Chapter 17: The Sutra of Long Silence and Meditation
Get out of the yard!
Lin Ye went out and found that there were many people coming in and out of the Qingfeng Temple next door.
Did they know that war was about to break out and were asking for protection from the gods?
Lin Ye walked towards Qingfeng Temple curiously, and just then the young Taoist priest Daogu hurriedly walked out from the gate of the temple.
"Dawu, your Taoist temple business... oh no, the incense is so good."
Lin Ye stopped Daogu. Daogu saw that it was Lin Ye and stopped to explain, "The rebels are about to attack. Many people outside the city have poured into the city and have nowhere to live. Master is one of these homeless people living in the Taoist temple."
"Let the people outside the city live in the Taoist temple?" Lin Ye was a little surprised. With the old Taoist priest's greedy and cowardly character, how could he have such awareness?
Isn’t it said that the rules of Qingfeng Temple do not allow pilgrims to stay overnight?
"The master said that these people had come to the Taoist temple to donate money for incense and offerings before. Now they come to the temple for help, and the temple cannot refuse them," Daogu explained.
Lin Ye was a little speechless. These pilgrims had donated money, but hadn't he donated either? This was discriminatory treatment .
"There are so many people in the Taoist temple, so why are you walking outside instead of staying in the temple? Can your master handle it all by himself?"
"The Taoist temple is out of rice, so the master asked me to go to the rice shop to buy some rice."
Daogu left in a hurry. Lin Ye thought for a while and walked into Qingfeng Temple.
Compared to the deserted scene the last time, Qingfeng Temple is now very lively with noisy sounds everywhere. Lin Ye looked at many people holding packages and gathering in groups of three or four, spreading straw mats on the ground, with confused expressions on his face.
Since ancient times, war has caused the greatest harm to ordinary people.
When a country prospers, the people suffer.
When a country dies, the people suffer.
Soon, Lin Ye saw Taoist Ding Xuan.
Taoist Priest Ding Xuan was directing several men to build a wooden shed, while some women were busy in the kitchen.
The old Taoist also saw Lin Ye, but ignored him. Lin Ye didn't go up to him to embarrass himself, as the old Taoist had too deep a prejudice against him.
Seeing a man walking hurriedly by, Lin Ye grabbed him and after chatting with him for a few words, he found out why these people wanted to enter the city.
Most of these people were tenants outside the city who rented farmland from landlords. Seeing that the rebels were about to attack, the landlords harvested all the crops that could be harvested from the fields and took them away before fleeing. Those that were not yet ripe were burned in a huge fire.
The tenants had no food, so they could only bring their families to the city to see if they could work for their employers to earn some food. However, there were too many people in the city now, and the landlords had all fled, so no one wanted to hire anyone.
Many people were only given a few days' worth of food when they entered the city, and now food is seriously scarce. As for the money they brought, with the current rice price, the money they had could not even buy a liter of rice.
After Lin Ye asked this question, Daogu came back with a rice bag in his hand. But judging from the size of the bag, this amount of rice might not be enough for the people in the Taoist temple to have a meal.
"Dawu, why did you only buy so little rice?" Taoist Ding Xuan asked in a deep voice, looking at the rice bag in his disciple's hand.
"Master, the price of rice has increased again. It has risen to one liter and five ounces."
One liter and five ounces!
Lin Ye was also shocked when he heard the price. Normally, a liter of rice was only 30 coppers. This price had increased by hundreds of times in an instant. It was too exaggerated.
Taoist Priest Ding Xuan also showed an embarrassment on his face. There were more than thirty refugees pouring into the Taoist temple this time, and this amount of rice was not enough for them to eat.
"Ahem, Taoist priest, I remember there is a yellow cow in the Taoist temple. Let's kill it and eat its meat." Lin Ye said with a smile. He still remembered that the yellow cow had butted him with its horns.
Taoist Priest Ding Xuan looked at Lin Ye and said, "The yellow cattle was entrusted to the Taoist temple by Old Man Li. It cannot be slaughtered."
"That's all I can do. I really want to help, but the Taoist priest seems to have a problem with me. I can only give up."
Lin Ye pretended to sigh, and Taoist Ding Xuan's expression changed. Daowu, who was standing beside him, secretly glanced at Lin Ye. After receiving the hint from Lin Ye's eyes, he chimed in, "Master, our Taoist temple is in urgent need of food right now. If Master Lin can get some food, that would be a good thing."
"What a bullshit! This guy is as smart as a human. How can he suffer a loss? How can I take his things without paying a price?" Taoist Dingsheng muttered. Daogu continued to persuade him: "But Master, you also said that if you take money from others to help them get rid of disasters, you should pay a price!"
Taoist Priest Ding Xuan was stunned, and after a moment's silence, he looked at Lin Ye and said, "Mr. Lin, come with me."
Lin Ye gave Daogu a thumbs up, and then followed the old Taoist into the Sanqing Hall, which was also the quietest place in the entire Qingfeng Temple. Taoist Dingxuan had instructed the refugees not to make any noise in the hall, so the refugees came to the Taoist temple to pay their respects and then left.
Taoist Priest Ding Xuan walked behind the statue and took out a scripture, saying, "This 'Long Quiet Meditation Scripture' can nourish the soul. I'll give you 100 liters of rice in exchange."
"make a deal."
Lin Ye agreed without hesitation. One hundred liters of rice was expensive in the other world, but he could purchase it from the real world without spending much money.
"I will give you a lecture."
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After an hour, Lin Ye walked out of the Sanqing Hall with satisfaction and emotion.
No wonder people say that the truth is not easily passed on.
Without Taoist Ding Xuan's explanation, or even his step-by-step instruction on breathing and meditation, he would not be able to understand the scripture even if it was placed in front of him, let alone practice it.
Lin Ye returned to his house, and Taoist Ding Xuan gave him three days. Although he could take out 100 liters of rice immediately, in order to hide the existence of the system, he decided to deliver the rice after three days.
After explaining a few words to Uncle Xu and Aunt Ge, Lin Ye once again put his other-worldly self into idle mode, practicing the "Long Quiet Meditation Sutra" in the morning and evening, and practicing boxing during the day. The time was set to three days.
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In the real world, Lin Ye returned to his room with two porcelain bottles.
This is a real antique, left by the original owner of the house he bought.
The porcelain vase was easily broken, so the original owner left it behind when he fled in a hurry.
He wants to buy himself a bigger house.
Lin Ye had never lived in a big house in another world, so he didn't think there was anything wrong with his apartment. But after living in an ancient mansion with a roof and land, he couldn't stand this apartment anymore.
It is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. The old Taoist is right.
"See how much I earn from my videos?"
Lin Ye picked up his phone and opened the short video. When he saw that the video had been played tens of millions of times, he felt no emotion at all.
This was within his expectations.
The backend product commission income was 250,000, plus the video reward of 100,000, plus the income from the first video, a total of 450,000.
Earning 450,000 yuan from two videos is considered a huge profit, but it is still far from enough to buy a house. You can't even afford the down payment for a better house.
I still have to sell porcelain bottles.
But it's almost evening now, the antique city is closed, and I have to wait until tomorrow to sell the porcelain vase.
"If you have nothing to do, then try practicing."
Lin Ye breathed according to the instructions in the "Long Silence Meditation Sutra", but the effect was only about one-tenth of that in the other world.
The old Taoist said that the speed of practicing the breathing method not only depends on one's own meditation state, but also on the density of the surrounding spiritual energy. It seems that the spiritual energy in the real world is too thin.
Is this the Dharma Ending Age in the novel?
With such thin spiritual energy, there is not much point in practicing.
Although it was possible to practice martial arts, Lin Ye did not do it.
Because I had turned on the AFK function, my self in the other world was already practicing martial arts, so continuing to practice martial arts now would be a repetition.
According to the information provided by the AFK gear, the two worlds are not interconnected in real time, which means that the results of practicing martial arts while AFK in the other world will not immediately cause changes in your real body. Instead, you have to go to the other world before you can receive the results of your AFK practice, and vice versa.
With nothing to do, Lin Ye decided to go to the supermarket and buy some meat and rice, and then move them directly to the other world.
"Fuck, I didn't check the almanac before going out!"
Not long after walking out of the community, Lin Ye saw two figures in front of him, cursed, and turned around and walked back without saying a word.
"My benefactor, my benefactor, please wait!"
"I'm waiting for you, uncle. Last time I met you, you made me lose money, and now you're here again!"
Lin Ye quickened his pace, but soon he stopped again because the two appeared in front of him.
"My benefactor, please don't be angry. I brought this brother to you for a reason, right?"
One of the two people standing in front of Lin Ye was the old man who had previously asked Lin Ye to give the hidden money to his daughter.
"What? Did he hide some private money like you and forgot to tell his family before he died?" Lin Ye looked at another middle-aged man in his fifties. Judging from his clothes, he seemed to be from a wealthy family.
"My benefactor, it's not that this brother has money but hasn't told his family. In this case... let the brother tell it himself."
"Don't talk about it here, let's go somewhere else."
The street was crowded with people, and in the eyes of outsiders, Lin Ye was just talking to himself. He didn't want to be looked at strangely.
After a while, Lin Ye finally understood what the problem was with this middle-aged man.
He was right in his guess, this man was indeed very rich, He Shan, the chairman of Raocheng Longxi Group.
As a native of Raocheng, Lin Ye had heard of the name of Longxi Group. Many real estate projects in the city were developed by this company.
Rich people all have a common problem, which is wanting to have offspring. He Shan is the same. Unfortunately, his wife only gave birth to a daughter as the first pregnancy. Although he loves his daughter very much, he feels uncomfortable when he thinks that the business he has worked so hard to build will be sold to a person with a different surname.
So he secretly found a woman to help him give birth to a son, and then asked the woman to raise the son and give the mother and daughter living expenses every month.
But two years ago, the doctor diagnosed him with lung cancer, so he thought about taking his son back home and confessed the matter to his wife and daughter. Unexpectedly, he was strongly opposed by his wife and daughter. He had no choice but to give up. However, in order to prevent his mother and daughter from being helpless after his death, he asked a lawyer to make a will, dividing his property into three parts, with his wife and daughter taking two-thirds and his son taking one-third.
Three days ago, he died of lung cancer.
After becoming a ghost, he wanted to go see his son, but when he arrived at the woman's house, he discovered that the woman was having an affair with his driver. From their conversation, he learned that the child was not his son at all.
He Shan thought carefully and realized that a big part of the reason why he wanted to have a son was because the driver often talked about sons in his ear. The driver had been with him for more than 20 years. When he wanted a son, he asked the driver to find a woman for him. Later, after his son was born, he asked the driver to take his hair for a paternity test. He didn't expect the driver to play tricks and sent the driver and his child's hair.
This discovery made He Shan furious. This pair of bastards actually conspired to steal his property. But he was already a ghost, so even if he knew, he couldn't do anything to them.
Until he met an old man who was also a ghost. After the old man learned about his experience, he brought him to find Lin Ye. Of course, there was another reason why the old man was so active. That was that He Shan promised the old man that after exposing the conspiracy of the couple, the medical expenses of his son-in-law, including the subsequent expenses of the child, would be paid by his family.
"You two have a good plan, but what does your business have to do with me?"
Lin Ye snorted coldly. The two ghosts each gained something, but he got nothing. He might even get a lot of money.
This wealthy family has been full of dirty deeds since ancient times.
