Rebirth: Living in Wilderness with My Superpower
Chapter 478: Spirit Creek Temple

Chapter 478: Chapter 478: Spirit Creek Temple

"We’ve already sent people to search," the Abbot replied earnestly.

At that time, the Abbot as well as the novice Buddhist monks standing behind him had expressions of guilt on their faces.

After all, a youth with inadequate intelligence had gone missing here, and they were also responsible.

Li Wenli and Bai Junjun didn’t delay any further and quickly entered the temple to survey the terrain.

This was an ancient temple in Dai County; the temple complex was not large, but the mountain behind it was quite expansive.

There were three main halls in total: the entry was the Heavenly King Hall, the central one was the Great Hero Hall, and the last was the Ancestral Master Hall.

The simple three-hall design lacked the dazzling gold and glazed tiles, yet its age lent it a hint of celestial charm.

These halls enshrined different Bodhisattvas, and it was here that ordinary folks came to burn incense, pray, and make wishes. Beside the Ancestral Master Hall was a row of Monks’ Quarters, where the masters resided.

Ordinarily, commoners were not allowed to casually enter the Monks’ Quarters and disturb the masters’ meditative practice.

However, there was a small path behind the Ancestral Master Hall, winding its way towards the mountain at the back.

The back mountain was where the monks did their fieldwork. The Buddhist clergy here went out to work the slopes every day, believing in not eating without laboring for the day, so the back mountain was very well-cultivated.

There were green vegetables, tea gardens, and even some rare and delightful clusters of flowers.

Bai Junjun and Li Wenli were walking on the back mountain, never having imagined that the scenery here would be so beautiful.

It seemed possible that the Fool, upon arriving here, might have become so delighted that he forgot to return home.

However, Xiao Yu and Xiao Shan shook their heads and said, "We got separated from the Fool in the Great Hero Hall, we’re not sure if he went to the back mountain."

"It’s okay, we will find him," Bai Junjun patted the heads of the two children.

After all, in those times a fool was not considered valuable, and no family would keep excess food to sustain one.

Since the Fool belonged to Bai Junjun and their group, it wasn’t long before the County Magistrate arrived with a new search party.

The new team, including Old Uncle Qiu’s family of four, totalled 35 people.

The newly-arrived Government Officials were all dressed in their impressive uniforms, with large sabers hanging at their waists, exuding a considerable sense of security.

They had only been on the job for a few days and were still in training, yet unexpectedly they had already received their first assignment in their professional careers: to search for the missing Fool.

There’s no need to mention Old Uncle Qiu’s family, who already considered the Fool one of their own, and were naturally anxious now that one of their own had disappeared.

And the rest of the Bandits, knowing the Fool was Bai Junjun and Li Wenli’s person, were also very tense.

Especially Black Eight and the unlucky brothers, who, being familiar faces to Bai Junjun, had to summon every ounce of their energy to search.

Besides these individuals, many ordinary villagers also spontaneously formed teams to search for the missing person.

Seeing the search party swell to over a hundred people, the County Magistrate was overwhelmed with emotion.

Why didn’t anyone respond when he had previously tried to organize a hundred strong men to rescue the Zhao Family Village? Now, without any call to action, people had flocked together in droves, wasn’t that just too heartbreaking?

The villagers awkwardly scratched their heads and consoled their County Magistrate, "Well, finding a child is something within our power; taking on the bandits is just too daunting, and we were afraid of holding back your team."

"..." The County Magistrate was too dejected to interact with his subjects.

These fearful and selfish people, woe betide him!

"County Magistrate, this isn’t the time to be upset, let’s hurry up and find the Fool, we can’t let the Seven-Person Team lose heart."

The villagers were in such a hurry that they almost wanted to leave the County Magistrate behind and search on their own.

"..." The County Magistrate.

And so, the crowd at the entrance of Spirit Creek Temple began planning the search operation.