The Qilin Emperor's Entrustment and the Bamboo Grove's Secret

In the Netherworld, he had just stepped down from the lecture platform.

After three days of expounding Buddhist teachings, Chen Luo descended from the high platform beneath the reverent gazes of the Great Bodhisattvas, Bodhisattvas, and Arhats.

As the Crown Prince, was it really all right for him to be this popular with the court officials?

Chen Luo raised his head and spotted Dizang Tathagata in the distance, sitting in an open space, basking in the sun and eating melon. He looked as though he had entered retirement ahead of schedule.

Yet beneath that indifferent look in his eyes was an unmistakable air of smug satisfaction.

Come to think of it, he had not heard the other party sighing and grumbling once over the past three days.

Chen Luo shuddered.

This place was not somewhere he should linger.

He immediately bade farewell to several Great Bodhisattvas.

"What? The Buddha Son is leaving? You've only been in the Bhadrapala Pure Land for how long?"

"Exactly! Did something in our Bhadrapala Pure Land make the Buddha Son uncomfortable?"

"Were we not pleasant enough to talk to?"

Chen Luo hurriedly gave them a long explanation. Only after much effort did he finally convince the assembled monks.

Even so, they were still deeply reluctant to part with him. They decided to leave the mountain together and see Chen Luo off.

After a long while, Chen Luo sighed.

"Everyone, even after escorting someone a thousand li, the parting must eventually come."

"Let's part ways here."

Bodhisattva Yixing shook his head. "The Buddha Son is too serious. We'll accompany you a little farther."

Chen Luo stared at the city walls of Fengdu in the distance and found himself utterly speechless.

"Really, you should stop here."

"If you escort me any farther, I'll have to keep