Chapter 358 Jade Buddha Temple

After letting out a long sigh and meditating for a while, Yan Xu felt that the thirst and weakness that had always troubled him were relieved a little.

Because his Dantian was not fully formed, 99% of Yan Xu's recovered energy was drawn to fill his Dantian, and this process continued all the time.

In this situation, even though he had relied on his physical body to break through and his blood and energy were extremely strong, he was still extremely weak. Not to mention his internal energy and blood, even the electric current was as weak as a lighter.

The most terrible thing is that the feeling of having one's blood sucked out and marrow squeezed exists all the time. If Yan Xu's character cultivation was not already quite impressive, it would drive him crazy over time, and he would become a pervert.

Although I can endure it, the feeling of being forced to pay public grain three times a day when I am over 40 is too unbearable. So after finding a way to relieve it, my mood also improved a bit.

"This is the difference between the worlds. They are indeed different." The several worlds Yan Xu had visited were either the end of the law or low-level magic worlds, so coming to the fairy burial world where the spiritual energy of heaven and earth still maintained a certain concentration naturally felt like a long-awaited sweet dew.

It was originally estimated that it would take at least three to five years to fill up the Dantian by relying on food and medicine, but now it doesn't take that long.

Yan Xu's realm has reached but his accumulation has not kept up. If he has sufficient spiritual energy from heaven and earth, he will be able to fully recover in less than half a year, or even make further progress.

However, the most important thing now is not these, but to deepen the understanding of this strange world and not lose his life because of a trivial matter. After all, in this world, his strength is not enough to ignore the rules. No matter whether they are reasonable or unreasonable rules, he has no right to break them.

Without sufficient strength, Yan Xu has no intention of trying to see if his protagonist halo is effective, so he must keep a low profile and must not cause any trouble.

Yan Xu went out for a walk these past two days when he had nothing to do, to speed up his understanding of the world. He also met some colleagues and wanted to go up and have a chat with them, but unfortunately he forgot the saying that colleagues are enemies, so no matter whether he met fortune tellers or people working on weddings or funerals, they never gave him a good look, and even showed some undisguised exclusion.

Looking at his low-key Taoist robe, he didn't look like someone looking for a place to make a living, so Yan Xu was stunned for a moment, then just smiled and turned away.

"I almost forgot that people need to eat." Yan Xu said with a self-deprecating smile.

With the advantage of his family background and the experience of traveling through several worlds, Yan Xu finds making money as easy as playing. It is also as difficult as daily tasks, not much different from making money by doing the hard work. As a result, he has completely lost interest in money.

But except for those who have truly stepped into the threshold of spiritual practice and are able to move high up, whether they are monks or Taoists, they all need to eat, so they will naturally not welcome their peers.

One more colleague means one more competitor, one more person to steal your food. If you are rich, it is easy to deal with. The key is if you are not rich, so you should not treat him as an enemy.

In fact, this is mainly related to the excessive pressure of life. Since Shiyu County is a Buddhist county, it is not easy for Taoists to make a living here.

The local people have always had the habit of worshipping Buddhism. Shiyu County not only has the stone Buddha kiln with a thousand-year history, but also a large temple called Jade Buddha Temple.

Compared to the Stone Buddha Kiln, which has a long history but only has mottled stone Buddhas, the Jade Buddha Temple not only has a majestic hall and quiet and elegant courtyards, but also houses more than a thousand Buddha statues of various sizes, made of copper, gold, and jade, all carved by master craftsmen at a cost of countless dollars.

That’s not all. The Jade Buddha Temple owns thousands of acres of Buddha fields and a stone Buddha kiln that produces top-quality jade. Anyone who wants to go in and mine must bring a Buddha amulet from the Jade Buddha Temple, which is equivalent to auctioning a mining license.

Just from these, the annual income is as much as 100,000 taels, which can be said to be very wealthy. Therefore, not only did he build a large temple, but he could also support many eminent monks and hundreds of martial monks.

The former helps to explain the truth, while the latter simply talks about physics. The combination of the two can be said to be invincible as long as one's fist is not as big as his.

However, what really made the Jade Buddha Temple fearless were the practitioners. Only the practitioners could make the secular government and dignitaries turn a blind eye and deaf ear to this, because they could not defeat them. Yan Xu was naturally very interested in the practitioners' affairs, but he did not go to inquire directly, nor did he spend money to ask the waiter, because he was an outsider. If he dared to do so before showing enough strength, the waiter might invite the people from the Jade Buddha Temple to catch the spy that night.

After thinking for a while, Yan Xu went to the jade shop and pretended to be ready to buy high-quality jade, using this opportunity to strike up a conversation with the shop owner.

Although Shiyu County is rich in jade, most of the real good materials come from Shifo Kiln. The jade mined there is scarce, but it is warm, dense, translucent, pure, white and flawless, like solidified fat. Therefore, although the output is very low, as long as you mine a piece and ask a master craftsman to carve it, you can make a huge profit. Therefore, despite the dangers, people are still willing to buy Buddha amulets.

However, the amulets are expensive and in limited supply, so many people are eager to get them but cannot. The shop owners are both envious and complain about this.

Yan Xu asked casually, saying that he couldn’t go without taking the Buddha amulet.

The shopkeeper looked a little fearful, but seeing that he was dressed as a Taoist priest, he whispered the reason to him.

There have always been many thieves who sneak into the Stone Buddha Kiln without amulets. However, there are stone monsters in the Stone Buddha Kiln. If you don't have amulets to protect you, you will be smashed to death by the stone monsters.

Yan Xu was not surprised that there were monsters in this world, but he always felt that there was something wrong because there were too many coincidences.

No matter what, the Jade Buddha Temple still relies on practitioners who dare not give face to the government and regard the huge profitable Stone Buddha Kiln as their own territory.

Therefore, the Jade Buddha Temple is not afraid of people knowing about the practitioners, because this is the confidence of the Jade Buddha Temple, so it is not difficult to find out.

Yan Xu actually found out a lot of things while buying jade, but unfortunately most of them were negative.

The Jade Buddha Temple is very famous in the local area, especially among the people. In addition, it lends money and gives out porridge during years of disaster, so it has many believers.

But if you really think this is a Buddhist holy place, you are too naive.

Buddhist temples, especially famous ones, not only have Buddhist fields and tenant farmers providing a stable income, but also have savings and lending businesses, which is like banks plus usury.

It is not uncommon for monks to do business. In fact, they have the ability and foundation. For example, the bronze and golden Buddhas in the temples are financial guarantees, and the burly monks are military guarantees. Therefore, rich people like to deposit their money in Buddhist temples, and the temples use the money to lend out, and the profits are shared by everyone.

It’s just that money is easy to borrow, but loan is difficult to exchange.

If it is not difficult, no one would borrow money. If it is difficult, it will be even more difficult to exchange money.

But there is no losing money in lending business, not to mention that if you don’t have money, you can use something else as collateral, so there are more and more Buddha fields and tenants, and the bronze and golden Buddhas are getting bigger and bigger.

The Jade Buddha Temple is more confident, so its business is naturally more extensive. Even the local jade mines have been directly monopolized by it, using the excuse that they are haunted by stone demons and require Buddha amulets for protection before they can be mined. As for those who don't believe in it, of course they won't buy it, because otherwise who would buy Buddha amulets?

There is a group of monks talking about philosophy, and a group of martial monks talking about physics. The question is what would you do?

(End of this chapter)