Two months later, Xiao Mo arrived at a town.
The town lay not far from Kong Nian Temple and was called Kong Nian City.
As its name suggested, it was an affiliated town of Kong Nian Temple.
The moment he entered Kong Nian City, Xiao Mo wondered if he had stepped into another world.
As he walked along the streets, he saw Buddha statues in every household, whether it was a wine stall or a butcher shop.
The faint scent of incense mingled with the breeze drifting through the city.
Everyone seemed remarkably peaceful.
In the other cities Xiao Mo had visited, he had sensed a degree of wariness between people.
He had even seen pickpockets at work from time to time, neighbors bickering and fighting, and the like.
In short, those places were rife with hostility.
But in this city, everyone lived in harmony.
Still, one thing surprised Xiao Mo.
How could a city affiliated with Kong Nian Temple have brothels?
The women from the brothels stood by the roadside soliciting customers. When they saw monks from Kong Nian Temple passing by, they even tried to pull them inside.
But as far as Xiao Mo could tell, not one monk had gone in.
The monks merely smiled and hurried away.
"Big brother, isn't Kong Nian City affiliated with Kong Nian Temple? I can understand having wine and meat, but they even allow brothels in the city?"
Xiao Mo sat down with Jiang Xin in front of a teahouse and asked the owner.
"Hahaha!"
The teahouse owner laughed.
"You're not from around here, are you, young man? This town used to be called Shadow Lantern City, and it didn't belong to Kong Nian Temple.
"Later, after some events, a high-ranking monk from Kong Nian Temple saved the old lord of