Xu Qingyun and Leng Qinglian found a corner seat and sat down.
"Qingyun, do you still remember this restaurant?" Leng Qinglian looked at Xu Qingyun and asked.
Xu Qingyun nodded: "We have eaten here once before. On that weekend, we went out to play and when we were hungry, we ate here."
Leng Qinglian smiled and nodded: "That's right."
Soon a waiter came over, and Leng Qinglian directly reported the names of the dishes one by one without looking at the menu.
Xu Qingyun looked at Leng Qinglian with some surprise, because these dishes happened to be the ones they had ordered that day, and he didn't expect Leng Qinglian to still remember them.
The dishes that were ordered soon came out one after another, and they tasted good. Otherwise, it would not have been able to survive for so many years without closing down.
The two of them chatted while eating.
"Qingyun, do you want to know where I have been all these years?" Leng Qinglian suddenly said.
"Didn't you go to school elsewhere?" Xu Qingyun became a little confused.
Leng Qinglian shook her head and said: "I didn't go to school, I went somewhere."
Xu Qingyun was very surprised when he heard this.
He always thought that Leng Qinglian left Yuncheng to go to school elsewhere.
"Qingyun, I don't know if you have heard of Jingxin Temple." Leng Qinglian said.
"Jingxin Temple!?" Xu Qingyun heard this, recalled it for a while, and then shook his head.
He had not heard of the Jingxin Temple, but he knew about the Shaolin Temple.
Leng Qinglian suddenly mentioned this Jingxin Temple. Did she go to Jingxin Temple these years?
Leng Qinglian said quietly: "Jingxin Temple is located in Mount Emei, but it is hidden. Ordinary people don't know about it and can't find it."
"The Jingxin Temple is full of nuns, and one of them is my mother."
When Xu Qingyun heard this, he looked at Leng Qinglian in surprise.
Leng Qinglian continued: "In the past few years, I have not gone to school or anywhere else. I have always stayed at Jingxin Temple to accompany my mother."
"I grew up in my maternal grandfather's house. I have never seen my mother, and I don't know where she has gone, whether she is alive or dead."
"More than three years ago, my grandpa suddenly got the news that my mother was at Jingxin Temple, so my grandpa and I went to Jingxin Temple together. Although it was the first time I saw my mother when I had self-awareness, the first time I saw her was
I knew right away that she was my mother."
"The feeling of being connected by blood cannot be fooled. My mother also recognized me at a glance."
"I lived in Jingxin Temple for three years. I stayed with my mother every day, lived with her, chanted sutras and studied Buddhism with her. Jingxin Temple is quiet and peaceful. Some people may find it boring, but I actually like it there."
Leng Qinglian spoke slowly, and Xu Qingyun also listened quietly.
"After living in Jingxin Temple for a while, I discovered that there were legendary Buddhist and Taoist masters like Shaolin Temple in Jingxin Temple. They practiced Buddhism while practicing Buddhism."
Speaking of this, Leng Qinglian raised her head and glanced at Xu Qingyun: "You are very strong, but I don't know if you are as strong as Qingyun."
Xu Qingyun just smiled and did not answer.
Leng Qinglian continued: "Later, an expert from Jingxin Temple took a fancy to my qualifications and said that I had a Buddhist connection and excellent talent. He hoped that I would become her teacher and practice Buddhism with her."
"Everyone in Jingxin Temple calls her - Master Wu Nian!"
"Even my mother persuaded me to agree to Master Wu Nian and become her teacher. But I hesitated and did not agree immediately."
"Master Wu Nian said that if you want to practice under her disciples, you must have no thoughts and no pursuits. Before your cultivation is complete, you cannot enter the secular world, you must not have worries in your heart, and you must not have any emotions or desires."
"Isn't that what it means to be a nun?" Xu Qingyun couldn't help but interjected.
Leng Qinglian shook her head: "That's not the case. Master Wu Nian said that as long as I practice great achievements, I can break these things. Wu Nian Wu Qing just wants me to practice better."
"But Master Wu Nian doesn't know how long it will take to achieve perfection. She said it could be one or two years, or it could be ten or eight years."
"I was originally hesitant to agree, but one night when I was thinking about it, I accidentally fell asleep in front of the Buddha statue."
"I had a dream that night, a very mysterious dream. I can't tell what the dream was like. I can't describe it. The dream was like an ethereal feeling."
"When I woke up, I found that it was already the next morning, and there was something extra in my body."
"What?" Xu Qingyun asked curiously.
"A relic." Leng Qinglian said.
Relics, also known as Sri Luo, are made by practicing merits and virtues. After the death of eminent monks, they will turn into relics.
Leng Qinglian slept in front of the Buddha statue and obtained a relic the next day, which was indeed miraculous.
"Qingyun, what I said is true. You may not believe it, but I can feel the relic inside my body, but I can't show it to you."
"I only told my mother about this matter, and you. My mother said that this might be the guidance given to me by the Buddhists to let me practice Buddhism."
"Qinglian, I believe what you said." Xu Qingyun nodded and said.
Just now, Xu Qingyun opened the Eye of the Candle Dragon, explored Leng Qinglian, and discovered that there was actually a colorful relic in the Dantian inside her body.
"Qingyun, thank you for trusting me." Leng Qinglian looked at Xu Qingyun with some gratitude and said.
"So you came back this time to say goodbye." Xu Qingyun looked at Leng Qinglian and said.
Leng Qinglian nodded: "I have promised Master Wu Nian to practice with her. I don't know how long it will take to practice, so I come back to say goodbye to grandpa and the others, and to you."
Leng Qinglian's last words were said with a pair of beautiful eyes looking at Xu Qingyun.
Xu Qingyun smiled softly and said: "Actually, in the past few years, I have also gone to a mysterious place, where I learned this skill."
"I've actually guessed this." Leng Qinglian said with a gentle smile.
If Leng Qinglian hadn't told her, Xu Qingyun would have never known that she would have had such an experience in the past few years.
"Tomorrow is my birthday, and there will be a birthday party in the evening. I hope you can come over then. When the birthday is over, I will go back to Jingxin Temple to practice with Master Wu Nian."
"When the time comes, I don't know when we can see each other again."
"When you have completed your cultivation, we can meet again." Xu Qingyun said with a smile.
Leng Qinglian told him this, which meant that she had already made a decision in her heart, and Xu Qingyun would not stop her.
Everyone should have their own things to do and their own choices and decisions.
And this is not a separation of life and death, never to see each other again.
Mount Emei, Jingxin Temple, maybe I will visit it in the future.
"Yeah, yeah, I'll come back to see you when I'm done practicing." Leng Qinglian said with a smile with red eyes.
"This is the invitation to the birthday party tomorrow night, Qingyun, you must come, you are my best friend." Leng Qinglian said, handing the handwritten invitation to Xu Qingyun.
Xu Qingyun reached out to take it and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will definitely participate on time."