Chapter 217
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Rong Donglin has a feeling that the air around Lin’s house has become fresher lately . Between breathes, Rong’s mind and eyes are clear . His translation proceeds even more quickly .
Mr . Lin has a more direct feeling about this . He can feel the Reiki molecules in the air . The willow by the lake grows so fast that its young twigs reach the lake in a few days .
Lin Luoran is desperate to read Rong’s translation . However, she has to hold back her desire because something else is on her mind .
She has to deal with something before going to find the Soul Wood .
Lin Luoran tells her mother that she will be out for a few days . Ms . Lin is practicing the Five-animal exercises and she says nothing but to tell Lin Luoran to come back sooner .
Mr . Lin only realizes that his daughter is out when she is already away . He wants to ask his wife about this but Ms . Lin’s attention is caught by the television . The journalist is talking about the girl who was bitten by a poisonous snake around downtown .
“They say that over a hundred people are hurt by the snake . Those who made it to the hospital are still unconscious and those who didn’t are all dead… This is such a tragedy . ” Ms . Lin points at the television and speaks to Mr . Lin .
Both Mr . and Ms . Lin seldom go out these days . However, Luodong has to go to school . This red snake is so dangerous . They hope that the police can catch the snake soon .
Mr . Lin thinks for a while and says, “This is scary . Luoran is not at home recently, and we should not go out recently . I will walk with Luodong to school every day . ”
Lin Luoran has told her parents about the protection circle she planted around the house . Mr . and Ms . Lin believe in their daughter and they are sure that staying at home is safe .
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Lin Luoran is on the way to the airport . She has bought a ticket to Jinyang .
She has put some affairs aside but she never forgets about them . Lin Luoran has to do everything carefully .
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“Golden Wutai, Silver Putuo, Coppery Emei, and Iron Jiuhua . ” This proverb is talking about the most famous Buddahist mountain in the State of Huaxia .
Lin Luoran gets off the plane and walks out of the airport . Some young boys in fancy cars drive pass Lin and some of them even whistle to attract her attention .
Jinyang is a city of mine coals . Lin Luoran notices the huge gap between the rich and the poor here . Nevertheless, she is not here because of this .
Lin doesn’t take a taxi . Instead, she puts on a hat and gets on a bus along with other tourists and heads to the Wutai County . This is a secret trip, so she doesn’t ride on the sword or Goldie . Lin wants to keep a low key .
Lin arrives at the Wutai County in the afternoon . She checks in to a little hotel that needs no ID for the registration . She takes a shower and heads to the Taihuai Town over seventy miles away .
Few people know about Taihuai Town . In fact, this small town locates in the center of Mount Wutai . In the Han Dynasty, the monks built a temple called The Great Eagle Temple on the mountain, which later becomes a sacred place of the Buddhists .
As time passes, the temple is renamed as Xiantong Temple . The temple is Lin’s destination .
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Mount Wutai is high, and the temperature at the top of the mountain is low . Lin Luoran respects these tourists around her . Some of them have silver hair . Lin wonders if they are here for a trip or they are Buddhists .
Of course, Lin doesn’t believe in Buddhism . She is here because Master Mu told her that Buddhist cultivators live in the temple .
In the first place, Lin thought that Buddist cultivators are nothing unusual from other cultivators and they also have to meditate and cultivate in mountain . However, Master Mu told her that Buddhist cultivators gained power from their faith and they were able to cast holy spells . Buddhists are never the same as common cultivators . They are Buddhas living in the secular world .
Mount Wutai is in the best location for cultivation . The Buddhist cultivators really have made a good choice .
Lin Luoran walks to the temple along with other tourists . Taoist temples in Lin’s native place always locate in deep mountains . However, Xiantong Temple is built on the top of Mount Wutai without many trees around it .
The temple is crowded and many young monks have to serve as the guide . It’s already dusk and most of the tourists leave after touring around the temple . Lin Luoran walks to the famous main temple hall . The hall is decorated with copper sculptures . Its eaves are overhanging . It is so grand and splendid . People say that this hall is built under Emperor Wanli’s command for his mother, yet Master Mu said something else .
The bronze bell in the center of the hall weighs over one thousand pounds . Everyone on every corner of the mountain will be able to hear its sound .
Night falls . There is no one around the bronze bell . Lin Luoran puts her hand on the bell and knocks it in a strange frequency .
Creak—
The heavy bell moves . It is moving so quietly that no one except Lin can hear the sound .
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Suddenly, Lin hears people talking . She turns around and sees two young monks walk this way while talking about their evening class . Lin immediately walks into the room behind the brozen bell .
“My name is Lin Luoran . I am a cultivator . May I please see Master Puji?”
Lin Luoran is not sure whether Master Puji will see her or not . However, she didn’t have other choices but to open the door first . Master Mu told Lin that Master Puji lives in a place behind the bronze bell, which is isolated from the Xiantong Temple by holy spells . This is where all the Buddhist cultivators live .
“Greetings, miss . I’m Zhixiu . ” A young monk shows up in the dark . He is wearing plain clothes and cloth shoes . He doesn’t seem to be surprised by Lin’s arrival .
Lin Luoran is interested in his Buddhist name .
“Master Zhixiu . I’m here to see Master Puji . ” Lin Luoran says, making a bow . Zhixiu answers,
“Master Puji is doing night class . May I show you the place around while waiting for him?” Though Zhixiu knows that the woman in front of him is not a Buddhist cultivator, he doesn’t underestimate her power because she knows the location of them and she just opened the bronze bell by herself .
Lin Luoran nods and says ok . The door closes . She walks in along with Zhixiu .
The road is paved by blue bricks and several bodhi trees are planted along the road . The architectural style here is similar to that of the Xiantong Temple . To be frank, it is less grand and luxurious than that Lin imagined before .
Zhixiu leads Lin to go forward . He smells nice .
Lin hears the sound of reciting sutra . This must be the night class Zhixiu talked about . Thinking of the possibility that Zhixiu was in the night class when she came, Lin Luoran feels sorry to interrupt .
In the darkness, the sound of reciting sutra is shocking . Standing in front of the hall, Lin Luoran is entranced . A plantain lily is blooming . Lin suddenly realizes that the smell on Zhixiu must be the mix of plantain lily and sanders .
The hall is not even as grand as the main hall of the Xiantong Temple . If Lin hadn’t sensed the power of Zhixiu, she might think this is just a normal temple .
Lin Luoran regrets coming here . She hates to disturb such a peaceful place of cultivation .
The sound of reciting sutra stops . Monks in the same outfit with Zhixiu walk out the hall one after another . They have been so focused on the class that they don’t even know that a guest is here .
This woman is beautiful . A few of the monks blush when they see Lin’s pretty face . They pass her quickly .
“Amitabha . Miss, you are in the level of Laying Foundation at such a young age . Your future is promising . ”
An old monk in grey mafors walks out of the hall .
Lin Luoran tidies her clothes and makes a bow,
“Master Puji, sorry to disturb you . ”