Chapter 574 - 573
The little monk’s hand hitting the wooden fish gradually stopped, he let out a long sigh and helplessly shook his head. "Master, since you’ve said as much, then I have nothing to hide anymore. Remember last time, I think it was on the seventh of last month, you got a bit too drunk down at ’Flower World’, and then..."
"Brat, what nonsense are you spouting?!"
The old monk, with a guilty conscience, hurriedly covered the little monk’s mouth with his hand while looking around nervously, fearing someone might overhear. After ensuring no one was eavesdropping, the senior monk finally released his hand from the little monk’s mouth, his expression turned very serious, "Kid, you can mess around with food but definitely not with words!"
The little monk sighed again. "Ah, who’s to say otherwise? Just a few more receipts in the pocket, who knows when they might accidentally end up in the temple mistress’s hands during sleepwalking, and then... well, tsk tsk."
"The so-called going with the flow is nothing more than following one’s heart. Yuanguang, it’s just a trip down the mountain after all. If you wish to go, then go."
The old monk affectionately stroked his beloved pupil’s head, clicking his tongue in empathy. The little monk smiled slightly and put his palms together, "Master is a high monk who has reached enlightenment, with deep cultivation, truly a role model for your disciple, and a target for our learning. Your disciple will take his leave now."
One little monk, dressed in white with a shaven head, slowly walked away, his shoulders shaking nonstop;
An old monk in a tattered kasaya sat cross-legged on a cushion behind, his shoulders also shaking nonstop;
Only the former was laughing, while the latter was fuming.
The trembling senior monk, watching the departing figure, suddenly lost his shivers and just smiled knowingly. He was still entangled with his feelings about this disciple, "Just tell me why you would give up being a Bodhisattva to come mingle in the worldly society."