the invasion of the otherworld and then accompanied Qin Shi Lei and his three companions to tour their palace.
When Qin Shi Lei expressed his intention to leave, he suddenly took out a golden, shining bead from his spatial ring and handed it over.
"This is our Buddhist sect's supreme treasure - the Qiankun Bead. Wearing it can not only purify spiritual power but also resist the invasion of external demons."
"This treasure is presented to King Qin'an, and we hope that you will allow our Buddhist sect to establish itself here."
"Our Buddhist sect also guarantees that we will not encroach upon King Qin'an's territory."
Qin Shi Lei took the Qiankun Bead and said, "Fine, as long as you do not spread Buddhist teachings in my territory, I will not do anything to you."