Chapter 69: The Plight of the Golden Body

  As a result, the girl in green didn't answer me at all, but just gave me a faint smile and turned around to hide behind the lotus leaf, disappearing who-knows-where.

  I wanted to chase after him, on the one hand I had promised Master Cai not to go in and cause trouble, on the other hand the heavy rain made it impossible for me to catch up, so I had no choice but to give up. However, before long, the clouds dispersed and the rain stopped, and the sky turned blue again, so I had to return like this.

  Passing by the Dragon God Temple, I pondered for a moment. This time it was indeed a strange affair, and I thought I could report to the Dragon God about it, so I walked into the temple casually.

  Longjing is lying on the altar today, enjoying the cool breeze after the rain, and reciting: "It can be said that the empty mountain has new rain, and the weather comes late in autumn."

  "Dragon God, it's summer now." I said hurriedly.

  "What season is it, and you still need to be reminded?" Longjing sneered at me: "You silly fool haven't read a few books, don't know that 'autumn' doesn't mean autumn season, but means autumn air."

  "Really?" I had to say: "Autumn is coming, and plum blossoms don't understand much, but just now that heavy rain came suddenly, Mei Cai was taking shelter from the rain at Ci Bei Temple, and happened to see a strange little girl..."

  "Huh?" Longjing suddenly noticed the lump on my forehead, blinking his eyes and asking: "What's going on, silly donkey? Are you also transforming into a dragon, how did you grow a dragon horn?"

  "I hastily said: 'Dragon God, you're joking, it was an accident, just an accident.'"

  "Hmph...Hmph..." Longjing raised an eyebrow and looked at me suspiciously: "Looks like you've been in a fight, silly girl. You're all grown up now, but your temper is still as big as ever." The overbearing husband dotes on his cute wife.

  "What's going on here!" I told Longjing all about what happened when I went to Ci Bei Temple for lunch.

  Longjing furrowed his brow: "How is it that even the Dragon God's Envoy has suffered a loss? This is not very common..."

  "There are highs and lows in life, some things are often seen while others are rarely seen. What can you do? Even I don't want to see such things happen frequently." I said with a bad temper.

  "Hmm? Where did you just say? The little girl from Ci Bei Temple?" Long Jing raised his chin and urged me: "Hurry up and tell this god."

  "I hastily said: 'Caizhang Fashi told me that the place where the monks are practicing asceticism will absolutely not have any women appearing, but I personally saw that little girl playing by the lotus pond in the courtyard. So I asked Caizhang Fashi, and when he heard it, his face turned pale, without saying a word, and ran away like he was being chased by a wolf. When I met him again, he didn't dare to speak to me either. Dragon God, you say, isn't this not right?"

  "Something's not right, monks shouldn't be near women, and yet there are young girls coming and going in this quiet temple, it's a big breach of the rules. If word gets out, those monks won't need to cultivate anymore." Longjing supported his cheek with one hand, tapping on the altar table with the other, lost in thought: "But Ci Bei Temple is supposed to be illuminated by Buddha's light, there shouldn't be any evil spirits or monsters..."

  "Mei Cai also thinks so," I said hastily: "Dragon God, is Ci Bei Temple really that efficacious? Even Ning Lao Tai Tai from far-off Xichuan said she received a hint in her dream to come and fulfill her heart's desire at Ci Bei Temple!"

  "This kind of thing, having a dream, isn't considered a particularly profound technique." Longjing rolled his eyes and smiled, "Foolish child, the more forbidden a place is, the more people will be thinking of ways to break the taboo. You think it's fun?"

  "This isn't following the rules, is it? What's fun or not fun......" - Apocalyptic Black Swordsman

  "Don't just follow the rules, let's break that taboo too and go have some fun in the Lotus Pond, how about it?" Longjing squeezed his eyes shut.

  Pumpkin seed one listen, suddenly also came spirit: "Go make trouble! Go make trouble!"

  "But Master Cai Tiao said I couldn't pass through, isn't that making things difficult for him?" I hesitated to say.

  "You're indeed a silly goose, careless and timid, talkative but lacking backbone, and yet you love to meddle in others' affairs. Don't worry, your chance to go to the Lotus Pond is coming soon." Longjing smiled and said: "At that time, I'm afraid you won't want to go, as there will be people inviting you!"

  "Longshenye is probably teasing Meicai again?" I replied dispiritedly.

  "I'm eagerly waiting." Longjing said with a pleased smile.

  Today's vegetarian dishes are arhat tofu, vegetarian crab, vegetarian chicken, and lettuce wraps. At dinner time, I took out the food box as usual, packed with fragrant vegetarian dishes, and headed to the other courtyard of Ci Bei Temple.

  Unexpectedly, before even reaching the other courtyard, it was already packed with people, all of whom had panicked expressions, as if something major had happened.

  I hurried over and saw the little maid Xiaoman who had been chatting with me that day, and asked in a hurry: "Sister Xiaoman, what's going on here? What big thing has happened?"

  That little servant girl saw me, hesitated for a moment, pulled me to a quiet place, and said in a low voice: "You sent the vegetarian meal today, but I'm afraid the ladies didn't have the heart to eat it, so I took it instead. You can go back now! The old lady is anxious like fire burning her eyebrows, if one word goes wrong, she'll scold everywhere, you'd better not go in."

  "What on earth has happened in the other courtyard that Old Lady is so anxious?" [Kurokiba ~ Akatsuki-hen] Touka

  "Shh, sister told you this because she thinks you're honest and reliable. You mustn't tell anyone, or it will get sister in trouble. Sister talks too much and said something bad about the master's family, and if found out, she'll be punished."

  I hastily said, "Mei Cai isn't a gossip either, sister. If you tell me something, after all I'm a local, if we encounter any difficulties, even if I can't help, at least I can lend a hand, and not waste the old lady's kindness to me."

  Xiao Man burst out laughing: "You little rascal, you're actually a good kid. Let me tell you, sister says that everything else is nothing to us, the Ning family is too big and powerful, but the one who caused trouble is precisely Miss Yihuan."

  I couldn't help but jump in fright and hastily asked: "Miss Yihuan, with so many people serving you, what could possibly happen to your precious body?"

  Xiao Man said: "It's really a strange thing! According to Miss Hua, she has been possessed by a lonely soul and a wild ghost!"

  "What?" I widened my eyes: "The Buddhist door is dignified, how can there be such a thing?"

  "It's true!" Xiaoman said: "Sister, I saw it with my own eyes! Yihuan Miss must have been possessed by a wandering spirit or evil ghost, absolutely no mistake!"

  I took a look at Xiao Man's resolute expression and suddenly believed it a bit, so I quickly asked: "What exactly is the situation with the possession?"

  Xiao Man sighed: "To say, it's really anxious. In the afternoon, wasn't there a sudden heavy rain? After the rain stopped, Yihong Miss was a bit out of sorts."

  The heavy rain stopped, and it was when I saw the little girl in green running away. Things collided, no matter how I thought about it, I felt suspicious, so I hurriedly urged Xiao Man to continue: "What's not right?"