"Benefactor Taiping, do you still remember that this humble monk has been rebuilding Buddhist temples all these years?"
Venerable Jiaye asked Xu Taiping.
"Of course I remember."
Xu Taiping nodded.
Back then, he had retrieved that enormous statue of Ancient Buddha Kasyapa piece by piece, and later had even tricked a group of cultivators into helping Jiaye build temples in the Thousand Buddha Kingdom.
Venerable Jiaye nodded, then continued in a gentle voice:
"After all these years of rebuilding, the scripture towers, prayer halls, and main halls have all been restored. All that remains is a Buddha Fate Object that can keep the Buddhist power flowing without end, and Ancient Buddha Kasyapa's first temple in the Thousand Buddha Kingdom will be complete."
Hearing this, Xu Taiping immediately understood and asked Venerable Jiaye for confirmation:
"Venerable Jiaye, do you want me to find this Buddha Fate Object for you?"
"Precisely." Venerable Jiaye smiled and nodded.
He then explained to Xu Taiping:
"This humble monk has already chosen the Buddha Fate Object. It is a Ten-Thousand-Year Baiye Bodhi Tree growing in the Withered Stone Sea. Benefactor Taiping, you need only break a branch from that Bodhi Tree and bring it to me."
"The Withered Stone Sea?"
Upon hearing that the Buddha Fate Object was the White Bodhi of the Withered Stone Sea, Xu Taiping immediately frowned.
Although he knew little about the Withered Stone Sea, he had heard Fairy Lingyue mention its dangers. It was a place where even ordinary Transformation Realm cultivators might not be able to protect themselves.
"Venerable Jiaye, with my current cultivation, I'm afraid even getting out of the Withered Stone Sea alive would be difficult, let alone breaking a branch from the White Bodhi for you. Do you perhaps have other arrangements?"
Xu Taiping looked at Venerable