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“Tuan Jingqing?”
Charlie was a bit surprised to hear the name.
This person has been on my radar quite a bit. He successfully helped Nanako attain enlightenment at Qixia Temple, and I never expected him to also have connections with a high-ranking Japanese monk.
He wasn’t a suspicious person, but his intuition told him that if someone unrelated to him kept appearing in his life, there must be something behind it.
So he asked Nanako, “Did you see the monk Jingqing again this time?”
“No.” Nanako shook her head. “After Master Jingqing presided over the funeral, he left Japan. I didn’t attend the funeral, so I didn’t meet Master Jingqing. I went to Kinkaku-ji to pay my respects to Master Kongyin after the funeral. Kinkaku-ji is currently undergoing renovations and is temporarily closed to visitors. However, fortunately, the Ito family has always been a major benefactor of Kinkaku-ji, so the temple made an exception for them.”
Charlie nodded slowly and sighed, “I haven’t met many cultivators in my life. The few I’ve met are either enemies or were enemies in the past. This Master Jingqing was able to enter the Dao through Buddhism, so he must have extraordinary abilities. I hope to meet him and discuss the Dao with him.”
As he spoke, he remembered his own reflection.
Cultivators were extremely rare, so ever since he began to comprehend the Dao, every cultivator who appeared around him had a connection with him.
They were members of the Anti-Seimei Society, or people close to them, like Nanako.
The former targeted him, while the latter suddenly attained enlightenment alongside him, and was enlightened by that Master Jingqing.
Looking at this matter from this perspective, it seems that Master Jingqing’s appearance would not fit this pattern if he did not have any relationship with me.
At that time, Nanako didn’t know what Charlie was thinking. When she heard that Charlie wanted to meet Mr. Jingqing, out of her love for her lover, she immediately said, “Since Charlie wants to meet Mr. Jingqing, Nanako will try to contact him for you and see if he’s willing to meet with Charlie.”
Charlie asked, “Do you have his contact information?”
Nanako shook her head: “No, but Master Jingqing is quite active in the Buddhist community. If you want to find him, it shouldn’t be difficult.”
Charlie then asked, “What is this person’s status in the Buddhist community? Does anyone know that he is a cultivator?”
Nanako said, “Master Jingqing is a young monk who became a nun at a young age. He studied at several Buddhist academies and then began traveling, staying at various temples, giving lectures, and debating the Dharma. He has a very deep understanding of many Buddhist teachings and has been recognized by many Buddhist masters. However, I think the outside world definitely doesn’t know about his identity as a cultivator. After all, being a cultivator is an extraordinary thing. Just like Charliejun, he definitely wouldn’t let outsiders know about it in normal times.”
Charlie suddenly realized something and muttered, “You’re right… Every cultivator has a sense of guilt for possessing a treasure; they can’t, and don’t dare, let others know their secret…”
At this point, Charlie retorted, “But Master Jingqing has nothing to do with you, and you’ve never even met him before. Why would he risk himself to enlighten you and help you achieve enlightenment?!”
“This… I… I don’t know either…” Nanako was also a little confused.
Charlie felt something was wrong the more he thought about it. He frowned and said, “The cultivators in this world are like the hunters in the dark forest described in the ‘Three-Body Problem.’ No one dares to light a torch to attract others’ attention. Moreover, when they see another torch, they immediately move away or kill it outright. Someone like Master Jing Qing, who took the initiative to help you understand the Dao, doesn’t conform to the law of the jungle in this world.”
Nanako felt a little confused and immediately asked him, “Does Charliejun think that Mr. Jingqing has bad intentions?”
“Not really.” Charlie shook his head and said, “He risked his life to help you understand the Dao without expecting anything in return. He’s definitely not a bad person, and he definitely doesn’t have any malicious intentions. So, it’s not that he has malicious intentions, it’s just that his motives are unclear.”
Charlie is not Maria Lin.
If she were Maria Lin, when she thought about this, she should wonder if Claire’s departure also had something to do with Master Jingqing.
If he could think about this, and then try to trace Claire’s previous actions, he might be able to come to the same conclusion as Maria Lin.
At this moment, he felt that Master Jingqing’s appearance seemed to have another purpose, and he wanted to know who this person was.
Nanako then said, “Since Master Wade is suspicious of Master Jing Qing’s motives, let’s find an opportunity to ask him directly. If he happens to discover that I have the potential for enlightenment and accidentally enlightens me, then there’s no need to worry too much. However, if he deliberately approaches me and intends to enlighten me, then this matter becomes complicated. Because if a cultivator could notice someone like me who hasn’t yet attained enlightenment, the only possibility is that he noticed you, Master Wade, first.”
Nanako’s analysis further clarified the confusion.
Charlie also felt that the chances of a cultivator with extremely low chances of survival meeting someone with equally low chances of talent by chance, and being generous enough to help him understand the Dao, were extremely small if you calculated it.
If the chance of a cultivator existing in this world is one in ten million, and the chance of having the talent to become a cultivator is one in a million, then the chance of the two of them meeting by chance in one place is much smaller than the chance of an asteroid hitting Earth.
Therefore, the latter is more likely, and much more likely.
If that is the case…
Charlie suddenly made a bold conclusion: he felt that Mr. Jing Qing was most likely the same person as Stephen Tang.
Thinking of this, he suddenly wanted to go to Zijin Mountain to meet Maria Lin and tell her his conclusion, because in Charlie’s subconscious, the person he could be most honest with and with the least secrets in this world was Maria Lin.
Except for Maria Lin, she held back like everyone else.
Seeing Charlie’s serious expression and silence, Nanako realized the seriousness of the situation and immediately said, “I suddenly feel that this Mr. Jingqing is truly unfathomable. How exactly did he get to know Charlie-jun, and how did he get to know me through Charlie-jun?”
Inspired by her, Charlie immediately asked her, “Do you remember the details of your meeting with him?”
“I remember.” Nanako nodded and said, “I heard from others that Master Jingqing is very skilled at blessing amulets, so I had the idea to ask for one for Charliejun, that’s why I met him at Qixia Temple…”
As he spoke, he whispered somewhat shyly, “Charliejun knows that I… I have always had some feudal and superstitious beliefs…”
Charlie caught something and immediately asked her, “So, where did you hear about him?”
Nanako answered honestly, “It’s in the elevator, in the Tomson Riviera elevator.”
Charlie felt even stranger and frowned, then said, “In the Tomson Riviera elevator? What a coincidence!”
“Yes,” Nanako said. “I was taking the elevator down to the basement when a neighbor came in. She was on the phone with someone about Master Jingqing’s visit to Qixia Temple and that he would be blessing amulets for the faithful. So I went over and asked her about it…”
Charlie narrowed his eyes, a sharp glint flashed through them, then he said firmly, “This woman is suspicious!”