Chapter 108: Book Village
Half an hour later, Yuan Dian appeared in front of a village and town, looked up at the three big characters of 'Shujuan Village' carved on the archway at the head of the village, as well as the rows of thatched huts that appeared in the village, the ordinary loess road and the three children of five or six playing at the head of the village, Yuan Dian couldn't help but think of the scene when he was in Miyang City, the capital of the Xuanhuang Outer Heaven Ju Kingdom.
Although he lived in Miryang City at that time, he would often follow Grandpa Niu to the mountains and forests outside the national capital to look for wood, and often passed by the scene he saw in front of him today, and he couldn't help but have a warm sense of memory flashing in his heart.
Yuan Dian had just stood here, and after playing at the head of the village, three or two children found him, and they all put down the branches and mud in their hands and ran in front of him, and one of them, a five or six-year-old child, crossed his waist and asked, "Who are you? Where are you from?"
Yuan Dian was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "You can call me Uncle Yuan, Xiaotong, can you take your uncle to your clan elder, uncle has something to ask him." ”
While speaking, Yuan Dian condensed his mana, conjured out a few long pieces of brown sugar and put them in his hand.
Hearing Yuan Dian say this, especially when he saw the sugar cube in Yuan Dian's hand, the leading child's breath immediately wilted, clapped his hands, grabbed the brown sugar cube in Yuan Dian's hand, turned around and ran, the other two children followed closely behind him, but their eyes were staring at the sugar cube held in the hand of the child in front of him.
"Hey, little boy, you haven't told your uncle where your clan elder is?" the boy was only concerned with fetching candy, but he did not lead the way, but watched the clumsy running steps of the three children. Yuan Dian is also a little funny.
Hearing Yuan Dian say this, the leading boy stopped. first gave a piece of brown sugar to one of his two playmates, and then waved his hand at Yuan Dian and said, "Uncle." Follow me, follow me. ”
After saying that, he turned around and continued to run, and at the same time there was a burst of innocent smiles.
Yuan Dian smiled slightly, and then took a step and walked forward after the child.
Entering the village, Yuan Dian observed left and right for a while, and he could determine that the economic conditions in this village were far more backward than those inhabited by mortals in Yuan County under his rule.
The entire village is full of adobe thatched houses, the courtyards of each house are fenced with tree branches, and the courtyards are littered with poultry and livestock. There were some old men in front of the doors, and their clothes were also very simple, a simple jacket and a pair of coarse cloth trousers.
Seeing Yuan Dian enter the village, they all stood up and looked at him with curious eyes, and from their eyes, Yuan Dian saw a kind of surprise and even a little fear, obviously the people in the village rarely saw him dressed like this.
The whole village is not big, and under the guidance of the child, it didn't take long for Yuan Dian to come to the only stone house in the entire village, which was also in front of the ancestral shrine of this village. Here Yuan Dian met the patriarch of Shujuan Village, an old man known as the Third Grandfather.
When he saw the third grandfather, the old man was cleaning the ancestral shrine and saw Yuan Dian coming. was also greatly surprised, and hurriedly let Yuan Dian sit down in front of the stone table on the side of the ancestral hall, with an extremely respectful attitude. He asked again and again, "Is this lord from the Heavenly City?"
"My lord, are you in the Heavenly City?" Hearing the third grandfather's question, Yuan Dian was also quite surprised in his heart. Then I thought of the three big characters of 'Freedom in the Sky' on the wall in the cave mansion, and even thought of the place of the Heavenly City that can only be called the place where the Immortal Monarch is stationed in the Qingyuan Immortal Realm.
But Yuan Dian is not clear about this secret place. Anxious to know the situation in this secret place, and he had already observed just now, the entire book village was full of mortals, and there was no trace of the existence of monks, so he shook his head and said:
"Third Grandfather, I am not from you here, but from the outside world, and I entered this place by chance, and I ask the Third Grandfather to introduce you to the situation here. ”
"From the outside world? you...... Are you a member of the immortal family?" Hearing Yuan Dian say this, the third grandfather was shocked, and then knelt on the ground with a 'plop', and bowed his head down: "Ah San has seen the immortal family, and Ah San has seen the immortal family." ”
After repeating the words twice in a row, the third grandfather fell to the ground, his head did not dare to rise, and his body was a little trembling.
"I also know the existence of immortal cultivators, which means that this secret place is definitely not an ordinary place. After thinking for a while, Yuan Dian turned to say: "Third Grandfather, get up and tell me about your situation here?"
After hearing Yuan Dian's order, the third grandfather trembled twice, and after standing up, he didn't even dare to look at Yuan Dian and said tremblingly: "Lord Hui Xian, we are here ...... the country of scriptures."
With a voice of respect and fear, the third grandfather explained to Yuan Dian slowly and logically where they were, and from those many words, Yuan Dian grasped the most important points:
The secret place where he is located calls itself the country of scriptures, and the capital is the city of freedom, but there is no emperor in the entire country of scriptures, but it is managed by their state religion, the scriptures and books, and the patriarch of the scriptures and books is called the Wenbi Heavenly Master, and he is also the supreme ruler of the entire scripture country, as for the others, they are some trivial matters between mortals, which cannot attract the attention of Yuan Dian at all.
Combing through the words, Yuan Dian can be completely sure that this secret place is the secret place built by Gao Wenbi, as for the things related to the cultivators, the third Ah Gong knows very little, the only thing that is clear is that there is an immortal family in the Heavenly City, this generation of writing Heavenly Master is an immortal who can call the wind and rain, and the most powerful existence in the entire scripture country.
In addition to these, the third grandfather really couldn't say anything coherent, and in the end, Yuan Dian interrupted the old man's words: "Third grandfather, since it was the Heavenly Master of Writing who created your country of scriptures, do you also worship that Heavenly Master of Writing in your ancestral shrine in addition to your ancestors?"
Hearing Yuan Dian ask this, the third grandfather was stunned, and finally said: "Lord Hui Xian, our ancestral shrine does not worship the ancestors of our family, we only worship the first generation of writing and writing masters, not only us, the entire scripture country only worships the first generation of writing and writing masters. ”
"Only worship the first generation of writing masters?" The words of the third grandfather made Yuan Dian a little surprised.
This is obviously unreasonable, with Yuan Dian's opinion, no matter which country, there must be thousands of surnames within it, although these people will obey the leadership of the country, but in the ancestral shrine are enshrined are the ancestors of their own family, even if it is a contemporary monarch, will not be placed on the ancestral shrine of the altar.
But here, everyone does not worship their ancestors, but only worships the first generation of literary and writing masters, which makes Yuan Dian feel a little incredible.
"Third Elder Prince, can I go to your ancestral shrine to see the appearance of your first generation of literary masters?" Thinking about some questions, Yuan Dian made a request, he wanted to see what kind of appearance that Gao Wenbi looked like, and why he wanted to worship himself as an ancestral god-like existence in such a secret place.
"This is self-serving, Lord Xian, please come with me. After an answer, the third grandfather immediately guided Yuan Dian towards the interior of the ancestral hall.
Shujuan Village is only the smallest village, the ancestral temple is not tall and luxurious, and the furnishings inside are also extremely simple, a simple offering table, on which are placed three stacks of tributes made by mortals, a bronze incense burner in the middle, nothing else, the most eye-catching thing in the entire ancestral shrine is the clay statue of the first generation of literary masters.
The clay statue is rich in size, the appearance of an old man, kind eyebrows and kind eyes, the earlobes are slightly long, there is a hint of wit and intelligence in the eyes, dressed in a Confucian shirt, one hand is covered by the sleeve, and the other hand is holding a scroll, although it is a clay statue, but the shape is lifelike, realistic and abnormal, and very similar to the real person.
"If this clay statue is Gao Wen's pen, looking from the face, this person does not look like a treacherous person, and there is no trace of the ghost clan. Looking at the appearance of the clay statue, Yuan Dian thought secretly in his heart, and his eyes unconsciously looked at the burning incense.
Three long brown incense plants lit up, the incense slowly rose, and finally disappeared into the air, but Yuan Dian's eyes that saw all things found that the incense that disappeared in the air was absorbed by the mud statue like a gossamer.
"How can there be such a thing?" Yuan Dian was also surprised when he saw such a situation, but he could be sure that it was just a clay statue in front of him, and the clay statue could absorb incense, which was unheard of.
Originally, he wanted to ask the third grandfather about the incense, but looking at the third grandfather's submissive attitude, Yuan Dian didn't expect to get any news from this mortal old man who had never even been to the Heavenly City in his life, and for Gao Wenbi, a ghost man, Yuan Dian didn't have a good feeling, so he glanced at it and then withdrew.
Just as I was about to ask about the Heavenly Master of Writing, two figures suddenly appeared in the distance, and after the two of them fought each other in front of them for a few rounds, one of them ran quickly, and the other person chased after him.
"There is almost no immortal source qi in this space, I really don't know why they are fighting so desperately?" Seeing the two fighting like this, Yuan Dian also had a question in his heart, but in the blink of an eye, after the figures of the two entered his sight, Yuan Dian was also surprised: "Master Cheng!"
At this time, Cheng Kang had blood stains on the corners of his mouth, his aura around his body was extremely sluggish, he was holding a broken sword in his hand, and he was running for his life, but there was not much mana left in his body, and the speed of escape was getting slower and slower, and behind him, a man in the late stage of the earth immortal was chasing with a sneer on his face, his mana was quite strong, and his speed was not in a hurry or slow, looking at Cheng Kang who was running in front of him as if he were a dead man.
It can be expected that if there is no accident, Cheng Kang will definitely die this time.
Seeing such a scene, Yuan Dian didn't think about it, his figure rose into the air and rushed towards the direction of Cheng Kang's escape, leaving only the third grandfather with a shocked face standing there stunned. (To be continued.) )