The peaceful light of the Buddhist beads dissipated, and they were squeezed twice in the scholar's hands, making a rustling sound. Hong Lian, who was standing by, glanced at the motionless monk and the other two women, jumped a little, and moved closer to Lu Liangsheng, saying in a low voice.
"Sir, why are you imitating Master Toad? I feel so embarrassed."
The old donkey tilted his head and blinked. He looked at the bookshelf on his back and saw the small door. Taoist Toad pushed open the small door, his cheeks puffed up, and he stared at the woman with his webbed feet in his arms.
"I have offended you, why are you bringing me up?!"
Lu Liangsheng tilted his head and smiled. Seeing his master coming out, he simply explained, "Actually, the main purpose is to show off my skills and shock others."
"The young master is getting worse and worse." Hong Lian smiled slightly.
There are two snake monsters over there. Not to mention the little green snake, the girl in the white dress was able to come to save people in a critical moment. It can be seen that she is a good monster. As for Fahai, the disciple of the old monk Zhenhai and the junior brother of Fajing, he doesn't want to help either side. It will not be good if either side is hurt.
Then he sighed, "It's not appropriate to help either side, but it's not good to just leave it alone."
As he spoke, Lu Liangsheng threw the Buddhist beads in his hand and caught them in mid-air. This action made Fahai frown and he wanted to rush over anxiously. This was given to him by his senior brother, who said it was a relic of their master and a treasure of Buddhism.
"Donor, I was wrong. However, why would a cultivator like you collude with a monster? This goes against your status as a scholar!"
Hearing this, Lu Liangsheng was stunned for a moment, uh... this hat was put on really quickly.
"Sir, this little monk's mouth is more powerful than yours."
"Don't add fuel to the fire."
Lu Liangsheng knocked on Hong Lian's head and said to Fahai, "Return the property to its original owner, take it!" He threw the Buddhist beads in his hand, which flew high over the woods and landed in the hands of the monk opposite. Fahai brushed the beads lovingly, came to his senses, and suddenly raised his face with a stern look in his eyes.
"Donor, you are willing to return the things of my master. It shows that your heart is as clear as a mirror and you can distinguish right from wrong. Why don't you join me in taking down these two snake monsters?"
Over there, the green and white snakes looked over. Lu Liangsheng didn't look at them, but just shook his head.
"Master, you know that all living things in the world have good and evil. If you ignore them and kill them, isn't that practicing Buddhism in vain?"
"shut up!"
Fahai, on the other side, opened his cassock, took a step forward, holding the golden bowl in his hand, with an angry look on his face. "Just now I urged you to return the Buddha's relics, but now it seems that you are deeply bewitched by the female ghost beside you. I will come back to wake you up after I subdue these two demons!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the vigilant Xiaoqing and Bai Suzhen frowned slightly, as if they were ready to fight with the monk in the next second. In the pouring rain, Lu Liangsheng loosened the reins, raised his hand to the sky, and when the sound of rain suddenly stopped, he looked at the monk with gentle eyes.
"Is your senior brother Fa Jing okay?"
Um?!
Fahai took back his monk shoes, frowned, and put the seal back on his chest. He looked at the scholar opposite him with doubt, "Donor, do you know my senior brother Fajing?"
"Old friend!"
"Since you have a close relationship with my senior brother, you should know the difference between humans and demons!" Although Fahai was puzzled, he still understood that the age of a cultivator should not be directly related to appearance. "I noticed these two demons when I was in Zhenjiang. This time when I came to Hangzhou to hold a Dharma Assembly, they cast a spell to rain and disrupted it..."
"Only a devil would disrupt your family's ritual. My sister wanted to find her benefactor and took advantage of the rain to get closer!" Xiao Qing wrinkled her nose and snorted at him, "You are so self-indulgent!"
On the opposite side, Monk Fahai replied while holding up the golden bowl. The ground beneath his feet cracked with a loud bang. His hand holding the Buddhist beads stretched out from his cassock, making a loud bang.
"Shut up, disturbance is disturbance, don't make excuses!" The moment the words were shouted out, Lu Liangsheng's words also sounded calmly and gently.
"I held you when you were a kid!"
The surroundings suddenly became quiet. The two blue and white demons, who were originally alert, opened their mouths slightly, unable to close them. Fahai turned his head with difficulty and stared at the scholar who was walking towards him. The might he had just gathered was instantly shattered by this sentence.
Lu Liangsheng walked towards him step by step, with a gentle tone, as if he was recalling interesting things in the past.
"I remember that not long after your master passed away, I went to Wanfo Temple to see your senior brother. I saw you climbing on the roots of the big tree in the backyard and almost fell down. You were probably still babbling and learning to talk. You were very cute."
"Donor, stop!" Fahai's momentum suddenly fell. He covered his chest and stumbled back a few steps. He suddenly opened his palms and asked the scholar to stop. The sudden words almost disrupted his concentration. He hurriedly sat cross-legged on the ground to steady his mind.
Hehehe… Hehehe…
Over there, two demons not far away were laughing happily at the monk's embarrassing appearance. Xiaoqing retracted her demonic power and was about to go up, but was pulled back by Bai Suzhen.
"Xiaoqing, don't go up."
"Sister, don't worry, the gentleman is a good man." As she spoke, she moved closer and whispered in the woman's ear, "The gentleman is the benefactor who gave Xiaoqing guidance. Xiaoqing told me about this before."
Amid the faint sound, Hong Lian pouted her lips and watched them whispering to each other. She leaned forward slightly to listen. A cough was heard from the bookshelf by Toad Taoist. Then she stood back. Over there, Lu Liangsheng saw that both sides had stopped fighting and the atmosphere was no longer tense, so he waved for Xiao Qing to come over.
"Here I come!" The little green snake left the woman in the white dress and jumped over excitedly. Looking at the figure in front of it, it called out quite obediently, "Sir."
"You and your sister should leave first. I still have something to discuss with Master Fahai."
"oh."
Thinking that she was called over for some instructions, Xiaoqing walked back somewhat disappointed, and then heard Lu Liangsheng's words: "Little Green Snake, practice well."
"Got it!" Xiaoqing turned back happily and shouted to her husband who was waving at her. After she finished speaking, she turned around, pulled her sister beside her, and ran out of the woods. She looked back from time to time in a happy mood and stopped only when she reached the lake.
"Xiaoqing, is that really your benefactor?"
"Well, it won't be fake."
Seeing her sister's uncertain look, Xiaoqing counted on her fingers and looked at the rain clouds that had dispersed in the sky. "At that time, Master's cultivation was very high. Later, I saw him again in Qishui. He asked me to come to the south to practice. I'm afraid that if he had known that Xiaoqing would meet sister, and then meet him in West Lake, I'm afraid his cultivation would be even higher now... He asked me to practice well, and there must be other reasons. After sister repays her kindness, let's go back and continue practicing."
"Okay, but first we need to find my sister's benefactor."
As they were talking, the two of them walked along the lakeshore. Soon, they saw the young man who had been pushed onto the boat earlier arguing with the boatman with a bitter face, and was walking around anxiously.
"Boatman, I really didn't want to take the boat. Also... I wanted to put my hand here temporarily, but who knew it turned into a leaf? I really didn't mean to fool you... You have to believe me..."
The two women standing on the shore immediately raised their sleeves to cover their mouths and chuckled. Then, they went over together to rescue the young man, and a beautiful story began.
…
At the same time, in the woods with dripping rain, Lu Liangsheng walked past the falling water drops and looked at the monk who was sitting in meditation.
"He looks a lot like the old monk Zhenhai... He has the same temper as me. If I stay here, I'll definitely cause trouble for the little green snake."
Suddenly, he remembered that he was about to leave, and the monkeys under the Five Elements Mountain had not come out yet... His eyes could not help but fall on Fahai's shiny bald head.
Lu Liangsheng spoke subconsciously.
"Master, why don't you go west to Tianzhu to see the place where Buddhism once flourished and spread the Dharma in China."
There was a slight rustling sound in the woods, and the sun shone through the gaps between the trees, bringing peace and tranquility.