At this point, Xiao Hua honestly admitted again, "Moreover, this junior now knows that Changsheng Town is no good place. Master Jingyi did not dare let others know that Senior Cihang was here. That was why this junior did not dare admit it just now and wanted to conceal it, fearing... fearing that Senior would silence us forever."
"Hehe..." The monk laughed. "So you are a Daoist sect cultivator! You came with this young lady. Jingyi should have thought of that long ago."
"This junior also understands Confucian cultivation, which was why I caused Master Jingyi to misunderstand!" Xiao Hua hurriedly explained.
"Benefactor, do not fear. How could this old monk silence people forever? Actually..." The monk sighed. "If this old monk were Cihang, what would it matter if this old monk made a trip to Changsheng Town? Unfortunately, this old monk's Dharma name is Cixiang, not Cihang. That Buddhist fruition does not belong to this old monk either. How could this old monk go to Changsheng Town?"
"Ah? How... how could that be possible?" Xiao Hua was "astonished" beyond measure. He exchanged a glance with the equally astonished Fairy Jing, and the two nearly cried out in unison.
"It was a disciple of the Buddha using this old monk's appearance to do... good deeds in Changsheng Town!" Ascetic Dhuta Cixiang sighed. "Others misunderstood!"
"Oh, this junior understands!" Xiao Hua hastily said with an ingratiating smile. "Just like today's misunderstanding. What a coincidence."
"Today was a misunderstanding, but... Changsheng Town might not have been a misunderstanding, nor could it have been such a coincidence!" Cixiang said.
Hearing this, Xiao Hua hurriedly bowed. "Senior Cixiang, as for whether it was a coincidence or a misunderstanding, this junior does not know. This junior absolutely will not speak of what happened here. This