In the area not far from Anxi County, there is a dense mountain forest with few people, and Shen Qi pulled Zou Manshan until he ran to the depths of the mountains before stopping.

The two were enjoying the shade under a big tree, and Shen Qi put down his book basket and found a dry pancake from it, which was the dry food prepared by Shen Qin's family for him to go out to meet literary friends. Scholars like them often have some gatherings to talk about the past and the present.

"Eat quickly, we have to hurry when we are full, I guess the county is already wanted by me." ”

Looking at the sweaty Zou Manshan looking at herself, Shen Qi handed her the pancakes, and she sat beside her and flipped through a book, and the content she read was "Two Children's Debate".

Since his soul was enlightened, Shen Qi felt that he had been reborn, but he still maintained the habit of reading books very slowly in the past, and every time he finished studying an article, he was able to accurately grasp the essence of an article and achieve a state of integration.

"Brother Qi, I hurt you. ”

Zou Manshan held the dry pancake, and after taking a few bites with her small mouth, she remembered that Shen Qin, who was beaten to death by Zhang Yuan, and suddenly sobbed, and tears fell from her dark and bright eyes, which made Shen Qi's heart soften.

"Sister Shan, don't cry, it's no wonder you. ”

Shen Qi stroked Zou Manshan's white melon seed face with one hand, this good-looking daughter-in-law was snatched away by Zhang Yuan before she could marry him and enter the cave room, and she was probably scared.

Zou Manshan felt the warmth between Shen Qi's fingers, and suddenly felt that he had really changed a lot.

"Brother Qi, why did you suddenly practice pen power?"

Zou Manshan, who still had tears in her eyes, stared at Shen Qi, who had a wise face, and asked her own questions, and felt that there was a trace of arrogance on his body, which confirmed the saying that literati were arrogant since ancient times.

Shen Qi also truthfully told Zou Manshan about this problem, he was originally a beautiful person, just like a pearl covered with dust, once the thin dust was removed, he instantly shone brightly, stunning the world.

"Enlightenment?"

After listening to Shen Qi's explanation, Zou Manshan thought about it, she also knew a few words and had some understanding of pen power, but it was the first time she knew about ghosts.

"Well, let's go on our way and find a place with a water source to settle down, or my greedy little daughter-in-law will die of thirst." ”

After Shen Qi explained what happened to her, she got up and put the book basket on her back, and Zou Manshan, who heard this, burst out laughing, she took a few bites of the dry pancakes, and then felt that her mouth was indeed thirsty.

The two walked slowly in the mountains and forests, and the atmosphere began to be much more cheerful, and from time to time Shen Qi could be heard making Zou Manshan laugh.

walked like this for half an hour, when Zou Manshan was so tired that he couldn't die, Shen Qi suddenly heard the sound of rushing water, he hugged Zou Manshan who was constantly panting in surprise, and kissed her little face.

"Found a water source!"

Stimulated by Shen Qi's daring move, Zou Manshan's melon seed face flushed, and the shyness in her eyes was like a thin wave of water.

This is the first time Zou Manshan has been kissed on the cheek, but fortunately, the other party is her future husband, and Zou Manshan's shy gaze slowly regained her composure.

She was then pulled forward by Shen Qi, and the sound of the water waves in their ears became louder and louder, and soon they saw a big river surging endlessly from the end of the woods in front of them, and the banks of the river were fertile and flat land on both sides.

"What a clear river!"

Zou Manshan ran over and squatted by the river and shouted happily, holding the river water in her small hands to wash her melon seed face.

Shen Qi also breathed a sigh of relief at this time, if he found a water source, he would not die of thirst, and there was a lot of game in the nearby forest, which could fill his stomach.

But after he looked around, he saw a lonely house from the upper reaches of the riverbank, as if someone lived there.

"Sister Shan, you see there is a house in front, let's go and have a look. ”

Shen Qi called Zou Manshan, and she looked up with droplets of water dripping from her pointed chin, and sure enough, she saw a lonely hut, but it looked like a small temple.

The two walked up together, and when they stood at the door of the hut and looked around, Shen Qi found that this was really a small temple, but it had been abandoned for a long time.

The plaque at the entrance of the small temple was gone, and there was a mottled statue of a god in the house, and under this statue, an incense case was flipped on its side, and rusty incense burners and plates containing tributes were scattered around.

"What a poor god, I haven't been worshiped in a long time. ”

Zou Manshan was kind-hearted and looked at the abandoned temple with some sadness.

Shen Qi saw everything in this temple clearly, and thought of another thing in his mind, if there was a temple here, it meant that there must be people living nearby.

He hurriedly searched around the temple with a basket on his back, beads of sweat on his braided forehead.

Is that!

After searching like this, Ye Jing really saw a large area of dense houses in the mountain forest behind the temple, but most of them had collapsed, and it seemed that there had been no one living in this village for a long time.

Confirming that this place was once inhabited, Shen Qi decided to live here first, and he chose to settle down in a temple closer to the river, where water is more convenient.

After tidying up, Shen Qi and Zou Manshan tidied up the temple, and found some pots and pans and bed sheets that had not been used for a long time from the abandoned village in the back mountain.

Zou Manshan was in charge of cleaning these things by the river, while Shen Qi kindly erected the incense table under the statue and placed the rusty incense burner in the center of the incense table.

"I don't know the category of gods, so let's give you a pillar of incense first. ”

Shen Qi found some scattered incense from the ground, lit it with the fire fold he carried with him, and respectfully bowed to the mottled majestic statue three times, but when he was about to insert the incense in his hand into the incense burner, he suddenly felt that his body stiffened, and the incense in his hand actually absorbed a flowing gas from his body, and then saw that at the top of the three incense sticks, there were wisps of white smoke rising, which was the legendary power of incense and wish.

Immediately after, the power of these white incense wishes floated towards the idol, and then was silently absorbed into it, and Shen Qi immediately felt a weakness in his body.

He finally regained his freedom and sat down on the ground, but the light of the idol, which had finally absorbed the power of incense and wish after a long time, soared, and the sound of water waves was faintly heard.

River God!

Shen Qi heard this movement and knew the category of this idol, it turned out to be the river god statue set up by the villagers a long time ago, but then the villagers here left for some reason, and the river god who could not absorb the power of incense and wish fell into a deep sleep and was about to disappear from this world.

Zou Manshan, who was washing the sheets by the river, also felt abnormal, the water in front of her was surging, and the whole river seemed to become more energetic.

"Brother Qi!"

Startled by the waves that suddenly hit her, Zou Manshan dropped the sheets and ran to the temple, she saw Shen Qi sitting on the ground in shock, and the idol in front of her bloomed with divine brilliance.

"Don't be afraid, it's the river god of this great river who has woken up!"

Shen Qi originally didn't believe in gods and Buddhas, but since he became a ghost, he had a feeling for gods and ghosts. This river god was able to wake up from the moment he was about to disappear, all thanks to Shen Qi, a ghost talent, and the power of incense and wish on his body was much stronger than that of ordinary people.

"Yes, very pure incense power of wish. ”

When Shen Qi and Zou Manshan were at a loss to look at the statue of the river god, an old voice came from inside, and then the light on the statue disappeared, and an illusory figure of an old man attached to the surface of the statue.

Shen Qi and Zou Manshan were both surprised and happy when they saw him, he got up and said cautiously:

"I'm sorry, the kid has fled for his life and disturbed the dream of the river god!"

When the river god heard this, his old face moved, and then he laughed and said:

"What a ghost, if it weren't for you, who has a half-human, half-god body, I might never wake up again. ”

Shen Qi heard him say that he had the body of a half-human and half-god, but it was quite unclear, he had never heard of ghosts like this before.

"What is a half-human and half-god body, please teach the gods?"

Shen Qi felt that he might have encountered a great creation, and immediately knelt down in front of the river god. A ghost like him can't cultivate now, but this river god can help him.

The river god who woke up stroked his long beard and said:

"This god was originally the god of the Batong River canonized by the Heavenly Court, if you are willing to worship me as a teacher, I will tell you what is the body of a half-human and half-god who is a ghost. ”

A river god wanted to accept Shen Qi as a disciple, how could he be unwilling, so Shen Qi kowtowed to Shui Mozi three times very seriously and said:

"The teacher is above, the disciple Shen Qi has kowtowed to you!"

After he finished kowtowing, Shui Mozi laughed even more heartily, his illusory figure disappeared into the idol, and two golden rays of light shot out from the idol's eyes, projecting right into Shen Qi's body.

Zou Manshan watched from the side, and when the melon seeds were shocked, they were also sincerely happy, because she saw Shen Qi's body automatically sitting cross-legged, a foot above the ground, and then saw a trace of dazzling golden light penetrate his skin, illuminating the entire river temple, as if a god appeared.

After the golden light on Shen Qi's body gradually faded, the deep voice of the water mill came from the statue:

"Now you understand, the teacher has just woken up, he is very weak, you have to sleep for a while, remember to give me incense and worship every day, otherwise I won't last long. ”

After the water mill finished speaking, the miracle disappeared, and the mottled statue of the river god changed back to its original silent and dilapidated appearance.

Shen Qi also fell to the ground at this time, his eyes opened, a trace of golden light flashed, and a lot of information appeared in his mind, all about ghosts.

In this information, it is said that the half-human and half-god body of the ghost talent is the key to Shen Qi's cultivation that is different from ordinary people, and he has stronger pen power, and there are almost no opponents between the same number of paragraphs.

What's more, in this information in my mind, there is a golden text called "Wonderful Pen Ghost Talent", from which all the golden light of Fang Cai comes from, which was created by Shui Mozi for Shen Qi.