The Strange Tales of Tokyo Monk

...I indeed forgot.

Hiramiya Chiya sent a message to Horii Suzune on her phone: [I'll be down right now]

I changed into casual clothes, went downstairs and opened the door. As soon as I walked to the street, I saw Horii Suzune standing outside the gate of Weilian Ancient Temple.

She wore a sky blue hat with white lace and a white short-sleeved shirt with a blue bow at the collar.

The lower body is a light blue waisted pleated skirt, which only reveals the white and delicate ankles, and is matched with sandals that reveal the delicate white toes.

Holding a small bag in both hands, she was standing in the shade of a big tree on the roadside, looking curiously in the direction of Weilian Ancient Temple.

When she saw Pinggong Qianye's figure appear and approach, she raised her head slightly, with a dangerous light flashing in her eyes.

"Hiramiya-san, you took so long to reply to my message. You must be busy."

"I was just busy drawing the Vajra Realm Mandala that you needed."

Hiramiya Chiya walked up to Horii Suzune and explained naturally.

"is it finished?"

"It's still a few days away."

There was a look of pity in Horii Suzune's eyes, and her gaze passed over Pinggong Chiye and looked towards Weilian Ancient Temple.

"Hiramiya-san, could you show me around your family temple?"

"this way please."

Hiramiya Chiye led the way, taking Horii Suzune into the main hall to worship Vairocana Tathagata, then passed through the side hall, passed the ossuary, and came to the bell-ringing place and the cemetery.

After more than ten minutes, I finished the tour and returned to the main hall.

"Hiramiya-san, your family temple is so small."

Horii Suzune's face showed undisguised shock and confusion.

Only now did she understand why Pinggong Qianye worked so hard to make money.

Those large temples usually have buildings such as the mountain gate, Buddha Hall, Dharma Hall, Monks' Hall, Storehouse, East Office, and Bathroom.

But here, there are only the main hall, the side hall, the ossuary and the bathroom built outside.

"The temple is small but the monk is great, the monk is small but the Buddha is great, the Buddha is small but the Dharma is great." Pinggong Qianye said a verse with a normal expression.

"I think he's a little brat." Horii Suzune chuckled.

"Death is the most important thing for a person. To turn into a ghost after death is indeed a small person with a big ghost."

"…Hiramiya-san, are you serious?"

Horii Suzune blinked, and Heimiya Chiya chanted Amitabha.

The two walked around the Weilian Ancient Temple twice more. Horii Suzune frowned slightly and said, "Hiramichi-san, if your temple wants to gain enough attention in the new era, the temple itself alone cannot attract people, especially young people. You should keep up with the times."

"What should we do?" Pinggong Qianye became interested.

Horii Suzune smiled mysteriously and raised the phone in her hand, "Hiramiya-san, would you mind recording a few videos?"

"..."

Hiramiya Chiya doesn't like to show up on the Internet, but for the sake of attention to his family's temple, he still agrees to cooperate with Horii Suzune's promotion.

"Hiramiya-san, now that we have reached a consensus, can we talk about the first round of advertising expenses?"

"I suddenly feel that there is no need for publicity."

Pinggong Qianye was shocked.

This woman has such a great mind!

He actually wanted to make money back from him!

Horii Suzune smiled and said, "Hiramichi-san, you are only allowed to make money from me, but I am not allowed to make some money back as well?"

"I am poor and you are rich. Money is like water. It always flows from high to low."

Pinggong Chiye said with a serious face.

Horii Suzune approached Hiramiya Chiye, raised her chin slightly, and said with the same serious expression: "Master Liansheng, the reality is that money often flows to the top, and the wealth of the rich is drawn from the millions of poor people."

“It shows that the world is sick.”

Pinggong chanted Amitabha for a thousand nights.

Chapter 9 Monster, Don't Run Away

The main hall of Weilian Ancient Temple.

In front of the statue of Vairocana Buddha, Pinggong Qianye had already taken a bath and changed into his robes. With a pious expression, he was beating a wooden fish and chanting scriptures.

Horii Suzune held the phone in both hands, shooting from close up and from far away.

Occasionally, he would gesture to ask Pinggong Qianye to cooperate.

In order to promote Weilian Ancient Temple and increase its popularity, Horii Suzune suggested that Hiramiya Chiya record a video and post it on the Internet to gain attention.

For example, chanting sutras, drawing mandalas, copying scriptures, sweeping the yard, etc.

Hiramiya Chiya didn't like showing his face, so Horii Suzune promised him that she would only take pictures of the part below the shoulders and would never let him show his face on the Internet.

After a while, Horii Suzune's eyes were unconsciously attracted by Hiramiya Chiya's hands performing a one-palm salute and beating a wooden fish.

Hiramiya-san's fingers were very beautiful, slender and well-proportioned, like a pianist's hands. They were the most beautiful pair of hands she had ever seen.

She was obviously not into hands, but her eyes were involuntarily attracted to them.

His gaze shifted upwards and fell on Pinggong Qianye's face as he closed his eyes and recited a sutra.

This face is also very good-looking, better looking than any monk listed in the "Illustrated Guide of Beautiful Monks" collected and published by the "Japanese Beautiful Monk Lovers Association".

Especially when he was chanting piously, the tiny rays of light from outside the window, through the prayer flags, dotted his face.

There is a hint of divine mercy on the young, handsome and resolute face.

There is a sense of holiness of a completely otherworldly monk.

It makes people want to seduce and lure him into falling for themselves.

Perhaps, defiling holiness is something that many people have fantasized about but dare not do.

After shooting a video, Horii Suzune took two steps back, allowing Hiramiya Chiya to appear completely in the camera of the mobile phone.

"Mr. Hiramiya, please recite the Heart Sutra once, so that more people can understand it."

Horii Suzune had a serious expression.

"When Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva practiced the profound Prajna Paramita, he saw that the five aggregates were empty and was able to transcend all suffering. Shariputra, form is not different from emptiness, emptiness is not different from form, form is emptiness..."

"Wait a minute, if you pair it with a string of Buddhist beads, the photo will be even better."

When Hiramiya Chiye brought a string of bodhi beads, Horii Suzune, who was already ready to take pictures, gave him an OK gesture.

"When Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva practiced the profound Prajna Paramita, he saw that the five aggregates were empty and was able to transcend all suffering. Shariputra, form is not different from emptiness, emptiness is not different from form, form is emptiness..."

Horii Suzune bent over, holding the phone steadily with both hands, her eyes sometimes staring at Chiya Hiramiya on the screen, and sometimes looking at Chiya Hiramiya in the real world.

Hiramiya Chiye's full body was captured in the shot, his sturdy and powerful body hidden under the thin robes, with traces of bulging muscles faintly visible.

If the vestments were to be ripped open, exposing the upper body and the hidden arms and abdominal muscles, it would be a visual feast.

Unfortunately, it can’t be torn.

"Mr. Hiramiya, your chanting voice is very pleasant. Why don't you try singing a Buddhist song? It might be very effective."

After Hiramiya Chiya finished reciting the Heart Sutra, Horii Suzune narrowed her eyes slightly.

“I’m not good at it.”

Hiramiya Chiya refused.

"Host Liansheng, rock music with Buddhist songs is the current trend. You have to keep up with the times."

"I'm tone-deaf."

"You're lying. Your voice when chanting sutras is so beautiful. You must have a good voice when singing Buddhist songs."

"Mr. Horii, I'm different from you. I have a good brain but a dog's voice."

"…Thank you. I am offended."

In the end, Horii Suzune still failed to get Hiramiya Chiya to sing a Buddhist song.

When Chiya Hiramiya asked Horii Suzune for the video she shot today, Horii Suzune refused on the grounds that her phone was not configured well, and said that she would bring professional camera equipment to shoot it again next time.

"Hiramiya-san, is the soul-guiding lantern almost ready?"

Horii Suzune put away her phone, put her hands behind her back, leaned forward, and changed the subject with a smile.

"tonight."

……

At 10 o'clock in the evening, the bright moon in the sky was covered by dark clouds.

Pinggong Qianye carried the green lantern and came to the cemetery behind the temple.

This is the land of death, gloomy and cold, and it is the favorite place of evil spirits.

If you want to transform this green lantern into a soul-guiding lantern, it is best to do it in this kind of dark environment.

If it were in the main hall of Vairocana Buddha, not to mention guiding the soul, even this green lantern would be completely liberated.

Arriving at the open area in the center of the cemetery, Pinggong Qianye placed the green lantern on the ground, along with other items that would be used later, then took out the candle he carried with him and lit it.

Place the burning candle inside the lampshade, and the blue light spreads, perfectly echoing the gloomy scene of the surrounding cemetery.

The candle burned very vigorously, and the blue light became brighter and brighter.

The soul hidden inside the green lantern shone through the lampshade and was reflected on the ground, casting a long and terrifying shadow.

The blue light, with the blue lantern as its center, seemed to really open a door to the underworld.

Pinggong Qianye first took out a mirror, captured the soul in the Qingxuandeng, and put it into the mirror.

The mirror, which was originally dull, was now covered with a dark mist.

"It's still early, tell me a story."

Pinggong Qianye glanced at the starry sky which was still covered by dark clouds.

“Legend has it that a long time ago there was a woman who was very jealous of the black hair of the girl next door, and she had been planning how to torture that girl.

Finally one day, the girl was tortured to death by her and turned into a hairy ghost that possessed a woman.

The woman began to grow beautiful hair and was very happy, but she didn't know that it was the resentful spirit of the girl she had killed that was haunting her.

The woman's hair keeps growing longer and longer.

The hair that grows in a day is as long as a river, and no matter how hard you cut it, you can’t keep up with its growth speed.”

After telling the ghost story, Pinggong Qianye blew out the burning candle in the Qingxuandeng.

His goal at the moment is to use ghost stories to attract the real big monster Qingxuande to come.

The candlelight went out, and the surrounding blue light gradually dimmed.

But soon, the candle inside the green lantern suddenly ignited without fire.

The green light once again illuminated the surrounding gloomy cemetery, and the light was much stronger than before.

The gate that seemed to connect to the underworld began to rise continuously and become towering in the area outlined by the light.

There seemed to be a sound of water splashing.

That is the River Styx that surrounds the gate of Hades, also known as the River Lethe.

The gate of the underworld feels more and more solid, with a faint green light that attracts people's attention involuntarily.

There was a mysterious black shadow in the distance, about the same height as Horii Suzune, whose exact appearance could not be seen clearly. He slowly emerged from the gate of the underworld holding a green lantern.

The big monster Qingxuande?

Pinggong Qianye's eyes narrowed slightly. In order not to alert the enemy, he waited quietly for the Qinglan Lantern to arrive in the human world through the portal opened by the Qinglan Lantern.