Chapter 160: Shinto
When a bright moon hung high on the pine head of the Yellow Mountain on the edge of the cliff, the last believer who came to worship on the mountain left.
Liu Laodao cautiously inspected the main hall of the mountain temple, and then locked the door.
There were no valuables in the temple, only a few clay statues. This kind of statue is made by the masons of Bailuzhou, but it is only a dime of silver.
But he knew that the clay sculptures were not just clay sculptures today - there was a spirit on them.
He knew this spirit, and he had dealt with it. However, after all, there is a difference between shemales, and he always feels that he shouldn't be too involved.
Actually, it's not that he has any special opinion about demons -- demons don't have many good things -- what other special views can he have? It's just that he has been doing temple blessings for so many years, and he knows a lot of things. Understand that some demons will show their magical powers and do good deeds.
However, after all, nature is difficult to get rid of, and you can't tell when, you will suddenly make a frightening and strange behavior at will.
That's all...... Well, the Green Dragon Envoy, the White Dragon Envoy, the Black Dragon Envoy, the Red Dragon Envoy, and the monster "Dragon Prince", and...... The ghost of the Qiao family's child is different.
Liu Laodao once overheard them "preaching" in the temple when he got up one night.
What did the "Dragon Prince" say to the four demons who had revealed their true bodies, Liu Laodao listened in a daze for a while, and did not return to the house until his hair was wet with the night dew.
In the middle of the night the next day, he couldn't help but eavesdrop outside the house.
Halfway through listening, there was suddenly no movement in the hall. After a while, I heard the demonic "Dragon Prince" speakβ"Huh, that old guy outside the house...... Ahh......h Ahh
The old man knew he had been discovered. He sighed and pushed the door in. Said to the "Dragon Prince" who was attached to the golden statue and couldn't see clearly, "Three Views" is not what you said - it's not anything, I believe in my Divine Dragon Sect, and in the future, when you open a sect, you must build three Taoist temples. Rather, it refers to...... Well, outlook on life, outlook on the world, values -- these three things.
When he said this, he remembered the past.
In fact, it is not long ago, it will only be a month...... But it just feels like yesterday.
I remembered that Brother Xin was in the courtyard of the Dragon King Temple, drinking slowly under the thin bamboo, while talking to him about water and clouds. From time to time, he would say a few words that he didn't hear clearly...... Then laugh yourself.
Lao Dao thought of this. And he stood in the temple and sighed. Then it was found that there was silence in the temple.
I thought to myself, ah, why am I so confused, these are demons after all, but they annoy them.
After a while, the "Dragon Prince" suddenly cried out and said, "Ah, you're right, ah, that's what the sect leader said that night."
Then he forced himself to talk all night.
What does he have to say?
Although he knew that Li Yunxin had passed on these demonic Dao methods, he didn't know how far it had got. Follow the rules. He had Li Yunxin's water and cloud strength, and without permission, he must not pass it on to others - he didn't even pass on Shi Kuizi.
So he picked up some things about the time when the two of them used to get along, and those demons listened attentively.
Gradually...... He felt that these monsters didn't seem to be so scary.
However, when I slept in the morning, I felt scared - didn't those demons perform some innate skills and lose their minds?
Then he felt in a daze...... Not pleasant.
Brother Xin always had a lot of courage in his heart when he was there, and he was not very afraid when he saw the big demon. Now that he is gone, although he listened to the child he gave birth to and got this dragon to teach it, but it is always ......
Liu Laodao sighed. Walk into the house in the moonlight.
The house is still lit, which is a habit these days. When he had cleaned the courtyard and turned off the lights when he returned to the house, the woman turned off the lights and went to sleep.
He coughed softly twice as he walked outside. It's also customary, tell the woman. He's going to rest.
Then Liu Laodao pushed open the door, turned around and closed the door.
This house is no more than the Dragon King Temple where he lived in Weicheng, but it is a wall of loess. When he came, Aoiko framed the wall with straw paper. But when you cook on a fire outside, the straw paper will smell burnt. However, except for a little choking, this smell did not bother Liu Laodao.
On the contrary, he felt comfortable.
Shoot. There was a woman who made a fire and cooked rice, so the burnt smell was a bit of a "home" taste. He felt that he would probably settle down on this southern mountain slowly. Slowly......
Slowly, he turned.
There are no lights in the house, and the window paper is not very transparent. So it took a while for his eyes to adjust to the light in the room after he touched it......
I can see that I am bathed in the moonlight on the kang head and the rough wooden table. A seated person.
Liu Laodao let out a breath softly, as if he was afraid that he would be startled by breathing too hard, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Then I heard the man say in a familiar voice, "I know that you have broken through the artistic conception and reached the virtual realm." When you reach the Void Realm, you can't cultivate on your own. Without someone to guide you, it's easy to go wrong. I thought about it...... And here it came. β
Liu Laodao gasped a few times, feeling that his breathing was slightly burning and trembling a little. He looked left and right in a panic, trying to reach for something to prepare. But I felt that I couldn't do anything.
After thinking for a while, I thought that there was half a pot of cold tea on the wooden table next to the man, but it was not a good tea, and my mouth was full of foam when I drank it.
After being flustered for a while, he suddenly calmed down again.
He let out a long sigh and said, "Brother Xin is right...... Oh, yes. When I arrived in this virtual realm, I always felt that the snow-capped mountains were unstable and the sea of qi was scattered, so I didn't dare to continue cultivating. β
As he spoke, he walked slowly across from the man, pulled over a lame round stool and sat down on his knees. So that you can see the other person's face more clearly......
That's really...... It's Brother Heart.
A big living person.
Sitting idly on a wicker chair, leaning back on the chair and putting your arms on the armrests. Didn't look at himself, but turned his head to look at the window. The window paper, which had been yellowed, turned white in the moonlight - he stared at the white window paper.
He looked calm, but Liu Laodao saw him squinting slightly. The shadow cast by the eyelashes on the face occasionally shuddered slightly. His lips were pursed, just as he had been before. It seems that the next moment something faint, playful, and surprising will pop up.
This is Brother Xin'er.
Liu Laodao breathed a sigh of relief and said, "A few days ago, when I was transported to the third layer of Shui Yunjin, I felt that my heart was not very comfortable when I reached Shaoyang. I didn't care, so I kept shipping. Who knew that another quarter of an hour would pass. Qing Lengyuan and Jiaosun, Ermen, and Sizhukong all felt that something was not quite right. I almost got out of breath. β
"What time was that time?" Li Yun didn't move, only asked lightly.
"It's just over the unitary hour. I thought the next hour would be a battle ......."
"The hour is wrong. Li Yunxin sighed slightly, still staring at the window paper, "Ordinary days are right." But the direction and solar terms of your Nanshan -- the unitary time of the previous days belonged to the western soil, and of course you had to go wrong. You can see you...... I haven't touched the sunflower seeds at that time these days? Otherwise, if the yin and yang are reconciled, they will not go out of the way. β
Liu Laodao's face turned red and he said, "Hmm...... This, how can that thing be casually ......"
Li Yunxin turned his face at this time. looked at Liu Laodao, and finally smiled: "You thought I was dead, but now that you see me again, why are you not excited at all and don't say anything." It's sad. β
Liu Laodao stopped talking. was silent for a while, and then laughed: "I know that Brother Xin doesn't like that kind of tone." If I cry and cry and say, "Oh, you're not dead, what has happened all these days...... Brother Xin will feel bored and cramped, and maybe he will have to run away and come back in two or three days. β
Li Yunxin smiled and sighed: "It's still comfortable to talk to you." β
"Alas, Lao Liu, I miss you these days. β
The two sat opposite each other for a while. Li Yunxin sat up straight on the rattan chair and was distracted again.
Liu Laodao didn't know what he was thinking, and sat with him for a while to see that he didn't mean to speak. He got up gently, took the teapot on the table, pushed the door and went out.
After a while, there were faint voices of talking, the sound of cups clashing, and the sound of holding firewood outside the house. Then, slowly, the smell of straw paper wafting through the room.
A quarter of an hour later, Liu Laodao pushed the door in again. A wooden tray in his hand, a pot of tea on a plate, and a stack of dried sweet potatoes. He gently placed the wooden plate on the table beside Li Yunxin, sat down opposite him, and said, "Nothing good." Brother Xin'er should fill his stomach first. β
Li Yunxin hummed in a low voice. Then he let out a sigh of relief.
"Let's get down to business, Lao Liu. Let me ask you first, since you know that I am not dead, and you are in the realm of darkness again, do you want to do great things with me? β
Li Yunxin's sudden excitement made Liu Laodao slightly surprised. But he also noticed that when the other party said this, his eyes drifted out of the door, and he stayed on the dried sweet potatoes for a while. However, he didn't think about it any more - because what the other person said required him to think carefully.
But it's just a moment of careful thought.
He said, "Yes." β
Li Yunxin looked at him seriously: "I am no longer a human body now. I am now ...... The body of the dragon mantle. In other words. I am a demon. β
Liu Laodao breathed a sigh of relief: "Wouldn't this be better." What's the fun of being a human being. β
"And you also have to know that there are three thousand year old demons in that Dongting Lake right now. There is a true realm Taoist priest in Weicheng. The big demon is not a friend, and the Taoist priest is a complete enemy. And I designed to kill the nine sons, and I killed Ling Kongzi - I raised my eyes and looked around, all of them were strong enemies. β
Liu Laodao smiled: "Brother Xin, I'm no longer a bastard. Now, my real name is Liu Gongzan. β
Li Yunxin was silent for a while, and then said, "Then before, I even regarded you as a chess piece." And now asking you if you want to do great things with me is to change you from dark chess to open chess. You will return to Weicheng and face many people and things. The True Realm Daoists in Weicheng will take action, and maybe soon, there will be helpers. You're going to be my face to the surface...... Attract a lot of people's attention and take a lot of risks. β
"You know, I like to plan. But the scheme doesn't always succeed. Once I'm wrong...... You may die. It's really dead, and you can't get it if you want to cultivate for ghosts. β
Liu Laodao smiled: "Then when you return to Weicheng, will it be beautiful and magnificent enough?"
Li Yunxin was silent for a moment, and laughed: "You will return to Weicheng as the head of my Divine Dragon Sect." And I have already made a lot of arrangements in Weicheng - if you go back, there will be gongs and drums, children will open the way, and believers will bow down - it is majestic and magnificent!"
Liu Gongzan spread his hands: "Then, what else is there to say? The eldest husband was born in the world." Isn't it all about majesty!"
"Good. So, listen to me tell you about the current situation in Weishui and Weicheng. Li Yunxin took a deep breath and began to talk to Liu Laodao in a calm tone about the earth-shattering things in the cultivation world these days, but not known to mortals.
So I talked about it for a full hour.
After he said it, Liu Laodao blinked his eyes and sighed: "This kind of world, such a world......"
"It's just that the Ghost Emperor ......," he frowned slightly. "It is true that the departed emperor had many people, but others or things, such as ...... Alas, for example, the dragon that Brother Xin said is eyelid. β
"Hundreds of millions of people who have left the country know about leaving the emperor, and hundreds of millions of people also know about Jianxi. According to the old way, I think there are more people who know that there are more people. After all, although the world is big, Brother Xin, you said that the country of Tuluhun in the far west and the country of collapse in the extreme south - it will take more than ten years just to ride a horse and walk to the capital of the country. At such a long distance, perhaps the people there do not know when the dead Emperor will take the throne. I thought it was the previous generation of the emperor who was taking care of the country. β
"But whether it's the Tuluhun Kingdom or the Bang Kingdom, the people there all know about the Divine Dragon, the Dragon's Son, and the Divine Dragon, right......? There are obviously more believers in Jianwei than in Lidi, so why is it not as strong as Lidi?"
Or rather...... There are also some famous people in these rivers and lakes - no fewer people know them than they know the emperor. But why aren't those people so domineering?"
"That's a good question, Liu. Li Yunxin breathed a sigh of relief, "No one told me these things." But now I have become the body of the Yin God, a kiss. There are also many people who know about this kiss. I'm afraid of those who know how to kiss...... There are more people who know that they have left the emperor, how can I not be as strong as him?"
"I've been experiencing and thinking about it for a long time. I vaguely understand some of the rules. For example, Lao Liu, you have no worries about food and clothing on weekdays, and worship a god at home. If you have nothing to do, go and worship him, and ask for the safety of your house. You believe in him and respect him, and you give him the power of faith every day. β
"But he has never appeared before you. Though thou hast believed that he is there, yet thou hast been like the people of the rest of the world -- where is there anyone who believes. All they see is something they can see and touch. They knew that the great rulers of the city were men, and that they knew the emperor, even though the emperor was unattainable. But you know he's human, right?"
"It's a real person like himself. Every day, he lived in the emperor's territory, obeyed the emperor's decrees, was controlled by the officials sent by the emperor, and had to pay taxes for the emperor. β
"It's all tangible, inextricably linked. People know it's true, they know that the emperor is there -- they believe that the emperor is there. If someone jumps out and says, "Oh, maybe the emperor doesn't exist." So maybe the emperor's decree won't work?"
- People will laugh at him for being crazy. β
"But the gods...... The deities enshrined in your home. If someone says. Oh, maybe the god you worship is not there at all, maybe I haven't heard you speak, and I won't manifest myself. β
"What is the reaction of many ordinary people?"
"-'I also know that I may not really manifest the spirit, but just ask for peace of mind' -- right? You have been a temple blessing for so many years, and you must have heard a lot of such words. β
So I want to say that there are two kinds of faithβstrong faith and weak faith. β
"You worship the god in your house, and that's a weak faith - you think he should be there, but you're not sure and you're not sure that he will appear in your house. β
"The people of the world know that Jairus is there, and scare the child when he cries - and cry again, and Jairus will come and take you away. In other words, who would really believe that Jairsa would come from the sky and take the child away? This is still a weak faith. β
"Those who know my kiss, those who know the Weishui Dragon King, well, they know that there is a temple here. And yet, do they usually mention it? Only when the weather is dry and hot, will they sigh and say, "Oh, why doesn't it rain on the dragon lord?" β
"That's all it takes - continue to carry water and water the garden. This is also still a weak faith. β
"And the emperor ...... You have been arrested for adultery today and sent to the board - against the decree of the Son of Heaven. That's really knowing that you've offended the violator and that you're on the board!"
"This kind of faith is many, many times stronger than the belief in the gods of your family, in the eyes of the eyes, and in the kiss of me. This one...... I call it strong faith. β
"And then you think about it. So many people believe so strongly in the existence of the Emperor of the Leaving Country. β
"So many people believe that leaving the country is the largest and strongest empire in the world. β
"Since the Emperor is able to govern such a huge empire - that Emperor Li is so majestic and magnificent!"
And then ...... The Emperor is dead. β
"You go and tell an ordinary person that the emperor is dead. This people will say, ah, the emperor is dead?!"
"-- Such a powerful emperor is dead. He'll think about more things. If he is a citizen of the empire, then he will be alarmed, surprised, and worried--will the world be in chaos if the emperor dies? The most unlucky thing in the chaos is the people--how good it would be if the emperor did not die!"
There will even be people who sincerely and spontaneously mourn and cry for the departed emperor. This belief ...... And it's already far beyond the strong faith -- it's an explosive super strong faith. β
"Hundreds of millions of people, such a super faith...... Almost within a few days, it was inflicted on the ghost of the Emperor at the same time. The ghost emperor created in this way is of course strong. (To be continued.) )