"Was I the one who chopped you?"
Lu Chuan sneered. "Get this straight. Back then, I was serving as an official in Yin Shang, while you served Xiqi. We were both working men, each merely serving his own master. What was wrong with capturing you on the battlefield?"
"If your memory is that good, then you must remember who gave the order to kill you. Don't get all worked up at This Seat, biting whoever you catch. Go ask around in the Heavenly Court what a good temper This Seat has. Look what you've angered me into today."
Lu Chuan smiled again and looked toward Guanyin. "Well, Bodhisattva, I didn't frighten you, did I? This Seat has quite a good temper. If you don't believe me, go ask around in the Heavenly Court."
"Mu Zha, enough!"
Guanyin gave a soft rebuke. "You are not to be rude to the True Martial Great Emperor. We bear the Buddha's decree. The decree is what matters."
"Yes!"
Mu Zha lowered his head and withdrew.
Lu Chuan smiled. "Bodhisattva, This Seat feels that two people acting together is not very efficient. This time, first, we must find the Scripture Seeker; second, find disciples for the Scripture Seeker; third, record the route. Why don't we each choose one task to do? What does Bodhisattva think?"
Guanyin nodded gently. "Just so. This poor monk was thinking the same. Which task will the Emperor choose?"
"Then... This Seat will go find the Scripture Seeker?" Lu Chuan tested.
Guanyin was just about to agree when she suddenly thought that if Lu Chuan were to do this, it would mean handing several treasures over to him.
Moreover, the Scripture Seeker was the weightiest part of this plan. Tathagata's previous meaning had been for her to go, or for them