"It was merely a fortuitous encounter, senior. You flatter me." Lu Xiaotian replied. At last, he had encountered a living being here. With the old monk seated within the thunderclouds as well, Lu Xiaotian felt he had reached the core of the Thunder Hall and no longer dared act rashly.
"Benefactor needn't be modest. I was once the mount of Buddha Shiqinglei and traveled with him throughout the cultivation world. Even I rarely encountered someone like you, benefactor Lu, whose great potential was on the verge of being realized. Back then, even Buddha Shiqinglei was not your equal."
The Azure-Winged Demon Bird still had her back to Lu Xiaotian as she spoke, her body completely motionless. "Ever since Ancient Buddha Wukong was summoned by an immortal envoy, the purple-gold kasaya he carried vanished without a trace. The Danzhu Buddhist Sect searched for it through generation after generation, but to no avail. Of the three great cultivation methods passed down by the sect, the Ancestor Buddha Ancient Seal and the Sarira method were preserved almost intact, but the Demon-Suppressing Tower, also known as the Seven-Tiered Pagoda, disappeared.
"The general principles behind the Buddhist sect's three great inheritance methods were lost as well. Though generations of the sect tried to continually refine the Demon-Suppressing Tower and the general principles of the three methods, they never met with much success."
"You possess the Demon-Suppressing Tower, benefactor Lu. I presume you weren't originally from this realm?"
"Just as you surmised, senior, I wasn't originally from this realm. After reaching Spirit Transformation, I crossed the void and arrived here." Lu Xiaotian nodded. He wasn't surprised that she had guessed he came from another realm. Ye Qianxun had thought the same thing back then.
The Azure-Winged Demon Bird before him had been Buddha Shiqinglei's mount. Her