Volume 1: Zhao Shanhe Chapter 44: A Difficult Family
When Ji Yuan led people back to Xuantian Temple, it was already past noon, and except for his master and fifth senior brother, no one else could be seen in the temple.
His senior brothers have been very busy in the past two years and have always taken on a lot of religious responsibilities. They rarely stay in Taoist temples. Those who are closer will leave early and return late. Those who are farther away will see each other for several days.
No face.
Only the fifth senior brother is doing better. Although he occasionally attends a few Buddhist rituals, most of the time he stays in the Taoist temple and takes care of his master and junior brother wholeheartedly.
"In this case, you should be more careful these days."
Zhang Zhiya sighed, thought for a while and then said: "Maybe you will leave the city today, no matter where you go, just stay away for a while?"
The fifth senior brother Guo Tao on the side also nodded in agreement at this time. After listening to the junior brother's story, he couldn't help but sweat. He never thought that a kind act of slaying demons would actually be hidden behind it.
With so many twists and turns.
It is not an exaggeration to say that it is extremely dangerous, and most of the dangers are hidden in the dark, not in the evil monster.
At this time, a group of people were sitting in the side courtyard of the Taoist temple. After listening to the advice given by the old man, their faces showed signs of thinking.
However, Ji Yuan shook his head, glanced at Zhao Yuansong, who also had a calm look, and then said: "Unless we move directly into the county or find shelter from a powerful force, there is no difference between avoiding or not avoiding."
After all, the person who was planning the secret was able to build a temple of obscenity right under the eyes of the city god. Not only did it continue to be popular for hundreds of years, but it was never even discovered by the county government.
For such people or forces, it is not difficult to find their traces.
"This matter is all my fault, and it has put everyone in danger."
Zhao Yuansong stood up and bowed, bowed to several people, and then said that he would send the message back to the sect and would never cause a lot of trouble, so he turned around and pretended that nothing had happened.
Ji Yuan and others received his gift calmly. Only monk Huixin stood up in a hurry to return the gift.
"Fortunately, the county government resisted with all its strength at this time. Unless that person lost his mind, he should not retaliate against us."
After the two of them sat down, Ji Yuan thought and analyzed.
Previously, in the Prostitution Temple, the chief catcher Liu Hongsheng broke the statue, which was the attitude of the county government to the outside world. In subsequent announcements, the existence of these people will be downplayed.
In this way, if the person who secretly plots dares to retaliate against them, it will be regarded as a slap in the face of the imperial court, and the Dayu Dynasty will surely usher in the thunderous methods.
"In the next few days, we'd better keep a low profile and try to avoid going out as much as possible if possible."
Ji Yuan gave a serious warning, but these words were meant more for Huixin.
Compared with this young monk who is not familiar with the world, Zhao Yuansong, who is experienced in the world, is naturally aware of what he is doing and can take good care of his junior brothers and sisters around him.
"But wouldn't this mean that we can no longer explore the other two places where evil spirits are suspected?"
Huixin frowned and said with a worried tone.
really!
Ji Yuan raised his head and sighed, his guess was indeed correct, what was supposed to come would always come, it was just a matter of sooner or later.
If there were no outsiders around, he would really want to point at this monk and yell at him, but why wouldn't his mind come to his senses?
Zhao Yuansong glanced at Ji Yuan's expression, coughed twice, and then stood up to say goodbye with his junior brothers and sisters. Before leaving, he also reported the name of the inn where he and the others were staying.
After watching the five people leave, Zhang Zhiya called his fifth disciple Guo Tao and returned to the house with him, saying he had something to say.
The small courtyard that was originally crowded with people suddenly turned out to be the only two people left, Ji Yuan and Huixin. However, both of them had their own concerns and no one could speak for a moment.
After a long time of burning incense, Ji Yuan looked at Hui Xin with a sad look: "You said, can't you finally get better?"
There are some things that I don't want to say, and I don't have the strength to say them. After all, Ji Yuan is not a Confucian saint who walks around the world and has the heart to persuade people all over the world.
But the monk in front of him happened to have a close friendship with him. When he was eight or nine years old, he would often sneak over the wall into Baiyun Temple and chat with Huixin for most of the day.
It was the other person's enlightenment first that gave him the idea of practicing spiritual practice. Otherwise, he would not have sneaked into the master's room and read those Taoist Bibles that were almost falling into dust.
In terms of love, the two had a deep personal relationship, and in terms of reason, Hui Xin had the kindness to guide him.
Therefore, after pondering for a long time, Ji Yuan could only say a few words patiently.
"Your first question about today's matter is that you didn't use your full strength during the fight. You feel sorry for the loss of spiritual energy. What if you get caught in it?"
"In the end, is life more important, or spiritual energy and magic weapons?"
Ji Yuan paused, and then continued angrily: "The second question is that in the temple of the obscene temple, there are some doorways that can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye, but you can't understand them, and you still give them to me on the spot.
Exposed!"
"I often told you in the past that people who practice Buddhism have become stupid. Even if it is mostly in a joking tone, you should at least listen to it and don't really turn yourself into a fool!"
"Cultivating Buddhism is also about cultivating your mind and nature. It is for you to walk out of the temple door, go to the world to help the world, and relieve the suffering people in the world. It is not for you to hold those few Buddhist scriptures behind closed doors and read from life to death!"
He said a lot in one breath, and finally leaned on the back of the chair with a helpless face, looking up at the white clouds in the sky: "The third question, you have a good intention to save the world and save people, and slay demons, but
You should also consider your own safety or the safety of those around you.”
Some things cannot be accomplished smoothly without passion or a desire to save the world.
Just like what happened today, Zhao Yuansong originally thought that since he discovered the traces of evil spirits, he planned to kill them and eliminate harm for the people. However, in the end, he almost lost himself in the trouble.
And if it was just him, that would be fine. The key was that he was accompanied by his senior brothers and sisters, as well as Ji Yuan and other people who were invited to lend a helping hand.
If you are not careful, you may not be able to slay the demon in the end. Not only will you be put in danger, but you will also end up involving the people around you and lose their lives along with them.
"I'm sorry, I was too stupid."
Huixin looked ashamed, and subconsciously wanted to clasp her hands together and recite the Buddha's name, but for some reason she paused in the air, and finally put her hands on her legs feebly.
Seeing this scene, Ji Yuan just shook his head and did not continue to speak. He had just said a lot of things. If you can listen, there is no need to say more. But if you still can't listen, no matter how much you say, it will be useless.
After thinking about it, he sighed: "Go back early. In Baiyun Temple these days, don't go out unless necessary."
Hearing this, Huixin nodded, stood up and left, looking somewhat lost. It must have been those words and what happened today that had subverted many of his perceptions.
After the ignorant monk left, Ji Yuan sat in the small courtyard for a while, then got up and returned to his room.
As soon as he closed the door, he took out a few spiritual stones and placed them next to the bronze oil lamp on the table, letting it absorb the spiritual energy contained in them.
This approach is indeed a bit extravagant. A piece of spiritual stone is worth fifty taels of snowflake silver. If converted into silver taels of ordinary fineness, it would be as high as more than two hundred taels.
But it is not appropriate to go out and about at this time. Naturally, you cannot go to Mingxinxuan and buy some spirit-rejuvenating water with similar effects but much lower value.
And having a magic weapon that contains abundant spiritual energy in hand will undoubtedly give people a little more confidence when facing danger.
Ji Yuan sat in front of the wooden table. After thinking for a moment, he stretched out his hand and touched the center of his eyebrows. The white jade flying sword in Zifu immediately flew out. Following his thoughts, several objects appeared out of thin air on the table.
After a pause, he waved his sleeves forward, and a wooden table was immediately completely filled.
In front of the little Taoist priest, in addition to the bronze oil lamp that was absorbing spiritual energy, there were also three three-talent treasure coins, a brass alchemy furnace, a book with yellowed paper, as well as piles of yellow and white objects and a large number of spiritual stones and spiritual coins.
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Among them, there are one hundred taels of pure snowflake-patterned silver, fifty taels of ordinary silver, and a large pile of silver notes. After excluding the oddities, there are 5,700 taels.
Excluding yesterday's gift from Mr. Zhao of the Zhao family, there are still five hundred taels of gold on the table, all of which are long gold ingots of the same weight and shape.
But in terms of value, these yellow and white things are not as good as the spiritual stones and spiritual coins on the side.
The former has a total of more than two hundred pieces, all of which are of standard style. The length and width are no more than the size of a palm. They contain pure spiritual energy, but because the amount of spiritual energy is not too much, they are only low-grade.
As for the latter, although there are only thirty-seven of them, each one is worth a hundred low-grade spiritual stones. Even if they are actually traded, the price will rise slightly.
The real name of this kind of spiritual coin is Yunling Coin. It is said that it came from the Zhongzhou Dynasty. Because it contains extremely pure spiritual energy and a mysterious and mysterious breath, no matter what it is used for, it can have far-reaching effects.
The effect of super spiritual stones is also a hard currency among monks.
And these things in front of him, plus the long sword on his back, and the flying sword hovering beside him at the moment, are all Ji Yuan's wealth.
As for the bottles of elixirs and the stacks of talismans, they were not included.
Looking at the wealth he had worked so hard to accumulate, Ji Yuan sighed slightly sadly. In his opinion, it was still a little short, and he wished he could double it several times out of thin air.
"My family is still a little short of money!"
The little Taoist priest sighed, and with a slight thought, he reluctantly put all the family property in front of him into the space inside the white jade flying sword.
When Feijian, whom he named 'Xiao Bai', returned to Meijian Zi Mansion, there was only one book with yellowed paper left on the originally full wooden table. This chapter has been completed!