"Did you hear that? He was insulting you!" Watching the Bloody Monk leave, Old Wang Ba said indignantly, "Truly the person he admires the most in this lifetime. What he's admiring is your stupidity. Bald old fool, I've said it before, you're too soft-hearted. All that talk about wisdom roots and Buddha nature—if you'd just killed him back then, we wouldn't have all this trouble now!"
The Dirty Monk's expression remained calm as he slowly pressed his palms together in a prayer gesture and said, "In the grand scheme of things, everything has its destined course. This gamble? I may not lose, nor is his victory certain!"
