Tathagata led the members of Buddhism back to Spirit Mountain.
This time, for Little White Dragon's sake, Buddhism had handed over three Golden Lotuses, three White Lotuses, and three Bodhi Seeds. It was a massive loss. Even with Buddhism's vast resources, they found it hard to bear. These items might appear to be of low grade, but that did not mean they were of little value. In truth, these lotus platforms were difficult to cultivate, requiring both time and the merit water from the Eight Treasures Merit Pool.
Thus, Buddhism had always valued these lotus platforms greatly. Even when certain factions offered three low-grade Innate Spirit Treasures in exchange for a Third-grade Golden Lotus, they had refused. That showed just how precious they considered a Third-grade Golden Lotus. Now, they had handed over three Golden Lotuses and three White Lotuses at once. It was like carving flesh with a dull blade, painfully agonizing.
"World-Honored One, if we had acted just now, perhaps we would not have needed to offer any compensation at all."
Bodhisattva Mahasthamaprapta spoke with some dissatisfaction. He belonged to Maitreya Buddha, the Future Buddha's faction, and he was somewhat upset that Tathagata had actually offered three Golden Lotuses, White Lotuses, and Bodhi Seeds as compensation. Even he had only received a Third-grade White Lotus back then. After nurturing it with Magic Power for tens of millions of years, he had only raised that Third-grade Golden Lotus to the fifth grade. Yet so many precious treasures had been handed over as compensation in one go. His heart was bleeding.
"Act? Bodhisattva Mahasthamaprapta, I fear you have never been struck by a High-grade Innate Spirit Treasure, which is why you do not understand its power. They may only be Great Luo Golden Immortals, but with High-grade Innate Spirit Treasures