Was Shakyamuni going to get fleeced by Lianshan Xin's whole family just as he had been?
Was that fair?
Maitreya instinctively felt indignant on Shakyamuni's behalf.
But then he reconsidered. I've been fleeced by Lianshan Xin's whole family. If Shakyamuni doesn't get fleeced, would that be fair to me?
Thinking of it that way, Maitreya Baby decided to wait and see.
His own failure was certainly painful, but if his senior brother failed just as he had, it would not be entirely unbearable.
Unlike the unambitious Maitreya Baby, Loli Pingxin was working hard to offer suggestions for Dao Lord Xin's improvement.
"Dao Lord Xin, I suggest you discuss this with that young woman cultivating the Mother Dao and act together. The Netherworld's prestige, combined with the Unborn Venerable Mother's inheritance, would be enough to shake Shakyamuni's reincarnation. Once you improve your Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist, it'll also be easier for me to improve my strength."
Dao Lord Xin was deeply gratified. "Little Pingxin, you're much more sensible than Maitreya."
And much more useful.
Maitreya seethed and blurted out, "Can she be eaten?"
Loli Pingxin was stunned and hurriedly shut her door, thinking that Maitreya really was an idiot, competing even over this.
Maitreya Baby's aged face flushed after he said it. Seeing Lianshan Xin looking at him curiously, he immediately thrust out his neck. "What are you looking at? If you're so capable, make Shakyamuni walk the same road I did."
Lianshan Xin laughed. "My son, although I know you're trying to goad me, I really am a little tempted."
Maitreya Baby was good, but Shakyamuni Buddha was no slouch either.
As long as Shakyamuni was willing to give, Dao Lord Xin would turn nothing away.
Of course, before that, Lianshan Xin still informed the Heavenly Queen of the