The dilapidated Tongqing Temple in Weishan, Tanzhou.
"Old monk, you won't practice Zen today?"
Standing by a mountain waterfall not far from Tongqing Temple, Pei Wende looked at Zen Master Lingyou who came out of the Zen room with surprise.
Both are dilapidated temples, but Tongqing Temple is only slightly better than the original Mulian Temple.
Although theoretically speaking, most of Weishan can be regarded as the category of Tongqing Temple.
But in fact, the real area of Tongqing Temple is actually very small.
The main structure of the entire temple is just a main hall, a library, and a few small wooden cabins that are unknown whether they are meditation rooms, kitchens, or wing rooms.
Even daily water needs to be carried to a mountain waterfall a few hundred meters away from Tongqing Temple.
In the past, Pei Wende's morning class was to fill the broken tank in Tongqing Temple with water to meet the daily expenses of the master and the disciple.
Of course, as a standard modern person, Pei Wende is naturally not willing to do this kind of hard work.
He has proposed several times to find a way to dig a canal to directly lead the mountain stream into the temple.
To this end, Pei Wende had made various plans and designs early on, and even planned to ask Gu Changfeng to help build a set of advanced water conservancy equipment.
This is not a big deal for Pei Wende, who possesses the wisdom of later generations.
Wind turbines, keel waterwheels, wooden canal irrigation, pressure water pump systems...
Even if you have never eaten pork, have you never seen a pig running?
If it weren't for the limitations of materials and manpower of this era, Pei Wende would have been completely confident in coming up with a simple tap water system.
After all, what Pei Wende wants to plan is not the water supply system of the entire city. He can still build the water conservancy system of Tongqing Temple alone.
However, Zen Master Lingyou did not agree with Pei Wende's approach, and even called it an exercise in his character and endurance.
Pei Wende didn't know whether what Zen Master Lingyou said was true or false, but he did greatly strengthen his will and body in the process.
Otherwise, it will be the same body as before the time travel.
Not to mention fighting ghosts, I was exhausted from climbing mountains and running.
"Aren't you angry at that senior brother of yours? That's why I came out today to get some air."
Hearing this, Pei Wende immediately thought of Hui Ji who followed him up the mountain shamelessly.
Just as Huiji said, when he saw Zen Master Lingyou for the first time, he threw himself to the ground without hesitation and performed the master-disciple kneeling ceremony.
And Zen Master Lingyou seemed to have expected it, and he accepted Huiji's kneeling very calmly.
It was also at that time that Pei Wende realized that although his master's physical body was practicing in Weishan, all the avatars and incarnations left behind in his early years had not disappeared.
"Why are you so angry with me, senior brother?"
Upon hearing Pei Wende's question, the scrawny but energetic Zen Master Lingyou immediately glared at him.
"You still have the nerve to ask?"
"If you hadn't instilled some messy thoughts into him, would he want to do such outrageous things?"
"Anyway, none of you brothers can give me peace of mind. Sooner or later, you will cause me great trouble!"
He did not directly say what Huiji was doing. When Zen Master Lingyou said this, he suddenly changed the topic and shifted the topic to Pei Wende.
"How is the evil spirit in your body? Is there anything unusual today?"
Upon seeing this, although he didn't know what happened, Pei Wende was very sensible and did not dwell too much on this issue, and continued following Zen Master Lingyou's words.
"Much better, I feel like I can start formal practice today!"
He made no secret of the excitement and anticipation in his voice, because this was Pei Wende's biggest gain in this period of time.
After Pei Wende took Huiji up the mountain, Zen Master Lingyou finally frankly confessed his identity as a practitioner and promised to teach him how to practice.
But the premise is that Pei Wende must first clear away the remaining evil spirits of the earth veins in his body.
Those earthly evil spirits appeared in Pei Wende's body during the "Mulian Temple Incident", and Huiji's previous approach was only to suppress them rather than eliminate them.
So for a long time before today, Pei Wende had been cultivating his body and mind near the waterfall in the back mountain.
"Really? Come on, let me see."
Without giving Pei Wende any room to resist, Zen Master Lingyou lifted up his shirt, revealing the highly separated muscles and abdominal muscles.
Pei Wende's muscles are more refined and stronger than those of ordinary Lianjiazi.
In particular, those muscles with sharp edges and blocks are a rare feature of this era.
However, just on the surface of these muscles, some subtle scars like the peeling off of the cuticle are clearly visible.
Inadvertently, it looked as if Pei Wende's body once had layers of fine scales, and then they were forcibly peeled off piece by piece.
And this is indeed the case. After the evil energy from the earth veins entered his body, Pei Wende's body appeared to have the characteristics of a scaly creature due to mutations.
If Huiji hadn't used the magic seal in time to help him enter samadhi, Pei Wende might have become a half-demon, half-human monster.
During this period of time, in addition to cultivating his mind and nature by the waterfall, Pei Wende was also thinking of ways to re-enter that mysterious state of "concentration".
However, although entering concentration is the first step on the road to spiritual practice, Pei Wende has never been able to enter the mysterious state again due to the interference of evil spirits.
In other words, that kind of state of concentration is the "state of concentration" exclusive to Huiji.
It was just that Huiji at that time allowed Pei Wende to briefly experience the feeling of entering samadhi through the method of transmitting the teaching from heart to heart and teaching from Dharma to Dharma.
"The situation is better than I thought."
After checking Pei Wende's body, Zen Master Lingyou said in relief.
Although the self-cultivation during this period of time failed to restore Pei Wende's body to its previous peak state, it also greatly weakened the influence of evil spirits on the human body.
In addition, Pei Wende himself has a superhuman physique and abundant yang energy, so the slight sequelae are not enough to affect his actions.
On the contrary, after a series of revolving doors and the baptism of evil spirits, Pei Wende has reached the most basic requirements of "entering the Tao", both in terms of mind and character.
"Since you can't wait so much, let's start the formal practice today!"
As soon as he said this, Pei Wende's face suddenly showed an excited look.
Pei Wende has been waiting for almost more than ten years from the time he knew there were practitioners in this world to today, and now he can finally get his wish and truly come into contact with spiritual practice.
"Old monk, you must keep your word!"
—Recommendation ticket—/—Monthly ticket—
