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

"Hahaha—hahaha—"

"Look at yourself! Look at yourself!"

"You actually ate pickled vegetables up your nose! You can make such an embarrassing mistake?"

seem...

The environment here is still the same as in the [Zhaitang].

However, this "dining hall" was much more deserted than the one Zhao Kuo had seen!

There was only a small dish of porridge that had been cooked until very mushy, and a small dish of pickled vegetables on the table.

There were three women and one man sitting around the porridge table.

Of the three women, Zhao Kuo barely recognized Lan Bilian.

At that moment, Lan Bilian pointed at a monk and burst into laughter! The two women beside her also couldn't help but laugh...

"Cough cough cough..."

"Amitabha!"

"Keep the temple area quiet!"

The male monk sternly reprimanded them, and the three women quickly stopped laughing and began to eat their porridge.

A short while later...

It's like a well-organized division of labor: some people wash the dishes, some clean the house, and some do the laundry...

These four people actually got along surprisingly well and were very friendly.

"Splash—"

It was still raining, and rainwater was dripping from the eaves.

The male monk sat in the center of the "Mahavira Hall," holding a scripture in his hand and explaining it continuously.

The three women sat on the prayer mats, their eyelids drooping as they listened.

"How should one abide, and how should one subdue one's mind?"

The Buddha said: "Excellent, excellent, Subhuti!"

"..."

The clear sound of the scriptures being recited, accompanied by the sound of raindrops, made the world seem peaceful.

only...

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!!!"

A sharp knock on the door shattered the peace.

"Is someone inside?"

"Come out! Come out here!"

"I saw it... I saw that woman walk past her house that day! She must have gone back to see her child! She's hiding in this temple, right?!"

"Open the door!"

"Open the door for me!!!"

"Bang bang bang!!!"

The knocking grew louder.

Of the three women, one timidly hid behind Lan Bilian. Lan Bilian's face darkened, and she pursed her lips: "Xiaoxia, the one outside wouldn't be...?"

"But...it might be that rich kid's father..."

"He held a grudge after I threatened his son with a knife that time..."

"I heard this man used to be a hoodlum... He came directly to me today... Could it be...?"

Wang Xiaoxia's body trembled uncontrollably. The last woman looked at the male monk: "Abbot Jinshan...we...should we leave first...they have no respect for Buddha at all..."

"It's alright!"

"You all stay in the main hall... I'll go check..."

Jinshan shook his head, put down the scriptures in his hand, and strode towards the temple gate.

He remained as calm as ever, even after opening the door and seeing a group of fierce-looking young and middle-aged men wearing heavy iron chains, he still smiled.

"Amitabha..."

"Esteemed benefactors, this is a sacred Buddhist sanctuary. Why the commotion?"

"I'll scream my ass!"

"Get out of here!!!"

"I saw it! That woman went into the mountains!"

"You're the only temple in the mountains, it can only be here, right?! Alright! Alright! You're a monk, and you're keeping a woman? You're quite the womanizer, aren't you?"

The leader was a burly middle-aged man in a suit with a scar on his face.

Without saying a word, he pushed Jinshan aside and led the group of people rushing towards the temple!

"donor..."

"This is a pure and tranquil Buddhist sanctuary..."

Jinshan emphasized it again, a hint of anger flashing in his calm eyes.

"Buddhism! Buddhism! My Buddha is damned!"

"If you bark like a dog again, I'll beat you up too!"

"Quick! Find it for me!"

"yes!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

It was almost like bandits had broken into their lair; these people were kicking and stomping on the doors of the surrounding meditation rooms and haphazardly overturning the tables and chairs in the temple...

"donor!!!"

Jinshan shouted again, but the burly man in the suit ignored him and led the way to run towards other areas!

"ah--!!!"

far away!

Inside the main hall, a young man holding a brass knuckle duster seemed to have discovered something. He grabbed Wang Xiaoxia by her long hair and dragged her towards the outside of the hall...

"Boss! Boss!"

"We've found her! This woman really is here!"

"That piece of shit dares to threaten our young master? We'll break her leg today! Even if she calls the police in this desolate place, no one will care!"

"Call the police?"

"She's a wanted criminal, would she dare?!"

Upon hearing this, the muscular man in the suit beamed with joy and immediately ran towards the main hall!

A short while later.

In the main hall, a group of people from the community stood in front of the huge Buddha statue.

They surrounded Wang Xiaoxia and the other two, with Wang Xiaoxia in the worst condition, his face covered in bruises, clearly indicating that he had been slapped several times by the man pointing the tiger!

"Shit! Shit!"

"It's perfectly justified for my son to hit your son! How dare you threaten my son?"

"Who the hell are you?!"

With a "bang," the burly man in the suit kicked Wang Xiaoxia directly in the chest, sending her sprawling to the ground!

This is not over yet!

He straddled Wang Xiaoxia's back, grabbed her hair, and began slapping her face repeatedly! The resounding slaps echoed within the main hall, and Wang Xiaoxia's ears were bleeding profusely...

That man really went all out.

At the very least, it ruptured Wang Xiaoxia's eardrums!

"Pah! Pah!"

"You bitch!"

"It's all because of you! My son is afraid to go out now!"

"You're pretty damn capable, aren't you!"

Grabbing Wang Xiaoxia's face, the burly man in the suit glared menacingly. Wang Xiaoxia turned her face away, her eyes no longer filled with fear, only sarcasm: "My knife back then wasn't fast enough... nor ruthless enough..."

"If I'd known he was that old bastard's son, I should have just stabbed him!"

"Pooh--"

A mouthful of saliva, mixed with blood and foam, was spat directly onto the man in the suit's face. The man's eyes narrowed into slits. "Still dare to bark like a dog! Ah Lang, bring me the brass knuckles!"

"I'm going to smash this woman's head in, punch by punch—"

"Yes, brother!"

Upon hearing this, the man with the knuckle duster eagerly offered up the knuckle duster.

Lan Bilian could no longer stand. She forced back her fear and cried out, "You—you! What you're doing is illegal! You! You!!!"

"Hahaha—Illegal?"

"Yes! It's illegal! So what?"

"Do you dare call the police? Can you?"

"The three of you—one threatened with a knife, one absconded with embezzled funds, and one misappropriated public funds... Even if you call the police, guess which side they'll take?"

"you--"

Lan Bilian's face darkened at the mockery, but she still rushed to Wang Xiaoxia's side.

"You've gone too far!"

"It was clearly your child who was in the wrong!"

"snort--"

"You think I won't beat you up?"

"Let me tell you... if I beat her to death, I'll arrest you both and send you to the police station for the reward... you guys—"

The man in the suit tightened his grip on the brass knuckles, shook his head, and glared fiercely at Lan Bilian!

Just then!

"donor!"

"No foul language shall be uttered before the Buddha!"

"Before the Buddha, violence is absolutely forbidden!"

"My lord! I advise you to leave here immediately..."

Jin Shan had somehow already arrived at the entrance of the Great Buddha Hall. He glanced at Wang Xiaoxia, whose face was already bruised and swollen, and then at Lan Bilian and Huang Lin, who were surrounded by a crowd, his eyes cold.

"Whoa—"

"Damn it! I'd almost forgotten about you?"

"You're quite the monk yourself! A lonely temple in the middle of nowhere, one monk and three women... You... you're probably not a monk at all, are you? Are you just pretending?"

The man in the suit glanced sideways at Jinshan, his mouth full of jokes!

A vein throbbed involuntarily on Jinshan's forehead.

"donor..."

"No foul language allowed!"

"Before Buddha..."

"Fuck you, Buddha!!!"

"Bang!!!"

No one expected that the man in the suit would suddenly swing the brass knuckles at Jinshan's face! Jinshan's nose collapsed with a "crack," and blood gushed out as his head tilted to the side.

"Ugh...ugh..."

Jinshan swayed as he covered his smashed nose.

"You idiot..."

"Don't even mention Buddha! Even the police would have to treat me politely. Do you think you can tell me how to do things, Li Yaozu?"

"What's wrong with me hitting someone in front of Buddha?"

"So what if I swore in front of Buddha?"

"Let me tell you! I'm not only going to kill this bitch in front of Buddha! I'm also going to—"

As Li Yaozu spoke, his eyes narrowed and a wicked smile spread across his face.

"Brothers..."

"These two women, you can have some fun with them!"

"They were fugitives to begin with, and you guys did that to them. When they're arrested, nobody will be on their side..."

"Hehehe... Boss is right!"

"Boss, isn't this a bit inappropriate? This is the [Main Hall]..."

"Um?!"

"I said, do whatever you want with me! Didn't you hear me?!"

"Who cares! I'll go first!"

A young man in leather pants with iron chains grinned maliciously and reached out to grab Lan Bilian's body, tearing at her monk's robe with both hands...

"Ah!!! No! No!!!"

"Hehehe—go ahead and scream! Scream until you're hoarse! No one can save you!"

"Count me in!"

"Me too! Me too!"

The crowd grew larger and larger, and Lan Bilian and Huang Lin's screams echoed continuously.

"Help me! Jinshan host! Help me!"

"Help!!!"

"..."

"Cough cough cough..."

"This is the last time... I'll say it one last time, before Buddha, you—"

Jin Shan straightened up again, this time his eyes unexpectedly fierce as he looked at Li Yaozu. Li Yaozu spat, spraying it directly onto the Buddha statue: "So what? What can you do about it?"

"What can you, a mere monk, do to us as a group?"

"I'm telling you! Even if I kill and bury you all in front of Buddha today, you—"

"【Formless】!!!"

"Buzz!"

"Buzz!"

"Buzz!!!"

The words had barely left his mouth!

Jinshan's pupils turned completely white, and a burst of light appeared behind him, seemingly revealing a half-male, half-female Buddha figure. Then... countless white ropes began to rain down from the temple sky?

wrong!

To be precise, it was a strange white palm!

These hands are exceptionally slender, and they seem to extend infinitely through the clouds, swaying in the air!

Some hands even pierced through the dome of the Great Buddha Hall and pressed directly onto the heads of this group of people!

"What...what is this?!"

"you!!!"

"What did you do?!"

Li Yaozu's eyes widened instantly!

What he saw before him was a sight he had never seen before!

Countless white hands fell from the sky?

Is this... a temple?

"Amitabha..."

"【Formlessness】is inherently formless...I shouldn't have used this power...but...you've gone too far! Please forgive me, for the sake of the purity of Buddhism..."

"Purify the six senses! Uphold the six precepts!!!"

After Jinshan chanted a Buddhist prayer, the thugs covered by the white hands immediately became dazed, as if they had been brainwashed and their expressions turned muddled.

"You! What did you do to my little brother?!"

"you--"

While Li Yaozu was still in shock, another white hand covered his head!

"Uh...uh..."

In an instant!

Just this one moment!

In his mind, things like killing, brotherhood, even his son, wife, and current wealth seemed to have no meaning whatsoever...

It was as if half of his emotions and desires had been drained away, leaving him devoid of desire and listless!

"Amitabha..."

"Leave this place! Forget everything! Start anew!"

"yes..."

"yes..."

"yes..."

Manipulated by countless white hands, the group of people numbly shook their heads, walking out of the Hidden Temple like puppets...

Inside the main hall, Lan Bilian, Huang Lin, and Wang Xiaoxia watched this scene in shock!

Especially Lan Bilian, her eyes... shone with an unprecedented light of anticipation!!!

【...】

The memory flashed through my mind.

Zhao Kuo held the severed foot, his expression shifting uncertainly.

"so..."

"It's because the previous host demonstrated the power of the [Formless Buddha]..."

"Is that why [Bi Lian] yearns for this power so much?"