Chapter 431: Destiny

I have to say that Buddha’s butcher knife is really useful. One knife can send everyone to heaven.

It was not known whether the Ikki's faith was shattered or they thought it was faster to get to paradise this way, so they rushed towards the Oda army shouting and yelling, and were stabbed with spears, hacked to death with swords, and killed by cannons. It must be said that it was indeed fast.

Faced with wave after wave of believers who were sending themselves to die, the monks who were always standing at the back remained unmoved. They were like the workers on the production line who had long been numb, their hearts were not moved, only their hands were moving. When almost everyone in front was dead, they would chant Buddhist mantras and wave their naginatas to push the living people forward one by one, and then they would become motionless dead, allowing the Oda family to kill them until their hands were tired.

What’s interesting is that when death came, these people all had smiles of relief on their faces. Perhaps they really thought that they would be able to ascend to heaven after death.

No one could have imagined at this time that Yan Xu actually came here secretly to watch the battle, and in order to see it more clearly, he even spent a considerable price.

Yan Xu didn’t even pay much attention to the two coalition forces, so why would he come here in person? It was mainly to see the man of destiny.

Oda Nobunaga was the man of destiny in this era. Before his mission was completed, heaven and earth loved him and he could turn misfortune into good fortune. No matter how the Buddhists targeted him, he just could not die. Instead, he became stronger and stronger. He was just like the protagonist in a cool novel.

However, destiny also has its limits. To fulfill the mission, even a figure like Oda Nobunaga would need more than ten years of planning to complete it.

But this time, with the intervention of the Moroboshi family, Oda Nobunaga was unable to stop, as if he had stepped on the accelerator to the bottom, and plunged into the deep vortex of Buddhism ahead of time.

However, although the early stage of rapid progress achieved greater results, it lacked some polishing and accumulation, and there were many more variables. Oda Nobunaga's destiny might not be able to guarantee the end, so Yan Xu came.

Yan Xu came this time, firstly to escort Oda Nobunaga, and secondly to learn from the experience of the man of destiny.

Oda Nobunaga is the man of destiny in the Japanese world, while Yan Xu is the man of destiny appointed by the Heavenly Consciousness of the Immortal Burial World. Therefore, he wanted to see the difference between the two, as well as the laws governing the operation of destiny. For this purpose, he specially exchanged for three Earthly Evil Techniques. Therefore, it is not that Oda Nobunaga cannot die, but that he cannot die now, at least not before completing his destiny.

The Earthly Evil Techniques that Yan Xuxin exchanged for are Shefu, Mengtou, and Zhishi.

Shefu: The principle of the Eight Trigrams in the Book of Changes is that names of things are based on symbols and numbers, and symbols and numbers are set for meanings and principles, which is the method of divination.

Moe: To sense before something is about to happen.

Knowing the time: Knowing the laws governing the operation of the universe and being able to discern the secrets of heaven by counting on one's fingers is a skill for predicting the future.

Although it cost him three thousand merits and reached the upper limit of the current magical power system's Earthly Evil Technique, and he could no longer exchange for the Earthly Evil Technique before the system was upgraded, it was worth it for Yan Xu.

The three new Earthly Evil Techniques plus the Sun Cover infinitely elevated Yan Xu's perspective, allowing him to look at this familiar world from a higher angle. It felt like he had broken through the cover and opened his eyes to see the real side of the world.

Although there are still some mysteries that linger, destiny is no longer invisible and intangible, and its general trajectory can be seen, at least in the small world of Japan.

Yan Xu took a deep breath, suppressed his inner excitement and opened his eyes to look.

In Yan Xu's eyes, the Japanese world is like a missing puzzle. Although it is self-contained, it has no place to go and is pitifully thin. Therefore, the fog shrouding fate is very shallow. If he carefully calculates and deduces, he can also be called a half-immortal. But this is not important. Yan Xu tries to look deeper.

Through the fog, Yan Xu discovered that the Buddhist fortune of the island country was like a big net, covering the entire main island. The longevity of the fortune was so long that it shocked him.

Unfortunately, too much is as bad as too little, so the world consciousness of Japan needs Oda Nobunaga's knife to trim the wildly growing branches and roots of Buddhism and weaken them to prevent one party from dominating and turning the island country into a Buddhist country.

In comparison, Oda Nobunaga's luck is more interesting. Although it is far not as huge and long-lasting as the Buddhist luck, it is extremely flexible, like a slippery loach. Therefore, he can escape as long as there is a glimmer of hope, and he becomes stronger by constantly eroding his opponents.

"This is the fate of the protagonist." Yan Xu said with some emotion.

In his opinion, the protagonist has a good fate, and there is still life even if there are nine deaths. But putting all these aside, what he sees is just a rootless duckweed.

I'm afraid this is also the reason why the protagonist has suffered so many disasters and is destined to be lonely throughout his life, because he needs to constantly wander around seeking vitality and opportunities, so naturally he cannot settle down.

Unfortunately, the protagonist created by various adventures and luck seems to be in a glorious position, but lacks foundation and background. Once he loses the favor of destiny, a setback can make him fall into the mud with no possibility of turning over.

For example, the common plot of losing all martial arts skills is a prelude to the protagonist's recovery and then showing off his strength, but for a normal person, it means the end of his life.

Think about the life experience of Oda Nobunaga in history. It was obvious that he was abandoned after achieving his destiny, which led to his death due to a betrayal that should not have happened when he was about to reach the peak of his life.

Although he was just the man of destiny in a small world like Japan, Yan Xu was still alert. After all, heaven was ruthless. Compared with paying a generous reward afterwards, it was obviously more in line with the interests of heaven to kill the donkey after it had done its work.

However, this matter cannot be rushed. He needs to collect more information about destiny so that he can have a clear idea in his mind and better deal with the calculations of heaven.

Thinking of this, Yan Xu looked up at the battlefield.

Above the battlefield, the momentum of both sides was different. The Buddhist was like the Buddha who cut his flesh to feed the eagle. Although it was not his own flesh that was fed, you could still say that he fed it. And Oda Nobunaga was like a greedy evil ghost, constantly devouring flesh and blood to grow, and he had already begun to show the ferocity of the sixth heaven demon king.

Buddhists are not stupid. This act of committing suicide actually has a deep meaning. It is similar to a curse, which can transform the resentment of believers after death into a curse and transfer it to the enemy's head, making him fall into hell.

Most people could not withstand the resentment and curses of thousands of people, but Oda Nobunaga was blessed with destiny and could owe loans. That is to say, even if he owed 10,000 blood points, as long as the destiny was still there, he would not die, but would become more and more energetic. This made the Buddhists more and more impatient. After all, this technique was a double-edged sword, and no one could completely control the objects of believers' resentment after death, not to mention that they were the driving force behind it. If it were not for the protection of Buddhism and incense, they would have killed themselves long ago.

Even so, they cannot delay any longer, otherwise if the enemy doesn't die, it will be their turn to die.

Nourished by blood and life, the rapidly growing Oda Nobunaga became increasingly calm. Under his command, the massacre became more efficient, which also caused some people to feel worried.

The influence of Buddhism in the island country is so great that it is very common for people of status to grow up in temples when they are young and convert to Buddhism when they are old. Therefore, the massacre of believers made them feel uneasy. At the same time, they also began to believe that Oda Nobunaga was the Sixth Heaven Demon King. Perhaps the seeds of rebellion were planted at this time.

(End of this chapter)