Practice begins with a fisherman

"Abbot, there are no suitable treasures in my temple to trade. Wouldn't it be shooting yourself in the foot to lure many monks?" Zhike monk asked quite puzzled.

Arhats are not at a high level in Buddhism, and it is only because of the great reputation of the Eighteen Arhats that they can barely be counted as a sect, but this does not mean that their situation will be good.

Buddhism seems to be peaceful, but there is also a competitive relationship. The weak and weak will naturally suffer from the distribution of various resources, so the Zhike monk of Luohan Temple will ask this question.

"Before the departure, the Elders' Council specially allocated a batch of treasures suitable for cultivators. The purpose was to help open the situation, spread the news, and inspect some convertible objects by the way," the kind-hearted old abbot ordered slowly.

According to the consensus reached between Buddhist monks and the top ten sects in the cultivation world, they are allowed to build Buddhist temples in various places after every sign of chaos.

These Buddhist temples will serve as an important force to resist and suppress the chaos in various places. If Si can survive the chaos, he can spread the teachings and cultivate believers in the future.

At present, the few temples in the realm of comprehension have accumulated slowly through this method, and most of them cannot wait until the end of the chaos.

"The intellectual understands, and will search for suitable monks who can be converted as soon as possible during this period of time." He also supports increasing the strength of the temple.

These obvious changes in the cultivation world, Zhao Shoushou, who was only in retreat, knew nothing about it. After two months of cultivation, his injuries basically recovered.

"Blood Cone Technique must not be used easily in the future, if it is not for the hindrance of sequelae, there will be no problem in advancing to the later stage of Qi Refining," Zhao Shoushou said very lonely.

Originally, according to his plan, he should at least break through the bottleneck and advance to the later stage of Qi training before leaving the level. Although the injury caused by the backlash of the blood cone technique was basically healed, he had no choice but to give up because the backlash still existed.

"I didn't expect you two little guys to advance to the next level before me." Zhao Shoushou looked at the two first-level low-grade cormorants who were sleeping in the spirit beast room, envious and relieved.

With the sufficient supply of spirit beast pills and Yingtiao beast blood food, the two spirit beasts finally reached the critical point of promotion three days ago and fell into a deep sleep.

Since it is impossible to attack the late stage of Qi refining in a short period of time, Zhao Shoushou will naturally go out to inquire about the recent changes in the cultivation world.

The best place among them is of course the Cormorant Lake Small Meeting. The monks who come and go can bring true and false news from all directions, not to mention Fatty Jia.

The low-grade spirit rice wine and fruit-flavored wine brewed carefully before going to the Purple Jade Mountains have all met the storage requirements. This time, the spirit wine can also be sold to earn some spirit stones.

The old time, the old place, the only difference is that the cormorant lake meeting seems to be more lively, the number of monks who come to participate has at least doubled, it was originally called the "beggar's meeting", it seems that the level of trading is also improving.

Zhao Shoushou's spirit wine trade was still booming, and the Baitan spirit wine was sold out after half an hour, but the news he heard by accident made him unhappy anyway, it was about the scourge of chaos, The first time he went straight to Fatty Jia's booth.

"The group of fellow daoists in the Purple Jade Mountains must have returned with a full load. Fellow daoist Geng once specially entrusted Jia to convey his thanks to fellow daoists. But fellow daoists came here for the news of the chaos?" Fatty Jia said to the point.

"Fellow Taoists, please clarify? What is the relationship between the chaos and the Buddhist temple? Why is there a Buddhist temple in Lumorant County?" Zhao Shoushou asked three questions in a row, wishing to clarify the doubts in his heart at once.

"Fellow Daoist is really impatient. Naturally, Jia will not hide the news that he knows, and let me tell you all about it." Fatty Jia smiled wryly. If it weren't for the series of entanglements between the two who are only interested in profit, how could he be so detailed? explanation of?

Chapter 120

"The trouble of chaos has existed for a long time, and the specific origin and reason, except for some old guys with high cultivation and long life, no one knows about it. The world only knows about two years before the outbreak of chaos. In time, these Buddhist temples from the far west will set up a Buddhist temple in each county in the shortest possible time. Over time, whenever a Buddhist temple appears, it means that the chaos is still not far away." After Fatty Jia explained briefly, he threw out a jade slip .

The above jade slips are just about the descriptions of some troubles caused by chaos, some of which are true or false, but he needs to judge by himself. In a word, every trouble caused by chaos is a catastrophe in the cultivation world.

The magic cultivator here does not refer to some monks who practice demonic skills. All the demons that appear are genuine ghosts from the demon world. of the same type.

But the strange thing is that these ghosts from the demon world have never committed any crimes against mortals, and mortals seem to be unaware of their existence.

The duration of each chaos ranges from three to five years to more than ten years. Because of the natural suppression of demons and ghosts by Buddhist and Taoist exercises, Buddhist monks are the vanguards in dealing with the chaos every time.

In fact, the crisis of chaos is not only carried by oneself, but also some evil cultivators who do evil and do many evils on weekdays will also take the opportunity to create chaos and rob various cultivation resources.

Many casual cultivators who are dissatisfied on weekdays will also take the opportunity to attack and kill some sect disciples, and attack some spiritual medicine gardens, spiritual material mines, etc. in groups.

Although the casualties of monks in the trouble of chaos are great, every time of chaos is also an opportunity for casual cultivators to improve their strength explosively. In short, it is both an opportunity and a danger for him.

"Where does this trouble of chaos come from? Why are there secret realms and ancient caves accompanying the birth? Is this good or bad?" This made him shake his position all the time.

According to the jade slips, although the origin of this catastrophe is the demon world, but in the subsequent development process, the most destructive force is some scum among human monks.

As for the role of Buddhist monks, they are just a bridgehead to attract ghosts from the devil world. As the saying goes, Xiao He is defeated by Xiao He. Because of the suppressive power of Buddhist exercises, they are the ones who hate ghosts the most when they appear, and the first goal is also Pull down temples one after another.

Each temple is like the core point that first attracted the demons and ghosts in the chaos. They were gathered in one place, and the masters of the various sects dispatched masters to catch them all.

Another piece of gratifying news is that every time the evil troubles are opened, each sect will publish a list of rewards, and the heads of ghosts with different cultivation levels can be exchanged for various rewards.

Talismans and seals, magic tools, spirit pills, cultivation methods and even the most precious foundation building pills are all available. As long as the requirements are met, they can be exchanged on the spot, and there will be no default.

Some casual cultivators who have no way out in the late stage of Qi refining often fight with their lives during this period, fighting for a chance to build a foundation, of course most of them are losers.

No matter how many benefits and opportunities there are in the plague of demons, it is a real catastrophe for most monks, and the casualty rate of more than half is definitely not a lie.

"Through this jade slip, did Fellow Daoist Zhao have a general understanding? Did you ever understand the role of temples?" Fatty Jia tried to pull it out of deep thinking.

"Thank you for your guidance today, fellow daoist. If it weren't for this, Zhao is still confused, no wonder there will be more and more monks here, and the prices of various treasures that are conducive to improving cultivation and combat effectiveness are also constantly increasing." Zhao Shoushou suddenly realized look.

"Arhat Temple will hold a large-scale auction at the end of the month. Anyone who is in the middle stage of Qi training can participate. Fellow Taoists can go and find out. If there are some Buddhist items, they will definitely be exchanged for high prices." Fatty Jia turned his eyes and attached another a message.

"Zhao must attend on time." The two nodded at each other, turned around and left.

For Zhao Shoushou, although the danger of chaos is terrifying, if he can ensure his own safety, the chances of fishing in troubled waters will be more than now, and the chances of obtaining Foundation Establishment Pills will also increase several times.

The premise of all this is naturally the improvement of the cultivation base, and the cultivation base must be raised to the late stage of Qi refining or even a higher level before the outbreak of the evil cultivator.

It was originally planned to sell part of the large number of instruments obtained in the Purple Jade Mountains. Judging from the current situation, it is obviously a more correct choice to store them for later use.

As for the trade fair at Luohan Temple, he naturally wouldn't let it go easily. Although he knew that he was a real drunkard and didn't want to drink, it didn't affect his longing for the auction.

Since stepping into the road of cultivation, I have devoted myself to cultivation. Every time I go to Fangshi, I also buy some spiritual objects for a purpose. The only time I experienced an auction was when I went to Shanxi County to look for Baibai at the fourth level of Qi training a few years ago. .

It's a pity that at that time, because of my low cultivation base and cash-strapped money, I bid several times to participate but failed to bid for a treasure because of the high price.

The trouble of demonic cultivation is close at hand, and all kinds of treasures should naturally be prepared in advance, but there are several magic weapons on his body, but none of the first-level top-grade ones. If there is a chance, he should naturally plan for promotion to the later stage of Qi training.

After the blood cone technique is cast, half of its mana can be cast within one month, and its influence can be completely eliminated after half a year. By the end of this month, after participating in the auction, you can already retreat in advance.

It took two months for my energy and spirit to reach the peak level. After the backlash of the blood cone technique disappeared, I could immediately launch an attack on the late stage of Qi training.

It takes at least ten years to practice from the late stage of qi refining to the tenth level of great perfection in qi training. Now that he is over 30 years old, he has no time to procrastinate any longer. He must make all preparations for the foundation building period before the age of 40.

With his aptitude of four spirit roots, if he delays a little bit the chance, which is very slim, it is very likely that it will disappear completely. The ten years when the chaos broke out is also his golden ten years.

"Maybe the plague of chaos is also an opportunity for someone to rise, but I don't know what kind of medicine is sold in these bald monks' gourds?"

He also doesn't believe that there are monks who are willing to give up their cultivation and transform into Buddhist monks just by relying on some rhetoric, to verify that they can put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha immediately.

Naturally, these things did not have much impact on him. Zhao Shoushou believed that the copper bowl in the storage bag could be exchanged for treasures of higher value from the Arhat Temple.

Although he can't control this copper bowl, after a period of observation, he can confirm that it is a treasure comparable to a first-order middle-grade magic weapon, and the bowl has special meaning to monks.

In order to gain something, besides the copper bowl, you also need to raise a batch of spirit stones. If there are high-quality treasures in the auction, the price will naturally become higher and higher under the competition of monks. If there are not enough spirit stones How can Shi achieve his goal?Fortunately, the spoils from the Purple Jade Mountains were at the bottom.

Chapter 121 The Meaningful Monk Auction

"This is the famous Luohan Temple? I hope there will be no unexpected changes in this auction." In the busy preparation work, time flies and soon it is time for the Luohan Temple auction to start.

Under the special means of these monks, the originally barren stone mountain has become lush and lush, mainly with common Buddhist plants such as linden, tall banyan, palm leaf palm, lotus, manjusri and turmeric.

I don't know whether it's psychological effects or these plants are arranged in a special way, but they have a special effect of calming the mind and calming the mind.

In short, when the bustling monks arrived outside the gate of Luohan Temple, they all subconsciously lowered their voices, feeling a rare sense of purity, as if their hearts had been baptized.

At the entrance of the Arhat Temple are two angry-eyed Vajras on the left, "Mizhi Vajra" and "Narayan Vajra" on the right. They are also the famous Henha Generals in ancient mythology, responsible for guarding the safety and stability of the Buddhist temple.

Looking around, I saw two vajras wrapped around their waists, with protruding glaring eyes, a pair of real vajra glaring, worthy of the famous Buddhist Dharma protectors.

At the entrance of the Arhat Temple, there are middle-aged monks in blue robes, with seven unusually conspicuous Buddha lights behind their heads, smiling like waiting for the monks, they are the Zhike monks.

"Amitabha, welcome all monks to Luohan Temple. The poor monk named Huitong is added as the monk of the temple. Please follow me to the temple." After being polite, monk Huitong led the monks present to the Luohan Temple.

"Little Monk Huitong, when will this auction start? I have waited hundreds of miles, not to visit temples." A man with a topless chest and only a pair of fat gray trousers next to him, with a rude face clamored with.

"Don't worry about this monk. The monks don't tell lies. Of course there will be an auction, but it will take some time to prepare. You can follow the little monk to take a look inside the temple. Although the Luohan Temple is small, it has a special flavor, and it will definitely not disappoint you. "Monk Huitong showed no signs of distress.

As the name suggests, the Luohan Temple is a temple dedicated to the eighteen Arhats. In addition to the two angry-eyed King Kong statues at the entrance, there are lifelike statues of the Eighteen Arhats in the main hall.

Eighteen arhats are the eighteen venerables of Buddhism. They are also the eighteen arhats who live forever in the world and protect the righteous Dharma in Buddhist legend.The existence of Buddhism is vigorously promoted, so there will be a dedicated Arhat Temple.

从左至右严格按照十八罗汉的排名分布：第一位坐鹿罗汉、第二位欢喜罗汉、第三位、举钵罗汉、第四位托塔罗汉、第五位静坐罗汉、第六位过江罗汉、第七位骑象罗汉、第八位笑狮罗汉、第九个开心罗汉、第十位探手罗汉、No.11位沉思罗汉、No.12位挖耳罗汉、No.13位布袋罗汉、No.14位芭蕉罗汉、No.15位长眉罗汉、No.16位看门罗汉、No.17位降龙罗汉、No.18位伏虎罗汉。

As a temple dedicated to the eighteen Arhats, there is a stone tablet beside each Arhat statue for a special introduction, which made Zhao Shoushou quite an eye-opener.

Among the eighteen Arhats, the Dragon Subduing Arhat and the Subduing Tiger Arhat, who have the most followers and spread the most fame, turned out to be the last two to become enlightened.

"Tsk tsk tsk, these eighteen arhats really exist. Many of them became famous together with many gods in the ancient mythology era. No wonder they can suppress the West."

"It's no wonder that every time there is a chaos, these monks and temples know that the possibility of survival is not high, but they are still willing to suppress it. This is the real kindness and compassion."

"If I don't go to hell, whoever goes to hell, with the blessing of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, I can continue to reincarnate and practice in the next life, which is a good choice."

For a while, whispers came from the crowd, and the hostility towards Buddhism was greatly reduced, and some of the monks who had other plans even began to change significantly.

"Only in the temple, under the light of His Holiness, can these people wake up to the sufferings of the world and understand the compassionate heart of the Buddha. The fire has come, and the auction can begin." The kind-hearted old abbot resolutely stop.

"Fellow monks, the auction is ready, please come with the little monks." The Zhike monk appeared at the right time and brought everyone to a simple auction room covering a large area.

The format of the auction is very simple. Each person has a small wooden sign for quotation and a set of simple wooden tables and chairs. It can accommodate about a hundred monks to participate, which is basically the same as the number of people present today.

"All monks are welcome to come to Luohan Temple to participate in the auction. We monks should not be involved in common affairs, but the chaos is approaching, so we can only make a bad plan. Amitabha." The old abbot with ten Buddha lights on the platform first explained. Fan.

"Whether the chaos breaks out or not has nothing to do with me and other casual cultivators. It's the best policy to start the auction quickly. The old monk should not grind here." There is sympathy and there is opposition.

"This monk is a little anxious. The auction will start next. As for the two rules, the one with the highest price wins, and the second one who owns Buddhist treasures will be traded first." The old abbot went down the donkey.

It is also difficult for Buddhist monks to get rid of vulgarity, and spiritual stones are also an indispensable existence in cultivation. The same is true for Buddhist treasures. After all, in Xianzhou and even the entire Tang Dynasty, the lack of Buddhist treasures is very realistic.

"The first treasure: a first-grade middle-grade magic weapon Xiangyun Shovel, good at facing the enemy head-on, and can also be used to open up a elixir garden. One thing has multiple uses, and the low price is 40 yuan for low-grade spirit stones."

The auspicious cloud shovel is actually a magic tool between Buddhist monks and monks. Most of the users are practitioners who are devoted to Buddhism. In fact, this is also an obvious temptation.

Of course, in terms of the actual performance of the Xiangyun Shovel, it can be regarded as a good first-level middle-grade magic weapon, but most of the contenders are monks who lack magic weapons at the fourth and fifth levels of Qi training.

Including Zhao Shoushou, more than a dozen monks who were at the peak level in the middle stage of Qi training were either closing their eyes and resting their minds or watching the excitement with smiles on their faces.

In the end, the first-level middle-grade Xiangyun shovel was bought by a pious monk at the fifth level of Qi training at the price of 60 yuan for low-grade spirit stones. The strategy of Luohan Temple obviously had a good effect.

"The second treasure, a stack of twelve first-grade mid-grade mutant water snake spell talismans, with a starting price of 50 yuan for low-grade spirit stones."

The Mutated Water Snake Art is similar to the Fire Tiger Art he used in standing fights. It can explode far beyond normal power in battle, and is very popular with most monks.

And because most of the monks with water attribute in Lumorant County, the price of water attribute talismans of the same grade is lower, and the audience of these mutated water snake talismans is naturally larger.

The 12 mutated water snake spell talismans were finally sold for 55 low-grade spirit stones, and were treasured by a gray-haired, hobbled old Xiu.

The quality of the first two treasures is relatively high among the same level, but they are obviously used for warming up, and the people who come to compete are also some new mid-stage Qi training monks.

Chapter 122 Favor from Luohan Temple

"The third treasure: a first-grade high-grade essence blood pill, whose efficacy must be understood by all the monks present. The starting price: 80 yuan for low-grade spirit stones." The old abbot on the auction stage showed a meaningful smile.

Sure enough, when the name of Essence Blood Pill appeared, more than a dozen monks on the sixth level of Qi training who had been sitting safely on the Diaoyutai suddenly opened their eyes, and a cruel battle was about to begin.

The sixth-level Qi training monks who came to participate in the Luohan Temple auction are basically casual cultivators or from some small families. Naturally, they can only rely on the help of Essence Blood Pill if they want to advance to the seventh level of Qi training. within easy reach.

Now every time one point of strength is improved, the chances of surviving the next battle with the ghosts from the demon world will be higher, and the benefits obtained in this big change in the cultivation world will be more.

No matter what the reason was, this Essence Blood Pill was a treasure that many monks wanted to obtain, and even many of them came here just for it.

"If it could have appeared a little earlier, Zhao would definitely not have taken the risk of going to the Purple Jade Mountains to hunt down the Yingchui Beast," Zhao Shoushou sighed.

"In a remote Luohan Temple auction, there are really blood essence pills. It's a worthwhile trip. 110 low-grade spirit stones." There is only a monk in gray trousers, and the price has been raised by 30 yuan for low-grade spirit stones.

"With the help of Essence and Blood Pill, it is expected to advance in the later stage of Qi refining, 120 low-grade spirit stones"

"At the auction, spirit stones are the king, 140 low-grade spirit stones"

The rapid increase in the price of the first-tier high-grade essence blood pills is shocking. Under the pursuit of several monks in the late stage of Qi refining, it has already broken through the 200-yuan Lingshi barrier.

"210 pieces of low-grade spirit stones, the lifespan of a certain person is not much, if the fellow Taoist is willing to give in, I will be grateful." The speaker was a man in green robe.

"The dog stinks, the smell is unbearable, no wonder the surname is Gou, the Essence and Blood Pill is related to the future path of cultivation, what's the use of your gratitude? Can it help me advance to the late stage of Qi training? 210 five low-grade spirit stones" There is only one The man in the gray trousers persisted until the final battle between the two.

"If you want to hurt both sides, this old dog will satisfy you. If you can get an extra piece of 240 low-grade spirit stones, you will be willing to bow down." The old dog in the green robe showed a trace of veins on his forehead.

"I'm really sorry, but a certain one has more spirit stones, 240 two low-grade spirit stones, thank you very much." The gray-robed man had a smug smile all over his face.

Not to mention the competition between the two monks, when the monks were vying for the essence blood pill, not far from the auction site, the head of the Arhat Temple, Hui Tong, a knowledgeable monk, was also secretly observing the reactions of the monks.

"After the appearance of the first-grade high-grade essence blood pill, there was only one monk who had not competed for the sixth level of Qi training. The two possibilities are that one is already confident enough to break through the bottleneck and hit the later stage of Qi refining, and the other is that he already has the essence blood pill." Originally The grumpy head seat observed carefully at this moment.

"The first seat, this is the well-known wine-making monk on Cormorant Island. He has a very strong combat power. He has not been promoted to the sixth level of Qi training for a long time and killed the two Cormorant ghosts who are also in the middle of Qi training." An excellent intellectual monk.

"The combat power is strong, the whole body is righteous, but he is a good transition person, and can be ranked as No. 1," the first person confirmed decisively.

"Zhao Shoushou is good, but he only focuses on cultivation and doesn't care about other affairs. It is very difficult to cross the border." Little monk Huitong explained in detail.

"Buddha saves people who are destined, wouldn't it be more in line with the profound meaning of my Buddhism to focus on cultivation?" The chief seems to prefer challenging things.

Zhao Shoushou didn't know that it was just because of a first-rank high-grade blood essence pill that had not been contested, that monks in this Arhat Temple gave him special attention for no reason. He didn't know whether it was bad luck or luck.