Chapter 14: Keeping the New Year and Giving Names
They walked so fast that they soon sank into the ground and vanished.
The land god returned to the temple with some surprise, sat on the altar, looked at Lu Gong, and said, "Thanks to you just now." β
"Nothing." Lu Gong said lightly.
He didn't expect that even in the world of gods, such things still existed.
The land god seemed to see his thoughts, and sneered: "Do you think that the world of the gods is also as dirty?" β
LΓΌ Gong did not answer this question.
But the land snorted and said, "There are more bad things than this." In the final analysis, the lowest existence of our land gods, everything is for survival. Since there are no rules, some powerful gods naturally rely on their fists to speak. The three of them are well-known in the entire Fulong Town, and no one dares to provoke them. Do you think they care about the wild vegetable garden, the latter wild boar essence? They're just looking for an excuse to offer money. β
Lu Gong asked rhetorically: "Then you don't unite to resist?" β
In Fulong Town, there are more than a dozen villages and more than a dozen land gods, and it is indeed unreasonable to let the three of them do evil like this.
The land god sneered. "In these years, who is not self-protecting. Even if we can be united, can we stay together? These splashes, once they offend them, there is no lower limit! β
The land god knew very well that if it weren't for Lu Gong's temporary play today, which scared the three of them away, he would definitely bleed hemorrhage.
"Do you want to deal with them?" Lu Gong thought for a moment and suddenly spoke.
The problem of these three splashes is not big, but in the long run, it is difficult to be peaceful in this Fulong Town.
"Do you have a way?" The face of the land god was full of curiosity.
"Wait a few days, the mountain god senior and the wild boar spirit should come here together for Chinese New Year's Eve." Lu Gong affirmed.
The face of the land god changed slightly. "The boar spirit will come too?"
"If I'm not mistaken, it should come." Lu Gong said lightly.
Sure enough, as Lu Gong expected, on the afternoon of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the snow in the woods was directly pushed out of a huge passage.
The mountain god sat on the body of the boar spirit and came to the outside of Xiaokan Village before sunset.
The huge body sat outside the Land Temple, like a hill.
The mountain god slipped off the boar spirit.
When the land god saw this scene, he was so frightened that he hid in the mud and did not dare to come out.
The boar spirit stared at the small wooden box, seemingly nervous. The mountain god stretched out his hand, but he could only get its trotters, but he still spoke steadily. "Don't worry, I have made an agreement with Master Lu Gong......"
As soon as his voice fell, Lu Gong also spoke. "The two of you are here!"
The boar spirit's body trembled slightly, and his hands were folded.
The mountain god had already walked to Lu Gong's side, sat down, took out a few wild fruits from his arms, and put them in front of Lu Gong.
Lu Gong had already gotten used to his style and didn't care about it.
The wild boar spirit glanced at the mountain god, and the latter immediately understood, stroked his beard and smiled: "You can just say it directly." β
"Something?" Lu Gong said curiously.
The wild boar spirit said very seriously: "Master, thanks to your advice, I have improved my cultivation during this time, but there is still one thing, I don't know whether to say it or not." β
Hearing the wild boar spirit say that there has been progress recently, Lu Gong was also surprised in his heart, and when he heard him say this, he hurriedly said, "Please speak." β
The mountain god looked at his twisted appearance, and immediately scolded with a smile: "What is there to be embarrassed about, it is a matter of course to find someone to give a name before transforming into a shape." β
"That's what happened." Lu Gong didn't expect such a thing.
"Please be perfected." The wild boar spirit hurriedly lay on the ground.
Lu Gong paused and said: "In our world, your race is the guardian god of one of the twelve earthly branches, the name is 'Hai', ranking twelve, and the twelve are combined as the king's surname, you were born in the mountains, and at this time you are begging for a name for yourself, so I will give you the word 'Yi'." β
"Thank you, Master!" The boar spirit bowed deeply.
As he bowed, the cold wind in the depths of winter suddenly stopped, and the body of the wild boar spirit was like a pearl falling on a jade plate, making a pleasant sound, it trembled slightly, but its body shrank little by little, and finally only became a human-height appearance, and the pair of terrifying fangs also shrank into the mouth.
The mountain god felt it in his heart, and suddenly patted his hands lightly and congratulated him with thunder.
Lu Gong looked at this scene in surprise, he didn't expect that a name he gave at random could bring such a big change to the wild boar essence.
After a while, the boar spirit was no longer what it used to be, although it was still pitch black, but it was no longer hideous, with green fangs.
"Congratulations to Brother Wang, the transformation is hopeful." The mountain god gave up, and the thunder in the mountains stopped.
The boar spirit's voice softened a little. "Thank you Brother Bai for your success."
If it weren't for the courage of the mountain gods, it wouldn't have dared to come here today. The spirits in the mountains attach great importance to their names, and they are generally given names by human monks who have great cultivation before transforming into shapes, so as to cultivate good fortune.
The more powerful the monk, the greater the benefit of giving a name to the spirit. Even if you can get the real dragon Chrysostom, you can directly become a righteous god.
Lu Gong didn't expect that his small merit box would be able to give a name that would make the wild boar spirit take a step forward in transformation.
The mountain god was not surprised at all, and said to Lu Gong: "In the future, Wang Yi can call you Mr. frankly......"
When the wild boar spirit heard this, he hurriedly got up and stood and bowed to Lu Gong: "The disciple has seen Mr. β
Lu Gong was extremely surprised in his heart, but his voice was still calm. He just does what he wants, and since Providence is so, he does not refuse. "No courtesy, in the future, you can do more good, and strive to attain the Tao as soon as possible."
"Mr. Zun's teachings." Wang Yi was very happy.
"Okay, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, let's keep the New Year together." The mountain god glanced at Xiaokan Village not far away, and couldn't help but smile a little more on his face.
Over there, the lights were already lit up, and from time to time gongs, drums and firecrackers sounded.
The land god heard the sound of firecrackers and couldn't help but dodge out of the clay sculpture. For the first time, he took out four coarse steamed buns from his arms and placed them in the middle of the four.
"On this beautiful day, I should also express it."
"My brother has enlightened me today." The mountain god laughed, couldn't help but pick up a coarse steamed bun and put it in front of Lu Gong, held another steamed bun in his arms, and said loudly: "Although there is only one coarse steamed bun, I still hope that this world can get better and better." β
"Let's eat!" With the announcement of the land god, the mountain god land each picked up the steamed bun and stuffed it into his mouth.
Wang Yi smiled, scratched his head embarrassedly, and finally couldn't help but swallow the steamed bun in one gulp.
Lu Gong looked at the steamed buns in front of him, but there was a surge of warmth in his heart.
"Let's work together, we can definitely do it!" He muttered.