Amidst the gratitude of the villagers, Zhang Beichen left with compassion.

Ci Nian was no longer in the mood to sing Buddhist music. She whispered: "I discovered that these Yan people are not devils. They are just like the people of the Kushan Empire, just poor people trying to survive."

Zhang Beichen said: "Of course, if you have the opportunity to go to the territory of Dayan. You will find that the people of Dayan are warm and simple, and they do not reject foreigners from the Western Regions or Kushan."

At this moment, Ci Nian's heart was a little shaken.

Master Wei kept telling him that there were many demons in Dayan.

What she saw was that these people were not bad people, but it was King Kanishka's policies that drove them to a dead end.

Zhang Beichen continued to move forward with her.

"I am going to the border of the Kushan Empire. You should rarely leave the capital, so you can see the true appearance of the Kushan Empire and see how the monks live!" Zhang Beichen said.

【You guys keep moving forward.】

On the road, Cinian saw many sights that she had never seen before.

She saw the monks sitting high in the temple, enjoying the offerings of believers. But those believers were whipped and driven away by them, and used as slaves.

She saw that poor people did not work every day, but sat at home and prayed for blessings from Buddha and to become nobles in the next life.

She saw that what was buried under the towering pagoda was not the bones of eminent monks, but the bones of laborers.

She saw gold and precious stones confiscated from various places carved into Buddha statues, with the blood of the poor stained on them, and the souls of the guilty wailing!

All of this is different from what Master Wai taught her.

Ci Nian became more and more silent, and even stopped talking.

Zhang Beichen knew that her faith was gradually crumbling, but this was not enough!

[On this day, you came to a small town. Ci Nian’s expression changed slightly when he saw the small town. 】

Zhang Beichen came to this place on purpose. This is where Ci Nian once lived.

During the conversation, he tricked Ci Nian into telling her that she was born here. After that, Zhang Beichen sent someone to investigate and indeed got useful information.

"Why are you here?" Ci Nian asked Zhang Beichen.

"Just on my way." Zhang Beichen said, "This is where you were born, right?"

Mentioning this, Ci Nian was reminded of his memories and said: "My parents are ordinary people in this city. They work at sunrise and rest at sunset, and they go to worship Buddha when they have time."

"It was just when I was eight years old that they encountered a disaster. Bandits came to the city to rob and kill them. At that time, the Venerable was traveling nearby. It was he who saved me and buried my parents. From then on, I vowed to

Serve the Buddha all your life!"

Ci Nian still remembers that in front of those ferocious gangsters, an old monk walked up on foot. His whole body was spotless, like the reincarnation of the Buddha, and no sword, gun, axe, or ax could harm him.

Under his conversion, the bandits cried bitterly and committed suicide to forgive their sins.

That scene was deeply engraved in Ci Nian's mind. From then on, she believed that only the Buddha could save the world's troubled people!

"Let's go and meet His Holiness's old friends." Zhang Beichen led a group of them into the city.

In the past ten years, little has changed in the small town.

Looking at the familiar streets, scenes of memories appeared in Ci Nian's mind. She also wanted to find her parents' graves, but found that the graves she had built back then were gone.

"What are you doing? This is the land of Qingguang Temple. What are you doing here?" Several monks drove them away fiercely.

Ci Nian was unwilling to accept it, and her parents' graves were bulldozed and used as private land.

She asked the monk: "Who sold this land and who gave you the title deed?"

The monk smiled and said: "All the places around here belong to Qingguang Temple, so what land deeds are needed?"

"I want to see your abbot!" Ci Nian said in a deep voice.

"Who else are you qualified to see our abbot? Get out! If you don't get out, I'll call someone else!" the monk scolded.

Cinian still wanted to argue with him, but Zhang Beichen stepped forward, drew his sword and put it on the neck of one of the monks. His pressure made the monk tremble all over. He threatened the other monk: "Go and kill everyone in your temple."

Call them all out!"

"Okay, just wait, you will definitely regret it!" The other monk ran away and returned to the temple to call for help.
Chapter completed!