"Hmm?"
The bhikkhuni, who had completely taken on the appearance of a man, looked at the little girl with surprise. The compassion in his eyes was tinged with sorrow as he said, "May I ask which senior of the Ice Way has so little regard for their disciple? From what I can see, this little girl possesses peerless talent. For you to squander her like this truly pains the heart!"
"Pains the heart?"
The little girl raised her head to look at the bhikkhuni and sneered. "If I were you, I wouldn't waste time thinking about such nonsense. I'd choose to leave immediately."
A smile lingered at the corners of the bhikkhuni's lips. His gentle demeanor resembled that of a young father dealing with a disobedient child, or an easygoing elder.
"Though I possess no great divine powers, I have cultivated several secret Buddhist arts and consider myself somewhat capable of self-preservation. But you, Senior—why make things difficult for a child? Even if your power merely descends upon her, it would still be a disaster for her."
"Little one, that's merely what you think. Do you truly believe you can contend against me? And besides, don't use arts akin to the Heavenly Human Sublime Form before me. When it comes to sublime forms, you can't outplay me!"
Speaking through the little girl's body, Tongtian's eyes glimmered with faint spiritual light. Her already fair and adorable face suddenly became sacred and solemn, as if a child of the mortal world had transformed into a Buddha statue within a temple.
Confronted with the Dao principles and laws revealed by Tongtian's Heavenly Human Sublime Form, the bhikkhuni's eyes widened as though he wished to see more. Buddhist light surged around him, while countless aspirations rolled like waves, shifting through scarlet, orange, yellow, green,