Seeing that I ignored him, the little monk started drinking by himself.
After taking a sip of the so-called peach blossom wine, he kept smacking his lips, looking very happy.
So, I watched from the side as the little monk sat on the ground, eating and drinking, taking sips of wine and mouthfuls of meat. He looked leisurely and contented, as if everything around him had nothing to do with him and only wine and meat could bring him happiness.
My legs and feet were numb from standing nearby, so I started to scold him unhappily, "Little monk, you are a monk, right? Not only do you eat meat, but you also drink alcohol. I'm afraid there's no other monk in the world as brazen as you, right?"
"If your master, Master Xiangyun, knew about this, he would definitely not forgive you."
The little monk gave me a smirk but didn't say anything. He smiled at me and said happily, "Donor, you don't understand, you don't understand the fun of this!"
I curled my lips, I couldn't bear to watch it, so I ran to the Xiangyun Taoist Temple, ready to find Master Xiangyun. But what I didn't expect was that when I walked a few steps away and looked back at the little monk, the little monk disappeared beside the fire, just like a ghost.
"It's gone. How abominable!"
I muttered to myself.
At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the front of me. It was the little monk!
"Donor, I'm here. Hey, are you looking for me?"
I turned my head subconsciously and found that the little monk was standing in front of me with a sound look on his face, gnawing on a chicken skeleton in his hand.
I looked annoyed and said unhappily, "Little monk, what do I mean by this? I asked you where your master, Master Xiangyun, was, but you didn't tell me. Now, I want to go find Master Xiangyun by myself, but you stand in front of me and block my way. What do you mean?"
But the little monk was unmoved, still smiling and saying: "Donor, I don't mean anything, it's just that my master is no longer here, so there is no need for you to go into the Taoist temple to look for him."
"Gone? What do you mean?"
I didn't react for a moment.
But the smile on the little monk's face suddenly disappeared.
He threw away the chicken skeleton in his hand, clasped his hands together seriously, bowed to me, and said, "Donor, my master has passed away and his body was buried a few days ago."
What? Master Xiangyun is dead
I couldn't help but be surprised. And from what the young monk said, his master died a few days ago! But how could it be such a coincidence? Even if Master Xiangyun was really old, it wouldn't be such a coincidence that he died a few days ago.
I squinted my eyes and looked at the little monk.
But I couldn't see any flaws in the young monk. Suddenly I thought of what the young monk said to me when I first entered Xiangyun Temple. He said he had been waiting for me for several days.
What does his words mean
I didn't go into the Taoist temple anymore. Instead, I stared at the little monk and asked, "Little monk, you said before that you were waiting for me in Xiangyun Temple. What do you mean by that? I don't understand. I hope you can explain it to me."
The little monk looked at me but didn't answer me immediately.
He raised his hand and pointed at the half roasted chicken left on the wooden rack more than ten meters away, and said, "If you want me to answer you, it's very simple, but you have to accompany me to drink and eat meat."
Can we get the answer by drinking and eating meat
thing
Damn, I really don’t understand what kind of weird species this little monk in front of me is.
But I still nodded and said to him seriously: "Okay, I promise to accompany you to drink and eat meat. However, I hope you will fulfill your promise."
The smile appeared on the little monk's face again. After laughing, he took the lead and walked towards the fire under the peach tree.
I followed the little monk and went to the fire with an unhappy mood.
Seeing me sitting cross-legged, the little monk tore off a chicken leg from the half roast chicken and handed it to me.
He said with a grin, "Come on, benefactor, eat chicken!"
To be honest, it was time for dinner and I was really hungry. I didn't care about anything else. I took the chicken leg handed to me by the monk and bit it hard. I ate it with relish.
The little monk also handed me the peach blossom wine. I didn't hesitate and drank two gulps.
Although the peach blossom wine is a bit strong, it is indeed sweet and refreshing, and it warms my stomach. I drank two sips in a row.
The little monk beside me saw me drinking like this, and quickly snatched the wine gourd away, saying with a smile: "Donor, this is not how you drink wine. If you drink it this way, you won't be able to taste the flavor."
I finally figured it out. It wasn't that I couldn't taste the wine, but the little monk was afraid that I would drink it all.
After I took a bite of the chicken leg, I asked the little monk, "Little monk, what is your name? How should I call you?"
The young monk smiled and replied, "Donor, my name is Monk Yuquan, you can just call me Yuquan."
Then Monk Yuquan asked me what my name was.
I told him that my name was Yang Tianyi, and that I had come here specifically to see Master Xiangyun.
The little monk and I chatted for a while, and when I had almost finished eating, the little monk took the initiative to say, "Donor Yang, I think you must have come here for Huang Susu, right?"
The little monk hit the nail on the head with just one sentence.
I threw away the toothpick in my hand, looked at the young monk Yuquan in surprise, and nodded, "Yes, Yuquan, I came here for Huang Susu's matter. How did you know?"
Yuquan chuckled, clasped his hands together, and recited some Buddhist teachings or scriptures.
Then he said, "Donor Yang, since you are here, I will tell you something you want to know. These things were told to me by my master, Master Xiangyun, before he died. His life span had already ended, but in order to wait for you, his soul stayed in his body for more than half a month."
"But you never showed up, so my master's soul left his body and went to the underworld."
According to what Monk Yuquan said, Master Xiangyun should have known about Huang Susu's affairs, or should have calculated what happened to Huang Susu.
I pressed on, "What did your master, Master Xiangyun, say? Did he tell you what happened to Huang Susu's death?"
The little monk nodded and said meaningfully: "My master did tell me everything about Huang Susu. But you can't accomplish this by yourself. Even if you take back Huang Susu's heart and soul, I'm afraid Huang Susu can't be resurrected!"
"Why?"
I asked in surprise.
Monk Yuquan said, "Huang Susu was supposed to die early, but my master, Master Xiangyun, helped her change her fate and deceived the heavens, which allowed her to live for so long. Now that her heart has been taken away, this cause and effect has ended."
"But..."
At this point, Monk Yuquan stopped talking, showing a look of
Somewhat embarrassed.
"But what? Why don't you say something? You're making me anxious!"
I urged Monk Yuquan.
Monk Yuquan nodded and said, "Originally, my master's will was to tell you about this matter and not let you investigate further. In this way, the cause and effect between Huang Susu and those monsters will be settled. However, I know you will not give up. And those monsters have indeed gone astray in recent years, so this time, I will go with you to deal with those monsters."
Monk Yuquan was calling out one monster after another, but I was confused and had no idea what those monsters were. Also, I still didn't know what this matter was about.
So I spoke my mind.
Monk Yuquan didn't keep me in suspense this time. He said to me, "Donor Yang, since you want to know what's going on, I'll tell you everything. After all, there is a cause and effect relationship between you and Huang Susu, so it doesn't hurt to tell you."
Then Monk Yuquan told me everything about Master Xiangyun, the Huang family, and those monsters.
It turned out that Master Xiangyun took Huang Susu, who had just been born, back to Xiangyun Temple. But Huang Susu herself was a "Xuan Yin body". Master Xiangyun deduced that if Huang Susu continued like this, she would die in less than a week.
Master Xiangyun, who couldn't bear to watch Huang Susu die, helped Huang Susu change her fate.
But after changing the fate, a problem still arose, that is, Huang Susu's Xuanyin body would always accompany her. How to restrain it? So Master Xiangyun thought of the cat demons he met on Yuanbao Mountain.
According to Master Xiangyun's calculations, there is a cat demon among those cat demons that has a "Seven Apertures Exquisite Heart". If the "Seven Apertures Exquisite Heart" is given to the young Huang Susu, then the functions of Huang Susu's body, which has been transformed by the "Seven Apertures Exquisite Heart", will slowly be adjusted.
Moreover, demons, like ghosts, have always been intolerable to heaven and earth. So, Master Xiangyun went deep into Yuanbao Mountain, captured the cat demon with the "Seven Holes and Exquisite Heart", took away the "Seven Holes and Exquisite Heart" of the cat demon, and gave it to Huang Susu.
When he went deep into Yuanbao Mountain, the old cat demon still wanted to resist, but in the end he was deeply injured by Master Xiangyun's Buddhist teachings, which is why he has been silent for so many years.
The reason why Su Su died was because Master Xiangyun died a few days ago. The news of Master Xiangyun's death naturally could not be hidden from the old cat demon with a long life. So the old cat demon took the opportunity to kill Huang Su Su, took away the seven-hole exquisite heart in Huang Su Su's body, and imprisoned Huang Su Su's soul.
After hearing these things, I was quite shocked.
I didn’t expect that Su Su’s death was really caused by those cat monsters mentioned by Aunt Huang.
But Master Xiangyun was a bit cruel to kill the cat demon and take away its "Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart". Yes, demons are not tolerated by heaven and earth, but I heard from Aunt Huang that those cat demons did not harm people but hid in Yuanbao Mountain to practice, and even the food they ate was venison instead of human flesh.
You know, all monsters can eat human flesh, because human flesh has much more spirituality than those animals. This is more beneficial to monsters. But he didn't harm people, but only ate venison, and Master Xiangyun harmed him, which is probably also considered killing.
I don't know what Master Xiangyun was thinking at the time, but now that I know it was the cat demon that killed Su Su, I still have to find them. And I also want to find Su Su's soul.
(to be continued)
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