Even Xiao Teng, who was resting on a stone bench, was drawn to this place.
When Li Lanru's father, Li Taifu, saw that it was his daughter arguing with the third young lady of the General's Mansion, he was so frightened that he immediately rushed over and pulled Li Lanru away.
While scolding her ignorant daughter, she explained to those around her that it was just a quarrel between young women.
This little incident was quickly forgotten by everyone, as they embarked on their long climb and had no energy left to think about such trivial matters.
After a long and arduous journey of two hours, the group finally reached the summit of Chunhua Mountain. Looking at the majestic Jiulong Temple before them, they couldn't help but relax.
Meanwhile, the abbot of Kowloon Temple was already waiting at the temple gate for the arrival of the distinguished guest.
"Please come in, esteemed benefactors," the abbot said after bowing to the crowd.
"Master Lingtong." Everyone followed Xiao Teng in returning the greeting.
Then, led by the abbot, we entered the Nine Dragons Temple.
"It is getting late today, so please rest early, and we will meditate and chant sutras with the monks early tomorrow morning." Although this has been a tradition for many years, the abbot still explained it.
The monk led the male and female benefactors to separate rooms in different directions.
The rooms had been prepared in advance; all they had to do was go to their assigned rooms to rest. Nan Wusi and Ouyang Xinxi's rooms were relatively close, so they traveled together.
"I will deliver today's vegetarian meal to your rooms shortly. Please rest for a while," the monk said politely.
"Thank you, young master," Nan Wusi said, then entered his room.
Although the room was not large, it was very clean and tidy, and everything looked new. It seemed that Kowloon Temple had put in a lot of effort to welcome them.
The next morning, the same young monk from the previous day came again to remind the women to participate in meditation and chanting.
Nan Wusi quickly tidied himself up and then waited for Ouyang Xinxi to go to the hall together.
When they arrived, many people were already seated. Nan Wusi nodded to her second brother as a greeting, while Xiao Yi was already seated. However, since Xiao Yi could not see, she did not greet him.
In temples, men and women do everything separately, even though they are in the same space, they are always separated by a distance.
After they waited a while longer, Xiao Teng and Xiao Mu finally appeared together.
Following closely behind were his aunt and Nan Wushi, who looked miserable. He must have been unable to get out of bed and had to be dragged out by his aunt.
Following behind the Emperor must be quite stressful, Nan Wusi chuckled somewhat unkindly.
Nan Wushi naturally saw Nan Wusi as well, and gave her a look of utter misery. However, Nan Wusi returned the look with a gloating expression, which made Nan Wushi's expression even worse.
Nan Wusi naturally knew that this would be torture for the little fat boy. The little fat boy was naturally active and couldn't sit still. Moreover, he would feel anxious if he didn't eat meat for a meal. Eating vegetarian meals for a week in the Nine Dragons Temple would be an unparalleled torture for him.
Although Namo Si didn't feel anything about eating vegetarian food, the meditation and chanting were still a bit too much for her. She was drowsy several times and almost made a fool of herself.
Fortunately, I only need to be with the monks in the morning, and I can do my own thing in the afternoon, so I can manage to keep it up.
On the afternoon of the first day, Kowloon Temple also opened a fortune-telling and face-reading activity, where everyone could go to the temple's senior monks to have their fortunes told and their faces read.
Nan Wusi was also quite interested, so he dragged Ouyang Xinxi to draw lots.
After they drew a good fortune stick, they took it to a master to interpret it, and to their surprise, it was the abbot who interpreted it.
"Master Lingtong." Nan Wusi and Ouyang Xinxi bowed.
"Do the two ladies wish to have their fortunes interpreted?" the abbot inquired.
"Yes, please enlighten me, Venerable Lingtong," Namo Si replied.
First, Ouyang Xinxi handed over her fortune slip. After reading it, the abbot asked, "May I ask what this female benefactor is asking for?"
"Marriage," Ouyang Xinxi replied softly.
"When you think you've reached the end of the road, a new path opens up. This benefactor's marriage has overcome its difficulties, and a new lease on life lies ahead. As long as you bravely pursue it, you will find a wonderful match." After saying this, Master Lingtong fell silent.
Although Ouyang Xinxi was completely confused about what it meant to overcome a tribulation, she understood the second half of the sentence: as long as one bravely pursues their own happiness, they can obtain the marriage they desire.
"Thank you, Master Lingtong." Ouyang Xinxi said happily, as this sounded like a very auspicious sign.
Although Ouyang Xinxi didn't understand, Nan Wusi was shocked. She didn't expect that Master Lingtong could see that Ouyang Xinxi's marriage had changed and that she had survived the calamity.
Then Nan Wusi handed over the fortune slip in his hand.
"May I ask what this female benefactor is seeking?" the abbot asked again.
"Career." Nan Wusi wasn't interested in her marriage; she only wanted to focus on developing her career.
“The female benefactor is the one destined for us.” The abbot gave Nan Wusi a meaningful look, and then fell silent.
Upon hearing this, Nan Wusi couldn't understand. What did he mean by "destined person"? What was he destined for?
However, she didn't insist and thanked him politely.
"Sisi, your so-called destined person sounds pretty impressive," Ouyang Xinxi said on the way back.
"What's so amazing about it? I don't even know what it means," Nan Wusi said helplessly.
“It feels like Sisi is destined for great things,” Ouyang Xinxi said earnestly to Nan Wusi.
"Haha, Xinxi, you think too highly of me." Nan Wusi shook his head and chuckled.
"Hehe, anyway, it sounds so amazing, it must be the best possible outcome." Ouyang Xinxi said enthusiastically, linking arms with Nan Wusi, seemingly unconcerned.
"That seems to be the case." Nan Wusi didn't take it to heart.
After they left, Xiao Yi also went to draw a fortune stick, also asking about his career. The abbot said, "If you can get help from a benefactor, your chances of success will increase."
"Master, where is your esteemed friend?" Xiao Yi pressed.
"Your benefactor is always by your side." The abbot only answered this one sentence, and no matter how much Xiao Yi pressed for an answer, he would not reply.
Many others also went to draw lots. Xiao Mu, Ouyang Jiangli, Li Lanru, and others went to ask about the things they cared about. However, when they arrived, it was not the abbot who was interpreting the lots, but another master.
However, none of this had anything to do with Nan Wusi and the others. Right now, they were being dragged by Nan Wushi to hunt wild game in the mountains. Unexpectedly, even their second brother was there, which really surprised Nan Wusi.
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