For a full hour, Xiao Hua gazed into the distance without speaking. Feng Wu and True Person Lei Ting said nothing either, merely waiting quietly. As for Maitreya Buddha World Honored One, he kept his lips sealed three times over. He knew that Xiao Hua would ultimately make a decision!
Sure enough, when Xiao Hua withdrew his gaze from the distant Bi Yao Canghai, he said softly, "Indeed, True Person is right. People must always improve. Remaining forever beneath another's protection is like a flower in a greenhouse, never able to weather wind and rain, never able to grow!"
Then Xiao Hua raised his hand and pointed toward a distant spot. "I recall that there was a fairly level area where we passed earlier, spanning roughly over a thousand li. Mountain peaks surround that flat land, and ancient trees conceal it. It should serve as a refuge for our Human Race!"
"Oh?" Thunderclap True Person asked curiously. "A flat area alone... is enough? Could it be that Fellow Daoist Xiao has another idea?"
"Indeed!" Xiao Hua smiled faintly. "You fellow Daoists presumably have never seen the cultivation cities of Xiaoyu Continent, have you? If we could build a great city upon that flat land, then for now set up a Duotian Star Array nearby, it should be able to safeguard the descendants of the Human Race..."
"A cultivation city?" Thunderclap True Person shook his head slightly. "Of course I have never seen one, though I have seen the cities of Confucian cultivators. They were pitifully small and possessed no defensive power at all! Rather than build some great city, Fellow Daoist, it would be better to build an array..."
"The array is a gift we give them!" Xiao Hua had already made up his mind, and his tone relaxed as