Chapter 539: A man of integrity is not afraid of his own shadow
Yingjiu was quickly taken away. Li Yanmo wanted to follow to see what was going on, but was stopped by Daoyan with one hand.
"Lord Li, do you want to talk to me?"
"Chat? What to talk about?" Li Yanmo narrowed his eyes slightly.
From the moment Daoyan gave Yingjiu the Buddhist name Daoliang, Li Yanmo had become completely wary of this black-robed monk. If possible, Li Yanmo didn't want to say a word to Daoyan.
"Of course it's about Dayu's plan to destroy Buddhism."
Daoyan laughed, his tone light as if it had nothing to do with him, and he even looked a little amused.
"You knew that?"
"If God wants someone to die, he will make him mad," Daoyan stroked his beard. Although he was smiling, it was not a smile. "Master Li must be tired after all this journey. The Buddhist sect is poor, but there is still a place to entertain you. I just hope you don't dislike our vegetarian food."
Li Yanmo and Daoyan looked at each other for a few seconds and nodded with a smile, "Thank you very much."
Under the guidance of Daoyan, Li Yanmo came to the temple. Looking up, he could see three huge Buddha statues sinking into the sky.
It is the most iconic building of Buddhism after the Buddha Pillar, and it is also the bomb left by the Dayu Dynasty in retaliation against Buddhism's ambition to replace national law with Buddhist teachings.
After Daoyan brought Li Yanmo to his seat, he said he had something urgent to do and left Li Yanmo alone in the guest room.
Although it is a guest room, this room is not only incredibly large, but also filled with all kinds of rare treasures. The residences of ordinary nobles and princes are not as good as this simple guest room described by Daoyan.
Li Yanmo took out the talisman and wanted to contact Leng Ningshuang, but for some reason the talisman didn't respond at all.
"There's something wrong with this Buddhism," even Mu Mei said, "There was Buddhism during the Great Wilderness period, but they emphasized pure cultivation and overcoming tribulations, which is not like this at all."
Li Yanmo glanced at the human race storage bag on his waist, "Don't worry, play with him first, girl, how are you doing over there? Any results?"
The girl who was eating melon seeds immediately dropped the shells, walked quickly to the front of the Tianji Tower, pinched her chin, looked around, and nodded from time to time.
Li Yanmo was also looking at the Tianji Tower, but he couldn't see anything.
"Yeah, still running."
Li Yanmo's eyes almost rolled back to the back of his head, "How many days has it been? Is this Tianji Tower still working?"
"Of course you can, but you have been moving these days, and now you have left Guizhou and entered Juezhou. This Tianji Tower is originally the first version and has not been upgraded much. It's good enough to allow you to run like this. Don't ask for too much!" When it comes to defending her research, Nuyao is unusually tough.
"My bad."
Faced with this person who opened the era of cultivation, pioneered the way to the golden elixir, and was the first to become an immortal, Li Yanmo, a novice in cultivation, chose not to admit his mistake.
Seeing that Li Yanmo was so sensible, Nv Yao's tone softened a lot. "In fact, we have come to some conclusions. For some reason, the sects that want to form the Prison Gate all point to Juezhou. So it's right for you to come to Juezhou. Why don't you take a walk around and take a look while it's late at night?"
Mu Mei also added, "That Daoyan doesn't look right, and with the Dharma name Daoliang, it would be better for you to check on Yingjiu's condition."
Li Yanmo thought that it would be better to go and check on Yingjiu's situation.
Li Yanmo left immediately. There was no guard outside the guest room, at least on the surface.
It was not difficult to find Yingjiu.
Yingjiu had just been ordained as a monk and was arranged to stay in the woodshed. After walking around twice, Li Yanmo found Yingjiu.
At this moment, Yingjiu was sitting on the stone in front of the woodshed, looking at the bright moon with empty eyes, and no one knew what he was thinking.
Seeing Li Yanmo coming, Yingjiu immediately stood up and was about to kneel, but remembering that Li Yanmo had emphasized that kneeling was not allowed, he changed his position in time and bowed, "Immortal——"
"Yingjiu, have you really made up your mind to become a monk?" Li Yanmo glanced at the woodshed where Yingjiu lived. There were several monks in it. Those monks had already entered into meditation at this moment, with a Buddhist scripture on their legs, chanting the scriptures in a mute manner.
Li Yanmo does not understand believers who adhere to a certain belief, nor will he demonize them.
But Li Yanmo felt that Yingjiu was not suitable here.
What's more, Daoyan didn't even draw the picture, just said it was better than doing nothing.
"My Lord... I have made up my mind!" Yingjiu clenched his fists and said firmly, "I am just an ordinary person. This is the only thing I can do for Xiao Cui. I will do it to the end!"
Li Yanmo was speechless, and Yingjiu's life as a monk began with the crowing of a rooster.
As a new monk, Yingjiu had a very bad start. He was dragged to do morning exercises, asked to do horse stance for an hour or two, and forced to stretch his legs to loosen his ligaments. All in all, Yingjiu was exhausted on the first day.
Buddhists did not skimp on food, but there was no meat at all, only white flour buns and various vegetables.
But Yingjiu, who was exhausted after a whole day, had no time to care about these things. He just stuffed the food into his mouth. As expected, he was slapped on the palm by the monk in charge of discipline and was punished to copy scriptures.
Li Yanmo watched the whole process, and no monk said anything about it. They didn't even look at him, as if they didn't see Li Yanmo at all.
When Yingjiu yawned several times, Li Yanmo spoke again, "You take a nap first, I will help you copy it."
Yingjiu shuddered and came to his senses, "Absolutely not!"
Seeing Yingjiu's insistence, Li Yanmo said nothing more, but soon Li Yanmo raised his eyes slightly as if he had noticed something. Outside the window, the black-robed monk Daoyan was standing there, smiling, but no one knew what he was laughing at.
Yinmu Town.
"Put down the butcher knife and become a Buddha right now," Leng Ningshuang leaned back on the chair and sighed, "Is there such a good thing in the world? Isn't this a shortcut? Using shortcuts to solve the disasters that are brewing by taking shortcuts, is there really such a good thing in the world?"
"Of course not, so this is not taking a shortcut," Daohai pinched the Buddhist beads and clicked them one by one, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, "I wonder when Dayu's army will arrive to destroy Buddhism?"
Leng Ningshuang's eyes jumped slightly, and the arms around her chest tightened a little, but then loosened, "If necessary, I will be here at any time."
"That's right. All the sects around Juezhou have been taken down by the Dayu Dynasty. I guess the Dayu Dynasty has mobilized the army on the pretext of counting the industry," Daohai smiled and looked up nonchalantly, "Now all we need is a reason to take action."
"Oh? You seem very confident. Is it because a person of integrity has nothing to fear?"
Dao Hai laughed undeniably.
Seeing that Daohaizui was as tight as if it was welded shut, Leng Ningshuang felt a headache coming on. She turned to look at Xiao Cui, "What about you? Since you already know that you can be liberated soon by praying to the evil demon tribe, why don't you go?"
"…If I die, no one in this world will remember Yingjiu, and he will really be dead."
(End of this chapter)
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