The building looked far away, but it was not long before I arrived, and when I got closer, I found that it was indeed a ruined temple, which looked like it had been unworshipped for a long time, and the door had formed a large cobweb, which was crumbling under the blow of the rain, and the courtyard outside the door was overgrown with weeds, covering the original stone path.

Yuan Heng asked Yang Liang and them to stay on the carriage and not move, while he put on rain gear and looked around the temple.

Upon inspection, it was found that although the temple looked dilapidated, the roof and the surrounding shots were intact, and there was even a stable at the back of the temple, which contained some hay and a thick layer of dust on it, which looked like it had not been touched for a long time.

It is estimated that it was provided for people who came to worship at the temple in the past, and it would be just right to use it to make a fire.

After making sure that the surroundings were safe, Yang Liang led the horse into the temple, tied the reins to the pillar on the side, and then went to the stable he had just found to bring a pile of hay.

By the time Yuan Heng came back, Yang Liang and Chen Lu had already gotten out of the carriage, and they were walking around the temple, looking around.

Seeing that Yuan Heng was back, the three of them worked together to light the fire, and Yuan Heng took a few dry wood from the carriage and threw them into the fire to make the fire burn longer.

After all this was done, the three of them had time to take a closer look at the temple.

Although it is now dilapidated, it can be seen from the statue of the god standing in the center of the temple that it was almost as high as the roof, and it must have taken a lot of effort to build the temple in the first place.

Speaking of statues, Yang Liang prides himself on being half a jade carving lover in modern times, although he does not have any in-depth research on statues, but at least he can recognize common statues.

But the statue in front of him, looking at its shape and style, Yang Liang has never seen it.

Generally speaking, temples are local places used to express beliefs and offerings, so the statues placed inside should be local gods or local guardian gods.

The dress of the statue may be a little different from the fashion at that time, because some of the gods worshiped have been handed down from a long time ago, but at least it should be a common costume form in ancient times, but the costumes carved on this statue are nondescript, and it can be seen that it is an ancient style of clothing, but it does not have the elegant look of the ancient gods, but there is an inexplicable modern atmosphere.

The facial shaping of the general statue of the god is either angry and round-eyed, or kind and quiet, a fairy wind and bones, but at least it is based on the human face as a template, but the facial structure of this statue is very different from that of ordinary people, with sharp edges and corners, and the eyes occupy most of the face, and they bulge outward, as if two salted duck eggs are stuffed in the eye sockets.

Such an image made Yang Liang feel inexplicably familiar, but he couldn't think of where he had seen it for a while, so he frowned and stood under the statue and pondered.

Seeing Yang Liang staring at the statue in a daze, Chen Lu interrupted his thoughts, he patted Yang Liang on the shoulder, and said, "Wang Zheng, what are you thinking!" ”

In order to conceal their identities, Yuan Heng and Yang Liang both called themselves by the surnames on the passes, and Yang Liang also called himself Wang Zheng. Yang Liang was slapped by Chen Lu and detached from his thoughts, he shook his head and said, "It's nothing, I just think the style of this statue is a little special." ”

"You said this idol!" Chen Lu also looked up at the strangely shaped statue, and he looked suddenly enlightened.

Then he explained to Yang Liang: "I heard my grandfather tell me before that this kind of idol was built to commemorate a god who came down from heaven.

It is said that it was many years ago, when Lucheng had not yet been established, and it was not as rich as it is now, but it often rained and flooded, and the local people often encountered floods, and there were often some huge monsters in the floods.

Another year there was another flood, and there was a huge snake, which ate a lot of people, and then it was this god who fell from the sky to subdue the snake and bring it back to the sky.

Grandpa said that it was the dragon prince in the sky who had turned into a monster, and the lower realm came to make waves, and the fairy subdued the snake prince and brought him back to the sky to be punished. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Lu licked his lips, paused for a moment, and continued: "It's strange to say, grandpa said that from now on, there will be no more heavy rain here in Lucheng, and everyone has never been affected by floods again, and the party lives and works in peace and contentment, and then the king decided to build a city here, and Lucheng was born." ”

After listening to these legends told by Chen Lu, Yang Liang knew that this was the case, but the strange thing is that it stands to reason that this immortal is the savior of Lucheng, and with him, Lucheng began to have a smooth weather, and it stands to reason that there should be continuous incense, how could it be abandoned like this?

After asking Chen Lu, I found out that it was the King of Wei who heard the legend of this place, and saw that everyone had built so many temples to worship, and felt that it was a cult to confuse the public, so he ordered a ban on worship, and the violators were beheaded, and everyone gradually cut off the offerings.

Yang Liang thought to himself, this King of Wei is quite arbitrary, but it is indeed not conducive to national unity to engage in hero worship in the region, so his behavior is understandable.

Thinking about it, Yang Liang was stunned at this statue again, and walked around him while looking, Chen Lu saw that Yang Liang was stunned again, and suddenly felt bored, so he turned around and went to help Yuan Heng, who was preparing dinner.

Yang Liang circled around the statue several times, the more he looked at this statue, the more familiar he felt, and there was a vague sense of intimacy, so he took a step forward and prepared to walk in some more, and observed it carefully, but he didn't expect that just when he walked in front of the statue and reached out to touch it, the system that had not appeared for a long time suddenly came out and spoke: "Ding Dong!" Congratulations to the host for unlocking the power of faith! ”

Yang Liang was taken aback, and then said with a confused face, what?!

What the hell is this power of faith! System, system, system, Yang Liang called the system several times in a row, the system did not respond, Yang Liang knew that this was the consequence of not having emotional value intake for a long time, the system would automatically enter a dormant state, and it could only come out coldly to scare people, and he couldn't summon it.

Seeing that the calling system did not respond, Yang Liang was speechless in his heart, this broken system suddenly came out and bubbled to scare me, and now he doesn't even give me an explanation, it's really annoying.

Anyway, what the hell is this power of faith, he just touched this god statue, and the system coldly prompted him to unlock the power of faith......

Eh, wait a minute, I just came out of the system because I touched this idol, so let's try to touch it yourself?

Thinking like this, Yang Liang put his hand back on the statue again, and as he expected, the moment his hand touched the statue, the voice of the system sounded again: "Please choose whether to absorb the power of faith in the stone statue." ”

Hearing the system say this, although Yang Liang was still blinded, he still chose "yes", although he didn't know what this power of faith was, but it was better than nothing, and it should be no problem to absorb it.

"Now for you to absorb the power of faith, be patient, five, four, three, two, one, begin."

As soon as the sound of the system ended, Yang Liang saw that the idol in front of him suddenly lit up, and there was a sound of metal colliding, he hurriedly looked back at Yuan Heng and Chen Lu, and saw that their expressions were as usual, without the slightest surprise, and he understood that only he could see the scene.

As this burst of light became brighter and brighter, Yang Liang felt as if he was about to be absorbed by the light when he touched the stone statue, but this feeling only lasted for three seconds, and then this burst of light turned into beams of light and quickly poured into Yang Liang's body.

As the last beam of light poured into the body, the voice of the system also sounded in time: "Congratulations to the host for successfully absorbing the power of faith, your initial faith value is 100, and the faith value after absorption is 240, you ......"

"Wait a minute!" Yang Liang learned wisely now, he didn't wait for the system to finish speaking, he interrupted it and asked his own question: "You have to explain to me, what is this power of faith, and what does it do?" ”

Yang Liang's method really worked, and the system finally stopped being silent, but said, "I'm sorry, you don't have permission to view it for the time being." ”

After speaking, he went offline with a bang, leaving Yang Liang alone and messy.

Arriving in Lucheng, Yang Liang hadn't recovered from the system's dog-headed behavior, but Yuan Heng and Chen Lu over there had already prepared dinner, and they beckoned Yang Liang, who was standing next to the statue in a daze, to come and eat, so Yang Liang had to secretly scold the system dog in his heart, and went to eat with them.

Because he was hiding things in his heart, Yang Liang was extremely silent at this meal, and even Chen Lu specially talked to him, but he didn't say a word, looking absent-minded.

The rain outside is still dripping, although it is not big, but this situation is also impossible to hurry, seeing that the sky is gradually darkening, Yuan Heng added some firewood, so that the fire burns more vigorously, the three of them plan to spend the night in this temple, and wait until the next day when the rain stops and then set off to Lucheng.

Since coming to ancient times, Yang Liang has developed good habits of work and rest, especially after leaving Zhao State, he spends most of his time alone in the carriage, because he is bored, so he has more time to sleep, and the work and rest time is also very standard, Yuan Heng and Chen Lu needless to say, they are all old ancient people, and they also fell asleep early.

But today Yang Liang couldn't sleep after tossing and turning, he always thought about the power of faith that he had suddenly unlocked during the day, and asked the dog thing in the system, but he said that he didn't have the permission to view it, and then he wouldn't pay attention to it anymore.

Yang Liang scratched his liver and lungs curiously, but there was no other way to summon the system, so he had to reason by himself.

The power of faith, literally, is the power of faith, and it doesn't sound like an offensive skill, but rather a defensive one.

During the day, I heard Chen Lu tell the legend about this god statue, although most of the legends are not credible, but if there is no actual prototype, how can it be imagined out of thin air?

So this legend should have a basis, maybe this idol is really a god!

Then it seems that the power of faith is, in a sense, the power of immortals?!

Thinking of this, Yang Liang couldn't help but get excited, could it be that there really were immortals in this world?

As a materialist, Yang Liang is of course unwilling to believe that there are really gods in the world, which has no theoretical and factual basis.

However, after experiencing a series of things such as the possession of the time-travel system, Yang Liang's materialist views are no longer so firm.

I've experienced so many strange things, maybe there will really be immortals!

Yang Liang thought excitedly, and slowly fell asleep, and after he fell asleep, what he didn't notice was that a faint light gradually lit up on his chest, which was the one emitted from the stone statue when he absorbed the power of faith during the day.

When the second head woke up, the rain had stopped, and the three of them cleaned up a little and planned to continue their departure.

Before leaving, Yang Liang looked back at the tall statue, but found that its color seemed to be much darker than yesterday, and then thought about it, this should be caused by his absorption of the power of other people's faith yesterday.

The soil on the ground was still wet after the rain, and although the soil here was relatively hard, there was no mud, but after falling into the water, it was always a little slippery.

Yuan Heng didn't dare to drive the carriage too fast, for fear of any accidents on the slippery ground, so the speed of the three of them slowed down, and they didn't go far after walking all morning.

But fortunately, it is not far from Lucheng, and the road has slowly become a big road, the carriage is safer and more comfortable, and the three of them are traveling much faster, and they finally arrived in Lucheng before evening.

Before entering the city, as usual, it was necessary to conduct identity verification, once raw and twice ripe, Yuan Heng handed over the prepared pass to them for inspection, and came up with the old rhetoric, so it was quickly passed.

Chen Lu was a little troublesome, because he was afraid of causing more trouble, before arriving at the city gate, Yuan Heng let Chen Lu get out of the carriage and go in by himself, although Chen Lu said that he did not have a pass, but he spoke the dialect of Chenjia Village very well, and confirmed the names of his parents, brothers and sisters, and even the names of his neighbors were exactly the same, so he also successfully passed the inspection and entered Lucheng.

The architectural style of Lucheng is really different from the others, most of them are built of stones, and they look clean and fresh, which is completely different from other cities that seem to have been soaked in yellow sand.

Yuan Heng took Yang Liang and Chen Lu to walk in Lucheng, and there were many inns to stay in along the way, they chose a relatively low-key and inconspicuous one, opened two rooms, ordered a lot of food, and cleaned and repaired it well.

The three of them took a hot shower, and changed into clean clothes, and it happened to be night, because of the economic prosperity of Lucheng, so the night market is very developed, and there are also shops and vendors who make sounds until late at night.

So the three of them planned to go to the night market in Lucheng, which could be regarded as a good relaxation.

Different from the night market in Yang Liang's impression, the night market in Lucheng is actually just that the vendors and shops continue to be open at night, but there are a lot of pedestrians on the road, and it looks lively and lively, and there are many young men and women laughing and playing, looking relaxed and happy.

The combination of Yuan Heng and Yang Liang Chen Lu is one big and three small, which is very eye-catching on the street where there are pairs of young men and women, in fact, it is mainly because of Yuan Heng's handsome appearance, although it looks a little serious and difficult to provoke, but there are still bold girls who come to the front and hand the lanterns folded into exquisite shapes to Yuan Heng.

Where did Yuan Heng encounter this kind of scene, he was embarrassed for a while, he didn't pick it up, he didn't pick it up, Chen Lu quietly reminded on the side, saying that in Lucheng, if the woman handed the lantern to the man and the man accepted it, it meant that he was willing to spend a good night with her.

Hearing Chen Lu's words, Yuan Heng was so frightened that his face turned white for a while, and he hurriedly waved his hand, signaling that he didn't want it, that girl was not a stalker, and when he saw that he didn't want it, he turned around and walked away with a smile, Yuan Heng patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief, as if the girl just now was not a delicate and beautiful girl, but some kind of demon and monster.

But this is just the beginning, and then there are women handing lanterns to Yuan Heng one after another, many of them are outstanding, Yuan Heng's face turned white from fright, to red with shame later, and finally turned into a big black face, which made Yang Liang and Chen Lu laugh for a while.

Yuan Heng heard the two laughing at him in the back, so he looked back at them in shame and annoyance, and the two were not afraid, but laughed more happily.

The three of them wandered around the night market again, bought some necessary supplies and some food that could be stored well, and then returned to the inn, washed and cleaned up, and rested.

Although the scenery of Lucheng is pleasant, but Yang Liang and they have a task, so they set off the next day and left, after passing through Lucheng, the carriage will drive for half a day, and they can reach Chenjia Village.

Seeing that Chenjia Village was getting closer and closer, Chen Lu was silent, Yang Liang was a little puzzled, it stands to reason that he has been kidnapped for a few days and tortured, he should be very homesick, but now he looks preoccupied.

"Brother Chen Lu, why are you unhappy? Isn't Chenjia Village almost there? ”

After listening to Yang Liang's words, Chen Lu lowered his head, he sighed in a low voice, and said the reason for his troubles.

It turned out that Chen Lu was afraid to go back and see his father, he had been missing for three or four days, the family must be in a hurry, and his father's temper was very irritable, so he wanted to go back, but he was afraid to go back.

Yang Liang felt crying and laughing after hearing this, he thought it was some special reason, it turned out to be because of this, so he said to Chen Lu: "Brother Chen Lu, it's okay, when the time comes, I will go with my father and tell them the actual situation, they will definitely understand and will not blame you." ”

When Chen Lu heard him say this, his expression was a little lighter, but he still had a sad face, so Yang Liang had no choice but to change the topic and let him tell him interesting stories about their Chenjia Village.

Hearing Yang Liang say this, Chen Lu frowned and thought about it, then patted his head, as if he had thought of something, and said to Yang Liang: "Do you remember the temple we saw the day before yesterday when we were sheltering from the rain?"

When I told you about the origin of this statue, I forgot to tell you, there is also a temple like this in our village, I saw that you seemed very interested last time, and I will take you to see it when I get there. ”

Yang Liang didn't expect that there was such a statue in Chenjia Village, he thought that after touching the statue before, he unlocked the power of faith, so if he found a new one and touched it twice, maybe he could unlock something strange......

Thinking of this, Yang Liang's mood also became a little excited, so he asked Chen Lu to talk to him about what was going on in that temple......

"Actually, the temple in our village is not as big as the statue temple we saw before, it is just a small room, and the statue is not as big as the previous one."

Chen Lu gestured twice with his hand...... As if to describe the size of the idol, he continued: "But that temple has been abandoned for a long time, just like the previous one, and our village now worships the Lord of the Stove, asking him to bless the wind and rain and have a good harvest."

In fact, not only our village, but almost all of the nearby villages have such temples, and almost all of them are deserted......"

Hearing this, Yang Liang didn't know what was going on in his heart, and suddenly a sad feeling surged up, as if he was grieving for this unknown immortal hero.

The atmosphere fell silent for a while, Yang Liang and Chen Lu were immersed in their emotions, and for a while neither of them spoke anymore, and the atmosphere in the carriage suddenly became silent.

Because of the detour, Yang Liang and the others walked on a very flat road, and there was no need to climb over the mountain, so the travel speed was very fast, and when it was almost evening, Chenjiacun finally appeared in front of the three of them......

Yuan Heng originally wanted to put Chen Lu here and let him go home by himself, while he and Yang Liang went forward to find a place with flatter terrain to spend the night.

When Chen Lu heard Yuan Heng say this, he grabbed Yuan Heng's arm in embarrassment, and pleaded anxiously: "You can go back with me, it's getting late, and you still have to sleep outside, why don't you go back with me, have a good meal, and get some sleep!" ”

"This ......" Yuan Heng was a little hesitant, it wasn't that he didn't want to sleep well in bed, but he was afraid that when he arrived in Chenjia Village, he would be asked about something, and if he missed his mouth, it would inevitably cause more trouble.

So he took Chen Lu's hand away and opened his mouth to refuse him, but at this time, Yang Liang, who was standing on the side, received Chen Lu's eyes for help, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Let's listen to Brother Chen Lu!"

Now it's so cold outside, what if you sleep outside and freeze? ”

Hearing Yang Liang say this, Yuan Heng was no longer entangled, so the three of them got back into the carriage and drove in the direction of Chenjia Village......

After getting closer, I found that what Chen Lu said was true, although Chenjia Village is relatively remote, but the houses you see are very delicate and beautiful, and it is also quite a bit of the agility of a southern water town.