Time Travel: Did My Sister-in-Law Get Slapped in the Face Today?

The weather was clear and sunny. Early in the morning, the town's leader led all the townspeople to stand before a newly built temple. An elderly man with white hair stepped forward and said:

"From now on, this place will be the Jade Bodhisattva Temple!"

"The Jade Bodhisattva saved all of our lives. From now on, during festivals and holidays, everyone should come to offer incense to the Jade Bodhisattva and never forget her merits for generations to come!"

The common people all knelt down before the small temple, their eyes filled with gratitude.

Inside the temple, a clay sculpture calmly watches the crowd. The sculpture has a graceful figure and a compassionate face, resembling a young and beautiful woman.

"Mom, has Sister Wu Yu become a fairy and will she never come back?"

Lele asked curiously.

Sister-in-law A-Xiang's expression was complicated. She said, "Yes, she is a fairy. She will be watching over us from heaven from now on. You have to be good, okay? Otherwise, Sister Yu will be angry."

She stroked her daughter's hair, and Lele nodded obediently, saying, "I will listen to Sister Yu, study hard, and become a knowledgeable and sensible person in the future..."

……

And secretly.

Miao Wuyu watched the scene in silence for a long time.

"time to go."

Beside her, Li Lan smiled slightly and spoke.

She turned around and left with Li Lan.

Li Lan had already broken her seal, granting her full access to her cultivation, but at this moment, she showed no intention of resisting and silently followed behind Li Lan.

"Thank you."

After a long silence, she finally spoke.

After a year of trials and tribulations, and finally overcoming this last mental hurdle, her temperament is completely different from before.

Previously, she was the lofty and unapproachable Cihang Saintess, like a white cloud in the sky, perfect yet ethereal. Now, she has lost that sense of distance and is more like a living person, capable of experiencing the fluctuations of emotions and desires.

Her temperament is more like a lotus flower that rises from the mud unsullied; she has not detached herself from the world, yet she is no longer bound by worldly affairs.

She felt that her mindset had improved to a higher level than before. In fact, many of the Buddhist cultivation techniques she practiced had shown signs of breakthrough in the past few days. Naturally, everything fell into place.

More importantly, all the obstacles to her understanding that she once had have now been broken.

She felt that all the Zen and Buddhist teachings she had cultivated in the first half of her life were just empty illusions, and that she was only now truly embarking on the path of spiritual practice.

This... is a great favor.

If she had remained within the Cihang Holy Land, even if she had read all the scriptures in the world and thoroughly understood the works of the sages and virtuous men of the past... she would still not have reached this level.

Even now, in her view, many eminent monks and nuns in the Cihang Holy Land have not taken this step, and are far inferior to her in terms of the Heart Sutra and Buddha-nature.

Only by venturing into this mortal world can one reach the other shore of this moment.

After this incident, her opinion of Li Lan completely changed!

When she first met Li Lan in the Dao Palace, she only felt that Li Lan had a deep Buddhist nature. Later, when she was repairing the Heaven Dao Palace, she admired Li Lan's firm Buddhist heart even more. He could even become her protector and a mirror to urge her to cultivate her Dao heart.

Only now did she realize that Li Lan's cultivation and realm were far beyond her reach.

Li Lan looked so young, yet she possessed a transcendent and insightful quality that suggested she had long since seen through the true nature of the world, as if she had witnessed the vicissitudes of life amidst the destruction of the world, and lamented the impermanence of reincarnation amidst the birth and death of all beings…

Was all of this a gift from reincarnation?

She didn't know, but she was certain... that within the Cihang Holy Land, there was simply no one who could compare to Li Lan.

Therefore, she no longer resisted. The previous bet, which required her to cultivate in front of Li Lan for ten years if she lost, was no longer forced but voluntary.

"No need to thank me, you should thank yourself."

Li Lan spoke calmly.

In reality, for him, Cihang Saintess was just a casual move to make when he was bored during the year.