After Becoming a Taoist

  Chapter 199 The Great Change of Temperament

   "Don't worry about how I got in, dear brother, what would you do if you had a separate entrance to the Blessed Land?"

   "Secretly make a fortune!" Li Dandao's eyes lit up: "It seems that you have discovered the location of the Earth's Lungs and the Heavens!"

   "Earth Lung Dongtian, it is said to be in Zhongnan Mountain, which is also the site of Louguan Dao, how did you get in and you were not found?" Li Dandao asked.

   "It's the Earth's Lungs and the Heavens. During the earthquake, due to the change of geography and geomantic feng shui, a gourd mouth was secretly born. Others don't know it, but I know the entrance."

   "Why did my brother tell me?"

   "I'm a loose cultivator. Naturally, I have to seek cooperation. This is also something that I can't do. I'm familiar with your brother and you can trust me. Others are not sure."

   Liu Fu said: "Alas! If there is any problem with the friendship between the two of us, I will recognize it."

  Li Dan heard it, and immediately said: "It's absolutely nothing, this matter will never be heard, but I don't know what's so good about Dongtian. My brother should have already experienced it. Can you talk about it?"

"In the cave, there is actually no difference from the outside world, but it is unique and quiet. From what I can see, there are streams in the east, rocks are uneven, the outside world is already autumn and winter, and the mountains inside are blooming. The stone is like a big basin, there is ground milk in the basin, and there is a dense breath on the ground milk, which is like a fairy, and when you smell it, you feel excited."

   "Running the real kiln is more than three or four times faster than the outside. Unfortunately, the ground milk vaporizes when scooped, and it can't be brought out at all."

  Li Dan couldn't think about it. He thought that Liu Fu might have encountered dry ice. After all, Xianqi is dry ice.

   Looking at the stone as big as a fist, I didn’t think it was a treasure, but even more felt that Liu Fu was testing himself and took a touchstone.

Li Dandao even vaguely guessed the whereabouts of the elixir, and the earth lungs and the sky are very impressive to outsiders, but if Li Dandao is a serious worshipper of the mountain and recognizes his ancestry, if he proposes that he wants to enter , can really get in.

   Sure enough, Liu Fu saw that Li Dandao was unmoved, and immediately said: "Why is little brother unmoved?"

   "Don't hide it from my elder brother, my younger brother is my apprentice, Sun Simiao and Sun Zhenzhen, who is also from Louguan's line. Zhongnan Mountain is something of my own family. My elder brother can go in if he can, and don't make any noise.

   After Li Dan said, Liu Fu's face froze: "Brother didn't say it earlier, it seems that I'm stingy."

  Li Dan said directly: "I want to come here for my brother to travel through wind and rain all the way, and he was so cold-hearted that he no longer believed in people's hearts. It's normal to be a little wary of me."

   "Oh, I'm so embarrassed!" Liu Fu threw the stone: "This one I picked up on the side of the road for self-defense."

   Liu Fu said: "Please come inside and talk."

"I was indeed dragged into the Gobi, but I didn't come out on my own, I was brought out, not a caravan camel, but a barbarian, the man with golden hair and golden beard, listen to me. If you don't understand."

   "Then, there was a translator who said that this person was a visitor from the food country."

   "Then what?" Li Dandao was very interested in foreigners. The country of food is Arabia.

   "He wanted me to be a follower, but on the way I found that they were recording pictures of mountains and rivers, and I felt bad and escaped."

   "It's not a big deal! Go and report to the official!" Li Dan said.

   "It's a gold mine! There are gold mines in the Gobi." Liu Fu excitedly said, "In the sun, it's all glittering with gold!"

   Now Li Dan said to his spirit: "This is a beheading business, can we still open mines without permission?"

  Liu Fu took out a piece of raw gold ore: "I only took a small piece back to make a comeback, but there are more there."

   "Don't get excited!" Li Dan said: "Speak well, no matter how big the golden mountain is, it won't be our turn!"

   "But it can't be occupied by others! It's where Dashi and the borders of Tubo and Datang meet. This is a good opportunity to make achievements!"

   "Don't worry, let me figure it out." When is it now, this battle will be decades away.

   "How about it? Let's form a caravan to go west of the Silk Road?"

   "I can't go! Brother!" Li Dandao poured cold water on Liu Fu: "Gobi is dangerous! And you also said that there is Dashi, Tubo, and the area that you don't care about!"

   Li Dandao did the math again, none of the later generations of the Western Regions have survived, and they have all turned into deserts. If you go to a place similar to the Lop Nur Restricted Area, where should you not die?

   is still the same sentence, don’t blindly follow the trend of making money that you are not familiar with.

   Liu Fu said: "What did that big eater say, if we don't go to harvest, we can't let him get a bargain!"

  Li Dandao touched his chin: "If you meet him, let's talk about it, but it's your brother. What will you say in the future? Do you still want to be a businessman?"

   "Forget it, I plan to follow the caravan for two years."

   It seems that Liu Fu is still not giving up on the gold mine, and yes, who would be indifferent to the gold mine?

  Li Dandao didn't ask too much: "I have never heard of today's affairs as my younger brother! For this money, my elder brother will deal with it for a few days."

   "I still have savings in the past, and now I'm going to take them out. I don't need my brother's." Liu Fu said: "Just let it go!"

   As soon as Liu Fu left, Li Dandao sighed: "My temperament has changed a lot!"

   After counting the accounts several times, he settled his mind and settled down.

   closed the shop door.

  Li Dan said and went back, guessing that Mu Chunzi should have finished his inquiries, and it was time to ask.

   On the way back, I saw the monk Bajie again: "Didn't I ask you to come to dinner today? Why didn't you come?"

   "Go back to Master, I got some plain vegetarian meals myself."

  Li Dandao immediately raised his face: "Why beg for food? Don't you have the ability to earn it? You sweep the streets and I'll give you food. You deserve it, why do you have to beg for food?"

   "If you want to build a temple, you have to earn it yourself. People are willing to give it. That's an exception. What are you asking for?"

   "This..." This was not enough for Bajie again.

   "Don't beg for the people's things at will. How much did you earn for this day's work? They earn less than you! Why can you get their hard-earned wealth by begging?"

   "This is the merit of giving, and giving has great merit!" Bajie said: "This is to radiate kindness, encourage sentient beings to develop good thoughts, and be the vehicle of the Bodhisattva."

   No wonder people with good hearts are called Bodhisattvas.

  Li Dan said, but he disagreed: "Do you need sympathy? Are you worthy of their kind thoughts? Give you back what you can't eat? Can you bear such kind thoughts?"

   "Why didn't you give to them? You got the Bodhisattva Vehicle? You use the money you just earned to help those people."

   "This!" Bajie fell into deep thought: "A grain of rice is as big as Mt. Sumeru!" This is what he often hears, but now that he thinks about it, it is indeed a bit inappropriate.

  Li Dandao asked again: "Do you know the story of the poorest old woman in Kasyapa who begged for food?"

   "Amitabha, this is a Buddhist proverb."

Li Dan said: "The three views are not right, think about it! Whether people's poverty is destined by birth, or is it caused by exploitation, whether it depends on the monks who give to the gods, or depends on their own hard work, and can live without worry in the world. ?"

   "You live on your own, don't work for a day, don't eat for a day, don't go begging for food."

   (end of this chapter)