I haven't seen JIETOU for a few days, and he seems to have grown taller. This kid inherited his parents' excellent genes, with clear eyebrows and distinct facial features. Coupled with that cold look, he is so handsome that I am a bit jealous just by looking at him.
Fortunately, he shaved his head and lowered his appearance a bit; otherwise, I estimate that Xie Yilin would directly pounce on him and kiss him passionately.
However, even after seeing the real JIETOU clearly, this woman still blushed and whispered to me: "A person's temperament is indeed essential. When I saw him in the juvenile detention center this morning, he looked dull and uninteresting. But now when I see him again, it feels really cool. Tsk tsk... Your brother is good; I like it."
"If you like it so much, go ahead; I won't stop you," I rolled my eyes at her and ignored her but asked JIETOU next to me: "Hey handsome guy! Can you give us a reasonable explanation?"
"Let's talk while walking," JIETOU said expressionlessly as he put down the bamboo basket on his back and took out some clothes from inside before quickly changing out of his monk robe into new clothes which made him look even cooler than before - making me feel envious.
"Let's go," He put the bamboo basket back on his back again along with wearing a duckbill cap over his head.
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"A lot has happened these past few days." After a moment in the taxi ride together with me,Jietou spoke up.
"Tell me about them all," I replied.
"Who is this woman?" Instead of telling us what had happened to himself during those days,Jietou instead raised an eyebrow towards Xie Yilin who was sitting beside us.
Xie Yilin was stunned by his question and couldn't help but pout, staring at him: "What woman? You little brat, speak politely. I am Liu Yiheng's teacher!"
"Teacher?" Jietou looked a bit embarrassed as he rubbed his head and turned to me for help.
I could only nod my head helplessly.
"What is she doing with us?" Jietou frowned and asked.
"Hey hey! Don't ignore me like air; I can hear everything you say. What do you mean by 'what is she doing with us'? Get it straight - you are the one who joined us later on; now you are following us!" Xie Yilin spoke up while subconsciously hugging my arm, obviously trying to prove her intimate relationship with me.
"I'm going to a place called Modu Mountain this time. She knows that area better than we do, so she will be our guide," I explained to Jietou.
"Okay," Jietou nodded and looked at Xie Yilin before turning back towards me again: "She didn't hear anything about our business, right?"
"No problem; go ahead," I nodded in agreement.
Upon hearing this, Jietou said to me, "If my actual age was used in the trial for this case, I wouldn't have been sent to juvenile detention. The Qin family tampered with my age and changed it to 14 years old, so I was sentenced to two years of juvenile detention. They may even be planning on bribing people in the detention center to kill me. With their power, they are fully capable of doing so."
"So when you were in juvenile detention, you pretended to be foolish as a precaution against the Qin family's plot?" I asked Jietou while furrowing my brows. "But something doesn't seem right here. If you were already in juvenile detention, how did you end up at that old nun's house later? What exactly happened? Did you learn how to clone yourself?"
"Well yes, it was cloning," unexpectedly Jietou nodded and admitted it amidst my teasing.
He actually knew how to clone himself - what is going on?
I was completely stunned by this revelation and Xie Yilin stared at Jietou with wide eyes as if she had just met a god.
"When did you become so powerful?" I looked at Jietou skeptically feeling like his transformation was too incredible.
"Do you remember the flesh Buddha statue we found underground in the ruined temple?" Jietou asked me.
"Of course I do! It seemed like that statue has been taken away by an old man," I replied.
"Yes! Master took away that Buddha statue along with eight treasures." At this point,Jietou nodded before continuing: "You probably thought he wanted them for money or something else greedy didn't you?"
"Not greed then...was he lustful instead? That seems pretty extreme though..."I rolled my eyes and said sarcastically.
"What does that mean?" Xie Yilin blinked her eyes not understanding what I meant.
"You'll understand eventually. Jietou, please continue," I gave Xie Yilin a disdainful look and motioned for Jietou to keep talking.
"In fact, you misunderstood him. He really wasn't greedy at all; he had a reason for taking those things."Jietou looked at me as he spoke.
"What reason?" As I was speaking, my mind couldn't help but think about today's events. After a moment of contemplation, I interrupted Jietou before he could answer: "Don't tell me that the Jietou in juvenile detention was actually that flesh Buddha statue?"
"Exactly!"Jietou looked at me with some excitement and said:"You're really amazing! You guessed it right away. Master knew that the Qin family wanted to harm me and most importantly didn't want me to waste time in juvenile detention so on the night before I was sent there, he used secret techniques to transform the flesh Buddha statue into my appearance."
"Then he brought that statue to find you and asked you to put an extra soul into it so it became a zombie-like creature who could move around but acted like an idiot. This way, it became your substitute during your sentence period,right?"I continued where Jietou left off.
Not bad, you're right again. However, that Buddha statue is not a zombie. According to my master's teachings, it is a Dharma body incarnation. Now it is connected to my mind and I can control all of its actions," JIETOU said to me.
At this point, the situation became clear.
It seems that the old man is really powerful. He actually transformed a zombie into a Dharma body incarnation. It's amazing!
"Then why are you at that old nun's house?" I asked JIETOU.
"That old nun has known my master for a long time. My master asked her to teach me the Eight Treasures Manipulation Technique of Buddhism," JIETOU said to me.
"Do you have those treasures in your hands?" I spoke while subconsciously looking at the bamboo basket beside him.
"Yes, my master gave me those treasures and taught me how to manipulate them with the guidance of that old nun," JIETOU said.
"Awesome!" I couldn't help but give him a thumbs up and envy filled my heart as I said: "Your luck is much better than mine! You've become an expert in one step!"
"My vitality is very weak, but my master says that I have innate advantages over others so he trusts me going out on adventures. He told me that this time following you, my main task is to protect your safety and gain some experience myself," JIETOU looked at me with a smile and his expression was slightly shy.
"Well then, we'll rely on you this time," I looked at JIETOU helplessly and smiled.
"Oh Liu YiHeng! I know now!" As soon as we finished talking and were smiling at each other, Xie Yilin suddenly grabbed onto my arm like she had just realized something important.
"What do you know now?" Curiously asking her what she meant.
"I know what you meant by that sentence. Are you saying your master wants to do something with the physical Buddha statue? That, that thing? Oh my god, you're so dirty and disgusting!"
JIETOU and I: "...