Chu Xingchen's expression remained calm, and he spoke evenly:
"Then you clearly haven't been cultivating properly."
Lychee froze at his words. Looking at Chu Xingchen, a Nascent Soul patriarch-level figure standing before her, she didn't dare say that she had actually been working very hard at cultivation.
She pressed her lips together lightly and could only accept the fact that she was a weakling.
Xu Jin cast Chu Xingchen a questioning look.
Someone in the Foundation Establishment Realm should have been able to see wish power. Chu Xingchen's question had come abruptly, and Lychee's answer was off, too, so presumably Chu Xingchen had discovered something.
"Let's go." Chu Xingchen nodded for the two to continue forward. "Let's see how formidable the great Buddha inside is first."
At that, Xu Jin withdrew his gaze and continued walking forward with a calm expression.
Since he had chosen to be a teammate, he naturally ought to offer the requisite trust. Since this wasn't the time for explanations, he shouldn't keep asking questions.
Besides, Chu Xingchen had nothing to gain by screwing him over now.
Chu Xingchen led the way toward the Main Hall.
There were many śrāmaṇeras around, but they were all busy gathering wish power into the Buddha statues.
The group proceeded unimpeded, walking among the many śrāmaṇeras to the entrance of the Main Hall under the gazes of all manner of Buddha statues.
The Main Hall had an extremely high ceiling. A slight upward glance put it at twenty or thirty meters by rough estimate.
A golden Buddha statue rested one hand on its knee and extended the other, its expression neither sorrowful nor joyful, its half-closed eyes looking down as though gazing upon ants.
The golden statue was enormous, draped in luxurious yellow silk embroidered with dragons, its height falling