The Bao Guo Temple is surrounded by red walls, built facing the mountain, each layer higher than the previous one. The building complex has monk guest quarters on both sides, surrounded by carved railings and painted beams, half-garden and half-temple, with a strict layout. It is the beginning of spring, and thus there are devout men and women coming to offer incense and pray to the Buddha. Not long after, the temple fills with incense smoke, and Buddhist mantras echo.
The wolf child grown into the Lonely Smoke Sword usually does not understand human language or convey human speech, but now it seems akin to a monkey, imitating the Emei Spirit Monkeys by putting its hands together in prayer, leaving Chen Yi unsure whether to laugh or sigh.
The Lonely Smoke Sword, seeing him unmoved, instead of retreating, worships more earnestly. The nearby monkeys are startled and each shakes its hands almost to the point of fire.
