In the guest residence, Wuxiang was in high spirits.
This eminent monk seemed intent on telling Wang Chen everything he had kept buried in his heart for hundreds of years.
In his previous life, he had originally been a monk. His brief few decades of life had been spent beside Withered Lamp Ancient Buddha. Though he had studied countless Buddhist scriptures, he had remained an ordinary man until his death.
After entering nirvana, when Wuxiang's consciousness awakened, he discovered that he had become a swaddled infant.
An abandoned baby.
Worse still, several starving wild dogs had caught his scent and come over.
At the critical moment, an ascetic monk passing by drove the wild dogs away and adopted Wuxiang.
This ascetic monk was the abbot of Lantuo Temple. After bringing Wuxiang back to the temple, he carefully nurtured and cared for him.
Only then did Wuxiang become who he was today.
"My master's kindness toward me was as heavy as a mountain..."
Speaking of his benefactor, an extremely complicated emotion surfaced in Wuxiang's placid, ancient-well-like eyes. "From the very beginning, he knew I was a Heavenly Demon, yet he did not strangle me in the cradle."
"Not only that, he imparted supreme Buddhist Dharma to me and helped me truly integrate into this world!"
Wuxiang looked at Wang Chen. "When this humble monk first met you back then, I knew you were not of this world. I should have slain your body and extinguished your soul, but then I thought of my master..."
The eminent monk paused before continuing, "So I decided to give you an opportunity, just as my master gave me one in the past."
Wang Chen suddenly understood—this was the true reason Wuxiang had gifted him the three levels of the Heavenly Dragon Vajra Righteous Dharma!
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