At last, Meng Chuan prepared to make one more trip to Tusita Palace. He had no choice; there were things he needed to explain.
Beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens, in the Land of Morality, Meng Chuan pushed open the doors of Tusita Palace and walked straight in.
I've been here enough times to know my way around, Meng Chuan thought as he pushed the doors open, feeling a little dazed. Who would have thought that, on his one visit to the Lifetime world, the place he would visit most often would be Tusita Palace...
With the Virtuous Heavenly Venerable's welcome, Meng Chuan soon found himself before the trio of homebodies.
Well, Meng Chuan could come and go from Tusita Palace so easily because the Heavenly Venerable had tacitly allowed it. At his level, tacit permission was practically the same as a nod, which meant it counted as a welcome, Ma!
"Heavenly Venerable, I'm not going back," Meng Chuan said bluntly, looking at the boys fanning the fire and the old man refining Medicine.
He had figured it out. All that beating around the bush was pointless. He could just say what he meant.
Why the hell would he stand on ceremony with the Heavenly Venerable, Ni?
The Virtuous Heavenly Venerable still had his back to Meng Chuan. Every time Meng Chuan came to Tusita Palace, the Heavenly Venerable would not even look him in the eye. It cut Meng Chuan to the heart.
The Heavenly Venerable said nothing. Meng Chuan nodded, knowing this meant the Virtuous Heavenly Venerable had tacitly agreed. From now on, he would take any silence as agreement.
Come back or don't. If he didn't, so be it!
"Heavenly Venerable, I may need to leave the Heaven-Cutting Tathagata at Tusita Palace for a while." What Meng Chuan meant