Chapter 427

433. Chapter 433 White Lotus

"What's your name?"

In the brothel's rear courtyard, the keeper who was training the newly bought girls' deportment walked up to Ai Rui Si. Ke La Ke, lifted her chin with the rod he held, and asked indifferently.

By this time, it was nearly noon, with three suns side by side overhead, pouring down brilliant sunlight.

However, this sunlight was only brilliant, not warm.

The seventeen girls sold into the brothel yesterday stood in a line, and after observing the customers once, they had been standing from morning until now.

Throughout the process, whoever moved, had a slouched posture, or wiped sweat would receive a strike of the disciplinary rod.

Unlike the other sixteen girls, Ai Rui Si. Ke La Ke now merely lacked strength, not will.

Thus, throughout the whole morning, Ai Rui Si. Ke La Ke made no mistakes and was not struck.

This drew even more attention than making a mistake would have.

The brothel keeper only came to question Ai Rui Si. Ke La Ke when the training was about to end, out of a desire to test her limits.

What disappointed the brothel keeper yet also pleased him was that Ai Rui Si. Ke La Ke had persisted without making a mistake the entire time!

After the mix of disappointment and pleasure, the brothel keeper developed a fondness for talent.

He also secretly felt that perhaps this time the brothel had found a gem.

If things continue smoothly, they might be able to cultivate a top courtesan.

Ai Rui Si. Ke La Ke's chin rested against the rod, she did not pull away, and calmly uttered a word: 'Lian Sheng.'

'Lian Sheng?'

The brothel keeper repeated it, then praised, 'What a good name.'

Ai Rui Si. Ke La Ke's face remained calm, but inside she sneered.

Hopefully, before long, you'll still be able to say that's a good name.

'Go.'

The brothel keeper then slightly raised his chin, pointed toward the kitchen, and said, 'You go eat first; only after you're full and have eaten well can they eat.'

'Yes.'

Ai Rui Si. Ke La Ke responded, stepped back, freed herself from the rod, turned, and walked toward the kitchen.

'Are you hungry?'

The brothel keeper's voice came from behind: 'Is the food fragrant? Do you want to eat? If so, learn from Lian Sheng, obey, don't make mistakes! As long as you can obey and avoid mistakes, you'll get to eat. Not only will you have food, but later you'll also earn silver, be able to hear the Buddhist masters lecture, comprehend the vastness of the Buddhist Dharma, and endure the masters' salvation!'

Ai Rui Si. Ke La Ke's mind stirred, she blocked out the brothel keeper's voice, not wanting to dirty her ears.

Before her, only Ai Rui Si. Ke La Ke herself could see a phantom that matched her face but wore different attire and bore a different demeanor, which quietly appeared.

'Hehehe...'

The phantom didn't speak, merely covered her mouth lightly and let out a clear, bell-like laugh of delight.

Ignoring the phantom's interference, Ai Rui Si. Ke La Ke entered the kitchen, ladled a bowl of thin porridge, scooped a plate of greens and a plate of stir-fried meat with green peppers, took two meat buns, placed them aside, and ate earnestly.

The phantom sat opposite Ai Rui Si. Ke La Ke, looked up at the kitchen's crossbeam and the shafts of light filtering through the blue tiles, and sighed: 'Ai Rui Si. Ke La Ke, Ai Rui Si. Ke La Ke… didn't expect that, did you? One day you'll encounter a situation similar to mine. Brothel, woodshed, prostitute, hehe… haha… ho ho ho… this corrupt world!'

While sighing, the phantom lowered her head, locked eyes with Ai Rui Si. Ke La Ke, and solemnly asked: 'Do you want to set a fire and burn this corrupt world?'

At this moment, Ai Rui Si. Ke La Ke had finished the plate of greens, the plate of stir-fried meat with green peppers, and the bowl of thin porridge, set down her utensils, picked up a meat bun, and began eating it bite by bite.

She completely ignored the phantom's incessant chatter.

The phantom also paid no heed to Ai Rui Si. Ke La Ke's reaction, saying on her own: 'You are me, I am you. Except I was weakened three times by the will of the wizard world and those five old yin, so now you are whole while I have become deficient, a substitute. Oh well, everything is fate. The will of the wizard world and those five old yin pulling this stunt—aren't they just trying to make me completely abandon the idea of returning? I might as well submit to them.'

Saying that, the phantom rose, surveyed the kitchen—not large, with poor lighting and disordered arrangement—and seemed also to be surveying a star system composed of three stars, twelve planets, and some other celestial bodies, surveying this corrupt Buddhist remnant.

After turning around, the phantom looked again at Ai Rui Si. Ke La Ke, who had finished the two meat buns, and a hint of a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

Suddenly, the phantom vanished, as if it had never appeared.

A hot tear suddenly rolled from the corner of Ai Rui Si. Ke La Ke's eye, a flicker of sorrow crossing her face.

She lightly sniffed, quickly composed herself, slowly rose, and walked out of the kitchen.

Ai Rui Si. Ke La Ke has always been Ai Rui Si. Ke La Ke, Renee Ke La Ke's sister, a native of the wizard world.

She has never been the dream-person named Ai Rui Si, nor the beast-taming wizard Ai Rui Si. Meixia from several hundred years ago.

Nor is she the accidental 'alien' who became stranded in another universe and, relying solely on her own effort, fought her way back into the wizard civilization universe as a ruthless one!

She is merely an unlucky fellow born on a battlefield.

From the day she was born, Ai Rui Si. Ke La Ke's mind has housed many 'people'.

The clearest will is that of the dream-person named Ai Rui Si, the strongest destructive urge belongs to the beast-taming wizard Ai Rui Si. Meixia from several hundred years ago, and the most annoying are those several hundred fragments of personality that mutter, whisper, and rustle……

The most inconspicuous is the ruthless one who, after the ninth trial in the special ruin world was interfered with by the will of the wizard world and the Supreme Council together, appeared as the image and identity of the White Lotus Holy Mother.

The imitation of the Nine Old Immortals' Seal and the Yang Benzhi's Merit Seal left by the Xu Jing Heavenly Master in the mortal immortal martial world helped Ai Rui Si. Ke La Ke cut off the dream-family of the Ai Rui Si named person, cut off the beast-taming wizard Ai Rui Si. Meixia, and cut off those hundreds of rustling personality fragments……

At the same time, it also wounded the already incomplete ruthless one.

Thereafter, Ai Rui Si. Ke La Ke seldom operated in the wizard civilization world, further distancing herself from the ruthless one's imprint, so that before her ascension to sage, during the 'transformation period,' she would not have her personality assimilated by the ruthless imprint.

Recently, Ai Rui Si. Ke La Ke was promoted to sixth‑level sage, and the special ruined world of his innate world underwent another transformation, gaining greater strength to resist the erosion and assimilation of the Ruthless Person's mark.

It may not completely block it, but at least it won't have its core replaced without notice.

And now I don't know how the 'filthy world' spoken of by the Ruthless Person provoked him, to the extent that he would even burn this world, even if he himself were to vanish completely.

In the morning, while watching the scene of soliciting customers at the brothel's entrance, Ai Rui Si arose with the thought that this filthy world needed purification, which was due to the influence of the Ruthless Person's mark.

The Ruthless Person is the Ruthless Person.

Not only did he conceive the idea, he directly put it into action.

Ai Rui Si is not sure whether the Ruthless Person has truly completely vanished.

But the feeling of the true spirit instantly being much more at ease cannot be feigned.

At least during this period of using the 'Body Seizing' magical device to conduct infiltration behind enemy lines, the Ruthless Person's mark will no longer erode or assimilate Ai Rui Si.

Thus, some of the ruthless people's methods can be used without any repercussions.

These methods are not the orthodox or great paths valued by the wizard civilization and the divine civilization, but they are truly extremely suitable for purifying this turbid world!

"Soon."

Airusi felt the warm current growing in her abdomen, felt the power sprouting in her body, muttered to herself, and immediately stepped out of the kitchen threshold into the courtyard.

Without Guigong's urging, Airusi voluntarily returned to the ranks, and, following Guigong's morning requirement, stood straight and stiff.

"Hmm, very good."

Seeing Airusi so self‑aware, Guigong couldn't help but nod, looking quite pleased.

Immediately, Guigong coldly stared at the other sixteen girls and said in a low voice, "If you want to survive, if you want to live well, you must learn more from Lian Sheng."

Saying this, Guigong looked at Airusi, a mysterious smile appearing at the corner of his mouth, and asked, "Lian Sheng, do you say they can eat now?"

Airusi didn't hesitate and replied directly, "If the steward says yes, then yes; if the steward says no, then no." "Ha ha..."

Hearing Airusi's words, Guigong couldn't help but throw his head back and laugh loudly.

Hidden behind his back, the right hand gripping the disciplinary rod loosened somewhat, no longer in a state ready to lash out at any moment.

The question just now was a trap.

Whether Airusi answered yes or no, she would receive a strike of the disciplinary rod.

Guigong had already prepared to give Airusi a lesson, to make her remember well, to remember in the brothel who is master, who is servant, who can make decisions, who cannot.

What Guigong did not expect was that Airusi was not an ignorant country girl unfamiliar with worldly affairs.

"Huakuai Peizi! Huakuai Peizi!"

The laughter ceased, Guigong's face still beaming with a brilliant smile, "Lian Sheng, you are Huakuai Peizi! As long as you listen, practice well, make no mistakes, you will certainly become a top courtesan who outshines all rivals and is unmatched for a time, and you will certainly become a female bodhisattva worshipped by the Buddha lords."

Airusi felt no inner turmoil, and her face showed the appropriate reaction for a girl of her age and impoverished background.

Confused, uncomprehending, and faintly excited.

The charm unintentionally revealed in her brows and eyes could easily tempt crime.

Guigong saw this, and his smile grew wider.

"Good! Good! Good!"

Indeed a Huakuai Peizi, so young yet so alluring!

Once she grows up, what will become of her?

"Huh…"

He exhaled a turbid breath, Guigong forcibly controlled his emotions, slowly straightened his face, and gave each of the other sixteen girls a strike of the disciplinary rod before permitting them to go eat.

The sixteen girls really wanted to turn and run, but instead rushed straight into the kitchen to eat heartily.

Moreover, they did not dare provoke Guigong's wrath, so they endured their rumbling hunger, lined up in neat rows, and entered the kitchen one by one.

"Rest now, don't stand."

At mealtime, Guigong also went to eat; seeing Airusi still standing straight, he said this before leaving.

"Yes."

Airusi responded with an assent, complied readily, and walked toward a corner of the courtyard.

There was a large water tank there, in which a white lotus was planted.

Standing by the water tank, Airusi gazed at the white lotus for a while, and her consciousness sank into the sea of consciousness.

The warm current growing in her abdomen ceased nourishing her frail body, surged toward her brow, and began to contemplate.

A lotus seed instantly formed in her contemplation, fell into the water, took root, and awaited sprouting.

At that moment, the sixteen girls began to come out of the kitchen one after another.

? ￠o

When people are full, they are prone to cause trouble.

Several girls exchanged glances, and despite having just met, they remarkably coordinated from three directions to surround Airusi.

"You are called Lian Sheng?"

One of the girls stood closest to Airusi, also bearing the aura of a big sister, raised her chin and asked Airusi.

"Hmm."

Airusi replied indifferently.

Are you favored by the steward?

The big‑sister girl raised her right hand, asking the question while intending to jab her forefinger at Airusi's forehead.

Airusi narrowed her eyes, and without the big‑sister girl seeing clearly, she directly seized the other's finger and bent it slightly.

"Ah!"

The big‑sister girl immediately let out a miserable scream.

The other girls, seeing this, all stepped back one after another.

After all, these girls were merely motivated by jealousy, and were not truly wicked people.

In order to seize survival resources and attract the attention of the brothel's steward and madam, they had just done the act of surrounding Airusi.

Airusi's true identity is a sixth‑level sage of the wizard civilization; naturally she would not take pleasure in bullying the weak, and after giving a lesson she immediately released the big‑sister girl's finger.

After glancing at each of the girls who had surrounded her, Airusi said indifferently, "If you want to eat your fill, if you want to survive, if you want to live well, then trust me."

Having said that, Airusi did not wait for the girls' reply and walked straight away.

The seed has already been sown, awaiting sprouting.

To purify this turbid world, relying on a single white lotus is not enough; many are needed.

White Horse Chan Temple.

Lin Ke suddenly felt inspired in the morning, went to the lakeside behind the mountain, and stood there for half a morning.

He did nothing, thought nothing, just stood there quietly, looking at the lotus flowers in the lake.

Clearly it is the depths of winter, clearly the temperature on the mountain is low, yet the lotus flowers in the lake are not withered; on the contrary, they are in full bloom.

Junior brother, what are you doing here?

Liao Chen's voice came from behind, his tone holding some complaint and some reproach: "Master said, let you rest today. Your body hasn't fully recovered; why come here to catch the wind?"

Lin Ke turned around, calmly saying, "Senior brother, I just wanted to get some fresh air; the room is too stuffy."

Got enough fresh air?

Liao Chen said in a deep, resonant voice, "If you've had enough fresh air, hurry back."

Okay.

Lin Ke nodded, took a step to leave, but after just a few steps he suddenly stopped again.

What's wrong?

Liao Chen hurriedly asked.

Senior brother, do you know who planted the white lotuses in this lake? In such bitter winter, they actually bloom so beautifully.

Lin Ke turned and pointed, asking curiously.

This was planted casually by Great Master Wusheng when he came to White Horse Chan Monastery years ago to lodge and cultivate, contemplating the Dharma.

Liao Chen thought for a moment, then explained in detail: "Great Master Wusheng had already attained the Bodhisattva fruition before coming to lodge; even though he merely planted them casually, there remains a lingering resonance of Buddhist principle within. This lake was originally a foul pond, and the day after the white lotuses bloomed in full, it was purified."

I see.

Lin Ke nodded, as if having gained some insight.

Luotesinuo's so-called destiny induction should first arise upon the white lotus.

It's hard not to let Lin Ke think more.