chapter 22
After taking the Foundation-building Elixir, Xuanxin and Xuan Yuan both improved a small realm of martial arts.
Their martial arts strength had reached the acquired eighth stage.
After resting for a while, Xuanxin and Xuan Yuan went up the mountain.
Shaoshi Mountain was steep and forested, and there were many thorns on the mountain road. If they wanted the Shaolin Temple to be full of pilgrims in the future, they had to build a mountain road.
In that case, it was necessary to build a mountain path. However, this path up the mountain did not necessarily have to be built well.
But at least it would be convenient to walk.
Otherwise, the road up the mountain would be full of thorns and it would be very difficult to walk. The slightest carelessness would cause them to fall off the cliff.
Who would be willing to burn incense and worship Buddha when there were pilgrims and believers?
The Shaolin Temple was famous, but people were not willing to come!
This time, they went down the mountain and begged for 50,000 taels of silver. Xuanxin's idea was to use the money to build a mountain road.
To put it in layman's terms.
The temple also opened its doors to welcome guests, which was equivalent to doing business. Only when there were pilgrims would the business be good.
Prosperous incense and thousands of believers were the eternal pursuit of the Sect.
The temple could also develop and grow because of this.
"Which family is that?"
At this time, the sky was getting dark. Xuanxin raised his hand and pointed to a small shabby thatched house not far away.
Xuanxin also noticed it when he went down the mountain in the morning.
Under the gaze of the Golden Eyes of Luck, although this shabby thatched house looked simple, it was located between the mountains and valleys.
The mountains and rivers flowed, and the clouds and mist were ethereal. It was harmonious and mysterious. It was a good place with good feng shui.
With the right time and place, there was always an indescribable mysterious Taoist charm that gave people a comfortable sense of beauty.
The mountain was not high, but it was spiritual with immortals. The water was not deep, but it was spiritual with dragons.
It was a shabby house, but it was full of virtue.
The key was that Xuanxin's Golden Eyes of Luck could see the Taoist charm in this shabby thatched house.
What a mysterious thing!
Following the direction of Xuanxin's finger, Xuan Yuan looked and said, "Abbot, the shepherdess in the morning seems to live there."
Xuan Yuan often went down the mountain and often saw the shepherdess at the foot of the mountain.
"The little girl who went up the mountain to pick herbs this morning?"
Xuanxin frowned and froze for a moment. He thought of the little girl with an unusually sweet smile in the morning.
Under the gaze of the Golden Eye of Luck.
Xuanxin suddenly understood.
No wonder this Dao rune looked so familiar. It was where the little girl had stepped on in the morning.
He could also see the Dao Rhyme. It was a Dao Rhyme of Light.
When Xuan Yuan saw Abbot Zhang's junior brother, he stopped and stared blankly at the small broken thatched hut. He asked doubtfully, "Abbot, is there a problem?"
"Let's go and take a look."
Ignoring Xuan Yuan, Xuanxin walked directly to the small, run-down thatched hut not far away.
What he could be sure of now was that the little girl was no more than ten years old.
He was definitely not as simple as an ordinary person.
Soon, Xuanxin and Xuan Yuan arrived in front of the shabby thatched hut. At this moment, a plainly dressed man appeared.
Less than ten years old, he looked like an ordinary little girl from the mountains.
He walked out of the shabby thatched hut, stared at Xuanxin with a cold face, and said, "What are you doing here?"
His tone was cold, without a trace of emotion.
Compared to the little girl in the morning, who smiled sweetly and gave people an innocent and beautiful feeling, she was like a completely different person.
Xuanxin could see the indifference and ruthlessness in the depths of this little girl's eyes.
She was cold-hearted and emotionless, becoming more and more emotionless.
Under the gaze of the Golden Eye of Luck, Xuanxin was completely sure that the little girl in front of him was the shepherdess in the morning.
The change in the little girl's aura seemed to have changed from light to darkness.
As the sky became darker and darker.
The change in her aura was also more and more inclined to an extreme.
"Abbot."
Xuan Yuan trembled all over and couldn't help but shout uneasily.
Just now, when he and the shepherdess looked at each other, he suddenly felt a heart-palpitating and bone-chilling chill.
An infinite sense of fear arose in his heart.
Xuanxin ignored the uneasy Xuan Yuan. Instead, he looked at the shepherdess calmly and said gently, "Benefactor, is your goat milk tea ready?"
"If it's ready, please give some to me."
Xuanxin, who was wearing a gorgeous golden brocade cassock, holding a noble nine-ringed monk staff and a purple gold alms bowl, said sincerely.
After Xuanxin finished speaking, the little girl didn't say anything, but stared at Xuanxin with a pair of extremely cold eyes.
After staring for a while, the little girl turned and entered the shabby thatched hut.
Under the gaze of Xuanxin's Golden Eye of Luck.
He saw something different again. When the little girl ran out just now, there was no Dao Rhyme under her feet like in the morning.
That kind of mark of light.
But when the little girl ran into the hut, there was a Dao Rhyme left where her little feet stepped.
This Dao Rhyme was no different from the one in the morning.
It was also a mark of light.
Soon, the little girl ran out with a big bowl. There was still steaming white goat milk tea in the bowl.
The little girl's face was cold. She didn't say anything and directly poured the goat milk tea into Xuanxin's purple gold alms bowl.
After that, there was still some goat milk tea left in her bowl. The little girl didn't hesitate to drink the remaining goat milk tea.
She threw away the big bowl together with it.
"Thank you for your generosity."
After Xuanxin finished speaking, he picked up the goat milk tea and drank it. This goat milk tea was very tasty and had a strong fragrance.
It was also a special kind.
After drinking half of the goat milk tea, there was still some left in the purple gold alms bowl. Xuanxin turned around and handed it to Xuan Yuan, instructing, "Drink it."
"Yes …"
Xuan Yuan hurriedly took it and drank the rest of the goat milk tea without hesitation.
Then, the familiar moment came again.
The pure and Yang inner strength in his dantian began to strengthen …
"Amitabha."
Xuanxin closed his eyes. The Buddhist light in his sea of consciousness filled the air. The inner strength in his dantian continued to strengthen. At the same time, Xuanxin fell into an epiphany of karma.
This karma wasn't something that could be obtained by asking for alms from random people.
It contained all kinds of mysterious Zen principles.
The mysterious Dao was inside.
At this time, Xuanxin's body emitted a vast and peaceful aura.
The nine rings hanging on the golden nine-ringed monk staff in Xuanxin's hand suddenly danced and vibrated.
It made a crisp and pleasant sound, making people feel infinite peace and comfort.
The dignified monk staff bloomed with a dazzling golden light. For a moment, Xuanxin and the shepherdess were bathed in this golden light.
Being bathed in the golden light, the shepherdess's delicate little face revealed a comfortable, beautiful, and greedy expression …
At this moment, she felt warm all over. There was a comfortable feeling of being healed and purified. This feeling was very beautiful and made her very greedy.
"Abbot …"
Xuan Yuan opened his eyes. After drinking the sheep milk tea in the purple gold alms bowl, the pure Yang inner strength in his dantian continued to strengthen.
He also broke through to the Houtian ninth stage.
However, as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw a scene that made his heart palpitate.
"Hmm?"
At this time, Xuanxin also broke through to the Houtian ninth stage.
When he opened his eyes, his eyes were filled with disbelief.
Where was the shepherdess in front of him?
After he used infinite healing, the little girl who was less than ten years old just now disappeared.
There was a pair of flawless white feet floating in the air.
These feet were stepping on the Light Dao Runes.
The upper half of the body was in the darkness. The terrifying dark aura made it difficult to see clearly.
It made people feel incomparable palpitations and uneasiness.
"Body in the darkness, feet stepping on the light."
Under the gaze of the Golden Eye of Destiny, the scene Xuanxin saw was even more mysterious.
It was even more unbelievable.
"Let's go."
Without the slightest hesitation, Xuanxin turned around and finished speaking to Xuan Yuan.
Then, he left quickly.
The shepherdess who was less than ten years old had two personalities in the morning and at night. She was definitely not as simple as an ordinary little girl.
After begging for a bowl of sheep milk tea, Xuanxin also used karma to cast an infinite healing.
Xuanxin felt that he seemed to have cured an extremely terrifying existence. If he did not leave at this time, it might be too late later.
He did not know what unforeseen events would happen at all!
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Not long after Xuanxin left, all the dark aura dissipated, and an indescribably beautiful girl in white clothes appeared.
She was a young girl who looked like a fairy.
Stepping on a ball of light, she slowly descended from the air.
"I can still live. He actually cured me …"
The young girl opened her eyes, as if she had just woken up from a long, long time.
Her tone was filled with disbelief.
When she looked up at the sky, the charm in her beautiful eyes flowed. The stars in the sky were stirred, and her body emitted an endless dark aura. A surge of demonic qi rushed straight into the sky and stirred the nine heavens.