Chapter 22: Blessing and Misfortune (2)
Back at the Taoist temple, Shen Zhifeng carefully put all the copper plates into his purse, took out a hot steamed bun from his arms, broke it and put a lot of small pickles in it, squatted at the door of the Taoist temple and ate it.
This was the first meal she had when she returned to the Taoist temple, and she was so satisfied that she almost shed tears, and she didn't look like a god at all.
Xiao Wei sat casually on the threshold, glanced at the steamed bun in her hand, and said lightly: "You shouldn't have come to the mortal world to pray this time, did the emperor give you a new task?"
Shen Zhifeng paused for a moment, thinking of the emperor's explanation, so he had to say casually: "Shizun is angry when he sees me, so I came to the mortal world to avoid the limelight, and when his old man is in a good mood, I will go back to Heaven." ”
She longed to go back to Heaven now, after all, she wouldn't feel hungry there, and it would be uncomfortable not to be hungry when she arrived in the mortal world.
Xiao Wei sighed helplessly, stood up and said, "It's better to do less of such a shameful thing in the future, if someone in the heavenly court looks at it, I will gossip about you." ”
Shen Zhifeng didn't care, waved his hand and said, "Anyway, there are so many rumors about me in the heavenly court, so I won't be afraid of these two things." ”
Xiao Wei looked at Shen Zhifeng, turned his head and looked at the statue again. This is Peng Yu's first temple in the mortal world, and it is also her last temple. The statue was carved almost exactly like hers, and there was a hint of compassion in her condescending eyes.
For the past few hundred years, Peng Yu has always looked at mortals like this. She wants to change the fate of mortals, and every time she fails. Later, she didn't know what stimulated her, and when she returned from Heaven, her face turned pale, and she never mentioned helping mortals change their lives since.
has been an immortal for a long time, maybe she doesn't remember that she was once a mortal.
Shen Zhifeng finished eating a whole steamed bun, burped in satisfaction, stood up, and walked around the Taoist temple to digest food.
Xiao Wei stared at her figure, and always felt that she was actually quite good like this, at least she didn't have any worries about God.
In the midst of his thoughts, the door of the Taoist temple was pushed open. Xiao Wei hurriedly greeted him enthusiastically, and his face became gloomy after seeing Shihua, and he said coldly: "Didn't you go to fulfill the prayer, why did you come back?"
"Just now, in the process of completing the first prayer, I noticed that the strength of the mortal's body was wrong, as if there was a strange evil aura enveloping him. Shi Hua said with a very ugly face.
Shen Zhifeng tilted his head with an incomprehensible expression.
Shi Hua saw that she couldn't say clearly, so she grabbed Shen Zhifeng's hand and said, "Anyway, you can go with me to take a look." After speaking, he pinched a trick, and the bodies of the two suddenly took off into the air and flew forward quickly.
Shen Zhifeng felt that her hair was blown against her face by the strong wind around her body, the corners of her mouth twitched, and she reacted that at this time, Hua was using "fast movement".
After a while, the bodies of the two people stopped, and the scenery had changed to the streets of the capital.
This kind of spell consumes a lot of spiritual energy, and Shi Hua gasped for breath, and rested against a wall for a while before relieving himself.
She straightened up and pulled Shen Zhifeng into the Wenchang Temple next to her.
There are a lot of people praying in the Taoist temple, probably because it is the day to enter Beijing to take the exam recently. Her gaze swept around, and finally fixed on the body of a scholar. The scholar reverently knelt on the futon and prayed to the statue of Wenchang Xingjun. As the prayer fell, evil energy and spiritual power enveloped him.
Shi Hua said with a serious expression: "Don't you think it's strange?"
Shen Zhifeng nodded, and stepped forward to check the situation, but was stopped by a soldier. He stretched out his hand and gestured at Shen Zhifeng, motioning for her to leave the merit money.
She earned a lot from performing in Qizhou, so she took out ten copper plates and handed them over.
The Taoist priest didn't even raise his eyelids, and snorted coldly: "Just like this, you still want to pray for blessings?"
Shi Hua couldn't stand it and wanted to come up and teach him a lesson, but was blocked by Shen Zhifeng. After she smiled and saluted to the Taoist priest, she said respectfully: "This Taoist leader, I don't know what your understanding of prayer is?"
The Taoist priest looked Shen Zhifeng up and down, and said expressionlessly: "Prayer is a wish, asking for the help of the gods in order to make your dreams come true. ”
"Is that god greedy for money?" Shen Zhifeng then asked.
The Taoist priest immediately said angrily: "Where are the immortals in the heavens who are greedy for money? If you say this, you are blaspheming the gods and will be punished!"
Shen Zhifeng looked at the statue of Wenchang Xingjun with a smile and said, "Since you are not greedy for money, then you will not decide whether to help or not because of the amount of merit you give." Merit fee only depends on a person's sincerity, the poor can pray, and the rich can also wish. Mortals can't just rely on the cost to see if they are sincere, but by their faith!"
The words fell, attracting a round of applause from the people in the Taoist temple.
The Taoist priest's face turned red, and finally reluctantly handed over a piece of incense and said, "Okay, let you go and pray for blessings." ”
Shen Zhifeng knelt on the futon after taking the incense, concentrated some of his spiritual power on the incense, and called Wenchang Xingjun with a curling cigarette.
The cigarette flew into the air and suddenly dissipated, completely engulfing her voice.
Because Shi Hua was in the form of an immortal, mortals couldn't see it, so she drifted to Shen Zhifeng's ears and asked, "God, what's so strange?"
"Let's talk about it when we get out. Shen Zhifeng lowered his voice and replied, and got up after inserting incense. She pushed open the door of the Taoist temple and bumped into Xue Jue, who was about to push the door!
He glanced at Shen Zhifeng with a complicated expression and said, "Why did you get here?"
"I'll make incense. Shen Zhifeng said, "Didn't you say that you came here to investigate something, why did you have time to come to the Taoist temple?" She was curious in her heart, it stands to reason that a believer in a god would not believe in other gods.
Xue Jue glanced at Shi Hua who was floating behind her, and said, "What I am investigating is the matter of this Taoist temple. ”
Shen Zhifeng immediately responded: "I also found that this Taoist temple is wrong, the gods inside can't contact the immortals, and the evil aura is pervasive!"
Hearing this, Xue Jue stared at Shen Zhifeng vigilantly and looked up and down, and said, "How do you know that the god statue can't contact the immortals?"
Shen Zhifeng's eyes flickered away in a hurry, not knowing how to explain this matter.
Seeing this, Shi Hua came over and relieved her: "Let's leave here first if there is anything, so as not to suspect anyone inside." As he spoke, he turned his head to look at the Taoist priest who was staring at them with an inquiring gaze.
Xue Jue's gaze kept wandering on Shen Zhifeng's face, and he coldly spit out a word: "Okay." ”
After that, the three of them left the door of the Taoist temple and entered the teahouse opposite to drink tea and continue to discuss.
Shi Hua Xianling sat at the table at the back end, and after drinking two sips of jasmine tea, he sighed: "No matter how good the taste of tea in the mortal world is, it is less than one-ten-thousandth of that of Heavenly Court. ”
"The water in Tianchi is so delicious, of course, it can't be compared to the mortal world. Shen Zhifeng drank more than half of the tea, "Let's make do with it in the mortal world." ”
Shi Hua raised her head and said, "Next time I invite you to drink peach blossom tea, our palace view is made with dew, and it is definitely not a taste that can be found in the mortal world." ”
"Then I'll wait. Shen Zhifeng said.
Xue Jue listened to the conversation between the two of them, and frowned: "So, you are an immortal?"
"Of course, I am the March Peach Blossom Flower God, and you can call me the Flower Fairy. Shi Hua said proudly, "You are a Taoist priest who is very good-looking, and it is really rare in the mortal world." ”
Xue Jue looked at Shen Zhifeng with suspicion again: "Are you really a Dao Aunt, how do you know so many immortals?"
"What?Aunt Dao?" Shi Hua looked at Shen Zhifeng in shock.
Shen Zhifeng's cold eyes came over, and Shi Hua immediately closed his mouth. Then she put on a sincere smile, covered her chest with her two hands, and pretended to worship and said: "Of course I am a Dao Aunt, but on weekdays, the god of Pengyu takes care of me, and I am often taken to Heaven to meet all the immortals. ”
Xue Jue obviously didn't believe it, and asked Shi Hua: "Fairy Shihua, this Dao Gu seems to be very familiar with you, right?" Seeing Shi Hua, she nodded desperately and said, "Then what's her name?"
Shi Hua was stunned for a moment, she never knew what Peng Yu's name was in the mortal world.
Shen Zhifeng covered his head and was speechless, feeling that he was about to be exposed.
Xue Jue looked at Shen Zhifeng with a see-through look, and said word by word: "So you are actually not a Daogu, but an immortal, right?"
Shen Zhifeng saw that he couldn't hide it anymore, so he had to lower his head and say weakly: "Actually, there is nothing to hide, it's just that I don't have too much spiritual power now, so it's not much different from mortals......"
Xue Jue thought for a moment, and said with burning eyes: "Taiyuan Zhenjun, General Fuyang, and Shihua Fairy are all respectful to you, which proves that your identity is above them, right?"
Shen Zhifeng sighed and nodded.
Xue Jue said: "You call Li Luo a god, which means that the two of you are at the same level." ”
Why is this guy's guess so accurate?
Shen Zhifeng gritted his teeth and sulked in his heart.
Xue Jue clenched his fists and continued, "So, you are the god of Pengyu?"
Shen Zhifeng didn't know how to answer now, after all, strictly speaking, she was not a Pengyu god.
Shi Hua couldn't stand it anymore, and continued: "You guessed right, this is the Pengyu God who is in charge of our twelve flower gods." However, for some reason, she lost all of her memories and had no mana. ”
Xue Jue's face was a little pale, and he stared at Shen Zhifeng silently.
Shen Zhifeng smiled bitterly: "I know that you are a believer in the god of Pengyu, and you have also been saved by me. You must be very disappointed when you see me now, and you want to leave your faith immediately, and you may even want to hack me. But I am also grateful to you because you were once my only believer. ”
"He's a believer in God?!" Shika couldn't believe her ears. Since the Great War of Immortals and Demons, most of Pengyu's followers have gone to other gods.
Xue Jue's knuckles in the teacup turned white, and he was silent for a while before he slowly spoke: "I am still your believer now." ”
"But I don't have the strength to fulfill my prayer right now. Shen Zhifeng looked at him stunned, his heart pounding.
Xue Jue said firmly: "You once gave me light, even if you fall into the dust, it is still my light." Therefore, I will never betray you. ”
Shen Zhifeng's eyes were a little red, and he lowered his head and tears slipped from the corners of his eyes.
Peng Yu, did you hear that, you still have believers!
She wondered, if Peng Yu knew that she still had believers, would she regret her decision to break Akabane and jump to Sendai?