Lu Jin shook his head and stepped aside.

Yu Qizhe entered the meditation room and saw his master Huijue sitting cross-legged on the couch in the quiet room with a calm face. Only then did he feel a little relieved.

He put his hands together, bowed to Huijue like a monk, and said respectfully, "Master."

Master Huijue smiled at him. Although he looked old and frail, he had a kind face and said, "Zhanxing, you are here too. Let me feel your pulse."

Zhanxing is the name given to Yu Qizhe by Master Huijue. He and Lu Jin were both outer disciples of Master Huijue. Lu Jin's parents died when he was young and he was displaced. Later he was adopted by a temple and was given the Buddhist name Zhanjin. After leaving Fahua Temple, Lu Jin took the character Jin from his Buddhist name as his secular name.

Yu Qizhe stepped forward and stretched out his wrist. Master Huijue raised his brown-spotted hand and placed it on Yu Qizhe's pulse. He smiled kindly and said, "The poison in your body has indeed been eliminated. I can rest assured now."

“Master…” Yu Qizhe’s heart tightened.

Master Huijue smiled and said, "Don't be sad. I have recently sensed that your destiny has come. Now that you are in good health, you can retire. With your talent, you will definitely have a smooth career. In the future, you and Zhan Jin will benefit the people. I have nothing to worry about."

Yu Qizhe was heartbroken. Although he was intelligent, if he had not studied under Master Huijue when he was young and received his teaching and guidance, he would have been mediocre at the time.

"Master, I brought a doctor with me. Although she is a female doctor, she is very skilled in medicine. She was the one who cured my disciple's poison." Yu Qizhe said.

Master Huijue raised his hand and touched his head, then smiled calmly and said, "Your master's destiny has already been fulfilled. There is no need to force it."

Lu Jin's eyes were red with anger, but he did not speak any more to persuade him. He knew very well that Master Huijue had been practicing Zen all his life and had a profound cultivation. He had long understood the truth of life and death, and now that he knew his destiny, he would just sit and wait for his death.

"Death is not to be mourned, and life is not to be rejoiced. All things are impermanent, and are subject to the law of birth and death. When birth and death are extinguished, nirvana is happiness." Seeing the two men sad, Master Huijue recited a Buddhist saying and advised, "Although you are my senior brother, Zhan Jin, you are not as calm as Zhan Xing. If you encounter difficulties in the future, you may wish to discuss it with your junior brother."

Lu Jin nodded repeatedly, listened to Master Huijue's instructions for his funeral, knelt on the ground, and shed two lines of tears.

Yu Qizhe also knelt beside him, trying hard to hold back tears, "Master, although life and death are determined by fate, man can conquer nature. I have brought a doctor with me, so why not give it a try?"

Master Huijue lowered his eyes and looked at him, saying lovingly, "Zhanxing, although you have a dull temperament, you are easily trapped in one thought. You must remember that coming is accidental and going is inevitable. Just do your best and let nature take its course."

"I am grateful for your instruction, my disciple." Yu Qizhe clasped his hands together and bowed to Master Huijue.

Huijue smiled kindly and closed his eyes. "After the master passed away, there is no need to come to pay homage to him. You two can go down the mountain."

"Master..." Lu Jin knelt on the ground in grief, choking with sobs.

Yu Qizhe supported his shoulder. Master Huijue was so indifferent to life and death, he certainly didn't want to see the two of them unable to control themselves like worldly people.

The two men prostrated themselves on the ground and kowtowed three times to Master Huijue. They said in unison, "Disciples Zhan Jin and Zhan Xing pay farewell to Master." Then they stood up and left the meditation room.

Outside the Zen room, Lu Jin wiped the tears from his face with the back of his hand. He was a grown man, but at this moment he looked sad. He pursed his lips tightly and whispered, "Junior brother, I can't bear to leave Master."

Master Huijue is not only a master to him, but also a father-like figure.

Yu Qizhe wiped the moisture from the corners of his eyes with his sleeves, slowed down his voice, and said gently, "Master doesn't want to see you and me sad. In the future... I will still be here."

Lu Jin leaned on his shoulder and cried silently.

Yu Qizhe raised his hand and patted him gently on the back. Although he was also very sad in his heart, he was not a person who showed his emotions. Compared with Lu Jin, although he was younger, he acted more maturely.

Yu Fuling sat on the stone bench outside the yard for a while, and then her attention was attracted by the turtle pond. She pulled Yu Jiao to the edge of the pond to watch people toss coins to make wishes.

However, few people could throw the coin into the mouth of the stone turtle in the middle of the pond. Yu Fuling felt distressed when she saw people throwing coins.

After Lu Jin calmed down, he moved his head away from Yu Qizhe's shoulder. Seeing that his shoulder was wet, an embarrassed expression appeared on his dark face.

Yu Qizhe did not make fun of him and asked, "Master is sending you down the mountain. Do you want to set off back to the capital or find a place to stay and stay for a few more days?"

Lu Jin turned around and looked at Master Huijue's Zen room, with a look of reluctance on his face, and said sadly, "I want to stay for a few more days."

"Okay, why don't you come and live with me at my home." Yu Qizhe saw that his eyes were red and said with concern.

Lu Jin knew something about the Yu family's situation. He didn't want to cause trouble for him, and he also wanted to be closer to the temple, so he shook his head and said, "I'll go down the mountain with you and find a family to settle down in the village at the foot of the mountain. If you have any problems in the next few days, come and find me."

The two walked out of the backyard. Yu Qizhe saw that Yu Jiao and the other person were not at the stone table. He looked around and saw the two of them huddled next to the turtle pond for prayer. He took Lu Jin and walked over.

Yu Fuling was concentrating on watching someone throwing a coin. Seeing that the person missed the target, she looked disappointed. Yu Jiao turned around and saw Yu Qizhe coming over. She asked, "How is Master Huijue?"

Yu Qizhe did not answer, but introduced, "This is Lu Jin, my teacher... and good friend."

Seeing that there was a man from outside, Yu Fuling restrained her expression and said stiffly, "Hello, Mr. Lu."

"This is my elder sister Yu Fuling." Yu Qizhe introduced them one by one, "This is... my younger sister Yu Jiao."

Lu Jin knew Yu Fuling. He had practiced martial arts since childhood and had sneaked to Yu's house several times before. He was familiar with everyone in the Yu family, but he had never seen Yu Jiao. When Yu Qizhe called her his sister, he remembered the petite girl who slept on Yu Qizhe's bed that day. He nodded and smiled, "Qizhe and I are as close as brothers. Sister Fuling, don't be restrained. Just call me by my name."

He called out to Yu Jiao again, "Little sister Yu Jiao."

Yu Jiao nodded slightly towards him as a greeting, and secretly guessed in her heart that Yu Qizhe said that he had a close personal relationship with Master Huijue, and he went to see Master Huijue, so he brought such a man out. This man couldn't be Master Huijue?

"Sister Fuling, do you want to toss a coin to make a wish?" Lu Jin asked in a very familiar manner.

Yu Fuling hurriedly shook her head.

Lu Jin had already taken out three or four copper coins from his sleeve and handed them to Yu Jiao and Yu Fuling respectively, but neither of them reached out to take them.

Yu Qizhe took it and stuffed it into Yu Fuling and Yu Jiao's hands, "No need to be polite to him, Lu Jin is not an outsider."

Hearing Yu Qizhe say this, Yu Fuling was no longer shy and took the copper coin. She had just watched for a long time and was eager to try, so she pulled Yu Jiao to throw together.

The person who had already thrown the coin but missed made room for it. Yu Fuling stared intently at the mouth of the stone turtle in the middle of the pool and threw the coin in her hand with all her strength but missed it either. She couldn't help showing a look of disappointment.

She stood aside and said to Yu Jiao, "You try it."