Chapter 900: Side Story, Wu Ju
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Only innocence and kindness could wake him up—
When Wu Ju woke up, it was night.
The temporary body he was using was sitting in front of a stove. There was a pot of pork trotters simmering in the pot. The smoked meat had a unique fragrance. It was very fragrant. He had been summoned by kindness.
He was one with good and evil and was already an immortal recognized by the Heavenly Dao.
Countless years had passed. Sometimes, he would be summoned to end the endless war, and sometimes, he would wake up in interstellar space.
Whether it was the ancient times or the future, he had been there.
This time, the body he entered belonged to a middle-aged man called Lu Qingjin. Lu Qingjin was already 50 years old. He was a cultivator from the modern era.
At this moment, there were no spells to speak of in this cultivation. What people cultivated was the Dao of the heart. The spiritual qi in this world was weak, and cultivation could not achieve much. However, to cultivators of the Dao of the heart, peace of mind was the goal.
Sensing that someone was approaching, Wu Ju turned around and saw a long-haired girl. She looked at Wu Ju and said shyly, “Master Lu, I-I’m here to see if there’s anything 1 can help you with.”
Wu Ju looked at her and said calmly, “Are you hungry?”
The girl was stunned for a moment before shaking her head. “I’m not hungry.”
Wu Ju stood up from the stove. “Watch the fire.”
The girl was gentle and obedient. Wu Ju went to get the bowls and chopsticks and opened the lid of the pot. The pot of pork trotters was already stewed. He scooped a bowl out and sprinkled some onions on it before bringing it to the girl. “1 can feel that you’re hungry. Eat.”
The girl held the bowl and replied softly, “Ok.”
Wu Ju did not pay much attention to the girl, even though he knew that she was the daughter of the original Lu Qingjin who was taken away by human traffickers.
Wu Ju took the basket and left. The host was currently participating in the reality show, and his every move was captured by the camera. Therefore, even the people closest to him were strangers. To the host, the girl was just a guest.
Lu Qingjin lived in Qingshan Temple in the middle of the forest. It was April, and the rain was abundant. When Wu Ju went out, a few young participants were playing poker in the courtyard.
The girl who entered the house just now was clearly ostracized by them.
Wu Ju did not look at them for long. He took the basket and entered the forest. As he picked up the fungi, he thought about how to fulfill what the host wanted.
He liked to send those hypocrites to hell. After tearing off their disguises, he liked to admire their true appearance.
Before Lu Qingjin became a monk, he was a normal person. He had the person he loved the most. When his wife was giving birth, she bled to death and gave birth to a young girl. Lu Qingjin could not walk out of the pain of his late wife’s death, but with a young girl around, he had something to live for.
However, the heavens did not care about this man who had lost his parents and loved one in his early years. When his daughter was one year old, she was taken away by human traffickers. Lu Qingjin was too weak to catch the human traffickers.
His daughter’s life and death were unknown. Lu Qingjin wanted to die, but he could not let go of his daughter. After searching for a few years, he became a monk. His daughter was only one year old when she was taken away. It was very likely that she would be bought and raised by someone else. He could not find her, but he could pray for her.
After the old monk died, he became the abbot to guard the temple. He spent all his time farming and reading the scriptures in the temple.
When Lu Qingjin was 27 years old, he picked up a baby girl at the foot of the mountain. At that time, the baby girl was seriously ill. As the Buddhist teachings said, it was fate that brought them together. He did not sit back and do nothing. He brought the baby girl back.
With careful care, the baby girl grew up safely. He wanted to send the baby girl to the police station, but the police only suggested sending the girl to an orphanage. He couldn’t bring himself to do this.
He brought back the baby girl and named her Lu Qiuran. The temple was poor. The villagers at the foot of the mountain had long known that Lu Qiuran was adopted. When Lu Qiuran was young, children of the same age often said that she was adopted by a monk, so Lu Qiuran knew that she was adopted.
Lu Qiuran asked Lu Qingjin, “Father, is it because I’m not your biological daughter that you don’t love me and buy me candy?”
For Lu Qiuran’s sake, Lu Qingjin began to perform rituals to earn money. When he earned money, he would buy delicious food for Lu Qiuran. When she reached the age to go to school, he would send her to school. Lu Qingjin was trying his best to satisfy Lu Qiuran’s needs. She always wanted to buy new clothes and school bags, but Lu Qingjin was a monk and could not earn much. He bought cloth, cut it, and made clothes for her. Lu Qiuran did not like the clothes Lu Qingjin made, but she had no choice but to wear them because Lu Qingjin could not afford expensive clothes.
The older Lu Qiuran grew up, the more she wanted. She was extremely stubborn and vain. Every time she returned home, she would ask for money.
Lu Qingjin knew that Lu Qiuran had been getting bad influences from school. He hoped that Lu Qiuran could stop comparing herself to others. He wanted Lu Qiuran to write Buddhist scriptures to calm her mind. Lu Qiuran wrote them every time, but she hated Lu Qingjin in her heart.
Everyone knew that Lu Qiuran was adopted by Lu Qingjin. She was raised by this monk. If she was not filial, she would be an ingrate. Lu Qiuran, who was vain, did not want to bear the infamy. After high school, she did not listen to Lu Qingjin to go to university. Instead, she plunged into the entertainment industry.
She wasn’t beautiful enough, so she would go for plastic surgery. She wasn’t thin enough, so she would go for liposuction.
Lu Qingjin knew that she could not change, so he did not force her. Lu Qiuran did not need him when she grew up, and he would not ask her to repay him. After Lu Qiuran left, she never came back. Lu Qingjin did not have a phone, so he naturally did not know how developed the Internet was. Suddenly, one day, Lu Qiuran brought many people back..
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