Miao Zhen now even tells me this news, could it be that he wants to...?
"Benefactor Xie, please forgive this monk's audacity."
Miao Zhen bowed slightly and slowly began to speak: "This mission entails receiving the Buddha Bone. I request your company to travel alongside me to escort the Buddha Bone back to Da Li."
Indeed.
Xie Xuanyi couldn't help but laugh irritably: "You bald donkey... have you been waiting here for me the whole time?"
Miao Zhen gave a slight smile.
"Do you want to pull me onto the Buddhist side?"
Xie Xuanyi wasn't easily fooled: "Nalan Xuance and Chen Chong want to destroy Buddha, so you seized a good opportunity. Embarking on a mission to Chu Country, you can both spread the fame of Li Kingdom and make friends."
"Fan Yin Temple and Da Sui Sword Palace have never been enemies."
Miao Zhen earnestly said: "The Three Great Sects should, by nature, be friends."
"Such fine words about 'being friends by nature'..."