Everyone in the world knows that gods are good, but they cannot forget their fame.
Where are the generals and ministers of ancient and modern times? The graves are covered with grass.
Everyone knows that gods are good, but gold and silver cannot be forgotten.
In the end, I only regretted that there was not much to gather, and when the time came, my eyes closed.
Everyone in the world knows that gods are good, but only my beautiful wife cannot forget them.
I express my gratitude to you on your birthday, but you will go with others after your death.
...The short, fat old man holding a bamboo pole and cloth curtain looked at Ye Xiaochuan who was secretly discussing with the disciples of Cangyun Sect not far away. He didn't dare to get close, so he watched from a distance and sang "Good Song" in his mouth.
This catchy and very simple song perfectly explains human life.
Fame, wealth, and beauty are all illusions. Carpe diem is the king. After death, everything is gone. It becomes a bun covered with grass outside the city. You can't take away a piece of silver cake, not even your wife after your death.
I will be a widow for myself and live happily with others.
Therefore, only living is the most important thing for people.
Everyone in the world believes that the most tragic thing is that people are alive but their money is gone.
The old storyteller loves money and likes to accumulate wealth. The money he has earned over the years is astronomical. The popular "Monkey King" was written by the old storyteller. It is published and distributed every year in the bookstore opened by an old friend.
Tens of millions of copies can be purchased, and the annual royalties alone are enough to support the people of a state.
But this pudgy old man seems to be always short of money.
Because what he believes in is that after a person dies, the money will not be spent.
In the past few hundred years, the old storyteller has spent a huge amount of money. As for where it was spent, only he knows.
Money is a good thing. Although most cultivators don't love money, they can't live without it.
To put it bluntly, both cultivators and ordinary people cannot live without money.
Without money, nothing can be done.
Take Cangyun Sect as an example. Cangyun Sect spends a million taels on the back mountain ancestral hall every year.
The annual financial budget of Cangyun Sect is around 10 million taels.
Some people can't help but ask, Cangyun Sect is a cultivator who lives deep in the mountains and spends tens of millions of taels of silver every year. Where does the money come from?
In fact, cultivators, especially sects, are not very short of money.
One, collect rent.
The major cultivation sects all have their own land. Let’s take Cangyunmen as an example. Even though the main altar is in Cangyun Mountain, in fact, its core territory is very wide. All the imperial courts of the past dynasties have included Bazhong, Baling and other places under Cangyun Mountain.
Under Yunmen, from field taxes to commercial taxes, the court took 60% and turned it over to the state treasury, while the remaining 40% belonged to Cangyunmen.
This is one of the main sources of income for the Cangyun Sect, with three million taels of silver coming into the account every year.
Second, the filial piety of the outer family.
Cangyun Sect has many outer sect families, and these families are almost all prominent families in the world.
For example, the Jinling Ruan family where Master Jingshui was born, the Guo family where Guo Hui was born, the Yang family in Hanyang, etc. all belong to the outer sect families of Cangyun Sect. These aristocratic families contribute a large amount of money and materials to Cangyun Sect every year.
Third, do business.
If any sect wants to develop, it cannot do without money.
The same is true for Cangyunmen.
Cangyunmen's business is very large, and its layout is relatively early. Now it has shares in Huitong Tianxia's Jiuzhou Bank, Qiankun Bank, and Cangyunmen.
In addition to the most profitable financial industry, Cangyun Sect has also extended its business tentacles to three lucrative industries: silk, porcelain, and tea.
Shu Brocade, in particular, is Cangyun Sect’s biggest business besides ticket sales.
These three major sources of income support the healthy development of the entire Cangyun Sect.
In contrast, other sects have relatively single economic sources due to their late deployment.
Buddhism's main income is from two sources, one is collecting land rent, and the other is the believers' sesame oil money.
Especially the money for sesame oil makes Buddhists fat.
The Guangming Shenghuo Cult in the Western Region does not do business or collect rent. They collect taxes.
The thirty-six countries in the Western Regions are all their followers, and 30% of the taxes paid by the people of the Western Regions to the city lord belong to the Guangming Holy Fire Sect.
Other sects almost only hold inner disciple competitions every thirty years, but the Demon Sect is divided into four parts and its power is widely distributed, but it holds a temple test every ten years.
Why is the time interval so short?
It’s not just about sharing money.
In every temple trial, in addition to the battles between young disciples, there is also a very important activity, which is the sharing of money.
Countries in the Western Region and grassland tribes will hand over 30% of the tax money collected to the Demon Sect's Wilderness Temple. The Five Elements Banner will be responsible for statistics and collection, and will distribute it to the various forces of the Demon Sect every ten years.
The Western Region is very wealthy, and the tax money accumulated for ten years is almost always more than thirty million taels, which is then distributed reasonably based on the number of disciples reported by each sect.
The Demon Sect has been fiercely fighting within itself over the years, but it still maintains a high degree of unity until now. The reason why no Demon Sect sect has left the Light Holy Fire Sect has a lot to do with the distribution of money.
Because once a sect breaks away from the Light Holy Fire Sect, it is not eligible to participate in the money sharing. If there is no money, there will be no food.
Now, more than 4,000 people from various factions of the Demonic Cult have been assembled.
There are already a large number of them, and they don't like to interact with the righteous disciples. In the past few days, they have gathered together in meetings on the top of the mountain.
Now that these four thousand people are gathered together, they don't attract much attention.
Similar to the disciples gathered by Cangyun Sect, the disciples gathered by Demon Sect are mainly young masters.
These people all have sinister expressions and eyes like eagles. At first glance, they are ruthless masters who kill without blinking an eye.
These young masters from different factions of the Demonic Cult were able to work together for two reasons: faith and money.
Yu Linglong and others didn't know what Ye Xiaochuan was going to do, and these demon sect disciples certainly didn't know either. They only knew that they came to them today to do something big, and they might even kill someone.
Killing people in public at the Human League may cause a chain reaction. Those who are timid will not be able to do this at all.
The Demon Sect has sent so many masters today, which is certainly not something that a few young disciples can do. Last night, after Yu Linglong, Feng Tianqiong, Qu Xiangge and others returned to the camp, they immediately asked Ye Xiaochuan for help in recruiting people.
I discussed the matter with the head of my sect.
Tuobayu also held a secret meeting last night for this purpose.
After discussions with many senior members of the Demon Cult, they decided to help Ye Xiaochuan this time.
Of course, this is not because the people of the Demon Sect are great, nor is it how charming Ye Xiaochuan is, but because the Demon Sect has muddied the waters of human alliance.
It's easy to fish in muddy water.
So today the demon sect's troops arrived about half an hour earlier than usual.
After Ye Xiaochuan told Du Chun and others the general situation, he left the Cangyun Sect team and wandered alone on the top of the mountain. Unknowingly, he came to the area where the Demon Cult disciples gathered.
Seeing Ye Xiaochuan coming, Yu Linglong and others immediately asked people to let Ye Xiaochuan in.
Soon, Ye Xiaochuan came to the center of the demon sect team, surrounded by thousands of demon sect disciples. He was in the tiger's den, but he was not afraid.
