Maitreya had no desire to complain about Lianshan Xin's shamelessness. He merely scoffed, "You think you can kill Taotie?"
"What's so special about Taotie?" Lianshan Xin chuckled. "Since he's no match for the Dao Court Ancestor, he certainly can't be a match for you, Bodhisattva."
"Of course, but I'm no longer as mighty as I once was, and Taotie's actual body may be on Divine Dragon Island. Surely you don't expect me to possess you and fight Taotie? I couldn't win that way either."
Useless son, Lianshan Xin thought. I'm even letting you possess me, and you still can't beat an injured Taotie. What good are you besides providing a little commentary?
In life, one still had to rely on oneself.
Lianshan Xin gradually calmed down and asked gravely, "Bodhisattva, since Taotie is looming over Zhou Shixiong's head, watching like a tiger eyeing its prey, can Taotie hear our conversation?"
"That depends on whether Taotie is deliberately paying attention. Generally speaking, even Dao Integration Realm experts don't watch everyone every moment or respond to every invocation. Otherwise, the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of our Spirit Mountain would work themselves to death."
Lianshan Xin nodded. The Buddhist Order still enjoyed flourishing incense offerings, and praying to gods and Buddhas was particularly popular among the common people of Great Yu, especially in Buddha Province.
If the Buddhist Order's Buddhas and Bodhisattvas paid attention whenever their followers called their names, even their computational capacity probably couldn't keep up at their level.
"In other words, ninety-nine times out of a hundred, even if we mention Taotie's name, Taotie won't know."
"That's normally true, but if the Divine Dragon Island Master really is Taotie, then Zhou Shixiong being on Divine Dragon Island means he's on Taotie's home ground. He'll draw Taotie's attention more easily than an