Houtong Lane, small earthen courtyard.
Woodshed.
Su Chen came out of the medicated bath tub where the water temperature had gradually cooled down. His skin was steamed all over and was as red as ruby. He wiped off the wet bath water with a cloth and put on cloth clothes.
Seeing that the sky has already dawned,
He no longer went back to his house to rest.
Later, Su Chen used a fire stick to poke sparks into the stove fire, added a few more firewood, and cooked a large bowl of Linggu porridge.
After getting ready to finish breakfast, I went to Wenwen Private School for morning reading.
...
dawn.
Luoyi Imperial Capital, at dawn.
Those who liked to hang out at night finally went home.
The streets were sparse, and three or two figures began to appear. The firewood men who select materials for sale and the vendors who sell vegetables come to the market early.
"This Imperial City of Luoyi of the Great Ji Immortal Dynasty is indeed the largest city in the Middle-earth China!
The city wall is majestic and towers into the clouds. The ten-foot bluestone street is majestic. The streets and alleys are all filled with shops, with a dazzling array of goods.
The lights in Zhuzi Bookstore, Jade Jewelry Shop, Ling Jade Store and Restaurant are brightly lit and stay on all night long, with flowers blooming and the atmosphere magnificent! ...~Eye-opening!
However, living in the Imperial City is not easy~!
It’s hard to even get a bowl of vegetarian food! "
In the cold wind, an ascetic monk wearing thin and ragged gray monk's clothes, with white eyebrows and hair, was holding a Zen staff and a worn-out alms bowl, with a sad face and a sigh.
The ascetic monk walked alone in the deserted Gutong Alley.
The mansions of wealthy aristocratic families in Wuyi Lane are all splendid and have strict access control.
He went to beg for a bowl of vegetarian food, but the stewards and servants were impatient and even let out vicious dogs to drive him away.
These wealthy families don't seem to like giving charity.
He could only come to this civilian alleyway and ask for a bowl of vegetarian food from the owner's house in the street, which might be easier.
"This family is hard-working. There is smoke from the kitchen at dawn. They must be making breakfast~!"
The ascetic monk looked up and saw smoke rising from a small earthen courtyard in front of him, and he couldn't help but be happy.
...
"Dong dong~!"
There was a crisp knock on the door of the small courtyard.
Who's knocking?
Su Chen couldn't help but look surprised.
If he is an acquaintance, friends from the same hometown will call him by his name.
If he was a stranger and not familiar with him, he would naturally not knock on the door so early in the morning.
Su Chen came to the firewood gate of the small courtyard in confusion.
Open the wooden door,
Immediately, he saw an old ascetic monk in ragged clothes, about a hundred years old, standing outside the door with a Zen staff and a fasting basin in his hands, with an earnest look on his face.
This ascetic monk has a vicissitudes of life and a look of exhaustion on his face.
"This little benefactor!
Poor monk, I came from Zhanbuzhou in the south. I saw smoke curling up from your house, as if you were lighting a fire to make food. Can I ask for a bowl of vegetarian food? "
When the ascetic monk saw the small courtyard opening, a handsome young man with lively eyes came out, he quickly saluted.
The ascetic monk couldn't help but marvel when he saw this young man's appearance.
Just knock on the door of any house and you will meet such a handsome young man!
Luoyi, the Great Ji Immortal Dynasty in China's Middle-earth Kingdom, is truly an extraordinary divine city!
"An ascetic from Nanzhanbuzhou?"
Su Chen was startled and looked at the ascetic monk carefully.
In the China of China, although there is a branch of Buddhism among the various sects, its number is extremely small and rare. It is said that it is spread from Xihe Niuzhou, Nanzhanbuzhou and other places.
I remember Old Master Wang Chan said that there are five major continents in this great world, which is hundreds of millions of miles wide and boundless.
It's really far from Nanzhanbuzhou to China in the Middle Earth... I don't know how many oceans and mountains I have to cross.
The cultivators of the Middle-earth China do not have the cultivation level of the fourth and fifth realms and dare not easily cross the sea to visit the southern continent.
Without the cultivation level of the sixth or seventh realm, one would not dare to go to Xihe Niuzhou easily.
Without the Eighth Realm Semi-Saint cultivation level, one would not dare to go to Beiju Luzhou, which has been frozen for thousands of years.
There is a Buddhist country over Niuzhou in Xihe, and Buddhism is prosperous. Occasionally, Buddhist disciples cross the ocean and come to the China of China, becoming one of the various sects of the Great Ji Immortal Dynasty.
Since this ascetic monk has traveled across the ocean, his cultivation is by no means weak. He is probably around the fifth or seventh level.
When an ascetic came to ask for a meal, Su Chen would certainly not be stingy with a bowl of spiritual porridge.
"There is only Linggu gruel, does the mage want it?"
"Yes!... A poor monk practices ascetic meditation and eats the food of thousands of families, just a bowl of porridge!"
"Mage, wait~!"
Su Chen returned to the woodshed in the small courtyard, filled a large bowl of Linggu porridge from the pot with a fasting bowl, and served it to the ascetic.
"Thank you so much, little benefactor... I haven't received a bowl of hot rice for several days!"
The ascetic monk was pleased, clasped his hands together in gratitude, and said, "Thank you, little benefactor!"
"Master, where are you from?"
Su Chen was puzzled and asked curiously.
The ascetic monk couldn't help but smile and explained, "It's a long story.
The poor monk came from Nanzhan Buzhou and traveled around the world in his early years. He first went to Xihe Niuzhou and studied Buddhism for a hundred years with the saints of the Buddhist country.
Later, I heard that there was a Great Ji Immortal Dynasty in the China of Middle-earth. It was full of flowers and was famous in all the five continents of the world.
Those who traveled around the world in Wubuzhou would definitely come to the imperial capital of Luoyi in the Daji Immortal Dynasty to pay homage.
The poor monk admired him for a long time, so he traveled across the ocean and traveled to the Divine Continent of China.
But I never thought that this sea is too vast.
The poor monk was blown by a storm at sea and took the wrong road halfway. Unexpectedly, he crossed the ocean and arrived at Dongsheng Shenzhou first.
Finally, after all the hard work, we finally arrived in the Middle-earth China! !
Thank you for the alms meal!
Goodbye, poor monk! "
The ascetic monk cupped his hands and said politely.
"Farewell, Master!"
Su Chen smiled.
The practice method of this Buddhist ascetic is also very strange.
Although he has attained such a high level of cultivation, he still wears ragged clothes and walks barefoot in the streets of ordinary people, begging for food from ordinary people.
The ascetic asked for a bowl of alms food and walked away.
...
Su Chen gave all the large bowl of spiritual porridge in the pot to the ascetic, leaving only a small amount of spiritual porridge and ate a few mouthfuls to fill his stomach.
Afterwards, he went out and met Xiang Tiange, and together they hurried to Wendao Private School for morning reading.
"Brother Chen, who was that person just now? He was wearing weird clothes? I've never seen him before!"
"A Buddhist ascetic who came from a distant continent in the south.
Buddhism ranks at the bottom among all the schools. Have you never seen the Buddhism that came from Xihe Niuzhou? ! "
"I've never seen it before, it's really strange!"
"Ha, I have only heard in some miscellaneous books that there is a Buddhist country in Niuzhou, Xihe!"
