Sun-Fall Style vs. Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

"Karmic affinity? Then I wonder what karmic affinity Miss Dong Yueyao has with the Bodhisattva? The Bodhisattva is a venerable Great Sage, so to you, Dong Yueyao is no different from an ant, is she? I wonder why you look upon her with favor?" Following the thread of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's words, Zhuge Xiang steered the conversation toward Dong Yueyao and asked.

"All living beings in the world are likewise ants in my eyes, but are immortals and Buddhas honorable while ants are lowly? Where karmic affinity leads, even an ant by the roadside can cause someone to pause."

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva spoke with utter detachment, his tone conveying that immortals, Buddhas, and ants were all the same in his eyes. Hearing Ksitigarbha's words, both Zhuge Xiang and Flower Full Building seemed to envision a child gazing with relish at the ants on the ground.

Where karmic affinity leads, even an ant on the ground can cause someone to pause and watch. Zhuge Xiang and Flower Full Building each gained their own insight from this sentence.

"Many thanks for the Bodhisattva's guidance, but since I came for Yao'er, I beseech the Bodhisattva to tell me where Yao'er is," Flower Full Building, who had not yet chimed in, asked somewhat impatiently.

He had spent several centuries pursuing Yao'er's soul, and now that the day of reunion was right before his eyes, he was naturally beside himself with urgency.

"Are the affections of mortals truly enough to make you lose your wits so completely? A mere century is but a snap of the fingers, why persist in such attachment?" Gazing at Flower Full Building, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva fell slightly silent, then opened his mouth and shook his head as he spoke.

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's reply caused the expressions of both Zhuge Xiang and Flower Full Building