“Ah? Ah, ha ha ha...” realising that Mount Sumi was rather heavy, she noticed that this mountain was a giant mix of the metal and earth elements. Just as she was about to use the five-colored divine light to brush the mountain away, Deng Chanyu was taken aback. She hadn't expected that such a barren Mount Sumi would still have immortals guarding it.
She had just looked at it a moment ago. The mountain was bald, with not a single blade of grass beneath its feet.
It's a bit embarrassing to be caught while trying to move the mountain alone.
"It's Master Maitreya, I've met you."
Maitreya smiled at her, looking to see what excuse she had.
Deng Chanyu asked with a serious face, "Brother should be practicing in the Pure Land of Visions. How did he end up in this dangerous place?"
Maitreya bowed towards the direction of the Lingshan, "It is because my teacher believes that my cultivation is insufficient, so he has sent me here to recite scriptures, meditate, suppress evil aura, and temper my inherent nature."
He wasn't stupid either. Without any hesitation, he brought out the Saint first.
Deng Chanyu understood his meaning, "The matter of 'replenishing the waterway' could scare O Guang and ensure full cooperation from Qinglong Meng Zhang's side, but this reason won't awe the two saints in the Western region."
We were already poor, and now you want to move our mountain? Mount Sumi is a literal gold mountain, what are you thinking?
Deng Chanyu's mind was racing with multiple ideas, worried that such a small matter could provoke conflicts among the Saintly Beings, thus reflecting poorly on her ability to handle affairs.
"Alas, if you could just have me move the mountain away, it would be much simpler. Now it's just going to be more troublesome."
Master Maitreya, I must report. Deng Chanyu passed by Guixu ten days ago, where she saw a bottomless pit appear beneath it. I dove down for over a month and discovered that this pit actually leads to beyond Huashan."
She exaggerated the seriousness of Guixu by ten times.
Maitreya nodded and responded, "As if listening to a story."
Maitreya had not been to Guixu and had no intention of going there.
Guixu is located in the East Sea, which is the traditional territory of the Xuanmen (the School of Mysticism) or the Taoist sect.
Eastern Daoists don't care about how barren the Western region is, and vice versa.
But Maitreya quickly understood. You are planning to use our Mount Sumi to fill the underwater gap? You're indeed very clever!
Why don't you use your Emei Mountain to fill the cave?
Deng Chanyu knew that the mountain couldn't be moved, so she retreated step by step. "Who said I wanted to move the mountain? Do you have evidence? I can dig a few pieces of metal without a problem."
"I am going to build a metal skeleton inside my stone lava, and then cover it with bricks, accumulate willow ash and soil." She narrates her temporarily modified plan. Maitreya doesn't have this professional knowledge. He feels dizzy after listening and keeps rubbing his prayer beads restlessly.
The metal in Mount Sumi actually doesn't have a name. It's very similar to gold, but not the usual kind of gold. In terms of material properties, it's neither iron nor copper nor steel. These metals survived the great battle between the Taoist Ancestor Hongjun and the Demon Ancestor Luo Huo. They are all very high-quality materials for refining magical items.
If possible, Maitreya wouldn't give her even a piece.
But Deng Chanyu has already made a concession, and he also needs to give face to Nuwa and the Eastern Saintly Beings.
Entangled and tangled, in the end, it's still him who will suffer the consequences.
