Chapter 247: The Holy Icon
The morning dew drips from the tender green leaves, the early birds chirp on the branches, and the town of Lingxi ushers in a new day.
Granny Qi sat in front of the vanity mirror, combed her silver hair, and then slowly pushed open the door, walked out of the room, and took a deep breath of fresh air.
"I still remember that dream last night so clearly, is it really true? But this day, this land, there is no change!"
She stood there and thought quietly for a moment, then turned and entered another room in the courtyard.
There was a shrine in the room, and there was a delicate wood carving in the shrine, an old man with white hair, who had the taste of fairy wind and bones.
She bought the wood carving from a hawker and is said to be a statue of a saint.
Of course, Granny Qi also knows that now the saint's face is uncertain, and there are all kinds of transmissions, she just wants a similar statue for peace of mind.
But today, when she worshiped this wood carving again, she suddenly felt inexplicably uncomfortable, and she always felt panicked in her heart and couldn't get through......
"What the hell is wrong with me?"
After the daily visit, Granny shook her head, walked out of the room, got some breakfast to eat, and then walked to her shop.
Granny Qi is a famous pastry chef in the town, and when the snake and ghost disaster occurred that day, Rowan ate the red date rice cake she made.
However, she is old, and the shop is usually taken care of by apprentices, and she only visits it every day.
Walking through a small road and entering a market, Granny Qi saw a master carving wood carving in front of her pastry shop, this master's surname was Xie, and everyone called him Xie.
When she first bought the wood carving, Granny Qi also wanted to buy it from him, but Master Xie's business was too good, and the villagers and elders at the front door and back door came to him to carve it, and the reservation was too slow, so Granny Qi bought the wood carving from a vendor.
When she got closer, Granny Qi casually asked, "Master Xie, what are you carving so early?"
Master Xie replied without raising his head: "I am carving a saint." ”
"I'm carving a saint again. Granny Qi was curious, "But I see that the saint statue you carved, why is it a little different from the past?"
Master Xie said: "The carving in the past was wrong. Last night I had a dream and saw the true body of the saint, and I couldn't wait to carve it this morning. ”
Granny Qi was taken aback: "You also dreamed?"
Master Xie's depiction of the saint was originally a middle-aged man with an elegant temperament, but the wooden statue being carved now is in the shape of a child.
And after hearing Granny Qi's exclamation, Master Xie was stunned with both hands, and finally raised his head and looked at Granny Qi: "Granny Qi, you also had a dream? What did you dream about?"
Granny Qi's eyes showed awe: "I dreamed that the saint opened the world with a wave of his hand, created life, and his body grew step by step with the opening of the world, and the middle grew to the age of seven or eight. Although the saint in the dream is not strict, I think he must be a saint! Yes, no wonder I felt wrong when I visited the shrine this morning, it must be because my wood carving is not a saint at all!"
Master Xie couldn't help but open his mouth wide and said in surprise: "Lady Qi, what you dreamed of is here, how is it the same as me?
He then lifted the statue so that Granny Qi could see it clearly.
"It's this, it's this, it's the saint!"
But a vegetable farmer who came over next to him was the first to exclaim.
"The saint I saw in my dream is like this! Master Xie, how much does your wood carving cost, I bought it!"
Granny Qi couldn't help but be surprised: "Lao Cai, you also dreamed of it?" No, no, this wood carving is mine, I came first!"
The vegetable farmer said disdainfully: "You came first? Obviously, I said I wanted to buy it first, okay?"
Mother-in-law was suddenly angry: "You this, you ......"
"Okay, okay!" Master Xie hurriedly persuaded, "I'll carve a few more, everyone has it, everyone has it!"
The mother-in-law and the vegetable farmer immediately smiled.
Ever since the saint came to this Lingxi Town, the life in the town has been getting better and better.
The saints will not make your wishes come true, but they will teach you how to do them.
Many people feel that this is better and does not make people slack off.
The gentleman in the school even wrote a sentence for this, why is it better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish...... Anyway, it's a lot of fish!
Now the people of the whole town believe in that saint, and they are not as ignorant as before, blindly believing in God and Buddhism, this belief is benign, and at the same time they can obtain spiritual sustenance, they can also gain continuous growth.
Soon after, Granny Qi, Master Xie and others found that the big guys in the town seemed to have the same dream!
They thought that the dream was not real, but when they found out that everyone had the same dream, the reality of the dream suddenly skyrocketed.
The townsfolk couldn't help but wonder, "Could it be that the saint really opened up a world?"
......
As a result, the spirit of sanctity that had been transformed from the awe of the townspeople skyrocketed again.
At a certain point, Luo Wen's heart suddenly moved, and he felt that the growth rate of the Holy Virtue Qi was not inferior to that when he fought against the Heavenly Ghost at the beginning!
This made the corners of his mouth can't help but sketch a smile.
This kind of growth is very different from the growth that came when the town was saved, it is stable and does not suddenly plummet because of the passage of time.
There is basically no comparison between the two.
"That way, I'll be able to expand the Sanctuary with my hands!"
When Luo Wen's body opened his eyes in the Sanctuary, he released the growing aura of holy virtue, causing the scope of the Sanctuary to begin to grow rapidly!
Every second, every minute, the scope of the Sanctuary grows bigger and bigger!
Sure enough, this sustained and steady growth is the last word. Although the amount of holy virtue obtained from saving people is large, the amount of that amount is only one-time. Only by truly taking it from the people and using it for the people can we get more and more stable holy spirits. Lingxi Town only has 10,000 people, and it has provided me with such a huge and lasting aura of holy virtue, if there are a few more towns and a few more cities...... It's not that simple, though. However, the nine hundred monk disciples in the Holy Realm are a good target, the holy virtue qi provided by a Dan Realm monk can top ten ordinary people, and one Dan Tribulation monk can top a thousand ordinary people. If I can effectively educate, satisfy their cultivation aspirations, and enhance their reverence for me, then I will be able to obtain more holy virtue qi than Lingxi Town! The Sage Academy there is also my foundation, if I can establish an assessment system and bring in more literati talents......"