Baby Serendipity: The Whole World Fell In Love With Me
Chapter 303 - 302: Creating a New Western Paradise

Chapter 303: Chapter 302: Creating a New Western Paradise

The little sparrow waited for the young monk every day, spring after spring, winter after winter, until one summer day, after three long winters, the young monk returned to Fahua Temple.

The boy, who had been three or four years old, had grown much taller, and his skin, far from having whitened at the temple, bore numerous scars.

The monks at Fahua Temple asked him what had happened, and he said that no one at home wanted him.

The couple who took him in were indeed his relatives, who had adopted him because they had been unable to have children of their own; learning of a distant relative who was an orphan, they decided to take him in.

However, in the second year after his adoption, the wife became pregnant.

After the pregnancy, the couple began to resent him, making him do household chores and no longer treating him as kindly as before, when they had doted on him like a treasure.

Later, when the wife gave birth in the hospital, she died in childbirth along with the baby.

The husband believed him to be a bad omen and abused him incessantly, soon remarrying. His new wife quickly bore a son, and the couple’s abuse of him grew even worse.

Unable to bear the beatings, the young monk ran away.

Having nowhere else to go, he could only ask for directions and make his way back to Fahua Temple.

The abbot of Fahua Temple took the young monk in again, made a new monastic identity plaque for him, and re-ordained him. Since his original dharma name was already taken, he was given a new one: Yong Hui.

After returning to the temple, Yong Hui did not remember the little sparrow and spent all day in a daze.

But the little sparrow knew that he was its good friend and kept close to the young monk.

Seeing that Yong Hui was troubled, the abbot of Fahua Temple consoled him and took him under his wing for guidance. However, Yong Hui had changed—he could no longer stomach the vegetarian meals of the temple and even contemplated killing.

Ironically, his intended victim was the little sparrow that had been following him.

Mianmian couldn’t help but feel anxious for the sparrow as she watched.

The eagerly awaited savior—how pitiful it would be if he ended up being eaten!

Fortunately, when Yong Hui caught the little sparrow, it spread its wings and twirled around to show him, even singing the tune that Yong Hui liked to hum when he was three or four years old.

Yong Hui recognized the little sparrow, looking utterly shocked, "You haven’t flown away?"

Little sparrow: "I’ve been waiting for you~"

Seeing this, Mianmian touched her own bald head.

She was in Xuying’s memory—how could she know exactly what Xuying said? The way she viewed the memories was also strange; her mother clearly told her to be cautious with directly inserting herself into others’ memories like this.

Little Bun couldn’t understand; she continued to drift aimlessly along with the little sparrow.

The little sparrow and Yong Hui became inseparable once again. Time flew by, and before long, Yong Hui turned ten. He remembered his birthday and quietly made a steamed bun cake to celebrate for himself.

Later, at fifteen, Yong Hui learned some magic from the old abbot and attended a dharma assembly.

At the assembly, someone was handing out flyers with Fen Tian’s name and the slogan, "Get anything you desire."

Initially, Yong Hui was not tempted until a man approached him, saying he saw great wisdom in him and wanted to discuss important matters. Perhaps the allure of worldly splendor kindled his interest after his ascetic life in Fahua Temple, Yong Hui was persuaded to join the New God Sect.

To Yong Hui’s surprise, the New God Sect sent a monk to teach him Buddhism within the temple.

The abbot witnessed this and didn’t restrict Yong Hui’s interactions with the man; he simply warned him that all worldly things are illusory and should not be clung to. However, Yong Hui didn’t listen, and when the old abbot passed away, he killed his senior brother who was to become the next abbot and took the position himself.

After Yong Hui became abbot, the monk from the New God Sect left.

Yong Hui regularly handed over a portion of Fahua Temple’s donation money to the New God Sect. Upon realizing that the main goal of the sect was to gather faith, he conceived the idea of creating his own Western Paradise.

Of course, Mianmian knew all of this through the eyes of the little sparrow.

As the little sparrow followed Yong Hui, it slowly gained sentience and began its own cultivation.

However, when demons develop sentience, they inherit a trace of ancient bloodline that gives them knowledge of things unknown to mortals.

Yong Hui, realizing that the little sparrow had gained sentience, deceived it by suggesting it become a "Buddha" and even proposed creating a new Western Paradise together with the little sparrow.

"The New God Sect can create new gods, so we too can create a new Western Paradise. Ayu, only you can help me."

The little sparrow was unwilling, and it chirped frantically, trying to persuade Yong Hui to stop his wrongdoing.

It knew that Yong Hui had killed his senior and usurped the abbot’s position—all of which were wrong.

But Yong Hui merely asked if it was willing and didn’t want to hear its chirping or look at the Buddhist scriptures it brought. In the end, when he asked one last time and saw Ayu shake its head, Yong Hui struck out with his magic and trapped Ayu.

When Yong Hui made his move, Ayu cried.

Yong Hui paid no attention and killed Ayu anyway, destroying its body, sealing its memories, and sending its soul into a Buddha statue.

Afterward, Yong Hui recited scriptures to brainwash Ayu. Little by little, Ayu became confused and began to brainwash pilgrims according to Yong Hui’s words, gradually becoming a tool for fulfilling wishes.

Having seen all the memories, Mianmian was just about to take Ayu away when the memory scene suddenly changed!

An elderly Yong Hui in robes with his hands clasped together appeared beside the young Yong Hui.

He smiled gently with kind eyes, "Ayu, have you betrayed me?"

At this moment, Ayu had reverted to Xuying’s form. He still looked like the young Yong Hui, tears filling his eyes.

"I’ve never betrayed you; you never got my consent."

Yong Hui smiled, "If not for me, you would have died under that tree long ago. How could you have had the moment of enlightenment? The cause planted back then has borne the fruit of today; your life belongs to me."

Mianmian retorted to Yong Hui, "Gratitude can be repaid in other ways; what you did to Ayu was wrong."

Yong Hui’s gaze dropped contemplatively on Mianmian, "Is right and wrong so absolute in this world? I provide guidance and fulfill wishes for so many at Fahua Temple; can you truly say we are absolutely in the wrong?"

Mianmian furrowed her brows.

While this part of the memory existed for Ayu, he had not thought much about it, so Mianmian only saw the pilgrims making offerings, making wishes, and then leaving joyously, ignorant of what those pilgrims actually experienced.

Not knowing, she couldn’t judge rashly. That wouldn’t be right.

Yong Hui stopped paying attention to Mianmian when she didn’t respond.

He exuded a black mist all around him, which to her astonishment, began to drift towards Ayu.

Mianmian noted a black cord linking Yong Hui and Ayu, binding them together.

She frowned and summoned her Flying Sword, intending to sever the cord.

Yong Hui’s eyes narrowed slightly as he reached into the void and grasped, and Ayu was suddenly in his hands.

With the two so close together, the cord vanished, making it impossible to cut.

Mianmian was anxious, "Ayu, are you alright?"

Ayu remained silent.