Chapter 466

"Venerable Hong, your Dao Yi Sect is strong, and now with the addition of Qingshi, it would be easy to wipe out my Wumu Nunnery. But does that mean your Dao Yi Sect can bully this poor nun like this?"

"I... I didn't mean that at all."

"Then what did you mean? This poor nun has been cultivating for over three thousand eight hundred years, and today was the first time I ever entered that place of debauchery. Your Dao Yi Sect truly has good methods. What is it? Are you trying to destroy my Buddhist heart?"

She even brought up destroying her Buddhist heart. Upon hearing this, Venerable Hong quickly said.

"Abbess, please calm down. Isn't that exactly why I came here?"

"Actually, the reason Senior Brother appeared in such a place was entirely to practice his heart."

"Practice his heart?"

Abbess Jueqing was stunned. Seeing this, Venerable Hong seized the opportunity and quickly continued.

"That's right, it's to practice the heart. Since the Abbess is also a practitioner, you should know the importance of one's state of mind. Senior Brother's actions were purely to practice his heart."

"Walking through the mortal world, the state of mind is occasionally perfected. Beauty is like bone-piercing poison. Senior Brother doing this was entirely testing poison with his own body, seeking only a perfect state of mind. Abbess, you have misunderstood."

Upon hearing this, Abbess Jueqing's expression became complex. She felt uncertain; had she really misunderstood?

"Then why did he have to strip down to nothing?"

"How could he practice his heart while wearing clothes?"

"Really?"

"Absolutely true. Abbess, doesn't your Buddhist sect also have methods specifically for tempering the state of mind? This is the same; it's just that the method is different."

"As the saying goes, the world is as it is. The world is the same; what differs is the perspective. For the same event, if you look at it with different eyes, the results will be different. Abbess, you have become attached to appearances."

Venerable Hong became more confident as he spoke. After this speech, Abbess Jueqing felt ashamed instead.

Was her own heart dirty?

After pondering for a long time, Abbess Jueqing put her hands together and blamed herself.

"Fellow Daoist's words are soul-shaking. It is indeed this poor nun who has become attached to appearances."

Done. Seeing this, Venerable Hong felt relieved, and then the two began to chat.

Of course, Venerable Hong kept steering the conversation toward Shi Song, and Abbess Jueqing also indicated that she would personally visit Shi Song later to apologize for the morning's events, as she had misunderstood Fellow Daoist Shi Song.

Just as the two were chatting heatedly, a little nun outside the door announced that Master Jueyuan from Putuo Temple was requesting an audience.

Hearing it was Master Jueyuan, Abbess Jueqing was stunned, and then she enthusiastically went to greet him personally.

Although Putuo Temple is not one of the four major sects of the Eastern Continent, it is the leader of the Buddhist sect in the Eastern Continent, and its strength is second only to the four major sects.

Moreover, this Buddhist sect is different from ordinary immortal sects; it originated from the Western Continent.

On the surface, they appear compassionate and intent on saving all living beings, but in reality, it is completely not like that.

Unlike the quiet cultivation emphasized by the major sects of the Eastern Continent, the Buddhist sect loves to interfere in worldly affairs.

They call it teaching the masses, but to put it bluntly, isn't it just developing believers?

Having broken into the Eastern Continent for only a few thousand years, the Buddhist sect already has countless believers in the Eastern Continent.

They use the methods of cultivators to fool mortals, tricking them into spending money and effort to build temples. And the Buddhist sect, what have they done for these believers?

Burning incense, kowtowing, praying for safety—pray for my foot.

Therefore, the local sects of the Eastern Continent actually do not like the Buddhist sect, because they have been trying to break the balance between cultivators and mortals.

The Wumu Nunnery actually came about this way; it can be considered one of the first Buddhist-Daoist sects established after being brainwashed by the Buddhist sect.

Not long after, Abbess Jueqing walked in with a fat-eared monk. This was Jueyuan, the head of the Qingjing Courtyard of Putuo Temple, a Saint Realm expert.

They also knew each other and had met a few times before, so seeing Venerable Hong, Jueyuan took the initiative to salute.

"Amitabha, Fellow Daoist Venerable Hong, it has been a long time."

"Hehe, Master Jueyuan, it has also been a long time."

To this, Venerable Hong replied with a fake smile. He had had a grudge with this fat monk before, so naturally, there was no need to be polite. Replying to him was already out of respect for his Saint Realm cultivation.

With the arrival of Jueyuan, the atmosphere suddenly seemed a bit awkward, or rather, Venerable Hong felt it was a bit awkward.

It was entirely because Jueyuan took over the conversation as soon as he arrived and began discussing Buddhist scriptures with Abbess Jueqing.

Venerable Hong didn't understand this, so he clearly couldn't get a word in, and the two were chatting enthusiastically.

It was just that at the beginning, they were indeed talking about Buddhist scriptures, but later, as they talked, the flavor completely changed.

"Abbess, this poor monk wanted to say just now, but upon seeing you today, I discovered that your forehead is dark; I fear there is a disaster of bloodshed."

"What does the Master mean by this?"

"I wonder if the Abbess would allow this poor monk to read your palm?"

"That is certainly possible."

Hmm???

As you chat, why are you reading palms?

Venerable Hong, who was on the side, frowned slightly.

And when the old monk Jueyuan saw the Abbess reach out, he also wanted to reach out to grab it, but he was cleverly dodged by Abbess Jueqing.

"Doesn't the Master want to read my palm?"

"Damn bald donkey."

Venerable Hong cursed through gritted teeth on the side, but he still restrained his temper. He couldn't offend Abbess Jueqing again at this time, or Senior Brother would definitely fight him to the death.

He pretended to look for a long time, until Abbess Jueqing withdrew her palm and asked.

"Has the Master seen the result?"

"Palm reading can only observe the general outline. If you want to truly understand, I fear I need to touch the bones. I wonder what the Abbess thinks? No need to worry, you and I are both people of the Buddhist sect, even if..."

"Bald donkey, what are you barking about?"

Damn it, you still want to touch the bones? Venerable Hong couldn't bear it anymore. The Abbess is the woman my Senior Brother has taken a fancy to. Do you think I, Hong, don't exist?