Qujiang County, Shuhe Town.

It is separated from Qingshan Town, Fenghe County, by a mountain.

Along the official road, bypassing this mountain, you will arrive at Qujiang County.

If it weren't for the carriage that overturned into a ditch, then before dark, you would be able to settle down at the inn in Shuhe Town.

But because the carriage overturned into the ditch and was delayed for a while, it was getting late, it was drizzling again, and the road was muddy, so I was afraid that I would not be able to reach the inn in Shuhe Town tonight.

And ahead, on the mountain, a stream meanders down, like a white jiao!

Not far to the left of the stream, there is a small temple.

It seems to have just been renovated, hung with red silk, pasted with couplets, and bright colors.

There are still remnants of incense burners in the incense burner.

The gold leaf paper ash in front of the temple has not completely dispersed.

"You soulless, the car is in the ditch, what are you thinking?" Lu Wan drove in person, glanced at the white ape, and felt helpless.

"Zuo envoy, I'm wrong......" The white ape was covered in a black robe, knowing that he had made a mistake, and his tone was cowardly.

"Let's change the name, your mountain accent sounds like death." Lu Wan rubbed his brows and sighed: "Don't call the master outside, just call the master." ”

"Very well, sir." The white ape said this, and then said: "In this temple in front, it seems that the incense is usually good...... Why don't we rest here? ”

"This is a newly built temple, presumably there is a god in it, and it has just been worshipped." Lu Wan shook his head slightly and said: "This kind of grass-headed god in this place is often the eyeliner of the imperial court, there is no need to intersect, just bypass it." ”

"Grass God?" The white ape was a little dazed.

"Within the territory of the Daqian Dynasty, there were official offices in various places, and officials were appointed to govern local affairs."

Lu Wan's tone was calm, and he said: "At the same time, villages and towns around the country worship gods with incense, and whatever is recognized by the imperial court is a righteous god!" In fact, in the eyes of cultivators, the status of these grass-headed gods is equivalent to that of the imperial court officials! ”

"Since it is the righteous god of the imperial court, why is the lord called the grass-headed god?" The white ape couldn't help but ask.

"Because the Heavenly Master Mansion believes that the gods are sealed in the sky, the Daqian Dynasty does not have the qualifications to be crowned gods."

"And this so-called way of sealing the gods is very similar to the Daomen's 'talisman conferring' technique!"

Lu Wan said slowly: "So...... In the eyes of orthodox Dao practitioners, this cannot be regarded as a 'god'! But the Heavenly Master's Mansion is probably to give the court a face, so it is called the grass god, so it has a 'god' name! ”

When the white ape heard this, he was suddenly stunned.

The Heavenly Master's Mansion is known as the ancestral court of the Daomen of the Great Qian Dynasty, so the vast majority of cultivators still follow the title of the Heavenly Master's Mansion.

But the next moment, doubts rose in the white ape's heart.

"Are all the gods who have been canonized cultivators?"

"There is a part of the good accumulation of virtue before death, so that the people's will, after death, the people love, set up a temple to worship, and the court recognized, to be recorded, recorded as a god!"

"What about the other part?"

"It's a demon like you."

"Huh?" The white ape obviously didn't know the way, and was extremely surprised: "Demons can also be gods?"

"Daqian law, if the demons are not a disaster, the character is acceptable, and the way is not bad, come to visit the local officials, and after inspection, you can report to the court and request canonization."

"Then follow me, if you want to get the master's talisman, is it a reason?" The white ape was thoughtful.

"Yes, but after the talisman is granted, you will be under my Xuantian Temple." Lu Wan continued: "And the canonization of the imperial court is a god! It's just that the local gods often have the duty to supervise local affairs and protect the people. ”

"So, the little demons in the mountains can also come to be a priest?" The white ape's eyes lit up, and he seemed to think of his friends.

"Little demons like you, most of them walked out of the mountains, and before they reached the county office, they were killed." Lu Wan's tone was calm, and he said: "If you want to get the seal from the imperial court, it is often the Dao Foundation Realm, or even the Great Demon ...... of the Casting Ding level."

"It seems that the little monster can't live anywhere." The white ape sighed.

"In fact, where is it easy for the little people in the world to live?"

Lu Wan said this, sighed, and said: "I remember that it is recorded in the classics that when Daqian founded the country, he cleaned up the ghosts and ghosts and killed the demons and monsters. ”

"After all, in the mountains and forests, there are often birds and beasts, and they are smart and become demons, which is an inexhaustible ......"

"And many demons, after avoiding the catastrophe of the year, hid deep in the mountains and forests, and when their cultivation is completed, they will make chaos in the world and take revenge on the grudges of the past!"

"Later, in order to completely solve the matter of demons, after all kinds of discussions, there was a move by the court to seal the gods!"

When he said this, he exhaled and said: "To this day, there are many gods and spirits in all regions and all walks of life in the territory of Daqian, and they are self-contained...... Over the years, it has basically been the old gods who have promoted the new gods. ”

"In the past, the imperial court was a god, and 'character' was used as an important assessment direction, but now, ...... The new gods who have been enshrined are often the same clan of the old gods, the descendants of high-ranking officials in the imperial court, and even those who 'buy gods'! ”

"Today, the Great Qianshen Dao is uneven, and it is difficult to distinguish between good and evil."

As Lu Wan's voice fell, the white ape touched his head and muttered.

"I've seen it for a long time."

It hurriedly thanked the old man for teaching, but when it raised its head, it couldn't help scratching its ears and cheeks, and asked, "Then why haven't I seen the grass-headed god in Fenghe County?" ”

"Because of Fenghe County, there is a Xuantian Temple."

Lu Wanying said: "The masters of the Xuantian Temple are all great cultivators in the realm of refining gods and the upper echelons of the world!" Even if it is the imperial court, it will give Xuantian Temple, the most basic respect ......"

"For example, the Chengming Heavenly Master's Mansion is the Daomen Ancestral Court of the Great Qian Imperial Court, and the Chengtian Domain where he is located does not have these so-called mountain god lands!"

"Even, even the local government office, for the appointment of officials, is recommended by the Chengming Heavenly Master Mansion, and finally approved by the Great Qian Emperor who lives in the divine capital."

This man and an ape, driving a carriage, passed through the official road, and could not see two hundred steps, and was about to pass by the temple.

To avoid extraneous branches, Lu Wan stopped talking.

But at this moment, I heard a voice coming from the temple.

"Just refining the Qi realm, passing by the temple and not worshipping, is it looking down on the gods?"

“……”

Lu Wan was stunned for a moment, and turned his head to look at the temple.

The temple was still silent, as if waiting for this person and an ape, kneeling three times and knocking nine times, entering the temple to burn incense.

At this moment, Lu Wan heard an old voice in his mind.

"Although this is Qujiang County, it is located at the junction with Fenghe County!"

"To build a temple here is not to give us face in Xuantianguan!"

"Intercepting halfway is again intended to provoke."

The silent master ancestor Yanfa Daojun seemed to wake up after nightfall, and his tone was quite dissatisfied, and said: "Little Liu, go up and smash this broken temple!" ”

“……”

Is the fourth ancestor so hot-tempered?

Lu Wan vaguely remembered that in the records of the Xuantian Temple, among the ancestors of the past dynasties, the four ancestors were gentle and elegant, and they were obsessed with all kinds of classics on weekdays, studying all kinds of exercises and magical techniques, and were not good at communicating.

But you call it gentle?

Moreover, has the ancestor forgotten that the sixth generation of the Xuantian Temple is currently just a mediocre Qi Refining Realm minor cultivator?

This is the Qi Refining Realm, you let me slaughter the gods?