Chapter 22: Piety

There is a vast plain in the western part of Haiyun Country, and the land is full of green grass, as far as the eye can see. There are many herdsmen on the grassland who are leisurely grazing their cattle and sheep. Tents of different colors are scattered on the plains, like colorful elves, dotting the land. It makes this verdant green grassland no longer seem so monotonous.

On this huge plain stands a magnificent old building, this building is very special, from a distance it looks a bit like a huge temple, and a bit like an old palace. This is the most sacred place in the hearts of people in this thousands of miles - Jinguang City.

The milky white outer walls are surrounded by several small fortress-like towers, which enclose the inner city. The golden gate is not as tall as expected, but it always shows the extraordinaryness of this place. The inner city is not large, but it is connected to the outer city. The white long staircase steps in the shape of "zigzag", extending up layer by layer, until the palace at the top, the palace as a whole is golden yellow, which forms a sharp contrast with the white below, the palace looks square, very regular, from a distance, there are many small squares on the outer wall of the palace, the golden sunlight shines on it, flashing a little golden light, like a pair of golden eyes that keep blinking.

The blue sky and white jade in the sky and the palace emitting golden light complement each other, as if they are fused into one, and people can't help but worship.

The majestic Golden Light City stands proudly between heaven and earth, silently guarding this pure land like a sacred giant. It's shocking.

At this moment, the city of Jinguang is very lively, and people in various costumes have gathered here. Come and participate in the annual pilgrimage ceremony of the Golden Light Sect.

There was a glint of reverence in people's eyes, and they looked up reverently at the imposing and huge palace above.

At the gate of the palace stood respectfully several young disciples in navy blue robes, all of whom were not very old, about seventeen or eighteen years old. He looked solemnly at the people who came to make the pilgrimage below.

After a while, an old man walked out of the palace, it was the bad old man who wanted to take Moshi as a disciple.

I saw that the bad old man at this moment had changed his previous obscene image, his hair was meticulously combed, and he was neatly coiled on the bun on his head. The beard under the mouth seems to have been carefully groomed, and it is no longer a messy stick.

The old man walked out of the palace with a solemn face. When several disciples on the side saw the old man, their expressions froze, and they saluted one after another.

The old man nodded, took a few steps forward, and stood still at the white jade railing outside the palace, looking down at the crowd below with a straight face.

The crowd below saw the old man come out, just like a commoner seeing the emperor, they suddenly fell silent, their eyes flashed, and they all showed fanatical expressions. looked excitedly at the old man who was high up.

"Meet the Sect Master!" suddenly resounded in the Golden Light City with a voice like a mountain and a sea, and the voice was filled with endless reverence. I saw the crowd below bowing respectfully to the old man. Some people can't seem to suppress the excitement in their hearts, and their bodies are still shaking.

"Get up!" the old man's voice was not very loud, but it seemed to have magical power, making the crowd below feel as if they were whispering in their own ears.

After speaking, the old man brushed his sleeves, and everyone below stood up involuntarily.

Some first-time pilgrims were stunned by the miraculous sight, and then their eyes showed excitement and looked reverently at the old man above who seemed to be bathed in divine golden light.

"Let's get started. The old man tilted his head slightly, as if he said indifferently to the few young disciples behind him.

At this time, a young man with slightly yellow hair and a little older among the several people solemnly opened his mouth and sang loudly: "The pilgrimage ceremony begins!"

Hearing this, everyone below immediately knelt down, stretched out their arms forward, palms up, prostrate on the ground, and kept muttering inexplicable words in their mouths.

After a while, the young man who had just heard him singing and shouting again said, "Respectfully ask for the holy relics!"

Suddenly, a golden streamer burst out from the depths of the palace, and then, around the Golden Light City, finally suspended in the sky. A moment later, the golden streamer suddenly shone brightly. In an instant, the heavens and the earth seemed to be dyed golden with golden light. Even the crowd below was shrouded in this dazzling golden light.

The people who were worshipping sincerely were also shrouded in golden light, and the golden light shone on their bodies warmly, which made people feel extremely light and happy, as if the whole body had been purified. And people with hidden diseases in their bodies are even more miraculous to find that the pain that has plagued them for many years is suddenly much better, as if they have been cured.

The crowd bathed in the golden light of the people who felt the change in themselves couldn't help but get excited, watching the golden eyes suspended in the air become more and more fanatical and reverent.

"Thank you Holy Father for your kindness to us!"

"Thank you to the Holy Father !!"

......

A burst of excited gratitude continued to be heard below.

The old man in front of the palace smiled and stroked his beard and nodded slightly. And the few young disciples behind him looked at the sect holy relics that emitted a thousand radiances, and their hearts were also excited, and they had a hint of pride on their faces with a faint golden light reflected on their faces.

Yes, they are honored to be a member of the Golden Light Sect!

At this time, the Golden Light City seemed to be bathed in a golden ocean, full of infinite holy aura.

But at this moment, at a side door at the back of the palace, the head of a man suddenly appeared, his eyes were shining, and his eyes were rolling from time to time, as if he was thinking about something. This person is the one who wants to escape from this place.

It turned out that after seeing the old man's ghost disappear in front of his eyes, Moshi's face changed greatly, and he thought that he had encountered something that was not "clean", and Moshi, who was terrified in his heart, wanted to escape. But because this place is too unfamiliar, it may be more difficult to escape than to ascend to the sky. So, Moshi stayed in the room for a while and pretended to go out for a walk.

But what made Moshi happy and scared in his heart was that he walked around this palace for a long time, but he didn't meet a single figure, which made him secretly happy in his heart, he didn't think that there were so few people here, and it seemed that his chances of escaping had increased a lot. But what randomly made him feel strange in his heart was why the space here was so large but he couldn't see half a figure? Thinking of this, Moshi suddenly felt creepy, "Could it be that this is here..."

The more Moshi thought about it, the more terrifying it became, so he wrote down the hidden locations of various locations according to his memories of walking around, and tailored an escape plan for himself.

After spending a few hours working out this escape plan, Moshi couldn't help but be secretly complacent.

......

After looking around a few times, and seeing that there was no one around, he quickly ran to the next hiding place where he could hide, and kept shuttling around the palace. However, this palace is too big, and all kinds of pavilions and pavilions are criss-crossed, and the environment is extremely complicated. So Moshi has never been able to get out.

Thankfully, however, his whereabouts have not been revealed so far, although he has not seen half of the person since he came out of the house......

"Isn't this really what I imagined—" Moshi felt a pang of trepidation in his heart. At the moment, he just wanted to get out of this place as soon as possible.

More than half an hour had passed, and the ink stone was already crumbling by the complex structure of the palace. Suddenly, he looked through the window into the distant sky. Suddenly, Moshi's heart was excited, and he seemed to see the hope of leaving here.

Inkstone's current location is in a side hall in the palace. The hall is splendid, there is a golden statue enshrined in the hall, the statue is carved by an old man, I saw the old man wearing a Tibetan robe, his eyes showed a compassionate color, it seems that nothing in his eyes is unforgivable, his right hand naturally hangs down, and his left hand holds a thick book, giving people a feeling of sacredness.

In front of the statue is a golden silk nan wood incense case, the case is lit with a few green incense, and there are many fruits on the side, and there is a brocade box made of pure gold in the middle of the incense case, which is very valuable to open.

"Wow! such a big piece of gold," Moshi's eyes flashed with golden light at this moment, staring at the gold artifact with some excitement, and exclaimed exaggeratedly.

"If you take it out and sell it, it will definitely be worth a lot of silver!" Moshi couldn't help but drool and thought excitedly.

As he spoke, he stepped forward and reached for the brocade box.

Suddenly, Moshi shivered, and his hands stopped in mid-air. A feeling of being watched came to his mind, and Moshi quickly glanced around, but did not find anything unusual.

Then, he glanced at the brocade box on the incense table again and retracted his hand.

"Alas, it's better to escape from here first..."Reluctantly looking at the brocade box, Moshi finally suppressed the temptation in his heart. Continue to look for a way out...

When Moshi left, the corners of the old man's mouth carved by the golden statue seemed to show a faint smile...

Moshi kept looking for it in the palace. After searching for a while, finally, in an inner hall, I saw a different scenery through the ink stone outside the window.

Presented outside the window, it seems to be a golden world, golden sky, golden city walls, golden tiles, golden ...

"Wow! so much gold... I must be dreaming!" Moshi looked at everything outside a little blankly, as if he didn't believe what he was seeing.

"Smack! it hurts!" Moshi slapped himself hard, and suddenly sobered up.

"Haha... I'm not dreaming... Ha ha... Got rich..."

Moshi clenched his fists, his heart was excited, and the pupils of his eyes reflected the golden light, staring at the golden world outside.

Immediately, Moshi carefully opened the small door of the inner hall, stuck his head out of the door, and looked around.

Looking at the scene outside the hall, Moshi's body trembled slightly, and his eyes were full of disbelief.

The body and mind are shocked, and the ink stone looks at it... I saw that in this golden world, under the palace, there were countless people bathed in golden light who were prostrate on the ground in the direction of the palace where they were, and they continued to kneel respectfully. From their expressions, Moshi saw a look that he had never seen before.

Moshi was stunned, slightly restrained his mind, and looked at the left side outside the palace...