"Chan? The mind is inherently pure, Buddha-nature inherently present; awakening need not be sought outside oneself, and one must cast aside words and interpretations to penetrate straight to the wellspring of the mind? A fine name! Kongtiao really has taken a fine disciple!" Dongxu Zi clapped his hands and laughed.
"To think the Azure Cloud Sect Master's understanding of Buddhist teachings is so profound as well! I am ashamed by comparison!" Ci Hang pressed both palms together, unable to help admiring the unfathomable Sect Master of the Azure Cloud Sect before them even more.
Ci Hang turned to Ouyang and asked, "What do you think, Holy Son?"
From now on, Ouyang was their mainstay. After all, the Twelfth-Grade Merit Golden Lotus had acknowledged him.
Still immersed in the sorrow of his enormous losses, Ouyang froze for a moment before realizing Ci Hang was asking him. He knew fuck-all about Buddhist teachings and could only nod along. "Ah, yes, yes, yes. Pretty fucking awesome!"
"In that case, we must revise the Buddhist scriptures anew. Sect Master, Holy Son, please grant us a place to settle," Ci Hang said.
Buddhism was moving east, and its former doctrines were probably unsuitable for spreading here, so they needed to revise the Buddhist scriptures and precepts they knew to better suit the East!
Dongxu Zi coughed and said, "Our Azure Cloud Sect's Questioning Sword Peak has lovely mountains and clear waters, and its Peak Master, Chunyang Zi, is cheerful and generous. We shall lend you one of its flanking main peaks as temporary lodgings! You there, come take them over!"
After casually assigning a disciple to lead Ci Hang to Questioning Sword Peak, Dongxu Zi turned to the glum Ouyang and said, "What, do you feel you lost out because you got nothing this time?"