The ultimate master in the city

Chapter 115 The Old Monk

The village was gone, and a small hill appeared in front of it. There was a temple on the hill. The temple was quite large, with more than a dozen main halls and side halls hidden among bamboo and pine trees. There seemed to be quite a few ordinary houses behind the temple.

The temple gate was covered in paint and looked somewhat dilapidated. On the twenty or thirty steps outside the gate, a bald nun was sweeping up weeds and leaves.

Zhou Fengchen subconsciously looked back and saw that the mountain path leading down the mountain was gone, replaced by a cliff. His heart pounded wildly.

The nunnery appeared so mysteriously!

Doromo and his two companions had no idea what was going on. They were quite excited to see the nunnery and shouted, "We're out! We're out! Let's go to this temple to eat something and then take a nap."

As they spoke, they helped each other up to the temple gate. Upon seeing them, the nun sweeping the floor clasped her hands together, chanted a Buddhist prayer, and invited the three of them inside.

Zhou Fengchen took a deep breath and slowly climbed the steps to the mountain gate. The nun raised her head and clasped her hands together again: "Amitabha! Please come in, benefactor."

Zhou Fengchen first glanced at the temple's name, and sure enough, there were three large, elegant characters: Shuiyue Nunnery!

Looking at the nun again, she had fair skin and a beautiful face, especially her eyes, with long eyelashes and captivating eyes that seemed to sparkle like water. When Zhou Fengchen saw her, she even blushed a little.

Zhou Fengchen secretly opened his Heavenly Eye, and as expected, he couldn't see anything; she looked just like a normal girl.

He was annoyed. Was Monk Yuanzhi inside? How did that bastard find this godforsaken place? He's a real genius!

Upon entering the nunnery, they found it very clean and tidy. Doromo and his companions had vanished; a nun approached them, palms pressed together, and said, "Amitabha! Shall we offer incense, benefactor?"

"Uh... well... let's offer some incense!" Zhou Fengchen stammered, then followed the nun into the main hall.

Inside the main hall was a Buddha statue, which had no name and Zhou Fengchen didn't recognize. It looked somewhat like Maitreya Buddha, but was a little uglier.

There were quite a few people in the hall. On both sides, twenty or thirty young nuns wearing monk's hats sat on prayer cushions, chanting sutras with their heads bowed. Next to the Buddha statue stood an elderly nun with a weathered face who was in charge of the temple.

There were also two worshippers. One was a woman in red, around thirty years old, with a very charming appearance and alluring eyes that blinked frequently.

The other was an old woman with a hunched back, skin like old tree bark, and two small, round eyes that looked a bit shifty.

The two offered incense while taking out money and stuffing it into the donation box.

Zhou Fengchen looked around, wondering why Doromo's three grandsons hadn't come to offer incense.

At this moment, the old nun in charge of the ceremony looked over, and he quickly stepped forward, pretending to follow suit. He picked up three incense sticks and bowed three times, silently chanting in his heart, "The so-called Taoist does not worship Buddha. I am a Taoist disciple. Our beliefs are different. I have no choice but to worship you. You should know better."

After muttering the prayer, he gritted his teeth, reluctantly took out a hundred yuan, and was about to put it into the donation box when the old nun suddenly blocked the box and said, "Amitabha! The benefactor's aura of killing is too strong. Without purification, this old nun dares not accept it."

"Castration...?" Zhou Fengchen's eyes widened. "So, to bribe someone, you have to become a eunuch first?"

puff...

The two worshippers and a group of young nuns all laughed.

The old nun smiled and said, "Not so! Temples are places of righteousness and light, where the Buddha's light shines everywhere. You, benefactor, harbor murderous intent and are superficial. You should bathe and fast for three days, and worship the Buddha again to receive the Buddha's protection!"

"So you mean I'll stay here for a couple of days, take a shower, have some food, and then Buddha will bless me?" Zhou Fengchen casually pocketed the money. "Alright, that saves me money. Goodbye, Buddha!"

A burst of laughter erupted from inside the room again. The old nun coughed and said, "Silence! Huiyin, go and lead this benefactor to his place!"

"Yes!" A pretty young nun stood up and followed. "Please come with me, benefactor."

Zhou Fengchen frowned, followed the little girl for a while, and casually asked, "Where do you want to take me?"

The young nun lowered her head and said, "Take the benefactor to his room."

Zhou Fengchen said, "I really like it here. Would you mind if I looked around?"

The young nun thought for a moment, then said, "Okay."

He led the way, explaining each room and side hall he passed.

Zhou Fengchen observed carefully, but did not find Qi Lian'er and the other two. Even Doromo and the other two who had just run in were gone.

He couldn't care less about anything else. As he strolled around with the little nun, he casually hummed a song, "Yuanzhi, you're a bastard~ Yuanzhi, you're a show-off~ Yuanzhi, you old gay~"

His tone was strange and others couldn't understand it, but he believed that if Monk Yuanzhi heard it, he would definitely send some kind of signal.

The young nun Huiyin couldn't stop laughing. "What song are you humming, benefactor? It sounds so strange."

"Uh..." Zhou Fengchen casually made up a story: "Peking Opera, the bald monk is very flamboyant."

After saying that, I felt something was wrong.

As expected! The young nun's expression turned somewhat unpleasant. "Are you insulting me, benefactor?"

"Hehehe..." Zhou Fengchen laughed awkwardly and said, "Of course not, this is all opera, you laymen wouldn't understand even if I explained it to you."

The little nun pouted and fell silent.

By this time, I had explored the entire temple, including the regular rooms for pilgrims, but there was no response and I didn't see anyone.

Zhou Fengchen was conflicted. He was certain there was something wrong with the temple; the nuns inside might not even be human, and the events in the village ahead were definitely related to them. But... Qi Lian'er and the others had followed that old woman here. The temple was still standing, but what about them? Were they dead?

And what about the shadow of Monk Yuanzhi that we encountered earlier?

Where are Dorothy and the other two now?

Why is there no reaction at all?

He still doesn't know what Shuiyue Nunnery is trying to do. What is its purpose in capturing so many girls' souls from the school to make them nuns?

A secluded little house appeared ahead. Zhou Fengchen, wanting to test the young nun, pointed to the house and said, "Oh! This place is nice. Let's go in and take a look."

He then went inside first, followed by the young nun Huiyin.

Zhou Fengchen took advantage of the closed door, reached out and pulled the little nun against the wall, and said with a wicked smile, "Little nun, I like you very much, so just give in to me! Name your price."

The young nun Huiyin's face changed drastically, and she angrily said, "This is a sacred Buddhist site! How could you harbor such evil thoughts? Amitabha! You will surely go to hell!"

"Going to hell is something to worry about after you die," Zhou Fengchen said, leaning closer. "Let's enjoy ourselves while we can!"

The young nun's face flushed red, and she turned her head away. "You bastard, get out of my way, or I'll call for help!"

Zhou Fengchen decided to play the villain to the end and test the little nun's limits. "Go ahead and scream. Even if you scream your lungs out, no one will come to save you!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than the door was kicked open with a bang. The old woman pilgrim they had met in the main hall shouted with a grim face, "Young man! How could you do such a thing?"

Zhou Fengchen quickly released the little nun, coughed, and said, "Just kidding, nothing serious!"

He didn't know who this old lady worshipper was, and he didn't dare to go too far.

The young nun ran up to the old woman, sobbing. The old woman snorted and grabbed the young nun, then left.

Zhou Fengchen scratched his head, left the room, looked around, and seemed a little lost.

Just then, a young nun came running up from the front. She had a sallow face, uneven eyes, and buck teeth with two scallions and some rice stuck to them. She also had a pungent body odor that made her look disgusting.

Upon reaching her, she grinned, revealing a very ugly smile: "Please come with me to your room for the night, benefactor."

Zhou Fengchen nodded helplessly, "Your temple really knows how to handle things. Let's go!"