Chapter 182 Big New Year’s Reward (Happy New Year)
Inside the Sanqing Hall.
The old Taoist looked serious, looked at Lin Ye, and asked, "Have you met the person from the third pawnshop?"
"Yeah." Lin Ye nodded: "I met him. He asked me if I had anything to pawn, or if I wanted anything, he could do it for me. I knew he was bragging as soon as I heard it, so I ignored him.
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"I'm not bragging, he really has this ability, but it's a good thing you didn't make a deal with him." The old Taoist looked a little complicated, "It's like a quagmire. Once you step into it, you will only get deeper and deeper."
Hearing what the veteran said, Lin Ye knew that he was asking the right question, but the real world and the other world are two different worlds. Does the Third Pawn Shop do such a wide range of business?
Or is it just a pawnshop with the same name? Just like Buddhism exists in the real world, so does it in this world.
But thinking of this, Lin Ye became even more curious about the third pawnshop. You must know that Buddhism and Taoism are a large system and a cultivation inheritance. Can a small pawnshop be compared with Buddhism and Taoism?
"Master, what is the origin of this third pawn shop? It looks very mysterious?"
"The sky is one, the earth is two, and the pawnshop is the third. Do you think it's awesome?" Seeing Lin Ye's puzzled expression, the old Taoist explained: "I have never seen the third pawnshop, but it is in the classics of our Taoist temple.
There are records, however, that when the third pawnshop appears, it is the dusk of the gods and demons."
"What's the meaning?"
"The third pawnshop will only appear in the Age of Ending Dharma, but it is not the Age of Ending Dharma now. It's really strange."
The old Taoist muttered something, and Lin Ye answered in his heart, the other world is not the Age of Ending Law, but the real world is.
It seems that this third pawnshop is also across the world, but it only appears in the Age of Ending Dharma.
"Master, why did the Third Pawn Shop appear in the Age of Ending Law? Do they have enemies in other eras?"
"I don't know for sure, but this third pawnshop is mentioned in our Qingfeng Temple's classics. The appearance of any third pawnshop must mean the coming of the Age of Ending Dharma, and every shopkeeper of the Third Pawnshop will be the owner of the Third Pawnshop during the Age of Ending Dharma."
Find others to trade with and obtain other people’s souls in order to reforge new gods.”
"Reforge a new god?"
Lin Ye was really stunned this time. Is the mission of the Third Pawn Shop so strong?
"In the Age of Ending Dharma, the gods have disappeared, and people have also lost faith in the gods. Only by selecting the purest souls can the gods be summoned again. And for the third pawnshop, what he needs is the pure souls."
The old Taoist glanced at Lin Ye and said: "The reason why I said it was a good thing that you didn't agree is because once you are targeted by the third pawnshop, it means that your soul is the most valuable in his opinion.
And what you want, in the eyes of the third pawnshop, is just dispensable and can be given away casually. Even if the first transaction you give is not a soul, as long as you taste the sweetness of the transaction, once
If you continue this time, you will eventually trade your entire soul."
"Really or not, I can meet all requirements, so what if I want to live forever?"
"The same can be done, as long as you can pay an equivalent price." The old Taoist looked very serious and continued: "Don't think that I am deliberately scaring you. The strength of the third pawnshop is beyond your imagination. There were strong people who wanted to
If you use force against the pawnshop, the final price will be that the entire sect will be eliminated overnight."
"Master, you also said that the Third Pawn Shop only appeared in the Age of Dharma End. The strong men at that time were not that strong."
Lin Ye seized on the loopholes in Lao Tao's words to refute, but Lao Tao sighed and said: "Human desires are endless. Although the third pawnshop is mysterious, it is recorded in our Qingfeng Temple classics, and the same is true for other major forces.
There may also be cases where the Third Pawn Shop only appeared in the Age of Ending Dharma, but that doesn’t mean it disappeared in other eras. It just went into hiding, and many people are looking for the Third Pawn Shop for various reasons.
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"Isn't this the same as Qin Shihuang's search for immortality?" Lin Ye muttered.
"Emperor Qin Shihuang?"
"What I mean is that just like the emperors of some dynasties, if you want to gain immortality, you may go to a third pawnshop to make a deal."
"That's right, but compared to the immortality of the secular emperor, more powerful practitioners want to find a third pawnshop. According to the ancient records of Qingfeng Temple, there used to be a large sect with powerful people like clouds and the leader of the sect.
The sect claims that it is only one step away from becoming a flying immortal. The leader of the sect searched all over the world for the whereabouts of the third pawnshop, and it is said that the sect actually found it."
"Then what?" Lin Ye asked.
"Then all the disciples from the leader to the new disciples of the sect disappeared overnight, and the entire sect was also expelled. People found a token at the mountain gate of the sect with the word "Third" engraved on it."
"So exaggerated?"
"Exaggeration? The gods may have fallen, but the third pawnshop will last forever. Remember, as a teacher, since you have escaped, don't deal with the third pawnshop again. Of course, there is a high possibility that what you encountered is an impostor.
From the third pawn shop.”
"Are there any fake ones?"
"The world is dangerous. The Third Pawn Shop may not have been heard of by ordinary practitioners, but it is not a secret to some big forces. Naturally, there will be people who want to fake it for personal gain."
Lin Ye thought for a moment and finally understood the meaning of the old Taoist's words.
If emperors of all dynasties pursue immortality, so-called liar Taoist priests will naturally appear. When people face desires, they will unconsciously lower their IQ.
"You just need to know about the third pawnshop. Regardless of whether it is true or false, since you have refused, the other party will not come to you again in a short time. I have an important matter for you to handle."
"No, master, you should leave it to your senior brother."
Hearing what Lao Dao said, Lin Ye quickly refused. Are you kidding? Lao Dao couldn't think of anything good for him.
"I originally wanted to leave it to your senior brother, but after thinking about it, it is more reliable for you to handle this matter. This is a great thing. Today is New Year's Eve. We at Qingfengguan have enjoyed the incense of the people in the city for a year. Today is a day of gratitude.
On that day, I drew three hundred peace charms for my master. Disciple, please give these peace charms to the people in the city."
"That's it?"
It is a good thing to give peace charms to the people, but Lin Ye always feels that things are not that simple.
"That's it. By the way, do you have any broken silver on you?"
"Why do you need that thing? I always carry the banknotes with me."
Lin Ye was very pretentious. He always kept banknotes on his body, with the lowest being ten taels and the highest being one thousand taels.
The corner of the old Taoist's mouth twitched. He knew that his apprentice was very rich, but he didn't expect him to be so rich.
In the end, Lin Ye agreed to Lao Dao and sent blessings and feedback to customers at the end of the year. This is a good thing.
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An hour later.
Lin Ye walked out of a house in the city. The smile on his face disappeared. The old man had indeed tricked him.
It's indeed a good thing to send blessings, but he couldn't resist the people who pestered him to do it. The grandson of this family just fell down the day before yesterday, and the old woman kept asking him to see if there was anything dirty in the house. He said
If he still doesn't believe it, he insists on walking around with the peach wood sword.
The family in front of them was considered a wealthy family. They didn't let him see what was dirty in the house, but they took him to show their children the horoscopes for marriage. He was a Taoist priest, not a fortune teller.
Lin Ye finally understood that this was not a New Year's gift, but a big reward at the end of the year.
No wonder the old Taoist didn't deliver it himself, for fear of being exhausted.
However, after walking down these dozen or so families, Lin Ye had a clear idea of the conditions of these families.
It took four hours for Lin Ye to finish delivering all the peace charms. At the end, he almost dropped the peace charms and ran away.
View of Qingfeng.
The old Taoist looked at Lin Ye who looked tired and said with a smile: "My disciple, I have gained a lot this time."
"I have gained a lot. I even know what kind of man Chengdong Widow Li hopes to find to take over. I recommended a master to her, and she is quite satisfied."
"Nonsense."
"You also know how to fool around. Why is this work done by humans?"
Lin Ye glared at the old Taoist, and the old Taoist smiled: "As a teacher, there is really nothing I can do. Who told you to be rich? If you let Dawu go, I'm afraid nothing can be done."
Lin Ye was silent for a moment after hearing what Lao Dao said. He understood what Lao Dao meant.
This time, when giving peace charms, he also met many poor people with poor conditions. Some of them were originally from good families, but something happened to their families. Their family members were sick or had accidents, and the whole family had lost the joy of the New Year.
Facing these families, while putting down the peace charms, he also put down banknotes.
In the past few hours, he had dispersed nearly a thousand taels of money, and he finally understood why the old man asked him if he had any money.
"These are the incense monks of our Qingfeng Temple. Now that they are in trouble, it's better to return the incense money to them and avoid the karma."
The old Taoist sighed with emotion, and Lin Ye curled his lips, saying that it was true that the old Taoist was greedy for life and fearful of death, but he could not fault the old Taoist's behavior.
There is great love in my heart.
It's better than those Taoist temples that are only accessible but not accessible.
"Infinite Heavenly Lord, my disciple, how much did you give out in total this time?"
"About one thousand three hundred taels." Lin Ye thought for a moment and replied.
The indifferent expression on the old Taoist's face disappeared, replaced by a face full of distress: "Damn it, you prodigal son, who asked you to give so much? Our Qingfeng Temple only received less than two hundred taels of incense money in a year, I
I asked you to give back a little, but I didn’t ask you to give back that much. If I had known, I would have let Dawu go. We are a Taoist temple, not a charity hall."
Seeing Lao Dao's furious look, Lin Ye felt that he should retract his previous evaluation of Lao Dao.
After leaving Qingfeng Temple, Lin Ye returned home and before his butt was warm, another guest came to the door.