"May I ask whether you're interested in the Nine Tribulations and Ten Difficulties, benefactor?" Master Wuxin asked.
"Did you call me here because you want me to take the challenge?" Hua Yunfei asked.
"Yes." Master Wuxin readily admitted it. "No one at Xumi Mountain has ever overcome the Nine Tribulations and Ten Difficulties, but we see hope in you, benefactor."
Hua Yunfei asked calmly, "What benefits are there to overcoming them?"
"The Nine Tribulations and Ten Difficulties are the greatest trial set by Xumi Mountain. Whoever can overcome them will inherit the future of Xumi Mountain—or, one could say, the future of the Xumi Buddhist Realm."
Hua Yunfei looked surprised and glanced at Master Wuxin. "Does that mean that whoever overcomes the Nine Tribulations and Ten Difficulties becomes the leader of Xumi Mountain?"
Master Wuxin nodded. "You could put it that way."
He looked at Hua Yunfei. "To be frank, benefactor, if you can overcome the Nine Tribulations and Ten Difficulties, you'll also receive the inheritance of the Xumi Buddha Lord. And that's only what this old monk knows. It's said there may be an even greater opportunity..."
He sighed. "Yet for countless millennia, no one has ever overcome them. As a result, the opportunity beyond them remains shrouded in mystery. No one knows what it is."
Hua Yunfei said, "I've heard that Dao Wushuang of the Thirty-Three Heavens is the most talented person in history. Why not invite him? He should have a better chance."
Master Wuxin shook his head. "We did. He refused. His status is extraordinary, and he doesn't consider these opportunities worth pursuing."
Hua Yunfei nodded, as expected. If the opportunity beyond the Nine Tribulations and Ten Difficulties was merely the Xumi Buddha Lord's inheritance, Dao Wushuang certainly wouldn't be interested.
Master Wuxin asked, "Well, benefactor?