Lin Jiaojiao gazed for a moment and then asked, "Master Gu Jian, was this built by your temple?"
"No," Gu Jian shook his head, "This was built by the old priest himself. He said that as a Daoist, he follows the Dao and lives as he pleases. My senior did not object to this, and let him stay in this temporary house within the temple grounds."
Upon hearing this, it seemed like a typical demeanor of an old Daoist priest.
Shiyi went inside and searched the bamboo house from top to bottom, then shook her head as she came out to Lin Jiaojiao.
Lin Jiaojiao knew that since the old priest had left, it was highly unlikely that any clues would remain.
However, this old priest was suspicious from the start. A Daoist priest coming to a Buddhist temple to discuss the Way with a monk was quite strange in itself.
Moreover, the temple's abbot did not stop him, but even allowed the old priest to build a house in the temple courtyard, where he stayed for over a year.
