Chapter 111 Xiawei Temple - Isn't this a bit too crazy?!
The monk who made butter sculptures also explained in detail to Yu Naixin how the "pilgrim's fulfillment of vows" process should be completed within Xiawei Temple.
In other words, worshippers need to walk to the jade platform in the lotus pond, stand directly in front of the offering table, close their eyes, put their hands together, and sincerely thank the statue of the deity in their hearts.
At that time, Yu Naixin asked directly, "Did you, Master, design this process for fulfilling a vow?"
The process was far too simple. In other parts of the show, a lot of uncommon words and concepts would be used. But when it came to "pilgrims making offerings," there was no reason for the style to suddenly change. It even exuded a strong sense of friendliness and didn't seem to be trying to make things difficult for anyone.
It sounds exactly like something a butter monk would do.
The butter-flower monk smiled helplessly: "...Nothing can be hidden from Benefactor Yu."
Due to the restrictions imposed on the guest contestants by the "Heartbeat 1000%" program team, the butter monk was unable to tell Yu Naixin more details and could only mention a few more words in a vague manner.
However, given Yu Naixin's reading comprehension skills, she was able to understand everything without much difficulty.
Almost before the first episode of "Xiawei Temple" aired, the production team conveyed all the basic information to the butter flower monk and asked him, the actual head of Xiawei Temple, to draft a rule regarding the upcoming guests' "vow fulfillment".
The production team also granted the Butter Flower Monk the authority to impose personal punishments on guests who failed to properly comply with this rule, as long as it did not directly meet his hunting conditions.
If this privilege were given to a regular guest on the show, even if they didn't try to facilitate the hunting conditions, they would probably try to squeeze something out of the guests. But in the hands of the Butterfly Monk, he would naturally do whatever it takes to make things convenient for the guests.
At this moment, Yu Naixin stood at the spot designated by the butter flower monk, raised her hands in front of her chest, palms facing each other, and then closed her eyes.
Yu Naixin already had some guesses about this so-called "pilgrim fulfilling their vows".
We're just waiting to try it out.
Has the female guest fulfilled her vow as instructed by the monk who made butter flowers? But we haven't found any relevant clues at all. What vow is she fulfilling?
The monk made the butter sculpture sound so casual; it felt like he was just going through the motions to complete the ending conditions of this dungeon session. After all, not everything written in the basic information of the dungeon session is necessarily a key point.
[I zoomed in on the live stream immediately! The little witch's eyelashes are so long and thick! I finally understand why some people describe eyelashes as butterfly wings!]
[It seems the female guest is planning something big!]
The female guest also kept the headless stone ghost nearby to avoid it potentially disturbing her; she was indeed quite rational and calm.
【Huh? Isn't it because the headless stone golem is too big to stand on this platform?】
[Did you guys notice that when the Butter Flower Monk was presiding over the ceremony at the Lotus Pond, he was always in high spirits? I can't quite describe it, but I usually see him in this state when he's a guest in a dungeon and he's on his home turf. The Lotus Pond is very likely the Butter Flower Monk's home turf, as it's difficult for the Headless Stone Ghost to enter.]
The butter sculpture monk didn't even require the guests on the show to be "devout" when making their vows. Yu Naixin only needed to concentrate her attention slightly to feel that she seemed to have established a connection with the unknown Buddha statue in front of her.
It feels somewhat like the connection between her consciousness and her special magical artifacts, such as the priest's folding fan and the paper dog, but it's far less close. To give an analogy, it's like a smooth, top-quality eight-lane highway versus a winding, narrow path full of gravel and weeds in a deep mountain forest.
This path is a one-time use; once the vow is fulfilled, it will be completely buried by the surrounding vegetation.
"Thank you..." Yu Naixin thought to herself, "for fulfilling my wish three years ago that my hair could now have a rainbow gradient color."
In an instant, the statues of gods and Buddhas beneath the gray mist emitted a faint light, which fell precisely on Yu Naixin's head, completely enveloping her waist-length hair.
Then, the viewers in the live broadcast room could see that Yu Naixin's originally jet-black and smooth hair turned bright red from the roots, then orange, golden yellow, green, cyan, blue, and finally purple at the ends.
【？？？？！！】
【Huh? Huh? ??? No, what is this?!】
Isn't this a bit too crazy?!
[?! I've seen many of you longtime viewers call the female guest "Little Witch" and "Big Demon King," does that mean both "demon" and "devil" refer to something demonic?!]
[Seven, a Seven-Colored Magical Girl?!]
What the hell am I watching on this live stream?! Is this some kind of Mary Sue heroine who wandered onto some film set by mistake?!
[You? Me? Her?! What did the female guest do?! What is she up to?!]
Amidst the storm of question marks and exclamation marks flooding the screen, some viewers with a knack for deduction suddenly realized the true nature of the "pilgrims making offerings" segment.
No wonder there were no clues about "fulfilling vows" inside or outside the temple! This was actually a hidden perk left by the "Heartbeat 1000%" program team for the show's guests! The "wish" itself could be decided by the guests themselves; after all, the basic information clearly stated "the wish will be fulfilled in three years," meaning the guests could set their wish as a benefit for themselves, and receive it directly after "fulfilling the vow"!
[What kind of enhancement effect is this seven-colored gradient long hair?!]
[...To blind the guests in the dungeon, to harm them, or to buy time for myself to escape? I can't keep making this up, I'm laughing so hard just typing these words! Hahahaha!]
[You know what, you really have to believe it, the headless stone ghost behind the female guest seemed genuinely stunned by this scene!]
[Holy crap, even though the headless stone golem can't even express emotions, how come it can still convey every feeling so perfectly through its body language! Look at how far its neck is stretching towards the female guest!]
[Let's analyze this carefully. The benefits gained from "fulfilling a wish" definitely have many limitations, perhaps in terms of effectiveness or duration. The female guest probably didn't necessarily want to wish for her hair to be dyed; this was probably the extent of her wish.]
The opinions of those viewers in the live stream were basically correct.
When Yu Naixin closed her eyes and put her hands together, the first wish she wanted to make was actually "to restore Mr. Stone's head to its original state."
However, she immediately realized that this wish could only be applied to herself and could not be imposed on others, and that the total amount of spiritual power contained in this wish was limited.
The production team of "Heartbeat 1000%" probably wanted to give the guests an extra trump card. The more effective Yu Naixin's wish was, the shorter the duration of that wish.
Following the typical logic of the show's guests, Yu Naixin could wish for the ability to defeat the butter flower monk and the headless stone ghost. However, in reality, she could only possess a temporary spell to restrain the two male guests, which would probably only last for a few seconds at most.
In the episode "Xiawei Temple", Yu Naixin didn't need to confront the two other guests, especially since it was in a simulator. Yu Naixin's main purpose was to experiment and prove the deeper mechanism of "pilgrims making vows", so she just made a wish at random.
During the brief period when her wish took effect, Yu Naixin figured out the information she wanted by using the spiritual energy flow between herself and the statue of the deity through the faint connection between them.
If we were to measure it numerically, this wish could utilize a spiritual power coefficient of approximately 150, which is just slightly higher than that of both male guests.
Yu Naixin also learned that her wish to have rainbow gradient hair has almost no time limit. Whether she can maintain it after "Xiawei Temple" is currently unknown, but it should definitely last until the end of this episode.
[Oh no, after looking at it for so long, I'm starting to think the little witch's hair color actually looks pretty good too!]
[She's definitely not bad-looking. With a face like that, no matter how bizarre the hairstyle, it's impossible for her to look bad. The female guest hasn't even changed her hairstyle, just her hair color. In fact, this hair color actually gives her a dreamy beauty.]
The female guest looks like she's stepped out of a two-dimensional world and become a paper doll; it doesn't feel out of place at all...
[The butter monk is coming this way! Let's see how the other male guest reacts to the female guest's new look!]
The butter sculpture monk brought it over on a wooden tray.
Yu Naixin recognized the dark wooden tray; it was the one that came with the vegetarian meal that the butter flower monk had asked an NPC monk from Xiawei Temple to deliver to her during the last simulation.
It was already past six o'clock in the afternoon, approaching dusk. The butter monk remembered that he had brewed a cup of Bodhi leaf tea for Yu Naixin around this time yesterday. A whole day had passed, and the energy in that cup of tea had long been absorbed and used up by Yu Naixin. So the butter monk brewed a new cup of tea and brought it to Yu Naixin.
The butter-flower monk originally intended to prepare a vegetarian meal, as he felt that Yu Naixin, a living human being, should eat properly and on time. However, Yu Naixin didn't seem interested in vegetarian meals; the Bodhi leaf tea, which she had drunk and praised, would be more suitable.
He hadn't forgotten a single word Yu Naixin had said.
After all, this female benefactor was the first "person" he had encountered in the countless long years he had spent in Xiawei Temple, and such a unique and radiant girl at that.
Every time Yu Naixin looked at him with her beautiful peach blossom eyes and smiled at him, the butter monk could feel the pure and sincere warmth emanating from her.
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