dognovel Chapter 56 Abbot Wule
Chapter 56 Abbot Wule
The group of people went their separate ways. Fang Duobing went to Baichuanyuan, Di Feisheng secretly checked if the Lion Soul had any records of visiting Pudu Temple, and only Li Lianhua and Wu You went to Pudu Temple to inquire about the Lion Soul's whereabouts.
Pudu Temple remains as bustling as it was many years ago, with people coming and going.
Inside the Wuliao Zen Room, the fox spirit was playing on the ground, munching on a piece of paper, while Abbot Wuliao was taking Li Lianhua's pulse.
"Monk, how's the matter I asked you?"
"I know nothing about Lion Soul or Huiyuan."
"I didn't expect your temper to have grown so much after all these years. Let me tell you, you still need to work on your self-control," Li Lianhua said, dissatisfied with Wu Liao's reply.
"I only wanted some peace and quiet, but the mundane world keeps bothering me. Even the best cultivation can be ignited by your nameless anger." Wu Liao sensed the vigorous life force within Li Lianhua and didn't want to pay him any more attention.
“You know I take this matter very seriously, and you are the only clue I have. If I can’t find my senior brother’s remains, I’ll live at the foot of the mountain every day and have plenty of time to come and look for you.”
"Oh, you want to come see me every day?"
"Can you please stop being so stubborn?"
"Who dares to be stubborn in front of Benefactor Li?"
Wu You sat opposite the two, watching their back-and-forth banter without saying a word.
Some say that time travelers possess a script in their hands, a spatial dimension within them, and are individuals blessed with great fortune, capable of ruling and dominating in another world. They have the superiority complex of time travelers, viewing everyone else as high and mighty.
However, don't underestimate the ancients; their intelligence was not something everyone could handle. Among scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants, who was of low intelligence?
Some people say that since there is a chance to travel through time, everything they do in this world is within expectations; otherwise, why wouldn't they choose someone who was uneducated and poor to travel through time?
Some say that even if you travel to another world, you must hide yourself, not make any extreme remarks, and not do anything abnormal, otherwise you will be killed as a monster.
Previously, Wu You agreed with the second viewpoint, believing that he could change the tragic ending of the characters in the drama, so he actively searched for an antidote for the poison of Bi Cha for Li Lianhua.
But it wasn't until she was forced to leave that she realized some things weren't entirely up to her. Li Lianhua's poisonous green tea is a recurring motif throughout the series, with a large group of people struggling to control it, which is essential for the story's development.
Since Wu You had cured the poison from the green tea so early, it didn't conform to the established plan. Therefore, Wu You was expelled.
The fact that Wu You was able to come here might be because the other dimension saw that he was in extreme pain, which is why they resorted to this desperate measure. Or it could be unexpected, yet reasonable.
Even assuming the worst, when Wu You arrives here, he will no longer see characters from a play, but rather vibrant, living individuals. He cannot treat these people as two-dimensional figures. Therefore, even if Wu You knew the consequences, he would not hesitate.
With Li Lianhua's superb martial arts skills, nothing could trouble him anymore, so Wu You kept trying to escape.
Abbot Wule really didn't want to talk to Li Lianhua, so he turned to Wu You and asked, "When did you arrive? When are you leaving? How long are you staying?"
Upon hearing this, Li Lianhua forgot her argument with Wu Liao and turned to look at Wu You.
Wu You was puzzled by Wu Liao's words and felt a little depressed. "So you didn't even see me sitting here for so long?"
"I came with Li Lianhua, so naturally I'll leave with him. I'm not sure how long I'll stay," Wu You replied politely.
Wu Liao and Li Lianhua realized that Wu You hadn't understood the meaning behind their words. Li Lianhua asked cryptically, "You'll stay with me, and we'll leave together. You can't leave me behind, okay?"
Wu You was even more puzzled: "Those who come together should leave together. There's no reason to abandon someone halfway. I was hoping you wouldn't leave me stranded on the side of the road."
Li Lianhua feigned grievance: "Of course not, but is that what Youyou thinks of me?"
"You were the one who said it first, okay? Besides, it's not like you haven't done things like dumping people on the side of the road before. You have a criminal record."
Li Lianhua touched the bridge of her nose, feeling slightly guilty: "This is different."
Wu Liao, standing nearby, asked even more bluntly, "Where did Benefactor Wu suddenly disappear to all these years ago? This has made it difficult for Benefactor Li to find him for so many years."
Wu You realized that their seemingly nonsensical conversation was actually an inquiry into his background. This was something he couldn't reveal; who knew what might happen if he did?
Seeing that both of them were staring at him, Wu You had no choice but to change his approach.
“We came to Pudu Temple without a set time to go back, but this is not our home, so we will eventually have to go back. When to go back depends on whether the matter here is resolved. But we came here with a purpose, so we can decide when to go back ourselves.”
"If we go outside, where will we go? We don't know; how long will we stay? We don't know either; when will we leave? We don't know. It can only be determined by what happens."
"Perhaps we are here at this moment. But we don't know where we will be at the next moment. It is possible that when we came to Pudu Temple, there were two people and a dog. When we leave, there may be three people and a dog, or four people and a dog. No one can say for sure, and we ourselves don't know either."
That's all Wu You can say. Whether they can understand it or not is up to them. As for other things, it's best to say less.
Li Lianhua and Wu Liao fell silent upon hearing this. It seemed that this matter was not something Wu You could decide on his own; he would have to find out the ins and outs of the situation in order to grasp the direction of future developments.
None of them talked about this topic for long, and instead started talking about other things.
"Something happened at Baichuan Academy?" Li Lianhua's expression was slightly serious.
Wu Liao was somewhat surprised: "I thought you were as hard as iron, having completely forgotten the past? It turns out you still care about their lives."
"I have heard that Yun Biqiu has been living in seclusion at Baichuan Temple for the past ten years. I have made a wild guess that he is the one who poisoned Benefactor Li with the green tea ten years ago. After learning of your accident, Yun Biqiu was filled with remorse and rushed to the East Sea to search for you for many months without success."
"When Abbot Bai found him, he offered no resistance whatsoever and was pierced through the chest by Abbot Bai's sword. Fortunately, Abbot Ji discovered in time that he had been misled by a villain and did not truly intend to harm you, so he sent someone to rescue him and keep him."
"For ten years, Yunbiqiu has been imprisoned by his own self-imposed limitations and has refused to forgive himself. Let me guess again, it's not that Benefactor Li can't let go of his feelings because of this. After all, everything back then was interconnected, and someone had to let go first."
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Lotus Tower Small Theater
Wu You: Slam the gavel down hard, and tell us who is in the audience and what they have done.
Yun Biqiu: The sinner Yun Biqiu, ashamed before the sect leader, was misled by treacherous people and poisoned the sect leader.
Wu You: Your crime is heinous. Since it is clear that you poisoned your sect leader, and the evidence is conclusive, take him out and behead him.
Li Lianhua: He was misled by wicked people, but his crime does not warrant this punishment.
Wu You: So, they'll be exiled to the Sahara Desert to plant trees. They'll only come back when the area becomes an oasis.