Weishan, Miyin Temple.
Today's Miyin Temple is no longer the unknown Tongqing Temple.
After successively teaching two eminent monks, Huiji and Fahai, Miyin Temple has gained an extremely good reputation in the eyes of Buddhist believers and ordinary people.
This directly led to the fact that the incense in Miyin Temple never stopped, whether it was a festival or not.
For this reason, Zen Master Lingyou had to ask the people at the foot of the mountain to help manage and share some of the temple's work, which can be regarded as adding an extra income to them.
The person responsible for managing these "temporary workers" on weekdays is the scholar who was displaced here due to the locust plague - Chen Lu.
Today, Chen Lu has become a veritable "temple blessing" of Miyin Temple.
Apart from Master and Disciple Pei Wende, Xiao Qing, and the other juniors, Chen Lu can be said to be the most core member of the temple.
That's just some daily management work. Even the miraculous performances occasionally shown by the juniors, everyone in the temple never thought of hiding Chen Lu.
So as time went by, Chen Lu naturally realized that those juniors might not all be human beings.
But...what does it matter?
When I was forced to leave my hometown and suffer from hunger and cold because of humans, it was the disaster shed opened by Pei Wende that saved my life.
As early as when he volunteered to go up the mountain to repay his kindness, Chen Lu had already made up his mind that his life belonged to Pei Wende.
Therefore, what if Miyin Temple harbors monsters?
Not to mention taking the initiative to reveal the secrets of Miyin Temple, after realizing the abnormalities of the three civet brothers, Chen Lu even covered them up several times, intentionally or unintentionally.
However, it was through these cover-ups that Chen Lu discovered that he was not the only one who was aware of the secret of Miyin Temple.
The villagers who often come to the mountain to help and are responsible for managing and sharing certain tasks in the temple seem to be covering for the three civet brothers.
Thanks to this, although the three civet and cat brothers often made a lot of noise, they never alerted the government.
Of course, Chen Lu felt that the government never sent anyone to investigate, perhaps because of the reputation of Zen Master Fahai.
He single-handedly quelled the Taisu Demon God incident that affected the entire Tanzhou. After reading this record, no one will take the initiative to trouble Miyin Temple, right?
After figuring this out, Chen Lu finally stopped being suspicious and focused all his energy on taking care of Zen Master Lingyou.
For example, right now...
"Zen Master, haven't you taken your medicine today?"
Standing helplessly at the door of the Zen room in the backyard, Chen Lu looked at the motionless decoctions placed aside, and softly reminded Zen Master Lingyou inside.
"well!"
Along with a deep sigh, the door of the Zen room was pushed open by an invisible wind.
Zen Master Lingyou, who was sitting cross-legged in the Zen room, first raised his head, and then sighed helplessly.
"Why are you doing this?"
"My end is approaching, and these decoctions will no longer have much effect."
Chen Lu knew that Zen Master Lingyou was telling the truth, because the other person's current skinny appearance had simply reached the limit that life could reach.
The fact that such a thin and shriveled Zen Master Lingyou could talk to him so energetically was beyond the scope of Chen Lu's understanding.
"But... Zen Master Fahai said..."
Chen Lu opened his mouth hesitantly, but looked at Zen Master Lingyou's calm eyes, but in the end he still didn't say anything.
"Death is the inevitable end of life."
"Even if my apprentice has incredible magical powers, he can't change this."
"Besides, I take more medicine than food every day. Don't you think this is torture for an old man like me?"
There was no intention of blaming him at all. Zen Master Lingyou knew that all this was his disciple's intention.
However, Zen Master Lingyou actually died a long time ago, but Pei Wende has been trying his best to extend his life, so that he can survive until now.
Whether you work hard to learn medical elixirs or force yourself to keep the Sakyamuni Buddha treasure...
It was also because Zen Master Lingyou knew the painstaking efforts of his disciples that he endured the physical torture, hoping to watch the day when Pei Wende could truly stand alone.
Now, Zen Master Lingyou's long-cherished wish is over, and every extra minute of living is a kind of torture for him.
Chen Lu saw this and just turned a blind eye to Zen Master Lingyou's behavior of secretly pouring out the soup.
Today, when he saw Zen Master Lingyou unusually not pouring out the soup, Chen Lu vaguely realized something.
At this moment, Zen Master Lingyou’s answer confirmed his guess.
"Zen Master, that little master..."
Instead of using the slightly formal title of "Zen Master Fahai", Chen Lu just lowered his head with a sad face, unable to bear to look at Zen Master Lingyou again.
"As for Wende, I will explain it to him."
"This is a lesson he has to go through, and it's the last lesson I can teach him."
"After practicing so far, if he can't even see through this, then I am really not qualified at all as a master."
Although Zen Master Lingyou tried his best to lighten the tragic atmosphere, Chen Lu still inevitably shed tears.
It was the sadness that a Buddhist great master was about to pass away, and also the gratitude for Zen Master Lingyou’s care over the years.
"You have read so many books after all, so don't act like a girl."
Seeing Chen Lu so sad, Zen Master Lingyou, who had already looked down upon life and death, smiled freely.
"Although my physical body is about to die, my disciples will inherit my will and ideas and see all the thousands of rivers and mountains on my behalf and travel all over this land of China."
"On this point alone, I have surpassed most people."
When he said this, Zen Master Lingyou, who had not moved for half a month, suddenly stood up and walked out of the Zen room for the first time in a long time under Chen Lu's surprised eyes.
"My good disciple, the 'merging of the three religions' is not something that can be accomplished easily."
It is obvious that he is as skinny as a stick, and his energy is exhausted...
But Zen Master Lingyou seemed to have returned to the peak state of his life in an instant.
If it weren't for the fact that his skinny appearance hadn't changed at all, Chen Lu could no longer tell from Zen Master Lingyou's current demeanor and tone that he was a dying person.
After a brief surprise, Chen Lu quickly realized the seriousness of the problem - this was a flashback!
"Zen Master, you..."
Before Chen Lu could ask, Zen Master Lingyou's figure disappeared from his sight with a smile.
"Good disciple! Let me give you my last helping hand!"
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