"I'm sorry. Please continue."
Mengyao Zhao was embarrassed. She quickly took the handkerchief from Yanzhi and wiped her mouth.
The servant maids who were serving at the dining table hurriedly wiped the table.
Li Xiuyuan turned his head and looked at Li Maochun, who was busy eating. His expression was a little solemn.
100,000 gold taels!
If it was exchanged for silver, it would be a million taels!
It was an astronomical number that ordinary people could not imagine.
Even if Li Maochun, the richest man in Lin 'an State, could take it out, it would probably hurt his bones and tendons. Half of his family's assets would be emptied, and his vitality would be greatly damaged.
"100,000 taels of gold? Are you going to cover a mountain with gold foil?" Li Xiuyuan asked in a deep voice.”
Li Maochun coughed dryly and replied,""Cultivating fate, building a Buddhist temple costs more money than you can imagine.”
"First of all, there must be more than one hall in the temple, right?”
"Build a few main halls, a few side halls, a pagoda, and a golden statue.”
"There are also believers who came to offer incense. They can't possibly travel through mountains and rivers, right?”
"We need to build a spacious stairway with stone steps that connects from the foot of the mountain to the temple.”
"Moreover, I, Li Maochun, am building a temple. No matter what, I have to make it the most magnificent Buddhist temple in Lin 'an Prefecture!”
Hearing Li Maochun's description, it seemed that 100,000 gold taels could indeed be used up.
However…
Li Xiuyuan shook his head.”
"Actually, you're wrong about one thing. No matter how much silver and gold you spend to build a Buddhist temple, you won't be able to accumulate merit.”
Li Maochun was stunned.
Li Xiuyuan snorted coldly.”
"Building temples and repairing Buddha statues can accumulate merit. It's just a saying of the Buddhist Sect. How can it be called merit?”
He scoffed!
"What is merit?"
Li Xiuyuan looked around at everyone and asked indifferently.
"Doing good deeds and accumulating merit is merit, right? Then, is building a Buddhist temple doing good deeds and accumulating merit?”
"For the vast number of Buddhist believers, an additional place to burn incense and worship Buddha can be called merit?”
"You can call it merit by coating a layer of golden clothes on the cold stone Buddha mud Bodhisattva?”
"This…"
Li Maochun was rendered speechless.
Li Xiuyuan continued," You set up a charity hall in Qiantang City. You give out porridge and food every day as usual. That's doing good deeds and accumulating virtue!"”
"If you feel that these merit points are not enough, you can open the Charity Hall in the four cities of Jiangnan, in the Lin An State, and in the Great Qian Dynasty. Even 100,000 gold taels won't be enough for you to spend!”
"Doing this is a great merit!!”
Li Xiuyuan's voice wasn't loud, but it was sonorous and powerful. The sound of his landing was deafening and shook the minds of those who heard it.
Li Maochun looked at Li Xiuyuan in shock.
"What I'm saying is better than you wasting a hundred thousand gold taels on a Buddhist temple, right?
"Good, and countless times better!!”
Li Maochun said solemnly.
He slapped his forehead and suddenly understood. He muttered to himself in distress,"The nightmares of the past few days have tortured me to the point that I'm in a daze. Every day, I was nagged by the monk in my dreams. I only wanted to burn incense and worship Buddha to atone for my sins, but in the end, I almost did something foolish.”
"A monk in a dream? Atonement?"
Li Xiuyuan's eyes moved and he frowned.
Li Maochun's heart trembled. He also noticed that he had let the cat out of the bag.
What happened when he was young was his biggest secret. He had never revealed it to anyone, including his wife.
"Old Master, what atonement?" asked Mother Li.”
"What crime do you want to atone for? Could it be that he killed someone and released…"
"Bah! Shut up!"
Li Maochun shouted and interrupted Mother Li.
He picked up his chopsticks and said nervously,""What nonsense are you spouting?”
"In short, it's not called atonement. As a businessman, he has always done a few things that are shameful. Alright, let's eat, let's eat."
"Let's forget about this matter!”
"Let's eat."
Li Xiuyuan picked up his rice bowl, picked up his chopsticks, and began to eat.
Actually, he had already entered the Connate Realm and was in the Fasting Realm.
Why did he not eat?
It was also known as cutting grains, removing grains, cutting grains, and resting grains. It originated from the "not eating five grains" in Immortal Fang's family.
Those who were successful in their cultivation could take spirit herbs or breathe in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. They could use 'qi' instead of eating grain to prevent the impurities from entering their bodies.
Of course.
For a true Fasting State cultivator, even if they ate grains, they would not fall from the Connate Realm to the Postnatal Realm.
This was because his body produced the Innate True Fire, which could incinerate the impurities brought by the grains.
In fact, people who paid attention to fasting were cultivators who had not entered the Connate Realm or were proficient in health preservation.
In order to reduce the accumulation of impurities in their bodies and prolong their lives, they would pay attention to fasting.
Although this matter was over, this meal was still rather heavy.
After dinner.
The servants cleaned up the dining table.
Li Xiuyuan's lips moved slightly, but no sound came out. It was actually a secret voice transmission, saying something to Mother Li.
Soon after.
Yanzhi accompanied Mengyao Zhao for a walk in the garden, and Li Xiuyuan followed.
"Yanzhi, now that you're at the early stage of the Enlightenment Realm and have officially stepped into the path of cultivation, you can be considered a cultivator. I'll give you a magic artifact.”
Li Xiuyuan said.
With a flip of his hand, he took out a green longsword.
"This sword is called the Green Scale Bone Sword. It is a rare high-grade magic tool.”
Li Xiuyuan handed the Green Scale Bone Sword to Yanzhi.
Yanzhi received the Green Scale Bone Sword and was overjoyed. She quickly bowed and thanked him,"Thank you for your reward, son-in-law!"
"Yanzhi, if you really want to thank him, just serve him well." Mengyao Zhao whispered.”
"Do you know the 13 ways of playing the flute that I taught you?”
"Miss…I've learned it, I just need to put it into practice.”
As she spoke, Yanzhi secretly glanced at Li Xiuyuan, her cheeks glowing.
"You can try it when you cultivate at night," Mengyao Zhao said with a smile.”
Li Xiuyuan couldn't be bothered to think about what the two girls were doing. He solemnly reminded them,"Yanzhi, the Green Scale Bone Sword has a form called the Bone Whip. It can extend the body of the sword and kill people from various angles.”
"However, the bone whip is also unpredictable and difficult to control. If you don't use it well, you can easily hurt your own people. So, you have to practice hard when you have time, understand?”
Yan Zhi bowed with a red face.”
"Okay, go take a walk with Mengyao first.”
Li Xiuyuan left the garden and found Li Tiezhu and Li Daniu.
With a wave of his hand, he took out 15 cyan-gold sabers and 15 cyan-gold shields from the system space and said,"Give these weapons to the brothers and let them equip themselves.”
"These green-gold broadswords can cut through hair and iron like mud.”
"There's also the azure-gold shield. It's indestructible. Ordinary weapons in the world can't break it at all.”
"If you use your broadsword and shield well, you can also kill peak experts!”
When Li Tiezhu and Li Daniu heard this, they were both excited and shocked.
"Young Master, you have great abilities.”
"This broadsword, after being refined by Young Master, is indeed incomparably sharp. It is much more powerful than the weapon forged by Tie Zhu's father!”
The two of them cupped their fists and knelt down, thanking Li Xiuyuan for his reward.
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