Evil Master and Disciple

Chapter 1349 Making a Wish

Before us was a small temple that wasn't very big, but its incense was extremely popular.

Most of the people who come to this small temple to burn incense are young men and women.

Small temples with only a few rooms are very common in Jiuhua Mountain.

Some small temples may only have three or five monks or nuns.

This small temple is called Qianchen Nunnery.

The main hall enshrines Guanyin Bodhisattva.

Guanyin Bodhisattva is a rare hexagonal Bodhisattva in Buddhism. She is in charge of relieving suffering and distress, protecting all living beings, helping people have children, curing diseases, and even getting involved in the work of the Old Man Under the Moon.

Those who come to Qianchen Temple to pray for blessings or fulfill vows are mostly young men and women under the age of thirty. They mostly come for marriage or to have children.

Originally, Yue Yinling and the other disciples of the Taoist sect had no interest in Buddhism.

They strolled around Mount Jiuhua, not to worship Buddha, but to enjoy the beautiful scenery of Mount Jiuhua.

However, upon hearing Ye Feng say that the Buddha and Bodhisattvas in this small temple might be in charge of marriage, several older women eager to get married immediately became interested.

Although they say that Buddhism is bad in this way and that way, seeing so many young men and women of marriageable age burning incense in this temple, they guess it must be very effective.

So the girls said no, but their bodies betrayed their intentions and they went into the Qianchen Nunnery.

Qianchen Nunnery is very small, with only five or six rooms.

At the very front is the main hall of Qianchen Temple, which is also the only place that pilgrims and tourists can enter.

Behind the Guanyin Hall are several brick and tile houses, which are the residences where the nuns in the temple rest and meditate on weekdays.

On one side of the Guanyin Hall, there is a large locust tree, and not far below the locust tree, there is an ancient well.

The ancient well wasn't for drawing water, but for making wishes.

Ye Feng did not rush into the Guanyin Hall with the three girls, but instead saw many men and women throwing copper coins into the ancient well.

So Ye Feng and Yun Shuang'er went over as well.

This is a common method of making money used by Buddhist temples or some other religious sites.

Dig a well about ten feet deep. It doesn't matter whether you can find water or not. Even if you don't find water, someone will still fill it with buckets of water.

Then, a small earthenware or porcelain jar with a hole no bigger than the eye of a pin is placed underwater in the well, and worshippers are asked to throw copper coins into the well.

The mouth of the pottery jar is almost the size of a copper coin.

If the copper coin lands precisely at the mouth of the earthenware jar after falling into the water and enters the jar, then the person's wish will surely be fulfilled.

The well was filled with copper coins several feet thick, but there were not many copper coins in the pottery jar.

Isn't this just ripping people off?

Ye Feng had experienced this kind of money-grabbing trick many times in his previous life.

Every time Ye Feng visited a temple or burned incense, he would drop off dozens of coins.

However, Yun Shuang'er doesn't seem to have any experience visiting temples.

After learning how the wishing well works, she immediately became interested.

Young men and women happily tossed coins into the underwater jar.

Many more men and women, like Ye Feng in his previous life, paid money to learn a lesson.

Even so, many worshippers still line up to donate money.

Seeing the curiosity on Yun Shuang'er's face, Ye Feng said, "Shuang'er, do you want to play too? Why don't you give it a try?"

Yun Shuang'er did not speak.

This already constitutes agreement.

So Ye Feng took out a lot of copper coins from the black silk bracelet.

Copper coins were the legal tender of the world. A string of coins consisted of one thousand coins, and one string could be exchanged for one tael of silver.

Ye Feng pulled out five strings of copper coins directly from the black silk bracelet.

"Make way, make way, let us play first!"

Ye Feng's bullying nature kicked in; he didn't even bother queuing, and with five strings of copper coins hanging around his neck, he pulled Yun Shuang'er aside and pushed through the crowd.

Just as the crowd began to complain, they noticed that the young man had five strings of copper coins hanging around his neck and that he and his female companion were both carrying immortal swords. They realized that this arrogant young man was most likely a cultivator.

Ordinary people dare not fight against officials, so how could they dare to fight against cultivators?

So the pilgrims in front of Ye Feng and Yun Shuang'er all made way for them, and no one dared to say a word.

Although Yun Shuang'er felt that Ye Feng's actions were somewhat domineering, she didn't pay much attention to them.

After all, there is still a huge difference in status between cultivators and mortals.

Moreover, neither she nor Ye Feng were ordinary cultivators; they were at the very top of the sect and enjoyed various privileges from a young age.

Yun Shuang'er looked at the five thousand copper coins hanging around Ye Feng's neck, which were almost breaking his neck.

She said, "Xiao Feng, this is too much. One is enough."

“One won’t do. The Buddhist sect is very cunning. This is their main source of revenue. To be on the safe side, let’s throw in a lot more at once, a full five thousand copper coins. Surely one of them will get into the jar.”

Yun Shuang'er said, "This is supposed to be a matter of praying for blessings. What you're doing is... isn't it..."

"Isn't it all just about buying peace of mind? Do you really think there are gods watching over you?"

Even if gods truly exist, they can't possibly bless all believers simultaneously. It's like doing business; whoever spends the most money gets blessed first. Even gods have their own social obligations!

Yun Shuang'er was defeated by Ye Feng's twisted logic and heresy.

She didn't believe that Buddha would actually bless her, a Taoist disciple, for a single penny.

She just wanted to try out some things that ordinary couples do.

Ye Feng then took out a copper basin from the black silk bracelet and untied all five strings of copper coins, scattering them into the basin.

Then he said to Yun Shuang'er, "Shuang'er, make a wish in your heart first, and then pour this basin of copper coins down."

Although Yun Shuang'er found it absurd and childish, she still gently closed her eyes.

Yun Shuang'er made a very girlish little wish.

That means being able to spend her life with Ye Feng, grow old together, and live a peaceful and safe life.

After making her wish, Yun Shuang'er took the copper basin full of coins from Ye Feng and poured the entire basin of coins into the wishing well.

This scene left countless worshippers around them dumbfounded.

Rich people are different; they play such big games.

Countless copper coins tumbled into the wishing well.

Besides Ye Feng and Yun Shuang'er craning their necks to look inside, many other worshippers also curiously peered inside.

After all, this was the first time someone had poured five thousand copper coins into it at once, and everyone wanted to see how many of them would actually make it into the spout.

But... a disappointing scene unfolded.

All the copper coins swirled and fell downwards after entering the water. Many coins touched the rim of the pot, but ultimately avoided it perfectly.

Of the five thousand copper coins, not a single one fell into the mouth of the pot.

Yun Shuang'er's expression suddenly turned very ugly.

The probability of a coin entering the spout of the pot is about one in twenty, meaning that about one coin will enter the spout after about twenty tries.

Yun Shuang'er poured in five thousand coins at once; surely at least a few dozen copper coins would have entered the spout.

But there wasn't a single one.