Chapter 98 098 Accomplishment

Chapter 98

Over the past few years, Yingji reminded herself that the possibility of Kongfan entering the Well of Reincarnation was very low, but at the same time, she couldn't help but imagine thousands of reunion scenes.

When this scene really happened, Yingji stared blankly at the face that she had been thinking about for nearly two hundred years, and forgot everything in her mind.

The clamor of the bustling crowd brought Yingji back to her senses. Looking at the person before her, she felt as if they were from another world. She simply lifted the beads from Kongfan's palm and whispered, "Thank you."

Two people passed each other.

The wind came to join in the fun and blew Yingji's long hair, gently touching the little silver bell on her hairband.

Kong Fan turned sideways for some unknown reason and looked at Ying Ji's receding back in confusion.

"Brother, let's go?" The little monk pulled Kong Fan's sleeve.

Kong Fan came back to his senses, took another look at the gradually shrinking red figure, retracted his gaze, lowered his long eyelashes, stood quietly for a while under the busy bridge, and then walked in the opposite direction.

Kong Fan soon saw the girl in red again. He went to a teahouse to buy tea, and she sat by the window, one hand on her chin, watching him. He went to a pharmacy to buy medicine, and she stood across the street and winked at him. He went to a bookstore to deliver scriptures, and she came in from the door, passed him and went up to the second floor.

Was it another coincidence? Kong Fan couldn't help but look up. She was standing gracefully in the middle of the stairs leading to the second floor. Their eyes met, and she smiled brightly at him.

Kong Fan quickly looked away.

What a strange person.

After completing the tasks assigned by the master, Kong Fan took his junior fellow apprentice back to the temple. The temple was a quiet place, and there would be no more girls.

However, in the morning, when he was sweeping the yard, he looked up and saw her sitting on the wall. The spring breeze blew her skirt, and her slender white legs swayed in the red skirt.

Kong Fan frowned and immediately looked away.

Following his master's instructions, he and his fellow apprentices entered the Beast Forest for training. It was their first time in the forest, and they encountered fog. Lost in the mist, he heard a faint, clear sound of a silver bell. He followed the sound and, amidst the suddenly clearing mist, saw a familiar red.

"What a coincidence." Yingji smiled at him.

"Brother, the way out is here!" the younger brother said in surprise.

Before Kong Fan was pulled away by his junior brother, he wanted to say thank you, but the red figure had already disappeared in the clouds.

Kong Fan went to morning prayers, listening intently to his master's instructions. Turning back, he saw her standing by an incense burner on the stone platform outside the temple, gazing into the distance. Smoke wafted from the burner, and she seemed to be shrouded in a swirling cloud, her expression indistinct. Yet, Kong Fan felt strangely that she was lonely and a little pitiful.

The master was still in front, twirling his Buddhist beads and explaining Buddhist principles. Kong Fan suddenly stood up, walked out, and stepped in front of Yingji.

It was not until Kong Fan was almost in front of her that Ying Ji came back to her senses. She raised her eyelids and looked into Kong Fan's eyes.

Yingji was in a trance. It had been a long time since she had seen herself so closely in his eyes.

"Do we know each other?" Kong Fan asked.

Yingji said in a contemptuous tone: "I guess so. I've encountered this many times recently."

Kong Fan suddenly lowered his eyes, his long lashes obscuring his clear pupils. "Are you looking at me, or are you looking through me at someone else?"

Yingji put her hands behind her back and took a big step forward. Standing on tiptoe, she raised her face and leaned closer to Kongfan's. She allowed herself to be reflected in Kongfan's eyes again. Amidst the sudden sound of the temple bell in the distance, she whispered, "Can I kiss you? Or maybe you can hug me?"

Kong Fan was shocked and staggered back half a step, looking at her in surprise and suspicion.

Yingji watched helplessly as an unnatural blush appeared on the face of the young monk.

As if realizing his own gaffe, Kong Fan immediately looked away, raised his palm in salute, and turned away hurriedly.

Yingji couldn't help laughing as she looked at Kongfan's slightly embarrassed back. As she laughed, she fell into a trance again.

The next day, Yingji returned to the small temple. Even before she reached the temple, she sensed a powerful force from afar. Frowning, she hurried to the temple, only to discover that many monks from Zhaoxi were gathered in this small, earthly temple.

Yingji saw Kongfan in the pavilion in the distance, and Daozhen standing opposite Kongfan.

Yingji wanted to move forward, but two monks from Zhaoxi suddenly blocked her way. They lowered their eyes, nodded, and said in unison, "Amitabha."

Yingji was stunned, looking at Kongfan from afar across a large group of monks.

Tsk, it seems the monks of Zhaoxi have found their reincarnated Buddha Emperor Bodhi again. This time they want to separate this scourge from their Buddha Emperor.

Yingji's face turned cold instantly. Just as she was about to force her way in, Kong Fan in the pavilion suddenly turned around.

When their eyes met, Yingji felt a sudden blockage in her heart, and the spiritual power in her fist slowly dissipated. After looking at him again, Yingji resolutely turned around.

Kong Fan looked at her back and frowned again.

After this day, Yingji did not go to see Kongfan for a long time.

In the Jianfeng Valley filled with birdsong and fragrance of flowers, Yingji lazily lay on a hammock between two apricot trees, holding a wine gourd in her hand.

"You're not going to look for him? You've waited and searched for so long." Mu Jin sighed, "You have to tell him who you are."

"Who am I?" Ying Ji asked, "The one who caused him to practice cultivation?"

Mu Jin was a little surprised. She held Ying Ji's hand in hers and asked with concern, "Ah Ying, you're not going to look for him anymore. Are you going to let him continue to be a monk?"

After a while, Yingji murmured, "I don't know."

"In these one hundred and ninety-three years, I imagined many different reunion scenes. I knew he would forget me, and I knew he would have a brand new life. I thought that if I found him too late and he fell in love with someone else, I would definitely catch him, tie him up and lock him up so that he would belong to me alone!"

Yingji's bright eyes moistened for a moment, then dimmed again. "But he's actually still a monk. Is it true that no matter how many lifetimes he has, he'll always follow the path of Buddhism?"

Mu Jin looked at Ying Ji's dejected expression and muttered, "A Ying, he is the Bodhi Buddha Emperor. Perhaps no matter how many times he dies and reincarnates, he will always be in the Buddhist sect..."

"No matter how many times he dies and reincarnates, he will always be in Buddhism..." Ying Ji murmured, "So, Buddhism is his obsession, his original intention, and his way home."

"Sister, should I let go and fulfill his wish?"

Mu Jin looked at Ying Ji's tears and felt extremely distressed. She hurriedly hugged Ying Ji in her arms and said anxiously: "Sister, I don't know anything else, I just hope you don't feel sad. As long as you don't feel sad, everything will be fine!"

sad?

Yingji felt her heart beating. Was she sad? Actually, she wasn't too bad.

At the moment Kong Fan died in the Soul-Destroying Well, Ying Ji was in so much pain that she could not feel any more pain. From then on, all her sad emotions faded away.

Now that he has a new life, the sadness is nothing compared to being happy for him.

Yingji drank a lot of wine, refused Mujin's company, and slept alone in the fragrant sea of ​​flowers.

A little girl of seven or eight years old came running over and took Yingji's hand: "Sister, sister, the monk is here!"

"Kong Jing never ends... so annoying." Ying Ji muttered, "Just let him wait!"

She turned over irritably, startling a red butterfly on the branch, which flew away.

Yingji took a deep breath and fell asleep again.

Kong Fan stood by, watching her fall asleep, wanting to say something but holding back. He thought for a moment, then sat down on the ground in the sea of ​​flowers and began to recite a calming sutra.

Yingji dreamed again of the Xingju courtyard where she lived with Kongfan. She curled her lips in her dream and even woke up with her lips curled.

Yingji opened her eyes and saw Kongfan sitting next to her, wearing a snow-white robe and with his eyelashes drooping.

Haven’t you woken up yet?

Yingji couldn't tell whether she was dreaming or not, and instinctively rushed over to hug him.

Kong Fan's whole body stiffened instantly.

His stiffness brought Yingji back to her senses. She held him still for a moment longer, then released Kongfan and asked nonchalantly, "Are you here to spy on me sleeping, little monk?"

The end of her voice was light and contained a hint of coquettishness and a little sweetness.

Kong Fan looked at Ying Ji with a hint of inquiry, and called her name in a very serious tone: "Xue Ying."

"Did they tell you?"

Kong Fan nodded. He had learned the story of himself and this woman from others' accounts.

Yingji guessed it. After all, everyone knew that when the Buddha Emperor Bodhi was reincarnated in that place, he exchanged his life for a woman and destroyed his soul.

Kong Fan looked at Ying Ji and frowned. A hint of confusion appeared in his beautiful eyes. He asked, "Who is Kong Jing?"

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The author has something to say: Last year, my health was not very good. I suddenly had two operations in a row, which affected my writing. The subsequent updates were also intermittent. I am very sorry for the bad reading experience it brought to everyone. I feel very guilty. I originally planned to put all the following chapters in the bonus chapter for everyone to read for free, but when I was operating, I found out that I had to wait seven or eight days after the end before adding the bonus chapter. orz The update of this article is really too bad. I don’t want to stop for seven or eight days at the end before updating, so I will continue to update it as a normal extra. If the extra is not finished after seven or eight days, it will be posted as a bonus extra (but I think I can finish it)

I'm still very sorry. I will be more careful when writing next time.