In the fifth year after the eldest princess' death, her tomb was robbed and her body was stolen, leaving only a white amaranth.
The emperor was furious and posted notices across the country, ordering a hunt for the tomb robbers.
That white tung tree was kept by the eldest princess's second daughter. It did not wither for twenty years and became a hundred-year wonder. It was later sent to the Putuo Temple in Nanshan and handed over to the holy monk Kabhadra to be worshipped in the temple.
It was March of another year. The emperor led his men to hunt in the Nanshan Mountains. The noble prince shot and killed a nine-tailed fairy fox and skinned it to make fox fur.
On the third day after the death of the fairy fox, the prince began to have a high fever.
The emperor had no choice but to send the nine-tailed fox's body to Putuo Temple and ask Kabhadra to chant sutras for the fox's soul.
That night, Kabhadra sat by the pond, placed the fox skin on the table, and chanted sutras to guide the fox fairy.
At midnight, a white light was reflected from the pool, and it turned out to be Bai Tan transformed into a naked girl.
The girl looked at the fox skin on the table and suddenly realized.
She wondered why the monk chanted sutras to her every day, and kept muttering "fairy fox, fairy fox". It turned out that she was the skinned fairy fox.
Her eyes gradually darkened: "Monk, did you peel off my fur?"
Kabhadra opened his eyes and saw that she was naked, with her head lowered, writing and drawing on a piece of yellow paper.
After he finished writing, he threw the yellow paper on her head. She suddenly felt a mountain of pressure coming down on her, and the yellow paper threw her back into the pond.
By the time she moved the yellow paper away and climbed out of the pond in a panic, he had already walked away with the fox skin.
Bai Tan chased after him and asked: "You are not a monk, why do you know how to draw talismans?"
Without even turning his head, Gabhadra said: "You are Epiphyllum, why can you speak?"
Bai Tan leaned over and snatched the fox skin from his hand: "I am a fox spirit, not a nightshade."
He paused and turned slightly: "How do you know you are a vixen?"
Bai Tan grabbed his hand and pressed it in front of him: "I have lost my fox skin, so I am naked."
He pulled his arm back and took the fox skin from her hand: "Go to the pond and get a petal to wear."
Bai Tan whispered, "Stupid monk."
Who can wear flower petals on her body? She must be regarded as a fool.
Kabhadra ignored her, walked into the room, closed the door, and stopped her outside.
Bai Tan wanted to kick the door and leave, but the monk drew a yellow talisman and pasted it on the doors on both sides. When she got close, she felt pain all over her body, as if it was being cut by a knife.
She wanted to get her fox skin back, but she couldn't get into the room, so she could only curl up and wait for him to come out.
When Kabhadra got up from bed, Bai Tan was still curled up outside the door.
As soon as he opened the door, he saw Bai Tan, who looked at him sleepily.
She rushed towards him, but he closed both doors with his backhand, hitting her forehead and causing a big bump.
The yellow talisman on the door fell off. She wanted to push the door open, but before her fingers touched it, the door was opened again by him.
Gabhadra threw a black monk's robe to her and said, "Put it on."
Bai Tan refused: "I'll just wear my fox skin."
He looked past her and towards the pale sky rising in the horizon.
The monks of Putuo Temple get up early, and it won’t be long before another monk comes to clean the place.
Kabhadra took out the golden bowl and said: "This bowl has subdued eighty demons. I only need one more demon, and then I can complete my merit."
Hearing this, Bai Tan obediently put on her monk's robe. She did not want to use herself to help him achieve immortality.
He put away the golden bowl and walked towards the temple.
Bai Tan followed him and asked: "When will you return the fur to me?"
Kabhadra remained silent and treated her as air.
Putuo Temple has been very busy recently. After the royal family hunts, they always come here to burn incense and worship Buddha, praying for good weather in the coming year.
There was a severe drought in Yan State this year, so the emperor naturally had to come.
As soon as Kabhadra entered the front temple, he saw a woman in plain clothes, accompanied by a man.
The woman is the second daughter of the deceased princess of Yan State. She was given the title Chun Yuan. She is now 25 years old but still unmarried.
The man is the current crown prince. He has a close relationship with Princess Chunyuan and would accompany her to burn incense after hunting every year.
When the crown prince saw Gabhadra coming, he stepped forward with a smile and said, "It is rare to see a Buddhist who is so sleepy. This year you came later than usual."
Gabhadra leaned forward slightly and said, "Please keep your Highness waiting."
The Crown Prince glanced at Princess Chunyuan and smiled ambiguously: "It's not me who has been waiting for so long."
As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Tan caught up with him and said, "Monk, are you leaving so quickly to be reincarnated?"
Princess Chunyuan saw Bai Tan and her face turned pale: "Who is this?"
Gabhadra said, "She is a female donor taken in by the temple."
Princess Chunyuan breathed a sigh of relief. It was common for men and women to elope in Yan State. The unfaithful man could change his mind halfway, but the woman had no chance to turn back.
This is not the first time that Putuo Temple has taken in such a woman. After a while, this woman will be sent to a nunnery.
Princess Chunyuan felt that Bai Tan was getting in the way, so she winked at the Crown Prince and asked him to find an excuse to take Bai Tan somewhere else so that there would be some space between her and the Buddhist disciple to get along.
The crown prince was handsome and he only said two words before leading Bai Tan away.
Princess Chunyuan took out an exquisite purse from her sleeve and said, "The Buddha's birthday is coming soon. This is my birthday gift to him."
A pair of mandarin ducks were embroidered on the purse, and the word "thirty" was embroidered in the corner, which was exactly the age of Gabhadra.
Gabhadra did not take it, but bowed his head and clasped his hands together: "Thank you, lady donor, I appreciate it."
Although she was rejected, she was not angry.
She just liked his unattainable nature.
His eyes passed her and looked at Bai Tan who was lying on the crown prince outside the temple: "The temple has prepared vegetarian food, female donor, please go to the backyard to eat."
Princess Chunyuan thought he was looking at her. Her cheeks flushed. She responded in a low voice, stuffed the purse into his hand, and walked towards the backyard in small steps.
After she left, Kabhadra walked outside the temple and pulled Bai Tan off the crown prince.
The crown prince had already fainted, his body limply leaning on the stone railing. If he had arrived half a quarter of an hour later, the crown prince would have died here.
He laid the crown prince flat on the ground: "Why are you sucking his essence?"
Bai Tan said as a matter of course: "I am a fox spirit, and fox spirits rely on sucking people's essence to survive."
Gabhadra fell silent. Where did she get the confidence to say that she was a vixen
Is it her baby fat cheeks
Or her voluptuous curves
He didn't figure it out, so he just told her, "Go back to the pond."
Bai Tan was afraid that he would use the golden bowl to marry her, so she agreed obediently.
Before leaving, she saw the purse in his hand, and she curiously snatched it away and fiddled with it for a while: "You are already thirty years old?"
Gabhadra said nothing. He took back the purse and said, "Go back quickly."
Bai Tan did go back, but she didn't go back to the pond, but climbed up the banyan tree.
She wants to steal her fox fur back.
The monk had put a yellow talisman on the inside of his door, so she couldn't get into his room. She could only wait until dark and sneak into his room when he was off guard.
She curled up in a tree and took a nap. When she woke up, it was already dark.
She crawled to his door and touched it lightly with her hand, and the door opened by itself.
Gabhadra was taking a bath, and she tiptoed and walked silently towards his bed.
Sure enough, the fox skin was lying quietly on the rosewood bed.
She was about to reach out, but a cold voice sounded behind her: "Get out."
Her body stiffened and she turned around slowly.
He had just bathed and was wearing only underwear. His white underwear was half open, revealing his flat and strong chest.
She smelled a faint scent of pancreas, and saliva began to flow from the tip of her tongue. She swallowed subconsciously and said, "I want to stay."
A vixen should do what a vixen should do.
He was about to take the golden bowl, but she rushed over and hugged his waist: "Just one night."
The loose monk's robe was loose on her body. She raised her moist eyes, and her pair of smoky brows seemed to be half-knitted, which made her look lovable.
Her black hair was like a waterfall, and when the wind blew, the fragrance of her hair spread everywhere.
Jabhadra lowered his dark eyes and did not react at all.
In the end, Bai Tan stayed in the house.
But he used a yellow talisman to turn it back to its original form and threw it into his cold bath water.
Bai Tan still didn’t know that she was not a vixen. After all, after she was transformed back to her original form, there were no eyes on her petals.
The next morning, he fished her out of the bath water and threw her back into the pond.
The yellow talisman stuck on her forehead took three days to fall off. By the time she climbed out of the pond, Kabhadra had already gone on a long journey.
I heard from the monks of Putuo Temple that he went to the capital to pray for the soul-rebirth of a brothel prostitute who had died tragically.
Bai Tan chased after him. The monk was walking, but she could fly.
When she flew over, she met Kabhadra just outside the city gate.
She hunched over and panted, "You're a monk, why are you going to a brothel?"
Gabhadra said: "Buddha saves all living beings, and all living beings are equal."
She held out her palm and said, "Since all living beings are equal, then you should also save me and return my fox fur."
His face was cold and unmoved: "You are a demon, how can you be compared with humans?"
Bai Tan sneered: "You see, all living beings are still not equal."
He was slightly startled, but said nothing.
"Please give me back the fur." She looked at the people in the capital wearing cotton-padded jackets and sniffed her red nose: "I'm cold."
Gabhadra glanced at her and explained: "The fox skin must be presented to the emperor, so it cannot be given to you."
Bai Tan spat, "You lackey."
When the madam saw the woman behind Gabhadra, her smile froze on her face: "Who is this?"
His expression remained unchanged: "A nun with hair."
After the madam left, Bai Tan grabbed the corner of his clothes and said, "Monks don't tell lies."
Gabhadra nodded: "So I am going to send you to a nunnery."
Bai Tan: “…”
It was not uncommon for women to die tragically in brothels, so brothels remained open to welcome guests.
Bai Tan listened to the low moaning in the next room, and ran into the monk's room with a red face: "I want it too."
Gabhadra threw her a copy of the Great Compassion Mantra: "Okay."
She pounced on him and knelt on the beauty couch: "No, I want you."
He nodded: "Namo, Heladana, Duolayeye, Namo, Aliya..."
Bai Tan didn't understand a word he said, but the more she listened, the more agitated she became. She covered his mouth in frustration and leaned her head against his chest: "I don't want to hear you chant the Great Compassion Mantra."
Gabhadra took out the golden bowl and said, "Okay."
Bai Tan: “…”
She laughed awkwardly: "I don't know why, but I suddenly want to listen to it."
Bai Tan fell asleep while listening.
At four o'clock in the morning, she heard a gust of cold wind blowing outside the door.
She glanced at the sleeping monk and walked out quietly.
She followed the cold wind and found a white-faced, long-haired witch.
The banshee sat in the lobby of the brothel, her hands stained with sticky blood. She held a still beating heart in her mouth and took a bite.
Next to her, on the floor, lay a dead body.
Bai Tan's mind moved, and he made a gesture to control the tables and chairs, smashing them towards the back of the banshee's head.
The banshee was a fairy without an earth soul. Even though he had seen her, he was still a beat slow to react and was hit by her.
The banshee dropped her bloody heart and rushed forward to wrestle with her. The banshee grabbed her long hair and she grabbed the banshee's neck. Neither of them was willing to give in.
Bai Tan wanted to capture the banshee. The monk only needed a banshee to become an immortal. If she wanted to exchange the banshee for the fox skin, he would definitely agree.
Thinking of this, she pressed harder.
"You, you and I are both fairies, why do you have to embarrass each other?"
The witch was strangled by the throat, her voice was intermittent: "Are you doing this for the monk?"
Bai Tan nodded, then shook his head.
She did it for her fox fur.
The witch laughed, blood dripping from the corner of her mouth: "Foolish, he has the demon-subduing bowl in his hand, you are with him, don't you think your life is too long?"
Bai Tan was stunned for a moment.
As long as she didn't set the fire, why would the monk use the golden bowl to capture her
The witch took advantage of her stunned state and turned into a wisp of cold wind to escape. Before she left, she did not forget to say: "Just wait and see if he will take you in later."
Before Bai Tan understood the meaning of these words, he heard a scream coming from the stairs.
She looked up and heard the madam standing at the corner of the stairs, shouting in fear: "The nun is dead!"