Xiao Hua shot Xin Xin an annoyed glance. "Do you think I'm blind? Can't I see that he's drawing in water? The question is, what does he need all that water for?"
Ci Hui was also somewhat puzzled. After hesitating for a moment, he ventured, "Perhaps Ancestor Guzhen encountered a drought wherever he came from. Perhaps he is transporting the water here elsewhere to relieve the drought."
As he spoke, Ci Hui seemed to realize something else and quickened his pace. "Oh, right! Or perhaps Ancestor Guzhen wishes to drain all the water from Four Extremes Mountain, then investigate the damage done to it. Through that investigation, he may be able to uncover clues about that Daoist expert!"
"With so much water in Four Extremes Mountain, could Master Guzhen possibly possess a Pure Water Vase like Master Cihang's?" Xin Xin was rather dismissive. "With that alms bowl alone, I don't believe he can collect it all!"
"Benefactor Xin, you underestimate our Buddhist sect's Sumeru Buddha Array too much!" Ci Hui said with a smile. "Ancestor Guzhen's alms bowl may not compare to Master Cihang's Pure Water Vase, which can contain the waters of the four seas, but Four Extremes Mountain is merely an area of a dozen or so miles. That should be no challenge at all!"
"Heehee... if that is so, then all the better!" Upon hearing this, Xin Xin beamed with joy. A strange light flickered in her eyes as she watched the alms bowl pass by, Buddhist light swallowing one deep pool after another, one ravine after another...
It took a full two hours before Guzhen finally drew all the flowing water within Four Extremes Mountain into his alms bowl. The bowl itself had not changed much, but Guzhen's Vajra Buddha Dharma Body had shrunk by more