After wearing the book, I became the black moonlight of the paranoid prince

Chapter 163 The Ancient Well
"Are the two of you here for business?" the little monk asked politely.

Wei Qianzi thought of her own reason for coming, "Oh, I have a friend who just got a little frightened. I want to ask Master Shouquan to give me a bowl of clean spring water to calm him down."

"Uncle Shouquan is meditating in the meditation room right now, I'll help you find him."

"Then I would like to thank this little master." Wei Qianzi clasped his hands together and bowed slightly to him.

The little monk quickly fetched a large pottery bowl, filled it with some water, and carefully carried it to a meditation room next to it.

Versace hurried to the well to have a look, and saw that the ancient well was simply formed into a square by four complete large bluestones, without too many decorations, it looked very ordinary.

A lifelike Buddha statue was carved on the mountain wall not far away, and the spring water slowly gushed out from under the lotus base of the Buddha statue, and flowed into the ancient well about one person deep along a small channel.

Two young monks were pouring water into the bucket with melon gourds spoonful by spoonful.

The only strange thing about that ancient well is that the water flowing down the small water channel above entered the ancient well, and it was about half a foot above the ground, and it never overflowed again, and the ancient well was not dug again. The water channels let the excess water flow out along the water channels, which is very surprising at first glance.

"How is it? Do you see something coming?"

Seeing Versace with his hips on his hips, pinching his chin and frowning in earnest thinking was very interesting, Wei Qianzi couldn't help but asked with a smile.

"I guess there must be a leak under the bottom of the well, and the extra water flows out along the leak, so the water in the well will always be at this height and will not overflow."

A young monk who was scooping water next to him couldn't help explaining with a smile.

"That's not the case. This ancient well has been around for a long time. At the beginning there was a spring under the well, but it dried up for some reason. After the first master master in the temple heard about this, he meditated in front of the ancient well for a day. One night, and the next day, I found a new spring under the stone wall, and that’s where it is.”

The little monk pointed to the stone wall.

"Everyone said that it was the sincerity of the presiding master who moved the Buddha, so new springs were given, and this is how the ancient well looks like today. But since then, there has been an extra rule in the temple. It is not allowed to draw water from the well every day. More than ten loads, so as not to take too much and be taken back by heaven."

"But later we discovered that no matter whether we draw water or not, the water level of this ancient well will only be half a foot above the ground. Drop by half a point."

"Everyone says that this ancient well is in the mercy of the Buddha, so that it will never dry up. In order to better protect the ancient well, the temple selects a good character and profound Dharma master every year to guard the ancient well, chanting scriptures every day. Meditate and pray for the ancient well. This tradition has been passed down for hundreds of years, and Shangqing Temple is also known to the world because of this ancient well."

"Oh, so that's the case. I thought Shangqing Temple gained its current reputation because of the maple forest in the back mountain." Versace nodded suddenly.

The little monk smiled and said again, "Actually, the maple tree was brought back by a pilgrim from overseas and planted a long time ago. I never thought that the tree would grow very fast here, and soon occupied a small piece of hilltop. In autumn, the scenery is very charming, and the pilgrims praised it after seeing it. In addition, the temple has cultivated and maintained it for many years, and it is now the Chiyan Mountain."

"So there is such a saying?" Versace looked at the little monk in surprise.

He had heard of the name of Chiyan Mountain, but he didn't know that Chiyan Mountain originated from Shangqing Temple.

He really couldn't imagine that such a small temple could do such a big thing and create such a spectacle.

(End of this chapter)