Chapter 27: The Greatest Merit and Virtue Response Sutra
Qingju Pharmacy.
Lin Ye took the prescription given by his senior brother to get the medicine. The price of a set of medicine was one or two taels of silver.
Very expensive.
The most important thing is that he needs to drink a dose of decocted medicine during the day, and take a medicated bath before going to bed at night, which means that he spends at least two taels of medicine every day, which is almost as much as the living expenses of ordinary people in a month.
And that's not even counting the meat he eats every day.
The saying that the poor are good at literature and the rich are good at martial arts is indeed true.
There weren't many medicinal herbs at Qingju Pharmacy, so Lin Ye only bought ten. According to the owner of the pharmacy, many medicinal herb dealers hadn't delivered their goods due to the war, so he might have to wait for a while.
The medicinal materials in Lin Ye's prescription can be used to treat diseases, and the owner of the drugstore does not intend to sell them all to Lin Ye.
This made Lin Ye feel a little emotional. The shopkeeper still had some conscience. Not to mention that the drugstore would rather let the medicinal materials gather dust on the shelves, but at least he would not hold promotional activities like modern pharmacies, where they would give away a bag of eggs when spending over 88 yuan.
If they can’t be bought in the other world, Lin Ye can go back to the modern world to buy them and send them to the other world, so he won’t be short of medicinal materials.
After returning home, Lin Ye sorted out the scriptures he had looted from Qingfeng Temple. There were quite a few good things, such as the Qi-gazing Technique and the Five Ghosts Moving Technique. However, the requirement for practicing them was to have a sense of Qi.
He could only watch these spells now, but fortunately he finally found a book that he could use now.
The Greatest Merit and Virtue Scripture
This is a practice that relies on merit to cultivate. It does not require Qi. Instead, one gains merit and then uses the Qi from merit to condense Qi.
The benefit of practicing merit is that it works quickly in the early stages, but becomes very difficult in the later stages. It grows exponentially. Doing some good things in the early stages will earn you merit, but the number of merits required to get promoted later on is terrifying.
However, for Lin Ye, this scripture was a timely relief.
Repair first and enjoy first, and worry about the later things later.
This scripture does not have any requirements for the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, so Lin Ye can take it back to the modern world to practice. He is no longer in the alien world and returns to the modern world with a thought.
"Lao He, notify all the ghosts to come to the backyard."
Merit, influencing ghosts can gain hidden virtue, which is also a kind of merit.
The first thing Lin Ye thought of was the ghosts in his home. Aren’t these ready-made experience points?
After He Shan gathered all the ghosts, Lin Ye began to recite the scriptures for salvation that he had collected from the Taoist temple. However, after reciting it several times, he found that the expressions of these ghosts were very numb, and their drowsy appearance was very similar to the expression he had when he was in school.
"Everyone, cheer up! Can you...repeat to me what the fifth verse I just read was about?"
Lin Ye pointed at one of the old ghosts. The old guy seemed to have his eyes open, nodded from time to time, and looked like he was listening carefully, thinking he could fool him.
The cultivation level is too shallow.
In order to avoid being discovered by the teacher that I was daydreaming, I not only nodded from time to time, but also occasionally frowned to show a confused expression, and finally pretended to suddenly realize something. Who was I trying to fool with just this expression?
"And you... don't laugh. What is the fifth sentence I recited?"
"Died in the open... Died in secret unjustly... Died in humiliation..." The ghost who was named answered tremblingly.
After the names were called, no one could give a complete answer.
"You guys are the worst group of ghosts I have ever seen."
Lin Ye was so angry that he laughed. He Shan at the side explained, "Brother Lin, the Taoists and monks chanting scriptures to persuade people depends on their own practice. The scriptures alone should be useless."
"Yes, yes, yes. I saw on TV that when the Taoist priests and monks performed rituals, they all radiated golden light." The other ghosts immediately followed.
"That's them. Relying on external influence is fake. What I want is for you to be influenced by me from the heart. It comes from your heart. Each of you will write me an 800-word reflection after listening to the lecture. If anyone writes less, you will be locked up in a small dark room for three days and not allowed to come out."
What golden light? I haven’t even cultivated the sense of qi, so how can there be any golden light?
The most powerful influence is to let the ghosts be influenced from the bottom of their hearts. Those Taoists and monks are called bewitching.
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After giving these ghosts their homework, Lin Ye went out. However, after he reached the gate of the community, he realized that he should get a car.
The community where he lived before was not large, and it only took a few minutes to walk from the apartment building to the community entrance. But now it takes him half an hour just to walk from home to the community entrance, and he didn't see many people walking along the way, only luxury cars passing by.
"You can go to the 4S store later."
Lin Ye went out this time to buy medicinal herbs for himself. The herbs in the prescription given by his senior brother were not considered rare in modern times and could be found in many Chinese medicine stores.
There were some minor incidents when buying medicine. Nowadays, medicines sold in pharmacies are divided into prescription and over-the-counter types. Lin Ye's prescription had no label, so the pharmacy did not dare to dispense the medicine for him.
Because the quantity Lin Ye ordered was large, the pharmacy specially invited a Chinese medicine doctor to look at the prescription. However, the Chinese medicine doctor had never seen this prescription before. He just judged that this was a nourishing prescription for nourishing qi and strengthening bones based on the characteristics of the herbs. Only then did the pharmacy start to select the herbs.
After giving the pharmacy the delivery address, Lin Ye took a taxi to his next destination, Auto City, where he wanted to buy a car.
"In urban novels, the poor male protagonist can't escape the plot. He buys a car to show off and then gets slapped in the face. I wonder if I can encounter this."
In the taxi, Lin Ye thought of the novels he had read before. When the male protagonist went to buy a car, he would inevitably meet a new female salesperson, and then be looked down upon by the old salesperson. In the end, the protagonist slapped her in the face, and the new salesperson got the order. If the new salesperson was pretty, she might even make a comeback because of the protagonist.
I feel a little excited when I think about it.
However, the actual car-buying process left Lin Ye with little interest. He was greeted by a male salesperson who was very enthusiastic. After he found a car and expressed his intention to buy it, he took the initiative to ask the manager for a discount and also gave him a car film, floor mats, umbrella, thermos cup...
When I drove out of the store, the store employees gave me a farewell salute.
"A salute is worth a ton of gold."
"I wish Mr. Lin a smooth life in the future, smooth sailing and good fortune."
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"Is the economy so bad now? Or has the industry's attitude changed? The enthusiasm of the service is second only to Haidilao."
Driving out of the car city, Lin Ye still felt a little emotional. He only bought a car worth hundreds of thousands and had such service. Those who bought luxury cars worth millions would have to enjoy such great service.
Every man wants to own a car of his own.
While driving the car, Lin Ye was still somewhat excited. He took out his phone to invite some friends to have dinner together to celebrate. However, just as he took out his phone to contact people, there was a sudden bang from the front of the car. Lin Ye's heart tightened, and he found that his car had rear-ended someone else's car.
"I'm so fucking..."
Lin Ye stopped the car in a hurry. When he was looking at his phone, he deliberately glanced ahead. There was a traffic light ahead, and there was only one car in front of him. There was a distance of one car between the two cars. There was no reason for them to collide.
Unless the car in front suddenly brakes and stops.
But no matter what, the fact is that I rear-ended the car, and according to traffic rules, I am fully responsible for the rear-end collision.
Lin Ye got out of the car, and a woman also got out of the car in front. When she saw Lin Ye getting out of the car, she immediately started to curse: "How did you drive? You hit my car."
"I'm sorry, I'm a newbie and I just picked up this car, but I've already bought insurance. I'll notify the insurance company now. It's my responsibility and I will definitely take responsibility for it." Lin Ye apologized quickly.
"Of course it's your responsibility. It can't be my responsibility. What's wrong with the new car? If the new car crashed, it's your own business."
The woman was a little unreasonable. Lin Ye glanced at the front of the woman's car and finally understood why he rear-ended the other car.
The woman's car was still two car bodies away from the traffic light. She braked to stop on purpose. It was not because she wanted to scam herself, after all, she didn't know she would rear-end the car. It was because the parking space was under the shade of a tree. If she drove forward, the car would be exposed to the sun. She did this to avoid the sun.
Lin Ye's mouth twitched, but he didn't say anything. It was just a minor bump and there was insurance compensation. Not long after Lin Ye dialed the insurance number, the traffic police arrived. After looking at the scene and taking pictures, they signaled Lin Ye and the woman to move the car aside to avoid causing traffic congestion.
"Comrade traffic policeman, he was the one who rear-ended the car this time, so he is fully responsible for it." When the woman saw the traffic police coming, the first thing she did was to assign responsibility.
"You are indeed primarily responsible for the rear-end collision, but whether you are fully responsible depends on the specific circumstances. Why didn't you drive forward and stop your car here?"
The traffic police asked, and the woman hesitated for a while and said, "I was trying to drive forward, but he hit me."
"Sister, I hit you after you stopped the car. There are surveillance cameras here, and everything will be clear when we check the surveillance." Lin Ye was speechless. He was trying to put the blame on himself.
"Well, we will check the surveillance footage to see what happened."
Hearing that they would check the surveillance, the woman looked a little panicked, but she still insisted: "Check the surveillance, it's my business where I park my car, and there's no law that prohibits me from parking here. You're still right to rear-end me."
"Then let the law decide. I will take responsibility for whatever is my fault."
Lin Ye frowned. He originally wanted to take full responsibility, but this woman pushed all the responsibility onto himself, which made him a little angry. You were right to stop the car when there were still three car bodies away from the traffic light.
"Okay, both of you stop arguing. The car is not seriously damaged. Why don't you see if you can discuss and resolve it? If not, drive the car with me to the traffic police station to deal with it, and notify your insurance company to come to the traffic police station."
"Let's go. I came out here to go shopping and get beauty treatments anyway. I have plenty of time."
In the woman's opinion, it was a working day and she definitely couldn't afford to waste time with a young man like Lin Ye, not to mention that he had bought a new car and maybe his family had invited relatives to pick up the car and set up a banquet.
"What a coincidence. I don't have much else but a lot of time. So I'll go to the traffic police team."
Lin Ye didn't indulge her either. You spend more time shopping and doing beauty treatments. I'm sorry, but I'm an unemployed vagrant now and have more time than you.
Traffic police team!
Before Lin Ye could wait for the traffic police to deal with the situation, people from the insurance company arrived first.
"Mr. Lin, this is a new car you just picked up."
"Yes, it crashed less than half an hour after I picked it up."
"Mr. Lin, I don't know if you have read the insurance policy in detail. The commercial insurance will not take effect until the next day. Fortunately, this accident was just a minor collision, so the compulsory traffic insurance can pay for it."
Lin Ye was stunned. He really hadn't noticed this.
"Also, I suggest you talk to the traffic police directly and have them rule you fully responsible. The total cost of repairing the car is less than a thousand yuan. If you have to distinguish between primary and secondary responsibility, the claim will be even more troublesome."
Seeing Lin Ye's puzzled expression, the insurance agent explained, "If it's all your fault, our insurance company will directly pay for the repairs if both of you are at fault. But if it's a primary or secondary accident, then we have to set a price, and we have to submit the damage assessment materials , which won't take that long."
Lin Ye was surprised. There was such an operation. The insurance company was not willing to pay less?
"It's not a big accident. If the cost is less than 5,000 yuan and there is no third-party property damage, you just need to take a photo and send it to us, then take the car to the 4S shop for repair and leave immediately. After all, time is money nowadays."
"If we keep dragging it out like this, the traffic police probably won't be able to issue a liability report so quickly. They'll have to find time to watch the surveillance video, which will take a day or two. Isn't this a waste of your time?"
"No, I don't have much else but a lot of time, so just let her waste time."
Lin Ye knew that the insurance company had good intentions, but he refused and just kept on trying with this woman. This time he really wanted to get serious.
"You two confirm that you don't want to negotiate. You need me to issue a liability accident determination, right?"
The traffic policeman was also somewhat amused when he saw Lin Ye and the woman. Both of them were stubborn. The loss was no more than one thousand yuan. It was the first time he encountered two parties being so serious about each other.
"Since you don't agree to negotiate, then fine. Once I finish this case, I'll check the surveillance. You two can come back tomorrow. The car will be parked here first."
"The car is parked here. I have another car at home. I will call my husband and ask him to drive over to pick me up."
The woman threw the car keys on the table, glanced at Lin Ye triumphantly, took out her cell phone and called her husband. Lin Ye ignored her, handed the keys to the traffic police, said goodbye to the insurance agent and left.
"Hey, you're still young. You take such a small thing too seriously."
The insurance agent looked at Lin Ye's departing back and whispered something. As an insurance agent, he had seen too many accidents being handled. Generally speaking, few people would be willing to waste time on accidents that could be resolved quickly.
At the door, Lin Ye was about to stop a car when an Audi A6 drove towards him. It suddenly stopped when passing by him, and the window rolled down, revealing the figure of the property manager Wang.
"Mr. Lin, it really is you. I thought I recognized the wrong person. What are you doing?"
"My car was involved in a traffic accident. I surrendered it to the traffic police and now I'm taking a taxi back."
Lin Ye was a little surprised to meet Manager Wang here. When Manager Wang heard that Lin Ye wanted to take a taxi back to the community, he was about to offer him a ride, but then he remembered that he was here to pick up his wife. His wife said on the phone that the guy who rear-ended the car didn't admit his responsibility, so it might take some time for him to come and deal with it, and Mr. Lin would definitely not be willing to wait.
Given Mr. Lin's status, if he was willing to wait, a car would definitely come to pick him up after he made a phone call. If someone takes a taxi by themselves, it means they have something urgent and don't want to wait, so don't bother yourself.
"Mr. Lin, I'll go in first. I have something to take care of."
"Go ahead."
Lin Ye nodded, looked at the taxi coming in front, stopped the taxi and left.
