"Brother Ye, we're here."
Amidst the dense crowd, Monk Duren pointed to the stairs beside them and explained, "Many people treat this place like a tourist spot now, and on the surface, it does look like one. There are many visitors here.
But people don't know that deep within the tourist area lies the true Shaolin Temple. Just follow ."
Having said that, Monk Duren stepped onto the stairs, leading the way for Ye Qiu.
Ye Qiu and Zhao Chunxue followed him up.
The stairs were long, and Monk Duren walked very slowly. It took nearly ten minutes to cover two-thirds of the distance.
Then he suddenly stopped, pointed to the mountains ahead, and smiled, "We're almost there. The real Shaolin Temple is in the mountains. We can get there through the secret door in the Great Hall."
"Alright!" Ye Qiu nodded slightly, a hint of anticipation flashing in his eyes.
On the way here, he heard Monk Duren ntion that the Shaolin Temple had a reclusive abbot with remarkable skills, which piqued his interest.
The group continued to move forward.
Soon, they reached the top of the steps, and the hall ahead was the Great Hall that ordinary tourists could see.
"Let's go in," Monk Duren gestured invitingly.
However, before the two could take any further action, a voice suddenly called out from the entrance of the Great Hall.
"Wait a mont!"
As the words fell, a monk in a kasaya erged, blocking their path with an unpleasant expression.
"Three benefactors, I am Xi Bing." Xi Bing glanced at the three of them and said calmly, "From your deanor, it seems you're not here just for sightseeing. If I'm not mistaken, you're here to enter the true Shaolin Temple."
"That's right," Monk Duren nodded with a smile.
"In that case, there's a bit of trouble," Xi Bing remarked aningfully. "I can take you inside, but before that, you'll need to pay a little toll. Give so road fee; otherwise, you won't be able to get in."
"Road fee, huh..." Monk Duren frowned slightly and looked at Ye Qiu, smiling faintly, "Brother Ye, what do you say, pay or not?"
"Damn it!" Upon hearing this, Xi Bing couldn't help but curse, then said in a low voice, "Stop dithering. The toll isn't much. Just give the money, and I'll take you inside!
Listen up, once you enter the Shaolin Temple, you'll first enter the Outer Courtyard. Haha, Zhi Cheng, who manages the Outer Courtyard, is my uncle, so if you don't pay, even if you forcibly enter, my uncle Zhi Cheng will kick you out!"
"Sounds a bit troubleso," Ye Qiu frowned, casually pulling out a few bills from his pocket and waving them in front of Xi Bing.
"Hand it over quickly!"
Xi Bing, growing impatient, reached out to grab the money.
However, just as his hand was about to touch the money, Ye Qiu swiftly pulled it back, saying, "I have plenty of money, but I just don't want to give it to you.
People always say the Shaolin Temple is a place for cultivating the heart. You've been here quite a while, how did you end up like this? Other monks cultivate a Zen heart, but it seems like you're cultivating a wolf's heart, a heartless beast."
"You bastard!"
Angered by Ye Qiu's indirect insult, Xi Bing was seething with rage, gritting his teeth, "Kid, this is my turf, so you'd better watch your mouth, or you'll get slapped!"
Without another word, Xi Bing raised his arm, preparing to slap Ye Qiu hard.
Almost simultaneously, Ye Qiu moved!
He had no intention of showing rcy to a parasite like Xi Bing in the Shaolin Temple, directly kicking him, sending Xi Bing flying away.
"Brother Ye, don't let this kind of person get to you. Let's go in,"
Without sparing a glance at Xi Bing, Monk Duren strode into the Great Hall.
Ye Qiu and Zhao Chunxue followed him in.
Just as the three of them entered the Great Hall and were about to use the secret door, suddenly, Xi Bing, who had been kicked away, got up from the ground with a start, "Damn you, how dare you hit !"
Xi Bing's face twisted with anger. He had stayed in the Great Hall for so long and encountered many people wanting to enter the Outer Courtyard but never soone as troubleso as Ye Qiu!
Even knowing his good relationship with Zhi Cheng of the Outer Courtyard, they refused to pay!
Not only that, but he even got kicked away!
This was sothing Xi Bing could not tolerate!
He cursed angrily, then charged forward like a mad bull, heading straight for Ye Qiu, and when he was behind Ye Qiu, he ford his hands into a palm strike, thrusting them out forcefully.
Xi Bing was trained and had quite a bit of confidence in his skills, not considering Ye Qiu and his companions as particularly capable.
So, he was assured that this strike would surely severely injure Ye Qiu!
However, just as his hands were about to strike, a pregnant woman, unaware of the situation, walked past behind Ye Qiu!
Bang!
In the next mont, the pregnant woman, heavily pregnant, was sent flying and fell to the ground with a painful cry, "Ah! It hurts so much. What are you doing? Can't you see I'm pregnant?
I've been pregnant for six or seven months. What if you hurt my baby?"
The pregnant woman glared at Xi Bing with fury, thinking how unlucky it was to have such a mishap while at Shaolin Temple to pray for the baby.
Just as the pregnant woman was fuming, suddenly, a nearby tourist anxiously shouted!
"Don't move and don't get angry. Y-you're bleeding there. Try to stay calm first!"
The pregnant woman was taken aback, then looked down, seeing blood continuously flowing beneath her, staining the ground.
In the next second, the woman was so shocked that she burst into tears, pounding the ground, "Wah, wah, wah, my belly hurts so much, my baby is gone, the baby is gone!"
"You beast, a beast indeed, how can there be monks like you in the Shaolin Temple, you killed my baby."
The pregnant woman glared at Xi Bing, wishing she could tear him apart.
"Don't get upset, let examine you," a doctor visiting Shaolin Temple approached, looked at the pregnant woman's condition for over ten seconds, then shook his head, saying helplessly, "It's troubleso, really troubleso. This place is so far from below, even if an ambulance arrives, the dical staff will take a long ti to get up here. I'm afraid the baby can't be saved."
"Then, then what should I do? What should I do now?" The pregnant woman was utterly desperate, sitting there dazed, not knowing what to do.
"Alas," the doctor shook his head, falling silent. He was a well-known obstetrician from the Capital City Hospital, whose assessnt was that the pregnant woman's baby could not be saved. However, he had phrased it softly earlier.
The surrounding crowd also shook their heads, looking at the pregnant woman with sympathy, and many approached to comfort her.
Just as everyone thought the pregnant woman was about to break down, suddenly, Ye Qiu stepped forward, pushing through the crowd, and calmly said, "Everyone, stand back a bit, let take a look."
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