Monk Hugo looked at this delicate and pretty young woman whose face was full of misery, and for a moment, he was put in a difficult position.
It wasn't that Buddhism didn't have women.
For instance, the Guanyin Monastery of West Realm Buddhism, as well as the Emei Sect, would take in female disciples.
But the problem was, his Shaolin Temple was entirely made of men.
He had never taken in a single female disciple.
He didn't dare to easily set this precedent either.
Deeply afraid of attracting unnecessary trouble.
However, Hugo didn't refuse directly. Instead, he looked at this delicate woman with concern.
"Female Benefactor, for what reason do you wish to become a nun?"
A deep despair was revealed on the delicate woman's face.
Those originally very beautiful eyes of hers were completely lackluster at this moment, as if she had completely given up on her life.
"This young woman's name is Rosie Song. I was born with a bitter fate. When I was young, I jinxed my parents to death. At seven, I was adopted by a foster mother, but in less than two years, she was also jinxed to death by me."
"When I was ten, I finally managed to be accepted as a disciple of the Linghui Sect. But three years later, an internal rebellion occurred in the sect; the Sect Master died a violent death, the elders scattered, and just like that, the Linghui Sect was gone."
"At fourteen, I acknowledged a Master and studied under him. As a result, on the second day after acknowledging my Master, he suffered Qi Deviation during his cultivation and died right on the spot."
Hearing this, Hugo's expression also changed.
My heavens.
She really brings death wherever she goes.
This is a bit too bizarre and evil.
"Later, unwilling to cause innocent people to suffer any further, I hid deep in the mountains. But unexpectedly, a wildfire suddenly broke out in the mountains, so much so that all the birds and beasts on the mountain were burned to death, and even a few farming households at the foot of the mountain were disastrously implicated."
"I wandered from place to place for several years, and innocent people were constantly jinxed to death by me. I truly have no other options."
Speaking up to here, Rosie Song kowtowed deeply to Hugo.
"I only wish to shave my head and become a nun, severing my ties with the mortal world from now on, and constantly accompanying the Buddha."
"I beg the Master to grant my wish!"
Hugo frowned tightly.
Beside him, Void Sea and Void Bamboo also had conflicted expressions on their faces.
Rosie Song's background was indeed pitiful. Almost everyone related to her had died.
If it were anyone else, they probably wouldn't be able to bear such a blow.
No wonder Rosie Song, despite being so young, wanted to become a nun.
"Master, why don't we take in this pitiful girl?" Void Bamboo said with some sympathy.
Hugo sighed: "But there are no women in my Shaolin Temple."
Void Bamboo pointed at Rosie Song: "If she enters the sect, she will be the first female disciple of our Shaolin Temple."
Rosie Song also quickly pleaded: "This young woman asks for nothing else, I only wish to spend the rest of my broken life inside a temple."
Hugo hesitated for a good while.
Before finally agreeing.
"Alright, but you don't need to be tonsured for now. Wait until I write a letter to have the monks and nuns of West Realm Buddhism come here, and then you can transfer to a nunnery. This will be the proper way."
Rosie Song was overjoyed: "Thank you for granting my wish, Master!"
Hugo waved his hand: "Get up."
Rosie Song stood up.
"These are the monks of my temple, Void Sea and Void Bamboo," Hugo introduced.
"Amitabha."
The father and son, Void Sea and Void Bamboo, bowed in unison to Rosie Song.
Rosie Song put her palms together to return the greeting.
Suddenly.
A tile on the roof suddenly fell.
Smack.
It smashed directly onto Void Sea's head.
This instantly dumbfounded the few of them on the spot.
Void Sea rubbed his head. Although he was fine, being suddenly smashed still made him a bit dizzy.
"Void Sea, are you alright?" Hugo asked in surprise.
"Master, I'm fine."
Void Sea had a look of confusion: "It's just that for some reason, when this tile fell, I actually couldn't react in time."
Not just him.
Hugo and Void Bamboo hadn't reacted either.
Logically speaking, with their cultivation, how could they not dodge a mere ordinary tile?
It was truly a bit strange.
Rosie Song hesitated to speak, a look of worry on her face.
A small accident didn't make the three of them care too much.
Rosie Song just stayed at the Shaolin Temple like this, eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddhist scriptures with Void Sea and Void Bamboo every day.
It was still considered peaceful.
However, a few days passed.
An accident occurred.
One day, Void Bamboo went out holding a broom to sweep the floor. As a result, for some unknown reason, he fainted in front of the temple gate.
If it weren't for people from other temples discovering him and notifying Hugo in time, who knows how long Void Bamboo would have lain there.
Hugo examined Void Bamboo, only to find that Void Bamboo's body had actually become extremely fragile, and his internal organs were all failing.
This greatly shocked Hugo and Void Sea.
Hugo examined Void Bamboo over and over again but couldn't find the reason.
But in order to save Void Bamboo's life, he still treated him with all his might.
On the third day after Void Bamboo fell ill.
The Buddhist hall in the backyard of the Shaolin Temple suddenly caught fire.
Fortunately, Void Sea discovered it in time and put out the fire.
Otherwise, this fire would have been enough to burn down the entire Buddhist hall.
Another two days passed. Void Bamboo's condition showed no signs of improvement, yet strange things kept happening within the Shaolin Temple.
First was the golden Buddha statue in the main hall, which suddenly fell over during the night. It shocked Hugo so much he got up overnight to check.
Then several birds fell inexplicably in front of the Shaolin Temple, stinking to high heaven.
In the backyard, quite a few snakes, insects, rats, and ants crawled out, only to all die in an instant.
All sorts of signs pointed to one thing.
The Shaolin Temple was in trouble.
And it was big trouble.
Hugo couldn't hold it together anymore.
Seeing Void Bamboo growing weaker day by day and the entire Shaolin Temple on edge, he immediately called for Rosie Song.
Rosie Song, on the other hand, was completely fine.
But it could be seen that she seemed to have already realized something.
"Female Benefactor, are you hiding something from this poor monk?"
Hugo asked extremely seriously.
"N... no."
Rosie Song shook her head with a guilty conscience.
"Female Benefactor, you've also seen the condition of my Shaolin Temple these past few days. If you still don't tell the truth, I'm afraid my Shaolin Temple will be dragged down by you," Hugo said sternly.
Tears were already welling up in Rosie Song's eyes.
"I... I..."
"Actually... actually I am a natural-born Physique of Calamity."
As soon as these words came out, Hugo was startled at first.
Then he paled in shock.
Swoosh! He jumped up, almost leaping straight through the roof.
"Go quickly! Leave the Shaolin Temple quickly!"
Hugo, who was always calm and peaceful, was now like a mouse seeing a cat, urgently wanting to drive Rosie Song away.
Rosie Song knelt on the ground, crying tearfully: "Master, I have nowhere else to go!"
Hugo wanted to kneel down to her too.
My grand-aunt, this Physique of Calamity of yours is fatal!
Even if my Shaolin Temple has the Buddha's protection, it still can't withstand the disasters brought by your Physique of Calamity!
The Physique of Calamity; that was a special physique from ancient legends that possessed great terror.
Wherever a person with this physique went, disasters would continuously occur. Those close to them would die horrible deaths, and those related to them would successively drop dead.
To put it bluntly, it was a natural-born jinx.
Bringing death wherever she went.