"explain!"

Knowing that the Golden Dragon Man had a strong healing ability, Lin Che simply stomped on his foot and crushed the other's body again.

Although the Golden Dragon Man did not die, the excruciating pain still caused him to scream in agony.

"If you don't talk, I don't mind torturing you every day. After I've tortured you enough, I'll kill you with the Human Emperor's Flame. If you cooperate obediently, perhaps I can spare your life."

It's unclear whether the Golden Dragon Man was genuinely afraid of pain or simply believed Lin Che's lies.

He spoke weakly, "I... my special power of cause and effect allows me to sense the existence of all secret realms. You have a personal five-colored secret realm, and I saw it. I also saw the Myriad Soul Banner inside, and within the Myriad Soul Banner, there are millions of evil spirits..."

What kind of causal force is this? It's too heaven-defying!

Even he himself couldn't open the True Spirit Small World, let alone perceive the Human Emperor's Banner within it. Yet, after fighting this golden dragon, he was able to discern so much.

“I’m very interested in your power of cause and effect. If you teach me, I’ll let you go this time.”

"Hmph! Don't try to play tricks on me. You'll let me go this time, but will we meet again the next time? You'll still try to kill me." The golden dragon man gritted his teeth and spoke, seemingly having given up on healing his body, as the wounds remained broken.

"What are you saying? I am a dignified half-saint of the human race. Do you know what a half-saint is? I am full of righteousness, why would I play such tricks on you? As long as you stop harming the human race in the future, I don't necessarily have to kill you."

There's no basic trust between humans and dragons. This golden dragon is truly judging others by his own petty standards!

The golden dragon seemed to have thought of something as well: "I can teach you, but you must let me go and promise not to hunt me down for a year, no, three years. Also, return the spiritual fire of heaven and earth that you devoured from me. I will no longer protect these humans."

"So what if you're devouring the human race's fortune? What kind of protection are you talking about? Hypocritical!" A human emperor's flame suddenly appeared beneath Lin Che's feet, scorching the golden dragon's internal organs.

The golden dragon man screamed in agony, his very soul weakened, and he begged for mercy:

"No, please stop burning me with flames. Do you think I was born to devour their fortune? I don't want to either, but I need immortality. I need to become a celestial dragon with boundless Buddhist power. If I don't hand over the fortune and the spiritual fire of heaven and earth to Mount Ling, I will be skinned alive. I just want to live!"

Lin Che frowned: "You mean, the Tathagata Buddha of Mount Ling?"

"That's right, it's him!"

It's truly unexpected that the Buddha's influence has extended this far. It seems that for these powerful beings of cause and effect to truly transcend the Three Realms and escape the Five Elements, it is extremely difficult.

Even if one could travel back thousands of years, one would still be controlled by a powerful being.

This Buddha was far more terrifying than he had imagined.

"Come on, sit up and talk. Why have you been lying on the ground the whole time?"

"Didn't you knock him to the ground and keep stepping on him so I couldn't sit up?"

"Don't worry about the details. Get up first. Tell me in detail, did you absorb the human race's fortune because the Buddha forced you? And what kind of being is this Buddha?"

Jinlong was speechless and could only grit his teeth and answer that the main problem was that he couldn't beat them.

"It can't all be blamed on Buddha; I did have my own selfish motives. I was originally a dragon, worshipped by humans, and soon I was able to travel through time and space, absorbing their life force and fortune to prolong my life. But over three hundred years ago, Buddha suddenly appeared and told me that humans could cultivate dragon energy, and since I am a dragon myself, I could absorb that dragon energy..."

Lin Che listened quietly, vaguely sensing that something was amiss. But he continued listening nonetheless.

The golden dragon man, with a dragon face, whose expression was unclear, said, "Since absorbing dragon energy, my cultivation has indeed improved, including my lifespan. I also went through great hardships to find the Heavenly Spirit Fire and continued to cultivate it using the dragon energy emitted by humans. Just when the Heavenly Spirit Fire was about to be fully cultivated, you stole it."

Lin Che asked, "You originally intended to give this Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire to the Buddha?"

Golden Dragon Man: "Well! It can't really be considered a gift to him! It's more like a transaction. As long as I give him this Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire, he can let me reside in the main hall of Mount Ling. As long as I reside there, being nurtured by Buddhist teachings day and night, I can become an immortal true dragon."

“It is not that I am afraid of death, nor am I willing to be a beast under the Buddha’s seat. But my father resisted and was beaten to death. His tendons were pulled out and his skin was peeled off, and his soul was scattered. I want to take back the spiritual fire of heaven and earth, but the most important thing is to avenge my father. When I learn the Dharma, I will be able to kill that Buddha.”

Lin Che fell into deep thought, unsure how much of what the Golden Dragon Man said was true and how much was false.

But one thing is certain: the Buddha is indeed incredibly powerful, so powerful that the Golden Dragon Man wanted to use the Buddha's name to intimidate him.

Lin Che thought for a moment, then asked, "Since you know about consuming the dragon energy of humans and have lived in the human world for so long, do you know of a cultivation technique called the 'Great Emperor's True Scripture'?"

In that instant, Lin Che could clearly see the golden dragon's pupils shrink slightly.

He knows the "Great Emperor's True Scripture"!

Lin Che grabbed the Golden Dragon Man by the throat with one hand, and the Human Emperor's Flame instantly ignited in his hand: "Speak! If you dare to hide anything, I will kill you right now."

The golden dragon patted Lin Che's hand and said quickly, "Let go, let go. I'm telling you."

Lin Che loosened his grip slightly, and the golden dragon glared at him before speaking, "Actually, the reason Buddha Tathagata was able to find me is because of my father. My father once followed the ancient Human Emperor. Although the Human Emperor died, my father survived and even found the bloodline cultivation method left behind by the ancient Human Emperor. Buddha Tathagata also wanted to cultivate it, but it was something left behind by the Human Emperor, and even Buddha Tathagata could not cultivate it."

"In the end, I don't know how Buddha found out, but he found me and asked me to add some causal power to the cultivation technique. In this way, any human who cultivates this technique in the future will have a portion of their power absorbed into my father. My father was then trapped on Mount Ling. The gods and Buddhas there treated my father like a tonic, and every hundred years they would go to absorb my father's power."

As he said this, the Golden Dragon Man clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, saying, "My father's healing ability is even stronger than mine. So, no matter how much my father suffers, he can't die. No matter how much power he forcibly absorbs, he can forcibly convert it."

Lin Che took a deep breath and asked, "This cultivation technique is the 'Great Emperor's True Scripture,' right?"

"yes!"