From Taihu Lake, one can sail out to sea, and upstream it leads to the Bailang River, which can transport many goods from the south to various places. Therefore, the province is full of ports and many prosperous towns that serve as transit points for goods, radiating outwards like a chessboard from the center of Shuiyang City.
Even more prosperous was its status as a silk manufacturing center, where the entire silk manufacturing bureau of the Great Qian Dynasty was located.
Various taxes, including silk taxes, commercial taxes, customs duties, and fish taxes, were collected in large quantities, amounting to several million taels of silver annually.
The seven provinces of Nanzhou are the richest in the world, and Shuiyang province is the richest in Nanzhou.
After entering the city, Lin Yi randomly chose an inn and asked for a spacious private courtyard room to stay in.
Even if some Golden Spider King comes knocking on our door in the future, that's a matter for the future.
Inside the room, the golden spider emerged from Lin Yi's sleeve and landed on the ground, strolling leisurely like a golden cat taking measured steps.
"I want to drink milk tea, sleep under silk quilts, spray myself with rosewater, and take a milk bath..."
The golden spider was chattering away when it saw Lin Yi looking over. It immediately stopped talking, jumped onto the bed, stretched out its limbs, and lay down in a comfortable position before muttering to itself, "My grandfather is going to use the Soul Transfer Technique to help me reincarnate and marry that Rouran prince. I escaped, and he'll definitely come to catch me. Let's see what you, you big bad guy, will do then?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Yi smiled, took out a pot of wine, and drank it.
This is Huangliang wine from Huangliang Town. Huangliang dream, three lifetimes of Buddhahood.
When will I be able to see through all the illusions before me and achieve true enlightenment through spiritual practice?
Lin Yi's act of catching the golden spider was merely a spur-of-the-moment decision. Buddhism believes that all things in the world arise from causes and conditions, forming various forms. However, the physical body is also a precious tool for transcending the world, and it is essential to preserve it.
Cause and condition are like mud; without this mud, the lotus cannot grow out of thin air.
Lin Yi finished the millet wine in the pot, stood up and went to the window. He pushed it open, looked up at the starry sky, and remained silent for a long time.
The starry sky is vast and endless.
The path to immortality is long and arduous, requiring constant exploration and pursuit.
He traveled through countless realms and witnessed countless landscapes, yet he remained so lonely and isolated.
Life is so lonely, like snow.
Looking at the clouds and moon in the sky, Lin Yi felt a deep loneliness in his heart. He felt that he was all alone in the vast world, and that no one else was like him.
This feeling is terrifying, lonely, and desolate.
A mind without support is like a ship sailing on the sea, having lost its direction.
The consequences were disastrous.
The boundless immortal energy within his body surged violently, and Lin Yi's face suddenly turned as pale as snow.
What is the meaning of life?
What is the meaning of spiritual practice?
Why should I exist in this world forever?
What does my existence mean to this world?
Did I choose the world, or did the world choose me...?
This is a questioning from the depths of one's soul, and can also be seen as an attack of inner demons.
When Shakyamuni Buddha attained enlightenment, the demon king appeared.
The same applies to Lin Yi.
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Golden Spider woke up from her deep sleep; she had slept very, very soundly.
Although I was treated like a pet, I didn't have to live in constant fear of being harmed.
The golden spider's soul left its body and transformed into a young girl wearing a golden robe, with jade feet and legs that were faintly visible, and eyebrows and eyes as dark as ink.
The girl in the golden robe called out, "Hey, I've already taken a nap, why are you still standing stupidly by the window?"
Lin Yi's body trembled, as if his thoughts had returned from the depths of the netherworld to the mortal realm.
He suddenly felt bored and lonely in the world, and had a strong desire to be free from everything. So his body stood still and his spirit roamed the void.
If the Golden Spider hadn't shouted that, he might have continued his spiritual journey and passed away peacefully, his body remaining incorruptible and his spirit broken.
This is Nirvana, but also a tribulation.
After surviving the ordeal, Lin Yi was reborn like a phoenix rising from the ashes.
A mysterious portal appeared in his senses; it was the portal between life and death, the portal to the primordial spirit.
For some reason, Lin Yi suddenly recalled a passage from the *Taishang Ganying Pian*: "The Dao is elusive and indistinct. Elusive and indistinct, yet within it are images; elusive and indistinct, yet within it are things. Profound and mysterious, yet within it is essence; its essence is most real, within it is truth..."
Lin Yifu, through a sudden inspiration, subconsciously combined with the Taiyi Heavenly Escape Yin-Yang Formation, and the Taishi Mountain Dragon Soul, which was suppressed in the Taixu Robe, was thrown into the formation as fuel.
The great formation was operating wildly, revealing the secrets of the primordial spirit layer by layer, making Lin Yi's perception of that "Gate of Life and Death" clearer and clearer. He seemed to understand something.
It seems that as long as one takes a step, one can enter the fifth level, refine the primordial spirit, and live forever.
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Chapter 184 Supreme Limitless Chaos Auspicious Clouds
At this moment, countless indescribable emotions welled up in my heart.