It was already past one o'clock in the night when we came out of the hot pot restaurant.
“The hot pot is really delicious, but the ingredients are a bit lacking.”
Fang Qingzhu did not forget to comment.
Lin Jichen smiled knowingly and believed that the ingredients on Blue Star could not be compared with those on the Bahuang Continent.
The meat in the Bahuang Continent is full of spiritual energy. Not only does it taste very different, but it is also very beneficial to your cultivation after eating it.
The meat on Blue Star is purely for filling the stomach.
"There are many monster beasts on Blue Star now. Next time I go to hunt some, we can cook a monster hotpot at home."
Lin Jichen's proposal was readily agreed to by Fang Qingzhu.
After eating and drinking, the two of them were ready to go home.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I walked out of the store, I found many more people on the street.
And they were all approaching in the same direction, as if there was some activity.
The key thing is that what surprised Lin Jichen even more was that there were many children among these people.
All of them seemed to be still in elementary school, and there were even children of three or four years old, but they were all running on the street with their parents.
"Hurry up, honey, remember, you must perform well in today's exam."
"Son, come on, as long as we pass the assessment, our family will be selected to become a Buddhist family. Then we will receive the blessings of Buddhism and have a bright future!"
"Daughter, we entered the game too late and fell too far behind others. Now that Buddhism has given us this opportunity, we must fight for it. Once selected, we can enter Cihang Jing'an!"
"Remember, you have to behave well when you see those master abbots later."
The comments of these people flew into Lin Jichen's ears, and he frowned slightly, feeling suspicious in his heart.
On the other hand, Fang Qingzhu next to him said with emotion: "Buddhism is really good at attracting believers. Even in Blue Star, they never miss any opportunity."
Lin Jichen turned around and asked curiously: "Is it the case in the Bahuang Continent too?"
Fang Qingzhu nodded and replied: "Let's just say that you Mu Xianzhou, Tianyin Temple was only a third-rate sect fifty years ago, a branch of Buddhism. Only fifty years later, they have become one of the top sects in Mu Xianzhou.
There are countless first-rate sects, and believers are all over the corner. You know, if an ordinary third-rate sect wants to develop into a first-rate sect, it will take hundreds or thousands of years to do it. But Buddhism can do it."
"In addition to Tianyin Temple, there is a Buddhist sect in the four states of Bahuang. Fortunately, they developed separately. If they had merged, they would have become a super sect long ago, and could even compete with your Tianyan Sword Sect."
Lin Jichen nodded when he heard this. It seemed that no matter which world he was in, the power of Buddhism could not be ignored. They seemed to be spread across the six realms and had countless followers.
However, Lin Jichen has never had a good impression of them, especially that time in Eternal Winter City, when that bald donkey Zhiyuan wanted to force him to be tonsured and tied into Buddhism, so he had no favorable impression of this sect at all.
But what he is curious about is why Buddhism chooses disciples at such a late time. Which sect would recruit people through assessments in the middle of the night?
Seeing these Jiangling people dragging their families and children running toward the temple, Lin Jichen felt something was wrong.
Confused, he couldn't help but stop a couple who were hurrying along with a six or seven-year-old boy.
Seeing Lin Jichen blocking the road, they were a little impatient and wanted to take a detour.
But the little boy had sharp eyesight and actually recognized Lin Jichen's identity and shouted: "I've seen him on TV!"
After hearing this, the couple quickly took a closer look and looked shocked.
Seeing that the two of them wanted to speak, Lin Jichen hurriedly made a hissing gesture, and then whispered: "Don't worry, you two, I just want to ask you something, can I just delay you for a minute?"
The couple looked embarrassed and said, "But we still have to rush to take the exam."
"It's okay, I'll fly you there later." Lin Jichen promised.
The two were immediately overjoyed upon hearing this and quickly agreed.
Lin Jichen said straight to the point: "Where are you going to take the exam?"
"Yuan'an Temple." the man replied.
Lin Jichen narrowed his eyes slightly. He was familiar with Yuan'an Temple. The temple was invaded by evil spirits and killed all the monks inside.
Or Lin Jichen was begged by the authorities and went to the temple to get rid of the evil spirits.
Later, Yuan'an Temple was originally closed, but not long after, the General Buddhist Association sent other Buddhist disciples to Yuan'an Temple to settle in, and the temple was reopened.
Now that this place was recruiting people, and it was still so late, Lin Jichen had to become more suspicious again.
He continued to ask: "How did you know about the assessment there?"
The woman grabbed the topic and explained: "I knew it a few days ago. Many monks went to the city to promote this matter. They said that Yuan'an Temple represents Buddhism and recruits young disciples under ten years old in advance. As long as they are selected, they can be selected.
In the future, Buddhism will receive key training from Buddhism, and family members will be able to move near Buddhism and get shelter, and they will no longer have to fear attacks from monsters and evil spirits."
Lin Jichen didn't believe it: "Then why did you choose it in the middle of the night? It's not safe in the suburbs at night."
"Oh, no matter what, as long as we can enter Buddhism, we will no longer have to worry about being eaten by monsters. For the safety of our family, we chose to take the risk and go to take the assessment." The man said helplessly.
Seeing Lin Jichen's silence, the woman couldn't wait and urged: "Brother, can you send us there now? If it's too late, I'm afraid the assessment will be over."
Lin Jichen did not refuse when he heard this, but turned his head towards Fang Qingzhu.
"Qingzhu, let's go take a look too?"
"OK."
Fang Qingzhu readily agreed.
Lin Jichen immediately activated his magic power and dragged the family of three into the air, quickly disappearing into the night sky of the city.
On the edge of the city, here is the heavily guarded city defense line.
But at such a late hour, a large group of parents came here with their children, saying they wanted to cross the line of defense.
The captains and cadres stationed at the defense line tried to persuade them again and again, telling them that it was too dangerous to go out in the suburbs at night, but these parents were so determined that they refused to listen and wanted to go out.
Seeing that public opinion was hard to disobey, the captain had no choice but to let him go, but still sent a small team to follow and protect him.
Yuanan Temple.
This centuries-old Buddhist temple is brightly lit in the middle of the night, and the Buddha's light projected by the magnificent Buddha statue shines brightly like the bright moon in the dark night.
If you get closer, you can still hear the loud Buddhist sounds wafting out from inside, giving people an inexplicable sense of security.
Parents who were initially frightened along the way calmed down the moment they arrived outside Yuanan Temple.
It seemed that even if a bad ghost came out at this time, they were not afraid at all.
Tens of thousands of parents and their children gathered in front of Yuan'an Temple.
After a while, the door opened, and two rows of monks walked out slowly. Surrounded by them, a bald man in his forties wearing cassocks walked out.
"Amitabha, all benefactors, the poor monk Chu Zhiheng, is the current abbot of Yuan'an Temple."