Mortal Mirror

Hearing Li Ergou's words, Jing'er smiled wryly and shook her head, "Old Toad Ancestor disdains worldly possessions; every time he collects money, he donates it during the annual temple fair.

My sister and I naturally have no need for such things and never keep any."

Li Ergou's face fell, thinking, how could this toad be so clueless, wasting a chance to get rich.

Seeing his crestfallen expression, Guangzhi couldn't help but say, "Ergou, could you let me see that golden Buddha statue to see if it's what I'm looking for?"

Li Ergou didn't hesitate and immediately took out the golden Buddha statue. Logically speaking, Guangzhi contributed the most, so he should have the lion's share of this golden Buddha statue.

Wasn't his intention in replicating the golden Buddha statue exactly this?

Guangzhi took the golden Buddha statue and examined it, marveling at how it was indeed a spiritual object, allowing one to listen to the Buddha's voice with its help. How wondrous!

He then looked at Li Ergou, somewhat embarrassed, and said, "Ergou, this object is invaluable to me and may be the Buddhist affinity I'm seeking on this trip down the mountain.

Could we make a deal to sell it to me?"

Li Ergou didn't hesitate and said, "Master, you don't need to say more. You contributed the most to this object, and besides, this Buddha statue isn't of much use to me. Just take it. As for how much money to give me, just estimate a fair price."

Hearing this, Guangzhi was immediately delighted and said, "Ergou, say no more. From now on, you're my best friend, Guangzhi. I won't be polite with you. How about this: this object is a very precious spiritual item, and I'll pay you one hundred Daoist gold coins. What do you think?"

Li Ergou's eyes lit up. One hundred Daoist gold coins! If he replicated them, that would be two hundred. This was a significant fortune. Li Ergou naturally agreed and immediately said, "Okay, Master is indeed generous."

Just as he was waiting for him to be happy, he saw Guangzhi hesitating to take out the money.

He looked at Guangzhi with some doubt, only to see Guangzhi's expression was a bit awkward as he said, "I don't have the money right now, so I'll owe it to you for now. I'll give it to you when you come to my Fagguang Temple in the future."

Li Ergou was dumbfounded. He had seen rascals, but he had never seen such a civilized rascal. If you don't have money, why are you pretending? He was speechless. He was happy for nothing, not expecting that Guangzhi was actually a master of freeloading.

Li Ergou was a little unhappy. If it weren't for the fact that they had fought side by side, and if it weren't for the fact that this guy had profound cultivation, Li Ergou really wanted to berate him.

But on second thought, Guangzhi couldn't run away with the temple on his back. Fine, he would trust him this once.

He said somewhat dejectedly, "We're all brothers. If you don't have money, just leave it for now. As you said, when I pass by Fagguang Temple one day, I'll just visit you to catch up and have a reason to ask for a few cups of water, right?"

Hearing Li Ergou's agreement, Guangzhi was immediately overjoyed, constantly patting his chest and saying, "Okay, okay, brother Ergou, don't worry, I'm not the type to renege on debts. Go to Fagguang Temple and ask around; who doesn't know my character, Guangzhi?"

Li Ergou thought to himself, I already know what kind of person you are. You're just good at忽悠 (hū悠 - to coax or trick). A monk who drinks and eats meat... Forget it, more said, more tears.

"Brother, no need to say more. Now that this matter is over, how should we deal with the body of the Golden Light Elder?"

Guangzhi looked at the Golden Light Elder's body and couldn't help but sigh, "Dust to dust, earth to earth. Let's bury him properly.

I didn't expect him to put so much effort into guarding the Golden Buddha statue. He is truly a true disciple of my Buddhist sect."

Li Ergou also admired this person immensely, so he came to his side and cast a fireball spell, directly burning his body.

In a short while, the Golden Light Elder turned into a pile of ashes. What was unexpected was that there were five or six crystal-clear bones in the ashes. This person's Buddhist teachings were profound, and relics were burned out, which couldn't help but make people sigh with emotion.

Guangzhi put the person's ashes and relics into a box, thought for a while, and said, "Such a profound disciple should be taken back and handed over to the elders in the temple for disposal. Perhaps there is a chance to enter the Buddhist Pavilion."

Li Ergou was a little depressed. Those relics were also a kind of treasure that could calm people's minds and were rare. Li Ergou couldn't help but suspect whether Guangzhi was taking the opportunity to swallow them alone.

However, what he said made sense, and he was quite helpless. At this moment, it was not good to replicate the ashes together; wouldn't that be too perverted?

With this thought, he also gave up the idea of replicating the relics.

Everyone came out of the underground and arrived outside. Before everyone could think too much, suddenly the earth trembled, and the entire house shook violently.

Everyone hurried to leave the temple, and then there was a loud bang, and the entire Golden Light Temple collapsed and disappeared.

Several people were dumbfounded, not knowing why this happened. Fortunately, the red sun was rising in the sky at this moment. Li Ergou sighed at the temple and said, "Alas, I didn't expect it to be like this. Forget it, this time it's really dust to dust, earth to earth.

I'm going to Yucheng; are you going the same way?"

Guangzhi shook his head and said, "I have to rush to Dadu to take care of some things, and then I'll go straight back to Fagguang Temple."

Ye Zhiqiu took Jing'er's hand and said, "I'm on the same way as the master. Jing'er has decided to go to Dadu with me."

Guangzhi looked at Jing'er, but hesitated for a moment and said, "You are a ghost, and you may not be tolerated in Dadu. To be honest, do you really want to go with him?"

Jing'er's face changed slightly, and after a moment, she said, "If I don't go with the young master, where else can I go? Forget it, a wandering ghost considers the four seas as home. The young master treats me with sincerity, and I will naturally treat him with sincerity. No matter what the future holds, I am willing to serve the young master."

Guangzhi didn't think highly of the two of them. He looked at Ye Zhiqiu again and couldn't help but say, "You want to take the imperial examination. Do you know that court officials cannot marry ghosts? Will you truly treat her well and marry her?"

Hearing this, Ye Zhiqiu was dumbfounded, and hesitation appeared in his eyes.

Li Ergou looked at Ye Zhiqiu's appearance and was speechless, thinking that this scholar was so bold that he even dared to play with ghosts. It was true that ten scholars are nine scums, and the remaining one is even more promiscuous.

He looked up at the sky, not wanting to participate in this kind of mess.

Jing'er saw Ye Zhiqiu's tangled appearance and had a bad feeling in her heart.

Ye Zhiqiu was silent for a moment, and then a look of determination flashed in his eyes. He suddenly looked at Li Ergou and said, "Brother Ergou, after experiencing this incident, we are all good friends. Why not let Jing'er go with you first, and I will come to pick her up after I pass the imperial examination?"

At this moment, he looked at Jing'er again and said, "This is also the only way. If love lasts for a long time, how can it be just day and night? Temporary separation is only for a longer time together.

When I become famous, I will definitely come back to find you, and then no one will be able to control me."

Li Ergou was dumbfounded, not expecting that Ye Zhiqiu would come up with such a plan. He was slightly unhappy in his heart, thinking, are we very familiar? It's fine if you like ghosts, but now it's good, you're afraid of affecting your future and pushing her to my side. What do you take me for? Do you really think my, Ergou, has a good temper?

A cold light flashed in his eyes, and he wanted to reprimand this ignorant guy.