"Knock~~~Knock~~" As the old monk slowly shook the wooden pillar with a dark color but a very smooth surface, he slowly hit the bronze bell, and then the melodious and simple bell rang slowly.

On this early morning, with the ringing of bells, this small, slightly dilapidated temple begins its day's work.

"That's what I smell"

"For a while, the Buddha was defending the country, and the tree was given to the lonely garden."

"With the great bhikshu monks, there are 1,250 people, all of whom are great arhats, and all the knowledgeable ones: Elder Sariputta, Mahamam Gandharan, Mahakalya, Mahajayan, Maha Kugsha, Libhatta, Shuri Pandha, Nanda, Ananda, Rahula, Bhavan Boti, Bintou Lupola, Kaluthayi, Mahaja Binna, Bokhara, Analouda, and so on."

The only good part of this temple is the main hall where the Buddha statues are placed, at least there is not a single hole in the ceiling of the main hall. In the entire empty hall, there was only a little boy of about 10 years old, sitting cross-legged on the wooden floor with his eyes slightly closed, his hands folded, and chanting the scriptures intently.

"And the Bodhisattvas Mahasattva: Prince Manjushri, Ayita Bodhisattva, Gandharati Bodhisattva, Constant Diligence Bodhisattva, and so on."

"And the cause of the Buddha, etc., the immeasurable heavens and the masses."

"At that time, the Buddha said to the elder Sariputta: 'From the West, there are ten trillion Buddha lands, and there is a world name called Bliss, and there is a Buddha in its land, called Amitabha, and now he is saying the Dharma.' ”

"'Sariputta, why is the land called Bliss? The sentient beings in the kingdom have no suffering, but they receive all kinds of happiness, hence the name Bliss. ’”

The immature but calm children's voice chanted ten times with a mysterious charm, and when he recited each time, the little boy's cute little face was so serious.

The scriptures of thousands of words were recited ten times, ten times, during which there was no mistake or omission, and there was no pause, the whole process was completed in one go, after hitting the bell, the host who walked to the door of the main hall involuntarily fell into the artistic conception of the mystery and the mystery, and could not extricate himself.

“………… Whew~~" After reciting the last time, the little boy exhaled a long breath of turbidity, and his slightly closed eyes slowly opened, revealing a pair of amber eyes as pure as a newborn child.

"Minglian, let's go chop wood after morning class." The old abbot just woke up from the mysterious artistic conception just now, and looked at the child named Minglian, whose eyes were full of pride and love, and there was still a trace of reverence in the depths of his eyes. Putting the child and her sister in front of him in the temple was probably the most correct thing he had done in his life, and his originally stagnant realm was actually slowly improved after listening to the daily chanting of the child in front of him, and his state of mind was gradually consummated.

And the child in front of him is humble and studious, there is nothing bad about etiquette and appearance, and sure enough, after he left, this temple will be handed over to Minglian to revitalize!

"Yes." Minglian slowly got up and turned around, seeing the abbot with a kind face but an increasingly old body, a trace of sadness couldn't help but flow from the bottom of his eyes, and his respectful hands bent over the host and bowed.

"By the way, where is your sister Bailian?!" Seeing that Ming Lian was so polite, the abbot immediately nodded with satisfaction, but after carefully looking around, his face suddenly changed, and he asked Ming Lian with some hatred.

"Sister, she ........." Minglian couldn't help but smile bitterly when she heard this, she got up early this morning, and he found that the bed next to him was empty, he went to touch the quilt and felt the temperature of the quilt, but found that it was already cold, and it was obvious that the person who was lying here had already left.

"That wild girl must have run out and messed around again." The abbot looked at the helpless expression on Minglian's face, and immediately knew what was going on, the corners of his mouth twitched, and the annoyed expression made his original kind appearance collapse.

White Lotus, the two sisters and brothers, each of them have quite good talents, but as a man, Fate Lotus is very quiet and steady, no matter what is in his hands, it will be very reassuring. But Bai Lian, who is a girl, has a bit of a jumpy personality, and lacks patience for many things, and everything is hot for three minutes. As an orphan, she attaches great importance to family affection, especially her own brother Minglian.

"I'll tell my sister when she comes back, please don't be angry, Master." Minglian bowed deeply to the host very apologetically, Bailian often made a lot of trouble, which made the host very headache, and the host was about to be 60 years old, at this time, 50 years old is already quite long, and the host also knew that he was approaching the year of the mandate of heaven, and on weekdays, it was revealed everywhere that when he was 14 years old, he would pass on the position of abbot to him, which made Minglian feel a little pressure. His original energy is not as good as before, and his body is getting worse day by day, but now there is a wild girl who makes him feel uneasy, this is really ...............

"That's it, I won't say anything, Minglian, you go and get busy." The abbot waved his hand helplessly, signaling Minglian to go out and stay alone for a while.

"Yes." Ming Lian replied respectfully, and then slowly withdrew from the main hall.

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The back room of the temple

"Crackle!" A piece of wood was split in half by an axe, Ming Lian wiped the sweat on his forehead, put down the axe in his hand, which was slightly huge for him, stretched his somewhat weak waist, the pile of firewood not far away is the result of his busy work from the morning to the present, but he is also tired enough, although his physique is much stronger than children of the same age because he can eat well, but he is still just a child after all, which is enough to make his body sore.

Now all the chores in the temple are done by him and his sister together, the old abbot can no longer carry out such heavy rough work, but most of the chores are wrapped down by Minglian, although Bailian protested, but it was defeated by Minglian's smiling face, but the food of two meals a day was ordered by Bailian and had to be completed by her, the reason is, since the younger brother is so hard, then he must have to do something nutritious and delicious to replenish the body.

"Sa~~ good brother, hard work~~~" Just when Minglian was sitting on a rather thick piece of wood, and was feeling his mouth dry, a bamboo tube suddenly passed from behind him to his ear.

"Sister, where did you go today, Master is very angry." Minglian unceremoniously took the bamboo tube, pulled out the stopper, and then poured water into her mouth.

"Well, ma~~ Sister, I brought you delicious food today~~" A figure suddenly flashed in front of Minglian, and a girl about three years older happened to look at her brother with a smile, but her hands were behind her back, but she was hiding something.

"Bell, bell!!" Bai Lian didn't wait for Minglian to answer, so he took out the things hidden behind his back, a hare and a pheasant were tied with straw rope and put on Bai Lian's left hand, at the same time, Bai Lian's hand was also holding a bag wrapped in bamboo leaves, from the gap between the bamboo leaves, Minglian could see a tempting white, Minglian knew at a glance that this was the rations of the samurai, and there seemed to be blood stains on it, could it be .........

"Sister, is this what you went out early in the morning for........." Minglian put down the bamboo tube, but lowered her head, and the bangs on her forehead covered his face, so that Bai Lian couldn't see his expression.

"Yes, yo~~ This is a trap that my sister spent a lot of energy laying yesterday, if I didn't check it out earlier today, I might have been taken away by some passing bastard. And this, you see, these white rice are my sister I touched from that group of samurai, and you don't have to eat those unpalatable old rice today. Didn't there be a battle nearby yesterday, noisy and noisy, but there must be a lot of things to take there, I went late, and a lot of things were taken away, it's a pity~" Bai Lian straightened her chest that was beginning to take shape, with a proud face, looking like she was coming to praise me.

"Sister, this is very dangerous, you don't want to do this again, I just need to have something to eat, I don't need this." Minglian slowly stretched out her hands and held Bai Lian's free right hand tightly, Bai Lian could clearly feel that her brother's hands were trembling, she looked at her brother suspiciously, and the next moment, she was shocked.

Minglian's dirty little face from chopping wood was washed out of two horizontal ditches, and tears flowed down his face.

He knew how dangerous that kind of place was, not to mention the group of [ghouls], if the souls of the soldiers who died in battle hovered on the battlefield for a few days and didn't get over, there would be 100% youkai in that land, and they were very powerful and vicious youkai.

He never thought that his sister would be so bold and dare to go to that kind of place, what if something happened?!

"Sister, promise me, don't take any more risks, don't let Minglian alone." Minglian's face was serious, and her amber eyes were full of worry and sadness.

"............" Bai Lian saw Minglian's eyes and her heart was shocked, she understood why Minglian said this, she only had one relative left, and Minglian was the only one left, her sister.

She and Minglian's parents were killed by the rebels in the turmoil of the war, she ran to the mountains to play at that time, and Minglian ran to find her later, and the sister and brother escaped. However, the sight of the fire-burned villages below, the laughing rebels, and the screaming villagers on the mountain stimulated her young mind. When it comes to the topics of war and soldiers, the life lotus becomes particularly vulnerable.

"Life Lotus, my sister won't leave you!" Bai Lian threw down the things in her hand, hugged Minglian tightly, comforted her younger brother who was trembling in her arms, and whispered in her brother's ear: "But, in the same way, Minglian, you can't leave your sister behind, let your sister be alone, so agreed!" ~”

"Yes, it's agreed."

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