"What brings you to say that, Fellow Daoist?"
Amitabha Buddha smiled, his tone gentle and persuasive:
"If you, Fellow Daoist, were to become the third master of our Buddhist Path, you would share in the destiny of our Buddhist Sect. When the day comes that you wish to attain a Dao Fruit, it would be effortless!"
After a brief pause, he added:
"Though with your power, Fellow Daoist, you can match those at the Enlightenment Level even without a Dao Fruit, that's not a sustainable state of affairs. It's best to attain your Dao Fruit as soon as possible. After all, there's only one and a half Dao Fruit Positions left..."
A look of hesitation crossed Lu Xuan's face as he sighed again.
"Primordial is my master. If I were to abandon the Daoist Sect to join the Buddhist Sect, would that not be an act of great disloyalty? Fellow Daoist, please, speak of this no more! Speak no more of it!"
"Not at all, not at all!"
Amitabha Buddha replied with a smile:
