My enemies became my companions

Chapter 345 I'm Still Jealous

"It's not the wind that's moving, it's not the flags that are moving, it's the human heart that's moving..."

After the crazy sutra teacher finished mumbling this, his body swayed a little and his brows were furrowed together.

Then, he stood still, holding the Zen staff, raised one hand, and chanted the mantra of rebirth.

"Namo Amitabha Night, Duotagadu Night, Duodikadu Night..."

The indifferent Buddhist chanting added a heavy atmosphere to this strange inn.

The waiter couldn't understand at first, then he turned his head stiffly and said:

"Old Sutra Master, why are you chanting the mantra for rebirth?"

"I'll save you."

Having said that, in front of everyone, the Crazy Scripture Master slapped the waiter on the top of his head!

boom!
The sound of cracking caused cracks to appear on the waiter's body from the place where the palm hit him, and his body deflated like a leaking shell.

The two Taoists who were watching not far away were still in shock and chanted "Blessings to the Infinite Heavenly Lord" in unison.

The waiter's blood splashed onto Duan Lang's face, and the Zhenwu Taoist was startled by this sudden incident.

It was the first time he had seen such a person and he was completely stunned.

He didn't even have time to feel lucky that he had killed the man well. He didn't react at all and muttered, "Didn't the old sutra master say... to spare his life?"

The Crazy Sutra Master kicked the waiter's body and said, "He makes me unhappy, so I will slap him to death."

"You have broken the precept of not killing just like this, are you crazy, old master?" Duan Lang couldn't help but said in shock.

"Now that I've been discovered, I won't let you go." The crazy master slapped Duan Lang on the top of his head.

Bang.

The Taoist Zhenwu's head tilted, blood flowed out from the top of his head, and he died.

The attack was extremely fast and the killing was quick and efficient. The two Taoists kept chanting "Blessings to the Infinite Heavenly Venerable", and Yin Weiying's eyelids twitched slightly, and he grabbed Chen Yi's clothes even tighter.

Even though she could guess that there were some strange people among the warriors who had dealings with Chen Yi, she could not have imagined that the crazy sutra master would be so capricious and moody.

The crazy sutra master was seen chanting scriptures, as if he had extracted Duan Lang's soul, and then he walked towards the side of the female warrior Wang Yan.

Undoubtedly, he was trying to call back Wang Yan's soul and bring this female warrior back to life.

"Girl, get up."

Most people would be confused by this act of killing the husband to save the wife.

It’s just that the crazy sutra teacher is crazy and has his own ideas.

Chen Yi felt that this was too much trouble and did not want to get involved, so he said to Yin Weiying:
"Let's go up."

The nun also didn't like the smell of blood on the floor, so she picked up Chen Yi's clothes and followed him slowly back to the guest room.

After returning to the guest room, Yin Weiying gathered her Taoist robe and slowly sat down with a calm demeanor. At this moment, she turned her face to the side, staring into the empty space, her dark brows slightly furrowed, and it was unknown what she was thinking about.

After a while, she suddenly said:
"Why did the sutra teacher kill people?"

When Chen Yi heard her sudden question, he replied without thinking:
"He has his own ideas. Killing the Taoist priest to save the female warrior is reasonable in his opinion. In his opinion, one of the three types of people he hates the most is the unfaithful person."

Yin Weiying secretly glanced at Chen Yi.

Chen Yi asked back suddenly:
"Am I unfaithful?"

The nun shrank back, not daring to say that he was unfaithful.

The reason why she took that glance was because this man flirted with all kinds of women, but as soon as she thought about it, if Chen Yi was really cold-hearted and unfaithful, she would have died in the underground palace long ago.

It should be noted that the words "amorous" and "unfaithful" often appear in pairs, but in Chen Yi's case, it seems that only the former exists.

As for the Taoist Zhenwu who died, it was only the latter.

Thinking of Chen Yi's deep love for another woman, Yin Weiying couldn't help but sigh.

Chen Yi glanced out the window and couldn't help wondering, if Min Ning was here today, would he stop the Crazy Scripture Master from beating the Zhenwu Taoist priest.

Yin Weiying seemed to sense something and asked softly, "What...what are you thinking about?"

"I was wondering if Min Ning would stop that crazy sutra master if he were here. After all, this Taoist Zhenwu has done a lot of good things in beheading demons and exorcising monsters."

Yin Weiying was startled, and then said: "You, you are in the same room with me, do you miss Min Ning?"

Perhaps because she had not practiced hard enough, she felt inexplicably depressed.

Chen Yi smiled and asked, "Is it not possible?"

After he asked this question, Yin Weiying felt a little scared. If she didn't confront him, there would be more worry on her brow. Even if he didn't say it clearly, she more or less felt that he had many playful... ideas about her and Min Ning.

Or fold the dumplings like me and Tingxue, or alternate left and right...

Yin Weiying didn't know why, but many beautiful thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant. His cheeks felt slightly hot, and he couldn't help but recite the Supreme Forgetfulness Method silently.

She snorted lightly and said coldly:
"If I had the power to surpass the heavens, I would have killed all the demons and monsters in this ghost town, far better than Min Ning."

These words were not false, just as she had thought in the underground palace at that time that after she achieved enlightenment and became an immortal, she would repay Chen Yi for his kindness.

Seeing her like this, Chen Yi couldn't help but laugh:

"Is the fairy jealous?"

Yin Weiying was about to deny it outright, but his eyes flickered slightly and he said instead:

"So what if I'm jealous? As a monk, why should we hide what we think?"

"Aren't you afraid that I might be jealous of you?"

"Even if you don't like it, I'm still jealous." The nun said in a clear voice.

When she said this, she actually had some of the toughness of the Goddess Taihua.

Chen Yi laughed even harder.

Seeing his expression clearly, Yin Weiying sneered inwardly.
His heart was so easily stirred up that as time went on, he would probably no longer be on guard against her.

By then, even if she had no intention, what could he do?

Chen Yi looked out the window and saw the female warrior Wang Yan collecting her husband's body, so he said, "This Taoist priest only needs one of his three souls and seven spirits to save people, but he is worried that it will hinder his own immortality and is unwilling to pay such a price. It can be seen from his subconscious saying that the scripture master is crazy."

The speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously. Yin Weiying always felt that he was hinting at something, which made him unhappy.

And Chen Yi still seemed to have some feelings:

"In addition to longevity, the second reason is that my wife is dirty. The former is a big deal, and the latter is just an excuse."

He seemed to compare himself to the pitiful wife and the nun in front of him to the ruthless husband.

Yin Weiying originally wanted to reply that a dog would not mind a poor home, but she didn't have the courage. After saying this, what if Chen Yi asked her to lie down and bark at night?
But she was unhappy in her heart, unable to express it, so she sighed and said:

“…I’m not that kind of person.”

Chen Yi said "Oh" with a playful tone: "Where is it not?"

If it were a little fox, it would definitely know how to respond and how to please Chen Yi at the same time.

But Yin Weiying was not good at dealing with the answers to these two dilemmas. If he said that he was willing to give up the path to immortality for others, it would be a lie and he would not be able to hide it from Chen Yi. But he could not say things like "I will walk the path to immortality alone".

After a while, the nun had no choice but to say:
"You have so many women, and I don't think you're dirty."

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A few days ago,
It is said that Concubine Dong's paper figurine met a warrior in black clothes at Diguan.

This deity is involved with the paper figurine, so naturally Concubine Dong knows about this.

However, she did not come to Dizang Temple for this matter today.

But he came for Chen Yi.

However, she still didn't know where Chen Yi came from, let alone that Chen Yi was the warrior in black clothes.

In the underworld, there are not many Taoist temples, but most are Buddhist temples.

This is because Buddhism has Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva who will not become a Buddha until hell is empty, but Taoism does not have such a deity.

The long petals of the red spider lilies form an ocean, swaying in the cold wind, setting off the golden Buddha statue in the Ksitigarbha Temple. Concubine Dong doesn't know that after she has obtained the golden Buddha statue, when she sees the red spider lilies again, will she see white lotuses or red spider lilies?

There are monks in robes sitting cross-legged in the main hall.

All monks are bones.

Even though Concubine Dong had been practicing Buddhism with her hair uncut and had observed the precepts and chanted Buddha's name for many years, it was the first time she had seen such a scene.

She put her hands together and chanted in Korean: "Namo Amitabha."

Outside the main hall, a figure slowly approached.

Without the three thousand strands of hair, he looked like a monk who had shaved his head, but he was wearing the official robes of the underworld.

Imperial Concubine Dong tilted her head slightly and saluted:
"Venerable Benyuan, I am the humble nun Jueyin, paying my respects to you."

"I no longer believe in Buddhism, so why call me a Dharma Master? Now that I am wearing official clothes, you can just call me Gong Cao."

The monk-like man said this, walked forward a few steps, bent down, and started to tidy up the robes on the white bones, smoothing out the wrinkles, looking very careful.

As he was styling her hair, he noticed that even though it was tied up, it still almost reached the ground, so he asked:
"You became a nun and practiced Buddhism with your hair untied. Are all temples in Goryeo like this?"

Concubine Dong replied calmly:
"I am from Huangyue Temple, and I am a Buddhist monk who practices Buddhist precepts. The monks in the temple are from the lineage of Shenxiu of the Chinese Zen Buddhism. According to Buddhist precepts, to become a monk one must shave one's head, but I am from the royal family of the previous dynasty, so it is not easy for me to shave my head and practice Buddhism."

Benyuan Gongcao's movements slowed down a bit, as if he was recalling the origin of Huangyue Temple. The Chinese Zen Buddhism was divided into two branches, the southern branch was founded by Huineng, and the most famous temple was Shaolin. The northern branch was founded by Shenxiu. After hundreds of years of confrontation between the north and the south, the northern branch had long since declined and had to be spread northward to Goryeo.

"So you are from Shenxiu's lineage. No wonder you wanted to kill Diguan." Benyuan Gongcao plucked the thread off his cassock and said with contempt, "Killing people for the sake of a sect means you haven't achieved your goal in cultivation."

There are so many Buddhist sects in the world, far more than Taoism, and the disputes among sects are countless. Diguan, who was killed by Concubine Dong, was from Tiantai Sect. In Goryeo, Tiantai Sect and Zen Sect are the two major sects coexisting... However, the twists and turns of the right and wrong are so complicated that Benyuan Gongcao only needs to recall them briefly. The right and wrong of this tiny country is not worth studying in detail, even if he is still chanting Buddhist scriptures.

"The matter between me and Diguan is far more than a sectarian dispute, but it involves Huangyue Temple, so it is not convenient to disclose it."

Facing Benyuan Gongcao's contempt, Concubine Dong had a gentle expression:

"Although Benyuan Gongcao keeps saying that he doesn't practice Buddhism, he asked the little nun about temples in Goryeo. It seems that he still cares about Buddhism."

A hint of sternness flashed across Benyuan Gongcao's eyes, but he retracted them and said in a cold voice:

“How do you know that I am devoted to the Dharma?”

Concubine Dong pointed to the monks made of bones on the ground.
"If you didn't care about Buddhism, why would you collect so many bones and build this?"

The monks looked like they were listening to the Buddhist teachings with their heads bowed.

“They are not chanting Buddha’s name,”

Benyuan Gongcao smiled and said slowly:

"Instead, I asked them to kneel here and repent."

Concubine Dong looked up in confusion, and saw Benyuan Gongcao slowly pointing at the hands of the meditating Buddha statue.

In the flickering candlelight, Concubine Dong had not noticed it just now, but only now did she see that it was a small doll.

Rather than a puppet that raises a ghost, it looks more like a toy for a four or five year old child.

When Concubine Dong retracted her gaze, she inadvertently glanced at the pile of bones and was suddenly shocked.

I saw that the souls of the monks were imprisoned in those white bones. Their eyes were wide open, their bodies were emaciated, and they were in great torment!
"They and I were both from Putuo Temple, and each of them was a highly eloquent monk."

Benyuan Gongcao had a smile on his face, but his anger gradually deepened, and a dark murderous aura filled the air.

"You only harmed my son. No matter who you are, you must kneel down and repent here."

Concubine Dong remained silent.

After a while, the evil spirit gradually subsided, and Benyuan Gongcao turned around and asked:
"I wonder why you came here to visit today?"

"I heard that Benyuan Gongcao had read through half of the Book of Life and Death, so today, I want to ask Gongcao about one person."

Concubine Dong clasped her hands together and considered the severity of the matter.

"This man's surname is Chen Yi, and he is the Secretary of Zhige. It seems that he will have some connection with our Huangyue Temple in the future."

(End of this chapter)