Chapter 206 - 201: Seeking Bodhi and Awaiting the Right Opportunity
Hui Zhi recited scriptures and practiced Buddhism within Bodhi Temple, and before he knew it, a month had passed.
In this month, Yu Gui had not come again; perhaps after the last incident, she had become disheartened.
Hui Zhi gradually forgot about the matter, diligently cleaning the statues of Buddha, reciting scriptures, and practicing Buddhism every day, meticulously. However, not seeing her for so long made him feel as if something was missing.
Hui Zhi sat in front of the statue of Amitabha Buddha, holding a string of sandalwood prayer beads, lightly striking the wooden fish, and chanting a portion of the scriptures.
At that moment, a woman entered, but she was not Yu Gui, she was a servant girl dressed very simply.
"Master Hui Zhi, my miss has sent me to tell you that she is going to get married. She is to marry a prince and the wedding will take place in the prince’s mansion soon," the servant girl said, offering an invitation which Hui Zhi did not answer, so the servant girl placed the red invitation on the desk.
"Snap!"
A Buddha bead was crushed into powder between his fingers, scattering onto the ground.
"Snap!"
Another Buddha bead was pinched into powder by his thumb and forefinger, the string holding the beads broke, and the expensive purple sandalwood Buddha beads scattered on the ground. His eyes remained tightly closed, but the sound of him hitting the wooden fish became louder and louder. Then there was a crisp sound, and the wooden fish turned into powder. The sound of him chanting the scriptures grew more and more hurried, and faintly from his nostrils sprayed Samadhi True Fire. "Puff," blood from his mouth sprayed out unknowingly, falling on the invitation on the desk and the incense, extinguishing the incense flames.
Standing up, Hui Zhi murmured, "Thus have I heard! Eternal past, unmoving like a mountain..."