People said, "Apparently, Yan Qianlie visited Hongfa Temple at night and somehow took away the Earthfire Lotus Platform."
The truth behind that vague line "recorded by the Heavenly Dao" finally came to light.
In fact, he had simply walked openly up to the temple gates, sat in the main hall for a little chat, and received the lotus platform from an angry Abbot Great Compassion. There had been no fighting, no intrigue. Even if someone wanted to tell the story, they would not know how. Naturally, outsiders knew only vague, bewildering scraps, which became this simple, indirect account in the book.
Everything followed the logic of events recorded by the Heavenly Dao.
Even after traveling ten thousand miles away, Yan Qianlie was still looking back toward Hongfa Temple with an exceedingly strange expression.
The couple, Chu Ge and Qiu Wuji, wore equally strange expressions.
This had been a stroke of luck for Yan Qianlie, making his task easier, but that did not mean nothing had happened.
What it reflected was rather more complicated.
Or perhaps the difficulty had been transferred to Chu Ge.
Great Compassion had definitely understood the whole affair. He seemed to have guessed most of the reason Yan Qianlie suddenly needed the Earthfire Lotus Platform, and Chu Ge's identity had not escaped his eyes either.
The only thing that might still have exceeded his expectations was Qiu Wuji...
"If he even guessed that one of the two attendants was Qiu Wuji, I'll turn around and walk away whenever I see a monk for the rest of my life!" Yan Qianlie said indignantly.
He had expected to enjoy himself, but had not. Even obtaining something important had brought him no satisfaction.
"Actually, with hindsight, it wasn't that hard to guess." Chu Ge sat on a rock by the