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Chapter 196 One Person One Temple
An old woman coughed twice and said weakly.
"If he willingly lets us eat him, without any resentment, he can also shed his physical body and become a Buddha... Little Master, please agree..."
The little monk in the corner trembled and finally managed to utter a sound.
"Then, could you... share some of my flesh with my master and fellow disciples...?"
They...they haven't eaten in a long time either..."
Everyone nodded hastily.
"Don't worry, young master, we don't want anyone to die if we can avoid it..."
Those monks are pitiful too. If you were willing, you could save our whole village and your master and fellow disciples…”
The little monk nodded, trembling all over.
The fierce-looking man, carrying a knife, stepped forward, covered the monk's eyes with his left hand, and stabbed him directly with the butcher's knife in his right hand.
A woman quickly brought over a basin.
"Quick, don't waste that blood! Oh dear, why are you in such a hurry..."
That night, the village where the refugees gathered smelled of meat all night long.
The abbot of Tianyin Temple, along with his disciples, searched every corner of the temple but could not find his young disciple.
The next day, an old woman carried a bucket of soup with oil floating on it up the mountain and placed it at the entrance of Tianyin Temple.
The monks in the temple could not bear the hunger any longer and bowed repeatedly to the village below the mountain.
Each person took a small portion of the bowl, muttering "I'm guilty," and drank it down.
Three days passed in this way!
The refugees at the foot of the mountain finally succumbed to the cold and hunger once again.
One late night, all the men in the village, carrying axes, hoes, and stones, went to Tianyin Temple.
They hit the monk's head with stones, once, twice, three times.
While cursing
"You are Buddhist disciples, so you should relieve suffering and help those in distress!"
People are starving to death in our village, and you hypocrites are all cowering in the temple like turtles.
"You should just come down the mountain and become our food!! Hahaha, why are you running away??"
What are you afraid of? That little monk in your temple is much stronger than you!
The monks who were trying to escape froze in place.
A large monk with a full beard turned around and grabbed a villager, roaring loudly.
"You, what did you do to Kong? You bunch of beasts!!"
The villager kicked the bearded monk away.
"What did we do to him?? Hahaha, hahaha, we helped him become a Buddha!!"
The villager's face grew increasingly ferocious, and blood continued to drip from the axe in his hand.
"What kind of monks are you? Why are you running away? Don't you want to become Buddhas?"
"Dear masters, please have mercy! We really can't survive!"
The villager with the axe instantly turned into a bitter-faced man, his face covered in tears.
"Tell me, we can't just eat our own children..."
After saying this, the axe fell down.
Brain matter was splattered everywhere.
A woman who was lying by the door was so angry that she stomped her feet.
This is all food! Oh dear, what a waste!
The screams lingered for a long time!
The villagers dragged all the monks' corpses down the mountain like pigs.
Each family gets a little bit, and once it freezes, it's buried. We'll definitely make it through this winter!
The clanging of gongs rang out a day later.
"The imperial grain has arrived! Everyone hurry and collect your grain! It will be distributed according to the number of people!"
Seven or eight officials shouted excitedly on a country road.
Seven months have passed, and the imperial relief grain has finally arrived!
No one mentioned Tianyin Temple, and no one mentioned the monks in the temple.
It's as if everyone has forgotten about that temple!
Until one evening forty-nine days later!
With a creak, the temple door was pushed open from the outside.
A pale little hand pushed open the temple door and entered!
"Master, it's me, Liaokong, I'm back!"
The little ghost drifted around the temple for a long time, but didn't see a single person.
All that remained was dried blood scattered on the ground!
Occasionally, the temple echoed with pitiful cries and the sound of axes chopping bones.
The tiny, wretched spirit huddled in the corner, emitting a chilling cry.
"Master, they're lying! They're lying!"
"Damn it, they all deserve to die!! Everyone deserves to die!!"
The lingering spirits of Liao Kong exuded a soaring resentment, and the sky above the temple was filled with hurricanes formed from their resentment.
Liao Kong's soul became incredibly solid, and the sound it emitted was chilling!
"Damn it, they all deserve to die! Die, die, die!!"
"Amitabha! Liaokong, child, you must not fall into demonic possession, or you will never be able to be reborn!"
The spirit of an old monk flew in from a distant village!
Next came the souls of one monk after another.
"Junior brother, stop! Their sins will be punished by others; you must not succumb to demonic possession!!"
All the spirits of the monks of Tianyin Temple gathered in the temple, and everyone chanted the Buddha's name for rebirth in the Pure Land!
But the resentment of the void is too strong. They are just wisps of remnant souls. How can they be released?
Liao Kong revealed a sinister smile.
"If they can eat monks, then monks can certainly eat them too!!"
Liao Kong actually absorbed most of the merits within the temple in one gulp, and then became one with the temple!
One morning three days later.
A melodious bell rang out from Tianyin Temple on the mountain.
The bell, which should have been a wake-up call, has now become a death knell!
The refugees in the deserted village ran up to the mountainside in disbelief.
He saw a little monk looking at him with a smile.
"Esteemed benefactor, Tianyin Temple will be holding a Dharma assembly tomorrow, where food will be provided to the people living at the foot of the mountain. You must come!"
The refugee pointed at the little monk and was so frightened that he wet his pants on the spot. He fell ill as soon as he got home and never recovered!
The people knew things were going badly, so they packed their belongings and fled overnight.
But can they really escape?
As night fell, Tianyin Temple was brightly lit!
A group of monks were busy at work when everyone who had long been dead suddenly came back to life.
As always, Master Fanchi sat on the meditation cushion and chanted sutras.
The other monks were busy cooking porridge and rice!
A group of refugees lined up, urging each other on how hungry they were, and entered the temple!
Su Li was already terrified when he saw this, and the others were even more confused.
Ultimately, did the monk eat the person, or did the person eat the monk...?
What happened next was all too familiar to everyone.
The temple gates were closed, and the bells rang again.
Suddenly, all the monks transformed into man-eating monsters, and the people were torn to pieces.
Then, when the monks regained their senses, they all committed suicide...
Just when everyone thought it was all over, a wooden gate in the temple was suddenly opened from the inside.
A chubby-faced little monk crawled out from inside.
The little monk stood on golden lotuses, his body radiating golden light!
Wherever he went, the grass and trees turned green and everything came back to life!
The corpses and flesh on the ground had all vanished without a trace.
The little monk sat on the mountain gate, hugging his knees, gazing down the mountain.
"Master, senior brother, have you all gone to Huayuan? Liaokong is scared..."
Behind the empty space stood a group of ghosts.
Suddenly, a Sanskrit chant came from the west, seemingly a call to guide us!
Fan Chi led the monks to kneel facing west and pray devoutly.
"The abbot of Tianyin Temple, Fan Chi, is willing to lead all the monks of the temple to abandon the Western Holy Land and remain here forever, to accompany him!"
From that day on, Tianyin Temple disappeared!
Tianyin Temple is hidden in a place that no one can find!
Deep within a misty cliff, a young monk gradually grows into an adult under the loving care of his master and fellow disciples!
He was self-taught and learned all the Buddhist scriptures! He cultivated supernatural powers, but he couldn't make his masters leave Tianyin Temple even a step!
Later, people learned that there was a monk named Kong, who was an extraordinary monk in the world.
He comes from Tianyin Temple! He is the youngest junior disciple of Tianyin Temple!