In the darkness, a monk first emerged.
The monk's appearance was quite bizarre.
His kasaya was tattered, he wore a bamboo hat, and his body was bound in chains connected to a series of steel spikes that pierced deeply into his skin.
The wounds had long since crusted over.
Clang! Clang!
With each step, the chains rattled.
It wasn't just the chains making noise, but also the magic wand in his hand.
The upper part of the wand was made of tin and iron, shaped like a pagoda, with large rings attached, and several small rings below the large one.
This is a "tin staff," one of the eighteen items of a Bhikshu.
The "Tin Staff Scripture" states: loving to hold a tin staff can "manifest holy wisdom" and "perform the foundation of merit," so mages hold the tin staff when they roam.
When a renowned monk stays at a place, it's called "residing staff" or "setting staff," meaning placing the tin staff at a certain location.
Beneath the bamboo hat, the face was equally grim.
