Liao Kong spoke first, "Senior brother, you've arrived..."
Liao Wu looked at him tenderly, "Junior brother, are you alright?"
"It's alright, I might die soon, but I don't know if I'll ever see you again, Senior Brother..."
"Everyone dies eventually, there's no need to worry. I've already calculated that my time has come. Junior brother, you should go first..."
Senior brother... will be here soon..."
"Alright, then I'll take my leave first... Senior brother... I'll wait for you..."
"good……"
Listening to their rambling conversation, it seemed as if neither of them cared about Liao Kong's passing at all.
But all the Lu family members present seemed to sense a sorrowful feeling in their voices. Everyone understood that the person Liao Kong was referring to as someone they couldn't be with was none other than Master Liao Wu before them...
Because the look in his eyes when he looked at Liao Wu was undisguised and direct...
"Senior brother, look at this lotus pond, doesn't it look like the one in our temple..."
Liao Wu sighed wistfully, "Yes, it's been a long time since I've been back..."
"Why didn't you go back..."
Liao Wu smiled faintly, "My mind is filled with distracting thoughts, so I naturally cannot defile the purity before the Buddha. I don't know if I will ever have the chance to return in this lifetime..."
Liao Kong was somewhat dazed upon hearing this, "Senior Brother is naturally pure of mind, yet he can also have distracting thoughts..."
Liao Wu smiled but didn't answer, only continuing to look at Liao Kong with his tolerant gaze...
Liao Kong seemed to have suddenly exhausted all his breath. "Senior brother, I think... I can't hold on much longer... This jade ring you gave me... I've always kept it safe, but now... it should be returned to its rightful owner..."
As Liao Kong spoke, he pulled a jade ring from his robes...
The jade ring gleamed with a warm, lustrous sheen in the sunlight, as if it still retained the warmth of its hollow core…
Liao Wu hesitated for a moment, but didn't take it. "If I give it to you, then it's yours. You should keep it safe..."
Upon hearing this, Liao Kong's lips curled into a sorrowful smile, as if he were using all his remaining strength to clutch the jade ring tightly.
"That's fine. It's been with me for so many years. I wouldn't be able to get used to it being gone all of a sudden. Let it accompany me on my final journey..."
Having said those words, Liao Kong finally exhausted all his strength and collapsed beside the lotus pond he loved most in his life...
He ignored the gasps of his family around him, his gaze fixed intently on Wu, as if trying to imprint this person in his heart, to remember him for the next life...
Throughout, Liao Wu simply watched Kong with a smile. Only after Kong closed his eyes did he finally step forward and close his own eyes...
I originally thought that Wu had taken life and death lightly, so I didn't take Liao Kong's death to heart.
But as he closed his eyes in vain, the Lu family was astonished to find that this extraordinary monk was crying…
Although it was just a single tear rolling down her cheek, many people did see it...
It turns out, Liao Kong's longing wasn't empty...
Sadly, the person who should have known this most is no longer here...
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