Quickly wear it and insist on being an old man forever

Chapter 311 The Useless Traveler Wants to Go Home (9)

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At this time, not only was Empress Dowager Liu E confused when she heard the news, but Deqing, who reported the news, also had complicated feelings.

This operation made all their previous discussions and preparations for this matter seem like a joke. They were all wasted. If they had known this would happen, why would they have put in so much effort?
Besides, the ancestor Xuannv is too unrefined.

Throughout the dynasties, the emperors have always been searching for a panacea for longevity but could not obtain it, and could not invite beings with the appearance of immortals or gods. How could there be someone like the Ancestor Xuannv who sells things at a wholesale price just for money? Is that reasonable?

It made them lack confidence.

"Forget it, the original plan will be suspended. Send someone to deliver 20,000 taels of gold as fast as possible to buy two pills to try. If it can really perfectly repair internal injuries and hidden injuries, and has the effect of prolonging life, then the original plan will be cancelled.

It’s not good to go to too much trouble…”

Nearly nine thousand taels of gold is an unimaginable amount of money for ordinary people, even for ordinary wealthy families, but it is nothing to the imperial court.

Even if he did not use the court's money and used his own private treasury, it would not cause any serious damage.

You can even buy it directly with money, which is actually a good thing for Empress Dowager Liu E, because buying it is a transaction, which is always better than inviting someone again and again and still failing.

"promise!"

After Deqing agreed, he took the seal from the Queen Mother, allocated gold, and sent it to the Xuannv Sect's Treasure Pavilion, which was closest to Bianjing, to buy two Shengsheng Zaohua Pills. At the same time, he also notified Liu E's niece-in-law that she didn't need to make any preparations, but just stay at home and pray for blessings.

Another day later, the relevant news had spread in Bian Jing. Some people questioned it, some thought it was too expensive, some were rushing to raise money, or some were preparing to wait and see.

See what effect this medicine has on others?
In addition, the price of gold rose. Originally, the ratio of gold to silver was about 1:10, but as the relevant news spread, and some people said that the Treasure Pavilion only accepted gold and not silver, the exchange rate of gold to silver rose to 1:12 in less than twelve hours. In other words, to exchange one tael of gold, you have to pay two taels of silver more than before.

And this is likely just the beginning.

Because the effect of Shengsheng Zaohua Pill has not been accurately verified yet. After verification, it would be fine if the effect is not good, but if the effect is really good.

I'm afraid it doesn't matter whether they are rich businessmen or powerful people.

They will try to exchange it for gold to buy this medicine.

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Shaolin, inside the Bodhidharma Temple.

The abbot who received the news could not help but sighed, "All the sects and forces in the world who are attending the birthday banquet for the Xuannv Patriarch owe her a favor, a favor worth more than 8,000 taels of gold!
I originally thought that what Lingmen said was a bit exaggerated, but now it seems that it is not an exaggeration. The ancestor Xuannv, who possesses such magical means, is indeed capable of making the strength of everyone in the sect have a qualitative leap in a short period of time. She is undoubtedly the best in the world.

I'm afraid the world will never be at peace from now on.

I am in trouble in Buddhism too..."

Abbot Tonghui of Shaolin looked quite worried. If Xuannv Sect was just an ordinary martial arts sect, he might have been a little worried about its strength. However, Xuannv Sect was obviously not an ordinary martial arts sect. The Boy's Sutra and the Xuannv Sutra of Xuannv Sect had very clear Taoist characteristics.

There is no problem in saying that they are from the Taoist sect.

Shaolin is undoubtedly the leader of Buddhism, at least in the martial arts world. As for Taoism, there are many hidden sects, and their strength may not be inferior to that of Buddhism, but there is no contemporary sect as huge as Shaolin.

Today's Xuannv Sect undoubtedly has the potential to become the leader of Taoism. If they are allowed to develop a little more, they may be able to compete with Shaolin.

Even crushing their Buddhist lineage.

"Amitabha, Abbot, we should have prepared for the decline of Buddhism in advance. When Patriarch Chen Tuan was still alive, Taoism had a high status in the Song court.

Now, the ancestor Xuannv has a method to prolong life.

We are even more difficult to compete with.

It is better to reduce your influence, help the poor and needy, spread the teachings of the Dharma to all living beings, preach the blessings of the afterlife, and wait for the future!"

Master Tong Hong, the chief monk of the Dharma Academy, has a more thorough understanding of the current situation. In the past, neither Buddhism nor Taoism could come up with a very clear secret method to help people prolong their lives. One talked about the afterlife, and the other talked about this life. Therefore, the powerful people favored Taoism more, not to mention that Taoism has now clearly demonstrated a secret medicine that can prolong life.

They, the Buddhist sect, are no match for them at all. I'm afraid they can only give up the powerful and take the path of the common people.

Most of the rich and powerful in the world, because they have already enjoyed wealth and prosperity, of course they don't want to look forward to the afterlife, they just hope to live long and comfortably in this world, and enjoy a few more years. Only those who are already living in extreme hardship or even despair will look forward to the afterlife, hoping to be born into a good family and live a good life for a few years.

Therefore, Buddhism and Taoism are on the same foundation.

The audiences are already distinguished from each other.

It’s just that in the past, Buddhism could not prove the saying of enjoying happiness in the afterlife, and Taoism could not prove that practicing Taoist techniques in this life could lead to longevity. Each side could only rely on their own abilities.

Whoever is better at fooling others will have the upper hand.

Now, the ancestor Xuannv has taken a step forward, at least one step ahead of Buddhism, which is equivalent to technological leadership. Therefore, anyone with a little knowledge can basically conclude that the rise of Taoism has become a foregone conclusion.

"Is there no way?"

Master Tongming, the chief Zen master of Luohan Hall, was quite unwilling to say so.

"There is a way. Either my Buddhist sect can also research a pill similar to the Life-giving Creation Pill, or my Buddhist sect can prove that there is indeed reincarnation and the underworld in this world. It would be best if it could help some people open their wisdom and recall their past lives."

The chief Zen master Tongwu of the Buddhist Hall said frankly that he was the only scholar monk present who did not know martial arts and specialized in the practice of Buddhism.

But what he said really hit the nail on the head.

If Buddhism wants to break the impasse, it can either quickly catch up with Taoism and imitate similar secret medicine, or it must make a fuss about the afterlife, which is the core of Buddhism's propaganda.

But obviously, nothing is easy.

Nowadays, it seems that only the Tibetan Buddhist sect has done some research on the secret arts of the spiritual world and has developed a legacy of living Buddhas. However, no one knows whether it is reincarnation or rebirth through possession of another's body.

Not only is it difficult to explain, they also don't know this secret technique.

"Let's send someone to buy the Life-Giving Creation Pill first. Although we probably won't be able to find anything out of it, the core of the Life-Giving Creation Pill may lie in the martial arts practiced by Ancestor Xuannv herself.

Even beyond the special true essence of the innate realm.

But buy some anyway.

Buddhism is dangerous, and we old guys must try to live longer. I'm afraid that relying on the younger generation alone will not be able to support Shaolin. What do you think?"

Abbot Tonghui Zen Master continued. There is no need to worry about whether it will be easy in the next life, but you must try to imitate the secret medicine immediately. Even if the imitation fails, you can take it yourself!

Anyway, you won't lose money if you buy it.

After returning from Lingmen, Abbot Tonghui was worried that his disciple had been tampered with, so he specially checked his body. It turned out that there was nothing wrong with his body, he was very healthy, and the hidden injuries in his body were caused by practicing Shaolin martial arts and not reaching the level of Buddhism.

They have all been repaired!!!

The most important thing is that Abbot Tonghui really needs the Shengsheng Creation Pill. Why is he so anxious to pass the position of abbot to his disciple Lingmen, who is not even 30 years old, in two or three years? It is obviously not because he has reached retirement age, but that he can probably only live until then.

Many Shaolin martial arts have flaws. The more powerful the martial arts, the heavier the evil spirit. It must be resolved with corresponding Buddhist teachings, or by successfully practicing the Yi Jin Jing. However, if one wants to successfully practice the Yi Jin Jing, the requirements for Buddhist teachings are already quite high.

This leads to the situation that those who have a high enough level to practice Yi Jin Jing do not practice it. There is no problem in practicing Shaolin martial arts, but those who are not at a high enough level cannot practice Yi Jin Jing at all.

Shaolin has already ignored the hidden dangers of practicing Shaolin Kung Fu.

It has been forced to practice for several generations.

If one starts studying Buddhism in his forties or fifties and works hard to improve his Buddhist attainment, he will most likely live to his eighties or nineties. But if his Buddhist attainment is not high enough, sudden death at sixty is normal. Tonghui has a lot of things to worry about and has many selfish thoughts, so his attainment is really not enough.

Therefore, there are naturally quite a lot of hidden injuries in the body.

I don’t have many years left to live.

But people all have a desire to live. In the past, there was really no other way but to accept death calmly and fantasize about reaching bliss after death. Now, even those who have reached a high level of Buddhist Dharma are probably willing to continue living, not to mention those who have not reached the level of Tonghui.

The other Tong-generation monks present obviously had no objections. After all, except for the monk Wen, everyone else had similar problems. As long as the hidden injuries in their bodies could be repaired, not only would those in the acquired perfection realm have great hope of breaking through to the innate realm, but they would definitely be able to live for more than 30 years. Who wouldn't want 30 years of life?

Then they began to wonder how much gold Shaolin could come up with to buy the Life-Creating Pill.

"Three hundred thousand taels of gold should be available."

"Maybe we can send someone to negotiate the price."

"Fortunately, our Buddhist sect still has plenty of gold. If all the golden Buddha statues, Bodhisattva statues and Arhat statues in Shaolin were replaced with gold-plated bronze statues,

We should be able to scrape together another two or three million taels of gold."

"No, we have to leave some heritage for future generations. Send people to exchange the existing copper coins and silver in the warehouse for gold. The exchange price of gold will probably continue to rise in the near future. We can't lose money no matter what."

"Amitabha, good, good!"

"This time, the Xuannv Sect has really taken all the gold in the world. But I don't know what they want to do with so much gold. Could it be that gold has some special uses that we don't know about? How strange, how bizarre!"

"Wait a minute, Taoism has the legend of the immortal golden immortal, and Buddhism also has the legend of the indestructible golden body. The immortality of gold, these legends should not be without reason. It is possible that after reaching a certain level of cultivation, comparable to immortals and gods, one really needs to use gold, and extract the immortal gold nature from gold?
Could it be that she is about to break through to the Immortal Golden Immortal?"

"This……"

"Forget it, what's the point of saying this? The gold is just currency to us anyway."

"What a pity! What a pity!"

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The situation in Shaolin is actually just the tip of the iceberg of the martial arts world. As the news spread, all the major sects in the martial arts world were actually quite tempted by the Shengsheng Creation Pill.

Because the world is dangerous.

There are very few people in the martial arts world who can guarantee that they have no hidden injuries in their bodies. On the contrary, the majority of people have many hidden injuries.

Why do many old masters retire from the martial arts world when they get old? Their health does not allow them to do so. They retire to enjoy their old age and live another ten or twenty years. If they continue to hang out in the martial arts world, fight a few more fights, or fight a little more intensely, it may cause the hidden injuries in their bodies to erupt.

Give the enemy a sudden death on the spot.

Because of this, except for the new generation who don't know much about hidden injuries and don't have any hidden injuries, the rest of the middle and old generations in the whole martial arts world basically covet the Shengsheng Creation Pill and are eager to possess it.

The difference lies in the method of selection.

Rich sects, such as Shaolin, can just spend money to buy it. Although they cannot provide one to every person, the high-ranking members of the sect can basically get one.

As for those who have no money, they can only find ways to survive.

Some were thinking about stealing, some were thinking about robbing, and some were thinking about stealing from Han tombs to make money. This was because lavish burials were quite popular in the Han and Tang dynasties, and the amount of gold in the ancient tombs of the Han Dynasty in particular was enormous. If they dug one or two tombs of the royal family with the surname Liu, they should be able to collect enough gold to buy half or one-third of a Shengsheng Zaohua Pill.

If you dig up a more famous tomb of a prince.

The amount of gold in the tomb might be enough to buy several of them.

It can be said that Bai Sheng's two actions of holding a birthday banquet and launching the Shengsheng Zaohua Pill directly led to the entire martial arts world, and even the Central Plains, as well as the Central Plains cultural radiation area, including places like the Western Regions and Tubo, all of which were mobilized, with a huge impact.

The deviation value is still not very large.

It only increased from 1% to 2%.

But Bai Sheng was not in a hurry. After all, everything had just begun. He would just wait for things to develop.

In the following half month, the Treasure Pavilion of Xuannv Sect successfully sold more than a dozen Shengsheng Zaohua Pills. One was snatched away, and two were stolen along the way, but the rest were all delivered smoothly and showed their effects.

And among all those who took the Shengsheng Zaohua Pill.

The most famous one is Empress Dowager Liu E.

The Empress Dowager Liu E, who had been well maintained and looked only in her forties, was obviously in her early sixties. At the court meeting, she appeared to be only in her early thirties. All the ministers were shocked, especially those who did not get along with her and belonged to the royalist faction.

As Bian Jing became turbulent, the reputation of Xuannv Sect's Shengsheng Creation Pill spread throughout the world.

Royal families, dignitaries, and major martial arts sects of various countries were all desperately collecting gold. The ratio of gold to silver soared to 1:20 in a very short period of time. Twenty taels of silver could be exchanged for one tael of gold, and this ratio continued to rise.

At the same time, Han tombs in various places suffered tragic disasters.

Countless additional workers were dispatched to gold mines in various places to speed up mining, which resulted in a sharp increase in the value of gold.

At this time, Bai Sheng naturally started selling mineral vein maps.

Map of the gold veins in Greater Kyushu.