After an unknown amount of time, Bai Zhi slowly rose, bowed to Murong Xing Shuang, then turned and left the room.
Murong Xing Shuang neither stopped nor tried to keep him. She merely watched him in silence.
Dawn.
The first ray of sunlight spilled across the earth.
Clad in a Monk Robe, Bai Zhi sat quietly in meditation in a secluded spot.
Morning sunlight filled all of Luoyang City, yet it could not reach Bai Zhi, hidden away in a corner.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk!"
"How had the renowned Buddha Child, Bai Zhi, ended up hiding here?"
"You could not even save a mere courtesan of Luoyang City. How were you going to save all the countless living beings under heaven?"
Wang Hao's voice rang out. Bai Zhi looked up at him and said,
"Does Benefactor also believe this humble monk was wrong?"
"Yes!"
"Then what insight does Benefactor have?"
Faced with Bai Zhi's question, Wang Hao sat down beside him. "Little Bald Head, you and that old bald head have always wanted to convert my master and me."
"To put it more plainly, we are your other side."
"Sometimes, you cannot see yourself because you have no mirror to look into."
"Whether it is the Buddhist Sect or the Daoist Sect, all you so-called righteous factions teach people to be good."
"But have you ever considered that 'good' itself is something that does not exist?"
"The same thing could be good in one setting and evil in another."
"Obsessively pursuing good and evil would only lead you astray in the end."
"As I saw it, there was only one path to help all living beings escape the sea of suffering: pursuing the True Self Realm."
Listening to Wang Hao, Bai Zhi thought for a moment and said, "May I