“To better protect the golden Arhats, Xu Fei used his pure true qi to stimulate growth, forcibly causing the entire banyan grove beside it to shoot up like onions pulled from dry soil, instantly adding several hundred years to their age.
Looking at the banyan grove before him, now as sturdy as the great banyan tree, the old abbot pressed his palms together, recited ‘Amitabha,’ and then led the way down the mountain.
When Xu Fei descended, he found Jingguang Temple’s gates tightly shut, except that four jade Arhats had appeared on the stone steps.
‘It seems your master has given me the boot, Orchid, so I’ll take my leave!’
‘Mm, Senior, may we meet again if fate allows…’
By the end, to hide her reluctance, Orchid turned her back, opened the wooden door, and hid behind it.
‘Farewell, Jingguang Temple.’
Xu Fei sighed, then took the four jade Arhats and headed down the mountain.
In the days after Xu Fei left, every evening at sunset, someone would sit at the entrance of Jingguang Temple, holding a white shirt, gazing down the stone steps below the mountain.
‘Orchid, since you can’t let go, why not follow Senior?’
Having lived to such an age, the old abbot naturally saw through Orchid’s little thoughts at a glance.
‘But… if Orchid leaves, won’t Master be left all alone soon?’
Orchid’s face flushed slightly at first, but seeing her master’s serious expression, she began to consider it seriously too.
‘Heh heh, don’t worry about me, these green tiles and bricks have grown dear to this old man, besides, I’ve got the Buddha, so off you go!’
The old abbot pointed at the golden platform in front of him, then turned away, refusing to look at Orchid any longer.
‘Master… then this disciple will go!’
Seeing her master even more resolute than herself, Orchid hesitated no longer, packed the white shirt in her hands, and set off alone down the mountain to find Xu Fei.
Meanwhile, Xu Fei, in the two days since returning, had been focusing intensely on cultivating the yang energy within his body.
Originally, the events at Jingguang Temple had made Xu Fei feel he’d wasted some time.
But to his surprise upon returning, he discovered that the yang energy in his body had grown significantly!
‘It seems that as long as those Red Buddha Society guys are around, my yang energy will likely keep increasing!’
Speaking of which, ever since Xu Fei discovered he could cultivate yang energy, he’d encountered plenty of local thugs and ruffians.
Not one of them hadn’t been taught a lesson on the spot by him.
Yet the growth of yang energy in his body had been utterly unpredictable.
Now, reflecting on it and piecing things together, Xu Fei realised that whenever his yang energy increased, it was always after he’d clashed with someone from the Red Buddha Society and given them a thrashing.
This realisation got Xu Fei a bit excited.
Since he’d have to keep dealing with the Red Buddha Society and the Blood-Clad Sect behind them anyway, perhaps the more he tangled with them, the stronger his yang energy would grow!
‘But right now, the most important thing is probably to release the excess yang energy in my body, otherwise, I feel like I’m about to burst.’
Muttering to himself, Xu Fei made up his mind and waited until night fell.
That day, Xu Fei had given his wife a heads-up in advance, so instead of sleeping in the bedroom, he chose to rest in the study.”
