"Not good, then we need to leave quickly!" Xiao Hua seemed to wake from a dream. He looked reluctantly at the star array, where flying stones rained down like a storm, and sighed with deep emotion. "Alas, this Xiao truly cannot bear to leave. How wonderful it would be if I could cultivate here for a few more years!"
"You should indeed cultivate, Benefactor." Bodhi slowly withdrew the phantom of the Buddha statue into the relic and said mildly, "Though Confucian cultivators have a saying: 'Reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles; traveling ten thousand miles is not as good as meeting countless people,' if you do not read ten thousand books, what use is traveling ten thousand miles? If the true self had not had the Buddhist teachings and principles of Little Linglong Temple to support him, even if he had arrived here and opportunity lay before his eyes, he likely would not have been able to seize it."
"But..." Xiao Hua still argued somewhat, "This Xiao has promised others things. I cannot simply toss them aside, can I?"
"You think too much, Benefactor. In this world... things can go on without anyone. You may think yourself important, but others may not think so. Without you, Cangxian Continent is still Cangxian Continent. The rise and fall of Jiang Kingdom is no more than a drop in the vast sea; it amounts to nothing!" As Bodhi spoke, Xiao Hua also withdrew his Dharma Body Golden Body. While urging his divine sense to block the enormous stones, he flew toward the exit of the star array.
"You are the Future Buddha Lord, Immortal Friend, so naturally you advocate staying far from the mortal world!" Xiao Hua retorted. "Oh, this Xiao nearly forgot—you were originally a