Several people looked at the temple with people coming and going in front of them, and they didn't know what to say for a while.
Before they came to Tianling Mountain, they had also imagined what the Jade Buddha Temple looked like. They thought that as one of the three major cultivation sects of the righteous path, the Jade Buddha Temple should be like the Yuxu Gate. In order to facilitate the disciples' practice, the gate was built in an ordinary place. It was a place that no one could find at all, but what they saw in front of them was very different from what they thought.
After entering the gate, there are many bodhi trees planted in the courtyard, one of which is particularly tall. It is almost the same as the main hall with the four-character plaque of "Mahatma Hall". It seems that it has grown here for at least thousands of years.
There are many monks and pilgrims under the tree. Some are talking about Buddhist scriptures and Zen, some are sitting cross-legged under the tree with Buddhist scriptures and studying silently, and there are also Sasu disciples who are shuttling between the courtyards with buckets and rags.
Bu Xiaotian and others looked carefully and found that the monks in the temple all had long and steady breaths, and every move exuded a trace of Zen. It was obvious that they all had high levels of Buddhist practice.
Seeing these monks with obviously good cultivation, they believed that this was indeed the Temple of the Emerald Buddha.
Just when Faming pointed in the direction of each courtyard to introduce it to everyone, Bu Xiaotian found a monk in a corner under the Bodhi tree who looked obviously different from the others.
It was an old-looking monk, wearing the gray monk's robe of a chore disciple. The monk's robe was a bit shabby and looked like it had been worn for many years.
The old monk was hunched over, holding a broom and slowly sweeping the fallen leaves on the ground. He seemed to be struggling.
He swept very slowly, and often just after sweeping an area, a gust of wind would blow, and many more leaves would fall down.
So he turned around and took the broom to sweep again, over and over again, sweeping the fallen leaves expressionlessly.
Seeing how hard the old monk was sweeping, Bu Xiaotian couldn't bear it. He looked at Master Kongwen and asked:
"Master Kongwen, did that master make any mistakes?"
Master Kongwen looked in the direction Bu Xiaotian pointed. When he saw the old monk he was pointing to, there was an inexplicable look on his face. He shook his head and explained:
"When the poor monk first entered the temple to practice, he was like this. It has been more than two hundred years now, and the poor monk has changed from an eight or nine-year-old little novice to what he is now, but he has hardly changed at all.
The poor monk had been curious about his origin before, and the elders in Dansi could not explain it clearly. They only knew that he suddenly appeared in the temple hundreds of years ago. The abbot at that time saw that he was pitiful and took him in. Until now It has been more than nine hundred years.
The poor monk thought about communicating with her, but he seemed to be unable to hear anything. He didn't answer any questions. He only swept the floor quietly and didn't care about anything else.
As time went by, the poor monk had no choice but to give up. "
After hearing Master Kongwen's words, several people's faces showed surprise.
Judging from the meaning of his words, this seemingly ordinary and even pitiful old monk actually lived for more than nine hundred years!
Now no one dares to underestimate the old monk quietly cleaning the fallen leaves under the tree.
But Bu Xiaotian didn't mean to disturb him. He refused to speak. He obviously didn't want to communicate with others. Even if he went up to ask, he couldn't find out anything.
But Lotte on the side looked at the old monk with a very obvious strange look on his face.
Bu Xiaotian also noticed the strangeness of Letian and asked:
"What's wrong?"
I saw Lotte slowly taking out a jade peach carved from white jade from his arms. The jade peach was not big, only less than half the size of a palm.
Xiaotian had also seen this jade peach, and he knew that it was something Yagu gave to Letian to help him get the hair of Demon Lord Lingming.
Letian signaled Bu Xiaotian to take the jade peach. Although Bu Xiaotian didn't know why, he still took the jade peach.
After taking the jade peach, Bu Xiaotian also had a look of surprise on his face.
Yutao, who had always been a little cold, now exudes a touch of warmth, but it is obviously not warmed by Lotte.
Bu Xiaotian felt the warmth of the jade peach and asked in surprise:
"When did it start?"
"The change became even more apparent when I stepped through the gates of the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, and when I looked at him."
Bu Xiaotian knew that Letian was talking about the old monk under the tree. Hearing this, he looked at him again, and sure enough he felt that the jade peach in his hand became hotter.
Just when Bu Xiaotian was watching the old monk and secretly guessing his identity, Letian suddenly took the jade peach back from his hand and walked towards the old monk's direction.
The conversation between Letian and Bu Xiaotian had already attracted the attention of others. When they saw Letian walking towards the old monk, they couldn't help but show surprise in their eyes.
However, they did not stop Lotte. Although they did not have high hopes that Lotte could successfully get the old monk to speak, they still wanted to see with their own eyes whether Lotte could impress him with the jade peach in his hand.
Letian quickly walked to the old monk, took out the jade peach in his hand and placed it in front of his eyes.
It's a pity that the old monk didn't show any strange expression when he saw Yutao. He still slowly and laboriously swept the fallen leaves in front of him with the broom in his hand.
Letian talked for a while, but when he saw the old monk, he still looked unmoved. His expression gradually became a little excited, and his voice unconsciously became louder.
"They are already dying! Are you still unwilling to see them? Do you really not care about your wife and your daughter?"
As soon as Letian finished speaking, the old monk, who had not responded at all, paused with the broom in his hand, slowly raised his head to look at Letian, and asked:
"Where...are they?"
The old monk's voice was dry, as if he hadn't spoken for a long time.
Letian didn't expect that he would actually speak. The first time he saw the old monk, coupled with Master Kongwen's previous words, Letian had a guess about the identity of the old monk. He thought that the old monk in front of him was the one who suddenly The Demon Lord Lingming disappeared without a trace.
When he heard about the separation from Yagu, he vaguely guessed that the relationship between Yagu, Qinglian and Lingming Demon Lord was unusual. When he saw the old monk, he became even more convinced of this. What he just said about his wife and daughter was actually just him. The temptation, and the words that they were about to die were also made up by him.
The excited expression just now was naturally faked to appear more realistic.
Lotte also didn't expect that his probing words would actually deceive a big fish!
Although the look of astonishment on Lotte's face only flashed across his face, it still did not escape the old monk's eyes. He knew that Lotte was lying to him, but the old monk was not angry and said calmly:
"You're lying to me."
Lotte knew that his lies had been exposed and there was no point in trying to quibble any more. He simply nodded and said:
"Yes, in fact, I am not sure at all that they are your wife and daughter, and nothing happened to them, but they did hand over this jade peach to me."
Now that the old monk has spoken, he no longer pretends to be deaf and dumb:
"Why would she give it to you."
Seeing that the old monk was not angry because he had lied to him, nor did he return to his previous indifference, Letian was overjoyed and slowly told him about his engagement with Qinglian.
The old monk listened quietly to the whole story, and as if he wanted to confirm something, he asked:
"She asked you to search for the Northern Snow Lotus and the Shark's Teardrop?"
Lotte saw that the old monk's face was a little strange, and he also realized that things seemed a bit complicated, but at this time there was no time to think slowly, so he nodded and said:
"That's right! Any questions?"
The old monk received a positive answer, his face gradually became a little solemn, and he said:
"Something happened to them!"
After saying that, before Lotte could ask again, he asked again:
"Do you have everything on you?"
"Um."
Just as Letian nodded, he saw the old monk in front of him suddenly glowing with golden light, covering his figure in it.
But in the blink of an eye, the golden light on the old monk dissipated, and everyone could see the scene clearly.
Where is the old monk at this time?
Under the huge bodhi tree, only a seven-foot-tall golden-haired ape stood in front of Lotte.
Look at this monkey, wearing a purple gold crown with phoenix wings on its head, gold chain armor, gold silk steps on its feet, a red haze cloak behind it, and the broom in its hand has turned into a black broom with a dragon engraved on it. Dragon's Iron Rod.
Although it is a monkey statue, it is very handsome and majestic.
Anyone who sees him cannot help but praise him:
"What a monkey!"
This is the Lingming Demon Lord who was so powerful back then!
The ordinary people nearby were stunned by this sudden change, and the temple suddenly became extremely silent.
It took a while for someone to react, and they immediately fell to the ground and shouted:
"The gods have appeared!"
