"Mm!"
Jiang Liuer nodded and said, "Today, on my way back from training, I ran into Abbot Fa Ming of Golden Mountain Temple. He asked me to send you his regards!"
"Why didn't he come himself? Why have you relay it?"
Xuanji frowned, giving Jiang Liuer a careful once-over. "Did he only ask you to send me his regards?"
Jiang Liuer shook his head. "No, there was something else."
Just as she thought!
She knew it.
Xuanji narrowed her eyes and continued, "What else did he say to you?"
Jiang Liuer blinked, somewhat hesitant. After a moment, he finally said to Xuanji, "Abbot Fa Ming said that I have an exceptionally deep affinity with Buddhism and will surely attain fruition. He asked whether I would be interested in entering Golden Mountain Temple to become a monk. He could serve as my ordaining master and guide me into Buddhist cultivation."
"You agreed?"
Xuanji asked.
Jiang Liuer shook his head again.
"I grew up following Master Xuanji. Even if I want to cultivate, shouldn't I cultivate the Dao like Master Xuanji?"
"As for cultivating Buddhism... it does seem pretty good, but... what would Master Xuanji do?"
Hearing Jiang Liuer's words, Xuanji was still quite pleased. She smiled and shook her head. "You needn't concern yourself with me."
"What you wish to cultivate is your own decision. No one can sway you."
"Whether you cultivate Buddhism or the Dao!"
"Buddha is originally Dao."
Xuanji spoke slowly to Jiang Liuer. "Whether Buddha Dao or Dao, their essence is the same! There is no saying that one is better and the other worse. Take me, for example—don't I seem to have a good relationship with Golden Mountain Temple? And besides... even the Dao Scripture says that the Heavenly Mountain Saintess is the Glazed Medicine Pure