You, a monster, still want to travel to the West?

"It's just a mountain."

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Seven days later, Shepan Mountain——

In the early morning, the sun was just rising, the sky was filled with morning glow, and among the overlapping hills, Xia Zhiming walked leisurely in the vast morning mist, one hand behind his back, waving a folding fan.

On his shoulder, little Qingxin patiently caught the dewdrops on his silver hair, and her dangling little feet seemed to be very happy.

Beside Xia Zhiming, Fahai, carrying a bag on his back, was walking with difficulty, leaning on a bamboo stick, taking one step deep and one step shallow. The lower half of his clothes had already been soaked by the dew-soaked weeds.

As the three of them walked along the road, they heard the rumbling sound of a waterfall. After a while, they arrived at the waterfall and saw—

The trickle of cold water passes through the clouds, and the clear waves reflect the red sun.

The sound of the night rain can be heard in the deep valley, and the colorful morning glow dazzles the sky.

Thousands of feet of waves spray and shatter jade, a pool of water roars in the breeze.

The water flows back to the vast sea of ​​smoke, and the gulls and herons forget each other and are not caught by fishing.

Summary: Eagle Sorrow Stream.

After looking enough, the three of them looked down the mountain along the stream and finally saw the Taoist temple a mile away.

When everyone got closer, they saw that the Taoist temple was just an ordinary one with blue bricks and red tiles. If there was any difference, it was the couplet written on the door:

First couplet: To be idle is to be idle for a year.

Second line: Live day by day, one day at a time.

Horizontal banner: Don’t bother me.

There is also a plaque hanging on the door of the Taoist temple, engraved with three large characters - "Bai Mu Guan"

Seeing this, Xia Zhiming immediately said happily: "I didn't expect that Senior Brother Bai Mu is actually a fellow practitioner."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Qingxin on his shoulder couldn't help but roll her eyes at him. She raised her little hand and tugged at his earlobe, pouting, "You must have led him astray."

"Qingxin, please don't wrongly accuse a good person. I was very serious about my cultivation back then."

"Anything else?"

"I never skipped schoolwork."

"You're avoiding the important and focusing on the trivial, huh~"

At this moment, before anyone could knock on the door, the gate of the Taoist temple had already slowly opened. A young girl in a white dress, not even as tall as a brocade zither, poked her head out from the door. What do you think she looked like?

The delicate face is set off by rosy clouds, and the red lips are evenly coated with crimson rouge.

Her eyebrows are as wide as the moon, and her temples are as white as clouds.

Summary: Very good-looking lady.

The young girl opened the door and her eyes lit up when she saw Xia Zhiming and Fahai. She asked curiously, "Who are you from? Why are you discussing this in front of us?"

Xia Zhiming: "Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, Xieyue Sanxing Cave, Bodhi Patriarch sits down as his disciple - Xia Zhiming."

Xiao Xiao Xiao Qing Xin: "Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, a disciple of Xieyue Sanxing Cave, the boy sitting under Bodhi Patriarch - Qing Xin."

Fahai: "A great man from the East, a disciple of the White Horse Temple—Fahai."

After the three of them announced their names, the young woman thought for a moment before opening the temple door. She quickly stepped forward, bowed, and said earnestly, "Disciple Bai Kou greets the two uncles. Please allow me to go and inform Master first."

After saying that, Bai Kou lifted her skirt and trotted towards the Taoist temple, leaving only a gust of fragrant breeze behind.

Seeing this, Xia Zhiming didn't care. He turned to look at Fa Hai beside him, but found that his nose twitched slightly. He couldn't help but smiled and asked: "Is it fragrant?"

"Don't tease me, Immortal."

"You've already smelled it, and you're not allowed to ask?"

"I have not..."

"Monks don't tell lies. Just tell me whether it smells good or not."

"..." Fahai's face flushed for a moment, and he finally said, "It smells good."

Xia Zhiming nodded, and casually picked up a breeze to blow away the fragrance left by the girl. He lowered his head and sniffed Xiaoqing's heart, but only smelled a faint milky fragrance. He couldn't help but chuckle and shook his head.

At this time, a group of people from the Taoist temple quickly walked towards the door.

The leader was naturally Senior Brother Bai Mu, whom I hadn't seen for a long time, and behind him were eight disciples in total, seven women and one man.

Xia Zhiming took a quick look at his disciples and found that there were seven spiders and a centipede, and none of them were human.

Chapter 163 A random bit of mandarin duck music

Taoist Bai Mu hurried over to greet them. Seeing that it was Xia Zhiming who brought Qingxin with him, he waved his whisk, shook his head, and said with a smile, "Zhiming, you're willing to walk on your own! Wonderful! Very wonderful!"

Xia Zhiming: "Brother, what are you talking about? I also chop wood and fetch water every morning at Master's place."

"Brother, I haven't seen you for many years." Xiao Xiao Qingxin also explained at this time: "There is a man traveling with him recently, so it's not convenient for me."

Hearing Qingxin mention him, Fahai clasped his hands together and bowed, saying, "I am Fahai from the White Horse Temple, and I am honored to meet the Abbot."

"I am Bai Mudao, a poor Taoist priest. I am honored to meet you, Master."

Taoist Bai Mu returned the greeting with a bow, then looked at Fa Hai, whose Buddha's aura was not obvious, and then turned to Xia Zhiming and asked in confusion: "Which Buddha's cave is the White Horse Temple?"

"This is the second disciple of the Buddha of the West - Jin Chanzi." Xia Zhiming took out his folding fan and tapped Fahai's shoulder, explaining to Brother Bai Mu:

"A hundred years ago, at the Ullambana Festival, he felt that his Buddhist heart was lacking, so he begged the Buddha to leave the sacred land of Mount Lingshan, and fell into the cycle of reincarnation to cultivate Buddhism once again. He is now in his fourth life."

Having said that, Xia Zhiming glanced at the people in front of him, and saw that Fahai had a look of shock on his face, Bai Mu had a strange expression on his face, and the disciples were curious, surprised, and admired.

Seeing this, Xia Zhiming opened his folding fan, but couldn't help shaking his head.

In fact, he didn't want to mention Fahai's true identity, but Fahai's Buddhist practice in this life was really appalling. In order to prevent him from being neglected here, Xia Zhiming thought it would be better to tell him.

In front of the Taoist temple, after listening to Xia Zhiming's explanation, Senior Brother Bai Mu bowed to Fa Hai and said with a smile: "I am a fellow senior brother of this White Snake, but I didn't expect that he would bring me such a distinguished guest. Please come in, please come in."

At this point, everyone followed Taoist Bai Mu into the temple. After Taoist Bai Mu had his disciples serve tea and snacks, he smiled and asked Xia Zhiming, "Have you seen Wukong?"

Xia Zhiming nodded, then glanced at his disciples and couldn't help but teasing: "One man and seven women, more yin than yang."

Bai Mu chuckled upon hearing this, raised his hand and called all the disciples forward, pointed at the man with a face as hard as iron and eyes as bright as stars and said: "This is my eldest disciple, the centipede who has attained the Tao, his name is Baimu."

Baimu bowed and stepped forward, saying, "Disciple Baimu, greetings to my two uncles and the venerable monk."

Xia Zhiming nodded, pulled out a golden elixir from his sleeve, and handed it to him, saying with a smile, "This is our first meeting, and I don't have anything else to give you. Take this Nine Transformations Golden Elixir."

Baimu couldn't help but shudder when he heard this. He raised his eyes to glance at his master, but saw Taoist Bai Mu waving his hand and saying, "Collect them and get out."

"Thank you, Uncle Master, for the reward! Thank you, Master!"

Baimu was overjoyed when he heard this. He quickly put away the golden elixir, bowed again, and left the hall.

At this time, seeing the eldest brother receive the reward and leave, the remaining seven female disciples in white dresses also raised their heads and looked at Xia Zhiming and Bai Mu eagerly.

Seeing this, Taoist Bai Mu raised his whisk and said softly, "A hundred years ago, I was entrusted by Wukong to travel to the Lion Country. I stayed overnight in a mountain temple and happened to encounter seven spiritual spiders. They were the seven sisters."

Having said that, Taoist Bai Mu raised his hand and called over several female disciples, asking them to greet each of them one by one.

Eldest sister: "Disciple Bai Wei..."

Second sister: "Disciple Bai Shao..."

Third sister: "Disciple Bai Su..."

Fourth sister: "Disciple Baizhi..."

Fifth sister: "Disciple Bai Shi..."

Sixth sister: "Disciple Bai Ling..."

Seventh Sister: "Disciple Bai Kou..."

The demons and immortals said in unison: "Greetings to the two uncles and the venerable monk."

Hearing this, Xia Zhiming couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, turned to Senior Brother Bai Mu and teased: "The last name is Bai, are you raising her as your daughter?"

"Hahaha!"

Taoist Bai Mu laughed heartily and waved his hand, explaining, "Master gave me the name Wuxing, but after I graduated, I couldn't use it. So, I didn't give them a Dharma name and let them decide for themselves."

"I never thought that in the end, my eldest disciple and I have the same name but different characters. The seven of them even searched through the pharmacopoeia and picked out seven medicinal herbs with white characters as the first priority."

After listening to his explanation, Xia Zhiming glanced at the seven sisters and saw that each of them was beautiful and charming, with their pretty faces full of anticipation.

Seeing this, Xia Zhiming said nothing more and casually handed over seven more golden pills. After they accepted them one by one and left happily, he turned around and looked at Bai Mu and scolded him with a smile: "If I had known you had so many disciples, I wouldn't have come today."

"White Snake, you gave me such a precious gift!"

"That's not possible. The main reason is that I don't have anything else to give."

"..."

When Master Bai Mu heard this, he couldn't help but twitch his lips, and he was a little bit unable to hold it back.

Just now in front of his disciple, he deliberately acted nonchalant as if the Nine Revolutions Golden Pill was nothing special. But now that the disciple had left, he finally couldn't hold it in any longer - he had never even eaten that thing!

However, at this time, Master Bai Mu did not continue to dwell on this topic. Instead, he looked at Fa Hai, who was unable to get a word in, and asked curiously, "Why do the Buddha's disciples lack the Buddha's heart?"

Fahai was also curious at this time and said: "Donor, this matter is also confusing to me. Please enlighten me."

Xia Zhiming was helpless. This topic could not be explained in a short time. He sighed and said, "Forget it. Let me explain it in detail."

Then, Xia Zhiming told them what happened when he attended the Ullambana Festival.

It starts from the moment Jin Chanzi took a step back when he saw Qing Xin, to how he said Xia Zhiming was rude, to the test from Yu Lan Bodhisattva, and the scolding from Tathagata Buddha.

Finally, Jin Chanzi made up his mind to leave Lingshan and go through reincarnation alone, and most importantly, he made an agreement with Xia Zhiming to have an eternal marriage.

At the end of his speech, Xia Zhiming pulled out a string of prayer beads from his sleeve and showed them to the crowd: "I've explored this thing before. Holding this treasure can purify your body and straighten your mind. Whether you practice Taoism or Buddhism, you can achieve twice the result with half the effort. Even if you don't achieve the right result, after your life ends, you can go to the Pure Land to rebuild your Dharma body and practice Buddhism."

Bai Mu's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this!

Seeing this, Xia Zhiming handed the rosary to Senior Brother Bai Mu, and asked with a smile under Fahai's somewhat horrified gaze: "Senior Brother, do you want this karma and opportunity?"

Taoist Bai Mu shook his head when he heard this and said, "Zhi Ming, I have the potential to become a celestial being, so I don't need this."

Xia Zhiming looked at Senior Brother Bai Mu, who was pretending to be stupid, and after thinking for a moment, he asked, "Senior Brother, why are Bai Kou and her six sisters all dressed in red?"

"They... just like to dress up."

"Their hearts are not strong enough, so why did you pass down the Golden Elixir Dharma?"

"At least there's a glimmer of hope!"

"What a ray of hope! Now that hope is in front of you, do you want it?"

"want!"

Xia Zhiming turned to look at Fa Hai and asked with a smile: "Are you going to choose by yourself, or let them choose? Let me make it clear first, don't think of me and Bai Mu getting married or setting us up. This is just an experiment. If it doesn't work, we can move on."

Fahai: “But…but…”

Xia Zhiming: "Don't say but, how about Bai Kou? When Bai Kou opened the door just now, I saw her eyes light up when she looked at you, and you also said she smelled very good."

Fahai: "!!!"

Bai Mu: "!!!"

(First stack armor - I won't let Jin Chanzi break his vow. This so-called love can be understood as the kind that you can't get even if you want it.)

Chapter 164 If there is an afterlife

In Baimu Temple, Xia Zhiming looked at Baimu and Fahai who were looking at each other in shock, and took a sip of tea leisurely.

At this time, Fahai did not explain anything to Bai Mu. Instead, he chanted the Buddha's name and refused: "Master Xia, let's not talk about the cause and effect of the past life for now. In this life, I have a great wish to go to the West to seek the true scriptures. I don't want to talk about love."

Although he had lost his composure a little in front of the temple before, it was only due to lust and could not be considered as being emotional. After all, even in his previous life, he could not treat a beautiful woman as a withered bone, let alone him now.

Senior Brother Bai Mu beside him naturally understood this truth. After listening to him, he handed the rosary back to Xia Zhiming and sighed helplessly: "How can there be true love in a marriage for the sake of seeking Buddhist treasures? How can it move the master? This is not appropriate."

Seeing them all say this, Xia Zhiming was not surprised at all. After all, he was just trying it out. If it didn't work, there were still many ways to go. Why rush?

But at this moment, Xia Zhiming pulled out the red thread of marriage from his sleeve and showed it to her, chuckling softly, "Do you know the saying that goes, 'A thousand miles of marriage is tied by a single thread?'"

Bai Mu: "Of course I know."

Fahai also nodded: "I know that too."