"Here by chance? It seems Fellow Daoist Shen had nothing better to do than wander around the East Sea Abyss." Manjushri seemed rather displeased with Shen Luo; his very first words were offensive.
"This place belongs to no one. What is wrong with Shen wandering here? Have you not come here as well?" Shen Luo replied unhurriedly.
Manjushri's tone caught for a moment. His expression did not change, but traces of annoyance surfaced in his eyes.
"We are all fellow cultivators. With so many enemies at present, why quarrel over such a trivial matter?" Seeing Manjushri being verbally cornered, Sun Wukong's lips curled into a faint smile before he immediately suppressed it and tried to smooth things over.
"Amitabha. Fellow Daoist Shen is a righteous cultivator. Manjushri, do not speak recklessly." Samantabhadra Bodhisattva softly recited a Buddhist invocation.
Seeing Sun Wukong and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva both speak up, Manjushri nodded noncommittally and said nothing further.
"Is my face really so unpleasant to look at?" Shen Luo was quite puzzled by Manjushri's attitude.
"Fellow Daoist Shen, you must have come here in search of treasure as well. Since we have met here, it is fate. You surely know that demons and monsters have gathered in the East Sea Abyss. How about we travel together?" Sun Wukong proposed.
As soon as those words were spoken, Shen Luo's expression changed slightly, while Manjushri and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva exchanged glances.
Little White Dragon looked at Sun Wukong and Shen Luo but remained silent.
"Victorious Fighting Buddha, you have not forgotten why we came here today, have you? How can you let an outsider travel with us?" Manjushri said blandly.
"Of course Old Sun has not forgotten that matter. But the situation is complicated and unclear now. Not only has the Demon Clan come here, Black Wukong