Zhutian: Starting from the Space-Time Merchant

Chapter 320 ~No Spirits Allowed~
"The Buddhist temple is a pure and sacred place, you mustn't!"

The armored soldier sheathed his sword, kicked the fool in front of him aside, and strode forward.

When soldiers carry out military orders, no one can stop them unless the enemy is powerful.

The nuns in the Shuiyue Nunnery were initially confused and dared to step forward to stop them.

Several were slashed down in succession, and the rest of the crowd screamed and fled in terror.

But the entire Shuiyue Nunnery was surrounded, and there was nowhere to run.

Amidst the gleaming blades, everyone was forced back into the main hall.

Although it was called a main hall, it wasn't actually very big. A group of armored soldiers poured in and filled it up.

Lin Dao stepped in with his hands behind his back, his gaze sweeping over the nuns huddled together, trembling, before looking up at the Buddha statue.

He was smiling too.

"You despicable people believe in this?"

"Aren't you afraid that gods and Buddhas might appear and come to take you away?"

"Esteemed benefactor," the middle-aged nun, still possessing a captivating charm, rose and bowed, "I wonder where Shuiyue Nunnery has offended the Red Turban Army?"

The soldiers all wore red scarves tied to their helmets.

This is a form of identification known to everyone.

"Which one are you?"

Lin Dao stepped forward, a smile on his face. "Do you know who I am?"

"I am Yueqing, the abbess of this nunnery."

The middle-aged nun gracefully bowed, her beautiful eyes sparkling with autumn water. "May I ask your honorable name, benefactor?"

Stop with your tricks.

Lin Dao frowned, his smile fading. "I'm not buying it."

This nun actually dared to use seductive arts on him while she was bowing!
So brave.

The allure of seduction isn't as exaggerated as the rumors suggest.

It's just some attractive tactics, like skirting the edge.

Before his transmigration, Lin Dao had been scrolling through videos without any surprises, so how could he possibly fall for it?

Yueqing's pretty face paused slightly.

This was the first time she had ever met a man so blunt and uncompromising.

"Buddha."

Lin Dao's gaze fell upon the several Buddha statues inside the hall.

"Buddha."

"Maitreya Buddha".

"You filthy place are truly fearless."

“Esteemed benefactor,” Yueqing stepped forward slowly, swaying gently, “why are your words so crude?”

Seeing that Lin Dao did not move, she was slightly pleased and stepped forward again. "Shuiyue Nunnery is a place of quiet cultivation, and all the famous and noble people in Jiqing City know about it."

"This is elegant."

Seeing that Lin Dao still didn't react, she chuckled inwardly.

'They act all high and mighty, but they'll still fall at my feet.'

She held her head high and stepped forward, lightly brushing against him as if it were unintentional.

"Donor~~"

Lin Dao withdrew his gaze from the Buddha statue, turned his head to stare at her, his eyes calm and unwavering.

The next moment, he raised his hand and slapped her across the face.

The force was so great that it knocked him to the ground in one blow.

Half of his face was swollen, his mouth was cracked and bleeding, and he spat out broken teeth.

Even the monk's hat on his head was knocked off, and his long black hair fell loose.

He was actually a practitioner who kept his hair while practicing.

More likely, he wasn't a practitioner at all.

Yueqing covered her face and looked at Lin Dao in horror.

"I told you, don't try that on me."

Lin Dao frowned and instructed, "Ask her where she is."

Guo Tianjue strode forward, grabbed Yue Qing's hair, and demanded, "Where is my sister?!"

"Pfft~~~"

Lan Yu's mocking voice came from behind, "The King of Ming told you to ask, not to actually open your mouth and ask."

Guo Tianjue subconsciously stood up and looked at Lan Yu helplessly.

He really doesn't understand.

Lan Yu stepped forward with her knife and kicked Yue Qing to the ground.

Then he stepped on her heart.

Yueqing instinctively raised her hand to struggle, but the hand swiftly brought down the knife, and half of her arm fell to the ground.

Amidst piercing screams, Yue Qing twisted her body like a madwoman, blood spurting from the broken elbow wound.

"explain."

Lan Yu then asked, "Where is the girl sent from Yangliu Tower?"

Yueqing, who was in so much pain that she almost fainted, could only struggle and scream, crying incessantly.

Lan Yu didn't waste any words and used his knife to cut open Zi Yi's clothes.

Take a sip of water from the kettle and spray it forcefully onto the surface.

The blade was aimed precisely and plunged deep into the mountain peak, blood gushing out like a mountain spring.

Sensing the intense aura of death, Yueqing screamed, "Behind the Buddha statue! There's a secret chamber behind the Buddha statue!"

Lan Yu stopped what she was doing and turned to look at Guo Tianjue, who was standing there dumbfounded.

"That's what a question should be!"

Guo Tianjue was dumbfounded. He never expected that Lan Yu, who was younger than him, would be so ruthless!
"Aren't you going to save them?"

Lin Dao walked over and kicked him in the butt.

As if waking from a dream, Guo Tianjue hurriedly ran with several armored soldiers to the back of the Buddha statue.

Lin Dao frowned and glared at Lan Yu, "Just get to the result. Why bother with all this fancy stuff?"

"You've been hanging out with Shi Nai'an all day, but you haven't learned his story-writing skills. You've just picked up all sorts of random stuff pretty quickly."

Lan Yu quickly tossed the knife to the armored soldier beside him, scratched his head, and chuckled incessantly.

Lin Dao then lowered his head and asked, "Who is the owner behind your silver mine?"

Such places did exist in ancient times.

They operate under the guise of a nunnery, but in reality, they run a brothel.

Ordinary people can't get to this place.

Those who can come here are all high-ranking officials, famous scholars, and the extremely wealthy.

They have everything they need, they just want some excitement.

Undoubtedly, the sight of a bald man in a suit is a unique form of stimulation for them.

As for disrespecting gods and Buddhas~
A scoundrel capable of such a thing has no such thoughts in his heart. He is nothing but endless evil.

Lin Dao is actually a person with a very strong moral compass.

With his abilities, he could actually avoid eating beef in any time or space.
But he didn't do that, and he also found such inhumane evil extremely repulsive.

"You~"

"You're wielding weapons before all the Buddhas!"

Gasping for breath, Yueqing spoke in a trembling voice, "The gods and Buddhas will not let you off the hook."

Lan Yu bent down, grabbed her hair and pulled her up, then punched her in the pale face.

"Open your dog eyes and see clearly, the Bright King is Maitreya incarnate!"

"You vile woman, your actions are blasphemous against the Wise King!"

"Answer me immediately, or I'll dissect you!"

Knowing she couldn't escape it, Yueqing became defiant.

She endured the excruciating pain, staring at Lin Dao with venomous eyes, "I'd rather die than tell you a single word!"

"idiot."

Lin Dao glanced at her and then ignored her.

She's not the only one in this Shuiyue Nunnery; she can just ask someone else.

Even if you can't get the answer by asking, there must be relevant accounting records here.

If you want to know something, just look it up.

Yueqing wanted to say some more incantations, but Lanyu had already grabbed her hair and was punching her in the face again and again.

He was young, but his punches were incredibly heavy.

After being punched more than a dozen times, her once charming face was now unrecognizable.

Meanwhile, Guo Tianjue had already rescued Guo Guo'er, who was trembling with fear.

Five or six little girls were also rescued.

Seeing that they had been changed into monastic robes and put on monks' hats, Lin Dao narrowed his eyes.

His gaze fell upon the nuns who were gathered together in the distance, trembling with fear.

Lin Dao instructed Lan Yu, "Interrogate them carefully. If they were abducted, send them home."

"Those who participate in wrongdoing."

He paused, then said, "I'll leave it to you and Shi Nai'an to handle."

Lan Yu was overjoyed.

Master Shi Nai'an has many strange and unusual methods, and now we finally have the opportunity to put them into practice.

A commotion erupted, and everyone inside the hall fled.

Lin Dao, left alone in the hall, looked at the three Buddha statues.

After glancing at the images of Buddha and Bodhisattva, Lin Dao stepped forward to stand before Maitreya Buddha.

"If you truly have a spirit, why don't you come into the world and save all living beings?"

"I still need to use your name to do things."

"Tell me, what use is your golden body to me?"

"Maitreya descends to earth~ Maitreya descends to earth~~"

"So you really have come to be born!"

The next moment, everything went black before Lin Dao's eyes.

A buzzing sound filled my ears, and a wave of dizziness washed over me.

In a daze, it seemed as if there was a round, bald man with a big belly, his round face smiling at me.

'You are the one who descended to earth to save all living beings from suffering.'

The illusory laughter in his ears stopped abruptly, and Lin Dao instantly came to his senses.

He looked up at the Maitreya Buddha statue in front of him, and it gradually overlapped with the round face in his mind.

He shook his head and retreated step by step.

A pure heart remains calm and undisturbed. A tranquil mind is like still water, allowing one to remain composed in the face of adversity.

Step by step, Lin Dao retreated from the main hall. Looking at the numerous armored soldiers around him, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"Seal off this main hall!"

Back at the government office, Lin Dao lost all interest in handling official business.

He sat on the edge of the bed, rubbing his head.

"Am I hallucinating because I've been overworking myself lately?"

“I have already considered myself a disciple of Patriarch Bodhi, how could I possibly join another school?”

"However, the Ancestor had a disciple who was a stone spirit, and he also practiced both Buddhism and Taoism~"

"Something's not right, I need to get some rest."

Cao Miaoqing and Zhang Miaojing stepped forward to serve them.

However, Lin Dao refused, saying, "I'm going into seclusion. You can all go and rest."

Back in the modern world, as soon as I lay down on the soft bed, all the previous unease vanished without a trace.

Before falling into a deep sleep, Lin Dao muttered to himself.

'~No spirits allowed~'

The next morning, Lin Dao, having recovered his mental state, returned to the Zhizheng Time and Space.

"King Ming."

Lan Yu stepped forward and reported, "Guo Tianjue and his family have all come, saying they want to express their gratitude to the Ming King for his great kindness."

Lin Dao clapped his hands. "It's just in time for lunch, let them come along."

By this time, tables, chairs, and benches were already very common.

After Lin Dao sat down at a round table, Cao Miaoqing and Zhang Miaojing were about to serve him rice.

But Ma Xiuying took the initiative to serve rice and soup to Lin Dao.

After Lin Dao invited them to sit down, everyone took their seats.

No one spoke during the meal; everyone just kept their heads down and ate.

After breakfast, Ma Xiuying was one step ahead again, taking a towel, wringing it out in warm water, and bringing it to Lin Dao.

It has to be said that she is really good at taking care of people.

"There is no need to be soft-hearted when dealing with such villains."

Lin Dao, taking the towel, casually remarked, "If it weren't for Guo Guo'er this time, and it were a child from an ordinary family, their family wouldn't have the resources to search for her."

That's the truth.

Guo Guo'er is a military dependent and has a very high level of connections.

In the case of ordinary people, their daughters would be reduced to commodities, and their families would suffer and weep.

"so."

After wiping his hands, Lin Dao handed the towel back.

"No need for excessive thanks."

"I'll eliminate all these scumbags who come into my knowledge!"

(End of this chapter)