Murong Jin glanced at the sky. It was still early, so she quickly dealt with this matter so she could go back and check on Di Junlan's grades.
Li Mingzhong followed Murong Jin to Zhenguo Temple, where they spent the entire afternoon.
"Why build it on a mountain?"
Murong Jin was being pushed in her wheelchair, and Li Mingzhong followed beside her. When he glanced at the person in the wheelchair next to him, Li Mingzhong suddenly felt a pang of envy.
Strange.
Then she looked at Yi Yi and asked, "Aren't you tired?"
She glanced at him and said, "I'm not tired."
It's just climbing a mountain; we used to do this all the time during training.
Li Mingzhong shook his head; it seemed he really was getting old.
Upon reaching the mountaintop, Li Mingzhong met the young monk and said, "Please inform him that the Regent wishes to see the direction."
"Amitabha, please wait a moment, benefactor."
Li Mingzhong: "Okay."
Murong Jin sat under the tree. A gentle breeze blew, and green leaves fell one by one. One of them landed in her hand. Looking at the green veins, she reached out and picked it up.
"Master, is it a bit cold?" The temperature is lower at the top of the mountain than at the foot of the mountain.
Murong Jin: "It's alright."
This was her first time visiting Zhenguo Temple.
I felt something was off as soon as I came in.
However, seeing that the young monks all looked normal, I thought maybe I was overthinking it.
Not long after, Murong Jin met the abbot, a middle-aged, overweight man with a bald head.
Murong Jin suddenly realized something; what she had just been thinking about was disrespect for Buddhism.
"I hope the Regent is well."
Murong Jin didn't want to beat around the bush with him, so she went straight to the point, "You should have already guessed where I'm coming from, right?"
"Yes, but the Evil Eye requires the Regent to personally go to the Demon-Suppressing Tower."
Murong Jin hummed in agreement.
Demon-Suppressing Tower?
Why not mention the Demon-Suppressing Tower?
The more you talk about it, the weirder it gets.
When they arrived at the pavilion, Yi Yi was about to push Murong Jin inside, but the abbot stopped him.
"The Regent alone."
Murong Jin's lips curled up slightly. "Yi Yi, wait here."
Yi Yi looked somewhat impatient, especially at the abbot's attitude. Was this how the regent was supposed to be treated?
That's incredibly rude.
But the master didn't say anything.
"yes."
After the door opened, Murong Jin pushed her wheelchair, with the abbot following beside her.
After watching the door close, Li Mingzhong felt something was off. "The abbot used to be so kind, why is he acting so differently this time?"
Yi Yi scoffed, "I guess he's eaten too much and gotten arrogant."
Li Mingzhong remained silent. Some people in high positions do indeed become ungrateful once they've had their fill.
The moment the door closed, a dark aura enveloped him. Murong Jin remained unmoved, while the abbot beside him watched him with a glint in his eyes.
He led his men to the top floor. "Regent, the Evil Eye is inside. So far, besides this old monk, the late emperor, the prime minister, and the Prince of Zhenbei, you are the first to know."
Murong Jin pushed open the door and saw steps leading up to her. The abbot walked in without even glancing at Murong Jin.
When the abbot arrived at the third floor, he looked at Murong Jin below and asked with a puzzled expression, "Why isn't the Regent coming up?"
Murong Jin chuckled, gripped the armrest of the wheelchair, and landed in front of the abbot with a thud.
The abbot looked at his hands, and especially at the smile on his lips. The ambiguous smile chilled him to the bone.
Perhaps, this young regent is someone he cannot afford to offend.
He just wanted to give him a hard time, deliberately ignoring his leg injury.
"Abbot."
"There are some things that I can turn a blind eye to, but there are some things that I cannot tolerate even a grain of sand in."
The abbot bowed slightly: "Understood."
This regent is truly deserving of the title.
He was judging others by his own petty standards.
The late emperor appointed him as regent, which suggests he was already aware of Murong Jin's strength.
"The Evil Eye has been here for over twenty years, and I have been affected by it quite a bit at times. This thing can make people enter some illusions, especially amplifying the desires deep in their hearts."
Murong Jin listened to him recount what he had said over the years.
"My master was like that in his early years. He was affected by it and became crazy. He passed away not long after."
"I was appointed to guard this thing fifteen years ago in a time of crisis."
Murong Jin: "Why not destroy it?"
"It's no use. The reason this pavilion is built on the mountaintop is to prevent people from getting close to it, as it would amplify people's desires and completely change their personalities."
“Over the years, some of the disciples who were responsible for cleaning this place have become corrupted, blinded by greed, and even have the idea of harming others. So I ordered that no one is allowed to enter this place except for me.”
"As for the Regent, you do not appear to be affected at present."
Murong Jin stared at the eye-like object, which was black and emitted a faint light.
I don't understand why the Kingdom of Jinling would send such a thing to a diplomatic envoy.
Is it to affect that country, making it neither human nor ghost?
If that's the case, the evil eyes that Jinling Kingdom has sent out over the years should have been enough for them to destroy other countries, so why did they mysteriously disappear in the end?
Harmful to both others and oneself?
Or is there another reason?
"This thing is off-limits to others?"
The abbot hummed in agreement. "Some disciples have touched it and their hands were immediately burned. Some weren't even burned, but instead became possessed..."
Murong Jin reached out and touched it, but felt nothing. "Abbot, if I wish to take this thing away, is that permissible?"
The abbot looked at Murong Jin's calm expression and said, "I cannot make this decision; I must ask His Majesty."
"good."
Once the items were put back in their original positions, they floated in the air, as if something was keeping them suspended there.
Murong Jin didn't know the reason behind this, but the martial arts world was so vast that there were bound to be many people practicing evil arts.
Besides the righteous path, there is naturally also the crooked and evil path.
"By the way, Regent, Zhenguo Temple has recently been spying on heavenly secrets. There may be something big happening in the martial arts world that could affect the court's position."
"And what caused this was a mysterious organization, using witchcraft and sorcery to harm and kill people..."
Murong Jin hummed in agreement, "We'll discuss this later."
"yes."
Murong Jin landed back on the ground, and the abbot who had intended to push him... slowly withdrew his hand.
Spending too much time with this black bead has made him become irrational.
Monks are supposed to be compassionate, but he was just trying to find a way to embarrass Murong Jin...
When Murong Jin left, he arranged for people to guard Zhenguo Temple. He gave the abbot a wicked smile and said, "By the way, Abbot, before I step into this place again, I'll trouble you to keep an eye on that thing."
"Yes, I will certainly not fail in my mission."
Looking at the respectful abbot, the prime minister clicked his tongue inwardly, "So he's been won over already?"
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