Chapter 472 - An Old Monk in a Small Temple (1/2)

Chapter 472 An Old Monk in a S for what they wanted whether they were bound ard for Chang’an, southward for Shanghai, or north to the Northern Capital It was unknoould happen to thehai because of Qin Sheng It was also because of Qin Sheng that sohai or the Northern Capital None of the’s friends

Co would an and the Qin Faht that the storm this time would be the same as the ones in the past, which would eventually subside After that, there would come a rainbow after the rain However, some people had become anxious

Mount Wutai was one of the four fah above the clouds No trees grew on the top of theit look like a platform made of earth That was the reason why it was called Wutai Mount Wutai was the only do the temples for the monks and the ones for the Lama There were 47 temples in total, most of which were royal ones Many eone there for worshi+pping There were also many tales about Wutai Mountain For example, the Shunzhi Eave up his country and became a monk in the Wutai Mountain in the end

Nanchan Temple was one of the oldest temples on Mount Wutai The temple sat in the north and faced the south The initial period of its construction was unknown Rebuilt in the ti was in power, it had been destroyed later Except for the Great Buddha Hall, which was a re Dynasty,Dynasties When Wuzong E exterminated Buddhism when he was in power, the Nanchan Teed to survive the disaster and remain intact on Mount Wutai luckily Therefore, it became the most ancient wooden piece of architecture in existence

Nanchan Tes in size and had a structure that looked like a siheyuan A few Buddha statues inside the te Dynasty were the ao Caves, they were the earliest Buddha statues in existence in the country Unfortunately, they had been stolen once twenty years before, causing heavy losses to the teh the Nanchan Temple was located on Mount Wutai, it was not located inside the tourist area Instead, it was located in a se dozens of kiloht distance, isolating itself away fro the secluded environment to itself Therefore, there were not many tourists and worshi+ppers other than a few one to Nanchan Temple more than 20 years in the past After that, he had never left Wutai Town He had beco at all He swept the floor, cleaned the Buddha statues and stone inscriptions every day, and so on Sometimes, he would chat with a few tourists Most of the ti the scriptures

This day, after finishi+ng all the work at noon, the oldon the steps in front of the main hall alone Other monks in the teh there were a lot of weeds in the yard, the oldthat he would get rid of thereen into a withered yellow color Everyone did as he said

There weren’t many worshi+ppers Most tourists were attracted because of its faers nearby were ifts to them Besides that, they also had soood life Of course, co in the temples inside the scenic area of Mount Wutai, they were quite poor Even so, since they all had chosen to be monks in Nanchan Temple rather than the lively scenic area of Mount Wutai, they should have taken this into consideration

20 years back, the oldTe Temple when the calamity took place It wasn’t until he ca He was young at the time; he had stayed in the temple for about six years For the first tiht to justice and many cultural relics were returned Everyone said that the thieves had been punished for their vicious behaviors Only the old h the scenery of Nanchan Temple was not as beautiful as that of Mount Wutai, for the old monk, the blue sky above his head was the s acco him, he was quite satisfied Moreover, he often went to the temples on Mount Wutai to visit the eminent monks and discuss Taoism with them Sometimes, he would live there for a month or half a month However beautiful the scenery, he would becoh

It was unknohy there was no worshi+pper that day A few littlethat it seemed that the food thiswas that Nanchan Tee entrance fees Therefore, soo to the temple on Mount Wutai It was clear that they would live a more comfortable life there

Just after noon, a woray plain dress walked into the Nanchan Te outside So the wo well maintained, her specific appearance couldn’t be identified However, based on her temperament, she surely came froing with cash or cultivated with culture, given the condition that one could not be affected too ar world After that, the te that there finally came a worshi+pper, who seemed to be rich, the little monks were inevitably soive theood mood After all, there were a lot of worshi+ppers ere rich as well as generous Of course, the old nored them

Two little htly as they greeted, “Amitabha”

The woman with extraordinary temperament just nodded with a s the hall where the Buddha statue was surrounded by an iron fence, she went straight to the oldin the sun, which made the two ot closer to the old lasses It turned out she was a ed woman in her 40s or 50s However well-ed a toll on her face What’s more, however hard she tried, the kind of look in her eyes, which indicated that she had gone through a lot of ups and downs, couldn’t be concealed

Before the woray beard and eyebrows, and whose face rinkled, opened his eyes and spoke first, “It’s been ain” Compared with the woman’s delicate and sh, which was sie However, he was quite flexible and agile whileMoreover, he hadn’t been inflicted with any disease

The look in the woman’s eyes was full of disdain She sneered and said, “Then, should I say ‘long ti, I didn’t expect that you would hide in this shabby temple for ht”

As the old ,” he became so time Even when his brother had paid a visit the last time, he hadn’t called him so

The old monk muttered to himself, “While one day passed in the world, dozens of years have passed on thethat this see female benefactor turned out to be the old monk’s friend, the little monks retreated sensibly After all, they had already known that a variety of inexplicable old friends would visit the old ed woman talked was full of hatred and sarcasainst the old monk to such an extent She continued to say sarcastically, “Qin Changxing, it has beenlike a coward yet?”

The old ered by the wo a monk is cowardly, then the Mount Wutai should be full of cowards, which would be quite a funny notion”

The ed woman said with a harsh sh of the mortal world, while you chose to be a ood as your brother”