Three Fingers Drive a Buddha to the Brink of Collapse!

"If anything happened to Hell God Lin right now, this Journey to the West... would probably be interrupted at once, perhaps even collapse entirely."

She paused, stressing her words as though she were persuading Yaoshi Buddha, but also herself.

"So... so for the Journey to the West to continue smoothly, for Western Heaven's great undertaking... I ask Yaoshi Buddha... to put the greater good first for now, endure a little, and sacrifice... some personal honor."

By the end, Guanyin Bodhisattva's voice had grown softer and softer. Even she felt that what she was saying was utterly shameless. Asking a Buddha to sacrifice his dignity for the so-called greater good and take two slaps for nothing? If word got out, where would Western Heaven's prestige be?

Sure enough, after hearing this, the expression on Yaoshi Buddha's face, formed from Lapis Lazuli Buddha Light, instantly became extraordinarily vivid. There was anger, grievance, disbelief, and a trace of... deep suspicion!

He stared hard at Guanyin, his gaze seeming to pierce straight through her.

"Put the greater good first? Sacrifice personal honor?"

Yaoshi Buddha gritted his teeth and repeated the words one by one, his voice cold enough to freeze souls.

"Guanyin, are you sure... this is Buddha Ancestor's intention? Or is it... your own?"

Guanyin's scalp prickled under his gaze, but the words had already left her mouth. All she could do now was force herself to keep going, nodding repeatedly as she spouted nonsense with a grave expression.

"Yes, yes, yes! It is Buddha Ancestor's intention! Before Buddha Ancestor's avatar dispersed, he repeatedly instructed us that Hell God Lin's safety must take priority! Nothing must happen to him! Yaoshi Buddha, the greater good comes first, the greater good comes first!"

Yaoshi Buddha fell silent.

His lapis-colored Buddha eyes fixed on Guanyin, then