NABC Chapter 514 The Banyan Sapling in Ancient Times 1
Chapter 514 The Banyan Sapling in Ancient Times 1
The banyan sapling, carrying its flat back, arrives in an extraordinary ancient world.
There is a faint spiritual energy here.
People can cultivate both Buddhism and Taoism, and those who cultivate demonic arts are not necessarily bloodthirsty demons.
Perhaps it was just that luck had come and couldn't be stopped.
The original tree was located in the mountains of the Chu Tian Dynasty. It was fortunate enough to be moistened by the saliva of a sleeping giant, and many years later it became an old and knowledgeable peach tree.
The flowers and fruits don't have any special effects.
If there's anything different about it, it's that it smells incredibly good, so good that even mosquitoes can't stand it.
There was no soul-transmigration involved; Rongbao was transported in her body and directly transformed into the shape of a peach tree.
They wait for humans to wake up so they can make a wish for a romantic relationship.
As for the original tree's body.
It chewed it up and used it as nourishment.
That's because it's a tree. If a human did that, it's really not the act of a respectable person.
The peach tree is a tree in the temple.
However, don't get the order wrong.
The abbot of the temple, Huiyan, passed by and felt that the tree had a spirit, so he built a branch temple next to the peach tree.
It was used to pray for marriage for high-ranking officials and nobles, to conduct matchmaking, and to help female guests pray for blessings and escape the summer heat.
He himself often comes over to try and benefit from the ancient tree's good fortune, and also to give back some energy to the ancient tree.
Yuan Shu and Hui Yan get along well.
In gratitude for the old bald man's chanting, it had spontaneously developed the ability to repel snakes, insects, and rodents. It even broke off a small branch from its own plant and gave it to the bald man, finding it more useful than medicine packets when carried around.
Huiyan readily accepted the ancient tree's kindness.
The person and the tree gradually became close friends.
I'm just waiting for the day when the tree can shrink and grow tall so I can travel far away with Huiyan.
Then Huiyan won't need to bring bedding when he goes out.
A close friend set up camp in the woods along the way, creating a makeshift bed out of a tree branch. Regardless of its comfort, it certainly provided considerable convenience for Huiyan, who lacked storage bags.
There is another advantage.
That was Huiyan's little trick: he placed several bird nests on the tree branches to attract different birds to lay their eggs, thus solving his problem of eating meat.
It's better for him to kindly eat the eggs left behind by birds than for an old monk to cook fish by the stream.
In this story, the tree is good, and the person is not bad, but life is inexplicably full of twists and turns.
The original tree was suddenly struck by an unexpected disaster.
It turns out the female lead has arrived.
The female protagonist, Zhan Pianyi, who is familiar with the plot of the apocalypse, has arrived. Zhan Pianyi took a treasure that she shouldn't have taken, which attracted a lot of lightning strikes. She fled to hide under a peach tree.
When the lightning ended, the original tree became... lightning-struck wood.
Zhan Pianyi has acquired another baby, which is not particularly precious.
They dug until only one large pit remained before leaving.
After that, the monk Huiyan fought on the front lines to avenge his dear friend.
At once……
The monk turns into a villain.
Not wanting to implicate everyone in the temple, Abbot Huiyan had no choice but to change his name and leave the mountain, secretly causing trouble for Zhan Pianyi. However, he was taken in by Zhan Pianyi and almost lost his virginity.
Old Tao's wish for the peach tree wasn't difficult: first, he didn't want it to be struck by lightning.
The second thing is to preserve the old bald man's innocence by making him change his name and not foolishly use his original appearance, as being too handsome is not good.
The third reason is to get revenge on Zhan Pianyi, the kind of revenge that prevents her from dying easily.
Old Peach Tree has watched many of the studio's promotional videos.
The task is specifically assigned to Rongbao.
Rongbao readily agreed.
See? Xiao Yi's reputation is far worse than yours.
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It's still dark.
The monks, both young and old, in the temple gradually got up.
After observing for a while, Rongbao and Jiangping came to a conclusion—this Huiyan was definitely not a legitimate monk.
It's hard to say whether he's a wild monk or not.
But it is indeed different from the Tang Sanzang.
In this temple, apart from the orthodox scriptures being chanted, everything else is done according to Huiyan's wishes.
One of them is not eating meat.
I don't eat heavy meat dishes, but I can eat rice soaked in chicken soup, noodles cooked in fish soup, and dumplings in pork rib soup...
The vegetarian dishes are quite famous far and wide.
Huiyan had a vague idea of moving all the other monks over, but in order to avoid those with ulterior motives discovering the differences, he had arranged for everyone to take turns coming to the branch temple in recent years.
Next to the small temple dedicated to marriage, there is also a nunnery and Taoist temple built by Huiyan with the help of his friends.
It's like we're all riding on the coattails of this ancient tree's popularity.
It's somewhat reminiscent of modern-day tourist attractions developed by a group of shareholders.
The worshippers were placed in an area outside the temples and monasteries, which was also to protect the big peach tree so that no one would have a sudden inspiration and discover its unusual nature, and do something irreversible in the middle of the night.
Rongbao was quite impressed with this close friend.
With a wide circle of friends and such a quick mind, it's no wonder he could stir up such a storm under Zhan Pianyi's thumb.
Even disregarding the fact that he was persecuted by Zhan Pianyi's protagonist halo and became consumed by lustful desires...
Huiyan is a ruthless person.
He shows no mercy to the female lead to the greatest extent possible, and is also quite ruthless to himself.
Because she did not want anyone to tarnish her innocence.
In the end, he stubbornly chose to jump into the icy pool to detoxify himself.
When the time came and my friend pulled me out, I was frozen solid, like an ice pop.
It took a long time before his friend finally managed to "cure" him from his revival.
Popsicles can transform into living people.
Living people go out and wander around.
He wandered around but couldn't find Zhan Pianyi anywhere. He felt a tightness in his chest and regretted it for the rest of his life until his death.
"Look, Mingxin, look! Isn't that a peach?"
He inherited the tallest stature from his relatives, Mingzhen, and also has the best eyesight.
Just one glance.
Following the fragrance, I saw fist-sized peaches hanging at the top of the tree. I couldn't tell if they were honey peaches or crisp peaches, but they smelled sweet and delicious.
The light was so dim.
But he saw it all clearly.
The peach wasn't just as big as his fist, it was as big as the old abbot's fist; one peach was enough to fill the little monk's stomach.
They needed to pick the peaches quickly before the pilgrims and their servants arrived.
Firstly, to avoid causing trouble for the temple.
Secondly, this extraordinary phenomenon must have produced something extraordinary.
Thirdly, it was the first time they had ever seen this tree bear such large, red fruit; how rare!
*
Anyway.
Rongbao's peaches were completely devoured by this group of monks before her future "best friend" even arrived.
Two other early risers from the neighboring houses also joined in uninvited.
Ancient trees have spirits, don't they?
They understand.
Huiyan, who had just returned from staying up all night to perform acts of chivalry, wondered: Is this tree too spiritual?
The heads of the Taoist temple and the nunnery have not yet returned.
Huiyan divided the peaches first, with the monks and temples taking the lion's share, and the remaining two families split them equally, with the eldest member of each family taking them back to store them properly.
The baskets of peaches made the young nuns and Taoist priests drool.
Hey.
Everyone was filled with anticipation.
They are hoping that their Taoist priestess can return to the mountain soon.
Oops.
These three families really have the same style—they all love to pretend to be old people, supposedly to make money off donations.
After dismissing the little monk who had been circling the peach tree, Bai Mei Huiyan stood in Rongbao's shade and began chanting sutras. At this time, he and Rongbao were not yet close friends.
So Rongbao's peaches were a signal to him.
Good tree.
We can communicate.
Rongbao was pleased with the old monk's tact and dropped a peach the size of a soccer ball into his arms, a way of feeding her future best friend in advance.