The Great Living Buddha held a pistol in his hand and was taking it apart.
The way he dismantled the gun was remarkably practiced.
He must have handled it often.
Zheji Xie'e stepped forward and said, "Mr. Jiang has arrived!"
The Great Living Buddha looked at Zheji Xie'e with a smile. "Was it a false alarm?"
Zheji Xie'e nodded, looking somewhat embarrassed.
"You've had smooth sailing these past years and haven't experienced a situation like this before. It's only natural that you'd feel uneasy. Tell me, if they had truly started fighting, what would you have done?"
Zheji Xie'e said, "I would have stopped them and tried my best to persuade both sides to take a step back!"
The smile vanished from the Great Living Buddha's face. He looked at Zheji Xie'e. "Why should they both take a step back?" Zheji Xie'e froze.
Jiang Xiaohui spoke up. "Zheji Xie'e, you were wrong. If a real fight broke out, you couldn't handle it that way anymore. You had to take a stance, and your stance was to stand firmly on Great Xia's side. At that point, regardless of who was right or wrong, you had to make sure your butt didn't end up on the wrong seat. You might call yourself a keeper of order, but what you protected wasn't merely the order among the various factions on this Sacred Mountain. You also protected Great Xia's order. No matter what excuse those people used to disrupt Great Xia's order, they had to pay the price."
The Great Living Buddha nodded slightly. "Young Mr. Jiang is right. That is the attitude you should have. No matter when it is, you must stand on Great Xia's side. What the hell is the Holy See? Even if their Pope came in person, he would