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Looking at the Joy Buddha Su Xin had destroyed, a trace of unwillingness flashed through Venerable Longzang's eyes.
Was Huanxi Temple's foundation of several thousand years truly going to vanish just like that?
Without the Esoteric Sect's protection in the Western Frontier, Huanxi Temple would be unable to take a single step. And Su Xin had declared that if Huanxi Temple dared spread its teachings in the Central Plains, he would make them pay.
With that, there was no longer any place under heaven or earth for Huanxi Temple to stand. A feeling called despair rose in Venerable Longzang's heart.
Only after a long while did Venerable Longzang say, "Take me to the abbot's seclusion chamber."
Everyone present was stunned. Wasn't he the abbot? Where was he planning to go?
Then they realized that Venerable Longzang was not referring to himself, but to Great Joy Arhat.
Although Great Joy Arhat had been in seclusion for a century, he had not actually relinquished the position of abbot back then. Thus, whether it had been Ye Jianan or the current Venerable Longzang, neither had truly been the abbot. They had merely been acting abbots.
Hearing that Venerable Longzang wanted to visit Great Joy Arhat's place of seclusion, they instinctively wanted to stop him. But then everyone gave a bitter smile. They did not block him, instead obediently leading Venerable Longzang into a cliff at the back mountain of Huanxi Temple. This was where Great Joy Arhat had secluded himself.
The reason they had previously been unwilling to open Great Joy Arhat's seclusion chamber was to preserve an air of mystery, making outsiders believe that Great Joy Arhat might still be alive and that Huanxi Temple still had a