Chapter 41: The Buddhist Disciple

A handsome young monk wearing white monastic robes stood in the moonlight. His expression was neither happy nor sad, and he had a Buddha-like appearance.

The young monk looked at Chen Ji and said, "My name is Luo Zhui Sa Jia, but everyone likes to call me Little Monk. You can call me Little Monk too."

Bai Li Jun Zhu climbed onto the top of the wall and looked towards Chen Ji, introducing him, "Little Monk is a reincarnated Buddha child, very powerful! He said you are very powerful, so you must be very powerful!"

Chen Ji hesitated for a moment, "A reincarnated Buddha child still has so much trouble climbing a wall?"

The Little Monk looked a little embarrassed, "I haven't finished cultivating yet. My master told me to recite the Ten Thousand Times Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Fundamental Vows Sutra. I've only recited a little over seven thousand times, and the great vow isn't complete yet..."

Chen Ji thought that this sentence from the Little Monk revealed a lot of information: the other party's cultivation path is to recite sutras and complete a great vow. Ten thousand times is a threshold; after reciting ten thousand times, he should become more powerful.

The other party just told him his cultivation path, which was quite honest.

At this moment, the Shi Zi curiously sized up Chen Ji, "Little Monk, you said he is very powerful? He doesn't look like it."

The Shi Zi was no longer wearing the mink fur from during the day, but had changed into a black cross-collared long robe. Silver lotus flowers were embroidered on the fabric, making him look a bit plain and elegant, yet it didn't match his slightly exaggerated Shi Zi position.

The Little Monk brushed off the dust from his monastic robes. His appearance was clear, like that of a fourteen or fifteen-year-old. He pointed to his heart and said, "When I say powerful, I'm not referring to strength, but to the heart. Everyone's heart has three thieves: greed, anger, and delusion. And this little brother's heart's greed and anger are already gone, only leaving the word 'delusion'. He is already very powerful."

"Greed is unbearable desire. How many disasters in this world arise because of the word 'greed'? Not being greedy doesn't mean not loving wealth, but knowing restraint."

"Anger is foolish rage. If a person still has anger, they cannot be called wise, because anger will blind the heart's intelligence."

Chen Ji seemed to have some thoughts, "Then what about delusion?"

The Little Monk laughed, "Delusion is obsession. With obsession, one cannot attain liberation."

Bai Li Jun Zhu sat cross-legged on the top of the wall. Dressed neatly in male attire, a white long shirt, white pants, white boots, and a white jade hairpin, her only neck pendant was a red jade, like the splash of red on a white brocade carp's forehead.

She propped her chin up and asked curiously, "Little Monk, you talk so mysteriously. Then how many thieves have you yourself cut down?"

The Little Monk thought for a moment, "I am the same; only the word 'delusion' is left."

Bai Li Jun Zhu asked further, "Why haven't you cut down the remaining word 'delusion'?"

"It's not that I haven't cut it down, but I don't have it," the Little Monk explained, "I still don't have 'delusion,' so I can't cut it down. This time, Master sent me to the Central Plains. Originally, he wanted me to find 'delusion' and then cut it down. I still haven't found it and don't know what 'delusion' is, but Master said that when I meet it, I will naturally know."

"Eh, I've never heard you say that before... But isn't not having 'delusion' better? Why still look for it? Isn't that redundant?" Bai Li was puzzled.

The Little Monk shook his head, "This is a tribulation. Without experiencing tribulation, one cannot become a Buddha."

On one side, the Shi Zi leaned against the wall, bored, "You who have left your family are compassionate at heart. Why are you always talking about cutting things down? Fighting and killing is not good!"

The Little Monk shook his head, "My Ge Ning sect never speaks of compassion."

"Oh? Then what do you speak of?"

"Great fearlessness."

Bai Li Jun Zhu sat horizontally on the top of the wall with her legs crossed, "Brother, let's not chat first. Help me get down."

"Eh, coming," the Shi Zi came to the edge of the wall and let his sister step on his shoulder to jump down the wall.

Chen Ji watched silently. The Shi Zi and Bai Li Jun Zhu had different birth mothers, yet their relationship was extremely good.

And this Shi Zi, clearly already twenty years old, still had no proper form...

Wait, Hei Yun said there should also be a Ling Yun Jun Zhu born to the Quiet Concubine in the Wang Fu. Why isn't she with them?

At this time, the Shi Zi looked towards Chen Ji, "This one is..."

"Chen Ji."

The Shi Zi laughed, "Ah, Chen Ji, I see you are also a talented person. We will definitely become very good friends in the future. But today there is no time for idle chatter. There are many friends waiting outside the door. Let's go first. Everyone is a Jiang Hu child; we will meet again if fate allows!"

Zhu Bai Li also quickly said, "Right, right, right! I'll bring you Ma family donkey meat fire baked in the morning!"

Saying that, the Shi Zi led the Little Monk and Bai Li Jun Zhu and wanted to leave.

Chen Ji raised his arm to block their way, "Wait a moment."

"Ah?" The Shi Zi took a step back, "What for?"

Chen Ji said, "A sealing fee, ten taels of silver per person. Otherwise, I'll call the Wang Fu guards."

The Shi Zi exclaimed strangely, "Wow, do you think we don't know the price outside? Ten taels of silver can already buy a house in the suburbs. Why don't you go rob... Little Monk, didn't you say he has already cut down the word 'greed'?!"

The Little Monk hesitated for a moment, "This explains that he is already very restrained."

The Shi Zi: "?"

Bai Li Jun Zhu looked at Chen Ji, "One tael of silver per time. We still have to pass by many times in the future. You also need to pay attention to the long term, otherwise we won't pass through here anymore!"

Chen Ji, "Okay!"

Bai Li helplessly looked towards the Shi Zi, "Brother, he agreed so quickly. Did I bargain too little?"

"Seems so."

Chen Ji said, "One person, one time, one tael. This time there are three people, so you need to give three taels."

At this time, someone outside the door shouted through the crack in the door, "Shi Zi, Jun Zhu, are you coming out?"

The Shi Zi looked towards Bai Li Jun Zhu, "Give him the money. The people outside are all waiting impatiently."

Zhu Bai Li reluctantly took out a plain-colored small pouch from her sleeve and took out three 'silver peanuts' from inside. She slapped them into Chen Ji's palm, "Here! Can we go now?"

Chen Ji moved aside, smiling, "Thank you for your patronage. I wish everyone a happy evening."

The Shi Zi hurriedly ran to pull open the main hall's large door, only to see more than ten people waiting outside the door, wearing knives and swords at their waists, like Jiang Hu figures.

Chen Ji even saw Liang Gou Er and Liang Mao Er in the crowd.

The Shi Zi asked at the door, "Where are we going to play?"

Then he heard Liang Gou Er squint his eyes and say with a smile, "There is only one lively place in Luo City at night, and that is the East Market. Speaking of the best place to play in the East Market, it has to be Hong Yi Xiang! Let's go, Shi Zi, lead us to Hong Yi Xiang to drink wine!"

Chen Ji was astonished.

A Jun Zhu, a monk, going to Hong Yi Xiang?!

At this time, Bai Li Jun Zhu carefully closed the large door of the medical hall, leaving a gap. She saw Chen Ji looking from a distance, then wrinkled her nose and coldly snorted before quickly closing the door.

Chen Ji weighed the silver peanuts in his hand. Hei Yun climbed onto the apricot tree and lay on a branch, stuffing its two paws under its head.

Hei Yun meowed, "Those people are not bad, eh."

Chen Ji smiled, "As a Shi Zi and Jun Zhu, they weren't even angry when I blocked their way and didn't use their identity to pressure people from beginning to end. They are indeed very good people."