Chapter 209

"You wish to keep this secret, but alas, Heaven has eyes. If you do not want others to know, you must not do it."

"Now that the sun is high in the sky, it is time to speak of these things."

Before Su Hang could finish, a chorus of gasps erupted from all around.

No one could have imagined that the dignified Abbot of Shaolin, the 'Leader of the Brothers' from back then, had actually been involved with Ye Erniang?

And that the two of them had a child together?

Such a world-shattering revelation was truly unheard of.

One must know that in the current world of mixed martial arts, although monks are ascetics who constantly speak of benefiting all living beings and maintain a humble, low-profile appearance,

in this world, the status of monks in the Wu Lin is extremely high!

Firstly, Shaolin is the orthodox source of all martial arts under Heaven; to say nothing else, the mere words "Orthodox Source" are enough to crush a person.

Furthermore, Shaolin Temple has always enjoyed prosperous incense offerings, and the amount of donation money received every year is unimaginable.

Therefore, in the current Wu Lin, monks are often the wealthiest group of people.

Do you not see? Within the Buddha halls of Shaolin Temple, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of Buddha statues, large and small—which one is not a gilded statue?

Even the most inferior ones are mud-sculpted with gold leaf!

Ordinary sects could never produce so much wealth; only one as rich and imposing as Shaolin could!

And what of Ye Erniang? She is but a villain. She was once innocent, but she blackened quickly thereafter.

Because she was in pain, she could not bear to see others happy.

She dared not take revenge on the strong, so she could only take a knife to the weak.

Over these years, she has committed countless evils!

Among the Four Great Villains, although Ye Erniang is ranked second, the evil she has committed is truly number one!

When Duan Yanqing takes revenge, he at least knows how to control the scope, focusing solely on the Duan family.

But Ye Erniang is completely different; she has no target. Whoever lives better than her, she seeks revenge upon them.

In the end, that Abbot Xuanci and Ye Erniang ended up together is truly mind-boggling.

"Mind-boggling! Abbot Xuanci actually had an affair with Ye Erniang?"

"What is going on? One is the Abbot of Shaolin, the other a woman of the red dust—how could they be together?"

"Who knows... there are plenty of lecherous monks and evil Daoists in this Wu Lin; one more like Abbot Xuanci doesn't make much difference!"

"Unbelievable! You must know that Abbot Xuanci is the most virtuous and respected high monk of the 'Xuan' generation in Shaolin! Even he..."

"With just a few words from Mr. Su today, I fear he has offended Shaolin Temple terribly!"

Seeing her secret revealed, Ye Erniang stood stunned.

The two characters "Abbot Xuanci" were something she had kept in her heart, never daring to utter them for so many years.

For Ye Erniang, these two characters were both heaven and hell.

Only now, as Su Hang revealed the identity of the child's father in front of everyone, did Ye Erniang finally collapse.

Seeing this, Wang Yuyan was also full of shock:

"Abbot Abbot Xuanci?"

"But didn't Mr. Su say earlier that Abbot Abbot Xuanci was the leader of the brothers who intercepted and killed Xiao Yuanshan's family outside Yanmen Pass back then!"

"Why would a dignified Shaolin high monk have a child with Ye Erniang?"

Thinking of this, Wang Yuyan's worldview was shattered.

A monk and a great villain having an affair—this was completely beyond Wang Yuyan's imagination.

She truly could not understand what was so good about Ye Erniang that Abbot Xuanci would take a fancy to her!

On the other side.

The sisters Yao Yue heard this and were equally astonished.

Yao Yue, seeing this, said crossly:

"Sure enough, not a single monk in this world is a good thing!"

"Such a vicious, lecherous monk deserves to die!"

Lianxing nodded and responded softly:

"Abbot Abbot Xuanci is, after all, a highly reputable high monk of Shaolin Temple..."

"He became the Abbot, became the leader of the brothers respected by everyone in the Wu Lin, and his lifelong reputation is destroyed in an instant—it is truly a pity!"

"If it weren't for this, Ye Erniang wouldn't have become so deranged later, even to the point of killing people indiscriminately!"

"Though it was for the sake of kindness, it was evil in the end!"

"These various evil debts will ultimately be counted on Abbot Abbot Xuanci's head!"

Meanwhile,

Su Hang paused and continued to reveal:

"Back then, Abbot Xuanci led a group of Central Plains experts to Yanmen Pass to intercept and kill Xiao Yuanshan's family."

"Unexpectedly, Xiao Yuanshan's Wu Gong was terrifyingly high; not only did the interception fail, but more than twenty of their own side were beaten to death."

"As the leader of the brothers, Abbot Xuanci was naturally filled with gloom."

"For a period of time, the Abbot Xuanci of that year disguised himself and walked the Wu Lin, wanting to vent the gloom in his heart."

"It was at that time that Abbot Xuanci met you!"

"You fell in love at first sight and poured out your hearts to each other!"

"Then came a night of pleasure, followed by nights of pleasure thereafter!"

"When love reached its deepest point, the Abbot Xuanci of that year even promised you that he would abandon his Shaolin status to stay with you day and night!"

"You were still young then, and in a moment of confusion, you actually listened to this monk's ghost talk!"

"After some time passed, this monk felt the beauty was tiresome, and for the sake of his own future, he felt an urge to return to Shaolin."

"It was only then that you finally discovered you were pregnant!"

"You told Abbot Xuanci the news, but he showed not a hint of joy, but rather a face full of worry!"

"Originally, if you hadn't told him, he might have stayed a while longer to pour out his heart to you."

"But once you told him, this monk found a random excuse and slipped away in a puff of smoke."

"In the end, you gave birth to this child, and the two of you, mother and son, relied on each other for survival!"

"Countless times, you wanted to go to Shaolin to find him, just so he could take a look at this child!"

"But you dared not!"

"You knew that would surely ruin his bright future!"

"Therefore, you took this child alone and drifted into the Wu Lin."

Hearing this, another wave of sighs rippled through the Banyue Inn.

Everyone who heard this was filled with emotion.

So the Ye Erniang of the past had once been innocent too!

Of course, the "innocence" here mainly meant being deceived by a man.

"Until one day, you weren't paying attention, and when you came to your senses, you discovered the child had been stolen."

"Originally, you had already lost that monk, and now you had lost the child. You searched like a madwoman, searching place by place, house by house, but in the end, you gained nothing."

"Finally, you went mad and began stealing children, snatching children!"

"At first, seeing these children were cute, you could still treat them well,"

"but when you were possessed by madness, you felt that everyone else could be reunited with their children, except for you."

"You dared not hate that monk, so you hated those who were reunited with their children!"

"You hated them, so you tortured them; you stole their children, and after you grew tired of playing, you killed these children."

"But even so, not only did you not feel any better, you sank even deeper."

"From then on, you not only began stealing children, you even snatched them."

"For so many years, the number of lives in your hands is truly too many."

Hearing this, Ye Erniang nearly collapsed:

"No!"

"What you say is not true!"

"He treated us, mother and son, very well; he left us a lot of money, enough for us to live the rest of our lives!"

"The reason he didn't come to see the child was because of his status; he couldn't!"

"In his heart, he definitely has us, mother and son!"