Kukai looked at Zheng Sheng with a strange expression, sizing him up.

He had assumed that the other party, like Zhou Bin and his group, had come for the temple's treasures, but it turned out they were only there for the ancient Buddhist scriptures.

What era are we living in now? Apart from the Golden Boy, almost no one is interested in those ancient Buddhist books and scriptures in the temple.

Even he found it obscure and difficult to understand. After reading it for a long time, he felt dizzy and his eyes blurred, and all he wanted to do was sleep.

Nowadays, temples mainly recite simplified versions of the Great Compassion Mantra and the Ten Small Mantras; the ancient scriptures have been neglected for a long time.

"Benefactor Zheng Sheng, I never expected you to be a lover of ancient Buddhism. You truly have a connection with the Buddha."

"Jinguang Temple does indeed have some ancient Buddhist texts, which are enshrined as historical relics on the cliff behind the mountain. If you would like to visit, I can take you there."

After Kukai finished speaking with a smile, he suddenly changed the subject.

"However, this humble monk has a small request."

Seeing Kukai's cheerful smile, Zheng Sheng also smiled.

"Master Kukai, please tell me your request."

He was willing to accept any reasonable request as long as he could quickly obtain the inheritance.

"Benefactor Zheng Sheng, I hope that when you leave, you can take our Buddhist disciples with you."

"Um...take me with you!"

As he spoke, Kukai grabbed Zheng Sheng's hand, his serious expression vanishing, replaced by a fawning smile.

"Benefactor Zheng Sheng, I've already packed my things. If you hadn't come, I figured I'd be ready to run away in a few days."

"Kinkō-ji Temple won't last much longer..."

Zheng Sheng looked at Kong Hai in surprise. What's going on with this old bald monk? The contrast is too great!

And judging from his appearance, does he know something that he's been keeping from everyone?

Soon, Kukai revealed everything, and Zheng Sheng also learned the details of Jin Guang Temple, his face turning ugly.

"Jin Guang Temple is indeed a blessed place, and I've always thought so too... But during the last black rain, I suddenly discovered—no, I mean, I, a Buddhist disciple, discovered... that beneath the main hall of Jin Guang Temple, there is actually a secret underground chamber, right beneath the Buddha statue..."

"When we went inside, we found that the space was enormous, almost hollowing out the entire mountain... There were eighteen huge golden Buddha statues underground, and in the middle was a pool of blood that kept gushing out blood..."

"I went to that underground chamber again a couple of days ago, and the water in the blood pool has already risen, submerging most of the eighteen golden Buddha statues, up to their chest level..."

"At this rate, in three to five days at most, all the golden Buddha statues will be completely covered by the blood pool. At that time, I'm afraid Jin Guang Temple will no longer be a blessed place, but a place of great misfortune!"

"A place of great misfortune?" Zheng Sheng looked at him and suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Yes, a place of great calamity! Because within that blood pool, there seems to be something even more terrifying, something that's about to be unleashed!"

After Kukai finished speaking, his face was clearly filled with fear, and he didn't even dare to mention that thing directly.

"Please, please take me and the Buddhist disciple with you!"

"Don't worry, we are both Awakened Ones and won't hold you back. Besides, I know the way on the back mountain and can lead the way. We can run ahead from the back mountain together."

At this moment, Kukai was completely different from the master he had been just moments before. His tone was sincere, his attitude extremely humble, and his eyes were filled with a desire to survive.

He didn't want to die!

Before the apocalypse, he was not the abbot of Jin Guang Temple, but a professional swindler with a rather legendary background.

When he was young, he went out to work, but was tricked into a pyramid scheme by a relative. He was tricked for three years and didn't learn anything else, but he did learn a lot of deceptive tricks.

He was later rescued by the police, but for a while he didn't know what to do. He couldn't find a job anywhere, so in a fit of anger, he became a professional conman.

However, he doesn't scam ordinary people; he specifically targets scammers.

The reason is simple: technology is so advanced now that it's easy to get arrested for deceiving ordinary people, but it's absolutely safe to deceive scammers because they won't report it to the police.

He not only fooled the human traffickers but also reported them and shared their location.

He tricked the brothel, enjoyed the services, and then rescued the women who were being forced into prostitution. One of the women even wanted to have his baby, but he refused.

He fooled drug dealers and drug addicts. That time was the most dangerous. If it weren't for his realistic acting, he probably would have been shot on the Yunnan border.

Later, with the arrival of the AI ​​era in China, it became increasingly difficult to deceive people domestically. He heard that there were many scams in northern Myanmar, so he went there and swindled hundreds of millions of yuan from those scammers.

He was ready to stop, but he was caught when the money entered the country and was forced to hand it all over to the state.

Finally, having no other choice, he had to return to the mountains again, this time targeting Jin Guang Temple, where monks were said to be selling cultural relics abroad.

So he came to Jinguang Temple to become a monk a few months in advance, and ended up being accepted as a disciple because he fooled the abbot too well.

Later, when the Golden Light Temple descended into a strange world, the abbot died on the very first day, and everyone else was dumbfounded.

Because he awakened the [Liar] sequence, he ended up becoming the abbot of Jin Guang Temple after a series of deceptions.

"You just said that you and that Buddha Child have both awakened a sequence. Tell me, what kind of sequence are you?" Zheng Sheng asked.

Kukai quickly and honestly answered.

"What I have awakened is the [Monk] sequence."

"The Sequence ability is to chant sutras. As long as I chant Buddhist sutras, those eerie creatures will have splitting headaches and dare not approach. Although it has no direct killing power, it has a wide range, works quickly, and lasts for a long time. It is definitely a useful ability."

"As for the Buddhist disciple, he awakened the [Scripture Copyist] sequence, and at least it's a Grade A sequence—extremely strong!"

"The scriptures he copied can seal away supernatural entities, or form a scripture barrier to resist their invasion!"

As Kukai spoke, he took out a scripture book, on which was written the complete Great Compassion Mantra. The characters were neat and elegant, written in gold lacquer, and carried a special aura.

"This is a scripture written by a Buddhist disciple. Even ordinary people can ward off evil spirits and prevent them from getting close by reciting the Great Compassion Mantra on it."

"Moreover, half the credit for Jin Guang Temple's ability to resist the invasion of the supernatural is due to the Buddhist disciple, who has filled the area around Jin Guang Temple and the Mahavira Hall with scriptures."

"He even wrote about the underground chamber suppressed under the Buddha statue; otherwise, Jin Guang Temple would have collapsed long ago."

After Kukai finished speaking, he looked at Zheng Sheng, his meaning self-evident.

Both of them are useful, not useless, and bringing them along will definitely not be a hindrance.

Zheng Sheng understood what he meant, but still wanted to confirm it personally.

"I'm quite interested in your Buddhist disciple, but I need to meet him beforehand and take me to the underground secret chamber you mentioned."

All of that was just Kūkai's side of the story; he needed to confirm it himself.

Especially the eighteen golden Buddha statues under the main hall, and the things in the blood pool.

If these things really exist, then the meaning is completely different!

An ancient temple with a history of a thousand years is actually suppressing evil spirits beneath it... A bizarre invasion... This is clearly not a coincidence!

"Come on, take me to the main hall!"

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