Chapter 152: Taozhi Mountain God
The next day, according to the plan set yesterday, everyone left the Taishou Mansion.
Xu Mochen took Tang Derun, and the two went around to check.
After leaving the city, the two found that the suburbs were much more desolate than they imagined.
On the periphery of the city, there is a lot of arable land, and if you look closely, these lands are somewhat salinized.
It is caused by seawater inflow.
Therefore, there are not many crops growing in the ground, and the yield is not expected to be very high.
Moving further to the hinterland of Danzhou in the south, the scene has changed again.
The largest river, Wanquan River, has many branches, and where there is a water source, it is really lush with grass and trees, and there are many melons and fruits.
But these should all be grown naturally, not artificially planted.
There are quite a few people who pick there.
Looking at those fruit trees, they continue to spread out into the mountains, and the products are still very rich.
Xu Mochen and Tang Derun received their supernatural powers, but they just moved forward at a faster speed than mortals, climbing the mountain and going inside.
When I reached the top of the mountain, I saw a large platform with a temple built.
There are also many good men and women who come in and out.
"Taozhi Mountain Mountain God," Tang Derun looked at the brand name of the temple, he frowned slightly, "This mountain god also has a title, which is also rare."
Xu Mochen didn't answer, and when he entered the temple, he obviously felt a wave of divine consciousness sweep by.
He remained silent, let the other party inspect it, and he would cultivate it to hide.
This divine sense is not strong, and the estimation is equivalent to the level of the early stage of the foundation building realm.
After a while, that divine sense turned away from Xu Mochen.
Walking through the courtyard and entering the main hall, I saw a statue of a god standing above, which was still in a very strange style.
It is completely different from the immortals that Daqian has always worshipped.
"Could it be the religious infiltration of a foreign country," Xu Mochen muttered to himself, "If that's the case, it's troublesome."
Tang Derun followed him and looked at the likeness: "Your Majesty, it shouldn't be, I'm afraid it's a self-developed immortal by the local people."
But that's just the case, this is the world of immortal cultivators, who knows if there are immortal cultivators behind it.
The two stood aside, and the men, women, young and old, who came to worship, respectfully put incense on the ground, knelt down and kowtowed, and said that they were all praying for a good harvest of fruits.
This temple is not big, but the incense is vigorous.
The two retreated, and Tang Derun stopped with a smile when he saw an old man coming.
"Old man," he said with a good attitude, handing over a piece of silver, "The two of us are from other places, and I don't know what this Taozhi Mountain God has to say."
The old man didn't want the money, he waved his hand, "It's normal for you two to feel strange.
This mountain is called Taozhi Mountain, and there are several of them, all the way to the Wanquan River, and we are all villagers who live nearby.
This sacrifice is to pray for the blessing of the mountain gods, and the wind and rain will be smooth and the fruits will be abundant.
The people in the surrounding area are counting on the fruits, birds, and beasts of Taozhi Mountain to live."
Tang Derun smiled and nodded: "I see, but we are lonely.
I just don't know you, why don't you farm and grow food?"
"Growing food?" The old man shook his head, "The ancestors have heard of it, but this generation, with the blessing of the mountain gods, just the fruits that grow in the mountains, as well as the birds and animals raised, are enough for daily life, and there is no need to plant them anymore."
Well, this question turned out to be the structure of a primitive society.
This is not very reasonable, it stands to reason that the human society has gradually progressed with the times.
Even if the immortal cultivators are locked, Daqian is currently a feudal society, mainly farming.
It's good here, and it's become a native who relies on the mountains and eats the mountains.
Asking clearly, Xu Mochen and Tang Derun continued to move forward.
"Your Majesty," Tang Derun frowned, "The smell of incense in this temple is very strong, I'm afraid it's a little strange."
Xu Mochen also felt it: "The people are here, relying on hunting and picking fruits, which is enough to satisfy their own lives, and they don't need farming or anything like that."
"But they need the protection of the mountain god," Tang Derun shook his head, "In the opinion of Wei Chen, this mountain god is most likely an immortal cultivator, using his divine powers to control the mountains here, obtain the people's incense qi, and refine the qi."
Xu Mochen muttered, "I know which realm of immortal cultivators it is."
"It's all right," Tang Derun looked back at the smoky temple, "In the Ten Directions World, the Incense Belief is universal.
Of course, for immortal cultivators who are not from the human race, the effect is even greater, especially for those in the Netherworld."
However, when they entered the temple, they did not perceive the aura of the Netherworld.
With doubts, I came to the edge of Taozhi Mountain, and there was another mountain range in front of me.
At the junction of the two places, there is a large stone monument with rules such as not allowing cross-border borders.
Xu Mochen smiled: "No wonder there are so many immortals in Danzhou in the south, this one mountain, just one immortal, in charge of a place the size of his palm.
Coupled with the fact that the climate is suitable and the species are abundant, immortal cultivators don't need much spiritual energy to produce abundant food."
"It's just a fool's plan," Tang Derun disagreed, "deceive the people into respecting them as immortals, steal incense beliefs, and provide their own cultivation."
However, the place is not big, so these immortal cultivators are only numerous, and I am afraid that their strength is not strong."
"It's not the immortal cultivators I'm worried about," Xu Mochen shook his head, "but these brainwashed people."
Immortal cultivators, Xu Mochen can be killed, but the people cannot.
He must not kill all the disobedient people.
Tang Derun thought for a while: "Then you can only slowly guide enlightenment."
It's a solution, but if you do this, you won't be able to solve the problem until the Year of the Monkey.
He is in charge of such a big country, and it is impossible for him to nest here.
"We'll see." As he spoke, Xu Mochen stepped into a new place.
A divine sense swept over, and this time it directly locked on the two of them, obviously with a murderous aura.
Xu Mochen frowned, there was indeed a temple in front of him, and he didn't know which mountain god was enshrined, but he saw that inside the temple, a group of people poured out.
Among them, several burly men, with sticks in their hands, rushed towards them with great vigour.
"You are from Taozhi Mountain, how dare you enter our territory with the incense over there." A big man brandished a stick, "If you don't go back, don't blame us for making a move."
Tang Derun smiled: "Forgive forgiveness, we are outsiders, we are just playing in this area, not intentionally offending."
"Outsiders," the big man looked at the two of them, "It looks like each other, if it's an outsider, it can be accommodating, but you still have to ask the gods for details."
As he spoke, he waved his hand, and a few people around him ran towards the temple.
"What," Tang Derun pretended to be surprised, "You can still listen to the instructions of the gods?"
Impossible, according to the regulations of the Ten Directions World, immortal cultivators cannot communicate directly with the human race.
The big man waved his hand: "Where can we do it, it is the temple blessing in the temple, he can divination and get the instructions of the gods."
I see, Tang Derun was speechless when he heard it, this method was very slippery.