Chapter 156: Chapter 131: What Ghost is Knocking at My Temple’s Door?
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“Monastery Supervisor Uncle! You’ve finally arrived!”
As dusk neared, a fat monk whose broad physique could not be fully concealed by his loose robe led a group of simply-dressed monks into the Bodhi Monastery, which had been built less than half a year prior. Upon entering the monastery, an older monk who had already received the news hurriedly came to pay respect to the fat monk, who looked markedly younger than him.
“Yixiu, you proposed half a year ago that we should move south. Now, what have you gained from this decision?” asked the plump, monastic supervisor in a measured tone while looking at the old monk.
“Responding to Monastery Supervisor Uncle, I have met the younger brother of the Governor of Fengzhou some days ago. As expected, he is no ordinary child and possesses innate Divine Power!” the older monk replied.
“Is it truly so?” Although the fat monk already believed him, he still asked.
“A monk does not lie. I’ve seen it with my own eyes. The boy has raised a black dog that will transform into a great demon!”
The old monk’s words were astonishing, causing the monks behind the fat monk to show shocked expressions.
“How old is the younger brother of the Governor of Fengzhou, who is said to be just over fifteen years old, to be raising such a big demon?”
“I’ve inquired about it from the locals, the boy is only about twelve or thirteen years old now!”
The old monk replied, showing a hint of admiration in his expression, and a trace of complacency in his eyes.
All the Buddhist temples in the region have been spreading the word that a reincarnated fairy monarch has been born in this country. A virtuous man has said that the reincarnated fairy monarch was an Immortal Monarch in his past life and will become a Buddha in this life. The reincarnated fairy monarch should be welcomed into Ling Mountain and worshipped as the leader of Buddhism.
So, led by the monastery supervisor, the monks of the Bodhi Monastery journeyed to Da Jin to find the reincarnated fairy monarch and bring him into
Buddhism.
However, after their arrival in Da Jin, their anticipated pleasant journey to find the reincarnated fairy monarch according to fate completely failed to materialize. As soon as they arrived in Da Jin, every true member of Taoism and senior monk essentially had already identified the reincarnated fairy monarch.
The so-called ‘The Heavenly people and divine objects are hidden and obscured by themselves’ is simply nonsense. The reincarnated fairy monarch is making a high profile in this mundane world. His reputation has almost spread throughout the country and even neighboring countries have heard about him.
He has achieved the Six Dominant Scholar status before turning fourteen, been inducted into the court, joined the ranks of Zhu Zi, has been admired by the princess, loved by the prince’s daughter. He had been in the capital for less than two years before he was sent to the northern territories to serve as the governor of Gunzhou. He managed a region despite not having yet reached adulthood, already a high-ranking official in charge of a vast territory.
These seemingly astonishing achievements are only a superficial part of what mortals can see. If you enquire from the spirits, you can learn about his more terrifying “accomplishments”.
Legend has it that he was sent to the frontier to be the governor after being in the capital for less than two years because all the court officials and spirits invisible to mortals were terrified of him. Wherever his gaze landed, people became anxious and fearful, extremely worried and dared not slack off at all.
Therefore, when someone proposed to appoint him as the frontier governor, many officials agreed with this proposal. Not a single person opposed it, even the Emperor was very agreeable and didn’t want to quarrel with the officials about this matter. The very next day after the officials sent the proposal, he stamped his seal on the appointment decree, showing unimaginable efficiency.
For such a character, as long as one is not blind or deaf, they basically know of his existence, and for such a character, there is simply no better explanation than saying he is a reincarnated fairy monarch.
Adding such explanation makes all the seemingly shocking behaviors and achievements become very normal and mundane. A reincarnated fairy monarch, what can’t he achieve? It is only a matter of whether he wants to do something or not.
So, the group of monks from the Bodhi Monastery who had crossed half of the South Nanhua Continent rushed to Da Jin, only to despairingly find out that they couldn’t even see the reincarnated fairy monarch, let alone convert him into Buddhism, they could only dream about it.
There were countless true members of Taoism and even Human Immortals who had let go of their dignity surrounding the reincarnated fairy monarch.
Under the watchful eyes of so many true men of Taoism and even Human Immortals, the monks who could get in touch with the reincarnated fairy monarch were all from the top temples in South Nanhua.
Although the Bodhi Monastery was not bad, their influence had declined in recent years. What’s more, they were led by their monastery supervisor this time and didn’t place as much importance as the other monasteries. Some monasteries even brought out their old retired abbots, which was like laying all their cards on the table.
Under such circumstances, they naturally did not have any competitiveness and found it hard to make any headway. But they were also unwilling just to return empty-handed after travelling tens of thousands of miles without achieving anything, it would be too embarrassing.
In this dilemma of back and forth, the old monk named Yixiu put forward the idea of a curved path to rebirth. Since it is as difficult as ascending to heaven to get in touch with the reincarnated fairy monarch, they simply wouldn’t do so, they would shift their focus downwards and interact with his secular relatives.
In the end, the old monk came to Yongning county. Although this small county town seemed remote, he found traces of many practitioners, including the true men of Taoism, as if someone had had the same thought as them.
Compared with the reincarnated fairy monarch whom they couldn’t meet, this place was much better. With the mentality of getting the benefits before others being nearer to the moon as they were closer to the water tower, they built a Buddhist temple not far from the village where the reincarnated fairy monarch was born
Although he put in a lot of thought and effort, and even spread the reputation of this newly built temple to several counties nearby, there were even believers who travelled far and wide to pay their respects and offer incense..
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