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Wang Ye gave him a look telling him to be patient, then turned his gaze back to Maitreya, his brow furrowing even deeper. "I don't understand what you're talking about."

But Maitreya shook his head sincerely.

"Benefactor Wang, now that things have come this far, there is no need to keep acting."

"If this bronze Buddha statue truly had such astonishing effects, with your temperament, you definitely would not have left it for this poor monk."

"At least, I possess that much self-awareness."

"So."

"This bronze Buddha statue... perhaps it too is a trap left behind by the Buddha?"

As though asking and answering his own question, Maitreya muttered continuously, making one conjecture after another. "But why would the Buddha leave behind these inexplicable things?"

"I can more or less understand the Leiyin Temple within that space. After all, the most dangerous place is the safest. But it still does not make much sense. If he had not opened up that space at all, would that not have been even more secure? Was it merely to humiliate us?"

"As for this bronze Buddha statue, perhaps the Buddha only left behind a trace of his vitality and blood somewhere, which the statue could steal."

"Or perhaps the Buddha did not leave behind any vitality and blood at all. The so-called theft was nothing but a joke. Golden Cicada merely gained vitality and blood himself, then refined it through the bronze Buddha statue, making it purer and thus increasing his strength. After all, if Golden Cicada could be accepted as the Buddha's disciple, his talent must have been exceptional."

"Coupled with a thousand years of slumber and a forced awakening that caused his realm to plummet severely, he merely recovered through vitality and blood, then rose to a higher level."

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