Whether the others believed he had broken the formation was something he had never truly cared about.
The Mu family's female cultivator had spoken because she trusted Mu Yingluo and had the bigger picture in mind.
Only the Buddha before him had taken a stance entirely out of trust in him.
"Amitabha! There is no need for such courtesy, young friend. You and I may be considered old friends. This humble monk naturally trusts your character!"
The novice monk Buddha continued speaking.
As his words fell, the Buddhist light around him faded away, revealing his true appearance.
He was a novice monk of seven or eight, his gaze clear and bright, exactly as he had looked when they first met years ago.
He was precisely Great Master Shanxian, as Su Shi'er had guessed!
The difference was that the novice monk back then had truly been innocent and ignorant.
Yet the novice monk Buddha before him was now an eminent monk of the Buddhist Sect. Beneath those clear eyes flowed an endless radiance of wisdom.
The novice monk who had awakened the wisdom of his past lives back then had now become a Spirit Severing stage existence whom even Su Shi'er had to look up to.
"It truly is Great Master Shanxian. This unworthy one pays respects to the master!"
Su Shi'er had already suspected the novice monk's true identity, so he was not surprised.
He merely straightened his expression and continued greeting the man before him.
"Who would have thought that after our parting years ago, upon meeting again today, Master would already be an existence beyond this unworthy one's reach."
As he spoke, his tone carried a trace of emotion.
On this return to Azure Star, far too many old acquaintances had brought him far too many shocks.
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