Rebirth: Living in Wilderness with My Superpower
Chapter 646: The Sudden Closing Retreat

Chapter 646: Chapter 646: The Sudden Closing Retreat

Li Wenli made a quicker decision than Bai Junjun, already bending down to dip into the honey while the young lady was still lost in thought.

At the moment the fox tasted the honey, her eyes squinted with delight.

Watching this, as if possessed by some spirit, Bai Junjun followed suit and bent down to scoop up some honey.

That pure jasmine fragrance, along with the strands of sweet yet not cloying icing sugar... was absolutely the purest delight in the world!

Bai Junjun said with a face full of joy, "Fox, we’ve really found a treasure, it’s just too delicious!"

The treasure she referred to was naturally the space in the courtyard.

It had never occurred to them that this courtyard would be able to sustain flowers and even bees with such wild and unattended growth, thriving splendidly!

If they could integrate that legendary Underground Palace into this space, it would become a large villa complete with rooms, a Treasure Room, and a courtyard.

Just thinking about it was marvelously delightful!

Li Wenli laughed and nodded. The reason she decided to reveal their cards and cooperate with Yuwen Luanfei was precisely to make a big score, annihilating the remnants of the rebel forces was the lesser goal, finding the Underground Palace was the greater one.

After reaching an agreement, they took out the lychee pits, ready to plant a row of Lychee Trees along the courtyard boundary.

When it came to planting trees, both were novices; they simply dug some holes, buried the pits, and considered it done.

Once they had finished all this, they placed the items awarded by Yuwen Luanfei in the room, then patted their bottoms, ready to head out.

At Fahua Temple, they had lost one thousand taels for nothing, but now Yuwen Luanfei had awarded them with two thousand taels and news of a Treasure Box. After some calculations, they were not at a loss.

...

In the blink of an eye, the day of the Buddha Praying Ceremony arrived.

That day, Bai Junjun and Li Wenli took the Horse Carriage prepared by Yuwen Luanfei to Fahua Temple early in the morning.

At the foot of Fahua Temple, there were several more novice Buddhist monks on guard compared to usual.

When Bai Junjun and Li Wenli approached, the novices subconsciously blocked their path.

"Sorry to everyone, but the Abbot has gone into seclusion and is not accepting any religious ceremony inquiries at the moment."

"How can this be acceptable?" Bai Junjun raised her pass, "We had an appointment set seven days ago for a religious ceremony for the deceased. Now, after you’ve taken our donations, registered our information, and we’ve fasted and bathed in purification at home for seven days and nights, you’re now telling us that the Abbot is in seclusion and not receiving pilgrims?"

"We truly apologize, patrons. It’s something beyond our control."

"I don’t care. You have to conduct the ceremony today, whether you want to or not. If you don’t, I will have Prince Hanying come and speak with you personally!"

Bai Junjun brought out the arrogant and domineering attitude of the original host, and the young novice monk couldn’t withstand it at all.

Prince Hanying coming personally, how could this be allowed! The temple was already in chaos!

The novice had no other choice but to allow one of their companions to go up the mountain to send a message.

It wasn’t long before a familiar Reception Monk came down.

He was lean and tall but moved very gracefully.

If Bai Junjun hadn’t known their identities, she would have just thought of him as a monk with an immortal’s grace. But knowing the secret, she found him suspicious in every way—that couldn’t be immortal’s grace, it was clearly Kung Fu.

"Patrons, you’ve arrived," the Reception Master greeted them with an inquiry bow, seeming to be aware of the situation at the foot of the mountain, and carried himself with neither humility nor arrogance.

"We’re terribly sorry. Just yesterday, the Abbot had a sudden insight into his meditation, and to contemplate on this enlightenment, he went into seclusion without a second thought," he said, as if it were the absolute truth, while Bai Junjun raised an eyebrow with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile.

"Then what about the religious ceremony we had arranged? Who will take responsibility if we miss the auspicious time?"

"Actually, for the Yangxia people, any day is as good as another for holding a religious ceremony; you don’t have to be particularly fixated on the day. Of course, if you are very particular about it, there’s another auspicious day in seven times seven, forty-nine days from now. What do you think?"