Zhen Yuanzi nodded after hearing this. "Indeed. If it is a Top-Grade Spirit Treasure, that would certainly be acceptable!"
Tathagata sighed. "Buddhism is impoverished, and we have no Top-Grade Spirit Treasures either. To be honest with you, Great Immortal, all we have accumulated over five hundred years is five billion Spirit Stones."
"Hey, hey, hey! Take Guanyin's Three Lights Divine Water to Spirit Vine City and auction it off. See how much it fetches! If it doesn't sell for twenty billion, I'll take your surname! Asking you for ten billion is already a bargain. What more do you want? If that won't do, compensate him with a Top-Grade Spirit Treasure, or with the laws you stole. You stole them anyway! I heard you used to be Duobao, Tathagata. You should have plenty of treasures!"
After saying this, Lin Tian hastily ducked behind Zhen Yuanzi.
Lin Tian's unreasonable pestering nearly made Tathagata and Guanyin cough up blood. They wished they could grind his bones to dust and scatter his ashes, but with Lin Tian hiding behind Zhen Yuanzi, there was nothing they could do.
Tathagata was no fool. How could he put the Three Lights Divine Water up for auction? Even if it could not fetch twenty billion, Lin Tian would drive the bidding up to that amount.
Once that happened, would the Buddhist Sect not have to compensate Zhen Yuanzi with twenty billion?
Seeing the bitter misery on Tathagata's and Guanyin's faces, Zhen Yuanzi could not quite bear it. He wanted to speak, but held back.
For the sake of his own path to the Great Dao, however, he could only harden his heart.
While making their plans, Lin Tian had told Zhen Yuanzi that he must not go soft or feel sorry for them. The path to the Great