Chen Zhu smiled faintly, pressed his palms together before him, and nodded. "Amitabha. Then... this poor monk will have to be thick-skinned for once today."
After a bowl of steaming noodles, Jiang Tian finally learned from his elder brother and sister-in-law the full story behind that strange encounter all those years ago.
It turned out that Xiao Yuexi had witnessed the drastic upheaval and suffered such excessive fright that her soul fell into a muddled, vacant state, as though she had lost her spirit. No medicine could help her.
Even though that monk had possessed Purple Mansion cultivation at the time, he had been unable to cure her.
With no other choice, Jiang Minghai's family had followed the monk to Treasure Vase Island.
As for why Chen Zhu, the Dragon-Tiger Venerable, knew of Jiang Tian's relationship with Jiang Minghai's family, the explanation was simple enough.
Ever since settling here, Jiang Minghai had often gone to Thunderclap Temple to pray devoutly, burn incense, and worship the Buddha, praying for his family's safety. He also often thought of his younger brother still in Cangwu Continent.
The wishes of those whose thoughts were truly sincere could, in the unseen, be sensed by the Dragon-Tiger Venerable, who was the abbot and deeply versed in Buddhist teachings.
And in recent days, the earthshaking turmoil in the Heavenly Cloud Archipelago had already spread throughout the surrounding seas with traveling merchants and cultivators. Naturally, the news had reached Treasure Vase Island as well.
When the Dragon-Tiger Venerable heard that the figure stirring up the winds and clouds was also called Jiang Tian, his heart stirred. Recalling the younger brother Jiang Minghai so often worried about in his prayers, he guessed that this Jiang Tian was most likely that Jiang Tian.
That was why he had personally gone