Although that was the case, under the gaze of the public, to be forced into retreat by a single sword strike would, if word got back to Mount Ling, likely make him the butt of everyone's jokes.
Humiliated, he was filled with rage, yet unable to show it, and his face turned crimson with the effort of holding it back.
Faming shook his head slightly as he watched. Galan's current demeanour was far removed from that of the Buddhist Sect; his mind was overly clouded by greed and anger, far from the temperament a monk should possess.
However, this was not an isolated case. As the Buddhist Sect grew increasingly powerful, more and more people on Mount Ling had become like this.
They were no longer content with living a life of poverty; having gained powerful abilities, they urgently sought positions that matched their power, which contradicted the original principles of the Buddhist Sect.
