Weak in affinity talent? Female ghosts are eager to give hints.

"Creak—"

After returning to her meditation room, Anlan opened the door and closed her eyes to rest.

Last time, because there were many people in the room, [Liaoye] seemed to want to say something to me, but didn't dare to say it. In the end, I went to the [Mahayana Hall] and started the morning prayers.

So this time!

Everyone else in the house has left, and I'm all alone.

In a state between semi-consciousness and drowsiness, An Lan seemed to hear strange noises of "uh," "uh," "uh"!

This is something he didn't hear last time either.

That's strange.

This sound... how could it be so... so indescribable?

After listening with her eyes closed for a while, just as An Lan was about to fall asleep, a small head peeked out from the corridor. [Liao Ye] blushed and curiously looked into An Lan's room. After seeing that no one was in the room, she boldly walked in!

"Hello!"

"Hello!"

"Benefactor! Benefactor! Are you asleep?"

Her cries were very low.

It seemed that if An Lan was asleep, she didn't intend to disturb her.

Upon hearing this, An Lan immediately opened her eyes and looked at [Liao Ye] teasingly: "Oh? Little Master, you came to find me on your own initiative? Is there something you need?"

"This...this..."

Upon seeing that An Lan had woken up, Liao Ye's eyes first lit up with joy, and then his face flushed red.

"that..."

"Sir, I've come to you to seek your answers..."

"Oh? What is it?"

"It's just that... I've been having a lot of dreams lately, dreams about things between men and women... The abbot said that I'm not pure in my six senses! But from childhood to adulthood, I've only ever met one male monk, and I've never had any romantic feelings for him..."

"But lately, in my dreams, I keep meeting men whose faces I can't see..."

"Benefactor, has this humble monk been too licentious?"

The more Liaoye spoke, the redder his face became, and his fingers had already curled up his clothes.

She looked at Anlan with a mixture of unease and hope, as if Anlan was the only person she could trust and confide in.

"Oh, this..."

An Lan thought for a moment, then shook her head: "This has nothing to do with you... You're just going through puberty, right? It's a natural physiological reaction, isn't it? Both men and women have desires, that's normal..."

"In my view, there is no such thing as true purity of the six senses."

"But what makes us human is our ability to control these emotions and achieve the ultimate state of purity of the six senses... Knowing desires, facing them calmly, and restraining them—isn't that what spiritual practice is all about?"

"ah--"

"My lord, what you're saying is so profound..."

"However! Benefactor, what you're referring to is a concept that the [Abbot] never mentioned—"

"Oh? So what did the host say?"

The host said, "We must maintain a clear and discerning mind, and be free from worldly desires..."

"Ha—can she even do what she says?"

An Lan chuckled, while Liao Ye frowned: "Benefactor! Don't slander the Abbot!"

"Feel sorry!"

"So... is there anything else you need from me?"

"oh--"

"Oh right...didn't I say I'd take you to see some fun things to repay you for the Buddhist prayer beads? I feel like that's not enough, so...I'll give you this instead..."

As he spoke, Liaoye handed Anlan a cloth bag with a sachet.

An Lan took it, opened it, and saw that besides some herbs and spices, there was also a clump of long hair inside.

"This is..."

"This is a specialty of our [Shennien-an]..."

"[The host] said it was made with special fragrances and even virgin hair, and that it can calm the mind and soothe the spirit..."

"I made one like hers, and I'm giving it to you—"

As Liao Ye spoke, his face began to flush red. His eyes darted around, watching An Lan's changing expressions, seemingly lost in thought...

An Lan had no interest in teasing her. She silently looked at the strands of hair inside the sachet, her expression turning strange: "These strands of virgin hair... could they be yours?"

"Hehehe..."

"It's mine—"

"We're not allowed to grow our hair long at the temple, but the nun Huanglian said, 'If you've grown it, you can!' So I've been secretly growing it..."

"But I know—the host actually knows I grow my hair long, because sometimes she'll secretly trim a section off with scissors while I'm asleep!"

"The host has a sharp tongue but a soft heart—"

"They told me to maintain a peaceful state of mind, but they also tacitly approved of me growing my hair and even shaved my head..."

"Hehehe..."

[Liaoye] smiled innocently, but Anlan's brows furrowed unconsciously.

Something is wrong!

Something's not right!

In the CG, given Bilian's rigid demeanor, how could she possibly allow Liaoye to grow her hair?

And... he even shaved her head from time to time?

(There's a theory...)

Instead of directly slandering Bilian in front of Liaoye, Anlan smiled and asked, "So... are you going back to rest now?"

"No more rest..."

"No more rest..."

"Sometimes the female students next door start moaning and groaning late at night... When I ask them what they're doing, they won't say... It makes me uncomfortable, so I guess I'll just get up early and do my morning classes..."

"I see..."

"Then how about you take me to see something fun after you finish your morning classes?"

"Okay—"

Hopping and skipping, Liaoye walked out of Anlan's Zen room.

After she walked away, An Lan muttered to herself.

"seem..."

"The whole temple is acting strangely, but they're all keeping it from [Liaoye]?"

Why...?

Is it because a host must be completely pure and flawless in their work?

"And what about this hair? The host definitely didn't shave her head in a benevolent gesture; she cut it off and kept it... What did she do with her hair?"

"..."

The mysteries seem to have multiplied.

An Lan had a few guesses in mind, but she couldn't be sure yet.

He fiddled with the sachet and waited in the room for quite a while, but he didn't see any [other dimension] descend.

"Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva..."

"..."

In the distance, the chanting of the Heart Sutra could be faintly heard.

According to the previous timeline, An Lan should be entering the [alternate dimension] now!

Can...

One minute, two minutes, three minutes...

An Lan has yet to enter the [alternate dimension]!

To rule out the possibility that this was an accident, An Lan even got up and walked towards the small pond behind the meditation room. Only after confirming that he did not see Long Ao and the others did he become absolutely certain!

The other dimension has indeed arrived!

but!

He's the only one without a past!

Why?

An Lan touched the sachet in her arms...

The only variable in all of this is the sachet that [Liaoye] gave to himself!

Can the sachet protect him from going to another world?

No, no!

To be precise, it was Liao Ye's long hair that protected An Lan!

Thinking about it carefully, everything in that "alternate dimension" seems to be related to "karma"!

The allure of beautiful women at the White Bone Temple, a dream of illicit love.

The colorful snake was originally used to dig a well shaft?

[Huanglian] once deceived [Ye] by saying that the rope was a snake?

Reciting the Heart Sutra can dispel desires; the bitter herbs at the bottom of a well; the "Three, Two, One, Wooden Man" trick...

You can find the root cause of all problems here at [Liaoye].

just now!

Is it possible to avoid entering another dimension simply by having hair that has "cleared karma"?

Are the nuns in the temple truly immune to interference from "other dimensions"?

Do not!

Will do!

It definitely will!

But why are they all so active in the [Shennin-an]?

There is only one answer!

The abbot who ordained Liaoye at the appointed time made sachets from Liaoye's hair and distributed them to all the nuns! In this way, none of these nuns would be sucked into the "other dimension"!

This temple!

Everyone is in control of karma!

What...what are they trying to do?!

An Lan felt that if she could figure these things out, she would be closer to the truth.

So...

"【A mirage in the mirror and the moon in the water】!!!"

"Buzz—"

Her own image suddenly transformed into that of an ordinary "bhikkhuni" (Buddhist nun). Anlan pretended to be busy and headed towards the corridor of the meditation room...

......

In front of the Mahavira Hall, at some unknown time, a group of nuns were staring intently at Liaoye, who was fast asleep on a futon after reciting scriptures.

That appearance...

Like a group of puppets, they were staring at a child.

"[Host]..."

"Those outsiders seem to have all 'gone'..."

Suddenly!

A nun bowed to [Bilian] and said something, to which [Bilian] nodded: "Is it time?"

"Yes, yes, yes..."

"[Host], am I part of the show this time?"

"I...I'm getting old, shouldn't I be included?"

"..."

Upon hearing this, a group of nuns spoke excitedly, their eyes filled with greed, showing no trace of the dignity and solemnity expected of monks.

"Um--"

"Then [Liaocheng], [Liaohuan], [Liaoai]... the three of you come with me... you guys... have indeed been here the longest..."

"yes!!!"

"Da da da—"

Footsteps continued to sound as An Lan stood at the edge of the corridor, watching this scene unfold.

Led by [Bilian], the four of them walked to the door of a meditation room, and under the envious gazes of the other nuns, they quickly went inside...

"Creak—"

After hearing the sound of a door closing in the corridor, An Lan stood outside the crowd and squinted at the [Zen Room].

Inside the meditation room, several figures could be seen kneeling and kowtowing repeatedly. Then... four people could be seen standing up and performing a strange dance.

It's somewhat like yoga, and somewhat like Latin dance—strange and unusual...

but--

Jumping and jumping...

Suddenly, three figures inexplicably and rapidly withered and disappeared!

Yes!

They've disappeared!

Four people danced, but eventually only one person remained!

This bizarre action, however, caused countless nuns outside to shout wildly, "The true Buddha has descended! The true Buddha has descended! You can enjoy ultimate bliss! You can enjoy ultimate bliss!"

An Lan frowned at the crowd's frenzy.

No?

You call this enjoying life?

"Holy crap..."

"Could it be...?"

An Lan had already guessed what was going on, and her face darkened.

As expected, those three were sent to another dimension...

What is this?

A sacrifice?

[Dragon Knight Yin Zhiping: Holy crap! Is this...right?]

[Xu Xian, the snake-catching expert: Wait, have they been brainwashed? Why are they all so excited to see those things?]

[Ghost Rider Ning Caichen: This is outrageous! Judging from the way those nuns looked... it seems like this has happened many times before?]

【...】

The comments section exploded at that moment!

A short while later.

The door to the meditation room opened again.

An Lan could clearly see that as Bi Lian walked out of the meditation room, the prayer beads in her hand were spinning rapidly... and then her face became redder and redder, and her previously dark complexion seemed to have become smoother?

"Amitabha--"

"Gentlemen..."

"【Liaocheng】, 【Liaohuan】, and 【Liaoai】 have already gone to enjoy their lives..."

"That's great!"

"Very good!"

"Next time, will it be me next time?"

After that one sentence, the crowd erupted in celebration.

"Amitabha..."

Upon hearing this, [Bilian] smiled, covered her face, and closed the door of the [meditation room]: "Without my permission, no one is allowed to worship the Living Buddha! Also... you can start preparing for the Living Buddha's blessing ceremonies in other places!"

"yes--"

"[Host]!!!"