He even had the thought of inviting this True Buddha away, but he couldn't bear to part with the benefits, so he never really acted on it.
Tao Qian naturally was unaware of these thoughts, but his proactive speech was enough to alert the major powers within the Search God Realm.
Excessive actions could easily expose oneself.
In fact, his swallowing of the Baimu Demon Lord had already caused some dissatisfaction in the Dragon Slayer Arhat, who felt that he still hadn't fully aligned with the Spiritual Mountain and was only using its banner to reap benefits for himself.
Fortunately, Golden Cicada felt that forcibly enlightening him would damage the spirituality of this "Natural Buddha's Son," and coincidentally, Tao Qian's original self was about to birth the Tao Buddha Child. The increasingly intense and mysterious future Buddha nature successfully dispelled the Saint Monk's suspicions. Personally vouching for him, they muddled through the situation.
