When Zhizhen, dressed in a moon-white monk's robe, walked in, Luo Jing was sitting at a small stone table in the yard, boiling water and drinking tea.
Seeing Zhizhen coming, Luo Jing immediately put down the teacup in his hand and stood up.
A look of surprise.
"Zen Master Zhizhen?" Luo Jing looked at the monk who had disappeared for many days and said, "I heard from the people of the Night Travel Division that you have already left Haiyan City, haven't you?"
Several days have passed since the last time Luo Jing and Zhi Zhen confronted each other, and the monk said he was going to verify whether what Luo Jing said was true or not.
As soon as the monk left, he seemed to have disappeared and never came back.
Although Luo Jing was anxious and just wanted to know Qingxuan's whereabouts as soon as possible, he was not panicked because the monk had not returned.
When asking the messenger from the Night Travel Department, he learned that the little Buddhist named Zhizhen had already left Haiyan City.
Luo Jing still had some expectations in his heart.
I thought this little Buddhist was probably going to find Qingxuan to confront her face to face
If I could talk to Qingxuan face to face, all misunderstandings would be resolved.
Although he had broken his promise for twenty years, this was not Luo Jing's subjective intention. I believe Qingxuan can understand him.
Now seeing Zhizhen coming back alone, Luo Jing was surprised.
He kept looking behind Zhizhen, but he saw nothing and did not see Qingxuan.
So this little Buddha came... alone
Luo Jing's expression was surprised, strange, and suspicious as he looked at the little Buddhist in front of him.
Zhizhen walked straight to Luo Jing, looked at him drinking tea, and said, "Mr. Lu, you are in a very elegant mood. At this critical moment, you are still in the mood to drink tea?"
Luo Jing sighed, poured a cup of tea for the little Buddhist, and said, "It's because I have nothing to do and can't calm down to practice, so I have to find something to do."
Luo Jing looked outside and vaguely felt an invisible force covering the area where he and Zhizhen were. He immediately realized that the monk had opened some kind of barrier to block prying and eavesdropping.
Luo Jing immediately asked: "Where is your senior sister? Didn't she come with you?"
Luo Jing couldn't wait to see Qingxuan.
The little Buddhist monk in a moon-white monk robe looked at Luo Jing quietly, his expression unchanged.
He opened his hands, revealing a letter and a folded portrait.
The portrait was a picture of Qingxuan's plain face painted by Luo Jing himself and left to the owner of Heshun Restaurant.
Since both the letter and the sketch appeared in Xiao Fuzi's hands, it was obvious that Zhizhen had already been to Heshun Restaurant.
Spreading out his hands, Zhizhen asked, "I have been to Heshun Restaurant and got the letter and map from the shopkeeper."
"It is indeed as Mr. Lu said. You have already left a letter and a picture to the owner of the Heshun Restaurant, and told him to give the letter to Senior Sister Qingxuan."
"only… "
The young monk frowned and said, "I don't understand the words in this letter. I don't know what Mr. Lu wrote."
Apparently the monk couldn't understand the letter that Luo Jing had encrypted in English.
Luo Jing looked at him speechlessly and said, "A monk like you casually open other people's letters..."
Are you so shameless
Zhizhen ignored Luo Jing's question, but frowned and said, "Please explain, Master Lu, what is written in this letter..."
Luo Jing looked at him and said, "If you want to know, take it to Qingxuan. She can understand it. Ask her to read it to you."
Luo Jing said, and he became curious again: "So you didn't find Qingxuan during the few days you disappeared? Then what did you do?"
Luo Jing was confused; the little monk's behavior was a little strange.
Faced with Luo Jing's question, Zhizhen remained silent.
Then he said, "I did go to Lingyun Immortal Sect to ask to see Senior Sister Shen, but unfortunately, I was turned away as usual."
Looking at the curious Luo Jing, Zhizhen clasped his hands together and sighed.
"Didn't Mr. Lu ask me last time about what happened to Senior Sister Qingxuan after she became possessed?"
"With the help of the spiritual beast Kunpeng, we rushed back to Lingyun Immortal Sect in time and asked for help from the elders of the sect."
"But I don't know what happened afterwards."
Zhizhen talked about the past events of 20 years ago, his face darkened: "At that time, I was still young, and my words did not carry any weight."
“Moreover, the secret technique used by the Immortal Sect to heal Senior Sister Qingxuan seems to be some kind of hidden magical power of the Immortal Sect. As an outsider, I have no way of knowing it.”
"Even Senior Sister Jiang Muxue, who is a direct disciple, can only wait outside for the results."
"I only remember that day, the light of the supreme sword pierced the sky, and the sounds of quarrels and fighting were heard in the elders' meeting hall."
“Among those voices, I could vaguely hear Uncle Xie questioning the Immortal Sect’s leader.”
"Uncle Xie said that she must save Senior Sister Qingxuan, even if it violates taboos."
"The quarrels and fights at that time seemed to have affected the space around the meeting room, making it somewhat unstable."
"Finally the quarrel ended, and the elders of the Immortal Sect agreed to treat Senior Sister Qingxuan."
"But I don't know exactly how to treat her. I only know that every once in a while, Senior Sister Shen and Senior Uncle Xie will go to a mysterious forbidden place of the Immortal Sect to receive treatment."
"The treatment was intermittent for a whole year, and the effect was not very good."
"Every time Senior Uncle Xie and Senior Sister Shen came back from the forbidden area, they looked pale and had to recuperate for many days before they could enter the forbidden area again."
"In the past year, I have been staying in the Immortal Sect, getting along with Senior Sisters Qingxuan and Muchue."
"But Senior Sister Shen's inner demons are getting worse and worse. Even with the immortal sect's talismans to suppress them, they have lost control several times and almost caused disasters."
"The last time he lost control, Uncle Xie took Sister Shen, who had finally found herself, into a mysterious forbidden area, and she has never returned since."
"They have been recuperating in the forbidden area and have no contact with the outside world."
"Senior Sister Jiang Muxue had a conflict with some fellow disciples in the Immortal Sect because of the matter between Senior Sister Shen and Uncle Xie."
"Finally, the angry Senior Sister Jiang left for the Western Regions, saying that she was going to find a magic way to save Senior Sister Shen."
Having said that, Zhizhen was silent for a moment.
After a long while, he slowly said, "So, I am the only outsider living in the Green Bamboo Garden."
"Although with the help of the Red Scale Immortal, I found the secret book of "Demon Blood Sword Refining" in the library."
"But I was still a young and weak monk at that time and couldn't help my two sisters. I could only return to the Pure Land of Brahma."
"Over the years, I have often gone to the Immortal Sect to ask to see Senior Sister Shen. But unfortunately, the elders of the Immortal Sect never allowed me to meet Senior Sister Shen."
“The only thing that can be confirmed is that Senior Sister Shen and Senior Uncle Xie are still recuperating in the forbidden area and cannot leave the forbidden area easily.”
“This time, I brought news about Lay Buddhist Lu, and I thought I would be able to get an audience with Senior Sister Shen.”
"But the request for a meeting was still rejected..."
Zhizhen sighed, looked at Luo Jing in front of him, and said, “Maybe only if Mr. Lu goes to Lingyun Immortal Sect in person to ask for an audience, Senior Sister Shen will come out.”