At this point, Maitreya Buddha World Honored One's face showed surprise, because Xiao Hua's physical body had not gradually turned insubstantial as his had before, nor had it turned into an outline composed of points and lines.
Maitreya Buddha World Honored One suppressed his surprise, raised his eyes toward Great Sun Tathagata World Honored One and Rāgaratna Tathagata, and said nothing further.
"Namo Amitabha Buddha!" Rāgaratna Tathagata was not particularly surprised. He proclaimed the Buddha's name and said, "Guanyin Venerable, you are not a Buddhist sect disciple of my Buddhist Sect, nor have you condensed my Buddha golden body. Therefore, you cannot reveal a Buddha statue golden body upon the Lotus Cleansing Pool. But you have already attained the Bodhisattva Fruit. By rights, you should also come to the Lotus Cleansing Pool and cleanse away the dust of your past life..."
Xiao Hua looked once more at Maitreya Buddha World Honored One, who nodded slightly in agreement.
"Namo Amitabha Buddha..." Xiao Hua proclaimed the Buddha's name and stepped into the Lotus Cleansing Pool.
"Gurgle, gurgle..." As Xiao Hua stepped into the Lotus Cleansing Pool, bubbles rose from the emerald water. Within those bubbles, hundreds of millions of minor worlds emerged and surged into Xiao Hua's body like a swarm. With rumbling sounds like thunder, the power of faith, like flowing water, arose from the void and poured endlessly into Xiao Hua's body. Moreover, the emerald water in the Lotus Cleansing Pool also rolled upward, rushing into Xiao Hua's body along with the power of faith! Behind Xiao Hua's head, a glimmer of radiance suddenly appeared. Yet before it could take shape, "Puff..." it burst like a bubble in the emerald water! However, the radiance did not disperse. Instead, like a withered flower, it shrank back behind Xiao Hua's head!
"Gurgle,