The next day, Kublai instructed a eunuch to summon Xuanzang.
Upon being brought before Kublai, Xuanzang asked, "Your Majesty, does summoning this poor monk mean Your Majesty has agreed to my request?"
Kublai looked Xuanzang up and down with an intense, burning gaze; had advanced anatomical dissection technology existed at that moment, Xuanzang would likely have been strapped onto a surgical table already.
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