I hadn't expected there to be such a story behind Song Xiaotian's violence.
His father had been possessed by the Evil Buddha back then. Although they had eventually succeeded in driving the Evil Buddha out, his father had been left with some lingering effects.
When Song Xiaotian was born, he had inherited those lingering effects.
No wonder Song Xiaotian was like this.
I remembered the night Pan Xiaorou had been kidnapped in Lin City. Both of that Four-Eyed Kid's legs had been broken, and he had ended up beaten within an inch of his life.
Four-Eyed Kid had barely been breathing, but Song Xiaotian still hadn't intended to spare him. He had been about to stomp on his head when I stopped him just in time.
Even then, I had felt that something was wrong with him. I hadn't thought he was simply venting his anger. He had seemed addicted to that kind of violence.
"Did Song Qing's condition ever improve?" Seventh Master couldn't help asking.
Old Master Song sighed. "Of course it did. Otherwise, with his condition, he couldn't have lived among normal people at all. Even an unintentional remark that rubbed him the wrong way could make him turn violent."
"After he left the military, I took him to Qingyun Temple. He stayed there for an entire year, eating and living just like the Daoist monks. He also recited scriptures and listened to the Daoist masters preach every day. Only then did his condition improve."
Qingyun Temple?
It was a fairly famous Daoist temple in our area.
Grandfather had taken me there to offer incense a few times before.
"I know a few of the Daoist masters at Qingyun Temple, too."
Seventh Master said, "It's a genuine Daoist temple. Its abbot, Daoist Master Qianxin, is even from my