A Cutie Spoiled by Her Seven Uncles-Chapter 598: I’m becoming a disciple! So, you better be prepared!
Chapter 598: Chapter 598: I’m becoming a disciple! So, you better be prepared!
The speaker was the heavily pregnant Wang Dongxue.
She had always been a favorite of Old Madame Ji and was now carrying Ji Youyuan’s child. Her three or four-month pregnancy made her look as if she were six or seven months along.
When Ji Youyuan was at the Illusion Sect, he had suspected Wang Dongxue might be carrying twins.
Later, a doctor also said her pulse indicated as much, but due to insufficient experience, could not definitively confirm it.
It was only then that Ji Youyuan wrote to Ji Youran, asking him to come to the Illusion Sect.
Who would have thought such a blunder would occur! Just moments before, Ji Youyuan had been sharing a carriage with Xiaosuisui and his wife. Xiaosuisui had taken Wang Dongxue’s pulse, and had Aling examine her as well, confirming that Wang Dongxue was indeed carrying twins.
This news overjoyed everyone in the Ji Family. She was now their most treasured person.
Another Ji Family member chimed in, "Yes, Mother. Eldest Sister-in-law is right. As long as Suisui is unwilling, no one in this world can force our Suisui."
While the Ji Family members were talking, the Abbot walked over from the other side. With a smile, he invited the Ji Family to the front seats to observe the ceremony.
However, Ji Youyuan declined and even had everyone move back a little.
The Abbot was puzzled. Why were the Ji Family, like the Empress Dowager, unwilling to sit in the viewing platform seats?
This doubt had just surfaced in his mind, and before he could figure it out, he saw Nanny Xiao approaching with the Princess.
The one with great karmic fortune had finally arrived. She was about to be accepted as a disciple by his Martial Grand-Uncle, becoming a disciple of their Buddhist sect.
Imagining the thriving future of his sect, all thanks to this little child before him, the Abbot couldn’t stop a wide grin from spreading across his face.
Nanny Xiao carried Xiaosuisui towards them. Reluctantly setting her down, she then addressed the Empress Dowager, "Your Highness, the Princess is still so young! Are you truly going to let her join the Buddhist sect at this age?"
Nanny Xiao’s question reached not only the ears of the Empress Dowager and the Ji Family but also the Abbot present.
Fearing any further complications, he quickly put his palms together, chanted "Amitabha," and said to Xiaosuisui, "Little Martial Aunt, the initiation ceremony should begin. Please come with me."
When the Abbot finished speaking, he reached for Xiaosuisui’s hand. Xiaosuisui did not pull away, but her feet remained rooted to the spot.
The Abbot, still holding her hand, began to lead her towards Master Liao Kong.
The next moment, however, he found himself staring at Xiaosuisui, his eyes wide with disbelief.
"Little Martial Aunt, why aren’t you moving?"
Xiaosuisui blinked at the Abbot and asked, "Where are the Heart Method and the Silent Meditation Cultivation Technique? I won’t become a disciple if I don’t see them!"
Hearing this, the Abbot couldn’t help but glance towards Liao Kong.
Liao Kong immediately produced two sheepskin scrolls from his sleeve. "They’re right here, come and get them!"
Seeing the two sheepskin scrolls, Xiaosuisui’s eyes widened. Her bright eyes darted about, and with a giggle, she scampered on her short legs towards Liao Kong.
She reached out her chubby little arm to grab them!
The old monk Liao Kong deftly retrieved the sheepskin scrolls.
"Disciple, if you want them, you must wait until after the initiation ceremony."
Hearing this, Xiaosuisui’s face fell, and she turned to look at Ji Youyuan.
Ji Youyuan smiled gently at her and said four words, "Follow your heart!"
Xiaosuisui nodded, then plopped down on the ground, pouted, and declared huffily, "Then I’m not becoming a disciple."
Liao Kong was stunned.
The Abbot, his forehead beaded with sweat, glanced at Ji Youyuan.
With a SWISH, Ji Youyuan opened his folding fan. Fanning himself in the crisp autumn air—how fitting for the season!
"This... you just have to go through the ceremony first, then you get the Cultivation Techniques. It won’t delay things!" Monk Liao Kong, for the first time ever, found himself trying to coax a child.
This left the Abbot and the other monks utterly dumbstruck.
"I don’t believe you. Who knows if you’ll give them to me after I become a disciple?" Xiaosuisui was unhappy, directly questioning Monk Liao Kong’s integrity.
"Amitabha. Monastics do not tell falsehoods. Since I, as your master, have promised to give them to you, I will certainly not go back on my word."
Xiaosuisui didn’t believe him. After a moment’s thought, she said, "His Majesty, my adoptive father, instructed you to personally preside over three prayer services for the disaster victims. Yet last night, you were planning to run off to the Western Regions with me. If my eldest maternal uncle and second maternal aunt hadn’t arrived, you wouldn’t have been able to preside over today’s third service. Wouldn’t you call that telling a falsehood?"
Ah, this...
The surrounding crowd blinked, exchanging glances. What had they just heard?
That Liao Kong, such a highly respected and virtuous senior monk, would actually do such a thing!
They could hardly believe it to be true!
But the Princess was only a child of four or five; she couldn’t possibly have the cunning to frame Master Liao Kong, much less lie!
Instantly, Liao Kong felt the questioning gazes of the crowd fix upon him.
"That was a misunderstanding, Little Martial Aunt. You must believe your Martial Grand-Uncle! He..."
"If he doesn’t give me the Heart Method first, I won’t believe it was a misunderstanding!" The little girl tilted her small head back, her nose in the air.
One look at her defiant expression, and it was clear she would be difficult to handle.
The Abbot looked at Liao Kong helplessly. "Martial Grand-Uncle! You see..."
"Here, take them!" Seeing the Abbot’s helpless expression, Liao Kong handed the sheepskin scrolls to Xiaosuisui.
Xiaosuisui glanced at the scrolls she held, then pouted and asked, "Great Monk, you didn’t trick me, did you?"
Liao Kong said nothing, but the Abbot interjected to correct her, "Little Martial Aunt, you should address him as Master!"
Xiaosuisui tucked the sheepskin scrolls into her small pouch, tilted her head up to look at the sky, and said, "Whether he can be my master or not will depend on a test!"
The Abbot was perplexed. Liao Kong simply gazed up at the sky.
A test?
Liao Kong thought.
In the Central Plains, was there anyone more qualified than himself to be this little girl’s master? Test him? Who could? Who would dare?
He inwardly scoffed, though his face remained forcibly calm.
"Amitabha! Martial Grand-Uncle, the tea is here!"
A young shami approached with a tray, announced the Buddha’s name, and then stood beside Xiaosuisui, holding the tea tray.
"I’ve given you the items, and the tea is here. It’s time for the ceremony," Liao Kong looked at Xiaosuisui, reminding her.
Xiaosuisui stood up, remembering what her eldest maternal uncle had said:
"As long as you are not willingly becoming a disciple, when you kneel, just tell yourself you are being forced; that it’s not from your own heart."
"Not from my own heart? What does that mean?"
she wondered.
"It depends on Heaven’s will!"
"What is Heaven’s will?"
Her eldest maternal uncle hadn’t answered, merely offering a smile as he moved past.
The little girl didn’t understand what her eldest maternal uncle meant by this. Why did she have to do it? But she felt that whatever her eldest maternal uncle said must be correct.
So, she looked at the prayer cushion before her with a beaming smile and asked Liao Kong, "Are you sure you want me to kneel and become your disciple?"
Liao Kong replied with certainty, "Naturally!"
Xiaosuisui nodded. Grinning, she took the tea from the Abbot and said to Liao Kong with a mischievous smile, "Then you’d better get ready!"
Liao Kong looked at her, puzzled. "What do I need to prepare for?"
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Chapter 598: I’m becoming a disciple! So, you better be prepared!
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