"Do you two think the same?" Hongjun ignored Gungun's bullshit and looked at Jieyin and Zhunti as he asked.
"Sect Leaders, tell the Dao Ancestor! Let the world change as it will-our Buddhist School alone shall flourish forever! The Buddha Lord is invincible! The Buddha Lord shall never fall!" Gungun urged Jieyin and Zhunti.
Jieyin's and Zhunti's faces twitched. Then Jieyin turned to Zhunti and asked, "Junior Brother, what do you say...?"
"Alas!" Zhunti sighed deeply, glanced at Gungun behind him, and asked, "Gungun, how have I treated you all these years?"
Caught off guard by Zhunti's question, Gungun froze for a moment, then gave it some serious thought and answered, "Pretty well."
Somewhat dissatisfied with that answer, Zhunti said, "My discerning eyes recognized a worthy bear. I valued you so highly when you were still a Great Immortal and invited you to enjoy the blessings of peace in the Western Religion. No matter how many times you refused, my sincerity never wavered. Once you agreed to join, I immediately appointed you Deputy Cult Leader. Later, I even entrusted all of Buddhism to you and made you Buddha Lord. Most of Buddhism's fortune gathered upon you as well. After everything I have done for you... merely 'pretty well'?"
"Uh..." Under Zhunti's questioning, Gungun pursed his lips and thought it over. It seemed, perhaps, probably... "pretty well" was not enough.
"You've treated me very well, Sect Leader," Gungun corrected himself.
"Mm." Zhunti nodded, reasonably satisfied, then asked, "Since I have treated you well, why must you insist on making us take this risk?"
These were Zhunti's heartfelt words. He could not understand how he had wronged this bear. The bear was always forcing them into choices that looked decidedly unsafe.
"Alas, Sect Leader. If we don't take a risk now, danger