Chapter 55: Attracting Demons

055 Attracting the Monster

Xiang Jiannan waited in Baofo Temple until the hour of Hai. His movements throughout the whole day were limited to the vicinity of the wing rooms. He expressed his desire to go out for a walk many times, but was rejected by his master on the grounds that it was inconvenient. The old Taoist seemed to enjoy life in the temple. He would sleep after eating and would not allow his disciple to leave without permission. After several vegetarian meals, they finally made it until late at night.

"You don't seem to have had a good rest, fellow Daoist?"

When he saw Gao Yu'an again, he felt that he was a little listless. Zen Master Liaokong asked with concern, saying that he had not appeared since sending the two Taoists here. There were still many things that needed his arrangement in this Lotus Sutra Assembly. His senior brother acted as a hands-off boss. After meeting his fellow disciples, he just said that he would take care of everything.

This idea was obviously thought of by the two of them together.

"It's inevitable that this will happen if you get up too early."

He has been yawning from time to time since he was woken up, Gao Yuan complained, and they didn't know whether it was true or not. Master Kong and others didn't know how to respond. This old Taoist just didn't want to get rid of the monster. He hesitated for a long time before getting out of bed.

Compared with the disciples who came with him, he has a completely different mental outlook.

The young Taoist priest has been radiant since he entered the temple. He has been there for a whole day and still doesn't look tired. Judging from his eyes, he seems very excited.

"There is no time to lose, let's set off immediately!"

Ignoring Gao Yuan's words, Zen Master Liaokong announced to the monks that the time had come and they could not wait any longer to expel the water monster. He immediately ordered his seated disciples to lead the way, and the several people tacitly sandwiched Gao Yuan in the middle.

Keep moving forward together, but don't ever think about running away.

So many people!

Following his master to the outside of Baofo Temple, Xiang Jiannan looked at the densely packed torches and secretly clicked his tongue. Although he had already prepared himself mentally, when he really saw the number of monks, he was still shocked by the large number of them.

The whole street was now full of bald people, and they looked particularly imposing in the late evening. This scene reminded me of a movie I had seen before, in which there was a faction whose members were mostly bald, but compared with the monks, they were more violent.

"Amitabha, are you all ready?"

As if he was inspecting the army, Master Liaokong walked between two rows of torches and asked the monks who were waiting for him. He didn't use much strength, but his voice was heard far away. As many monks chanted Amitabha together, Xiang Jiannan saw a few bright lights that seemed to float to the three Taoist temples.

As soon as I came out, I couldn't help but look there. Under the cover of night, only the outlines of the three Taoist temples could be seen from afar.

There doesn't need to be so many people, it's like a gang fight.

The light was fleeting, and it was unknown whether anyone else noticed it. After returning to darkness, Xiang Jiannan once again turned his gaze to Master Kong. The grandness of the Lotus Sutra Conference seemed more like a display of power. He did not have this feeling when he entered the city during the day, but now, he was suddenly very sure.

It's easy to get into trouble if you're traveling around the county with such a large group of people in the middle of the night.

"Okay, everyone go away."

While Xiang Jiannan was still wondering whether so many monks gathering together would disturb others, he heard Master Kong say another sentence. As he nodded in agreement, monks with torches began to enter Baofo Temple one after another. In the end, only about thirty monks were left, and each of them had a cloth bag on his shoulder.

It was bulging and seemed to be filled with something.

What do you mean, they just stood out for us to have a look? When all the monks disappeared from his sight, Xiang Jiannan finally figured out what was going on. This Zen Master Lekong really loved to show off and make such a big fuss. It turned out that he was just showing off his muscles just as he thought. Just when he thought that the masters were not immune to worldly things, he heard a burst of chanting coming from the Baofo Temple.

The sound was as resounding as a bell, and when it happened suddenly, it made me shiver in my heart.

Cheerleaders? Were they sending blessings to Master Kong and the others in the temple? Xiang Jiannan only felt the noise in his ears, and was annoyed by the chanting mixed with various tones. Fortunately, Master Kong did not stay for long. He only paused for a few breaths, and then ordered the thirty or so monks to lead the way. More than forty people then started to set off slowly.

The first stop is the East China Sea tributary outside the county town.

"Master Nengren, please."

As they marched forward in a mighty procession under the watchful eyes of the soldiers defending the city, Xiang Jiannan actually kept looking back along the way. He saw something strange in the direction of Baofo Temple. In the dark night, there seemed to be one or two red clouds, which were clinging to the darkness. Every time he looked back, he could not necessarily see it in time. He thought it should be related to the sound of chanting. As soon as he stopped, he saw Master Kong as if he was about to take action.

There are so many water bodies around the county town. If we continue in this way, we may not be able to finish checking them all before daybreak.

"Let's ask the old Taoist priest to take action first."

After pretending to refuse the offer with Master Liaokong for a while, Master Nengren suddenly turned to Gao Yuan and spoke in a sincere tone, as if he was giving him a great benefit: "This matter will bring you immeasurable merits. Please do not refuse it, old Taoist priest."

How can it be considered as immeasurable merit?

Although he didn't understand what this move was for, after all the monks turned their eyes to them, Xiang Jiannan quickly understood their thoughts.

The merits and virtues are fake, but the purpose of testing the strength is real. This group of monks acted very well. Zen Master Liaokong must have seen the master's true strength a long time ago. He let the master take action first, probably because he wanted to open the eyes of other monks.

"In that case, I will start with this."

He did not refuse verbally as Xiang Jiannan had expected. This time he was very straightforward. He picked up a palm-sized stone from the ground and threw it into the water with force while Gao Yuan was speaking. The stone made a gurgling sound when it entered the water, and the ripples dissipated, and then silence returned to normal again.

"It's over, whose turn is next?"

After demonstrating the graceful action of throwing stones with one hand, Gao Yuan immediately looked back at the monks and said, "This water comes from the East China Sea. You must be careful when attracting monsters. It won't work if the force is too light or too heavy. You must use about the same force as the old Taoist priest."

To lure the demon? With a stone?

It was not until the master said the word "lure the monsters" that Xiang Jiannan understood what the monks meant by taking action. Water monsters live deep in the water and are scattered, just like fish. If you want to lure them out, you have to scatter some fish food first. This method is a common method among cultivators, but it is a little bit unpresentable when it comes to Monk Kong.

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I thought they would use their amazing skills to explore the waters, but now it seems a bit disappointing.

The master was also very smart. He threw a broken stone down and silently broke the tricks of Master Kong and others. Was there any significance in this first move?

"Let me do it, this poor monk."

Seeing that Gao Yu was just looking at them with a clear conscience, Zen Master Liaokong stood up and spoke to everyone. Then, more than a dozen monks with cloth bags came out and threw the contents into the middle of the water one by one.

It looked like some uncooked meat, cut into pieces. After throwing it away, a few monks took out a few bamboo tubes, unscrewed them and poured the liquid inside into the water. When the wind blew, the shore was full of the smell of wine.

Food temptation.

The smell of alcohol wafted into Xiang Jiannan's nose, and he saw that the water surface soon calmed down again. A dozen monks threw the cloth bag intermittently for a while, and when they turned back, the cloth bag was empty. It can be said that Zen Master Lekong was quite thoughtful, but it seemed that the success rate was not high.

The most important thing to lure monsters is to hide your body. With so many people watching by the water, the monsters may not dare to come out even if they are greedy. Given their status, they can just wait for the food to sink to the bottom before slowly enjoying it.

Gurgle, gurgle, just when Xiang Jiannan felt that he needed to find another way, the water surface that had just returned to silence began to splash again. This time the area was wider. After a noise, bubbles suddenly appeared on all the water surfaces in the field of vision, and the water kept gurgling and rolling. When Xiang Jiannan was on guard, several black shadows jumped out from the water.

It looks weird, skinny and without any cover.

"Who threw this stone?"

The water monster who was the first to jump onto the shore approached quietly with a stone in his hand. He looked at the people on the shore with anger, but his demeanor was surprisingly not panicky.

"It's me, Taoist priest. What, did I hurt you?"

After the water monster asked the question, everyone automatically turned their eyes to Gao Yuan. Xiang Jiannan saw that the master seemed confident and actually took the lead, throwing the stone right at the target. I said that the stone in the water monster's hand looked so familiar. At this time, don't be humorous.

"Bah, you old Taoist priest with no vision."

Hearing Gao Yuan's confession, the water demon holding the stone became even angrier and took a few steps forward, licking his lips continuously:

"I thought I had grabbed a big piece, but after taking a bite, I broke two of my front teeth!"

After saying that, he raised his hand and threw the stone at Gao Yuan, then rushed towards him with a scream, his body constantly jumping on the ground, moving like a ghost.

(End of this chapter)