Recap
No one was willing to approach him, and he didn’t know how to get along with people. The word loneliness can almost perfectly describe his life.
Chu Shici sat on the little lotus and looked back. Through the tiny gap between the door, and White Snake was lying there looking at him.
He suddenly realized that he might be Xunzhe’s only friend.
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It was too late to go out today, at five or six in the afternoon, the pilgrims had already left one after another.
Chu Shici is unlucky, he didn’t pick up any chocolates, and only found some leftovers and Coke in the trash can.
After adding in some water and shaking to mix the coke, it is just in line with the taste of the lotus platform.
While feeding Coke to Little Lotus, Chu Shici looked around, looking for something to eat.
A couple with a foreign accent* brought a child to the temple, saying it was to fulfill their vows.
*(dialects)
The young couple entered the temple and went to worship the Lady in the main hall.
Unlike the gold statues with blurred facial features in the small room, the Lady Dayangtian enshrined in the main hall has detailed facial features.
Her benign eyebrows and kind-eyed appearance is ordinary, she has an appearance that is not easily memorable.
After taking their child to worship the Lady, the adults have other things to do. Afraid that the child would play around and bump into the Lady by accident, they asked the monks who welcomed them at the door to take care of him.
This child is only five or six years old, but his behavior is extremely sensible. Neither messing around with the other kids nor playing in the mud by himself.
He stood quietly next to the monk, his eyes scanning the pilgrims one by one, looking like a little adult.
There were too many people around, so Chu Shici hid behind a stone, trying to find an opportunity to sneak out.
He was bored, tilting his head to look at the passing pilgrims while chatting with the system.
He asks the system what it thinks about Dayangtian Ming Temple.
The system is busy cross-stitching, [I think it may be that someone came to pray for a child, as a result, this gives the monks various reasons to find out about their family situation and 8 characters of birth. When someone wants to snatch a person’s reincarnation placement, they can directly choose someone from here.]
Chu Shici pushed the little lotus out and let it bask in the sun.
‘Aren’t there many families who have been diagnosed with infertility and come here specifically to ask for a child? I was wondering how Dayangtian Ming Temple got them pregnant. It truly is a medical miracle.’
[Um, maybe just stuff the soul of the person who participates into the body?]
‘No, Zhe-ge said last night that body snatching can only be performed when the pregnant woman is about to give birth, which means that the pregnancy must have nothing to do with body snatching itself.’
The system was stunned for a few seconds and made a sound, imitating Xunzhe’s previous tone, [But what does this have to do with you, idiot!]
‘You shouldn’t add fuel to the fire, Zhe-ge didn’t call me an idiot. Come closer, and let me beat you up.’
Chu Shici’s soul ran into the system space and played with the little golden ball. The system hugged his thigh, wanting to be an accessory on the beauty’s body.
Since the beginning, the system has always said that he is a beauty.
Chu Shici looked into the mirror, and a handsome man with light blond hair was reflected in the mirror.
Zhe-ge rarely complimented his appearance, but every time he dressed up a little more formally, Zhe-ge would stare at him with a red face.
Before his death, people often said that he was good-looking, but it always sounded unreal to him.
It wasn’t until his vitality exceeded 80 points that he gradually learned to appreciate his own appearance.
Chu Shici was playing toss the ball with the system when a woman’s shout suddenly came from the outside.
He was so frightened that he thought the red-clothed ghost was coming to get him again.
His soul returned to his body and he looked out.
It is very lively outside. A fashionable female pilgrim in her twenties is grabbing the little boy’s arm, “You touched my thigh, I didn’t care about it the first two times, but your hand went up the third time! You are only five or six years old and you’re already acting like a hooligan, where are your parents?!”
The child who had looked so mature previously, now with his lips pursed, cried out loud after being shouted at by the woman.
Other pilgrims gathered around to watch the excitement. Seeing the child crying, 2 middle-aged women tried to persuade her, “The child is so young, how can he know so much? He just bumped into you by accident. Why are you arguing with a child?”
The woman went red from anger, “You can say it was an accident the first time, but can you say it is an accident after three times? He stretched his hands into my pants. Is this also an accident?! Ask his parents to come out and apologize to me!”
The woman had her hair permed and was wearing midriff-baring half-sleeves and denim shorts. A coat was wrapped around her waist, slightly covering the black fishnet stockings covering her legs.
She is very beautiful and fashionable, wearing bold and sexy clothes, looking out of place in the crowd.
When the woman scolded the pilgrims around, the boy who had been crying suddenly pointed at her fishnet socks and cried, “I didn’t mean it, I just want to know why this sister’s socks have holes in them.”
After he reminded her, the crowd’s eyes immediately fell on the woman’s legs.
There are not only female pilgrims here, but also many men who came to offer incense.
The woman with long curly hair kept changing her stance, folding her hands in front of her chest and pursing her lips in discomfort.
Someone in the crowd muttered, “This is a temple. Wearing such revealing clothes is indecent.”
Immediately afterwards, fishnet stockings and midriff-baring tops became the topic of discussion.
Many people commented on her clothes, saying that if she didn’t wear this, then the child wouldn’t be so curious to reach out to touch her.
The woman’s expression became increasingly ugly, “It doesn’t bother anyone what I wear, it’s none of your fucking business!”
Right after she finished speaking, the boy suddenly grabbed her clothes and smiled flatteringly, “Sister, don’t be angry, I passed by the hair salon before, and there were many sisters standing in the small alley, dressed just like you. It’s just that my parents won’t let me get close. They said that they had an infectious disease.”
Chu Shici frowned, “Damn, this little brat talks so dirty, he just implied that she was dressed like a woman who is soliciting customers.”
[I feel like he’s weird.]
‘Originally, that woman almost won the argument. It was he who diverted the attention of the people watching the show to her clothes. In today’s era, there are very few people wearing such attire, so he took advantage of her boldness and went for it. Regardless of whether she is justified or not, just one sentence of revealing clothing can trample someone to death.’
The system looked at it carefully and said, [Everything that should be covered is covered. I don’t think it’s revealing at all.]
‘When I was working as a bartender, I was very well-dressed. Just because I was wearing a belt, some people said that I was dressed in a coquettish way and that I was deliberately trying to seduce them. If you have shit in your eyes, you will see everything in a dirty way.’
[It’s been hundreds of years, but you still remember it.]
‘Fuck, I am very good at keeping accounts. If anyone scolds me, I will remember it for the rest of my life and beat them every time I see them.’
Just as he expected, after the child said those words, the woman didn’t last long before she was scolded and cried.
She pushed away the boy who had been pestering her, turned around and wanted to leave, but her clothes were tightly grabbed by the child.
The situation gradually got out of control, and the monk who originally welcomed them at the door came to break up the fight, but it had no effect.
Chu Shici watched the whole process and felt that something was wrong.
The child kept his immature appearance and used the most innocent tone to constantly guide the direction of public opinion.
The monk who was supposedly in the middle ground and the pilgrims watching form the side began to educate her from the moral high ground.
The woman came alone to offer incense. She soon couldn’t hold it any longer and sat on the ground, breaking down and crying.
Everyone was paying attention to the woman. Only Chu Shici, a bystander, saw the boy wiping his tears and smiling happily.
Chu Shici looked at this scene blankly, ‘Tong-ge, what do you think he wants to do?’
The system spread its hands, [Maybe he is simply a trash?]
The monks in the temple came out to maintain order and appease the pilgrims. They also invited the woman to the temple, saying that they would help her resolve the knot in her heart.
The boy followed his parents down the mountain.
Chu Shici saw the boy turn around and smile at the monk who greeted them at the door before he left, making him feel goosebumps all over.
He got it.
The monks are in cahoots with the boy, and they are setting traps for the woman.
This is not a child, this is an adult in the body of a child.
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The temple is full of monks, so women should not stay overnight.
Chu Shici didn’t even bother to dig through the trash can, he sat on the little lotus and followed them secretly.
The woman’s mind probably went blank after crying her eyes out just now. After entering the room, she found that she was the only woman in the vicinity and immediately wanted to leave.
After what happened just now, the monk said that the temple will close early that day, and all the pilgrims should go down the mountain.
The originally bustling Dayangtian Ming Temple is now deathly silent.
The door was blocked by the monks, and the woman looked at them coldly, “What is the meaning of this? My family knows that I went up the mountain to worship the Lady. If I don’t get home tonight, they will call the police!”
The monk smiled warmly and said, “This benefactor* is joking, you are from out of town, how can you go back tonight?”
*(this is how they address their patrons because if I’m right, they get the money to continue temple operations from their patrons, hence calling them benefactors.)
“You investigated me!”
The woman rummaged through her handbag, took out her mobile phone and wanted to call the police. A monk who had been walking behind her suddenly grabbed her cell phone and held her down.
The curly-haired woman screamed in fright: “Let go! I warn you not to touch me! Let go! Help, is anyone there?! The monks are beating people!!!”
Two monks pulled out some hemp ropes and expertly tied her wrists, while another stuffed a cloth ball into her mouth.
These people have a clear division of labor, and their movements are very skillful. It is obviously not the first time they have done this kind of thing.
It was getting late, and there was no way to pray for a child today. The pilgrims wanted to go back before the bus stopped operating for the night, hence they were in a hurry.
Dayangtian Ming Temple is located deep in the mountains, the woman’s terrified shouts only startled a group of birds, but did not attract anyone’s attention.
Chu Shici touched his wrist, Xunzhe’s hair was wrapped around it. With it, there is no need to worry about the red-clothed ghost.
He quietly followed to see what the monks were going to do. If there is a chance, he will try to free the woman.
The monk carried the woman to the small room they were in previously and put her on the ground. A monk hurried into the back kitchen, holding a steamed bun with red dots in his hand.
They took out the cloth ball and prepared to stuff the steamed bun into her mouth.
The woman stopped and shouted at the top of her voice, “Help! Is there anyone, help me, help me please!!!”
She looks around desperately, only to find that the room is full of monks.
They had long lost the kindness and benevolence they had displayed in the daytime, and they all looked down at her without any warmth in their eyes.
The woman’s fishnet stockings were torn in the struggle, her legs kicked back and forth, and her delicate makeup is stained by tears.
Several monks held her down tightly and opened her mouth, stuffing the steamed buns into her mouth ruthlessly.
There are too many people, hence it is really difficult for Chu Shici to find an opportunity to come out.
He hid in the corner and watch at the scene in front of him in surprise.
The monks did nothing to her, neither tortured her nor violated her.
After binding her firmly, they all withdrew.
All except the old monk, who raised his head to the sky and questioned the Buddha before, who stayed where he was.
He appeared to be sick, covering his head and trembling uncontrollably, before finally being dragged away by the other monks.
Before being dragged out of the door, he shouted into the room: “Don’t look into her eyes! Don’t open your eyes!”
Immediately there was a bang, the door slammed shut, and there was a sound of locking from outside.
The old monk’s reaction made Chu Shici feel that the situation is not good.
The woman is tied to a chair facing the golden statue.
He flew behind the woman in his lotus flower, holding the shards of glass that had been in his pocket, and began to wear down the rope vigorously.
The room is very quiet, only the muffled cries of a woman could be heard.
Chu Shici feels sorry for her.
The woman spoke Mandarin, and among the pilgrims who came to offer incense in the nearby counties, quite a few were accustomed to speaking Mandarin.
The fact that the monks knew that she is a foreigner, means that they probably investigated her.
The temple is full of men, and this woman is obviously not a fan of Lady Dayangtian, she cannot enter the temple at night.
It also seems that she has no intention of spending money on body snatching, she is just visiting, and will not go to remote places with the monk at all.
Everything they did today was probably to lock her in here right now.
Force the pilgrims to stand opposite her and then come out as a peacemaker. They tricked her into the temple on the pretext of enlightenment and sent away the other pilgrims. She can’t escape once the gate is closed.
This routine is very simple, yet there are many witnesses. If something happened to the woman today, the police will definitely investigate the Dayangtian Ming Temple.
What the hell are they trying to do?
This is a trap targeting a woman, but Chu Shici couldn’t figure out why they would set her up.
The little wood carving monk’s body is too small, and after cutting the rope for a long time, he could only cut a tiny break.
As seconds ticked by, Chu Shici becomes a little anxious and grinds the rope harder.
His hands were scratched by glass shards, fortunately he is made of wood and will not bleed.
Seeing that the rope on the wrist was about to be frayed, a soft laughter suddenly sounded in the small room.
The voice is so soft and calming, Chu Shici was so frightened and the curly-haired woman’s face turned even paler.
She collapsed and bumped against the chair, shaking her head in panic.
The dim light bulbs in the room burst, leaving only the candlelights on the altar constantly flickering.
Chu Shici took a deep breath, ‘Tong-ge, was someone laughing just now?’
The system hid in his bed, hugging the pillow and whispered: [I heard it, it was from the statue.]
Chu Shici poke his head out from behind the woman, the golden statue enshrined in the center of the room is still in place. There seems to be nothing unusual about it.
The whole body of the statue is golden, with vague outlines and a fox face.
The fox has its eyes closed, the sculpture is vivid and lifelike.
Chu Shici was taken aback for a moment. When he came to this room earlier, the statue’s face was clearly blurred into a lump, and there was no way to tell what it looked like.
When did its face turn into that of a fox?
The erratic laughter just now gradually became clearer.
The curly-haired woman struggled desperately, but she broke the rope that was half worn away by Chu Shici.
Seeing this, Chu Shici threw the shards of glass at her feet.
With her hands free again, the woman took out the buns in her mouth and fumbled around on the ground to pick up the glass shards, and tries to cut off the hemp rope bounding her feet.
The laughter came closer and closer, as if someone is crouching by their ears and chuckling.
The woman’s clothes was already soaked in cold sweat.
She lowered her head and cut the rope as fast and hard as she can, so she didn’t see the changes in the statue.
But Chu Shici, who was hiding behind her, can see it clearly.
There is a weird smile on the fox face of the golden statue. Its closed eyes slowly opening.
The system cursed, [She opened her eyes, Ah Ci close your eyes!]
Chu Shici also remembered what the old monk said. He bumped the woman’s back and reminded in a low voice, “Don’t look! Close your eyes!”
The situation was urgent, and he didn’t have time to see if the woman followed suit, so he quickly flew to a hidden corner and lay down on the lotus platform.
The system patted its chest, [I’m not a creature of this dimension, don’t worry, I’ll broadcast it live for you.]
Chu Shici was silent for a moment, ‘Then if I enter the system space, can I also watch it?’
[It should be possible, I have a firewall here.]
When Chu Shici just entered the space, he heard the system gasp.
He turned his head to look out, and the portrait of Lady Dayangtian, who had been staying on the stage obediently previously, had fully opened her eyes.
Its head made of gold is gradually turning into a lively fox head. The body gradually turned into a human shape, but the outline was still blurred.
It became the size of an adult, and landed on the ground with bare feet, making tiny footsteps.
The woman was so flustered that her mind went blank. She subconsciously looked up when she heard footsteps.
The moment she looked at Lady Dayangtian, the woman’s eyes became dull.
Lady Dayangtian stretched out her hand and tapped her belly.
The woman covered her belly and look up in a daze. Immediately, she picked up the steamed buns that fell on the ground and ate them hungrily.
After eating, she smiled obsessively, “I’ll give Lady a child.”
After speaking, her body softened and she fell directly to the ground.
Her chest was still heaving. Lady Dayangtian didn’t kill her.
Chu Shici didn’t know what they were doing. He hugged the system and no one dared to say a word.
The monster with a body and a fox face did not return to the altar immediately. It slowly turned its head and looked at the corner where Chu Shici was hiding.
Chu Shici, who was hiding in the system space, subconsciously took a step back.
Lady Dayangtian stepped forward and reached out to pick up the little wooden monk.
The lotus platform didn’t know that its master had escaped, so it emitted golden light with all its strength, trying to protect him.
But the Buddha Light, which could block even the red-clothed ghost before, has no effect now.
Lady Dayangtian easily reach into the golden light and grab the little monk lying on it.
She held him in her hand and played with him for a while, then pulled off the hair tied to his arm and put it to the tip of her nose and smelled it.
The fox opened its mouth, and Chu Shici heard a woman’s voice, “Little wood spirit, are you a subordinate of that snake yao?”
No one answered her, and Lady Dayangtian chuckled, “Your soul is not in your body, you are quite good at hiding. Let’s see how long you can hide.”
With that said, she threw away the silver-white hair and took Chu Shici to the altar.
She sat down cross-legged and transformed back into a golden statue with blurred features again. This time, she is holding tightly onto a wooden sculpture that looks like a monk.
Everything returned to calm, and the room became quiet again.
Chu Shici was silent for a while, “Brother, it’s over.”
The system was speechless for a moment, and after holding it in for a long time, it only said one word, [Fuck.]
‘Fuck. ’
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Early the next morning, something miraculous happened.
The woman with long curly hair jumped up and bowed to the statue, “May the Lady bless me to have a child soon.”
When the monk came and opened the door, the woman arranged her clothes. Said hello to the monk and left the house, refreshed.
Chu Shici, who was having breakfast in the system space, silently put down his chopsticks.
This woman is probably controlled like those monks.
With Lady Dayangtian pressing his head down, Chu Shici didn’t dare to move.
He tried to direct the little lotus through the system.
The lotus platform, which had been lying quietly on the ground, received the order from its master.
When the monk opened the door, it flew out with a swish.
The White Snake laid down behind the door all night but did not see the little monk.
He raised his head, the tip of his tail tapping the ground irritably.
Just when he was about to lose his patience, a shining golden lotus flew in and circled back and forth in front of him.
Xunzhe couldn’t understand what it wanted to express, so he turned into his half human form and reached out to catch it.
The lotus was spinning wildly. Xunzhe pursed his lips, his brows furrowed tighter.
Only the lotus? Why didn’t his little monk come back?
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- Completed
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- Ongoing
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