In many legendary stories, when a strong protagonist encounters something unpredictable, he usually uses a way to hide his identity to understand the people's feelings and solve the problem.

They tend to choose a map that has no sense of presence, and have some strange intersections with a group of NPCs who are also non-existent.

We generally call this kind of behavior, called pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, and calling this kind of map that provides a place a small town or a small town.

Of course, Gu Yu is not pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, but the sympathy between the strong people of the Dou Sect will produce a lot of subtle inductions, and it is difficult to hide his true body. That's why he used the second yuan god to go north and check the temples of the lifeless old mother in various places.

Yun Yazi has already given a judgment, that woman must be the descendant of the folk law sect, as for the Luo Sect, the White Lotus Sect or the Flying Noodle Sect has not yet been determined, but the Luo Sect is more likely.

Because there are very few outstanding talents in the side door, Luo Xuebo is undoubtedly the most conspicuous one.

Before Gu Yu set off, he asked for detailed information through the Taoist Association.

About 30 years ago, there were still more than 20 temples in the Xia Kingdom, but later, a group of cultists who liked to force the characters on the banknotes to spread the teachings privately in the name of the childless mother, and they were taken away by the public security.

As a result, it was reduced from more than 20 to more than a dozen, distributed in the remote areas of Shanxi, Shandong, Hebei and Henan provinces, of which Hebei Province accounted for half.

Yecheng, Xiaoshe Town.

Three kilometers east of the town, there is a bulging hill, called Mill Slope. The mountain is reddish-brown, hard and delicate, it is a good material for making grinding stones, and the local people often use it to sharpen knives, sickles, and axes.

After the environment changes, the grinding stone has also become a spiritual mine, which can increase the sharpness of the magic weapon. However, the grade is not high, and the utility is limited, so it is controlled by a small local sect.

The town of Xiaoshe used to be a mining area, where coal was produced and the economy was once brilliant. However, as the mining was exhausted, it declined rapidly, just like the old industrial base outside the Guanwai.

Later, there was a beast tide, and the whole town was emptied, and it was not rebuilt much after that, thanks to those spirit mines, it barely made up tens of thousands of people.

The winter mornings are particularly cold, and the sun is wrapped in clouds, half-dead with a little light.

With an unremarkable face and a shell of the acquired realm, Gu Yu slowly walked on the hillside. He had previously investigated five Old Mother Temples and found nothing, and this was the sixth one.

The mountain bag is very short, you can clearly see the colorful flags and prayer flags on the top of the mountain, the red wall and yellow tiles, the temple hall, the door steps are scattered and orderly, and it covers a wide area.

Gu Yu walked into the mountain gate and saw the four King Kongs standing on the left and right, glaring at each other, each holding a magic weapon. The first hall is the king of Hades and Guanyin, the second hall is the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother, the third hall is the three Qing, and the last is the old mother hall.

There are four rooms on the top and five rooms on the bottom, and the height is three zhang.

The first floor is dedicated to the childless old mother, wearing a yellow cloak and holding a Tai Chi Yin and Yang Bagua diagram, kind and kind, much like the old lady in ancient times. On the second floor is the Virgin of the Emperor, dignified and beautiful, and the mother is the world.

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Gu Yu didn't bother to finish reading, hurriedly turned around, and left immediately. He didn't believe that Luo Xuebo would settle down here, and for Mao to put the king of Hades and Guanyin on the upper and lower floors, who is the Holy Mother of the Emperor?

If the Snow Bodhisattva was really here, he would have demolished the temple with his bare hands.

He walked out along the same road, the incense in the temple was not prosperous, it was very dilapidated, and even the Taoist priests were not stationed, only a few family members of the sect sat at the door of the bedroom, chatting while boiling water and cooking.

"Your daughter-in-law's due date is approaching, when will she give birth?"

"It's been a few days, I've been competing at home, I have to go to the hospital, and I have asked for a peace charm. Is this a person who lives a life? How much does it cost to ask Zhang Fu, now this kid is hypocritical. ”

"Yo, you are too expensive and you spent so much money to buy a Zhang Shengzi Fu?"

"That's different, she has given birth to a girl, and this baby must give birth to a grandson!"

"Hey, I heard that the church in the town is quite spiritual, and many people have joined the church, do you want to try it?"

"I have immortals who don't believe in God and have enough to eat?"

Church?

Lao Gu's heart moved, and he thoughtfully walked out of the temple, stood on the hillside for a while, and ran to Xiaoshe Town.

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In the cold winter, the streets are dry and cold.

Approaching the Spring Festival, the market is still depressed, in fact, there are people, there are a lot, but there is no atmosphere. Tired faces, walking and stopping, mechanical greetings, as if completing a task, picking all kinds of New Year's goods.

Chinese New Year, the homeland of the old man is called the atmosphere.

Most of them are not locals, their families are broken, their wives are separated, they have no old people, and they have no homeland.

In the twenty-eighth year of the Xianli calendar, the layout of the Xia urban agglomeration has long been completed, and life has returned to stability, but a series of sequelae brought by it cannot be erased in a short time.

Lack of money, lack of virtue, lack of daughter-in-law, lack of cultivation...... There is everything, the most obvious of which is the lack of belonging.

Except for the native urban population, almost all of them have left their hometowns and moved from south to north. It's okay to move from the same province, at least the region is similar, but the migration across provinces is bad, and there is always a sense of drift that is about to leave.

Xiaoshe Town is like a microcosm, full of sadness and helplessness.

Gu Yu was walking around the street and noticed this atmosphere, but he couldn't empathize.

He was wearing a teenager's skin, staggering and looking around, and bought himself a 100-yuan woolen hat, and buttoned it on his head, ho, I am the most beautiful boy on the whole street!

After walking around for a long time, almost half of the town, I felt that the world was extremely angry. There's no way, the small place has nothing to do with cultivation, and occasionally I see a few rookies wearing sectarian costumes passing through the market, and only then do I cultivate the day after tomorrow and become domineering, which shows that the level is backward.

As he walked, he suddenly saw a low-rise illegal building beside the road, with three big characters written on it.

He patted his stomach, and it happened that he was a little hungry.

The thick cotton curtain was lifted, and a wave of heat came to the face, and there were four tables inside, with the stove in the center, and the fire was blazing, making the hut warm.

"A big bowl of oily noodles!"

"Okay!"

The room was already full of three tables, and Gu Yu sat against the wall, looking at the smoky and dilapidated house and the noisy voices next to it, he really missed it a little.

But then he shook his head, why don't I eat minced meat?

After waiting for about ten minutes, a bowl of steaming oily noodles was served on the table, chopped green onions, Sichuan pepper powder, salt, spicy seeds and other ingredients were spread with a thick layer, and then poured with a hot vegetable oil spoon, the hot oil boiled, and the bowl was full of red light.

As soon as Gu Yu looked at this bowl of red, he knew that the craftsmanship was authentic, and he couldn't stop nodding when he picked up a chopstick, it was delicious and tasteful.

He was admiring when he heard an old man at the table next to him sigh, "It's still not right." ”

"What's the matter, I think it's delicious!"

A young man held a bowl and snorted and ate, "I heard that this boss is an authentic Qinchuan person, don't look at this shop is broken, it is famous far and wide, why is it not a taste in your mouth?"

The old man put down his chopsticks and said slowly: "This noodle needs to be rolled by hand, the chili pepper should be mixed and ground with two vitex strips, bell pepper and Qin pepper, and this vinegar is the most important, you must use Baoji's Qishan vinegar, almost you can't get that taste!"

"You always make noise to eat oil and noodles, this is the most authentic, now that the Qishan vinegar is gone, where do you let me find it?"

The young man disagreed, and said, "I think it's good, the flour is much stronger now than before, and it's very strong." Besides, isn't it just a bowl of noodles, it's delicious......"

Bang!

The old man slammed the table, startling everyone, and pointed at his grandson and scolded: "Are you little rabbit cub going to be angry with me? Do you still remember that you are from Qinchuan? When I die, you won't even forget where your hometown is!"

“……”

The young man was very confused, he really didn't understand.

He has no cultivation qualifications, he was admitted to a university in the capital, has been studying for a semester, and has a handsome boyfriend. The professional employment situation is very good, the life is stable, I usually work part-time, and there is no pressure on the economy.

Twenty-eight years of the immortal calendar, but he was only nineteen years old.

"Woo......

The old man's spirit was not very stable, he scolded and began to cry again, and a string of Qinchuan words with a strong rural accent blurted out, which was indistinct.

Gu Yu listened quietly, put down his chopsticks after half a ring, got up and called, "Boss, how much?"

“……”

"Boss, check out!"

“……”

It took several shouts before a sound came from the back kitchen with a white curtain, the same Qinchuan accent, the same vague.

Gu Yu sighed, took out a bill that was enough to pay and put it on the table, and asked the other table: "Do you know that there is a church in the town?"

"Oh, in that Bai family compound, go south, opposite the street office. The man spoke enthusiastically.

He thanked him and walked south for about ten minutes, when he saw a very exaggerated complex of buildings standing beside the road.

The Bai family compound was built in the late Qing Dynasty, the first generation of the head of the family was called Bai Laoxian, who governed the family well, had 6,000 acres of land, and built this large manor. It is divided into two places, east and west, 26 large and small courtyards, and more than 500 houses.

However, the descendants began to ruin the family wealth, smoked a lot of cigarettes and smoked out the family's funds, and began to sell land again, from 6,000 acres to 60 acres before the founding of the People's Republic of China.

After the founding of the country, it was even more weird, and suddenly he became a poor peasant with no food, no money and no land, amazing!

Gu Yu paced to the door, and after a cursory sweep, most of the houses were vacant, and the local government had no money to maintain them, so they were left to be abandoned.

The design of the compound is very elegant, the east and west are Taiji distribution, the main hall compound is in the position of the anode, the whole is like a fully enclosed castle, and there are arrow towers and shooting holes.

As for the church, it is in the main compound.

Gu Yu weighed his level, he was in his early seventies, ugly, thin and weak, and he cultivated for the day after tomorrow...... Enough is enough!

This goods raised his feet and went in, turned left after the gate, and entered the second gate of the compound, which was a square courtyard. There are seven main rooms, four east and four east wings, and the main room has an open door and is built on a high pedestal.

A few people were washing vegetables and preparing meals in the courtyard, and when they saw him, they asked, "Is there anything wrong with you?"

"Oh it's okay, pass by and come in and have a look, let this in?"

"Let in, come on!"

The other party was very enthusiastic, and the oldest woman put down the greens and got up to greet her, "Look at it casually, this is the church, a place of freedom." ”

"Do you still have, uh, a church now?"

"The government doesn't explicitly prohibit it, that is, it is allowed. ”

“……”

Gu Yu looked at her, dressed ordinarily, with dark skin, and her hair a little messy, with a very ordinary urban-rural temperament.

His soul is also an acquired realm, and he can't see too many details, but his intuition tells him that this woman has a very strange and special aura on her body, which he has never seen before.

(Before you know it, it's September...... ）