After Descending to the Mortal Realm, the Buddha Venerable Faces a Fiery Reckoning

Jiang Nanxi used to be a carefree fisherman's daughter, until she met the gentle, radiant young master of Guangruo Hall.

The young master was handsome and kind-tempered. Jiang Nanxi loved pestering him with all sorts of strange questions.

"Young Master, don't you get bored reading scriptures all day?"

"Young Master, the peaches on the back mountain are ripe. Shall we go pick some?"

"Young Master, isn't my mother's cooking delicious?"

"Young Master, I'm getting married."

Later, the chattering girl stopped appearing.

As he chanted before the Buddha, the young monk snapped the prayer beads in his hand.

"Mingyuan, is something weighing on your mind lately?"

"Master, my Buddhist heart is unsettled."

And so the lively, radiant girl and the young man who entered the mortal world for love made a vow to stay together forever.

But when the moon is full, it begins to wane; when the water is full, it overflows.

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"It was only a brief sojourn in the mortal world. A fleeting span of time. Benefactor, don't take it to heart."

One day, the gentle young master, as warm as jade, suddenly became the exalted Venerable of Fozhou. He left behind only the icy words, "I have failed you," then vanished from this human fishing village.

So, after three lifetimes of reincarnation, everyone thought she would use the immortal opportunity granted by the Venerable of Fozhou to embark on the path to immortality. Jiang Nanxi, however, turned and entered Luofeng Mountain, becoming a ghost cultivator.

A little extra:

Mingyuan was Fozhou's most promising talent, born with a Buddha's bones and a heart as clear as crystal. From childhood, everyone placed great hopes in him and said he would become Fozhou's greatest guardian.

To uphold his Buddhist heart and devote himself to enlightenment was his destiny from birth.

Mingyuan thought he would spend eternity guarding those long, silent years until his body perished and his spirit was extinguished, if not for the accident that sent him tumbling into the mortal world...

Later, the Buddhist son born with a Buddha's bones could no longer keep his heart steady. In their final parting, the disappointed look in the girl's eyes haunted him like a nightmare, impossible to forget and impossible to dare forget.

[Independent, clear-headed, strong-willed ghost cultivator x Cunning, sensitive, love-addled Buddhist cultivator]

Reading guide:

1. One-on-one romance, both are each other's first, happy ending.

2. Later, the story features three lifetimes: an innocent, carefree fisherman's daughter x a gentle, radiant young master; a sensitive, unloved princess x a loyal, taciturn guard; a clever, decisive female official x a quietly devoted adviser.

3. Please add it to your favorites and leave a comment! (The male lead has hair!)

Coming soon: Little Moments of Food

Food blogger Lin Sheng transmigrates to ancient times, where the old house is falling apart and they have nothing to their name. There's an old person lying in bed, and a little one sprawled on the floor...

There's no time to sit around blaming fate. She rolls up her sleeves, ready to return to her old line of work and earn enough to get by.

At Shui Xiang Ju, dawn breaks gently, and every dish is a poem.

Everyone in Jiangdu knows there's a new little restaurant in Wutong Lane, and getting a table is nearly impossible.

Emerald pear, jade melon, rose dew, honey date cakes.

Lotus leaves beaded with morning dew, glutinous rice wine, sweet-and-sour carp, amber candy.

The food at the little restaurant is delicious, and the proprietress is a stunning beauty with fair skin and a lovely face, speaking softly and sweetly!

People say that just one bite of the restaurant's food is enough to banish all your worries for the day!

A young county magistrate named Mei Jin'an has come to Jiangdu. The new magistrate is handsome and refined, with unparalleled grace, yet he's a bona fide workaholic.

Mei Jin'an thinks his staff have grown lazier by the day. The moment mealtime comes, they all disappear. The county yamen is swamped with legal petitions, while he alone works away with his head down, eating cold rice and dried vegetables. But he knows most of them have families, while he has no one waiting for him, so he turns a blind eye.

One day, Mei Jin'an runs into the whole group at the little restaurant in Wutong Lane.

Meeting the cold, stern gaze of their superior, who has lost a great deal of weight since coming to Jiangdu, everyone at the table rubs their round bellies and says obsequiously, "Sir, the food here is especially delicious. Why don't you try some?"

Mei Jin'an glances at the young and beautiful proprietress, then lifts his robe and sits alone at a table, thinking, What could be so good about the food in this shabby little alley?

After finishing a generous serving of glutinous rice cakes, red pepper fish, salt-and-pepper duck, emerald pear... and a pot of osmanthus wine, the proprietress brings him a cup of tea. Her eyes curve into a smile. "Sir, how does it taste?"

Mei Jin'an takes the tea and sips it, his expression unchanged. "It's passable."

At the other table, people whisper, "Amazing. The magistrate sure ate a lot today!"

Theme: Be positive, independent, and self-reliant.