Xuan Tan sighed and said: "My junior brother did not deceive the Chengdong family at all... It is no wonder that the Chengdong family does not believe it. It is really disappointing that our Tianmatai Temple has fallen into the current situation."
Aslan said from the side: "Chengdong's family, my abbot is an eminent monk who has entered the Arhat realm. Brother Xuantan is also a novice who has opened the world of ear consciousness. He also passed the insight knowledge of destruction and annihilation three years ago and is far away from the monks."
The realm is only one step away. In the Chengdong family, there are many practicing monks in our temple. There will be no problem in refining the elixir, and we will definitely not break the rules of the Chengdong family. I, a Buddhist disciple, must keep my promise most seriously, otherwise I will go to the tongue pulling hell."
Seeing that Aslan was a little anxious, Xuantan raised his hand to stop him: "Chengdong family, please forgive my junior brother's rude words, but what he said is true. Since our temple wants to work together with the Chengdong family, please relax.
That’s it.”
It turned out that Xuan Tan was a novice who had not yet entered the monk realm. Zhao Ran was relieved, breathed a long sigh of relief, nodded and said: "In this case, I have nothing to say. I don't know what your temple's proposal for my Jinbo Club is.
Decided?"
Xuan Tan said: "Our temple's idea is that we agree with the Chengdong family's proposal. I just want to ask, if all this setbacks go through, when will Tianmatai Temple get the money?"
Zhao Ran looked at Liang Xingxia who was sitting with him. Liang Xingxia made a rough calculation and said: "First change the formula, and then buy the medicinal materials and send them to your temple. After your temple refines them, the Jinbo Club will arrange an auction... I don't know if your temple refines them."
How long does it take to make the elixir?”
Xuan Tan said: "If the formula is not changed, the original elixir will take seven days to become a pill. According to the Cheng Dong family's proposal, we still need to see how the formula is modified. In short, it will take at least three days."
Liang Xingxia said: "In this case, the first silver dividend will be paid after one month."
Xuan Tan and Aslan shook their heads at the same time: "No! One month... I'm afraid it will be difficult for our temple to survive!"
Liang Xingxia asked: "What does your temple mean?"
Xuan Tan said: "Everything else is easy to talk about. In any case, we must raise the first amount of money to overcome the shortage within three days, buy the food and send it to Tianmatai Temple immediately. As long as Cheng Dong's family and Shopkeeper Liang agree to this, everything will be fine.
The wish of Jinbo Club.”
Zhao Ran asked: "That's it? Nothing else?"
"No more!" Xuan Tan's attitude was very firm.
Zhao Ran made a decision: "That's it. Is two thousand silver enough? Third Brother Liang..."
Liang Xingxia took two sheepskin scrolls from the table and handed them to Xuan Tan.
Zhao Ran said: "As long as the documents are signed, Tianma Pharmaceutical will be established. The 7,000 taels of silver from the Jinbo Club will be credited immediately. Tomorrow, we will advance 2,000 taels of silver to buy food, clothing and quilts, and set off for Tianma Taishan the day after tomorrow. The money will come from Guizhou in the future."
It will be deducted from temple income.”
Xuantan took the sheepskin scroll, squinted his eyes and read each item. He wrote the name of his Dharma "Xuantan" with a pen, dipped his thumb in the ink pad, and solemnly pressed it on the two sheepskin scrolls.
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In three days, the camel team loaded with food, seeds, clothing, quilts and other supplies set out from Xingqing Mansion. The entire camel team totaled more than 70 Bactrian camels and stretched for almost a mile.
Aslan, Takemoto, and the three monks Zhuhui personally looked after the camel team. After seven or eight days of traveling day and night, they finally appeared at the foot of Tianmatai Mountain.
Abbot Long Ji, Abbot Long Yang, the leaders of the four major groups, the deacons of each monk's room, and the disciples all rushed to the foot of the mountain to greet him.
Aslan knelt on the ground and bowed to the monks: "I have seen the abbot, I have seen the abbot, I have seen the master, I have seen all the leaders... The disciples have a shallow cultivation and cannot give up their greed, so that the entire temple is closed.
Almost in despair..." When he looked up, tears were streaming down his face.
The abbot personally stepped forward to help Aslan up and sighed: "Amitabha, Xuanheng, it's hard for you."
The leader of the West Hall, who was a monk in the realm of cultivation, could not help but have slightly red eyes at this moment, and said from the side: "Idiot, it's time to study hard."
Aslan said: "In the past, I was unable to discern the confusion of the various conditions of mental and physical phenomena. I was trapped by the mental and physical phenomena of the past, present and future three lives. Now I understand that this setback did not arise for no reason. It was all due to the disciple's past attachment to the mental and physical phenomena.
Appearances are nameless and arise from choices and rejections, resulting in constant greed and unyielding of the five poisons. From now on, you should be diligent and courageous, discern all dharmas, and purify your doubts."
The head of the west hall smiled and sighed: "Idiot, this happened to me. After ten years, I finally saw through it. Congratulations to me, Idiot, for cultivating the destiny to absorb wisdom."
All the monks put their hands together: "Congratulations, monk, for achieving the predestined relationship to receive wisdom."
The wisdom of conditional absorption is the second smallest level after the first level of nose consciousness is opened after Buddhist practice. Aslan was stuck at this level for ten years.
Compared with Taoist practice, Buddhism pays more attention to understanding. This does not mean that Buddhist practice does not value resources, but whether you can achieve enlightenment has a great impact on the progress of Buddhist practice.
Just like the Aquarius Zen Master a few years ago, he stagnated in the Arhat realm for a long time, until he entered Zhao Ran's body, saw the true nature, and realized the Mahayana Bodhisattva in one step. Unfortunately, he encountered Zhao Ran's extremely special sea of qi.
He and Lusuo couldn't win, and were knocked down and disappeared in minutes.
After Aslan's tempering, his long-dormant mind was revived. He was able to see through the wisdom of fate and entered the second level of the monk realm. This is also his law of cause and effect, and others cannot learn it.
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Amidst the congratulations from everyone, the abbot Master Long Yang asked: "Xuan Heng, does the food on the camels belong to us?"
Aslan pointed to the long line of camels behind him and said happily: "Abbot, these are all ours, not only the three hundred stones of grain and two hundred pieces of linen, but also these seventy camels, they are all ours!"
"Very good, very good! And... where are the seeds? How many did you buy?"
"Abbot, this is why I rushed back. Senior Brother Xuan Tan is staying in Xingqing. He wants to discuss the improvement of the formula of Wushen Pills with Tianbo Club. He asked me to report to all the uncles, so don't rush to buy seeds this time.
seed."
The porters and monks were busy loading and unloading grain and cloth, and corralling camels, while Aslan reported a major event to the abbot, abbot and the four leaders.
What's the big deal?
Xuan Tan, Zhao Ran and Liang Xingxia have been studying the improved formula of Wushen Pills together for the past few days. During this period, they had many conversations about the issue of Tianmatai Temple.
Tianmatai Temple is located in Tianmatai Mountain, and Tianmatai Mountain belongs to the inheritance jurisdiction of Tianmatai Temple. This fact has been established for 600 years and cannot be changed unless there is an accident. This has been established for 600 years and is the reason why Tianlongyuan is obtained.
The rules recognized by the major Buddhist temples and the secular court of Xia Kingdom.
In this case, Zhao Ran gave Xuan Tan an idea, which was to build a separate courtyard. If the other courtyard does not spread the Buddhism of Tianmatai Temple and does not accept believers to offer incense, there will be no infringement of the territory of other temples, and naturally it will not suffer from other temples.
Contradiction in the monastery.
So why build a separate courtyard?
The first one, of course, is to refine elixirs nearby. Tianmatai Mountain is too far away from Xingqing, and it takes less than half a month to go back and forth. Zhao Ran’s purpose in tossing Tianma Pharmaceuticals is not to sell a few elixirs a month. He
It is to be refined and sold in large quantities.
Second, in addition to elixirs, he also wanted to bring Tianmatai Temple into the sphere of influence of Jinbo's small group. This is a temple with an Arhat, several monks, and a large number of novice monks.
, with Zhao Ran’s troubled temper, it was really uncomfortable for him to just watch without reaching out.
Third, from the perspective of Tianmatai Temple, a separate monastery was built around Xingqing Mansion. The living conditions are better than those in Tianmatai Mountain. By relocating half of the monks, the pressure of transporting materials to Tianmatai Mountain is reduced by half, and the cost is reduced.
Half, why not?
Of course, this was also the suggestion that Zhao Ran made after spending a few days with Aslan and Xuantan and found that the monks in Tianmatai Temple were relatively simple-minded. To put it bluntly, the monks in Tianmatai Temple were not so scheming and were not single-minded.
Thinking about how to trick Zhao Ran.
Just like the current Xuan Tan, just a few days after arriving in Xingqing Mansion, he has already unconsciously regarded Zhao Ran as his food and clothing parent. What he said and did did not have the slightest consciousness of a cultivator, and was completely focused on planning.
develop.
Such a monk is very cute, so Zhao Ran likes Tianmatai Temple very much. Thinking of the little monk Jue Yuan and the Aquarius monk who almost tricked him to death, Zhao Ran couldn't help but mutter, they are both monks, why is there such a big gap?
So big?
Therefore, Zhao Ran has already discussed with Xuan Tan. Once the temple agrees, he will buy a small barren mountain near Xingqing Mansion, build a Tianmatai Temple annex, and then put up the brand of Tianma Pharmaceutical Pharmaceutical Factory.
In Liang Xingxia's notebook, Zhao Ran's summary of this business was recorded, which is called "one organization, two brands".