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After excitedly dropping off Liu Zhizhong at the appointed location, the driver rushed off as if he were on a high, promising to pick up Liu Zhizhong at the agreed time tomorrow.
Since Liu Zhizhong had only paid half upfront, the driver was eager to earn the remaining half. Moreover, he hoped to pick up passengers heading back from Kachin City for additional income!
Liu Zhizhong knew well that the driver's excitement was mainly due to Kachin City's red-light district. Experienced drivers were familiar with such matters, after all, Kachin had many beautiful women doing business, of all ethnicities. Experiencing the novelty was quite appealing!
This world, wherever people gather, turns into society, and thus there's business. Especially, a tranquil big city in a war-torn region is the perfect place for such businesses, hehe...
To the driver, there were women like that in Liangjia Chong Town as well, but compared to those in Kachin City, they were vastly different!
As for Liu Zhizhong, the place he disembarked was indeed the landmark building of Kachin City — Nachu Temple!
Nachu Temple, located in the eastern suburbs of Kachin City, on Nachu Mountain, is the most famous entity in this area.
Nachu Mountain, with an altitude nearing six hundred meters, is already the highest peak in this vicinity.
Upon the summit lies Nachu Temple, an ancient monastery standing for a millennium with uninterrupted incense offerings throughout the years.
Currently, nearly a thousand monks still reside in this temple, doesn't that tell you how grand and spectacular it is?
In a war-torn region like Vallebang, temples are oddly more peaceful places. All warlords have unwritten rules that allow them to attack each other, burn and loot, but they must never assault or plunder temples.
Indeed, the temples within the actual territories controlled by each warlord are guarded by soldiers dispatched by the warlords.
The deep blue night sky, with innumerable stars, and the cool, silvery crescent moon, pale in comparison to the glittering brilliance of Nachu Temple's gilded flying eaves.
The golden roof of the temple's main hall shines clearly, visible from far away.
On the six hundred steps of green stone leading into the temple, there are silhouetted worshippers participating in nighttime devotions — bowing every step, kneeling every three steps, prostrating every nine steps, all in devout sincerity. These figures stretch continuously, reaching from the mid-mountain temple gate to the golden-roofed main hall.
Inside the temple, the sound of recitation during evening classes now forms a majestic symphony like great ceremonial bells, resonating from within the temple and singing out to the four corners of the surroundings.
Nachu recitations are indeed a unique tourist attraction in Kachin City.
Imagine the penetrative power of nearly a thousand monks chanting Buddhist hymns in unison.
The morning and evening recitation vibrations truly permeate the entirety of Kachin City. The worldly mortal noises and chaos pale ineffectively against such Buddhist chants.
The spot where Liu Zhizhong alighted was actually close to six hundred meters away from Nachu Temple, but immersed in the Buddhist chants, he felt deeply moved, even somewhat enchanted.
It's undeniable that the sound was quite pleasing.
If there exist countless fake monks and false disciples globally, outwardly Buddhist while inwardly demonic, then the monks of Nachu Temple could possibly be genuine.
At Nachu Mountain, the disciples farm, cultivate orchards, and are self-sufficient. All incense money is used solely for gilding the Buddha or donating to the impoverished people of nearby towns.
Of course, the entrepreneurial Kachin people at the foot of Nachu Mountain are genuine too. Business is booming, indeed...