458 Sending the Abbot

Sun Sicheng checked his pulse again and asked in a deep voice, "Is it necessary to do so?"

The abbot nodded and looked at him without saying anything.

There is a kind of acupuncture method. Once used, a dying person will suddenly become energetic, as if he is much better. However, this energy can only last for an hour at most, or as short as a quarter of an hour.

Ping An knew this, and Wanli naturally knew this too. As the master chef and future abbot of Tianguang Temple, Pujing naturally knew about this as well.

Sun Sicheng walked out and several people followed him out.

"Master Pu Jing, I told the abbot that it will be either today or tomorrow, and it won't take long. But he asked me to give him acupuncture, and once it's done, it won't take more than an hour. The abbot is old and weak, and I think he will die in half an hour. Can you ask your people to prepare?"

Pu Jing burst into tears: "Does it have to be like this?"

"If not, the abbot might not have the energy to explain."

"I'll have someone call some of the masters in charge over here."

A quarter of an hour later, a dozen or so great monks came hurriedly, each with a sad look on their face.

Sun Sicheng took Ping'an, Wanli and Lin Feng in, and the rest of the people stayed outside the house.

It was almost the end of October, and the temperature halfway up the mountain was already very low. Fortunately, Sun Sicheng and Ping An's men had brought fur cloaks with them, so although it was freezing cold, they didn't feel very cold as they wrapped themselves tightly in their cloaks.

Sun Sicheng whispered to Ping An, "Watch my technique carefully later. This kind of acupuncture technique is not used easily."

Ping An nodded.

Sun Sicheng and Ping An walked up to the abbot and said, "Abbot, I will give you acupuncture."

The abbot looked at him with a smile, and Ping'an felt a pang of grief. Although birth, aging, sickness and death are normal, it is still too sad. If he could choose, he would rather not be reborn as a human.

Sun Sicheng finished the acupuncture quickly. Ping An memorized the acupoints in his mind. He didn't expect that there would be those acupoints. The Taoist master's book also had similar acupuncture methods, but the acupoints were not exactly the same.

After a few moments, the abbot saw that his complexion had improved, and signaled Jueming and Juexin to help him stand up.

Sun Sicheng said to Pu Jing, "Ping An and I are outside. Call us if anything happens."

Without waiting for Pu Jing to answer, he took Ping An and the others to the courtyard. It was better for lay people like them not to get involved in the affairs of Tianguang Temple.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Pu Jing brought these people out, each of them with tears in their eyes.

"Young Master, the abbot wants the four of you to come in."

Sun Sicheng hurriedly took Ping An, Lin Feng and Wan Li in.

The abbot looked at Sun Sicheng and said, "Sicheng, I told you guys last month that you will not have any major disasters in your life, but you will still have many minor disasters. You are the one who brings you peace, and your benefactor is also safe. You two are destined to be together for life.

Sicheng, I am grateful to you for the kindness of several generations of the Sun family in my life."

Sun Sicheng burst into tears, and the abbot's face looked much worse.

"Wanli, why don't I want you to be a monk? You are a capable person. Isn't it better to follow the master and see the vast land of Great Zhou than to stay in the temple? If there is an afterlife, I also want to be a layman, travel around and have a family."

He paused, closed his eyes for a moment, and looked at Ping An: "Ping An, come here with A Feng."

Ping An walked over and tried hard to smile at the abbot, and Lin Feng followed closely behind him.

“Ping An, you are a miraculous child. You will accumulate countless merits in your life. The abbot really wants to see you grow up, but unfortunately it is impossible.

Lin Feng has no other relatives in this world except you for the time being. His fate is a little peculiar, and it is not easy for ordinary people to suppress him, but you can. Don't let him leave in this life.

Lin Feng, follow your master well, get married and have children in the future, and you will have many descendants in your life. I have already asked Pu Jing to look after the graves of your family members, so come and visit them when you are free."

He turned to Ping An again and put his hand into the pillow: "I gave you a book last time, and here is another one, which I copied later. Pu Jing knows all this, but no one else knows it.

I let you learn these because you will do many things in your life, and it is not a bad thing to have more abilities, but try not to show them off. "

He handed the book to Ping An, who took it and put it in his arms: "Ping An thanks the abbot."

"Sicheng, Ping'an, if there is anything happening in Tianguang Temple in the future, please help in any way you can. As for everything else, I have already entrusted Jueming and Juexin to Pujing. They don't want to leave the temple in this lifetime.

Sicheng, Ping

Fang Chang suddenly couldn't continue speaking and gasped for breath.

Sun Sicheng said, "It's safe. Quickly call Master Pujing and the others in."

He was busy pressing the Laogong acupoint on the abbot's hand, but he was already breathing out more than in.

Wanli and Lin Feng knelt down on the floor beside the kang with a thud.

Several master chefs from Pujing came in quickly, sat down cross-legged beside the kang, and muttered scriptures.

Ping An knelt down beside Lin Feng. Soon, Sun Sicheng stopped and knelt beside Ping An.

"Sicheng and his disciples safely sent the abbot away."

Wanli and Raymond Lam cried: "Wanli (Raymond Lam) sent the abbot off."

The voices of Pu Jing and others became louder and they never stopped chanting. Ping An knew that this should be the Sutra of Rebirth.

That night, Sun Sicheng, Ping'an, Wanli and Lin Feng kept vigil over the old abbot.

I went back to the house to rest for a while when it was dawn.

Next, Master Pu Jing will bring many monks in the temple to perform rituals for the old abbot for three days. After three days, a cremation ceremony will be held. The body will be buried in the cemetery of previous abbots the next day, which will last for five days.

Sun Sicheng and his companions were definitely going to see the abbot off for the last time.

After traveling continuously, especially Ping'an, who had been in the examination room for nine days and eight nights, he rushed here as soon as he came out and was already exhausted.

As soon as he entered his own room, he lay down on the kang and fell asleep almost instantly.

Erqiang quickly fetched some hot water, carefully washed Ping'an's face, hands and feet, covered him with a quilt, and then went out with the water.

Here, Ruyi also helped the master wash his face and hands and feet: "Master, do you want to eat something? Will Master Ping'an let him sleep?"

"Just bring some to me, Ping An, let him sleep, and then bring some to Wan Li and Lin Feng, and also bring them some hot water."

"Yes, my Lord."

Five days passed in a blink of an eye. The day after the old abbot was buried, Sun Sicheng brought Ping An and the others down the mountain.

Everyone was in a heavy mood. Tianguang Temple was without its old abbot. The next time they came here, they would never see such a wise and humorous old man again.

In the morning light, Ping An looked back at the mountain again and could only see a little bit of the temple roof. The green mountains and clear waters remained unchanged, as if a person's birth, aging, sickness and death were as normal as the falling leaves in autumn.

He stopped and his eyes became red again, as if the old abbot was standing on the top step, waving at them with a smile.

The cold wind blew up his blue-gray monk's robe, which was so fragile that it soon disappeared.

A person who had just called him safe a few days ago disappeared from this world forever in the blink of an eye.

Abbot, I hope all your wishes will come true in your next life. You don't have to guard this huge temple halfway up the mountain. You can go out and walk around in the world, and then find a piece of pure land to live happily at home.