I Was an Abbot in Ancient Times

    [Temple: Qingquan Temple, Level 2 (a dilapidated but famous temple)

    Money: 280 Silver 950 Copper

    Incense: 65 (Incense is in full swing)

    Reputation: 40 (Lingwu Mountain has Lingsi Temple)

    Temple construction: [Unlock farmland Level 2]

    Task achievements: [2 monks reached], [255 accumulative pilgrims]]

Looking at the Hall of Heavenly Kings, Lin Zhao always feels that the hall is empty.

    He opened the construction bar to see what can be put on it.

    Clay statues of the Four Heavenly Kings?

    Right.

    It is unreasonable not to place a statue of the Heavenly King in the Hall of Heavenly Kings.

    The unlocking condition is 50 incense and 40,000 copper (40 silver) has been achieved. He clicked to buy.

    Putting the statues of the four heavenly kings on both sides of the hall suddenly became very solemn.

    The four heavenly kings are majestic and ferocious, with four little ghosts representing wine, sex and wealth under their feet.

    Each holds a different instrument.

    The east holds a pipa, the south holds a sword, the west holds a snake (dragon), and the north holds an umbrella.

    Lin Zhao also bought two earthen jars of white flowers, earthen jars of tree branches, candlesticks, and lamp stands, spending a total of 4,800 copper.

    He also bought fences for the statues of the Four Heavenly Kings to prevent others from destroying them.

    Another window was chiseled. Lin Zhao originally wanted to buy a complete window of level 1, but the system prompted that the required items were insufficient, and the unlocked items required monks to obtain them randomly.

    The temple is currently understaffed, so he temporarily bought a lv0 air-leakage window.

    Forget it, as long as it can transmit light, what kind of window do you want? Lin Zhao comforted himself in this way.

    But he was still not satisfied, so he looked through the list to see what else he could buy.

    Well, you can replace the altar and futon with lv1.

    Seeing the bluestone floor and the whitewashed earth walls, Lin Zhao's heart was ruthlessly moved. The walls and ground of the main hall are really rotten. They have been in disrepair for a long time. The earthen walls are peeling off, covered with moss, and the ground is also cracked, which is very ugly.

    Another prompt appeared [Insufficient items needed. ]

    Helpless, he had no choice but to give up.

    After buying everything, the AI ​​engineering team came out wearing clothes in line with the local costumes. After a sound of jingling and clanging, everything was quickly completed.

    Scholar Li Wenyuan rushed back to Qingquan Temple after the results of the local examination came out, ready to thank the abbot well.

    He didn't have much confidence this time, but during the period of time when he was preparing for the exam at Qingquan Temple, he felt as if he was helped by a god. He didn't feel tired after studying at the desk all day, and he was able to concentrate and never lost his mind.

    Let him not only review all the homework, but also re-consolidate the foundation that he had left behind before. This time, he did well in the provincial examination.

    After hastily stepping into the Palace of Heavenly Kings, Li Wenyuan found that the place has changed drastically. Compared with when he came here, it has a completely new look.

    The khaki Maitreya in the middle has turned into silver and lead, the blurred face has become clear, and the lotus base is carved very finely.

    A window was cut in the left rear. Although the air leaked, the light was projected into the hall, and the dust particles were flying in the light, which made people feel very peaceful.

    There are two large round belly pots on the left and right sides of Maitreya, filled with lush and green tree branches, which are very vibrant.

    In addition, there are high-foot lamp stands near the walls on both sides, and the candlelight emits a warm halo through the lampshade.

    The original custom-made altar made of rough wood was replaced by a streamlined altar with reinforced legs. The broken black incense burner, dilapidated long-burning lamp, and simple offerings—two steamed buns—became a red clay incense burner and tall lotus flowers. An ever-burning lamp, and two plates of big, red apples.

    The three broken futons were replaced with brand new soft cloth futons, which were soft and thick.

    The four heavenly king statues on the left and right sides of the main hall are surrounded by mahogany fences. The fence has its own mahogany base, and the four heavenly king statues are placed on the high platform, making them look taller and mightier.

    Two candlesticks are placed next to the heavenly kings on both sides, close to the door. The two candles on the mahogany table are on the left and the right, reflecting the four statues of heavenly kings from bottom to top, looking mysterious and majestic.

    There are also two pots of small white flowers next to it, which are inconspicuous at first, but they look holy and flawless here.

    At this moment, Lin Zhao came in from the outside.

    "Wen Yuan, have you finished the exam?"

    "Yes, thank you abbot for taking in some time ago. The late student was lucky to be on the list this time, thanks to you."

    "Don't say that, it depends on your own efforts. It's all in the eyes."

    "Speaking of which, there is another unfeeling request." Li Wenyuan said with a blush on his face, "Living in the temple feels very peaceful, and reading is better than before, so The late student plans to live here until next March to prepare for the exam, but I don’t know the abbot..."

    Of course, Lin Zhao didn’t disagree, and he didn’t lose money if he had to pay the rent for half a year.

    However, Li Wenyuan was afraid that he would suffer a disadvantage, because he won the Juren, and there were old folks at home who gave him a gift. Considering that the food and lodging would be in the temple, and he would light candles at night, he raised the monthly rent to 800 renminbi.

    As soon as you step into the dormitory, you will find that the decoration here has been changed just like the Temple of Heavenly Kings.

    Originally there was only a bed and a set of tables and chairs, but now there are many more things.

    A set of simple dining tables and benches looks a bit like those used by roadside teahouses.

    Rough wooden low cabinet, his other items can be temporarily placed here.

    There is also a rough wooden bookshelf, on which all his letters can be placed, instead of piling up on the ground.

    The candles have also been replaced with lampstands, which are much safer, and there is no need to worry about the books being damaged by wax tears.

    In addition, there is an old screen and a basin for washing face and washing hands.

    The abbot is really caring. Li Wenyuan was moved.

    Sitting on the rough desk again, he stroked the rough surface like a lover.

    He could feel that reading and writing at this desk was better than other desks. The sandalwood table in the Fucheng Inn is not as good as it.

    Just as he was feeling, there was a knock on the door.

    Li Wenyuan opened the door, it was the young monk Bu Er.

    "There was a scholar in front who came to look for him, and he said he was a lay friend."

    Li Wenyuan frowned, guessing who it was, and it was hard to avoid it.

    Just as I was about to step out the door to the front, I found that someone was already standing in the courtyard.

    Bu Er didn't notice that he was coming with him, thought he was waiting in front, turned around and was stunned when he saw it, thinking that the benefactor might be in a hurry to see Li Layman, so he nodded with Li Wenyuan and returned to the front hall.

    Li Wenyuan felt a headache when he saw Qiu Xiucai. He knew that this person was running for something behind him. Although he didn't want to, he didn't know how to push him away without offending others, so he had to let people into the house.

    As soon as Qiu Xiucai entered the room, his shrewd eyes fell on the crude desk.

    "Oh, Brother Li, this is what you said at the banquet, the baby who will help you read ten books a day." He lay down on the table, rubbing his face against the rough table without feeling painful, his eyes were green. Light.

    Li Wenyuan had a very headache, drank too much at the banquet, and accidentally muttered something to Qiu Xiucai who was next to him, but was grabbed by the other party.

    He didn't know that a person who looked careless and didn't care about fame would stare at a mouse like a boa constrictor just because he said "thanks to the baby desk".

    After hearing this sentence, ordinary people would only think that it was Li Wenyuan who studied hard every day and was accompanied by his desk, which made him express such emotion.

    No matter how bad it is, at most he would think that Li Wenyuan got some useful desk, and he would never attribute all the credit for being successful in the exam to one desk.

    But Qiu Xiucai just thought so.

    They chased Li Wenyuan to the inn and then to Qingquan Temple.

    In fact, Li Wenyuan didn’t discover the magic of the desk at first. He was exhausted and lay on the bed worrying about his grades after studying hard for a day. He reluctantly got up and read through the desk for a while, and then he discovered the secret.

    Qiu Xiucai lived with Li Wenyuan just like that.

    Not only was Li Wenyuan's bed half occupied, but the crude desk was only big enough for one person, and he had never touched it.

    He always felt that maybe Qiu Xiucai couldn't help stealing that desk home that day.

    So he told Lin Zhao the whole thing and apologized to the abbot. The desk is a thing of the temple. Although he had thought of taking it for himself before, he still didn't implement it. Instead, he chose to continue studying hard in the temple.

    Lin Zhao waved his hand. Before, he had guessed that there might be some buffs on the desk. It turned out to relieve fatigue and concentrate attention.

    As for that Qiu Xiucai?

    If you want to take it away, just take it away. All the furnishings in the temple, as long as they leave the temple, they are ordinary broken wood.

    It's useless for him to take it away.

    However, buying another desk in the system would cost 600 coppers, and Qiu Xiucai had to donate some incense money first.

    So Lin Zhao said to Li Wenyuan, "It's okay, if you are a layman, you can bring Qiu Shizhu to the Temple of Heavenly Kings to burn incense and ask for a lottery."

    When they arrived in front of the hall, Lin Zhao coaxed Qiu Xiucai to vote two silver.

    The reason why Qiu Xiucai voted obediently was because he had heard about some deeds of the temple, coupled with the magical desk, he felt that it was nothing to ask Bu to invest some money.

    Sure enough, a few days after that, Qiu Xiucai secretly moved the desk home one night while Li Wenyuan was asleep.

    Li Wenyuan woke up the next day and saw that he didn't know whether he should breathe a sigh of relief that finally no one shared the bed with him, or he should scold Qiu Xiucai and steal the temple's desk.

    After Lin Zhao heard the news, he bought a new desk and put it in the squatter room, and secretly planned that if Qiu Xiucai dared to come again, he would be severely slaughtered and put on the blacklist of never entering the temple.

    Based on this incident, Lin Zhao anticipated a possibility. If other squatters were built and discovered by other students rushing to take the exam, would they rush to grab the bed?

    He doesn't mind that scholars use their desks to seek fame and fame, anyway, they end up sending talents to the emperor. Is this another way of repaying a favor?

    Lin Zhao opened the interface map and began to plan which hut to build first, when suddenly he saw a sneaky figure appearing and entering the gate of the temple.

    Now is the time of Haishi, when everything fell into a deep sleep, only Lin Zhao, a night owl, was still awake, and he happened to see it through real-time monitoring.

    "Patta——" Lin Zhao saw the man come to the monk's dormitory, opened the window switch, and put a long scroll-like thing under the window.

    Lin Zhao didn't move, and after the man groped out under the cover of night, he got up and opened the scroll.

    The author has something to say:

    Qiu Xiucai: How can stealing a desk be considered stealing?