"Then, Senior, could you wait here for half a day?" Arhat Dragon had run out of options.
"Sure." Jiang Siming agreed readily.
Arhat Dragon no longer dared hesitate and turned to leave.
That left Fahai behind like an abandoned child.
Watching Arhat Dragon leave, Fahai continued gritting his teeth and stubbornly holding on, glaring at Jiang Siming with a pair of dead-fish eyes.
"Kill me or dismember me as you please. Don't even think about extorting anything else from Buddhism!"
Jiang Siming smiled and retorted, "Have you Buddhists extorted little from your worshippers?"
"Nonsense! Worshippers sincerely worship Buddha and willingly offer incense money!"
"Isn't that because you deceived them so well, claiming that offering incense money is the most sincere way to worship Buddha? Do you know how many poor families can barely eat their fill every day, yet still rack their brains to throw money at Buddha and the Bodhisattvas for protection?"
"Absurd! Utterly absurd!" Fahai denied it, his face flushed and his neck bulging with veins.
Jiang Siming continued questioning him. "Then let me ask you this: Buddhism claims to save all living beings, so why do you seal your mountain gates whenever chaos descends upon the world?"
"All these years, I haven't seen you use that incense money to save or aid anyone. Instead, your Buddhist temples keep getting more and more lavish, with golden Buddhas everywhere. Come, explain this to me. Where did all that money come from? Did it fall from the sky?"
"That truly is the worshippers' incense money. They willingly and sincerely worship Buddha. What's wrong with using that money to adorn the Buddha?"
"Hahaha, people rely on clothes, and Buddhas rely on gold, right?"
"Of course."
"So your slogan about saving all living beings is just empty talk? You have money to