Chapter 599: Do You Like It? (4000 words)
Xiao was a little moved, but he still felt that putting on that meaningless pose or something would hinder his image as an immortal.
The thought of deliberately posing in that flashy pose and being photographed made the tips of his ears a little red.
Hu Tao could see at a glance where Xiao's awkwardness was.
It's not that I'm shy, and it's not that I can't overcome it.
"Xiao, it's not a question of whether you need the world's admiration, but that the world should know your tall and mighty image, and see your domineering and heroic posture when fighting the enemy.
"These things may not be important to you, but people like me who respect you need them."
Xiao lowered her eyes and looked at Hu Tao, who was talking eloquently, and really didn't see where her respect was.
"The world's belief in Yaksha cannot be based on imagination, but needs to be given a concrete image. If you think the pose is flashy and you can't let go, this is easy to do, let's go find some monsters to fight, or I'll play with you."
The walnut was soft and hard for a while, but finally let Xiao relax.
"Okay."
Xiao really can't do anything about her, just take a picture, just don't let the emperor see the photo.
The three of them found a monster gathering place nearby, and Hu Tao and Jiang Bai took the camera around him and clicked, and the flash of the camera made Xiao's posture of holding the gun a little stiff.
Holding a bunch of photos, Hu Tao was extremely satisfied.
It's a pity that Xiao doesn't use that flashy move, and even if he keeps his hand, those hilichurls still can't last a few rounds in his hands.
But it doesn't matter, these many photos are available in all directions, which is enough for the artist to paint a majestic and charming demon sage.
The two of them did not rush to leave, and asked about the life deeds of those Yaksha one by one, and recorded them.
Hundreds of Nakshatras, each one of which should not be forgotten.
Maybe it's been a long time since I've told anyone about the past, but before I knew it, I was talking about it late at night.
For those Yaksha who have not left their names in history, Xiao's few short words are their whole life.
Hu Tao and Jiang Bai worked hard to write, and their arms were already sour and numb.
"No, no, no, can't write"
Hu Tao rested the brush on the pen holder, slumped in the chair and rubbed his sore wrist.
She had thought that the book about Yaksha that she and Xingqiu had written was pretty good, but after listening to Xiao talk about so many Yaksha's deeds, she suddenly felt that the content of that book was too little.
You have to change it when you go back, you have to change it drastically.
If one book is not enough, a second book will be published, and if the second book is not enough, she will write a long story, and she will write down all the stories of the Yakshas.
Before I knew it, she was a dark night oil poet in the alley faction, and she had become an author.
Pride crosses the waist.
Jiang Bai and Hu Tao stayed at the Wangshu Inn for three days.
Since the contract was terminated, Xiao has been much more idle.
It's just that this leisure is also relative.
He will still regularly go to some key places to inspect, and will still remove the remnants of the demon god after discovering them, these responsibilities have been engraved into his bones for thousands of years, and will not disappear with the termination of the contract.
It's just that unlike before, on the way to eliminate demons, you will often meet some alchemists, and when you meet the Millelith Army, there will also be people who come to see him from time to time and give him a piece of almond tofu.
Even the emperor occasionally came here to sit.
Xiao carefully wiped the statue of the emperor that Jiang Bai gave him, and after a while, when the Yaksha Temple that Hu Tao said was completed, he would also go to the Chasm to have a look.
The Yaksha Temple is not something that can be created in a day, even if the Afterlife Hall, which has made a lot of money by selling stone carvings, has abundant funds, and Jiang Bai has taken over the expenditure of the statue that should have occupied the lion's head, it is still very difficult to build a large temple alone.
Therefore, Hu Tao deliberately asked Ganyu to apply for financial support from the General Affairs Department, and when he heard that he was going to build a temple for the Yaksha, Ganyu waved a lot of money.
After the money was in place, Hu Tao directly threw the design and supervision to Zhongli.
As the most knowledgeable person in the Afterlife Hall, Zhongli was the best person to supervise the construction of the temple, and those ancient precedences and customs that had long been forgotten by mankind were at his fingertips.
Even the ranking of the embarrassing Yaksha statue was arranged by him, and no one had any objections.
In just one month, the magnificent Senyasha temple was completed.
Zhongli personally held the pen [Xianzhong Yaksha Temple], and the magnificent golden plaque was hung in the center of the attic, solemn and solemn.
"That's good!"
Looking at the temple that had been completed, Hu Tao was extremely satisfied.
Ganyu, who came to the consecration ceremony on behalf of the General Affairs Department, was also very satisfied.
Today is the day when the temple is completely completed, but it is not the day when it is open to the public.
There is a series of tedious rituals associated with the consecration of the temple, not to mention the temple of the immortals that was built for all the Yakshas.
Not only will the immortals who received the news come to pay their respects to the deceased in person, but all the Seven Stars of Liyue will come to pay their respects to the martyrs.
Xiao on the side looked at the temple built for them in front of him, and his heart was surging with emotions.
Walking into the main hall, you will see five tall statues of immortals and yakshas.
The statues are solemn and majestic, and the Yakshasas are holding weapons and wearing hideous faces.
These hideous faces are the hallmark of the Yakshas.
In order to intimidate the monsters, suppress the demons, and deter the Quartet, the Yakshas' faces cover their faces with their vicious faces.
Every time they kill demons, they will definitely bring a face with them.
And behind the statue, this is their original immortal beast form.
At the beginning, Jiang Bai and Hu Tao had a dispute over whether the statue should be covered with a face or directly exposed.
Jiang Bai felt that since he was making statues for the Yakshas, of course he had to show his face, and if he didn't show his face, who knew what those Yaksha looked like?
But Hu Tao felt that using a human face hindered the majesty of the immortal family.
After all, this is not an illustration in a book, but a temple of Yaksha for all the people of Liyue.
It is the mission of the Yaksha to deter the Quartet, and if it is not carried with a face, it is meaningless.
In the end, it was Zhongli who patted the horse and set the current image.
Behind the five statues of the Yakshas, there are several statues of the Yakshas.
These statues gather around the five stone statues in front of them, and they look up in awe.
Ganyu solemnly lit three incense sticks and handed them to Xiao.
"This pillar of incense, let Xiao come to you."
Xiao subconsciously glanced at Zhongli.
The emperor is here, and he is really not qualified to be on this pillar of incense.
Zhongli didn't react, just said:
"Xiao Shangxian, don't delay the auspicious time."
Xiao is the last Yaksha so far, and it is only fitting that he wears the first pillar of incense.
Xiao did not speak, facing all the Yaksha statues, bowed solemnly, and inserted the incense into the incense burner.
A small amount of smoke wafted through the hall, and a magnificent bell rang.
The immortals stepped on the auspicious clouds and came from the sky.
One by one, they entered the main hall and offered incense to worship their deceased friends.
There were so many immortals who came, and basically all of Liyue's unsleeping immortals rushed over.
Jiang Bai also saw a lot of names and faces that he had never seen or even heard of, which gave him a lot of knowledge.
Shenhe also followed the borrowing of the Merry Cloud Zhenjun here.
She is a junior, and according to the etiquette, she can only incense after all the immortals have finished incense.
The whole tedious ceremony was presided over by Zhong Li, assisted by Ganyu, and Hu Tao and Jiang Bai could only be spectators.
The ceremony was cumbersome and long, with Zhongli present, and there was no difference between Hu Tao and Jiang Bai being or not.
They didn't wait in the main hall all the time, hiding in the corner and whispering.
"Jiang Bai, what do you say Keqing's immortal family name will be?"
Zhongli is an immortal, and everyone knows this matter.
But as for what Zhongli's immortal family name will be, it is really curious.
"Uh...... Go out without money? ”
Jiang Bai just finished speaking, and he was beaten by Hu Tao's brain.
"Can you be serious? How could an immortal be called by such a name? ”
"I can't think of it......" Jiang Bai pursed his mouth.
Do you want him to say that Zhongli's name is the ancestor of all immortals, the Emperor of the Rock King?
Hu Tao didn't expect this uneducated guy to come up with any lofty immortal names.
"What do you think of the name of Xunmei Jixue Zhenjun? Or a butterfly comes and goes? ”
Hu Tao felt that both of these names were quite suitable for him.
Although you can't be an immortal, you can give yourself the name of an immortal family and enjoy it.
Jiang Bai gave a thumbs up, "The hall master is worthy of being the hall master, and as soon as he exits, he is the name of this domineering and mighty immortal family." ”
"If you want me, I'll call Bai Yuan Zhenjun."
"It's a bit short."
"I can't think of anything else......
Shenhe on the side listened to it, and was also a little curious about the name of this Mr. Zhongli's immortal family.
She couldn't help but tug at her master's feathers.
"Huh?" Liuyun borrowed the wind and Zhenjun turned his head sideways.
"Master, what is the name of that Mr. Zhongli's immortal family?"
"Uh......" Liuyun borrowed the wind Zhenjun to look at Zhongli, and then at his apprentice, and he was stuck for a while.
The emperor doesn't seem to be going to reveal his identity, and there are outsiders here, she can't say it, right?
"If you're curious, you can find him yourself when you're free."
It is impossible to say, only let the disciples ask themselves.
The immortals finished the incense one after another and left together, and it didn't take long for the seven stars to arrive.
This was also the first time Jiang Bai had seen the seven Liyue Seven Stars, and he was familiar with them in front of all the Seven Stars.
Once the consecration ceremony was complete, the temple became known to the people of Liyue.
The many legends of this temple have attracted countless people to come and watch.
It is rumored that on the day of the opening of the temple, the sun was overflowing, and there was a magnificent bell ringing from the sky, and all the immortals fell to the ground to worship the deceased.
It is rumored that on the day of the opening of the temple, the seven stars came together to worship the martyrs together with the millelith military sacrifice.
Hearsay...... There is a living Yaksha in the temple.
Many rumors have made this Yaksha temple very lively, and the incense is endless every day.
It was also at the same time that the first edition of Hu Tao's "Records of the Immortals" was officially released.
Those who came out of curiosity were all in awe and worshiped when they learned about the deeds of the Yakshas.
There are also many vendors who set up stalls in the surrounding area and sell incense and candles.
The originally lively and remote mountain forest time is lively, and it lives up to the coldness of the past.
Since then, the Yaksha Temple of the Immortals has been full of people, and the incense is endless.
On the mountain rock not far away, Zhongli and Xiao looked at the temple below and were silent.
The sound of boiling people in the temple came into the ears, and the appearance of people respecting the incense came into view.
They looked at each of the Yaksha stones, looked at each stele beneath the statues, and praised the stories of the Yakshas.
After a long time, Zhongli slowly spoke, "What do you think of this temple?" ”
"Good. If they were still alive, they would rejoice to know that such a temple had been built for them. ”
Zhongli looked sideways at him, "What about you?" ”
"I rejoice."
Hearing him say joy, Zhongli raised a shallow smile.
"They have left you a place to stay in the temple."
Xiao was a little surprised, "Why?" ”
He didn't need a dwelling like a human, it was a golden-winged bird, and he used to rest in the big tree of the Wangshu Inn.
Or meditate and pranayama, or look far away, or simply lie on the trunk of a tree and listen to the wind blowing in your ears.
"The hall master said, let this be a place of rest for you, a place of rest, a place for you to come back after you go out."
Hu Tao's idea is very simple, she thinks that Xiao is always alone, too lonely, and wants him to gain some popularity.
"However, I should not be close to the crowd......"
After the temple was built, although he would often come here, he only came to visit the old man in the dead of night, and he did not know that Hu Tao had set up a special residence for him.
"It's okay, this Yaksha temple is very big, I set up a formation to protect this place when I built it, if you don't want to see people, no one will find you.
"And the temple has a strong will, and you can suppress the karma on your body if you live here, and it will be beneficial to you for a long time."
Zhongli said that at this point, Xiao naturally responded.
"Let's go, I'll show you around."
"How dare you bother the emperor......
"This is the task assigned to me by the hall master, how can there be any trouble?" Zhongli shook his head helplessly.
Xiao, it's just too respectful.
Obviously, he is no longer the Emperor of the Rock King, but he still can't change his overly respectful temperament.
Xiao followed Zhongli to the backyard of the temple.
There are quite a few shelters in the backyard, some of which are reserved for those who have arranged for the general affairs department to take care of the temple, and some are reserved for overnight travelers.
And Hu Tao specially opened up a piece of residence for Xiao.
The residence is deceptively simple, but tastefully furnished.
There are small lakes, rockeries, gazebos, and hundred-year-old trees that cover the roof.
All daily necessities in the house are readily available.
Perhaps for the immortals, creating these scenes is just a matter of waving their hands.
They may even prefer to live in their own caves.
But these represent Hu Tao's importance and respect for Xiao.
Whether Xiao rests here or not, they try to do their best.
Xiao saw an unpainted stone sculpture on the Bogu shelf in the house.
The stone carvings are carved with him and Zhongli. He lowered his head, Zhongli's hand resting on top of his head, his gaze gentle and inclusive.
The tips of Xiao's ears rubbed red.
Zhongli also saw it, and couldn't help but chuckle.
"This little white ......"
He didn't remember that Jiang Bai had seen such a picture, so this should have been carved out of Jiang Bai's imagination.
And the last time Hu Tao took him to visit, this was not yet, it should have been quietly put by Jiang Bai.
As for the intention of putting this......
Looking at Xiao's appearance, I should like it.
The 4,000-word chapter will not be divided into two chapters
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