The eunuch in the cold palace: You get the Nine Yang Divine Skill right from the start!

"Is your nunnery your home? Are you perhaps a nun too?"

Shen Mo looked surprised. No matter how he looked at it, this Miss Su didn't seem like a nun who was ascetic and detached from worldly desires. Instead, she seemed like a free and unrestrained female knight-errant.

Su Chan nodded and said truthfully, "I was abandoned by my parents when I was an infant and was raised by my master. My master said that I had no affinity with Buddhism and made me return to secular life many years ago."

"You really are naive. We've only just met, and you've already revealed all your family's wealth."

Shen Mo chuckled and joked.

Su Chan snorted coldly, her face displeased: "I told you this because I thought you were a good person, and you turn around and make fun of me? Fine, I'm not going then. I was planning to go back to the nunnery anyway."

"Of course I'll go. Please lead the way, heroine." Shen Mo had made up his mind to go to Suxin Nunnery. His main purpose was to listen to the sutras and worship Buddha, so he didn't care whether it was a Buddhist temple or a nunnery.

"That's more like it."

Su Chan smiled slightly, flicked her braid, turned her head to lead her chestnut horse, and walked ahead to guide the way.

Shen Mo felt inexplicably cheerful, perhaps because he was infected by her youthful energy.

"Youth is wonderful!"

Thinking about it carefully, the two are clearly about the same age.

Having spent some time in the palace, bound by various rules and regulations, and living in constant anxiety, even the youngest eunuchs could not display such youthful vitality.

Perhaps, this is the price to pay.

When the two passed through a market, Su Chan bought a lot of rice, flour, oil, and salt and hung them on the horse's back, while Shen Mo spent several dozen taels of silver to buy a yellow horse.

Then we passed through the market and headed west.

During the journey, Shen Mo tentatively asked, "What movement technique did you use back then?"

Su Chan's cultivation level was only at the ninth level of Body Refinement, yet she could unleash a speed faster than herself, demonstrating extraordinary agility.

"Want to learn? Come to Tingfeng Martial Arts Academy and kowtow to me to become my disciple first." Su Chan teased deliberately. She knew that Shen Mo would never become a disciple. Once you enter the palace, it's like entering a deep sea.

Shen Mo smiled and shook his head: "I didn't realize you were a museum owner!"

"What else can we do? We need to eat even when we're out in the world!"

Su Chan rolled her eyes.

The hill wasn't high, and the two arrived in no time.

Two vermilion wooden doors were half-closed, and a wooden plaque with the words "Pure Heart" hung above the doors.

Su Chan tied the horse to a pillar and excitedly shouted while carrying rice and noodles:

"Master, I'm back!"

Shen Mo followed closely behind.

The temple was not very popular, with only a few people offering incense. However, there were quite a few young novices and nuns, who were probably orphans like Su Chan who had been adopted by the abbot.

"Hello, senior sister!"

The children were very sensible and stepped forward to accept the rice, noodles, and other items.

A kind-looking old nun came out upon hearing the sound, greeted Su Chan first, and then asked Shen Mo curiously:

"And who is this benefactor?"

Before Shen Mo could speak, Su Chan interrupted:

"His name is Shen Mo. I met him by chance. He wanted to find a temple to burn incense and pray to Buddha, so I brought him here."

Oh, and he was also a eunuch!

Shen Mo noticed that a nun who was silently sweeping the floor not far away suddenly looked up at him, and then quickly lowered her head again.

It is unforgettable at first glance.

The nun appeared to be in her early forties. Her monastic robes and layperson's hat could not conceal her graceful figure. Her eyebrows resembled distant mountains, her eyes were calm and serene, and she had a natural beauty mark at the corner of her mouth.

What a charming and graceful nun!

The old abbot shook his head and said, "Chan'er, you mustn't be rude. All beings are equal, and all who come are guests!"

"Shen Mo, shouldn't you do something?" Su Chan gently nudged Shen Mo's waist, her voice barely audible.

"Master, this is a small donation for incense."

Shen Mo understood immediately, took out a stack of silver notes from his pocket and handed them over, exactly ten thousand taels.

Su Chan was completely dumbfounded.

She knew that the eunuchs who left the palace were all rich, but she didn't expect them to be this rich!

The old abbot frowned and said, "Benefactor, this... is too much!"

"It's not about the amount of money donated, but about the sincerity of your heart. Besides, monks need to eat too!"

Shen Mo looked around and saw that the children's living conditions were not good.

With limited donations and a large number of people to support, Su Xin Nunnery would have had to close down long ago if it weren't for the frequent assistance from disciples like Su Chan who came down from the mountain.

"Amitabha, you have the heart of a Bodhisattva, Buddha will surely bless you." The old abbot clasped his hands together and bowed.

Shen Mo smiled slightly and returned the greeting in kind, which is called "when in Rome, do as the Romans do".

The whole afternoon.

He spent his time in the nunnery in silence.

The smoke of sandalwood curls gently, and the sound of Buddhist chants lingers.

Shen Mo, like the young monks and nuns, sat peacefully on the prayer mat, listening to the abbot explain the Buddhist scriptures.

My heart was truly at peace.

Until the shadows grew longer and the sun set in the west.

"Please wait, nun!"

Shen Mo stopped the abbot who was about to see him to the door, and said with a devout expression, "Listening to the sutras for half a day has been incredibly beneficial to me!"

"Excellent!" The abbot smiled calmly.

Shen Mo and Su Chan went down the mountain together.

Su Chan asked curiously, "Just how rich are you? You just threw away ten thousand taels of silver. Now Master won't have to worry about expenses for several years."

"Miss Su, I have a question for you."

Shen Mo paused, then asked疑惑地问道, "What was the name of the nun who swept the floor when we were admitted? Why wasn't she there when she was chanting scriptures later?"

He always felt that the woman seemed to be deliberately avoiding him.

"You mean Abbess Duanchen?"

Su Chan scratched her head and asked curiously, "Oh right, she never misses a moment of her daily cultivation. Wait, why are you asking about a nun?"

You wouldn't have fallen for her, would you? She's old enough to be your mother!

She opened her mouth in surprise, her eyes turning strange.

Shen Mo was speechless and explained, "I was just asking out of curiosity, and you slander me like this."

"Hehe, it won't hurt to tell you."

Su Chan counted on her fingers and recalled, "She came about six years ago when I was still living in the nunnery. I don't know her exact name, but I know that my master gave her the Dharma name Duanchen, and we usually call her Abbess Duanchen."

Duanchen means to sever ties with the mortal world.

Six years ago, wasn't that the year the new emperor ascended the throne?

Shen Mo frowned, feeling that this Abbess Duan Chen was no ordinary person and that he would have to investigate her further if given the chance.

Night has fallen.

Shen Mo and Su Chan said goodbye at the foot of the mountain.

Su Chan suddenly said, "My movement technique was taught to me by my master. I've already told her, and maybe she'll soften her heart and agree to teach you after a while."

Thank you!

Shen Mo felt a warmth in his heart. He had completely forgotten about this matter, but he didn't expect Su Chan to specifically mention it to the abbot.

The abbot appeared to be an ordinary person with no cultivation whatsoever.

On the contrary, those young monks and nuns all had some martial arts background, which shows that the abbot was also a reclusive master.

"We're all from the martial world, why be so polite? Come to my Tingfeng Martial Arts Hall for tea sometime!" Su Chan clasped her hands in a fist salute, spurred her horse, and quickly disappeared from sight.

This woman is quite interesting.

Shen Mo smiled and shook his head, then found a passerby and asked, "Excuse me, sir, how do I get to the Eight Treasures Restaurant?"

"Follow this road eastward, turn left after you see Xinglong Pawnshop, and you will see it."

Thank you!

Shen Mo was puzzled as to why the man had such a strange expression.

Immediately, they proceeded as instructed.

After turning left upon seeing Xinglong Pawnshop, you will indeed see the sign for "Bazhenlou" and women dressed in flamboyant attire soliciting customers at the entrance.

"Good heavens, so Bazhenlou was actually a brothel?"