Taishang Laojun paused and looked at Maitreya Buddha. "You must show this man respect. Though he is a disciple of your Buddhist Sect, he has also offended our Dao Sect, behaved disrespectfully toward us, and even slandered us.
These are grave crimes. I do not wish for the Buddhist Sect to shield him simply because of this. After all, our Dao Sect and Buddhist Sect have always maintained friendly relations. It would be truly unfortunate if this matter were to drive a wedge between us."
After hearing this, Maitreya Buddha frowned slightly. Taishang Laojun had a point. The Buddhist Sect and Dao Sect were currently cooperating, and they could not allow such a minor matter to create a rift between them.
"Peacock Great Bright King, he is merely an insignificant Buddhist disciple, and he has now offended the Dao Sect as well. Why not hand this little monk over to the Dao Sect for them to deal with? For the sake of harmony between our Buddhist and Dao Sects, we should hand him over," Maitreya Buddha said with a smile as he approached Peacock Great Bright King and spoke quietly.
Peacock Great Bright King said, "Merely an insignificant Buddhist disciple? You make it sound so easy. As long as they are disciples of our Buddhist Sect, we should do everything in our power to protect them. We cannot ignore them just because they are weak and lack great influence. That is absolutely unacceptable.
Every disciple of the Buddhist Sect is one of us. Since they are willing to join our Buddhist Sect, then it is our responsibility to help and protect them!"
Maitreya Buddha frowned. What Peacock Great Bright King had said was all related to Mahayana Buddhism.
If one cultivated Hinayana Buddhism, one would never say such things. Hinayana