An Offer That Cannot Be Refused

"You, boy, are really lacking in respect. Once this news gets out, the pitiful scholar that you are will not survive for long."

"Yes, he destroyed the future of every scholar in the Central Mainland Region on an impulse. If it were me, I would have killed him too!"

At noon the next day in the pavilion of King Wuyang's palace, Zhou Bao, the Child-endowing Buddha, and Wang She were lying comfortably on couches. But this time the Child-endowing Buddha looked different. He was wearing a rich landowner's garb, and nobody could see his portly figure. He was a monk of the Snow Mountain Great Wheel Temple but looked like the boss of a brothel ship.

These two men did not know where the rumors came from, but today at the break of dawn they hurried to see Zhou Bao, as if they wanted to hear his jokes. "I think your boy was harmed enough. He just swore at you a couple of times, and for that, you turned him into the single greatest enemy of all the scholars!"