Chapter 543: In the World, Only Love is most Bitter! (2)

Abbott Jingkong smiled, his eyes carrying a glimmer of understanding that seemed to penetrate the ways of the world.

"Life is short, karma is vast, why then must you suddenly raise barriers of vexation?"

Vexation barriers, a term in Buddhism, refer to the persistence of fixations and the annoyances of mind and body such as greed, anger, and foolishness.

Emperor Quan's emotions were complex as he half-squinted his cold and stern eyes, gazing at him with a somewhat unruly expression, "I am but a layman after all, naturally without the master's equanimity, able to overlook the filth of the world, the biases and ugliness of human nature, ensconcing one's heart in such breadth and benevolence, solitary in virtue, paying no heed to those in danger."

So profound! So mystifying!

Several of the accompanying people looked at each other, somewhat baffled by why he was picking a true fight with an old monk.

Zhan Se also slightly turned her gaze towards his sharp and cold profile.