I'm here in the martial arts world just to find love.

Jiang Chao was stunned when Su E said this.

He subconsciously glanced at the female knight-errant Chu and Lu Jing under the dim light, and saw that the two of them were standing still like clay statues, which made him feel a chill.

A chill ran down Jiang Chao's spine as he forced a smile and said:

"Mr. Su, please don't joke around. That little monk just now was clearly..."

Jiang Chao stopped speaking abruptly halfway through his sentence.

Because the little monk he had seen with his own eyes turn back and close the temple gate had reappeared in front of him.

The little guy was still clutching the two ingots, worth about four taels each, that he had given him for asking for directions.

Looking at the little monk in front of him, dressed in a tiny robe that seemed to be visible only to him, Jiang Chao felt a strange sensation rising in his heart.

The belief in ghosts and spirits!

In an instant, the boy's thoughts surged like a tide.

The words on the books he had found in the library, which seemed to have been deliberately erased, could be easily deduced from the context to be related to legends about ghosts and gods!

At the time, I thought that the old man guarding the library in Fengxue Temple had nothing better to do than deliberately erase these text messages to avoid frightening or affecting him.

After all, the Fengxue Temple does not respect ghosts and gods, but only the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth. And he is the young master of the Fengxue Temple. If he talks about ghosts and gods all day long, he will inevitably attract criticism.

Although the Fengxue Temple teaches all students, it forbids its disciples from privately exploring or discussing matters of ghosts and gods.

Even mentioning it accidentally is unacceptable; if other fellow disciples report it, one will still be severely punished by the teachers.

  

At best, they'll be confined; at worst, they'll be expelled from the Wind and Snow Temple.

After Jiang Chao discovered this secret when he was young, he became playful and would often seek out his fellow disciples to discuss matters of ghosts and gods.

This is another major reason why his fellow disciples avoided him like the plague.

Looking back now, the many things he experienced in his childhood that seemed ordinary at the time, but now seem full of doubts, are probably not as simple as they appear on the surface!

Some things are better left unthought out.

Upon closer reflection, it truly sends chills down one's spine... or so it seems!

Jiang Chao looked down at the little monk in front of him who was making faces at him, and the corners of the boy's mouth couldn't help but turn up slightly.

This kind of martial arts world...that's what makes it interesting.

It's not just about the grudges and feuds between people in the martial arts world, and the fighting and killing; it also includes things like ghosts and gods that arise from the worship and belief in extraordinary powers...

Wow, that's interesting, absolutely fascinating.

The little monk suddenly felt a little scared under his gaze, shrank his neck, and tried to run away with his short legs.

Since Jiang Chao came down the mountain, he had finally encountered such a real "ghost", how could he let it go so easily?

Regardless of how it came into being or what its origins are, the mere fact that it exists is enough to fill Jiang Chao with immense joy.

"Young master, please wait!"

A thunderous shout, imbued with true energy, startled the "little monk," causing him to drop the two silver ingots, which were stained with human energy.

However, no matter how much the "little monk" struggled, he could no longer come and go as freely as before.

It has been "imprisoned"!

Jiang Chao decided to give it a try, using the Jiang family's ancestral mental cultivation method as a guide to activate his internal energy and unleash the Lion's Roar, a Buddhist martial art widely known in the martial arts world.

Surprisingly, it actually worked!

Ignoring the startled looks from Su E and the female knight-errant Chu, he quickly approached the little monk and even reached out to pat the little guy's round head.

It felt icy cold to the touch, completely devoid of warmth, but... I touched it!

Just as the other person was able to hold the two silver ingots he handed over, it was real and not a hallucination he had!

"ha!"

Jiang Chao laughed, a very happy laugh.

"You, you, you..."

The little guy was terrified at that moment.

It has tricked many people who have entered this place in recent days, but no one has ever been able to touch it like this young man in front of him, and capture it so easily.

People are often driven mad with fear after being tricked by it. Some even call it an evil creature in their terror, but it is not! It only likes to tease people and takes pleasure in it, but it never harms anyone. Buddha can be its witness!

"What's your name? Since you like money so much, you must have a name, right?"

Jiang Chao asked with a smile.

Unable to break free, and seeing that the other party truly meant no harm, the little one had no choice but to loudly announce its name:

"Xuhao! That's the Dharma name my abbot gave me!"

"Wasted resources..."

Jiang Chao repeated it, then shook his head.

"This name doesn't sound good, and it has a bad meaning. It sounds like a thief. How about I give you a name? How about Xuzhu? Or Xuxuan? These two names sound very prestigious."

The boy, his playful spirits ignited, looked at the little guy in front of him with amusement.

"In short, you have to choose between these two names, or I won't let you leave."

The little guy's eyes darted around, and he exclaimed in approval:

"Young Master is wise and mighty! Xu Xuan is good, from now on I will be called Xu Xuan!"

Jiang Chao was a bit of a pity.

Actually, he preferred the name "Xuzhu".

There's no other reason than that the name sounds more like something out of a martial arts novel, and it would be even better if I could also have someone called Tianshan Tonglao as my master.

As her thoughts drifted, her "control" over the little guy unconsciously weakened a bit, and just a moment ago the little monk was obediently flattering her, and then he disappeared with a "poof".

From afar, you could still hear the little guy's angry, grumbling voice:

"Hey! You brat, you just wait! When I've mastered my cultivation, I'll make you pay for this humiliation!"

Jiang Chao, however, did not press the matter further and laughed heartily:

"Okay, it's a deal!"

Su E: ...

Chu Ning: ...

Lu Jing: ! ! ? ?

What happened? Who is Young Master Jiang talking to?!

Jiang Chao then remembered the other three people present.

"Didn't any of you see it just now?"

"Look, what do you see?" Chu, the female knight, blurted out instinctively, then shivered involuntarily. She quickly regained her composure, looked at Jiang Chao, and shouted:

"Jiang Qilin, you... don't play tricks! Here... be careful your words don't come true!"

Jiang Chao clapped his hands and laughed, "This time, Miss Chu, you really guessed right. Just now, I was indeed talking to a cute little devil dressed as a little monk."

As he spoke, the boy bent down, picked up the silver that had fallen to the ground, and showed it to the others.

"As you all probably saw, this silver is the money I gave that person for asking for directions. I didn't expect that little fellow to be so unlucky and unable to keep his money. He was startled a little and spat it all out... Huh?"

Jiang Chao weighed the silver in his hand and asked in bewilderment:

"Why do I feel lighter?"

Recalling the brat's reaction earlier, Jiang Chao muttered to himself thoughtfully:

"Could it be that it lacks a bit of human presence?"

He always carried these two silver ingots with him, never letting them out of his sight, and never had the chance to spend them. If the legends about ghosts and gods were true, then what the other party probably coveted was not the silver itself, but the human energy that the silver gained from circulating among people.