County Town Chapter 70: Fate Brings Fortune

  The Buddha said: When causes and conditions come together, blessings will be obtained.

  But Yitian didn't believe in the good things that would happen when you had a wish, so when that voice sounded in his mind, he couldn't help but smile slightly with joy.

  "What's wrong with you, kiddo?"

  "How has the Ancestor been lately?" For some reason, facing the revered and intimidating Ancestor of the Return to Origin Temple, Yi Tianxing felt an inexplicable sense of closeness. He spoke softly, as if talking to the air in front of him.

  "After several hundred years, I've gotten used to it." The old ancestor's voice was very low, but it was like a bell that kept ringing incessantly in Yitian Xing's mind.

  Yi Tianxing furrowed his brow, slowed down the circulation of his heart and mind, kept his spirit clear, and asked after a pause: "Is it because you gave him a hint that Ben Ku is so certain that I am the successor?" Earlier in the Zen room conversation, Yi Tianxing found that Master Ben Ku himself did not have much understanding of the Buddhist legend of the successor, and the evidence that he was the successor was somewhat vague. The fact that the Buddhist master was so sure that he was the successor must have been given enough confidence by someone or something.

  In this Huiyuan Temple, what could make Master Benkuo believe without a doubt was only the old ancestor who had been in the backyard for several hundred years.

  "It's not entirely, you were originally the successor of this generation, it's just that I told him about your arrival many years ago." The old ancestor's voice rang out: "You are very clever, and the monk is very stupid, so he believes whatever I say."

  "I don't believe I'm a sutra transmitter, but being a lustful person is about right." Yi Tianxing shook his head with a bitter smile.

  "Why is our ancestor always so supportive of me? You are a high-ranking Buddhist, but I still can't figure out whether I'm a demon or what."

  "Immortal? Monster?" The old ancestor's voice suddenly burst into a dry, mirthless laugh, with an undertone of irrepressible sorrow.

  Yi Tian Xing heard this laughter and for some reason, his heart also felt a pang of sorrow, as if he sensed that the great divine being in front of him had some kind of tragic past.

  He suddenly had a thought, furrowed his brow and looked at the small thatched cottage, thinking of a question he had never considered before. After learning from Old Master Gu that there was a great man living in the Temple of Return to the Origin, he had always assumed that this great man was secretly cultivating here. Later, after getting to know Master Bin Ku, although this old monk didn't seem particularly kind-hearted, it could be seen that he wasn't an evil person either... so he had always thought that this ancestor was like many other high monks in Buddhist history, practicing closed-mouth Zen or dry wood Zen and other such techniques. But now, thinking carefully about it again, looking at the incredibly powerful Vajra Demon-Subduing Circle, another possibility occurred to him.

  "Are you being held captive here?" Yi Tianxing dared not speak the words out loud, but only thought them in his heart, hoping that his ancestors could hear him.

  It seemed like the other party had heard it, and the voice in his mind disappeared for a long time.

  "Yes, it's been over 500 years." The old ancestor's voice was a bit shrill and also somewhat trembling.

  Yi Tian Xing did not expect that with just one sentence, his mind would be blown, and he would be shocked beyond measure. He had witnessed the methods of the old ancestors, where a single sentence could transform an ordinary person into a master of the world, and turn the precious treasure of the Guiyuan Temple, the Tian Paoshan, into a silver feather on the forehead of a Vermilion Bird... Such a great divine being, would actually be imprisoned by someone, and for... five hundred years!

  Yitian Xing was still sitting on the lotus flower seat by the lake, but his legs were shaking uncontrollably. What kind of existence could control this old ancestor? Was it a god or a Buddha?

  And who is this ancestor?

  "Don't think about who I am." The old ancestor's voice rang out again, "Youngster, are you afraid that others will think you're a monster? If so, then you're truly the worst of all monsters."

  Yi Tianxing slowly came to his senses from the shock, and with a quiver in his voice said: "Ancestor, relying on the monks of Guiyuan Temple is not enough to hold you back."

  "Nonsense! When I was wreaking havoc on the world, these monks hadn't even been born yet." The old ancestor heard him say this and seemed to get very angry. "How many people in this world can contain me?"

  Yi Tianxing stabilized his mind and touched his nose: "Ancestor, you... are also a demon?" He asked very carefully in his mind.

  The old ancestor smiled and said: "Not bad, I am the strongest demon in heaven and earth since ancient times. Are you surprised or scared?"

  Yitianxing smiled and said sarcastically, "If I didn't agree to Bin Ku's monk, tomorrow when I leave the temple gate, I would become a demon as Jixiangtian said. What is there to be afraid of? At most you are a big demon or an old demon, but I am a young and wealthy demon."

  "Why not? The scripture transmitter has a high status in the Buddhist sect's hidden gate." The old ancestor, who claimed to be the strongest demon in history, seemed somewhat puzzled. "I remember that when we went out to eat at that time, we didn't need money."

  Yi Tianxing seized the flaw in his words, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes as he asked: "Ancestor, you... are you also a transmitter of scriptures?"

  The old ancestor's voice suddenly quieted down, and after a while, he said in a low voice: "Not bad. Think back to the days when we played along, followed the master to eat white food and enjoy the scenery, and the days were not bad."