Unlimited employment

Chapter 12 012 [Five Years]

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, five years have passed.

All conditioned phenomena are like dreams, illusions, bubbles, and shadows. Like dew and lightning, they should be viewed in this way... Upon hearing what the Buddha said, all were filled with great joy, believing and practicing it.

On this day, Chen Sheng blew dry the ink on the last page of the Diamond Sutra he had written that day.

He sorted out a pile of loose pages, skillfully punched holes, threaded, sealed them, and bound them into a book. Finally, he picked up a pen and wrote on the title page: On April 28, the ninth year of Zhizheng in the Daqian period, this was handwritten by Master Miaoshan of Huang Temple and presented to Mr. Bishui.

Miaoshan was not Chen Sheng's Buddhist name. Even after working in Yuhuang Temple for five years, he was still not a monk.

The reason why he used another name was because he sold it under his own name. This copy of the Diamond Sutra could only be sold for ten taels of silver at most, but after being attributed to the abbot of the Huang Temple and being operated by the temple, it could be sold for more than one hundred taels of silver.

Among them, Chen Sheng, as a laborer, was able to get a full five taels.

To make money, OEM is not shabby at all!
Chen Sheng mobilized the internal force of the Nine Yang Holy Art in his hands to evaporate the last bit of moisture from the scriptures. Under the envious gaze of his colleagues, he turned around and left the Buddhist temple where the scriptures were copied.

Thanks to the hunger marketing strategy proposed by Chen Sheng to Jueyuan, since his calligraphy skills broke through to Lv5 two years ago, he started to only accept private customized Buddhist scriptures for dignitaries, and no longer had to bury himself in writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstone all day long.

After all, if too many ordinary scriptures are written, it will also affect the commercial value of Chen Sheng's good calligraphy.

After coming to the next room, he handed the scriptures to Monk Jueyuan. After he opened a page, he began to praise.

"Your handwriting is full of profound Zen meaning. It is truly a top-notch calligraphy that can calm the mind, soothe the heart, and dispel anxiety. Every time I look at it, I can't put it down.

This Diamond Sutra is as solid as diamond and as clear as glass. It has reached the pinnacle of perfection and is even better than the calligraphy works of Jinshi scholars collected in the temple."

Chen Sheng stood aside, his eyes looking at his nose, his nose looking at his heart, his attitude as respectful as when he first entered the temple.

"Master, your praise is too great. My humble ability is no match for those who will rise to the rank of Jinshi in the future."

Jueyuan put down the scripture, looked up and said to Chen Sheng.

"Don't be so modest. You have been copying Buddhist scriptures beside me for these years, and you have truly internalized the meaning of the scriptures.

The sixth day of the sixth lunar month this year is the birthday of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. As usual, the temple is accepting a group of Buddhist disciples. Are you willing to formally join our temple?"

This was the third time Jueyuan had invited Chen Sheng to become a monk in these years, but he just shook his head and refused as usual.

"I am just an ordinary person. My family still needs me to carry on the bloodline and incense, so I dare not think of becoming a monk."

"If it's just for the sake of passing on the bloodline, there are often foolish women in the temple who come to pray for children. You only need to be a child-giving monk for a few years, and you will have hundreds of children and grandchildren in the future."

"Master, reading scriptures and worshipping Buddha is not what I seek."

"Forget it. My Buddhist sect believes in the law of fate. Since you don't want to, we can't force you.

However, I have already asked your broker why you and your three brothers entered the temple to avoid disaster. If you are willing to become a monk, I can help you mediate the grudge between you and the Wei family regarding the ghost marriage.

Faced with Jueyuan's proposal, Chen Sheng just shook his head, obviously having made up his mind.

Jueyuan could only wave his hand regretfully and let him leave.

Chen Sheng walked out of the room and walked along the familiar path to his own monk's room, but he was thinking about when he would leave Yuhuang Temple.

He has always been a staunch materialist. He believes neither in Taoism nor Buddhism, but at the same time he does not dislike any religious belief that guides people to do good.

If five years ago, Jueyuan had invited him to become a monk at Yuhuang Temple, he would have happily agreed.

But times have changed, and this identity no longer has any appeal to him today.

Thinking of this, Chen Sheng turned his gaze to the career panel in his sight.

Name: Chen Sheng (Zhu Chongwu)

【Age】：20/76
[Profession 1]: Yambu Insect
Level: Lv2 (1/200)

Talents: Concealing the secrets of heaven, reincarnation of others

The ratio of time flow between the two worlds: 1:300
[Occupation 2]: Hungry
Level: Lv10 (MAX)

Talent: Cow stomach and horse intestine

skill:
Wild Vegetable Identification Lv2 (141/200)

Job transfer options: rebel, landlord, merchant, soldier...

[Occupation 3]: Thief
Level: Lv6 (328/600)

Talent: Hidden

skill:
飞檐走壁Lv4（368/400）开门撬锁Lv3（268/300）

[Profession 4]: Scripture Copyist

Level: Lv10 (MAX)

Talent: Photographic memory

skill:
Buddhist Scripture Lv6 (257/600)

Calligraphy Lv5 (394/500)

Zen Level 2 (49/200)

Job change direction: Sweeping monk, sermon monk, calligraphy and painting monk...

[Profession 5]: Warrior
Level: Lv2 (141/200)

Talents: Mysterious Eyes, Spirit Embryo Martial Bone

skill:
Hand-to-Hand Combat Martial Arts Level 6 (MAX)

Gale Blade Record Lv6 (MAX)

Tongzi Kungfu Lv4 (345/400)

Golden Bell Cover Lv4 (183/400)

Eight Steps to Chase Cicadas Lv3 (287/300)

Nine Yang Holy Art Lv5 (496/500)

……slightly
"These five years at the Yuhuang Temple have been quite rewarding."

[Xuan Ming Mind Eye] is an advanced talent of the mind eye, which further enhances the ability to understand human body movements and sense human qi on the original basis.

It is possible to clearly detect the internal force flow of the person next to you in a moment without making any noise.

The Lingtai Wugu is a perverted martial arts talent. Now, any internal force martial arts in Chen Sheng's hands can be learned and mastered immediately, and can even be better than those who have practiced for many years.

In the past few years, Chen Sheng used his [Xuanming Heart Eyes] to spy on the internal force and martial arts methods of the masters in the temple, while using [Hide and Conceal] to sneak into the Sutra Library to study martial arts secrets.

Until now, all the martial arts in Yuhuang Temple have been memorized by his [Photographic Memory], and this place is no longer of much value to him.

After all, Chen Sheng's main purpose of reincarnating into this world was to collect methods of cultivation and escape the predicament of the main world.

In addition, his attainments in the Nine Yang Sacred Art have surpassed Jueyuan's. He only needs to open up the last acupoint to reach the highest level of endless internal force in this art.

Therefore, he decided to upgrade the Nine Yang Sacred Art to Level 6 and then leave this place.

“Speaking of which, it’s because the martial arts we’ve found so far are not of high quality.

If I could keep working hard, I would rather stay in Yuhuang Temple and become the Sword God of Shilipo."

Feeling the internal strength and surging blood in his body, Chen Sheng sighed slightly.

As early as five years ago when he cultivated the first Nine Yang Internal Force, he knew that although they were both called martial arts, the martial arts in the main world and this world were two completely different things.

The first level of martial arts practice in the main world is to cultivate the human body to its limit through external skills that stimulate the flow of qi and blood. Only then will one switch to the second level of martial arts and extract a pure and powerful true qi from the body.

But the martial arts in this world are very different.

Although there are external skills that can strengthen muscles and bones, the upper limit of external skills is not high. If you practice them to the limit, you can only become a low-level person in the world.

However, the internal strength of this world can cultivate internal strength in the body at the beginning of practice.

Although the strength of the internal force is only similar to the Qi and blood cultivated in the first realm of martial arts, it is definitely far inferior to the true Qi cultivated in the second realm of martial arts.

However, the nature of this extraordinary power is different from that which can only strengthen the body's qi and blood. It can produce various incredible effects such as lifting the body and flying, increasing physical strength, protecting the body with internal qi, and spiraling up to heaven by stepping on the right foot with the left foot.

Unfortunately, just like the "Hand-to-Hand Martial Arts Manual" and "Kuangfeng Sword Record" can only be cultivated to Lv6, the "Nine Yang Holy Art", the top internal skill of the time, can also only be cultivated to Lv6.

Therefore, learning from the strengths of martial arts in this world and utilizing the difference in the speed of time between the two worlds to pave the way for internal energy martial arts became Chen Sheng's only choice.

Otherwise, he would be unable to change the fundamental predicament of the Main World being imprisoned in the Black Mountain Gold Mine...

　Thanks to Prince for the 300 starting coins reward for reading this book.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)