"What person?"
Yang Caiyi suddenly turned her head and saw a round-headed, round-brained big monk appear not far from them.
"Monk, are you blind? Can't you see the Daoist Sect magic power all over us?" Li Lingyu said carelessly, picking up another piece of braised meat with his chopsticks.
"Amitabha!"
The monk was fat-faced and large-eared, fair-skinned and beardless, though he did not look particularly young.
"Buddhism and Daoism under heaven are one family. The Daoist Sect's Three Pure Ones and Buddhism's Three Buddhas of the Three Ages are all brothers. There is no need to distinguish them so clearly."
Yang Caiyi blinked, and even Li Lingyu was somewhat dumbfounded.
"Are you even a monk?"
"Amitabha, of course I am a monk. I am also a monk of the Wheel-Turning Temple."
The monk said with a beaming smile, "You two little ones are blessed with spiritual brilliance and outstanding talent, perfectly suited to cultivate the 'Great Sacred Dharma of the Three Ages' Wheel-Turning' from a monk's temple.
"From one Daoist Sect life, turn into one Buddhist Sect life—cultivating both Buddhism and Daoism in a single lifetime. Would that not be wonderful?"
Yang Caiyi narrowed her eyes, then let out a sweet, lovely laugh. "It does sound rather interesting, but I need to ask my Master."
Then she tugged at Li Lingyu's sleeve.
"No matter, no matter. Presumably your Master will not mind. Once you have mastered the great dharma, go back and bring your Master the good news, give them a surprise—would that not be wonderful?"
The monk was smiling, and Li Lingyu was smiling too. "Monk, did you just see Cai Yi and me sparring?"
"Amitabha, monks do not speak falsehoods."
The monk pressed his palms together in salute. "It was precisely because I saw that you two were