Previous Offence (7)

  In the early morning, a group of monks led by Kong Da Shi, the new abbot of Yuquan Temple, arrived in front of the Tower of Eliminating Karma. They didn't speak, but stood silently, softly reciting Buddhist scriptures.

  The wanderer opened the door of the tower, stepped out and came before the empty master, making a bow and saying:

  "What brings Master here so early in the morning?"

  "Anida Buddha, last night was very strange. All the monks in our temple had a dream about the ancient cypress tree in the courtyard, saying that it was harmed by an evil person and its true yuan of 100 years of cultivation was stolen. After we got up and checked, indeed the ancient cypress tree withered and turned yellow overnight, and there was a wound over one zhang long and three chi wide on the trunk. The immortal of the cypress tree instructed us that if we want to know the truth, go to the Tower of Eliminating Karma to ask the two donors for an explanation."

  "Master of Ceremonies, could you really believe in things that happen in dreams?"

  "It's not strange for one person, but when all the monks in the temple dreamed of this matter, it can't be a coincidence."

  "Does the Master know who the treasure thief is?"

  "I came for this very thing."

  "Master, I mentioned this matter to my master yesterday, but later I saw a monk from your temple running away from under my tower. Could it be that he overheard the conversation between me and my master and harbored evil intentions?"

  "You're still accusing others first, everyone in our temple is here. If it was really one of us who stole it, wouldn't they have run away already?" The speaker was a young monk named Jie Chen.

  "Nonsense." The reincarnated child was already standing in front of the window on the second floor of the tower, glaring at the monk who had spoken, while the previously arrogant Jian Chen no longer dared to look him straight in the eye.

  "Please don't be angry, sir, we just want to get a clear understanding." Liedong quickly mediated.

  "We've already told the truth, but you don't believe us. Do we have to say it was us who did it, that we stole it, for you to be happy? How does Zhì Yuǎn teach his apprentices, none of them use their brains."

  The scattered people are a bit strange, why is Master's temper so violent today, as if intentionally making things bigger.

  Suddenly, auspicious clouds enveloped the sky, and in a short while, a group of heavenly soldiers and generals flew down to this place, led by Li Tianwang, the Pagoda-bearing Heavenly King.

  "Oh, Li Tianwang has arrived too, this is no small matter." Lunhui Tongzi said.

  "Daring and reckless thief, do you know your crime? The Jade Emperor thought that you were cultivating your mind and nature here, and believed that you would change your evil ways. He wanted to give you a chance, but unexpectedly you have been stealing from yourself, causing the hundred-year effort of the ancient cypress to be destroyed in an instant. Today, the Jade Emperor has specially ordered me to come down to the mortal world to capture you."

  "Haha, the Jade Emperor has been looking at me with disfavor for a long time, but just didn't have an excuse. This trivial matter of a hundred-year-old tree demon causing such a stir shows that the Jade Emperor's ambition is aimed at me, not the issue itself."

  That's right, it's just a hundred-year-old tree fairy, the treasure is lost and found, why bother to report to the Jade Emperor, and the Jade Emperor actually let Li Tianwang come in person. It seems that losing treasure is just an excuse, and the real purpose is to capture the reincarnation boy. In the past two years, the method of calming down the reincarnation boy has not been effective, but instead made the Jade Emperor hate him even more.

  The heavenly soldiers had already raised their weapons and surrounded the tower, while the monks were also waiting with bated breath.

  "Xiao Hui, get up! Today my mom made a bigger sugar gourd, I'll give it to you to eat first."

  A tender voice rang out, breaking the stalemate. Everyone looked down at the mountain and saw a little girl walking towards them, holding a sugar gourd in one hand and supporting herself with the other on a large stone by the mountain side, occasionally checking if the thing in her hand was damaged. Yes, she was Xiao Lan, the nemesis of Lun Hui's tenth reincarnation.

  Xiao Lan was shocked by the scene before her, she had never seen so many strangers, and for a moment, she stopped in her tracks. The passerby quickly walked over and pulled Xiao Lan away:

  "Xiao Lan, hurry back home, the adults have things to discuss here."

  "Why are there so many people? Where's Xiao Hui? What happened to him? I want to play with him." After all, he is just a child, only thinking about his own thoughts and not caring about the chaos in reality.

  "Get this little girl out of here for me, so as not to get in the way." Li Tianwang was somewhat angry.