A beam of light illuminated the stage, revealing a figure wearing a massive red Buddha robe fashioned into a hooded cloak, obscuring their face.
“Ladies and gentlemen! I know you’ve been eagerly awaiting the Buddha Robe Assembly for a long time, so without further ado, I now declare the Buddha Robe Assembly officially begun!”
At these words, the entire crowd erupted instantly, people screaming like mad with excitement.
The Red Buddha Society was naturally pleased to see such fervent enthusiasm.
The more frenzied and chaotic the scene, the more it demonstrated their irreplaceable status in the hearts of these people.
“If we can maintain this momentum, building our eternal legacy with these people isn’t impossible!”
Clearly, the president of the Red Buddha Society was brimming with confidence.
However, at that very moment, something unexpected happened.
The plaza was located not far behind the grand gates of the Red Buddha Society.
Outside the gates, guards patrolled in shifts every day to ensure nothing inside was disturbed.
Just as the people inside were immersed in the joy of anticipating their rewards, a deafening crash suddenly came from behind.
“What’s going on? Was that an explosion?”
The sound was so loud that some of the more timid in the crowd shrank back, tucking their heads into their clothes like turtles.
Such reactions were understandable, these people might have money, but they were all cowardly, fearing death above all else.
Otherwise, they wouldn’t so easily believe the Red Buddha Society’s lies about achieving immortality.
They were willing to squander fortunes, sometimes worth billions, earned over a lifetime, just to cling to life a little longer.
“No, no, something’s happened, look!”
A few braver souls turned to look and saw that the commotion had come from the main gate.
It wasn’t an explosion, the towering gate had been sent flying inward, crashing heavily onto the ground.
The earlier noise must have been caused by this impact.
Seeing this, the Red Buddha Society’s staff were far from calm.
They knew full well, clear as a mirror, that the gate was custom-made and reinforced with various protective formations.
To put it bluntly, even if a tank were parked outside and fired at the gate, it wouldn’t leave a scratch.
So, when they saw the gate not only fall but fly inward and crash to the ground, the staff’s first reaction was shock.
“What are you standing there for? Someone’s clearly broken in! Stop them, and get everyone else out of here!”
The president was indeed a president, not losing composure even in a crisis.
They immediately issued orders to coordinate everyone.
The VIPs, who had come to collect their rewards and hadn’t seen anything, were swiftly ushered by the staff to the rear courtyard.
These people, though mere mortals, were the Red Buddha Society’s cash cows, and not a single one could be harmed.
At that moment, a young man slowly walked in from outside, a bloodthirsty smile on his face.
“Well, I didn’t expect it to be so lively in here, had I known, I wouldn’t have opened the gate so violently!”
The young man who walked in was, of course, Xu Fei, speaking so casually, but his words had already sounded an alarm for the staff present.
“What? This young man says he opened the gate? That’s impossible!”
