Luo Yunji had been indirectly trapped in the meditation room by Zhang Xiaofan with delicious food.
After learning from Eldest Senior Brother that Luo Yunji wanted to cause trouble at Tianyin Temple, Zhang Xiaofan had come up with this solution. He'd also told Killing Monk outright about Luo Yunji's plan. The big monk had been so alarmed that he found a piece of cloth and hastily wrapped his Zen Staff up tight, then hid in the meditation room, afraid to show his face.
Only after leaving Yan Hui to keep an eye on Luo Yunji could Zhang Xiaofan rest easy and tend to Tian Buyi.
But! How could a little rascal from Big Bamboo Peak be trapped so easily?
"Senior Brother told you to keep an eye on me, didn't he?"
Yan Hui nodded. He had no idea why Luo Yunji was asking.
"Then let's go!"
"...Where?" Yan Hui had a bad feeling.
"Let's look around!" Luo Yunji hugged a large oil-paper parcel filled with tasty things Zhang Xiaofan had specially made for him.
Yan Hui accompanied Luo Yunji to Killing Monk's meditation room, and they went straight in without knocking.
Seeing Killing Monk sitting cross-legged on the bed in meditation, Luo Yunji gestured for Yan Hui to wake him.
Killing Monk looked at Luo Yunji, who had come to see him, bewilderment in his eyes. Alarm bells rang in his heart.
"Come on! Let's look around together! I haven't had a proper look around here yet!" Luo Yunji suggested, watching Killing Monk.
"Zhang Xiaofan told me not to wander off!" Killing Monk had learned from Zhang Xiaofan how precious the Zen Staff in his hands was. Now that he'd chosen it—or perhaps it had chosen him—he no longer wanted anyone to take it away. He wouldn't accept losing it