Chapter 315
Red Boy rolled his eyes, "They are poor, but I was the king of a region back then . How can I compare with a bunch of mortal children?"
Fangzheng was only teasing him . When he saw the two children nearby, he walked forward and pressed his palms together, "Young Patrons, This Penniless Monk is One Finger Monastery's abbot, Fangzheng . Might This Penniless Monk ask where this is?"
Dachen was immediately amused when he heard that . He had a somewhat savage look to his smile, but it was mostly magnanimous . He said with a laugh, "As expected, they're lost . "
Fangzheng smiled without a word . It was fine being deemed lost since there was no difference in his present situation .
Dachen said, "My name is Li Dachen . This is Wang Erhu . This is our village, Daili Village . "
Fangzheng pressed his palms together, "Amitabha . Thank you, Young Patrons . "
Fangzheng also knew that he probably could not gain much from asking the two children . It was better to enter the village to take a look . He bade them farewell and headed in with Red Boy . Red Boy remained silent the entire way . From his point of view, the two bumpkin children had no right to speak to an esteemed demon king like him . He could not be bothered with them . However, when they came beside the two children, he saw their eyes wear a look of anticipation . But when he walked past them, they slowly turned disappointed . That feeling made him feel a little sour .
However, Red Boy immediately turned his head over and snorted inwardly, "I'm a great demon king . Why should I care about two poor kids?"
"Brother Dachen, what's an abbot? What is he doing? Why does he start off sentences with 'Amitabha'?" Erhu scratched his head and asked out of curiosity .
"I have no idea either . They have entered the village . Let's go . Let's follow and see what's up! Village Chief and the rest must know what an abbot is . His clothes look really clean . It would be nice if I had something like that," said Dachen with a sigh .
"Forget it . Do you have the water to wash a set of white clothes?"
"…"
Upon entering the village, Fangzheng realized that the village was very different from what he had imagined it would be . It had earth-yellow walls and dilapidated houses, as well as curious looks from people . Fangzheng immediately became a strange creature in the eyes of all the villagers, or perhaps he seemed more like an endangered animal .
In any case, Fangzheng had the feeling like he was in a zoo…
Of course, everyone looked at him without any nefarious thoughts . It was mostly curiosity . Why would a monk come to them?
At that moment, a man walked out of a compound and said to Fangzheng, "Venerable One, I'm the village chief around here . You can call me Village Chief Lei . Where did you come from?"
"Amitabha . This Penniless Monk came from afar and is a bit loss . It's no longer early so This Penniless Monk has come to receive some alms and a place to stay . "
Fangzheng was speaking the truth . He was indeed lost and had no idea where to head to . He had no clue with respect to the Formless Door's mission . However, he knew he was bound to find clues by mixing with humans . Simultaneously, Fangzheng activated his Wisdom Eye and took a look around . He did not see anything special about anyone . The villagers had merit as well as negative karma . Some had more or less of a particular kind of karma, but none of them manifested lotus flowers or produced any indicators . This left Fangzheng somewhat stunned . Had he walked in the wrong direction?
However, with the sun slowly setting, Fangzheng still planned on asking people about the situation to get a better understanding before he made any decision .
"I see . Venerable One, as long as you don't mind, you can stay at my place first . " Village Chief Lei was rather warm and hospitable .
Fangzheng naturally did not reject him and immediately thanked him . He followed Village Chief Lei to his home with Red Boy in tow . Although Village Chief Lei was the village chief, the house he stayed in was not luxurious in any way . It was made of mud and stone . The walls were very thick so as to insulate them from the heat . The room Fangzheng stayed in was very clean . It left Fangzheng very satisfied .
"Uncle, do you have water? I'm thirsty . " After taking up residence, Red Boy did not stand on ceremony and immediately made a fuss .
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