Chapter 172 What People Want

"Two trees form a forest, the sun, the moon and the stars, it has the five elements and contains the Zhoutian constellation. It is really a good name." The middle-aged man seemed to admire.

"Oh?" Lin Chen smiled and asked with interest, "From your tone, it seems that you have read a few years?"

"No, no. I just worked as a guard in a wealthy family in the early years, so I have more experience." The middle-aged man shook his head and smiled bitterly, and then continued to ask, "Where is Mr. Lin's home?"

"I came down from the mountain and came to this world." At this point, as if he remembered something, Lin Chen sighed softly, "I have been here... for three years."

"It turns out that he is a strange hermit." At this point, the middle-aged man's face was solemn.

These days, hermits who can wear silk brocade robes, precious wooden crowns, and auspicious cloud woven boots in the face of bandits, refugees, soldiers, and various natural and man-made disasters, I am afraid that none of them are good people.

Lin Chen smiled and said nothing, and the scene fell into silence again.

Helplessly, the middle-aged man could only try to bring up the topic again, trying to find out more about Lin Chen by asking him indirectly.

In Jianghu language, it is to ask him about his background.

"Young Master, you are reading the books of sages, but you want to pass the imperial examination?" At this point, the middle-aged man shook his head, "But in this world, if you don't have some connections and money, I'm afraid you can't be an official..."

"I know what you mean, but I don't study to be an official." Lin Chen flipped through the pages of the book and smiled, saying, "My main purpose is to find out through historical facts what the common people and countless people of lofty ideals in this world want to pursue?"

Speaking of this, Lin Chen couldn't help but be a little absent-minded.

It has been three years since he came out of Qingyun Sect and arrived in Daqian Dynasty.

Originally, Lin Chen did not know how much preparation he had made to spread the inner alchemy martial arts and explore the path of golden elixir.

But he never expected that he would get stuck at the initial step before he could start to perform.

At first, he thought that the spread of inner alchemy martial arts was a very simple matter. The difficulty was how to collect data and come up with the unprecedented final result.

But what Lin Chen didn't expect was that the most critical problem was that almost no one was willing to practice the exercises he gave.

At the beginning, the objects of his dissemination were the vast number of lower-class people.

But they couldn't even eat enough, let alone pursue immortality. Now they couldn't even survive, so how could they practice the exercises given by Lin Chen.

In desperation, Lin Chen could only use means to find a way to open up a piece of fertile land, recruit refugees, and then spread the inner alchemy martial arts.

But when the rice fields matured, before they had time to harvest and distribute the grain, bandits, soldiers, petty officials, landlords, and even government officials came to rob them.

He used illusions, souls and other means to send them away, and thought he could start.

But the people who have food just want to live and work in peace, marry and have children, and live a good life.

As for the inner alchemy technique spread by Lin Chen, not only is there not much attention, but it is also used by those who are interested as a means to climb to a high position, get close to Lin Chen, and gain power. There is no thought of practicing innovation at all.

Since this is not possible, Lin Chen can only choose those rich children with certain survival guarantees, or the second generation of officials to spread it.

But it doesn't work either.

Most of them are only concerned with living a life of luxury and wealth all day long, so how could they practice martial arts with great difficulty.

Among them, there are special ones, either worshipping in famous sects or having their own inheritance, and naturally they are unwilling to practice this kind of unknown technique.

Even if there are desperate people, but they dare to fight and practice inner alchemy, there are only a few people.

And they are all covered by hatred, and they are not talented. It is better to rely on them than on Lin Chen's experiments in Qingyun Sect.

As for the method of showing off one's ability in front of others, shocking everyone, and then spreading the great Dao, Lin Chen has also tried it in the border areas.

You don't know until you try it. Once you try it, you will find that there are no stupid people in this world.

In the storybooks, the protagonist shows his immortality, and everyone bows down and asks for whatever they want. This is almost impossible to happen here.

Most people in the ancient dynasties were superstitious, but they only believed in immortals and gods that were beneficial to them, that is, immortals and gods that could bring them benefits. If there were no immortals and gods, they would be pretending to obey them.

After Lin Chen showed his immortality in a county in the border area, the temple where he stayed was full of incense for a few days.

But after a few days, when they found that Lin Chen could not bring them benefits, the number of incense customers directly decreased by 90%. It can be said that it was particularly realistic.

He fully exerted the words, [Who would believe you if you don't bring me benefits?] to the extreme.

As for the so-called inner alchemy technique that he spread, which could lead to longevity and immortality, it attracted the attention of many landlords and officials behind the scenes.

But they don't want it, nor do they trust this hard practice method.

Because they are used to enjoying wealth and luxury, how can they endure such hard practice for decades.

They want a quick elixir, or a way to easily achieve immortality.

And even if they practice, they either focus on health preservation or for power and status, not to mention any improvement and creation.

Of course, there are some people who practice and have achieved certain results.

But once some results were achieved, they were immediately blockaded and monopolized by the big government players, reaping the benefits while cutting off bad signs to avoid affecting their power and status.

After some practice, Lin Chen finally understood one thing.

That is, a dynasty in which the middle and upper classes only care about pleasure, power and profit, and corruption, while the bottom is in dire straits, riddled with holes, and the people are in dire straits. What innovations can he expect, and what kind of avenue can he expect?

Moreover, if Lin Chen's inner alchemy skills are to be developed, he must rely not on the decadent government and the landlord class that slaves to the common people, but on the vast number of common people and countless people with lofty ideals.

Only with a large enough base and in the hands of truly talented people can inner alchemy be carried forward and become its own.

But for the common people, they don't have enough to eat and they can't survive. How can they still be in the mood to pursue immortality and practice inner alchemy.

And for those outstanding people throughout the ages, what can be used to induce them to practice inner alchemy?

Power, interest, status, or immortality?

But are these really things they are willing to devote their lives to pursuing?

So Lin Chen gradually figured it out, but became more and more confused.

If he wants to truly spread the Dao, he must tie the art of inner alchemy to what the people of the world and people with lofty ideals want to pursue in this life.

Only in this way can Taoism be spread to the world and truly lead a great path.

In other words, it is his inner alchemy that can give them hope of realizing their pursuit.

In this way, they will sacrifice their lives and work hard just to use inner alchemy to realize their lifelong pursuit.

But now the question arises, what is it that all the sentient beings, saints, sages and benevolent people in the world have been pursuing for thousands of years, even at the risk of their own lives?

Immortality?

Don't be kidding, if a person can't even survive and has no children, who wants to live forever?

right?

This is possible, but will a truly outstanding person be attracted by power?

Or can people who are addicted to power find a way to the sky?

A name that will leave a lasting legacy?

But to be honest, would a person who doesn't even care about life or death care about his status after death?

Belief? dream?

You can’t even have enough to eat, so why are you talking about bullshit dreams…

Just when Lin Chen was thinking about his past experiences and was a little distracted, the middle-aged man opposite him suddenly stood in awe after hearing these words.

"Sir is a hermit in the mountains, and he is well-read in scriptures. He can worry about the world. With this ambition, he is really a blessing to the people."

Um?

Lin Chen was awakened by these words, smiled slightly, and said: "Your Excellency, you are very complimentary, I just..."

But before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by an indignant voice:

"Humph! It's just words. A young man from a wealthy family like him only shows kindness occasionally and makes a few words. How can he understand our pain? Afterwards, we will do whatever we want!"

"Xiao Wu, don't be rude to your husband!" The middle-aged man's expression suddenly changed and he scolded.

When Lin Chen heard this, instead of being angry, he shook his head and laughed: "Hahaha, you are young, but you live a clear life. You are right, I am a little emotional, but I can't empathize. He is indeed the hypocritical young man from a wealthy family that you said!"

Then, Lin Chen changed the topic and said with interest: "But boy, I would like to ask you, what is it that you want to pursue?"

"What else can there be? I just want to have enough to eat and live a good life." Against the slightly angry look on the middle-aged man's face, the boy who was replaced by Xiao Wu said with an unconvinced expression.

"Then after you have eaten, do you want to live a good life? After living a good life, do you not want to marry a beautiful girl? After marrying a wife and having children, do you want to have a field? After having a field, do you want to become an official again? ? And the officials..."

Lin Chen shook his head and said, "So the human heart's desires are infinite after all."

After saying this, Xiao Wu's face suddenly turned red with anger and shouted: "I just want to live a good life, so what? Did I offend you?! Besides, I don't steal or rob. With my own efforts, I get what I get in an open and honest way." There is something wrong with this thing! Even if we lose and our skills are inferior, we will admit it!"

"It's like you, the landlords, do nothing, but you can make so much, and you don't get it by squeezing others! We just want to get the life we ​​want with our own efforts, not... Well! "

Before he could finish speaking, the middle-aged man on the side reached out and covered his mouth.

But ordinary Lin Chen couldn't help but fell into deep thought after hearing these words.

The memory of the previous life was still there, but the emotions were blurred, but what this little guy said made Lin Chen feel a little dazed.

‘With our efforts, we can live a good life. Even if our skills are inferior to others, we don’t blame anyone, instead of being squeezed out of the value of our labor. So what most of us want to pursue is actually... fairness? ! ’

"Sorry, sir, this boy of mine is childish and careless in his words. Please forgive me if I have offended him in any way." The middle-aged man looked at Lin Chen nervously, secretly planning to take action.

After all, the other person doesn't look like an ordinary person. If he angers the other person, something unexpected may happen.

But what he didn't expect was that Lin Chen just shook his head and said, "You don't have to be so nervous. This kid is right, and I won't blame him. Besides, I'm not the kind of person who will kill others' right to speak just because they tell the truth..."

Then, Lin Chen seemed to have thought of something and said with some emotion, "But then again, these years of life have indeed made me a little arrogant, and I define things casually..."

Before Lin Chen finished speaking, he also stopped talking.

Of course, no one covered his mouth, but at this moment, in the sound of the rustling rain outside the temple, there was suddenly a messy sound of horse hooves.

It seems... someone else is coming.

Lin Chen glanced at the middle-aged man and the others, and saw that the latter seemed to be calm on the surface, but in his perception, all of their bodies were tense at this moment.

Hands began to subconsciously reach into the sleeves and clothes.

'It turns out that it's not an accidental stay...' Lin Chen's eyes moved, and this thought flashed through his mind.

The noise outside the door was getting louder and louder, and someone was shouting, and the voice was getting closer and closer.

The next moment, the door opened, and the cool breeze from outside mixed with raindrops floated in.