The Strange Tales of Tokyo Monk

He fell back, subconsciously supporting himself on the ground with his elbows, sweating all over and breathing heavily.

"Pat your head, and the Buddha will bless you."

Hiramiya Chiya stretched out her hand and circled Horii Yuji's head three times.

The coldness in my heart is dispelled, replaced by light and warmth.

"Ugh."

Horii Suzune walked over, squatted down, and wiped the cold sweat from Horii Yuji's forehead with the tissue she carried with her.

After a while, Horii Yuji finally came to his senses and looked at the extinguished Aoandon with an extremely complicated look.

"Master Liansheng, is there any way to help her soul return and become whole again?" Horii Yuji stated his request.

"If she is still alive, then yes. If she has passed away, then we can only pray for her soul to be reborn."

"I'll leave everything to Liansheng."

Horii Yuji stood up with the help of Horii Suzune and bowed slightly to Hiramiya Chiye.

Having experienced it personally, he had a different view on such supernatural things.

He also truly recognized Hiramiya Chiye's ability in this area.

But it is limited to professional skills. If you want to pursue his daughter, he will not agree easily.

"Father, do you remember what happened?"

"Well, I see it."

Horii Yuji nodded.

It happened when he was four years old. At that time, the adults went to work in the fields, and he stayed in the room playing with a little girl.

He came to his grandfather's room by accident and saw this green lantern.

It happened to be a rainy day that day. It was raining heavily outside and the house was dark.

He and the little girl lit the candles, and when they saw the green lantern on the bookcase, they thought it was interesting, so they stacked up some chairs and climbed up.

They took down the green lantern and put the candle inside the lampshade.

The blue light illuminated the entire room.

Their shadows were projected onto the wall through the green lanterns.

The two of them played in the room for a while, and then they couldn't control their fatigue and fell asleep.

He had no recollection of what happened afterwards.

As for the little girl, she should be from the same family that lived in the village in the past.

Later, her family moved away from the countryside and moved to a big city.

Because with the help of the magical power of the green lantern, he had vaguely seen where the girl was currently living.

That familiar environment should be in Tokyo.

It's just that the girl's identity cannot be confirmed, but she must be alive.

Perhaps like herself, she has always felt that she should have a brother or sister over the years.

After listening to Horii Yuji's story, Hiramiya Chiye couldn't help but sigh.

It's a bizarre story indeed.

Horii Suzune pursed her lips and gave Hiramiya Chiye a slight glare.

She clearly just came here to ask him to help her solve the problem with her father.

But now, why does she feel that her father is going to find a stepmother for her?

She had no doubt about the complex and exciting emotions her father would have when he met the girl again.

brothers and sisters?

If the girl is married, then maybe it's possible.

Oh, that’s so annoying.

"What should I do next?" Horii Suzune sighed and tried to divert her attention.

"Take this green lantern back and make it into a soul-guiding lantern. Use its guidance to find the girl."

"What about here?"

"There is no other danger."

On the way here, Pinggong Qianye had already converted all the undead and evil spirits in the two houses.

As for the legendary big monster Qingxuande, it is not here.

The abnormal phenomenon just now was just the inherent ability of this lantern.

It can already be considered a magical tool, but it is temporarily useless to humans and needs to be transformed.

Chapter 7: The road to the key, lonely as snow

Under the cold moonlight, Pinggong Qianye and the other two sneaked out of the abandoned house.

Horii Yuji was holding a green lantern and leading the way, Horii Suzune was in the middle, and Hiramiya Chiya was walking at the end.

After exiting the gate, I walked along the deserted path towards the parking lot.

"What exactly is the Qingxuandeng?"

On the way, Horii Suzune couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.

She clearly remembered that in her diary, this green lantern was called the Lamp of the Other Shore.

"The legend of the Blue Lantern first appeared in the Edo period. People at that time called it the little ghost guarding the gate to the underworld."

"In order to pull people's souls into the gate of Hades, it often transforms into a familiar appearance and tempts people to play the game of 100 Monogatari. When the th candle goes out, it will open the gate of Hades and absorb the souls of the participants."

"The Hades connects to the other side. It's not wrong to say that it's a lamp of the underworld. There are always people who want to peek into the other side, or see the souls of the dead through the gate of the Hades."

Hiramiya Chiya briefly introduced Horii Suzune.

These are all what is in the book. As for the real situation, he has never met the real Qingxuande.

What happened at night was just a small scene, and the real person did not show up at all.

Pasting blue paper, lighting candles, telling stories together, and extinguishing the candles one by one, the process itself is similar to a prayer ceremony and can produce supernatural powers.

As for whether the real owner will pay attention to this place or even come here, it is not certain.

The three of them returned to the car, and Horii Yuji handed the blue lantern to Hiramiya Chiya, and drove back to Tokyo overnight.

……

When we got back to Tokyo, it was already past midnight.

Horii Suzune originally invited Hiramiya Chiya to rest at her house first and go back the next morning.

Just looking at Horii Yuji's wary face and imagining himself as the yellow-haired guy, he smiled and rejected Horii Suzune's kindness and asked Horii Yuji to drive him back to Arakawa District.

"Wei Lian Ancient Temple..."

Looking at the 100-square-meter temple in front of him, Horii Yuji's eyes showed surprise.

It is really hard to imagine that such a small temple could actually cultivate a monk like Pinggong Qianye who has profound Buddhist knowledge and unfathomable magical powers.

The temple is small but the monks are great?

"Hori-san, see you another day."

Hiramiya Chiye opened the car door, got out holding the green running light, and waved to Horii Yuji.

He also needs to transform this green lantern into a soul-guiding lantern so as to find the owner of the other soul.

Trouble is trouble.

But he is willing to give money. Mr. Horii has always been generous in this regard.

For this incident, she paid a total of 50 yen in compensation.

As usual, Pinggong Qianye went to the temple first, worshipped Mahavairocana Tathagata, burned incense, and then returned to his home.

After taking a shower, I returned to the room and checked the time. It was 1:35 in the morning.

Drop drop drop.

There was a new message coming from the phone on the bed.

Hiramiya Chiye sat on the edge of the bed, took out his cell phone and saw that it was a text message from Horii Suzune.

[Hiramichi-san, did you get home safely? ]

Pinggong Qianye thought for a moment, then typed and sent it.

【Just finished taking a shower】

【I am really sorry to bother you with what happened today】

[It’s not a problem. I’m happy to help Horii-san.]

After all, every time Horii Suzune asked him for help, she could earn a considerable amount of money.

After sending the message, Heimiya Chiye turned off the lights in the room, lay on the bed, and logged into the Pudu APP jointly launched by the All Japan Buddhist Association.

While browsing the new messages and new commissions on the APP today, I chatted with Horii Suzune.

Monks like Pinggong Qianye who have been recorded in the book have special passes that allow them to enter an interface exclusively for Buddhist practitioners.

The interface is very simple, with just three more functions than the normal version.

One is to open up channels for communication, which is equivalent to a large forum.

One is to save people from suffering, which is roughly equivalent to the mission hall.

The last one is merit dedication, which is similar to a complete merit point redemption system.

By answering other Buddhist practitioners' questions online, you can gain merit points equal to the difficulty of the questions.

After completing the commissioned task, you can obtain merit points in addition to the reward provided by the client.

The accumulated merit points can be exchanged for secret scriptures of some sects.

If you have enough merit points, you can also exchange them for magical instruments blessed by high monks.

Pinggong Qianye likes this system very much, which means he can get a lot of resources for free.

He turned 16 this year and was in the first year of high school before he successfully joined this APP.

A complete newbie.

As a newbie, his favorite thing to do is to act like a big shot and give lectures on the forum!

Not only can you give advice and write inspiring articles, but you can also earn a considerable amount of merit points.

He gave himself the online name: Yilian Tuosheng.

It sounds very cool.

Whenever he gave lectures, there were always some Buddhist practitioners who liked to call him Master Liansheng.

His lectures consist of posting messages and writing stories.

Some are completely fictional, while others are real exorcism experiences.

Every time he wrote a third or a key part, he would set the following content to pay-per-view only.

Pinggong Qianye always thought that he was very conscientious. For a normal post, he only charged 1 merit point.

Equivalent to 100 yen.

After all, donating money for incense to temples can be considered a merit.

"I've never seen anything like this before! A cruel monster actually separated a pair of childhood sweethearts who had been together for 30 years!"

Pinggong Qianye thought for a moment and typed a large and eye-catching post title on his mobile phone.

In this forum with mixed information, he, Master Liansheng, relies on his skill of using clickbait titles to attract enough attention.