Samantabhadra Bodhisattva froze for a moment.
He had only spoken up to fish in troubled waters. Spirit Mountain was riddled with factions, and the two demons causing such a storm in the Mortal Realm offered the perfect chance to make trouble for Maitreya Buddha. If he kept picking at the suspicious points, Maitreya would surely lose face in public and might even be charged with failing to discipline his followers.
He had never expected this.
Maitreya Buddha refused to take the bait. Instead, he went with the current, yielded the Presiding Judge's seat, and pushed Samantabhadra into the spotlight.
Now things were difficult.
Face the Victorious Fighting Buddha head-on?
Sun Wukong might have become a Buddha, but had that rascal's nature in his bones ever changed?
Examining the bodies before him would amount to pointing at the monkey's nose and questioning his Fiery Golden Eyes. Absolutely not. It was not worth it!
Taibai Jinxing kept his eyes on all sides. How could he miss this chance to give Samantabhadra another kick?
The old Star Lord flicked his fly whisk and smilingly fed the flames. "Bodhisattva, in that case, why don't we verify them right here in the hall? The Heavenly Court has always prized fairness and impartiality above all else. We would never wrong a good demon, nor let a troublemaking wretch escape. What do you think?"
"Exactly. That's a good thing." Sun Wukong gave a derisive chuckle. "Old Sun may have tempered his eyes in the Eight Trigrams Furnace, but so many years have passed. I'm bound to misjudge something now and then. What if I got it wrong? With the Bodhisattva examining them personally, surely not even an autumn hair could escape his scrutiny."
Chen Wei prepared to take out the two fake corpses at any moment.
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