"It's nothing, just following the precepts and meditating," Ji Yuan smiled gently, "and eating vegetarian meals."
Xian De, not understanding, asked, "Eating vegetarian meals?"
Vegetarianism is a part of Buddhist precepts, and Ji Yuan mentioned it specifically, arousing curiosity.
But just as Xian De was about to ask more, Ji Yuan clasped his hands together and directly chanted, "Amitabha Buddha."
This must be Baolian Temple's secret technique...
The night deepened, and the people from Lidu Temple were arranged to sleep in the side rooms.
Xian De also lay down without undressing.
But...
Pain, the kind that paralyzes the calf.
He suffered from rheumatic pain that flared up terribly during rainy weather, enough to be deadly.
A cold, damp air seeped through the door crack, spreading into every corner of the side room, and an odd, earthy scent wrinkled into the nostrils.
"Creak." Xian De pulled open the door, the sound of the hinge especially jarring in the night.
