Chu Xingchen picked up a spirit fruit from the table, tossed it backhand to Guangming Buddha, and asked with a smile:
"Before, he was making trouble for you. Now he wants to make trouble for me. If we tally it all up, I've actually shielded you from disaster."
Guangming Buddha raised a hand to catch the fruit and gently felt its surface. "That is sound reasoning. So, benefactor, what do you have in mind? Please speak freely."
"Leaving aside whether I shielded you or not, Ru Nan naturally won't really fight me to the death. But when it comes to the Heavenly Demon in the Buddhist Sect, I'm afraid he won't budge." Chu Xingchen sighed softly.
"A dispute over Buddhist teachings is an internal affair of your Buddhist Sect, but if it delays the great affairs of the mortal world..."
"You know I have important things to do. I can't spend my energy on this."
Guangming Buddha looked over. "You want me to fully promote Mahayana Buddhism and stand on equal footing against the Buddhist Sect as it is now?"
"I failed to accomplish that back then. With so many Dust-Matters Buddhas in the Buddhist Sect now, it would probably be even harder. Besides, I've worn the name of Evil Buddha for a long time."
"Yes and no." Chu Xingchen pondered for a moment. "Although the reports circulating outside say we've lost track of the Heavenly Demons, that's merely false information we spread. We haven't truly lost them completely. We still know roughly which direction they're heading."
Guangming Buddha keenly picked up on it. "They've come to Western Ox-He Continent?"
"More or less. At least two Heavenly Demons fled in this direction." Chu Xingchen tossed two Message Tokens to Guangming Buddha. "I don't know whether they're coming to Western Ox-He