The person in front is likely the Buddhist practitioner referred to by the Pharmacist, someone he had never interacted with before. He had to be on guard.
"Amitabha Buddha, this matter is quite a long story... Perhaps ten years ago, I felt I had begun to understand Buddhist Dharma and decided to leave the temple to travel to Qingzhou... When I reached Canglan South County, I met that villain Gongsun Xin in the commandery city. That thug invited me to travel together, but my ignorance led me to be deceived by him, leading to this calamity..."
"However, I consider myself to have some Buddhist Dharma, and that villain hasn't had an easy time these years, either."
At this point, Zen Heart paused, lightly chuckled, and extended his arm.
The thin arm bore shocking scars, as if someone had sliced the flesh off with a knife, with some wounds not yet fully healed, clearly inflicted recently.
