In the early morning, Ji Yuan woke up from his sleep, rubbed his face that was still sleepy, got up, dressed, and sat at the wooden table.
He first poured himself a cup of cold tea. After the cold tea went down his throat, he finally woke up.
I have been running around these days. First I went to a distant town to do errands, and then I encountered an incident in Luohunpo. As soon as I returned to Qianyu City, before I had time to rest, I was invited to the Zhao family mansion.
Because of this, even though he rested all night, Ji Yuan still felt a little uncomfortable and indescribably tired.
“But even though it’s a bit tiring, the harvest is still pretty good.”
He put down the teacup, looked at the several objects on the table, and couldn't help but smile.
In these days' harvest, in addition to the small white jade sword in Meijian Zifu, I also got a very good-looking magic weapon and more than two hundred taels of gold.
Not to mention an ordinary family, even among monks, this is a huge fortune.
While he was carefully calculating his gains and losses, he cast his eyes on the wooden basin on the table. The three Sancai treasure coins and the bronze oil lamp magic weapon inside. After being soaked in Huiling water for a night, the spiritual energy had been completely restored.
, and even some surplus.
The four objects are emitting a little bit of spiritual light at this time, and they are absorbing the spiritual water that has little remaining spiritual energy, so as to accumulate some pure spiritual energy.
After observing for a while, Ji Yuan moved his gaze to the side, and after opening the old medicine box, he revealed the gold ingots and gold ingots that were randomly placed inside.
The two combined weigh two hundred and seventy-six taels, which is a wealth that is difficult for ordinary people to accumulate in a lifetime. Even for monks, if there is no unexpected windfall, it will still take more than ten years.
Only then can it be accumulated.
The cost of repairing the three talents treasure money and replenishing the spiritual energy of the bronze oil lamp is only equivalent to a dozen or twenty taels of gold.
In the Dayu Dynasty, two or three copper coins were enough to buy a large meat bun with thin skin and plenty of stuffing. The average person's monthly income was only two or three coins.
One tael of official-made snowflake-patterned silver is enough to cover the expenses of an ordinary household for a year. If you save a little, you may still have some money left over.
Even if Ji Yuan usually refines elixirs, he can only earn a few taels of snowflake silver from one batch of ordinary elixirs after taking into account the cost. Only those precious elixirs that are not suitable for refining and are extremely rare and in short supply can earn thirty or forty taels per batch.
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One tael of pure gold is enough to exchange for about 100 taels of silver with snowflake patterns. The little Taoist priest has to refine hundreds of pots of pills without fail before he can earn more than two hundred taels of gold.
Thinking of this, Ji Yuan couldn't help but sigh, this is the benefit of a big family and a big business. You can easily earn wealth that ordinary people can't even dream of.
I don’t know when Xuantian Temple will have such a huge industry. Sitting in the temple without moving around, I can put a lot of money into my pocket.
Thinking about it, the little Taoist priest couldn't help but laugh, as if he had already seen Xuantian Temple in the future. Like some famous sects, it could sit on several big mountains and hold countless profitable industries. Every day and every month
Every year, a sum of money can be made into the account.
"Junior brother! Little junior brother!"
A loud shout came from outside the house door, interrupting the little Taoist priest's fantasy.
Ji Yuan wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth, waved his sleeves slightly, and a white jade flying sword flew out from between his eyebrows. After circling around the table, he collected most of the gold before returning to Zi Mansion.
After closing the medicine box containing the remaining thirty taels of gold, he opened the door and saw a young Taoist standing outside the door with a silly smile on his face.
"Fifth Senior Brother, why did you come to call me so early in the morning?"
After seeing the young Taoist outside the door, Ji Yuan's face was suddenly filled with a smile.
He is ranked ninth in Xuantian Temple, and there are eight senior brothers in front of him. The oldest senior brother is thirty-four years old this year, and the youngest eighth senior brother besides him is also twenty-two years old.
Among the eight senior brothers, the fifth senior brother in front of me has the best relationship with him. It can even be said that he grew up under the care of the fifth senior brother.
During those years, the older brothers had to go out with Master to perform religious rituals in order to earn some money to subsidize the temple expenses, while the younger brothers were still children themselves.
So the fifth senior brother, who was just seventeen years old at that time and still a young boy, took on the responsibility of taking care of the younger junior brothers.
"Didn't I hear Master say last night that, Junior Brother, you have returned to the temple?"
Fifth senior brother Guo Tao smiled naively, leaning over his tall figure and scratching the back of his head: "But it was already very late last night, so I didn't come to disturb my junior brother's rest."
He made no secret of the concern in his eyes. This time, his junior brother traveled alone to a small town hundreds of miles away to perform errands. He had been worried for several days, fearing that something unexpected would happen.
Fortunately, his junior brother is now intact and standing in front of him, and his heart that has been hanging for many days can finally fall to the ground safely.
"Senior brother, I'm not as weak as you think!"
Ji Yuan complained angrily, and after taking a look at the sky, he went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast.
Ever since he embarked on the path of cultivation, he has basically taken care of the three meals a day in Xuantian Temple.
The fifth senior brother Guo Tao has been following him, talking about the trivial matters in the temple and the miscellaneous things in the county.
He didn't find it annoying to listen, and would occasionally respond, but he would never allow the fifth senior brother to help.
It is strange to say that Guo Tao, who grew up taking care of his junior brothers, has not made any progress in his cooking skills, and the food he cooks is only guaranteed to be edible.
As for how it tastes, you can get a rough idea of how it tastes after seeing that everyone from the sixth senior brother to his youngest brother has developed skills that are not inferior to those of the cooks in street restaurants.
"Junior brother, do you think I am still in a hurry to practice martial arts now?"
Guo Tao's face suddenly darkened and he asked hesitantly.
Hearing this, Ji Yuan stopped what he was doing and looked up at the fifth senior brother in confusion, as if he didn't understand why the other brother suddenly wanted to practice martial arts.
"If senior brother just wants to practice one and a half moves, it's never too late. But if you want to become a martial artist, it's really too late."
He prepared his words for a while, trying not to offend his senior brother too much.
If you want to become a martial artist and embark on the path of martial arts training, you often need to train your muscles and bones from an early age. If you fail to reach the flesh and blood realm before the age of sixteen, your achievements in this life will basically not be very high.
Not to mention that if a person who has never practiced martial arts suddenly wants to practice martial arts in his twenties, it is almost impossible to achieve any results.
It often takes several times or even ten times of hard work, and even if money is thrown into it regardless of the cost, it is very likely that you will not even hear a sound.
However, Ji Yuan had already made up his mind. If the fifth senior brother really wanted to practice martial arts, even if he took out dozens of taels of gold, he would still be smashed into a flesh-and-blood state.
"Fifth Senior Brother, why do you suddenly want to practice martial arts?"
But before that, he still had to ask clearly, otherwise if he accidentally misunderstood his intentions, he might end up doing bad things with good intentions.
Guo Tao is tall and can be almost as tall as Ji Yuan just by squatting. He scratched the back of his head and laughed innocently. Then he called his master last night and several of his disciples. The conversation that followed was detailed.
Said it once.
The general content is that their master asked them if they are willing to try and embark on the path of spiritual practice and become a monk seeking immortality.
It's just that unlike other brothers, Guo Tao didn't agree with joy. Instead, with a bitter look on his face, he asked his master if he could let him practice martial arts instead of practicing martial arts.
"Isn't it great to be a monk? In the future, I will seek immortality. After I practice successfully, I will be able to live freely in the world."
Ji Yuan tilted his head, wondering what his senior brother was thinking.
But they completely ignore that not everyone can become a monk, and if they cannot achieve enlightenment, everything will stop talking.
Guo Tao sighed and said with a worried look: "What about immortality, what about a free world, those are all too far away. Senior brother, I don't have any big ambitions. I just want to learn some martial arts. From now on, young junior brother, you will go to far away places."
When the time comes, I can be by my side to protect you from the bad guys in the world."
As he spoke, he smiled and felt very satisfied when he thought of that scene.
Ji Yuan was stunned for a moment. He thought about the reasons that the fifth senior brother might give, but he did not expect that the other person would have this in mind.
"Junior brother, you have actually become a monk a long time ago, right?"
Guo Tao turned his head and said with a smile on his face: "I heard Mr. Shu say that in the legend, great monks who are like gods will be accompanied by powerful warriors to guard them when they cast spells."
This tall, somewhat naive fifth senior brother has always had a simple idea in his mind, which is to protect the junior brother he has grown up with.
Ji Yuan said nothing more, turned around and continued to prepare today's breakfast, but his movements were much lighter than before, and he even hummed a tune he had heard since childhood.
In my impression, this is a tune that the fifth senior brother would often hum several times when coaxing his fellow juniors.
"My Excellency, Zhao Yuanfeng, has met two Taoist priests."
After a moment, Ji Yuan's expression suddenly changed. He subconsciously turned his head and saw a young man walking from the direction of the main hall with two men and two women.
The man named Zhao Yuanfeng smiled apologetically at the two people in the kitchen: "When I saw the Taoist temple door open, I made my own decision and walked in. Please forgive me." This chapter has been completed!