"Master Miaotan came looking for me. You weren't here to chat, were you?"
Chen Sanshi asked in a deep voice.
"Enough."
Miaotan said sternly, "Do not continue piling up this karmic slaughter."
"Karmic slaughter?"
Chen Sanshi asked in confusion, "Over these past five years, I haven't killed a single person."
"But this war was started by you."
Compassion shone within Miaotan's cold, profound eyes. "This was originally only a minor disturbance, but under your secret manipulation, it ultimately became a World in Great Chaos. More than a million common people have died!"
"So that's what you meant."
Chen Sanshi shook his head. "I'm saving people, not killing them."
"Absurd!"
Beside the Saintess, the young monk spoke up in rebuke. "Wherever the rebel army passed, corpses lay strewn across the land!
"And it was you who guided the Zhang brothers into gathering these rebels. You may not have held a blade yourself, but in truth, all these people were killed by you!"
"You monks have truly been reciting sutras until you've gone stupid. Not even a Bodhisattva Reincarnation is exempt."
Chen Sanshi smiled and shook his head. "May I ask the Bodhisattva something? Before this war began, were the common people of the world living well?"
Miaotan froze for a moment, then replied, "Amitabha. All living beings have suffered for far too long."
"Exactly."
Chen Sanshi said, "Only after enduring a great chaos can the world achieve great order. Only after great upheaval can there possibly be an age of peace and prosperity."
"They suffered before, but at least they were still alive. What about now? War rages everywhere, corpses cover the ground in every place. They are living even worse than before!"
Hui Kong retorted loudly, "You, stop twisting your words here!"
"Even without me, this great war would have