Chapter 7 Bai Xiaoyao

Both of them entered a restaurant where Golden Cicada skillfully ordered a variety of dishes, his familiarity with the menu leaving Lu Yu secretly astonished.

"I say, you monk, it would be fine if you just ordered a lot, but why do you always pick the meat dishes!" Having spent some time with Golden Cicada, Lu Yu's image of the monk had completely collapsed. He found it very hard to connect this worldly and irreverent monk with the Tang Monk from the Journey to the West, and he was beginning to believe that the Buddha Ancestor was right about Golden Cicada belittling Buddhism.

"Amitabha, this poor monk is now a mortal. It's only natural to eat when hungry," Golden Cicada was unperturbed.

"But it's my money you're spending!" Lu Yu emphasized.

"Oh! Is that so? The virtuousness of the layman knows no bounds, surely you will receive blessings," Golden Cicada pretended not to understand Lu Yu's point and said with a laugh.