South Temple
The group didn't fly or ride horses. They walked out of the city gate to the west and slowly walked.
"Hey, Miss Situ, let's fly, okay?" Tang Jin looked at Situ Lingli, who was running around as if she was out for an outing. He said helplessly, "If we continue walking like this, when will we reach our destination? So slow … "
If there was nothing else, Tang Jin would be more than happy to take a leisurely stroll. He would just treat it as an outing. The key was that in nine days, the passage for the Cleansing Fruit of Woe would open. Tang Jin wanted to take a look at the terrain and find a good spot.
One would always be at a disadvantage if they arrived a step later than others.
"What's the rush?" Rolling her eyes at Tang Jin, Situ Lingli continued to run around in her own way. "I've already checked the map. There won't be any delay. The passage that father told me is very close to Purple Jade City. We can get there in three or four days."
"Oh?" Tang Jin raised his eyebrows and looked at Situ Lingli and Wang Kui. "Do you know how the elders in your families predicted the location of this passage?"
Tang Jin had always been curious about this question. Was it calculated, or was it a test given to the younger generation by the major forces?
Situ Lingli and Wang Kui looked at each other and shook their heads. "I'm not sure."
"When Father told me, I followed Senior Brother Qi and Senior Brother Huang here. I didn't ask any further." Situ Lingli scratched her head and pondered for a while. "What's wrong? Is this question very important?"
"It's not that important. It's just that I feel that if this is a test given to you by the combined forces of the major powers, and the Cleansing Fruit of Woe is the reward, it wouldn't be too good for me to take it away."
"Oh my, are you that confident that you'll be able to obtain the Cleansing Fruit of Woe in the end?"
"Of course …"
The few of them continued to walk towards the west at a leisurely pace. Perhaps it was because of Situ Lingli's and Wang Kui's sect uniforms, or because there were so many of them, but the group did not encounter a single bandit along the way.
In fact, when Tang Jin was on his way to Zi Qi City, several waves of bandits that were killed by Xiao Yu had died with grievances.
According to common sense, those who traveled on land were mostly those who had not reached Jindan Stage or had just reached Jindan Stage. Those who were not familiar with flying would basically not waste time walking on their feet. In each wave of bandits, there were several Jindan Stage and several Yuanying Stage cultivators. The lineup was considered strong. Ordinary people could almost eat them. Who would have thought that they would run into such an unlucky star like Tang Jin? Unfortunately, he loved to play, and as he walked step by step, he was caught in the crossfire by those bandits.
Just as Situ Lingli said, the group walked for three days. On the fourth day, they arrived near the opening of the Cleansing Fruit of Woe.
"Lingli, when the time comes, will the passage open here?" Tang Jin pointed to the ground beneath his feet and asked.
"It's nearby." After looking around, Situ Lingli wrinkled her nose and replied, "When the passage opens, there will be some strange phenomena. Only then will we be able to determine the exact location. But it's around here. The deviation will not exceed ten thousand meters. "
Nodding, Tang Jin understood and said, "Then it shouldn't be a test set up by the joint forces of the various factions … Since we're already here, there are still a few days left. Let's set up a tent here and stay while we wait for the passage to open."
"You can stay here by yourself!" Unexpectedly, Situ Lingli took out a map and looked at it before continuing to walk in the direction of the west and north. "I want to find a comfortable place to stay. Who would want to set up a tent in the wilderness with you?"
Looking at the backs of Situ Lingli and the other two walking further and further away, Tang Jin was stunned. His gaze shifted to Wang Kui, somewhat unable to understand what Situ Lingli meant.
"Hahaha," After laughing a few times, Wang Kui put his arm around Tang Jin's shoulder and followed Situ Lingli. As they walked, he explained to Tang Jin, "Before we came, I checked the map. Not far from the opening of the passage, there's a temple that accepts visitors' incense. We can stay there temporarily for a few days."
After listening to Wang Kui's explanation, Tang Jin suddenly understood. Just now, he felt that Situ Lingli had come a little early, but he didn't expect that Situ Lingli had already prepared.
Although Situ Lingli usually looked carefree and didn't care about anything, she was actually quite meticulous.
Just as Wang Kui had said, in less than the time it took for an incense stick to burn, they saw a temple built on the hillside not far away.
The temple was very small, and the style was quite simple. It seemed that it had been built for a long time.
"This temple is just an ordinary prayer temple. It's not a sect, and there aren't many visitors," Situ Lingli explained to Tang Jin as they walked up the stairs.
Stepping on the last step, the temple was clearly reflected in the eyes of Tang Jin and others.
The temple was a little old, no, it was dilapidated. A lot of the paint on the walls had fallen off. It seemed that it had not been renovated for a long time. The door was open, and they could see the inside of the temple. There was only a small bald monk in gray sweeping the yard. It seemed very deserted.
"It's really a deserted small temple." Tang Jin's mouth evoked a smile and said.
This temple could already be said to be in a dilapidated state. Only the two words "South Temple" written on the signboard hanging high above the main gate were somewhat interesting.
"South Temple? Why is it called South Temple? " Looking at the plaque on the door, Tang Jin said to himself, "It stands to reason that this temple is in the west of the Huan Chen Territory. Buddhism also says that Buddha is in the Western paradise. Why should this temple be called South Temple? It should be called West Temple. "
"You're so stupid. Didn't you hear that group of monks always say Namo Amitabha? It must mean Namo!" Situ Lingli expressed her contempt for Tang Jin's IQ.
"Namo in Buddhism means to convert. It's understandable that it's called Namo Temple. How can it be broken down and recited? It's definitely not the reason you said. Moreover, they are not monks. It's the general name of the Three Realms. It means supreme. In the Huazang World, only Sakyamuni can be called a 'monk'. They are not monks. This is what a monk friend of mine told me. The Buddhist scriptures say … "
"Don't be so emotional!"
"…"
Seeing a group of people walk into the South Temple, the young monk who was sweeping the yard did not come forward to greet them. Instead, he quickly threw down the broom and ran into the temple hall.
Tang Jin followed the little novice monk to the main hall. Halfway there, a group of people came out of the main hall.
The one in the lead was a temple abbot wearing a bright red cassock with a serious expression. Behind him were several yellow-robed monks who were also serious in speech and manner. It seemed that their seniority in the temple was also relatively high.
Moving towards Tang Jin and the others, the white-browed and white-bearded abbot saluted and asked, "Amitabha. May I know what benefactors are here for?"
"We've disturbed your esteemed temple." Situ Lingli took a step forward and followed suit with a Buddhist salute. Her voice also did not have the usual playfulness of the past. "We're here to do some things. We'd like to stay in your esteemed temple for a few days. Oh, this is the incense we want to donate to your esteemed temple. "
After saying that, Situ Lingli threw out a few pieces of crystals, which fell into the abbot's arms.
Abbot Whitebrow picked up the crystals in his arms and gave Tang Jin and the others a Buddhist salute, saying, "Many thanks to benefactors for donating to our small temple. Amitabha. Shanzai."
After saying the name of Buddha, the abbot turned his head slightly and said to one of the yellow-robed monks behind him, "Kuan Zhe, take these benefactors to find a few rooms to stay in. Benefactors, this old monk still has homework to do, so I'll take a step back first. "
After saying that, Abbot Whitebrow turned his head and left. For some reason, Tang Jin felt that Abbot Whitebrow was somewhat strange. Under his seemingly calm expression and voice, it seemed that he was strongly suppressing something.
One of the yellow-robed monks behind Abbot Whitebrow stepped forward. It should be the Kuan Zhe that Abbot Whitebrow mentioned. Kuan Zhe saluted Tang Jin and the others, then turned to the left and made an inviting gesture, saying, "Benefactors, please follow the Young Monk."
They followed Kuan Zhe through the temple's main courtyard and came to the temple's side courtyard.
There were a total of ten guest rooms in the temple's side courtyard, and it seemed that all of them were empty. Kuan Zhe made an inviting gesture to Tang Jin and the others, saying, "Just find a room to stay in." Then he left.
Looking at Kuan Zhe's back gradually disappearing, Situ Lingli said to Tang Jin, "Moneybags, do you feel that the people in this temple are all strange?"
"You feel the same?" Glancing at Situ Lingli and seeing the confirmation in Situ Lingli's eyes, Tang Jin said, "Me too. It's just that I feel strange, but I can't put my finger on it. This … Hey, what's this smell? Roast chicken? "
Just as Tang Jin was speaking, a fragrance from outside the courtyard drifted into everyone's noses.
It was the fragrance of roast chicken!
Tang Jin and the others looked at each other in astonishment. It wasn't that they had never eaten roast chicken before, but they were a little unsure. Why would there be someone roast chicken near a temple?
The few of them quickly walked out of the courtyard and what they saw was a bald young monk in gray robes. He was sitting beside the fire with a roast chicken skewered in his hand. He was constantly tearing off pieces of meat from the roast chicken and throwing them into his mouth.
The young monk grimaced in pain from the scalding meat, but he was eating happily.
Tang Jin and the others did not deliberately hide their figures, so when they came out, the young monk caught a glimpse of them from the corner of his eyes. He raised his head and looked at Tang Jin and the others. The young monk's confused gaze happened to meet the surprised gazes of Tang Jin and the others.
At that moment, time seemed to come to a standstill. Even the chewing mouth of the young monk had stopped. Everyone could even see the chicken meat that had not been chewed through through the young monk's oily mouth.
"Amitabha. The Young Monk is spouting nonsense. Greetings, Benefactors." The young monk was also quite shameless. He was caught red-handed eating meat, but he was not flustered. He slowly put the roast chicken skewer to the side and got up to bow to Tang Jin and the others.
"What nonsense? What nonsense are you spouting? You are clearly stuffing yourself! "Situ Lingli rolled her eyes and pointed at the young monk." Aren't you a monk? How can you eat roast chicken in secret? "
"This is not roast chicken." The young monk looked at the roast chicken skewer on the ground with a sorrowful expression. He said with a sorrowful expression, "This is the obsession of the Young Monk. As for obsessions, I can only eat them and digest them. Miss, you might not know, but even if the meat and wine pass through the intestines, the Buddha's heart will always remain. As long as one has a devout heart towards Buddha, why bother with such mundane matters? Instead, it is pretentious and inferior. "
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