Xie Lingyu calmly took her seat, glancing sideways at Chu Xingchen, who looked perfectly at ease, as though this were his own Sect.
Before the two leaders met, most matters and boundaries had already been more or less negotiated. In a sense, this was largely a matter of going through the motions.
After all, if the two leaders argued face-to-face and traded barbs, whoever won would merely become a laughingstock to others.
Once they had gone through these motions, the Buddhist Sect's actions could be described as a joint undertaking with Chu Xingchen, proclaiming to the world that the Buddhist Sect was still a thoroughly respectable Sect.
Chu Xingchen delivered these formal pleasantries with ease, praising the Buddhist Sect's glittering splendor and wealth of talent, calling it a truly wonderful place under heaven.
Ru Nan returned the praise, calling Chu Xingchen a brilliant young talent, a heaven-ordained hero, a fine young man from the zenith star willing to hold up the collapsing heavens.
Pretty words had become the preface to everything the two said, while every full stop was a lament that they had met too late, wondering why they could not have known each other sooner.
Four and a half out of every five sentences were compliments.
Naturally, Ru Nan included Xie Lingyu in a few compliments as well. She nodded in response, but her pleasantries were clearly no match for those two with their peerlessly thick skins.
Her gaze drifted around, taking in the surrounding Buddhas as she identified their names and whether they were Karma Buddhas or Mundane Buddhas.
Soon, Xie Lingyu noticed something rather distinctive-nearly everyone wearing a mild smile was a Karma Buddha, while most of those with calm expressions, who barely even offered a courteous smile, were Mundane Buddhas.
Thinking it over carefully, the