Although the road up the mountain was muddy and potholes, the hunchbacked old man moved his steps carefully, and he couldn't step over the puddles, and groped to get up when his feet slipped and fell. Not long after climbing the mountain, the grandfather and grandson were covered in mud.

Experiencing hardships and showing piety, is the way to see the demon venerable? Watching the hunchbacked old man fall and get up again and again, and watching the little girl struggling to support her grandfather to climb up, Mu Bai became suspicious of the gods on the top of the mountain. If we have compassion for all living beings, why should we watch the world go through suffering to worship us, and why should we accept the offerings and possessions of the world in order to fulfill our wishes?

"Uncle, when was the Three Gods Palace built here, and who built it?"

"A few years ago, many people died in many villages in our area for some reason, first they were hot, and when they died, their faces were scorched, and even the doctors who were extremely prestigious for hundreds of miles around were helpless, and almost every family did funerals at that time. Jing'er's father and mother left our grandchildren at that time, and it has been three years......"

Speaking of the disaster three years ago, the old man showed a deep sad look. The little girl held back the tears in her eyes. has lost her father and mother, and she doesn't want the only relative around her to leave her.

"There is a man named Shen San in the next village, the third in the family, and the three brothers are just idlers who only care about eating and drinking all day long. One day, Shen San said that he got the guidance of the gods and boiled out some pills and distributed them to the surrounding people. Originally, not many people believed it, but at that time, everyone was panicked, and some people went to beg for food, and it was really good, which gradually calmed down the disaster. ”

There is still a long way to go to the top of the mountain, and the old man slowly told Mu Bai what happened.

After that incident, Shen San said that the three brothers were divine envoys who accepted God's will to save the world, so many people followed the three brothers of the Shen family to believe in the gods. The year before last, the people of dozens of surrounding villages donated money to build palace statues on these three god mountains. Today is the big day when the Three Gods Ming Palace was built, so the people around the city came to climb the mountain to worship......"

"Uncle, do you believe that this god has a spirit?"

"Believe, how not to believe. If it weren't for the divine envoy of the gods to give us the pill, Jing'er and I would not have survived until now. It doesn't matter if I'm an old bone, Jing'er is still so young, I want to ask her for a good future. ”

"No, we're going to ask grandpa for good health and longevity!"

"Okay kid, walk carefully, don't fight with grandpa ......"

The grandfather and grandson walked carefully through a muddy road, walked cautiously, and continued to climb to the top of the mountain with reverence.

It was not yet noon when they came to the foot of the mountain, and it was not until the evening when the sun was about to set that the three of them saw the crowd kneeling outside the palace of the three gods, the whole palace was surrounded by incense and green smoke, and the three towering statues of the gods were majestic, scattering the glow to meet the sunset.

There were so many people who came to worship that the believers who arrived later knelt on the hill outside the palace and couldn't enter at all.

"Jing'er, let's worship here first, and when everyone is almost gone, let's go to the statue of the god to worship. ”

couldn't enter the palace, so the grandfather and grandson knelt down behind the crowd. Kneeling and worshipping all the people are sincerely praying for the blessing of the gods, asking for health and longevity, wealth and peace, and wishing for their wishes......

Mu Bai didn't believe in any so-called gods, even if he had some means, he just practiced some tricks to deceive the people of Li. When he came to the Three Gods Ming Palace on the top of this mountain, he didn't ask for a smooth road ahead, and naturally he didn't ask the gods to show him the direction to see the demon venerable, he just felt that there were a lot of strange things in this matter.

Soon, a group of dozens of priests in white robes walked out of the palace gate, all with a majestic look, carrying white cloth bags in their hands to collect money from the kneeling believers one by one. When he saw the disciples of God coming up to him, all the believers reverently offered the goods they had brought with their hands. Some of them also drove livestock and meat to be offered to the gods, and the gods also accepted them all and drove the livestock into the backyard of the shrine.

At this time, a priest came to Jing'er and her grandson.

"Don't bow down, old man, if you don't pay tribute to the gods, it's useless for you to break your head!"

"There are ......"

Grandpa Jing'er was already hunchbacked, and it was difficult to get up on the ground with his prostrate knees, so he finally raised his head and put his hand into his arms and groped out a copper plate.

"Just a few copper plates, I want to come to the gods, dream, you!"

Bai delayed the time, and the god disciple showed a look of disdain, and swept the copper plate that Grandpa Jing'er had offered with both hands to the ground.

"God's envoy, please don't be angry, Lao'er's family is poor, and that's all he can take, and it's also a piece of sincerity for our grandfather and grandson......" Grandpa Jing'er hurriedly grabbed the god's hand and shouted to his grandson, "Don't give the food to the god's envoy yet." ”

The little girl came to her senses, quickly removed the burden from her back, and opened the bag to reveal two bowls of white rice.

"Go, go, don't get in my way, waste time!"

The priest was so impatient that he kicked over two bowls of white rice, and knocked Grandpa Jing'er to the ground.

was overthrown and fell to the ground, Grandpa Jing'er couldn't breathe, coughing violently and his face was red. The little girl hurriedly went over to help her grandfather up, kept patting her grandfather on the back, and shouted to the god with a little face, "The gods care about the world, how can they be poor and love the rich! You are not worthy of being a divine envoy at all!"

"Alas, you little dare to yell at me, see if I don't kill you!"

The god's face was vicious, and he slapped the little girl in the face. Mu Bai stepped over and made a move to block his palm, and the god disciple felt that his hand had slapped on an iron plate, and when his hand hurt, he bared his teeth and grinned.

"Where did you come from, bastard, you come to the Divine Palace without worshipping or talking, and you dare to insult the divine envoy, you are blasphemous!"

The disciple shouted loudly, and immediately a dozen disciples surrounded him. original

The people of Yishan, who were worshipping sincerely, also got up and came to Mu Bai one after another, all of them with unkind faces.

Mu Bai has already seen through the faces of these so-called gods and disciples, they are just taking the opportunity to collect money, how can they bless the people. Stretching out his hand to help Grandpa Jing'er, Mu Bai stuffed a pill into his mouth, and then got up and walked down the mountain.

"Kid, what are you?"

"There are no gods in the world, and even if there are, they are not so merciful. Boy, send you down the hill and go home. ”

"Want to go, no way! Take him down!"

One of the brown-robed gods shouted loudly, and more than a dozen white-robed gods pounced on Mu Bai together. Before he got close, Mu Bai's long legs flew up and swept away, and more than a dozen gods felt a strong force hitting them, and they all fell to the ground and wailed.

(End of chapter)