"I presume this must be Patron Ye. The situation at Thousand Echo Temple was extremely chaotic that day. My junior brother and I hurried over after suddenly receiving word that demons and monsters were wreaking havoc there. It was not truly because of the few Buddhist treasures in the pagoda. Patron Lu rescued members of the Buddhist Sect—how could my junior brother and I be such unreasonable people? It was a minor matter that those few Buddhist treasures were involved, but the connections behind them were of grave importance. There were too many reasons involved, and we cannot explain them to either of you."
Mingyi chanted a Buddhist invocation and said benevolently, "That day, I mainly wished to stop Patron Lu. I had no intention of taking his life. Patron Lu's divine abilities were astonishing. Even after exerting myself to the utmost and relying on the assistance of Buddhist Sect seniors, I still failed to keep him there. My junior brother and I truly admire Patron Lu's abilities."
Compared with the thunder monk Ming'e, who resembled an enraged Vajra Guardian, Zen Master Mingyi's speech and bearing gave people the warm, gentle feeling of a virtuous monk who had attained the Way.
"Easy for you to say. That was only because you failed to stop Big Brother Lu. Who knows what you were really thinking?" Ye Ziyu said without giving him the slightest face.
"Forget it. What happened back then was indeed difficult to explain clearly. The Buddhist Sect had its own difficulties, and I had something I sought as well. We merely came into conflict. Some struggles were unavoidable." Lu Xiaotian waved his hand. Quite a few people had fought him before. Du Fenghu had had his Golden Core-stage core-origin artifact destroyed by him; the eight-legged devil ox beast Niu