I Don't Want to Get Hurt, So I'll Max Out My Defense-Chapter 922 - 923: The monk’s secular name is Li Xiaobai
Chapter 922: Chapter 923: The monk’s secular name is Li Xiaobai
“So it’s Little Master Liu Jinshui, thank you for your efforts!”
The cultivators nodded, seeing that this young novice monk was indeed young and reported his own sect making it unlikely that he was faking, they slightly relaxed and returned to their respective meditation cushions to sit cross-legged, waiting for the results.
Li Xiaobai was very quick in collecting money, with the Power of Faith supervising him, he didn’t even need to check the Storage Bags. These cultivators, who had been converted, wouldn’t commit fraud, and the moment they handed over their Storage Bags, he gathered them into his own.
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Currently, the cultivators throughout the entire mountain were in a state of unrest, so the little episode here temporarily went unnoticed.
After the time it took to drink a cup of tea, Storage Bags from within several miles were collected completely clean, and Li Xiaobai began to take the initiative, weaving through the crowd, individually asking for Immortal Stones.
“Donor, this humble monk is Liu Jinshui, a disciple under Master Wuhu. Today I am taking the trouble on behalf of my master to register for the donors, where you may make your Immortal Stone contributions to this little monk.”
“Donor, there are too many people above, why not entrust the Immortal Stones to this little monk, and I will later go to Master Juejuezi to make a summary.”
“Are there any other donors who wish to sign up to join Master Wuhu’s team? You may come to this little monk to pay the fee for registration.”
Li Xiaobai was collecting large amounts of Immortal Stones and making registrations. These ‘leeks’ were already so green and lush that it’d be a waste not to ‘harvest’ them.
The cultivators endlessly praised this little novice monk named Liu Jinshui.
“It’s no wonder that he’s a monk from the Great Thunderclap Temple. Even a little novice monk can be this efficient in his actions, incomparable to other sects’ strength!”
“Yes indeed, if it were a disciple from my sect handling this, I’m afraid they’d get dizzy after collecting a few bags of Immortal Stones. For a little novice monk to achieve this is truly remarkable.”
“Exactly, if this little master wasn’t from the Great Thunderclap Temple, I would almost think he was an old hand at this. There is indeed reasoning to be admitted into the Great Thunderclap Temple for cultivation.”
“However, speaking of it, the masters from the Great Thunderclap Temple really are kind-hearted. In order to take care of us, they’ve specially sent two masters to assist us. That little master over there, though a bit fat, is just as quick in his actions as Little Master Liu Jinshui!”
The cultivators were all talking at once, their words filled with nothing but praise.
Unintentionally on the part of the speakers, but purposefully on the part of the listeners, Li Xiaobai’s heart moved when he heard this, and he turned to the nearest cultivator and asked, “Amitabha, may I inquire from this donor what the Dharma name of the other brother who is registering on behalf of Master Wuhu might be?”
“Little Master, coincidentally, I just came from over there. That little master, like you, just joined the Great Thunderclap Temple and hasn’t yet had the chance to shave his head. His secular name is Li Xiaobai, a really clever person. If the Buddhist Sect has such disciples, how can it not prosper!”
The cultivator said with a beaming smile.
“Indeed, speaking of this Li Xiaobai, he is quite remarkable. It is said he is a prodigy from the Eastern Continent who used to look down on everything. However, after accepting the teachings of the Buddhist Sect, he has decided to turn over a new leaf and start a new life. Now, he has joined the Great Thunderclap Temple, and the reason he hasn’t shaved his head yet is probably because the Abbot is still considering it!”
The name Li Xiaobai was heard by many in the Buddha Country. His being subdued by the Great Thunderclap Temple was strange, but rational, and the cultivators did not suspect otherwise.
“Amitabha, it’s nothing but taking some worries off Master Wuhu’s mind, that’s all. Little monk will be on his way now.”
Li Xiaobai’s heart skipped a beat, and after a few pleasant exchanges, he headed for the other side of Thunderclap Mountain.
That impostor had the same idea as himself, also taking advantage of the opportunity to gather resources, and from what the cultivators said, his speed was just as fast.
“Damn it, I could have earned half, but now it’s going to shrink to a third, the scoundrel!”
Li Xiaobai cursed inwardly as he went along collecting Immortal Stones.
A few minutes later, Li Xiaobai got to the other side of Thunderclap Mountain, and as he asked for Immortal Stones, he found the cultivators here had already registered early. The little novice monk in charge of collecting the resources was named Li Xiaobai.
“I’ve come a step too late, this half of the mountain has already been thoroughly gathered. I have to see who you really are, having such an excellent idea like mine, surely you’re no ordinary person!”
Continuing onward, circling around the middle of the mountain, he never caught sight of the impostor Li Xiaobai.
Moreover, wherever he went, the testimony of the cultivators was astonishingly consistent—little novice monk Li Xiaobai, under Master Wuhu, had already registered them.
“Master Li Xiaobai truly has a Buddha’s heart. I was robbed on my way here and can’t produce ten thousand top-grade Immortal Stones, but he agreed to let me use items of equivalent value as collateral, to be redeemed later after I’ve prepared the Immortal Stones. The disciples of the Great Thunderclap Temple truly have pure and kind hearts!”
A cultivator said as much.
“Yeah, yeah, I’m even worse off than this brother here, I couldn’t bring anything out, and that little monk actually agreed to let me sign a debt-note and have my sect bring the resources later. Such generosity!”
The other cultivators also nodded in agreement.
On hearing this, Li Xiaobai’s face turned from green to purple, lamenting that this was just too kind. This was the epitome of kindness opening the door to ultimate kindness!
What he didn’t know was that, at the same time, a rotund, grey-clothed monk had also made his way to another side of Thunder Peak.
“Amitabha, honorable patrons, please pay an entry fee of ten thousand top-grade Immortal Stones. I am the little monk Li Xiaobai, at your service.”
The cultivators happily handed over their Immortal Stones, lighthearted and chatting away. Suddenly, a discordant voice rang out nearby, slightly ruining the mood, but nobody said much. Turning their heads, they saw a plump, young monk with a broad smile addressing them.
“Master, we have already paid the entrance fee.”
The cultivators responded with a smile.
“You’ve paid?”
“Have you honorable patrons already ascended to the peak?”
The plump monk was taken aback upon hearing this and asked with some confusion, as the mountain peak was teeming with people, and these cultivators shouldn’t have been able to get up there, right?
“You misunderstand, Master. Master Wuhu, being absolutely pure-hearted, sent two little monks down to register our names for us. It was another little monk named Liu Jinshui who registered us. This area is all under his watch. It seems the two little monks hurried in their preparations and didn’t communicate properly.”
A middle-aged cultivator chuckled with a face full of goodwill. In his eyes, the plump little monk before him was incredibly dedicated, having rushed here immediately after dealing with the other side of the mountain and not even having time to communicate with little monk Liu Jinshui. It was deeply moving.
“Little monk Liu Jinshui?”
On hearing this, the plump monk started visibly, wondering where this guy came from.
Coming here to compete with him for resources?
“Amitabha, it seems I have been careless. I am unaware of where my Senior Brother Liu went off to. I shall go look for him right away.”
Regaining his composure, the plump monk maintained his warm smile, but if one looked closely, one could see a flicker of impatience and unrest in his eyes.
“He probably went over that way.”
The cultivator pointed in a certain direction.
“Many thanks, honorable patron!”
The plump monk transformed into a gust of wind and vanished on the spot, leaving the onlookers agape with surprise. Indeed, such was a monk from the Great Thunderclap Temple, a mere novice who hadn’t yet been fully initiated yet possessed such formidable cultivation. Justly was the Buddha Country the gathering place for prodigies!
Thunder Peak.
Atop the mountain.
Ergouzi was collecting Immortal Stones until his hands were sore, unable to stop smiling and drooling, entirely oblivious to the fact that unbeknownst to him, his customers had been completely shared out by two other figures.
At the base of the mountain.
Two grey-robed novices began making their rounds around the mountain, each hoping to spot the other first, but all their searching was in vain.
Plump little novice: “Damn it, who the hell is so unscrupulous as to impersonate Ol’ Fatty and cause trouble like this!”
Grey-robed little novice: “What the hell, why is this guy running so fast? Could there be some Immortal Stones left uncollected by me?”
