Stepping on the demon door, the witch becomes the strongest.

Chapter 444: Buddhist Hall, Interpretation

Just yesterday afternoon, when Yan Yu was still playing with Lin Ning in Qingyuan Mansion, heavy rainstorms hit Taihu Lake, causing landslides and blocking mountain roads.

This morning, the government sent a construction team to finally clear the blocked mountain road. The monks then left the temple en masse to clear the remaining mud and rocks from the road, lest pilgrims slip when the temple reopened tomorrow.

The reason why Zen Master Ci Nian did not go out with them was not because he was too old, but because his ordination certificate was not registered with this temple, but with Jiangtian Zen Temple in the province. In short, he was like a visiting professor in a university, who came here to conduct research and lecture. He was a "guest monk" and it was naturally not easy to ask him to help with work.

The old Zen master has been staying in the Sutra Library behind the Main Hall during this period. When the landslide occurred outside yesterday, the Sutra Library also shook slightly, which lasted for about three minutes before stopping.

This morning, when the old Zen master went around to the back of the Sutra Repository, he saw a cave entrance revealed by the collapse of the mountain. It was deep and dark, with steps and cave walls carved out for the entrance.

He turned on the flashlight on his cell phone, shone it along the road under his feet for more than ten meters, and finally entered an underground Buddhist temple.

The Buddhist hall is not big, about 30 square meters, and it displays scriptures, Buddhist instruments, Buddha statues... and many other ancient artifacts. There is also a wooden man standing in the middle of the hall, punching the old Zen master who came in.

Fortunately, he reacted quickly and quickly left the Buddhist temple. The wooden man did not continue to chase him, but just stayed in the underground Buddhist temple.

"So, Master, have you reported this to the military headquarters?" Su Yunjin asked curiously.

"Of course," the old Zen master replied, "I just returned to the surface and immediately called to report. When I recognized you just now, I thought you were sent by the military."

As for why it is not, of course it is very simple: it is just an underground Buddhist temple guarded by a mechanical wooden man, not a secret realm. It can be dealt with by sending a monk from the military office. Why is there a need for the Zhenhai Team to take action?

"Let's go in and take a look first." Yan Yu said, "I can't guarantee whether we can handle it."

"Excellent," the old Zen master said with a smile, "Don't lie, don't speak falsely. This is the right way."

Yan Yu immediately understood and shut up. Otherwise, what if the old Zen master continued with "You have wisdom" and "You have a connection with Buddha"?
Fortunately, Master Ci Nian only praised him casually and didn't say anything more. The three of them walked down with flashlights and soon arrived at the entrance of the Buddhist temple and saw the wooden man standing there.

It was similar to the wooden man seen in the secret realm of Wuyi Mountain before, except that the former could wield a sword, while this one had no weapon in his hands and silently assumed the posture of Shaolin Arhat Fist.

"Yunjin, want to try it?" Yan Yu asked.

"Okay." Su Yunjin made a sword gesture, and the azure coral tears shot out like lightning, attacking the wooden man.

The wooden man was agile and had extremely skilled martial arts, like a monk who had practiced martial arts for at least twenty years. Three or five ordinary people could not get close to him, but he was no match for the monk.

Su Yunjin used the move "Pine Trees Welcoming Guests" and the wooden man immediately punched out to block it, but unexpectedly she changed the move to "Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix". Coral Tears floated diagonally downward like a ghost, just dodging the wooden man's punch.

"Brilliant!" Yan Yu couldn't help but praise, "The timing of this Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix is absolutely perfect. Even I couldn't do it better."

Su Yunjin felt very happy, and his shuriken moves became faster and faster. He bypassed the defensive Coral Tear and slashed three times in a row, cutting off the wooden man's head, right arm and left leg.

Yan Yu thought that he should actually use Eagle Strike the Sky here, otherwise it would be easy to be countered by high-level enemies... However, Yun Jin is not a professional swordsman, so there is no need to be too demanding.

He made sword gestures with his hands, and the Huangting sword was unsheathed, chopping off the wooden man's left arm and right leg.

The wooden man was finally completely scrapped. The old Zen master could no longer contain his excitement. He passed the Buddha statues and Buddhist instruments and went to the bookshelf in the back row. He took down a thin Buddhist scripture and began to read it by the light of a flashlight.

"How come the content of this Buddhist scripture is something I've never heard of before?" He said with a frown as he flipped through several pages.

"Maybe it's a method of cultivation." Yan Yu leaned over to take a look and said.

"The method of cultivation?" The old Zen master was stunned when he heard this, and a disappointed expression of "What's the use" appeared on his face.

Seeing his unexpected reaction, Yan Yu guessed that Master Ci Nian had not yet become a "folk cultivator" at this time. Perhaps it was because of this landslide incident in his previous life that he accidentally embarked on the path of cultivation.

Su Yunjin looked at the magical instruments on the incense table next to him, and scanned them one by one with his spiritual sense. He found that many of them were magical weapons, but unfortunately they had lost all their spirituality.

This was no surprise; after all, this wasn't a secret realm, but had existed in the real world for countless years. Under the scouring of the long era of extinction, even the most powerful magical weapons would be reduced to scrap metal.

The three searched for a while but found nothing. Although they were a little disappointed, it was not surprising. After all, this was not a secret place, but just a small underground Buddhist temple.

Leaving the items in the Buddhist hall for the Zhendong Army to check, everyone returned to the surface. The old Zen master sincerely thanked the two for their help. Yan Yu naturally said that there was no need to be polite, after all, he was just getting rid of a wooden man.

Zen Master Ci Nian was very serious. He took out two palm leaf amulets from the Sutra Repository and gave them to Yan Yu and Su Yunjin, saying that if they wore them for a long time and prayed for them from time to time, their wishes would come true.

Since the old Zen master was still a mortal at this time, these two palm leaf amulets were probably of no use. They might be the same kind of amulets given by temples to believers, mainly to create a placebo effect that works if you believe in them.

Yan Yu casually stuffed it into his trouser pocket, but Su Yunjin accepted it as if it were a treasure, thinking, "Is this a couple's charm for the captain and me?"

The two men said goodbye to the old Zen master and left. When they returned to the vicinity of the main hall, Su Yunjin suggested going to draw lots again.

Yan Yu stood with her in the hall, watching her kneeling on the cushion, concentrating on praying with her eyes closed and shaking the lots. Suddenly, another thought came to his mind:

You use Taoist magic, but you shake Buddhist lots. Whose side are you on?

Su Yunjin shook it for a while and finally pulled out a small stick. He memorized the number and went to the signboard to get the words on it. It read:

[The flower path has never been swept for guests, the door is opened for you.]

"Du Fu's 'The Guest Arrives,'" Su Yunjin whispered, "but I don't know what it means in the signature."

"Let's go ask." Yan Yu glanced towards the Sutra Library. "Isn't the old Zen master still here? Let him interpret our fortune for free."

"Isn't this a bad idea?" Su Yunjin hesitated.

"What's wrong with that?" Yan Yu wondered.

The two of them then climbed the hill again and came to the Sutra Library, where they saw Zen Master Ci Nian reading.

After explaining his purpose, the old Zen master took the fortune slip and looked at it for a moment, then asked Su Yunjin:
"Are you asking about career or marriage?"

"Marriage." Su Yunjin said with lowered eyebrows.

The old Zen master burst out laughing: "The real master is standing right next to you, why don't you ask him, but ask the Buddha instead? What's the reason? The fortune clearly says to open the door to welcome the guest, why don't you welcome him in first?"

"It's a good fortune," he said with a kind smile. "Don't worry too much, just wait and see."

Su Yunjin also showed a beautiful smile, glanced at Yan Yu secretly, took the signature from the old Zen master, and felt infinite joy in her heart.

The two left the Sutra Library and took a walk around the nearby pagoda. Suddenly, they received a call from Su's mother.

"We're at the temple on the west side of the mountain." Su Yunjin answered on the phone, suddenly showing a surprised expression, and then laughed, "No! Not at the hotel, Mom, don't think too much."

"Oh! We're really not in the hotel! Our team usually lives in the same dormitory, so there's really no need for you to worry about this... Okay, okay, I'll take a picture for you."

She hung up the phone and said to Yan Yu embarrassedly:
"My mom came to check on us and was worried that we might be in a hotel... well, book a room, so she asked us to take a picture."

"Just take a picture." Yan Yu said.

Su Yunjin naturally leaned over, just like the two of them took photos in Liuyuan Garden, holding his left arm with her right hand, smilingly leaning her head against his left shoulder, and smiling at the camera of the mobile phone.

Yan Yu looked at the two of them being affectionate in front of the camera and thought to himself that if you send this photo, your mother will definitely be even more anxious... Of course, that is your family affair and has nothing to do with me, an outsider.

Thinking of this, he also looked at the camera of his mobile phone and showed a faint and calm smile.

Handsome!
After sending the photo, Yan Yu asked:

"Want to go back?"

"I want to go for a walk in the town at the foot of the mountain." Su Yunjin didn't let go of his arm. "Is that okay?"

(End of this chapter)