Watching the two leave the Temple, Hayato's eyes showed contemplation.
This couple just now, the husband's name was Shinto Kyota, and the wife's name was Kumiko Kamizu.
The two came to Yakushi Temple this time just to pray for a child.
This young couple had been married for some time but had been unable to conceive.
The couple wasn't in a hurry, as they were still young and their careers were on the rise, so they weren't anxious to have children.
But the husband's mother, his mother-in-law, really wanted to hold a grandchild and kept urging the two to have a child quickly.
Out of helplessness, the two could only go for a physical examination.
However, the old Woman was a devout Buddha believer and was very wary of places like hospitals.
Therefore, after hearing that the Master of this Temple was a capable Master, she sent the two to Yakushi Temple to pray for health, and incidentally, for a child.
He wondered if it was a misconception, but he always felt that he would become entangled with these two people again in the future.
Perhaps it was the misconception brought about by the Woman's charming and meaningful look before she left.
Given this Woman's personality, since she had set her sights on Hayato, it seemed unlikely that she would just let it go.
Hayato shook his head. Hayato had seen a lot, after all.
Hayato had even cultivated with monsters, let alone a married Woman.
What was Hayato afraid of?
Therefore, Hayato didn't pay too much attention to this matter.
If Hayato had a connection with Buddha, Hayato would cultivate it; if not, Hayato wouldn't force it.
Hayato was a Monk, not a bandit.
Then Hayato started muttering softly.
"The Temple's reputation is growing bigger and bigger."
Hayato had to find a way to quickly monetize it.
Hayato planned to fleece a good sum of money and then renovate the inside and outside of Yakushi Temple.
After all, it was an old house with some years on it. Some places were not only old and dirty but also became dangerous buildings due to disrepair over the years.
In Japan, people liked to build houses with wood.
The advantages were lightness, eco-friendliness, and earthquake resistance, while the disadvantage was being prone to dampness and decay.
The scale of Yakushi Temple was not small. If it were completely renovated, it would cost at least hundreds of millions of yens.
Therefore, starting from the old man's generation, they basically only renovated some main areas.
As for the abandoned and unused areas, they had long been uninhabitable due to years of disrepair.
Hayato planned to raise some money to renovate all these places.
Incidentally, Hayato would also re-gild the buddhas in the main hall.
People rely on clothes, Buddha relies on gold attire.
Whether a Temple was effective was one thing, but whether it could attract people was another.
If people passed by the Temple without entering, what use was its effectiveness?
Therefore, a respectable Temple would definitely attract more believers to worship.
Hayato's goal was not just to hold onto this small inheritance.
Hayato wanted to make the name of Yakushi Temple flourish.
Grow bigger and stronger, create new glory.
Become the number one famous Temple in Japan.
Renovating the Temple was one thing, the second thing, of course, was to recruit some disciples.
Now, Yakushi Temple was supported entirely by Hayato alone; without Hayato, it would have long since disbanded.
However, Hayato couldn't personally handle every little problem, could Hayato?
There was no style in that.
Recruiting a few disciples, even if they just ran errands, would be fine.
However, disciples couldn't just be recruited on a whim.
This brings up Japan's private Temple system.
Because Monks in Japan could eat meat, drink alcohol, and even marry and have children.
Therefore, in Japan, every Temple was private property.
It was passed down from father to son, generation after generation.
There were tens of thousands of Temples in Japan, which meant there were tens of thousands of Monks.
Every Monk was a nobleman from a prominent family passed down through generations.
The advantage was stable inheritance.
There was no need to worry about not having suitable disciples, thus breaking the lineage and incense.
The disadvantage was fixed class.
One Temple, one family, which meant that it was very difficult to become a Monk in Japan.
Either it was passed down from father to son.
Or, like Hayato's old man, Hayato had to encounter Temples without heirs and inherit the Temple and learn Buddha Law by marrying into the family.
It was a different kind of Master-disciple inheritance.
Therefore, if Hayato wanted to take disciples, Hayato had to help them solve their living problems.
In other words, Hayato had to support the disciples.
Otherwise, who would do hard labor for Hayato for free.
Being a Monk in Japan, frankly speaking, was just like working a job.
The reason why Monks' salaries were so high and they were so popular for blind dates was because of their high income and respectable work.
If the benefits were too poor, people wouldn't even bother with Hayato.
Although Japan's economy had not been very good in recent years.
But supporting one disciple would cost at least five million yens a year, and ten would cost fifty million yens.
Moreover, this expense was not a one-time thing, but had to be paid every year.
Of course, conversely speaking.
Once the disciples could stand on their own, they could go out and perform rituals for people, providing a stable income for the Temple.
Therefore, the size of a Temple's Monk population, to some extent, also proved the Temple's level and strength.
If the Temple's reputation was large enough, some people would even voluntarily pay money to come and practice Buddha Law.
Just this income alone could reach hundreds of millions a year.
Of course, that was the treatment only a very small number of famous Temples had.
Yakushi Temple was currently, at best, a somewhat famous Temple, still far behind those famous Temples.
Even if Hayato paid people to come and practice, it was not guaranteed that anyone would come.
"Taking disciples... what a headache."
Hayato calculated the expenses of Yakushi Temple during this period.
Since Hayato's reputation spread, people often invited Hayato to perform rituals to Rescue the Dead.
The income aspect was quite considerable.
However, people didn't look for Hayato to perform rituals every day.
On average, the monthly income could reach two to three million yens.
With Yakushi Temple's current income and expenses, recruiting one disciple was more than enough, but two would be a bit tight.
"You can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a child."
Although it was a little painful, Hayato still decided to recruit a disciple to help Hayato preside over Yakushi Temple.
This way, Hayato would have enough time to go out and Supernatural Evil Spirits.
Incidentally, propagate the fame of Yakushi Temple.
However, this disciple can only be a female disciple.