Upon hearing this, Hui Shuo felt a headache coming on, frowned, and stopped talking.
The group returned to the inn. Fang Xia left her phone number, telling Wang Yao to contact her directly if anything happened. The landlady went to check if her son and husband had done anything wrong while they were minding the shop. Wang Yao and Hui Shuo returned to their room.
"I really can't remember. I just chatted with the old monk for a few minutes and had a cup of tea..." Hui Shuo said to Wang Yao with a mournful face in the room.
"Think again, what's the name of the old monk's temple?" Wang Yao asked. "I think you definitely had a miraculous encounter in Yunling. First, your wooden fish is no ordinary object. I have several magical treasures, but none of them are as magical as your wooden fish..."
"Really? How come I didn't know?" Hui Shuo blinked, utterly surprised.
"That's what I don't understand. Do you know what I was doing when you came back from Yunling to see me?" Wang Yao recounted in detail how Hui Shuo had unconsciously struck the wooden fish repeatedly. "After returning from Yunling, you seriously struck the wooden fish three times..."
“Apart from the first time, when you said the old monk told you to strike it, the second and third times you struck the wooden fish involuntarily, without your own awareness. What exactly triggered you to strike the wooden fish? I have some guesses in my mind.”
“But I just don’t understand why that old monk would use these methods on you? Think about it again, isn’t your situation in the Immortal Realm very similar to this Molopo?” Wang Yao asked again.
After listening to Wang Yao's barrage of questions, Hui Shuo was already feeling incredibly overwhelmed. He shook his head repeatedly, making a bitter face: "Ugh, this is so troublesome. How am I supposed to know so much?"
“Don’t worry, let me handle the thinking. Just think carefully about what happened in Yunling. Recall as much detail as possible, starting from when we took the photo,” Wang Yao said. “Then we’ll go somewhere, and after we’re there, we’ll find a restaurant to eat at.”
"Oh..." Hui Shuo's expression finally softened a bit when he heard about food. He frowned as he thought for a moment, then slowly said, "Back then, we took pictures in Yunling. You went to talk to Hua... Brother, and I was standing to the side. Everyone else had left, and then... then I heard someone calling me..."
"Did they call you?" Wang Yao couldn't help but ask.
"Yes, it was... Hui Shuo, Hui Shuo... The voice wasn't loud, but it kept ringing in my ears. I looked around to see who was calling me, and then I saw an old monk waving at me from not far away. The old monk was very kind, so I went over..."
"Where is that place not far away? Is it towards Yunji Temple or towards the cable car station?" Wang Yao asked.
“Yunji…no…” Hui Shuo frowned as he recalled, “It’s not Yunji Temple, nor is it near the cable car, it’s…it’s further ahead…”
"Forward?" Wang Yao frowned as well. The Gathering of Immortals was a mountaintop platform; they had come down from the right-hand cable car station and then climbed a flight of steps to reach it. Yunji Temple was to the left. Forward? Wang Yao remembered there were only some tourist souvenir shops...
Wang Yao didn't explore that area, so he wasn't sure what was behind the shop, but he knew for sure that there wouldn't be a road behind it, let alone a temple.
"I went to the old monk, and he invited me to the temple for tea. I said I was waiting for my friend and couldn't go to the temple with him. The old monk said, 'You're waiting for your parents, aren't you? That's alright, it won't take long. After you have some tea, I'll take you to see your parents. Parents, the old monk knows you...'"
Hui Shuo recalled the scene at that time and smiled at Wang Yao.
Wang Yao couldn't laugh at all. The person who took the photo was Lü Xian, who had an office. Even if Lü Xian left after the photo was taken, how many words did he and Hua Tuo exchange? Lü Xian was definitely playing with Wei Cai in Yunling and wouldn't use any teleportation magic. Even if he left, he wouldn't go far.
This old monk was essentially pulling tricks right under Lü Xian's nose, yet Lü Xian was completely unaware. Could it be that the old monk who sent Hui Shuo for tea was of a higher rank than Lü Xian?
"Then I walked forward with the old monk and entered his temple..."
"Did you notice what the old monk's temple was called?" Wang Yao asked quickly. If Hui Shuo remembered the name of the old monk's temple, he could check it through the horse stock. As long as there was a temple with the same name in Yunling, he might have to take Hui Shuo back to meet the old monk again.
"I didn't see it. It's just a small door. Going in leads to the Ksitigarbha Hall. By the way, this temple is strange. The main hall isn't the Mahavira Hall, but the Ksitigarbha Hall. The old monk and I had tea in the monks' quarters next to the Ksitigarbha Hall. I remember the old monk sighed first and said, 'It's bitter...'"
"Then they asked me if I felt bitter. I said it was alright. Although it was quite unexpected for Benefactor Yu to leave, Lingguang Temple received quite a lot of donations."
"The old monk smiled and then said that I am a person with a Buddhist affinity. Father and Mother, he said I have a Buddhist affinity, and he said you have wisdom. Which one is better?" Hui Shuo suddenly asked.
“Of course it’s your affinity with Buddhism,” Wang Yao replied. Hui Shuo smiled with satisfaction and then began to reminisce.
“He said my affinity with Buddhism rests on my parents, and that I should follow him closely. Then he started chanting sutras, specifically the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra. He told me to memorize it well, as I would need it later. I said I had memorized it; I had learned it at Lianye Temple before. Then I chanted with him…”
"Then, after the sutra was finished, the old monk sent me back," Hui Shuo said.
"That's it?" Wang Yao was somewhat taken aback.
“Yes.” Hui Shuo looked at Wang Yao blankly.
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