At this moment, Hui Shuo interjected.
"Some of what your master Dacheng said can be believed, but some is just to fool you. He even said that a butcher looks at a person's neck and is hesitating where to cut. That's utter nonsense!" Wang Yao got angry as soon as he heard this. This master Dacheng has become Hui Shuo's life mentor, and he has produced such an oddball.
“No, no, no, that makes sense. Hui Shuo… oh… no, your Master Da Cheng is right. I’ll have to visit him sometime.” Hua Tuo shook his head repeatedly.
"Let's go, this place is too expensive, it's not a place for us."
Wang Yao also shook his head and told everyone to clear the way. They hadn't seen anything after coming in, and not only had they paid for the tickets, but they had also almost been swindled out of a lot of money. This was simply a robbery, not a temple at all.
With Lianye Temple as a foundation, Hui Shuo was no longer in a hurry to spend money at Yunji Temple. He deeply agreed with Wang Yao's words. Hua Tuo felt the same way even more. He was an old immortal, and he almost invited an Arhat home from Yunji Temple. It was embarrassing enough to tell anyone.
The three hurriedly followed the directions of the monks from Yunji Temple and walked out from the other side. Although Yunji Temple was a bit unsightly, it hadn't reached the point of being vicious. The monks from the Arhat Hall, seeing that the three hadn't invited anything, didn't come up to block their way or yell at them.
Wang Yao guessed that it was because Yunji Temple received so many people every day that the Buddha was too lazy to bother with the few who slipped through the net. As long as one person brought home an Arhat statue a day, that would be enough for them to eat. In short, they had plenty of money.
Although no monks came to chase after them or try to stop them, Wang Yao and Hua Tuo felt a little ashamed because they hadn't spent any money at Yunji Temple. They also felt that the monks were looking down on them.
Although Hui Shuo burned incense for the Bodhisattva, influenced by Wang and Hua, he fled Yunji Temple in a hurry, like a stray dog.
After leaving the temple, seeing the long line of people entering, the three of them realized that they had paid for tickets but hadn't seen anything inside. They immediately felt cheated and regretted it deeply.
Just then, someone was heard introducing Yunji Temple from the side.
"Once you enter the temple, you must offer incense, regardless of whether you want to or not. Three sticks of thin incense are free. After offering incense, you can enter the hall for a visit. The first main hall is the Mahavira Hall. Please listen carefully, everyone. The tour guide cannot accompany you inside, so I can only tell you the key points here..."
“If you don’t offer incense, the monks inside will lead you around the main hall, and then you won’t be able to see anything. Remember, the key to the first main hall is a wooden Amitabha Buddha statue in the east corner, covered by a glass case. That statue is 1,200 years old…”
"...In the Guanyin Hall, the pure vase in Guanyin Bodhisattva's hand drips a drop of nectar every ten years. Now another ten years are almost up. If you look closely, you will see water stains appearing at the mouth of the vase..."
Wang Yao and the other two were dumbfounded. They had no idea there were so many intricacies involved. Why hadn't anyone told them this beforehand?
"...Finally, everyone, please note that once you go inside, the monks will ask you to draw lots. Just treat it as a game, and absolutely do not believe what the fortune tellers say. Don't spend thousands or tens of thousands of yuan to bring home things. If you regret it later, no one will be there to help you resolve the issue..."
"...Yunji Temple was affected by too many tourists, which disrupted the monks' practice, so all the original monks were moved away. The people here are the ones who later contracted Yunji Temple to run the business. They are real monks, but their purpose is to engage in commercial activities. Do you understand?"
"They have to pay fees to the scenic area every year, so they also have sales targets and are operating legally. When we come here, we have to abide by their rules. If you don't invite them, they won't force you to buy anything. But if you do invite them, there's no going back. Do you understand?"
After listening to the tour guide's earnest advice to the tour group, Wang Yao and his two companions looked at each other, feeling extremely annoyed. They secretly thought that in the future, they really had to go with a tour group when traveling, otherwise they would never know the ins and outs of the world, wasting their entrance fees and not seeing anything of value.
"If you really want to take a Luohan statue from Yunji Temple home, after we finish touring the small rooftop, I'll take you to a special shopping center. The Luohan statues there have all been consecrated by eminent monks from Yunji Temple. They're cheaper and more effective..."
"And there's also our Yunling specialty, chicken-dung stone. Although the name isn't pleasant, it's an extremely rare gemstone that can produce micro-radiation, which has health benefits. Everyone can buy some to take home. I've said so much, I hope everyone will support my work later..."
Hearing what the tour guide said next, the three of them were still somewhat skeptical, but also tempted to go to the shopping center to see if they could find such cheap and good Arhat statues there. They thought they might as well go to the shopping center to get one.
"Wang...you guys...just left Yunji Temple?" As the three hesitated, a voice called out from the side. Wang Yao turned his head and saw Hu Fei and a group of immortals from the office looking at the three of them, laughing happily.
Wang Yao and the other two quickly went over.
"Tell me the truth! Did you invite any Arhats just now? We're all immortals, our eyesight is better than X-rays, so don't lie!" Zhang Ke shouted as the three approached.
“No, can an immortal invite a bodhisattva home? That’s ridiculous!” Wang Yao and Hua Tuo hurriedly declared loudly when they saw that Zhang Ke’s tone was off.
"Actually, it's nothing. The fortune tellers here are the most good at fooling people. Last time, when the business department had a team building event, Cui Runiu invited a Luohan statue home, and now he regrets it so much," Luan Chu laughed from the side.
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