Just as the Painting Saint, Zhao Xuanjing, and Zhao Sheng were conversing in high spirits, a Six-Tusked White Elephant, its entire body lustrous and white as jade, suddenly came walking step by step out of the darkness.
The Six-Tusked White Elephant's body was enormous as a mountain. With a single step, it could cross billions upon billions of miles of void.
Sensing the elephant's appearance, Zhao Sheng and the other two all raised their heads and gazed over.
They saw that on the back of the Six-Tusked White Elephant sat, quite impressively, a fat old monk with his chest and belly bared, kind brows, and benevolent eyes.
The old monk wore a loose monk's robe, and a kindly, approachable smile hung on his face, making him seem casual and at ease, open-minded and optimistic.
"Oh, so it's... little monk White Elephant. Rare, rare indeed!" The Painting Saint narrowed his eyes slightly and suddenly teased him.
As he spoke, the Six-Tusked White Elephant had already come to within a thousand miles, making the elephant seem all the more vast and majestic.
White Elephant Arhat drifted down from the elephant's back. As he descended, his several-thousand-zhang-tall golden arhat body rapidly shrank.
By the time he landed before the three of them, his figure was no different from an ordinary person's, except that his large belly looked even rounder, like a ball.
"This humble monk, White Elephant, greets the Painting Saint, Senior Subduing Dragon, and Benefactor Shenglongzi." White Elephant Arhat raised one palm upright toward the three of them and chanted a greeting.
Seeing this, Zhao Sheng likewise cupped his hands in return.
Zhao Xuanjing frowned slightly and said in a cool tone, "White Elephant, instead of going into seclusion at Great Brightness Temple, what have you come here for today?"
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