Chapter 110: Orchid Temple 2 (Seeking Monthly Tickets...)

  "This is no ordinary temple!" said the gatekeeper novice monk.

  "It's still a temple even if it's not an ordinary one!" said Xiao Yao.

  "You can't treat this place as a temple!!" The gatekeeper Shami said coldly.

  "Oh!" Xiao Yao smiled and asked coldly: "May I ask if you are an ordinary person?"

  "No! I am a monk of this Lanruo Temple!!" The gatekeeper Sami said proudly.

  "Oh, then can I not treat you as a human being?" asked Xiao Yao lightly.

  "Can... what are you talking about!!" The gatekeeper Sami was still secretly pleased when he suddenly realized that Xiangyang's words were very problematic, and his face immediately turned black.

  "As a monk, you have committed both greed and anger!" said Xīao Yáo shaking his head.

  "This...". The goalkeeper Shami was at a loss for words for a moment.

  At this moment, a very pleasant laugh suddenly came from the side, and a lovely girl was covering her mouth with her hand, hiding her small mouth that had burst out laughing, looking extremely cute!

  Su Men Sha Mi was initially stunned, the girl's appearance had disrupted his Buddhist heart, but soon he found that the lovely girl seemed to be laughing at him, what was there to laugh about?

  Suddenly, the gatekeeper's face changed color, he knew that he had just been scolded by Xiangyang in secret again. He was furious and shouted: "Poor scholar, what are you talking about? How dare you say that Buddha is foolish!!"

  "The monk has achieved the four great elements are empty, Buddha, you have just done it - emptiness is form, form is emptiness. I admire you!" Xiang suddenly changed his tone and began to praise the gate-keeping samanera.

  "This is natural, Buddha's Dharma is very profound!" The gatekeeper continued proudly.

  "The Buddha is really tall and has a good complexion!" Xiangyang praised.

  "Is that so? What?! You're a lustful, poor scholar looking for death, aren't you!!" The Buddha was angry again, but his reaction was just a bit slow.

  "Buddha, form is emptiness, you've made your form equal to emptiness, this is a compliment!" The lovely girl said with a smile on one side, while her hand covering her mouth had already started covering her belly.

  This poor bookworm is too interesting, and this gatekeeper Shami is really too dull, huh, foolish to the point of being adorable!!

  "...The goalkeeper Sami's face turned even darker, the girl's attitude made it clear that she was laughing at him, and he felt even more humiliated in front of such a girl. How embarrassing!"

  "A monk should be empty of the four great elements. Your cultivation is not enough, if this Lanruo Temple is like you, then it has no fate with Buddha. A temple without Buddhist fate, even if it's magnificent and luxurious, is just an empty shell! Let's go, I think there's no point in going in, maybe I have no fate with this place!" Xianyao shook his head, turned around and left, he didn't pretend to be like that, because he really didn't want to enter.

  He was originally a person who would casually find a temple to stay in, and it wasn't particularly important whether he entered this Lanruo Temple or not. There were many other options, such as the suburbs, which were quieter anyway.

  "The body seen is the Buddha's body, the mind understood is the Buddha's illusion. When one understands that the nature of body and mind is empty, what difference is there between this person and the Buddha?" Xuan Ya said loudly, a sentence from a well-known Buddhist verse, which seemed to have a different meaning at this time.

  "Please stay, sir!"

  Just then, a voice came over and with the sound, an elderly monk appeared at the gate, looking at the guardian samaya with a very light yet powerful gaze.

  "The abbot is here!!" The gatekeeper saman said.

  "Whose disciple are you?" The old monk didn't ask anything else and directly asked the guardian samanera's master.

  "The disciple is following an unordained master!" The gatekeeper saman said respectfully.

  "Go and call Monk Bu Jie over!" The old monk said to the monks on the side.

  "Host Master. You don't need to call Shifu over, I know what to do, and later I'll drive these boring people away!" said the gatekeeper Sha monk immediately.

  "Drive out?! You want to drive people out?!" The old monk frowned, "I didn't know that our Lanruo Temple still had the right to choose its guests!"

  "Ah..."

  "This donor, please come in. I'm an ignorant little man who doesn't know the rules, and I've been slow to respond!" The old monk said to Xiao Yao with a sincere tone, with a hint of apology. The people at the door saw this situation and were all somewhat perplexed."

  They were wondering who this poor scholar was and why he deserved to be treated with such courtesy by the abbot of Lanruo Temple, a treatment that only emperors had received before. Even members of the royal family did not necessarily receive an audience with the abbot on ordinary days.

  In fact, only the emperor is seen and not others, this is not because the abbot treats people differently, but because the abbot is usually cultivating Buddhism and has no time, unless the emperor arrives, he can't help but receive him, otherwise, all the time is spent in Buddhist cultivation.

  But today, he suddenly wanted to go out for a walk, feeling that something was waiting for him outside. As a result, he saw his own Shami from Lanruo Temple, who was actually rushing to welcome guests.

  At the same time, he also discovered that this poor scholar who was being driven away had a very Buddhist nature, and what he said made him feel that the person he was about to meet was indeed this man.

  "The master has spoken, I am not the donor, I am here to borrow a place to stay, you are my donor!" Xiangyang said with courtesy. From the moment he came out of this old monk's mouth, he understood that Lanruo Temple also had high-ranking monks who had attained enlightenment. If they hadn't reached such a level of cultivation, how could they have been chosen by the Emperor of the Great Tang Empire?

  "Is the donor just a title, can't the donor tell his name?"

  "Carefree, joyful and carefree!" Xiangyang replied.

  "Happy and carefree? His surname is Happy?"

  At this time, the onlookers began to discuss again, as if the surname Le made them think of something, and the lovely girl was also sizing up Xiao Yao at this time. Compared with just now, she seemed to have some other opinions.

  The old monk didn't mind what others thought. He just nodded and said, "Le Xiang Yao, good name! Laugh at life, carefree and content!"

  "What a great name! I came up with it myself, seeking a lifetime of joy and freedom!" Xiangyao smiled, seemingly very pleased with the old monk's praise for his name.

  "Haha, Master Leishi, you're an interesting person!" The old monk saw Xiao Yao's carefree nature and couldn't help but laugh. He suddenly understood why he was called Le Xianyao - only someone like this could live up to the name.

  At this moment, he seemed to have realized things that he had not thought through before. The feeling of sudden enlightenment made his mood refreshing, and he found that his state of mind had risen to a higher level.

  This seems a bit incredible, it turns out that this bookish person in front of me is indeed someone with Buddhist affinity, and my feeling today was not wrong!!

  "It's all right, Master, just call me Xiao Yao, no need to be so polite!" Xiao Yao smiled and said casually, at this time he unknowingly changed a title, changing "Master" to "Old Monk".

  But the carefree remark suddenly stunned everyone, this poor scholar actually called the abbot of Lanruo Temple "old monk", even if it were the emperor himself, he would have to address him as "master"!

  But what's even more unthinkable is ——

  "Alright, alright, I'll call you carefree!!" The old monk nodded and said with a smile.

  What?! What's going on!! The host, Fang Zhang, didn't get angry and even smiled, calling himself an old monk. What is this situation? Could it be that this Le Xiang Yao is really...

  It's all over, it's all over, I'm done for this time!

  That gatekeeper knew he might be in trouble and was going to be kicked out, but he had just been following the rules, which had always been this way!!

  Master, come and save me...

  Just as the young monk was crying out in despair, his savior appeared. His master, Master Wu Jie, had arrived. Master Wu Jie took one look at the young monk, furrowed his brow, and then respectfully asked the old abbot, "Master, what is it that you need me for?"

  "Is this your disciple?" The old monk looked at Bu Zhi and then his eyes turned to the gate-keeping samanera.

  "Yes, this is one of the apprentices I took in a few years ago. Although he's a bit dull-witted, he's still quite responsible!" Wujie furrowed his brow, not knowing what had actually happened, and could only speak the truth.

  "Do their duty? When did our Lanzhou Temple's reception monks become gatekeeper monks? They are only responsible for receiving incense guests and do not have the right to stop them from entering the temple. In a Buddhist land, there is still a distinction between rich and poor, this is simply making the Buddha abandon us!!" The old monk's tone was very calm, but it could also make people feel his anger.

  "It's always been this way, it's not just one disciple who does it!" said the novice monk at that time, wanting to use the fact that many people break the rules to lighten his own punishment.

  "This is my fault, I didn't realize your temple's rules!! I will go face the wall and reflect on my mistakes!! From now on, no one is allowed to block Xiang Ke from entering the temple, Lanruo Temple doesn't have such a rule, nor does it have such a person!!" The old monk shook his head with a bitter smile.

  At this time, Shami seemed to think that he had already been saved and as long as he continued to stay in the Lanruo Temple, no matter how the rules were changed, it was none of his business.

  "As for you, your Buddha nature is too poor, not suitable for our Lanruo Temple!" The old monk gave him a bolt from the blue when the young monk was secretly rejoicing.

  "No, this is unfair, why should I be driven out!!"

  "I've told you, you don't have the Buddha nature!! Even if it's just a rule to stop people from entering, you shouldn't discriminate against the poor and lowly. This is even if I let you stay here, you still won't understand the Buddhist teachings. Rather than wasting your precious time, it's better for you to leave now!" The old monk said calmly, today he felt that he had said a bit too much, so he didn't give the young monk any more opportunities and let Not-Precept take him away, pack up his things and leave.

  And after handling these things, the old monk suddenly said to Xiao Yao: "Xiao Yao, can you throw a copper coin into the pool?"