After getting closer, I found broken and charred branches under the tree, but there was no trace of Abbot Kongkong or Brother Wunu.

"Uncle, senior brother!" he shouted loudly.

The wind was still blowing and the rain was still falling. He looked around for it.

"We are here."

He heard an old voice, looked for the sound, and saw two people in the wind and rain, a hundred steps ahead, behind a few trees. Braving the wind and rain, he walked over and found that Abbot Kongkong and Monk Wunu were still standing there.

Looking at the Black Dragon Pond not far away.

Looking down from this direction, the water in the Black Dragon Pond is still turbulent, the water is blue-black, and the dark clouds above have not dispersed.

"Uncle, senior brother, are you okay?" He felt a little relieved when he saw that the two of them had no injuries on their bodies except that they were soaked.

"I'd like to remind you, junior brother, not long after Master and I came down, a bolt of thunder from the sky landed directly on the big tree. If we were still there, the consequences would be disastrous." Monk Wunu said.

The result will definitely be burnt on the outside and tender on the inside, which is terrible to look at.

"Is the village at the foot of the mountain okay?" Abbot Kongkong asked.

"Some water got in, it's nothing serious." Wu Sheng said.

"Come closer and take a look." After saying this, Abbot Kongkong took the lead and walked towards the Black Dragon Pond at the bottom of the mountain. Wu Wu followed behind with the iron rod, and Wu Sheng followed suit.

After the rain, the mountain road was muddy and extremely difficult to walk. After walking down for about a hundred steps, we were still about a hundred feet away from the Black Dragon Pond. The mountain in front of us suddenly broke apart, forming a cliff.

, dozens of feet deep, like an ax chopping with a knife, the three monks stood on the edge of the cliff looking at the Black Dragon Pond.

After getting closer, Wu Sheng discovered that the Black Dragon Pond was deeper and longer than expected. It led to the depths of the mountain and could not be seen to the end. The water in the pond was turbulent and the wind was strong.

"Uncle, how long has this dragon been practicing?"

"At least five hundred years."

"Five hundred years?!" Wu Sheng was stunned after hearing this.

"A snake can turn into a dragon by cultivating for five hundred years. After cultivating for another five hundred years, it can ascend to the sky and into the clouds, and the dragon can turn into a dragon. The dragon just now has turned into dragon horns and feet. After experiencing another heavenly tribulation, it can completely turn into a dragon.

Dragon." Kongkong looked at the Black Dragon Pond and said, feeling very worried.

"There was thunder and lightning in the clouds. It must have been seriously injured, right?"

"Well, it must be." Abbot Kongkong said.

"If you fall from such a high altitude, will you fall to your death!?" Wu Sheng looked up at the sky, thinking about the scene he saw.

A dragon, covered in blood, fell from the sky and crashed into the deep pool, causing a wave that was more than ten feet high.

"The outer skin of the big snake that has been practicing for hundreds of years has become as hard as iron and is difficult to be hurt by swords. The dragon that has been practicing for hundreds of years is naturally even harder. It is invulnerable to swords and guns, water and fire. Let alone falling into the water from the sky, even if it falls on a hard surface

The broken stones on the rocks are also stones." Abbot Kongkong said.

"Will this storm affect Daolanruo Temple?"

"It's hard to say, I haven't talked to it before." Kongkong said.

After hearing this, Wu Sheng fell silent and looked at the Black Dragon Pond quietly.

He also understood the abbot's difficulties. Although the abbot was mighty, he was not invincible. He was tired of dealing with that big snake, not to mention the dragon that had been practicing for at least five hundred years. Living for four hundred more years was not just about eating.

Four hundred years of cooking is so simple, maybe it can already control the wind and rain.

"Our temple has nothing to do with this dragon, right?"

"It hasn't happened in the past hundred years, and I didn't know about it before." Monk Kongkong said, with worry between his brows.

Lanruo Temple has been ruined, and they are the only ones left. Now there is suddenly such an unstable factor, which is inevitably worrying.

The three monks stood here for a long time. The water in the Black Dragon Pool kept stirring and never stopped, but it was not as scary as it was when it didn't rain.

"Let's go."

Abbot Kongkong took the lead up the mountain without saying a word all the way. After returning to the temple, he went directly back to his meditation room.

"Are you okay?" Kong Kong stepped forward and asked when he saw Wu Sheng coming back.

"It's something, it's a big thing. There is a dragon in the Black Dragon Pond that has been practicing for five hundred years." Wu Sheng said, "The storm just now was caused by its tribulation."

"Five hundred years?" Monk Kong's face showed rare solemnity and worry.

"Has the abbot returned to the house?"

"Um."

"You should also go back and rest." After saying this, Monk Kong went to the abbot's Zen room.

Wu Sheng returned to his room, feeling a little restless. He picked up the Diamond Sutra and started reading it until it got dark and his stomach growled with hunger before he stopped.

During dinner, Abbot Kongkong did not show up.

"Where's the master?" Wu Sheng said.

"Senior Brother Abbot has something to do, let us eat first." Monk Kong Kong said.

The atmosphere during the meal was a bit depressing and not very comfortable.

After dinner, Wu Sheng stayed to wash the dishes, and Kong Kong didn't leave either.

"Master, is something wrong?"

"Well, in so many years, this is the second time I have seen your uncle Kong Kong's solemn expression. The situation is very serious!" Kong Kong said.

"The second time, what was the reason for the last time?"

"Because... I can't tell you for the time being." Kong Kong's words came to his lips but he suddenly stopped.

"Master, I feel that you always treat me as an outsider." Wu Sheng was a little unhappy. He had been coming to the temple for several months, but he found that they kept many things from him.

"When the time comes, don't talk about you anymore. Your senior brother Wufan has been in Lanruo Temple for many years, but there are still some things that I haven't told him. Wusheng, sometimes, knowing less is also a kind of happiness." said Kong Kong.

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"Senior Brother Abbot knows a lot, so he has a lot to bear."

"Still don't trust me?" Wu Sheng said.

"Some secrets can only stay here forever and cannot be taken out. Can you stay here forever?" Kong Kong stared at Wu Sheng.

Wu Sheng was silent after hearing this. He couldn't answer this question because he was not sure whether he would really stay here forever. They said life was short, but there were still decades, and he could stay here.

One year, two years, three years, what next? Ten years, twenty years, fifty years, stay here forever? Just be a monk for the rest of your life? He didn't dare to think.

"I don't know. To be honest, Master, I really don't want to be a monk for the rest of my life." Wu Sheng sighed.

Although Lanruo Temple is clean and he can stay here now, he can't guarantee that he can stay here for the rest of his life. After all, he is still young.

"I know and understand, you are still young after all." Kong Kong said.

"But Master, I won't leave for the time being." Wu Sheng said.

After staying here for this period of time, he already has feelings for Lanruo Temple and these monks. Now that there is trouble on the mountain, he will not abandon it.

Well, Kong nodded.
Chapter completed!