The dummy is in front, he is behind, walking one after the other toward Xinci Temple.
After becoming Prince Qing, he accomplished many things.
One of them was the renovation of Xinci Temple, to protect the temple, not to interfere with its operations, and under the principle of "establishing a facade," making the nun nad Jing Miao the head of Xinci Temple.
Prince Qing rose in Cyan Wood Province; coupled with his status as prominent as the sun, Xinci Temple was naturally rebuilt quite well, with significant manpower and resources invested.
Yet nobody knew, when Li Xuan spoke of "protecting Xinci Temple," he actually... had ulterior motives.
Simply put, it was a hiding place for miscreants.
Li Xuan knew, after the battle at Bright Temple in Luo River Province’s Lingbo Mansion, the Yu Sect had not been completely eradicated, for not all sect mbers were at Bright Temple.
Afterwards, even though the court hunted the remnants of the Yu Sect everywhere, how could they find them?
However... though the world is vast, the Yu Sect unexpectedly had no place to settle.
Thus, Li Xuan found them a place to settle.
By saying "protect Xinci Temple, do not interfere with its operations," he offered a sanctuary for these phantoms and specters.
However, Li Xuan’s excuse was rely "for Cao Yi."
But with such a stable place in the world, wouldn’t the Yu Sect quietly return?
After all... Xinci Temple was once their old nest.
After all, Li Xuan had long learned from Rose that "one of the four Dharma Protectors of the Yu Sect, the Purple-tailed Flood Dragon Monarch, had been saved by Cao Yi once, and she saved Cao Yi’s life by disorienting her during the retreat, preventing Cao Yi from going with them to Bright Temple." On the day Bright Temple was destroyed, the Purple-tailed Flood Dragon Monarch happened to be away.
When the Headless Buddha was an enemy, Li Xuan wanted to destroy the Yu Sect.
But when he beca the Headless Buddha, he turned his hand and quietly covered it, leaving a "pure land" for it.
Firstly, the Yu Sect had been gone for a long ti; no one would suspect they would return.
Secondly, the reconstructed Xinci Temple, in a sense, had beco Prince Qing’s territory, and Cyan Wood Province was Prince Qing’s fiefdom, his stronghold; who would dare to touch it?
Turning the hand over, it exists in the mind.
Enemies and friends change with the tis.
At this mont, Li Xuan arrived outside the temple.
He did not know if the Yu Sect had actually returned, but in this world, what is ever completely and absolutely certain?
Even a great possibility is enough.
At this mont, the reconstruction of Xinci Temple’s buildings was complete.
The brand-new halls bathed in faint incense, and even from a distance, one could sll the sandalwood in the breeze.
Cyan Wood Province was also raining.
But even in the rain, tasks within the temple still needed to be done.
Under a cluster of bamboo, in a small pavilion, a wench was turning the "creaky creaky" of a well wheel, her face ugly while she fetched water.
As she fetched water, the wench’s form suddenly stiffened, then she pretended as if nothing had happened and continued to fetch water.
When she finished fetching water and turned around, she suddenly saw a strange woman standing behind her.
"Amitabha Buddha, you startled ." The ugly wench hurriedly put her palms together.
The strange woman looked at her and suddenly smiled, "Not wearing the mask with purple scales anymore?"
The ugly wench was taken aback and said, "What are you saying?"
She pretended very convincingly, then said, "Are you a guest from the front hall who wandered in mistakenly?"
The strange woman was naturally Li Xuan’s illusionary dummy; he fixed his gaze on the ugly wench and said coldly, "Purple-tailed Flood Dragon Monarch, I’m not dead yet."
A streak of pale golden incense floated from afar, like silk wrapped around the strange woman’s side.
The ugly wench was taken aback and hurriedly bowed down, respectfully saying, "I... my Buddha..."
This ugly wench was naturally the Purple-tailed Flood Dragon Monarch.
After wandering many places, she eventually returned quietly to Xinci Temple.
She had a bond with Jing Miao, while Jing Miao inherently was a "loveless" young girl.
After several back and forths, she settled down at Xinci Temple.
And the successful settling of the Purple-tailed Flood Dragon Monarch directly attracted more and more disciples of the Yu Sect.
However, although the Purple-tailed Flood Dragon Monarch returned, she didn’t plan on revitalizing the Yu Sect’s endeavors; she just wanted to live peacefully here.
But upon seeing the woman wrapped in pale golden incense, she knew... her idea of "living peacefully" was ultimately just a wishful thought.
...
Night fell.
A secret place in Xinci Temple.
Candles gradually lit up, illuminating monks in gray robes.
These monks showed fear in their eyes, but the greater part looked fervent, waiting quietly in this place.
Suddenly, the door opened, and a male figure stepped in from outside, braving the cold wind and rain, with pale golden incense wrapped around him, making him appear sowhat divine.
One monk wondered, "Jiao King, didn’t you say my Buddha was a female..."
Before he finished speaking and before the Purple-tailed Flood Dragon Monarch spoke, a towering monk with shackles on hands and feet exclaid sharply, "Buddha is Buddha, does it have a gender? What kind of zen are you practicing?!"
After saying this, the monk stepped forward, prostrated himself on the ground, continuously kowtowing, and fervently recited, "Yu Sect’s selfless Bear King pays homage to my Buddha."
The rest of the group all bowed down.
Li Xuan walked past the bowing disciples and ascended the high platform.
He looked at the towering monk with shackles on his hands and feet.
This was one of the Yu Sect’s four Dharma Protectors, the "Selfless Bear King," his status comparable to the "Purple-tailed Flood Dragon Monarch," and the forr old nun of Xinci Temple.
Li Xuan had heard Rose ntion him.
But in Rose’s words, this Selfless Bear King was very likely dead. The Selfless Bear King was not affiliated with Xinci Temple, nor had he been to Lingbo Mansion; rather, he disappeared more than ten years ago when the Great Yin court wiped out the Yu Sect.
Now, appearing here was a complete surprise to Li Xuan.
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