"Rumble!..."
"Boom!"
Amid the deafening dragon roars and crashes outside the tower, Xu Taiping took out the Buddha statue Little Monkey Ping'an had carved and set it squarely on the table.
Standing on Xu Taiping's shoulder, Ping'an scratched his head and said somewhat sheepishly:
"Eldest Brother, there wasn't time to carve it slowly, so it doesn't look much like him."
Xu Taiping glanced at the Buddha statue on the table, with its slightly crooked nose and eyes of different sizes, then shook his head.
"As long as it can save people, I imagine Ancient Buddha Kasyapa won't mind such trifles."
Fairy Lingyue covered her mouth and giggled.
"Little Ping'an, sincerity works miracles."
In fact, when he asked Ping'an to carve the Buddha statue, Xu Taiping had already asked Venerable Jiaye what would happen if the carving did not resemble him.
That was exactly how Venerable Jiaye had answered him.
While Fairy Lingyue teased Little Ping'an, Xu Taiping had already taken bag after bag of Gold Essence Coins out of his ring.
Seeing this, Fairy Lingyue reminded Xu Taiping:
"Gold Essence Coins are different from ordinary metal, stone, and wrought iron. They don't melt in fire, but dissolve in water."
"You only need to remove the water-repelling barrier restrictions on the Gold Essence Coins. A single drop of water will melt them, and for the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, you can knead them like mud."
"After that, they'll solidify on their own."
Xu Taiping nodded.
Then, following Fairy Lingyue's instructions, he melted the large bag of Gold Essence Coins before him.
In the end, nearly ten thousand Gold Essence Coins fused into a fist-sized lump.
Knowing that this fused lump of Gold Essence Coins would melt after the time it took to drink a cup of