Master Tianfeng said, "After turning it over and over in this old monk's mind, only our temple's Buddha Array of the Heavens will do. With other formations, even if someone can withstand the golden light, the formation itself cannot endure its ceaseless attacks. But our temple's Buddha Array of the Heavens can merge as one with external power. There is only one difficulty in setting it up."
Chu Jiaoling asked, "What difficulty?"
Master Tianfeng said, "Although our temple possesses the formation plates for the Buddha Array of the Heavens—and I happened to bring them—the array requires one hundred and eight Buddhas to be set in place. No one can withstand the golden light's prolonged assault, so we need a great many people to lay the formation at once. Otherwise, it cannot be set up."
Chu Jiaoling shook her head. "That's far too difficult. Even if all eight of us set the formation at the same time, each of us could only take three blasts of golden light. How could we possibly arrange all one hundred and eight Buddhas?"
Master Tianfeng said, "If the eight of us set the formation together and handle it skillfully, we can place ninety-six Buddhas within three blasts of golden light."
Chu Jiaoling said, "So Master has set his sights on Sister Nie. But Sister Nie cannot possibly leave seclusion again, and I will not seek her out again." Chu Jiaoling refused to reveal why Nie Bingyun could not leave seclusion. Nie Bingyun's cultivation had regressed by a thousand years; although she was still at the Ascension Stage, who could say whether one of the Cultivators present, someone of the same rank, might suddenly harbor evil intentions? If that happened, she, Chu Jiaoling, would be the one bringing disaster upon her.
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