Bai Xuanling smiled at his words as well.
She naturally understood what Chu Xingchen meant.
The so-called Mahayana Buddhism was only truly lethal to Karma Buddhas who had practiced bitter cultivation since childhood.
They truly pursued the utmost limits of principle.
Worldly Buddhas, on the other hand, had joined the Buddhist Sect because of their own bottlenecks or other reasons.
So-called Buddhist principles sounded little better to them than mosquitoes buzzing beside their ears.
They could profit from them, but they would not stake their lives on those so-called Buddhist principles.
Ru Nan might understand the reasoning behind this, but backing down would make him seem far too guilty.
Almost none of the inside story of the Mahayana dispute back then had ever leaked out of the Buddhist Sect.
The news that Guangming Buddha had been suppressed beneath Right Sound Dharma Temple had never leaked out either.
If their consciences were truly clear, why would they need to conceal nearly every scrap of news?
This time, Guangming Buddha had risen in the Western Ox-He Continent, and the news could no longer be hidden.
For Ru Nan, handling the matter openly and aboveboard without exposing any flaws was equally important.
Bai Xuanling nodded gently and said,
"As long as you're confident. I only agreed because Ru Nan looked so sure of himself."
Chu Xingchen raised his eyes slightly and smiled.
"With the situation still unclear, Ru Nan won't go straight to Guangming Buddha. He'll definitely seek out Ruzhong of Right Sound Dharma Temple first. He was the one who personally detained the Buddhist cultivators following Wukong."
"Ruzhong of Right Sound Dharma Temple obeys Great Thunderclap Temple on the surface, but if that were truly the case, he wouldn't have left a Śarīra for Yuankong."
"I don't know the reason behind it,