"It seems you are quite confident about passing the Incense Offering Ceremony," Daoji's words prompted Jiang Liu to ask.
With such a high elimination rate of about ninety percent, who could be sure they would absolutely pass?
In response to Jiang Liu's comment, Daoji did not argue, but simply asked, "Junior Brother, you don't think that the method of testing one's Buddhist fate is limited to the Incense Offering Ceremony, do you? I've been lingering at the Great Buddha Temple for the past few days, and Master Longhai once said, 'My Buddhist fate is profound; I could mark at least five incense scars'."
If one could mark three to five incense scars, they could rise to the higher echelons of most temples, even to the position of an abbot, and be called a master.
At least five? Does that not mean there is a chance to mark a sixth?
By this stage, one almost belongs to the reincarnations of Vajra or Biqiu from the Western Spirit Mountain, right? Such profound Buddhist fate Daoji has!