Guang Chengzi gazed at the Literary Sect's field camp, shrouded in the radiance of the Five Elements. After a moment of silence, he slowly said:
"For now, there is no need to worry. Since Saint Nüwa has already made an alliance with Master to break Zhuxian together, at least until the dust of the Investiture Cataclysm settles, so long as we do not take the initiative to provoke or offend them, our two sects should, in general, remain in a state of joining forces against the enemy.
As for the rest, we will watch as we go. Return to the Reed Canopy first and quietly await Master's holy arrival."
The Chan Sect members then returned to their own Reed Canopy.
During the days they spent waiting for the Saint to descend, Randeng returned to the ranks in his capacity as the Chan Sect's Vice Sect Master and joined the Twelve Golden Immortals.
Lu Ya, following Nüwa's instructions, still entered the Chan Sect's Reed Canopy as a Rogue Cultivator.
Before long, waves of melodious Brahma chants suddenly drifted over from the western horizon.
Zhunti had also brought Yao Shi, Maitreya, Mahasthamaprapta, and many Western Religion disciples to the Luoyi front line;
choosing another site, they swiftly erected a field camp rich with exotic style and wreathed in sandalwood incense.
After they settled in, Yao Shi, Maitreya, and Mahasthamaprapta went as representatives to the Chan Sect's Reed Canopy to pay a visit.
Zhunti, meanwhile, came outside the Literary Sect's field camp and stood several zhang before the camp, not trespassing without permission:
"Zhunti of the Western Religion has come presumptuously to visit. I hope the fellow Daoists of the Literary Sect will not begrudge me a meeting."
Seeing this, the Literary Sect disciple on duty at the camp gate did not dare