The Monk That Wanted To Renounce Asceticism

Old Zhao’s eyes rolled back as he fell unconscious.

Old Zhou, who had climbed up the ladder, heard the commotion. Lowering his head, he saw a black shadow leap into the air and jump onto his head!

He looked up and saw a gust of wind. The dark clouds parted, revealing a full moon!

Under the moon’s background, a black monkey’s shadow appeared extremely clear. The monkey was raising a pole up high!

“A pole? I…” Old Zhou tried to dodge.

Bang!

Thump!

Monkey looked at Old Zhou, who had his head stuck in a pile of snow after falling off. He threw away the pole and clapped his hands. “Coming to One Finger Monastery to steal things with such standards? You are too unprofessional!”

Then, Monkey tied them up with ropes and dragged them to One Finger Monastery’s entrance before hanging them on a tree.

At that moment, Red Boy and Salted Fish came back. The two of them brought many things with them. They were the vegetables prepared for One Finger Monastery for the winter. The moment they reached the door, they saw Monkey hanging someone up on a tree. Red Boy asked in puzzlement, “Senior Brother, what’s wrong with the two of them? Why are you hanging them on a tree? No matter what, we are Buddhists. Isn’t it a little overboard?”

Monkey explained what the duo had done. Red Boy pricked up his brows when he heard that. He threw down the bag and cursed. “These two bastards actually smeared red paint on the stone slab? F**k, hang them higher! Let me do it!”

Salted Fish shook his head and said, “Why are you hanging them so high? What if they freeze to death?”

Red Boy said, “Then do we just let them go?”

Salted Fish shook his head and said, “We can’t let them go. We need the police to handle them. However, we can’t freeze them to death, right? I think we should pile some fire below them to warm them up. It will also make us more humanistic. Buddha is benevolent, Amitabha…”

Monkey scratched his head. “After all that talk, isn’t it a barbecue?”

Salted Fish rolled his eyes at Monkey and said, “What are you talking about? Have you seen human barbecue? Even if we roast them, it’s a loss that’s a result of our mistake of kindness. Our original intention is good!”

Monkey pressed his palms together and said, “Amitabha. Junior Brother is right.”

When Old Zhao and Old Zhou heard this, they cried!

Who said that animals on the mountain were cute and gentle?

How was this an animal!

This was a freaking demon!

They were about to be roasted!

He originally thought that the demons were joking, but these fellows really did get some firewood. Then, they hung them under a rather distant tree outside the monastery and lit a fire…

“Don’t do this! Let’s talk things out nicely. We’ll tell you everything you ask us.” Seeing that the demons were about to eat barbecue, Old Zhang was truly afraid.

Red Boy was delighted when he heard that. He asked Salted Fish and Monkey, “Do you have anything to ask?”

The two of them had a blank look on their faces as they subconsciously shook their heads. What were they to ask?

Monkey said, “What’s there to ask? They stole things; we have barbecue… Cough, cough… We gave them warmth. Such a benevolent and kind gesture nearly touches me.”

Old Zhang burst into tears upon hearing that. He thought that these people were just trying to scare him and ask him something.

In the end, these guys were simple—they wanted to eat barbecue!

Just as Old Zhang and Old Li were about to break down, Salted Fish suddenly raised his fin and shouted. “I have a question!”

Old Zhang and Old Li exchanged looks and saw the hope in each other’s eyes. So they are trying to scare us. They actually have questions. In that case, we still have value, so we shouldn’t die.

Old Li shouted, “Ask! Ask away! As long as you let us go, we will definitely reveal everything we know! We will not hold back anything!”

Salted Fish asked in all seriousness, “Are you allergic to chili? When I don’t want to see red lumps here and there when eating barbecue. Also, don’t run your nose and sneeze.”

“I have a question too. Are you all allergic to cumin?” asked Monkey.

Old Zhang and Old Li’s faces darkened when they heard that. Did these grandsons only know how to eat?

Red Boy coughed dryly. “Stop spouting nonsense.”

Old Zhang and Old Li seemed to see hope again… Could it be that they weren’t playing them any further?

Then he heard Red Boy say, “The fire is so small. They will freeze to death. Make the fire bigger. For example…”

With that said, Red Boy opened his mouth as he spewed out a ball of flames. The firewood beneath instantly rose high up! Waves of heat surged into the sky as Old Zhang and Old Li felt their frozen feet turn hot. They felt like they were about to be turned to teppanyaki as they cried out.

When they saw Red Boy spit fire, they knew that they had probably encountered demons!

“Don’t eat us!”

“Help! Demons are eating humans!”

“We’re wrong. Brothers, Grandpas, let us go.”

…

Unfortunately, Red Boy and company ignored them and continued chatting amongst themselves.

Salted Fish said, “This won’t do. The fire is too strong. They will easily char.”

With that said, Salted Fish opened his mouth and spat out a water column. The fire immediately weakened.

Monkey said, “There’s not much firewood left. I’ll add more.”

However, the wooden blocks that Monkey had grabbed were wooden blocks in the snow. They were very wet, so when they were thrown into the fire, the result was…

Black smoke billowed into the sky!

Old Zhang and Old Li, who were hanging on the tree, felt their vision turn dark. They coughed and their snots flowed. At the same time, the heat from the black smoke caused them to sweat profusely and cry until they had no strength left…

Beneath the tree, Salted Fish secretly asked Red Boy, “They won’t die, right?”

Red Boy shook his head and said, “Don’t worry. With me around, they won’t die. They can be pardoned from death, but punishment is necessary. Humph, they will have plenty of suffering.”

Old Zhang and Old Li were truly crying. It was their first time regretting coming up the mountain to steal.

Back then, they promised their benefactor to come up the mountain to steal. Firstly, they were bad people to begin with.

Secondly, stealing wasn’t a huge crime. If they were really caught, they could scare those they could beat. Otherwise, they could cry and pretend to be pitiful. As long as the other party had some kindness in them, they would have a chance to escape.

Thirdly, even if they were caught, they wouldn’t suffer a heavy sentence.

Therefore, the five of them were fearless!

But now, they suddenly realized that their plans had gone awry!

Their plan was correct, but they had made a mistake. They were not facing humans!

But demons!

Demons did not act according to common sense!

No longer able to catch his breath, Old Li finally could not help but shout, “Brother Demon, we don’t wish to steal either. Someone offered us a large sum of money to steal. Let us tell you. If we don’t say it and you eat us, more people will come in the future.”