On a huge pink-and-white lotus platform, a golden Buddha of ordinary human height sat upright, his eyes helpless, his expression that of someone defeated by Ouyang.
The golden Buddha held one hand across his lower abdomen and raised the other before him, fingers forming an orchid gesture, as he looked at Ouyang with compassion.
A stretch of open water surrounded the lotus platform, while the lotus leaves and flowers farther away bowed slightly toward the Buddha, as though paying homage to him.
Only after the wooden boat stopped beside the lotus platform did Ouyang clamber onto it with a grin and ask the golden Buddha before him, "So, what did you suddenly drag me in here for?"
"You don't seem afraid of me?" The golden Buddha did not answer Ouyang's question, instead asking one of his own in some surprise.
"Oh, I've been to plenty of places like this. I know my way around by now. Odds are, this is just another Minor World of yours!" Ouyang waved a hand as he spoke, looking as though he knew all about it.
"Hu Yun really did take in a strange disciple!" The golden Buddha regarded the utterly unrestrained Ouyang and spoke with a peculiar expression.
Hearing the Buddha before him call Hu Yun by name over and over, Ouyang grew interested too and asked, "I heard Buddhas have neither form nor face, and are neither male nor female. Could you be my Master's Wife?"
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No sooner had the words left his mouth than a lotus pod landed on Ouyang's head.
Ouyang yelped in pain and clutched his head.
"Watch your mouth! You rebellious son, you deserve a beating!" the golden Buddha scolded Ouyang furiously.
Though struck, Ouyang