chapter 23

Before the sky was completely dark, Xuanxin hurried back to the Shaolin Temple with Xuan Yuan.

A small temple in the mountains.

There were four or five small broken houses, and it was still the poor and dilapidated courtyard.

Xuan Gang was cultivating the Bodhi Embracing Technique in seclusion. As soon as Xuan Yuan returned to the temple, he went to work for a while.

This time, he went down the mountain to beg for alms. Just the silver and banknotes alone totaled more than 50,000 taels.

There was also a lot of food.

These assets and materials needed Xuan Yuan to properly arrange and keep them.

In layman's terms, Shaolin Temple had taken a gamble, and now, they had become rich.

As soon as he returned to the temple, Xuanxin locked himself in the abbot's meditation room.

[Abbot Sign-in System]

Sign-in Value: 112400

Merit Value: 360

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining a sign-in reward]

Opening the attribute panel, Xuanxin found that his sign-in value had increased a lot, and his merit points had also increased a lot.

Previously, he used more than 600 merit points to perform the lowest level of the Buddha's Palm.

After deducting 500 merit points, he still had more than 300 merit points.

"That shepherdess, who is she?"

"Don't cause trouble for Shaolin."

Xuanxin knew that the increase in his sign-in value and merit points must be related to the shepherdess at the foot of the mountain.

He didn't know who she was.

"Amitabha."

But since he had done it, there was nothing to regret. At least as a monk, Xuanxin didn't feel that there was anything wrong with what he did.

Karma and infinite healing were both comprehended when the opportunity came.

Buddha was Dao.

Even if trouble were to come knocking in the future, they would deal with it accordingly.

Instead of thinking so much, it was better to improve Shaolin's strength.

Developing and strengthening Shaolin was the foundation.

"This time, I still gained a lot from going down the mountain."

Xuan Xin's handsome face couldn't help but reveal a smile as he felt the surging Inner Strength in his Dantian.

"I now have the strength of the Houtian ninth stage, but with my martial arts aptitude, I want to reach the Xiantian realm."

"Even if there's no bottleneck, I'm afraid it'll still take me two or three years to cultivate as usual."

Xuanxin knew himself well. His martial arts talent was mediocre, let alone when compared to geniuses like the Xuan Gang and Xiao Huohuo.

Compared to Xuan Yuan, in terms of martial arts aptitude.

Xuanxin was also a scumbag.

Without the bottleneck of the Xiantian Realm, Xuanxin could use two to three years to break through to the Xiantian Realm.

This kind of thinking was very optimistic.

It might even take four or five years.

"We still have to focus on nurturing Xuan Gang and Xuan Yuan."

"Yeah, especially the Xuan Gang."

Xuanxin didn't expect himself to break through to the Innate Realm through hard work.

He had to wait for him to cultivate diligently and break through to the Innate Realm.

That would be too late.

Although Xuan Yuan's martial arts aptitude was not as good as Xuan Gang's, he was now at the Houtian ninth stage and didn't have the bottleneck of the Xiantian Realm. As long as he cultivated diligently, there was still hope for him to break through to the Xiantian Realm within a year.

Xuan Yuan's only shortcoming was that his fighting ability was not good.

He was obsessed with Buddhism and lacked the will to fight. In the future, he would probably be able to protect himself. If he wanted to protect Shaolin and suppress evil spirits.

He still had to rely on Xuan Gang.

Xuan Gang's martial arts aptitude was excellent. He was a natural martial arts fanatic and belonged to the same level as Xiao Huohuo.

After this closed-door training, he would probably break through to the Houtian ninth stage.

With the top internal strength and the ninth-level technique, Xuan Gang should have no problem breaking through to the Xiantian Realm within a year, even if he had the bottleneck of the Xiantian Realm.

Xuan Gang and Xuan Yuan could be said to be one intellectual and one martial arts.

They were also Xuanxin's right-hand men and had the potential to be a dragon or phoenix. Therefore, Xuanxin's idea was to focus on cultivating Xuan Gang and Xuan Yuan.

Xuan Yuan could protect himself, but Xuan Gang had to be cultivated to be Shaolin's number one protector.

"Now that I have the money, just repairing the temple is not a long-term solution."

"I have to build a way to go down the mountain."

As the saying goes, if you want to get rich, you have to build a road first. It was the same for Shaolin.

Shaolin wanted to have pilgrims.

If he wanted more pilgrims and wanted to develop quickly, then he had to build a way to go down the mountain.

This time, going down the mountain to beg for alms could be considered as making the Shaolin Temple famous.

At least in the Fallen Immortal Town, a town with hundreds of thousands of people, the Shaolin Temple's reputation and Xuanxin's reputation.

It was likely that people would find out about it.

As long as the road was repaired, there would definitely be pilgrims.

Therefore, the first goal was to repair the road, then repair the temple and get a decent Buddha statue. This way, Shaolin could officially start to enter the secular world.

Welcoming the pilgrims and growing stronger step by step. With the pilgrims, Xuanxin's Sign-In value would also increase faster.

It would also be easier to accumulate merit points.

"Amitabha."

Thinking of this, Xuanxin couldn't help but feel excited.

He had already formulated the next step of Shaolin's development.

Looking at the current Shaolin, the small temple in the mountains was dilapidated. There wasn't even a decent Buddha statue. There were only three monks in the entire temple, including him, the abbot.

It was nothing.

The Shaolin in Xuanxin's imagination was prosperous, with countless believers, majestic temples, and countless golden Buddha statues.

There were a lot of talents, literary and martial monks, 18 Arhats, and at least a thousand monks.

At that time, it would be the peak of Xuanxin's life as the abbot.

"There's another Sign-In Reward."

"I'd better use it."

The current Shaolin was lacking resources for development.

Whether it was Sign-In Techniques, Magical Powers, or Mahayana Buddhist scriptures, they were all extremely important for the current Shaolin's development.

Cherish every single check-in!

"Let's see what I can get this time."

After calming down his surging emotions, Xuanxin took a deep breath and was full of anticipation.

"Sign in."

At this moment, Xuanxin also became nervous.

The Sign-In System was his only reliance.

[Congratulations to the host for Sign-In successfully. Received Sect Construction: Great Strength Hall]

[Congratulations to the host for receiving Sign-In Gift Pack. Shaolin's Basic Cultivation Technique 9.99 Gift Pack. Sect Construction: Mountain Gate Stone Tablet. Sect Magical Treasure: Wooden Fish]

"Sect Construction?"

Xuanxin couldn't help but be stunned. To be honest, this Sign-In Reward surprised him.

It wasn't a cultivation technique, Magical Powers, or Buddhist scriptures.

This was the first time he had received a Sect Construction!

The Buddha's light filled the sea of consciousness. After a moment of enlightenment, a jade slip appeared out of thin air.

It fell into Xuanxin's hands.

On the front of this jade slip, there were a few simple words: Great Strength Hall.

On the back of the jade slip, there was also a string of simple words: Great, encompassing all things. Great, subduing the demons, suppressing the great thousand worlds.

Pass on my Dharma, the power of Buddha, suppressing the great thousand worlds.

"I see."

Now Xuanxin understood what a Sect Construction was and what the use of this jade slip was.

To put it bluntly, with the use of this jade slip, Xuanxin could create a Great Strength Hall out of thin air.

In other words, Xuanxin could immediately create a Great Strength Hall in the Shaolin Temple.

The Great Strength Hall was the most important building for the Shaolin Temple.

It was the core of the Sect.

Pilgrims and believers worshipped the Buddha statue in the Great Strength Hall.

The Great Strength Hall would be the face of Shaolin in the future!

Previously, Xuanxin had thought that now that he had money, he could get a decent Buddha statue. Now, it seemed that there was no need to do so.

Wasn't the Great Strength Hall decent enough? Wasn't this pretentious enough?

"This Great Strength Hall isn't just a simple hall."

After some enlightenment, Xuanxin knew that this Great Strength Hall was not just a simple majestic hall.

It was not just a building!

What was so incredible about it?

Xuanxin had to use the jade slip to make the Great Strength Hall appear out of thin air before he could fully understand.

[Using the Sect Construction: Great Strength Hall, 500 merit points will be deducted.]

A notification rang out in Xuan Xin's mind, directly pouring a bucket of cold water over her excited heart.

Merit points will be deducted again!

He only had more than 300 merit points now!