It wouldn't work if he kept breaking the rules and summoning Wu Wei to ask these questions. Besides, it wouldn't be friendly to Liu Qingwan either, and she might suffer karmic repercussions. So Ye Xingchen gave up the idea.
"Won't this bother you?" Liu Qingwan looked at Ye Xingchen hesitantly.
"No, since I've taken on your matter, I'm going to see it through to the end." Ye Xingchen said with a smile, "Go and rest, don't put too much pressure on yourself, everything will pass."
Liu Qingwan hesitated for a moment, then slowly nodded and turned to go back to her room.
Seeing that Ye Xingchen's gaze hadn't left her, Gu Manyun gritted her teeth and said, "Is she good-looking? Is she attractive?"
"This..." Ye Xingchen looked away awkwardly and said embarrassedly, "I understand, men all love beauty, but I prefer mature women like you."
Gu Manyun's gaze was somewhat piercing, but she rolled her eyes at Ye Xingchen: "It's good that you go and keep her company. Her emotions are unstable, and I'll feel at ease if you're with her."
"Aren't you afraid that something else might happen between me and her?" Ye Xingchen teased.
"If anything else happens, it will be between me and you. Don't even think about anything else." Gu Manyun glared at Ye Xingchen.
The next day, Ye Xingchen accompanied Liu Qingwan to Jingye Temple in the western suburbs.
Jinling is located in the Jiangnan region and has several famous temples, so the people in this area are more Buddhist.
Jingye Temple is located in the suburbs, but it has a history of over a hundred years and is a popular place of worship, with a constant stream of pilgrims.
But most people just want peace of mind and something to rely on.
While it is said that sincerity brings results, whether or not it works depends on one's own luck.
Jingye Temple generously shares its good deeds, providing free vegetarian meals and even having monks perform divination and fortune-telling on-site.
Moreover, this place is different from some commercialized temples. There are monks in the temple who know medicine and they will regularly provide free medical consultations and medicine at the entrance.
Accompanying her to offer incense and pray for blessings, they went to draw lots and interpret the divination results. After receiving a small portion of mixed grain steamed buns, Liu Qingwan and Ye Xingchen arrived at the main hall together.
Upon entering the main hall, Ye Xingchen was slightly taken aback. He saw a young, handsome monk kneeling before the Buddha. The monk was in a daze, his hands clasped together.
This person was none other than Ruxin.
Since meeting Ye Xingchen last night, Ru Xin has been troubled by a persistent obsession. The definition of good and evil has become a knot in his heart, and he is worried. So he came to sit in meditation in front of the Buddha.
"You know him?" Liu Qingwan noticed Ye Xingchen's strange gaze and asked in surprise.
“I know him, we’re acquaintances. You go outside and wander around for a bit, I’ll be right back.” Ye Xingchen smiled.
Liu Qingwan nodded, knelt before the Buddha to pray for blessings, and then quietly walked out.
There were only Ye Xingchen and Ruxin inside the main hall.
Ruxin bowed three times to the Buddha statue, then slowly turned around. Her somewhat scattered gaze refocused, and in a flash, she transformed from a seemingly preoccupied little monk into that demonic monk.
"Benefactor Ye, it's a pleasure to meet you." Ruxin bowed slightly to Ye Xingchen.
"I feel like you're a leech, I can't shake you off," Ye Xingchen said helplessly.
"This shows we're destined to meet." Ru Xin smiled faintly. "Does this mean you don't want to see me, Benefactor Ye?"
“We agreed to meet at Dangming Lake.” Ye Xingchen sighed and said, “To be honest, I didn’t want to see you before that.”
“But we’ve already met, and since we’ve met, it means we’re destined to be together,” Ruxin said.
"Perhaps there's some unresolved karmic entanglement between us." Ye Xingchen didn't believe in any nonsense about fate, and he didn't want to have any further involvement with this monk.
"Ha, it seems Benefactor Ye still harbors prejudice against me." Ruxin chuckled. "Benefactor Ye, you appear here because you have unresolved doubts, which is why you seek help from Buddha?"
"I came with someone else; I'm not a Buddhist." Ye Xingchen shook his head. "But you, when I came in just now, I saw that your eyes were unfocused and your brows were furrowed. You seemed to be preoccupied with something. You must have something on your mind that you're hesitant about, which is why you've come to ask Buddha for guidance, right?"
“Not disturbing others’ peace is also an act of compassion. If Benefactor Ye can see it for himself, why did he have to say it out loud?” Ruxin sighed and said.
"I'm telling you this so you won't keep running away. What I said yesterday must have had a big impact on you, right?" Ye Xingchen asked.
“It is indeed very big, so I’ve been having some reservations.” Ruxin nodded slowly. “But that doesn’t mean anything. Our agreement for a few days from now still needs to be kept.”
"Let's proceed as planned." Ye Xingchen nodded. "Have you finished worshipping Buddha? Is there nothing else?"
“No, that’s not true. Jingye Temple is known for its charitable deeds. Since I’ve come here to pour out my troubles to the Buddha, I should do some good deeds and help others.” Ruxin shook her head and then walked out.
Ye Xingchen also went out and saw a table in the courtyard. An old monk was taking the pulse of a guest. He was providing free medical treatment. There were many worshippers standing around.
The old monk was very old. He had a kind face and his eyes were slightly lowered, as if he could fall asleep at any moment.
He took the pulse of a young man, and after a moment looked up at him, asking tremblingly, "How old are you this year, young man?"
"Master, I'm twenty-two this year." The young man had a sallow complexion, dark circles under his eyes, and looked listless.
The old monk sighed, then slowly shook his head, his eyebrows drooping slightly, looking worried and distressed.
"Master... Master, do I have some kind of terminal illness?" The young man was terrified, and his voice even trembled with a hint of tears.
Yes, I'm not afraid of Western medicine prescriptions, I'm afraid of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners shaking their heads.
Looking at this old monk, anyone who didn't know better would really think he had some kind of terminal illness.
"Not exactly. You stay up all night every day and indulge in excessive sexual activity, which damages your five vital energies. Although medicine can cure your illness temporarily, if you don't quit smoking and drinking and continue to stay up until the early hours of the morning, in the long run, even a god can't save you."
Ru Xin stepped forward and placed her hand on the young man's pulse: "Your pulse is extremely weak and irregular, which means you have symptoms of arrhythmia. I have a remedy that can cure your illness, but if you don't change your habits, don't come back next time."
"I'll change, I definitely will." The young man nodded hurriedly. He was really terrified. He vowed that he would adjust his sleep schedule properly after he got back. He was still so young, and he didn't want to die so soon.
Ruxin wrote down the prescription, and the old monk picked it up, glanced at it, and then praised, "Excellent, excellent. It is a well-balanced and gentle remedy, strong yet stable. This prescription is a rare and excellent one."
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