Chen Guoli exchanged a few pleasantries with Jiang Chen before leaving with his subordinates.
Huiming and the others no longer asked for a snub and turned around to return to the temple.
Zhang Yuan and the others looked back every three steps, their expressions filled with frustration and reluctance.
However, they knew in their hearts that it was impossible to return to the Taoist temple now. The only thing they could do was to perform well in the Mountain Sound Temple and strive to make friends with a devotee like Chen Guoli one day.
As for Jiang Chen, he was in the Three Pristines Palace, where he had everyone offer incense.
That's right, the visitors of the Sound of Mountain Temple who had come to watch the fun also went to the temple to burn incense after seeing Chen Guoli's behavior…
……
At that moment, something happened in the Mountain Sound Temple.
"Master, please take a look at my child. He hasn't been able to wake up since yesterday afternoon. I went to the clinic to look for Dr. Hu for a check-up. He said that there's nothing wrong with the child's body, but look, the child's ankle has turned black.”
"Please be merciful and save my child.”
Amongst the crowd of devotees, a couple was holding a child of about eight or nine years old. They were kneeling in the temple hall of Shan Yin Temple, begging for help from the abbot.
This abbot was the old monk who had noticed the commotion in Wuwei Daoist Temple last night, Kong Zhi!
Kong Zhi crouched down and rolled up the child's trousers, revealing a part of his ankle. As the couple had said, it was dark and gloomy.
"Hiss, what is this?"
The surrounding visitors were secretly shocked.
"Were you bitten by a poisonous snake? That shouldn't be. Wasn't that red, swollen, and blue?”
"Even if it's anklebone necrotic, it wouldn't have this color, right?”
"Could it be that he's really possessed?"
"Who knows? Not long ago, I saw a young man drowning to death by a river. It was obvious that he was killed by a water ghost.”
"This child's ankles are so black. She can't wake him up. I'm afraid she's touched something!”
"Master, you are a cultivator. Why don't you explain it to everyone?”
The visitors were extremely curious.
In the past six months, strange things had happened frequently, and people were in a panic. They were curious and afraid of those so-called dirty things.
Usually, when they encountered such a bewitched child, they would have long scattered like birds and beasts.
The reason why they dared to watch the show was because this was the holy land of the Buddhist Sect. With the presence of an eminent monk, they could calm down and even listen to the master's explanation.
Abbot Kong Zhi didn't avoid this and said bluntly,""I must have encountered a wild ghost pulling my leg.”
As soon as these words were said, the pilgrims could not help but tremble.
As expected, he had really touched something dirty…
Master was worthy of being a Master, seeing through it at a glance!
Immediately, all the visitors looked at the abbot with even more reverence.
"Master, do you have any way to save my child?" the couple asked anxiously.”
Kong Zhi smiled slightly and was about to speak when he saw Monk Hui Ming and the others returning with dejected expressions.
Kong Zhi frowned. He knew that they had most likely failed their mission, so he immediately said to the couple and the group of devotees perfunctorily,
"Everyone, wait a moment. I'll think of a way.”
After saying that, he directly called out to Huiming, who had just entered,"Follow me to the back hall."
The two of them then left.
Arriving at the back hall, Kong Zhi asked in a deep voice,"Things didn't go well?"
"Abbot, listen to the story.”
Then, he recounted everything that had happened in Wuwei Daoist Temple in detail.
When he mentioned Chen Guoli again, he was particularly angry.
"This fellow has always been a Buddhist believer, but today, he actually told This Penniless Monk to shut up in public.”
The abbot also frowned." The Chen family gives us a lot of incense money every year. If he believes in Taoism, it will be a big loss for our temple."”
"More than that." Huiming said with a bitter face,"At that time, there were quite a number of visitors who came to watch the show. When they heard that the Taoist temple had saved Chen Guoli's life, they went to the Taoist temple to offer incense like the wind!"”
"Although it's more of a copycat mentality, we can't guarantee that those people won't suddenly convert to Taoism one day.”
Kong Zhi nodded and said in a deep voice,"This is indeed not a good sign."”
Thinking back to a thousand years ago, Taoism was so prosperous, but it was because a small number of people were the first to worship Buddhism that led to the prosperity of Buddhism.
As a Buddhist disciple, he knew that a single spark could start a prairie fire.
If there was even a slight chance that the reputation of Daoism would recover, he would immediately think of a way to put it out!
On this side, Huiming was still mumbling,"It seems that the mission that Abbot gave to This Penniless Monk is hopeless now. After all, that junior surnamed Jiang now has ten million yuan in his hands.”
Kong Zhi muttered to himself for a moment, then suddenly remembered the possessed child outside. The corners of his mouth immediately curled up into a smile.
"Since money can't get him to leave the temple, we'll use something else.”
Huiming was stunned.”
Kong Zhi coldly spat out two words.
"Reputation!"
"Reputation?" Huiming asked with a pleading gaze.
"Did you see that kid in the temple hall?" Kong Zhi smiled faintly. His body had already been possessed by the leg-pulling ghost, and his three souls and seven spirits had been scared away.”
"If his soul doesn't return within two hours, then he won't be able to turn the tide.”
Huiming laughed bitterly." Junior Brother is ignorant. You still don't understand the abbot's meaning. Please speak frankly and clear your doubts."”
Seeing this, Kong Zhi no longer beat around the bush and said bluntly,"It's very simple. Didn't you say that there were some people burning incense in that Taoist temple? They had all believed Chen Guoli's words and believed that the Abbey Dean had some ability, so they went to offer incense.”
"But if we hand the child over to him to save him and he fails, won't he be accused of colluding with the rich and playing tricks?”
"At that time, his Taoist temple will be despised day and night!”
"If this continues, how can he not leave?”
Hearing the abbot's explanation, Huiming seemed to be enlightened, and a smug smile instantly appeared on his face.
"As expected of Senior Abbot. This move is wonderful!”
" However…" Huiming muttered to himself for a moment and said worriedly,""But if that guy really saves the child, then we'll be shooting ourselves in the foot!”
"Save?"
Kong Zhi laughed coldly." I watched that kid grow up. His master's skills are insignificant. How can he save people?"”
" But didn't you say that last night…"
"What happened last night should be because he has an evil-suppressing artifact in his temple. It has nothing to do with him.”Kong Zhi was extremely confident.
"Then This Penniless Monk has nothing to worry about." Hui Ming put his hands together and smiled when he saw this.”
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