119: Chapter 119 Living Better Than You: The General Male Supporting Character 37

Seeing the old monk stunned on the spot, the atmosphere turned somewhat strange.

Meng Zhu did not wish to investigate the old monk's background or intentions, but since he had asked, he might as well take the opportunity to explain matters regarding Nan Li.

Of course, his explanation was actually intended for the audience in the comments section.

Without hesitation, he spoke up.

"Since you practice Buddhism, Master, you must know that practicing Buddhism is the cultivation of cause and effect, is that correct?"

The old monk regained his senses, realizing this was a good opportunity to discuss Zen and philosophy, and hurriedly replied.

"That is natural."

Meng Zhu nodded faintly.

"Cultivate good karma in this life to receive good fruit in the next; continue to cultivate good karma in the next life. Repeating this, good karma thickens, merit accumulates, and one day, perfection will surely be attained."

The old monk nodded.

"The benefactor has extraordinary spiritual roots and exceptional wisdom."

Hearing the praise, Meng Zhu smiled.

"But Master, that is not what you said just now."

The old monk was astonished.

Meng Zhu did not beat around the bush.

"Master, you just said that I owed a debt in my past life and am repaying it in this life, did you not?"

"But if I live this life only to repay the past, then how am I to repay the debts I incur in this life?"

"Surely I cannot spend the next life repaying the debts of this one. If it continues in such a cycle, would I not be repaying debts every lifetime, never to achieve transcendence?"

Meng Zhu said this with a smile, yet it sent cold sweat running down the old monk's back.

"This... this..."

He stammered "this" for a long time without being able to explain himself.

As a result, Meng Zhu continued to twist the knife.

"Furthermore, Master, why can it not be that I am treating my wife well in this life because I owed her in some previous life?"

"Why could the person I owed in the previous life not be someone who owed me before, and was atoning in that previous life? It cannot be that I am the only one with bad luck, and that I was born out of season, don't you think, Master?"

Unable to refute, with just a few words, the old monk was rendered speechless.

Even the comments section went silent.

[Almighty netizens, who can deal with him?]

[Can't deal with him, I feel like my brain is growing. I'll definitely excel in this year's philosophy class.]

[So is this why Meng Zhu only mentions the kindness from childhood and not the debt from the previous life regarding Nan Li?]

[I still feel like there's a problem, but I also feel like he makes sense. What do I do?]

[Nothing you can do. Poor little Nan Li, I can only say it was fate without affinity. Let's disperse.]

[It's you again in front. Don't you know you've been called out? You're clearly a fan of Nan Jin and Meng Zhu, yet you're pretending to be a troll, is that fun?]

Whether others found it interesting or not, the old monk certainly felt quite uninteresting at this moment.

Perhaps to save face, he could only pretend to be deep in thought and remain silent.

Seeing that it was about time, Meng Zhu looked at Nan Jin, who was ready to come out, and turned his head back to the old monk.

"Master, there is no need to overthink. May I ask, in this world, how can there be an identical previous life and present life?"

"Perhaps it was just a prophetic dream, or perhaps it was the compassionate guidance of the Buddha."

"What is worth celebrating is that I have already changed the future from the dream, have I not?"

"Now having seen through the logic of the cycle, I lean against the railing and smile, nodding secretly."

"In this life, I, the General, do not ask about the past, do not seek the next life; I only want the present."

Watching Nan Jin, who was walking over with a beaming smile, Meng Zhu added.

"In this fleeting life, I only cherish the scenery before my eyes, and do not seek the people from the dreams of reincarnation."

Having said that, he naturally took Nan Jin's hand and walked out of the temple.

After walking a few steps, seeing that the old monk was still standing in place, staring fixedly at the two of them.

Meng Zhu paused his steps again and turned back to say:

"I shall leave the Zen Master with one sentence: All conditioned phenomena are like dreams, illusions, bubbles, and shadows; like dew and lightning, they should be viewed as such."

"Old Zen Master, until we meet again!"

After saying this, the old monk's pupils constricted sharply.

He kept muttering and repeating it in his mouth.

Until a young novice monk ran over.

"Grandmaster, I haven't seen you for only a moment, why did you run here? You were hard to find."

The old monk looked back, as if waking from a dream, yet he did not know why he was here, or why he had been staring blankly at the figures in the distance.

"Oh, Grandmaster, you are old, you should hurry back after a stroll, otherwise Master and the senior uncles will be worried again."

"Yes, yes! Alright!"

The young novice supported the old monk as they slowly walked away.

Countless viewers in the comments section did not notice this scene.

This was because just a moment ago, all the viewers in the comments section were controlled and could not see the close-up.

The field of view was raised, and they could only watch helplessly as Meng Zhu and Nan Jin left the temple.

At that moment, Nan Jin was still holding Meng Zhu's arm, her big eyes blinking, her face full of curiosity.

"Husband, what were you just talking about?"

Meng Zhu smiled.

"Nothing, just some matters from the past."

"Matters from the past?"

Nan Jin blinked and said shyly.

"Why talk about those things? Isn't it good now?"

Meng Zhu patted the back of her hand with his left hand.

"It is good~"

"If there are no idle worries hanging in the heart, then it is the best season of the human world."

Nan Jin naturally understood, her face full of joy.

She understood that Meng Zhu only cherished the present.

So she asked freely.

"Husband, did you know long ago that the dream was from a previous life?"

"Yes, Husband knew from the very beginning."

"Hmph, so Husband married someone else in the previous life, I am not happy."

"Alright~ that was naturally Husband's mistake. Isn't Husband here to compensate you in this life?"

"Mm-hmm, then Husband must treat me twice as well in the future."

"Alright~ twice as well."

"No, no, no, you must add many times over."

"Alright~ many times over!"

The voices gradually faded away, the screen went black, but it was not over yet.

The next moment, the scene cut to an aerial view of the capital, and a voice-over sounded.

"The first year of the Shengjing era, March, spring."

"The Six Fan School in every prefecture and city of Great Wu dominated the Jianghu and intimidated the martial arts world."

"In April of the same year, the Martial God Monuments in all prefectures and cities were completed. Martial arts were spread across the world, and the era of universal cultivation arrived."

"In June of the same year, midsummer, Prince Wuan, Meng Zhu, was honored as the Martial God. All the virtuous submitted, and the hearts of the world turned to him."

"However, this noble Prince did not like the imperial court, and spent his days traveling mountains and waters with his wife, his whereabouts mysterious. Some say that in July of the same year, they saw him and his wife admiring the moon at the peak of Mount Li with their own eyes, though it is unknown if it is true."

"In the first year of the Shengjing era, golden October, everyone in the world practiced martial arts. The so-called 'knights violate prohibitions with martial arts' caused a moment of restlessness in people's hearts and turmoil in the court. Prince Wuan declared from the peak of the Forbidden City that one year later he would travel the world and purge demons for sixty years. Thus, all were silenced, and the four seas submitted."

...

End of the series.

The screen went black.

[Yay, flowers for the finale!]

[Mr. Zhu is invincible, forever the god!]

[Congratulations to Meng Zhu for winning again!]

[Both the heroine and the supporting female lead fell in love, so cool!]

[Little Nan Jin is so cute, even as a supporting female lead it's fine, I'm shipping them so hard it's breaking my bones!]

[Wuwuwu, you must be happy!]

[Poor little Nan Li, no way around it, our Meng Zhu, he is not that kind of person.]

[Does anyone still remember Li Ruolan? I don't even know her ending.]

[Didn't even see Nan Li become a nun, wuwuwu, so miserable.]

[In the previous life Prince Yu became a monk, in this life Nan Li became a nun, how is that not a kind of fate?]

[Get lost, the one in front, who wants that turn-off guy Prince Yu?]

[Wait, why haven't we been kicked out yet?]

[Yeah, it seems like there's a bug.]

In the pitch darkness, countless white light spots were boiling and rolling, but they could not illuminate a single bit of the space.

At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded.

"Do you regret it?"

Then, before the viewers could react, they were all instantly kicked out.