I Am A Prodigy

Chapter 8: Supreme Master

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

He watched helplessly as 100000RMB was taken away before himself. Ye Lingchen was having a mental breakdown on the inside. However, he adjusted his state of mind quickly. He realized that he should be self-sufficient with the Prodigy System inside his body and not betray himself for 100000RMB.

It was raining cats and dogs during the season of the college entrance examination. Ye Lingchen was woken up by his father in the early morning. He walked in the direction of Hui'an Temple in the drizzling shower.

Now that the college entrance examination was upon the students soon, the best method to plead for a high score was achieved through a last-minute worshipping ceremony. Hui'an Temple was the most popular temple in Rugao City. Streams of people flooded into the temple for the worshipping ceremony daily.

Hui'an Temple was crowded with people early in the morning. It was said that many people were willing to spend thousands just to seize the chance to offer the first incense of the day.

Ye Lingchen purchased an entrance ticket with 25RMB and followed his mother's orders before he left the house to spend another 15RMB to buy a top scorer incense offering package. Then Ye Lingchen followed the crowd and headed into the temple.

He passed by the four Heavenly Kings that guarded along the way first, followed by the grinning Lord Maitreya and the ever merciful Avalokitesvara. Ye Lingchen worshipped every single one of them in succession.

The midpoint of the temple was the most solemn and dignified Mahavira Hall. The Gautama Buddha was placed in the center of the main hall looking down at the world from heaven.

Ye Lingchen worshipped thrice before he passed through the Mahavira Hall in preparation to head straight for the Manjushri Hall on the side.

However, he stopped for a moment after he walked a few steps. He discovered that there was a wing-room library established on both sides of the hall to his surprise. There was quite a good number of Buddhist scriptures stored in there for the visitors' reading.

A library was akin to a decoration in today's society. It meant to serve as a part of the landscape for the visitors to steal a passing glance. No one would ever walk into the room to read through the scriptures thoroughly.

However, Ye Lingchen was in the mood to read. He was equipped with the Prodigy System. He should be able to learn anything theoretically. He wondered if the book collection here were any different from the books outside?

There was a large number of books in the library. Moreover, the majority of the books were relatively old and tattered. The temple was known to be a century-old temple. Ye Lingchen figured that the books were produced in an ancient era as well.

Ye Lingchen picked up a book of Diamond Sutra for the sake of exploration and began rifling through the pages.

'Self-studying Diamond Sutra. Buddhism Proficiency +1.'

'Self-studying Diamond Sutra. Buddhism Proficiency +1.'

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Ye Lingchen placed down the book after flipping through the pages for a while. He felt that it was a waste of time for him to learn Buddhism so he decided to take a look to see if there were any other books.

A moment later, his attention was drawn to 'Buddhism and Daoism 101'.

The book seemed to be explaining the source of Buddhism and Daoism. It contained many of the general knowledge in the world not known to most people.