There is no incense in the Chenghuang Temple.
Even the temple blessings didn’t care about it.
The demise of Cuiwei City God is already a matter of time.
It's hard to tell whether the Lord Protector of Saints doesn't want to punish his sins, or whether he knows that he is destined to perish and is too lazy to care about him anymore, or whether he has a little bit of each.
The three of them arrived at the Chenghuang Temple.
I didn't see clearly that day, but when I looked again today, I saw the life and origin of this city god written on the wall of the main hall -
It is said that in the early years of this dynasty, there was also a great disaster here.
This city god was originally a wealthy man in the city. At the end of the drought, he opened a warehouse to release grain and distributed money widely to help the local people.
After the drought, six or seven of the ten households in the city were left empty, and he did not survive. Later, the people remembered his kindness, so they reported it to the government, built a statue of him, built a temple, and made him the city god of the place.
Until today, it has been nearly two hundred years.
"I didn't expect that this city god once had such deeds." Lin Jue couldn't help but frown, with complicated thoughts, "I didn't expect that such a person in the past would fall to this level now."
The junior sister also frowned, looking puzzled.
"Junior brothers and sisters, you don't have to have such doubts. You must know that most of the world's corrupt officials and traitors were admirable at one time. If they had behaved like this from the beginning, they would not have been able to reach high places." The third senior brother said this.
It feels normal, "Besides, this may not necessarily be the case."
"Huh? How should I say it?"
"Drought, rich households opened warehouses to store grain and spread money." The third brother showed disdain, "Who knows whether he volunteered or the people came in to take it? Anyway, people died and the money was gone. This matter
Afterwards, which common person would be willing to say that he went to rob grain money? How could his family be willing to say that he was unwilling to open a warehouse and donate money when he saw the people starving to death, so that he was forced to do so in the end? "
"..."
Lin Jue thought about it and thought it made sense.
The junior sister was secretly shocked again——
Why is the third senior brother so smart?
The fox didn't understand, so he lowered his head and licked his fur.
The three of them looked away from the wall, walked to the front of the altar, and stared at the statue in the middle.
I heard the third senior brother's voice deepen and he shouted:
"Cuiwei City God! He hasn't shown up yet!"
He did not light incense when he said this. According to Shinto rules, if Cuiwei City God had not been in the temple at this time, otherwise he would not have been able to hear his voice without the incense and candles as a guide.
However, the third senior brother has other abilities.
This method is called throwing stones to ask for direction——
A piece of brick flew out and hit the corner of the statue's eyebrow. It immediately smashed a piece of the statue's eyebrow, revealing the mud inside.
There was a burst of smoke in the temple and the smell of incense could be smelled.
"Who? Who dares..."
In the midst of the smoke, the statue in the center changed. The harsh edges and colors became softer, and the facial features of the body became vivid. After a few breaths, the Cuiwei City God appeared on the altar, covering the corners of his eyebrows.
"Ouch……"
When he saw clearly the three people standing below, especially Lin Jue standing on the left, he was even more shocked.
"You... you..."
The third senior brother also learned the method of calling the wind from Xianyuan Temple. He flicked his sleeves and closed the temple door with a bang.
The light in the temple suddenly dimmed.
I saw the young Taoist on the far right pinching a bean in his hand. The bean flashed, as if it suddenly enlarged and stretched, and turned into a simple long sword, which he held in his hand. The Taoist in the middle looked like he was about thirty years old.
He grabbed a handful of beans and threw them into the sky. After they landed, there were more than a dozen soldiers in the Chenghuang Temple, as if heavenly soldiers had descended into the world.
On the left is Kun Dao, who has drawn his sword and is looking at the statue made of clay.
There is a white fox sitting next to it.
Three people and one fox were all staring at him.
"you……"
After you said a few words, the city god became a little flustered and changed his words: "I wonder what these real people have come to see the little god for?"
"There's nothing else. It's just that the people here are worried that you can't do things well and harm others. They want to remove your statue and replace it with another statue, but they are afraid that you will cause trouble, so they asked us to come and do it for them."
The third senior brother said to Cuiwei City God.
Lin Jue was also surprised when he heard this.
Who said that the third senior brother has no brains?
If the people made statues of gods, they naturally have the right to tear them down. If the people give gods power, they have the right to take it back. However, power is always easy to give but hard to take away, so it is easier to ask gods than to give them away.
Therefore, since ancient times, driving away evil spirits and destroying temples of obscene people, unless they are powerful, must be done by people with high moral standing and a clear conscience. If the virtue is not enough to defeat the ghosts and gods, they themselves have shortcomings, and in the process the ghosts and gods will
They will be dissatisfied and will exploit your flaws. They will either use it to argue with you and attack your heart, or they will use it to file a lawsuit with you. In short, they rarely fail.
A few Taoists would be suitable.
When the city god above heard this, he was shocked and angry:
"What are you going to do?"
"A monk who can run away can't run away from the temple. You are a mediocre god. You have made things difficult for my junior brother. You don't think you can escape today, do you?"
The third senior brother said this without talking nonsense to him. Without seeing any action, many soldiers in the temple had already rushed up to the altar.
This temple is not big, and the dozen or so soldiers are all tall and mighty, and even more powerful when wearing armor. It is already crowded when standing in the temple, and once they rush towards the statue of the central altar,
Go, that momentum is truly terrifying and unstoppable.
The city god was immediately shocked.
With such an aura, I'm afraid that not even one person can take advantage of it, and my statue will be chopped into pieces?
"How dare you!"
The Cuiwei City God was so angry and frightened that he couldn't care about anything else. He just stretched out his hand and there was something in his hand. He didn't know whether it was a gavel or a seal. Another phantom of a table appeared in front of him. Anyway, he raised his hand high.
If you hit something, try your best to hit it.
"Crack!"
There was a thunderbolt, as powerful as the sky and the earth.
All the soldiers in the temple suddenly stopped. Some were charging forward with shields, some were stabbing forward with spears, some were coldly raising their bows and arrows, and some were glaring with anger and slashing with swords. Under the thunder, they could not move.
.
"Divine power?"
The third senior brother saw that something was wrong and immediately withdrew the bean soldiers.
The city god stood above, condescending, and when his life was in danger, he angrily scolded and questioned the people below:
"You fellow Taoists! You are so arrogant as to come here and commit the act of killing gods. Do you really think that you are both saintly and virtuous? Have you never done anything against your will in your life?"
Lin Jue was immediately startled——
What the City God said has some truth to it.
Gods are naturally inhabited by virtuous people. If the gods are ungrateful, they should naturally be deposed. But doesn’t virtue be required to depose the gods?
If oneself is also a person with shortcomings in virtue, how can he have the qualifications to accuse the gods or even depose them?
The next moment, I saw a huge wave suddenly coming from the altar directly in front of me. For a moment, the temple, the altar, the statues and the gods disappeared, and all I could see was a vast ocean with turbulent waves and boundless waves.
Lin Jue, who had just drawn his sword and stepped forward, retreated, but how could he be faster than this huge wave?
After taking two steps back, there is no way to go back.
The whole world has become an ocean.
"Wow..."
Dark clouds gathered, thunder flashed wildly, huge waves came one after another, and the raindrops hurt my body.
Just as Lin Jue was about to hold the sword tightly to avoid losing it, he realized that the sword had disappeared.
"Um?"
Just as I was about to look for the long sword, I saw that my hand was also missing.
I was alone, floating on a vegetable leaf. As the huge waves continued to rise and fall, it felt like I was flying up to the sky, and when I fell, I felt like I was falling into the bottomless abyss. Just between the ups and downs, there was great fear.
Then I couldn't help but wonder, why did the vegetable leaves not sink into the water when they were so light and my body was so heavy?
When he turned around, he saw that he had turned into a maggot.
Not only are the hands gone, but the legs are also gone.
"wrong!!
"This is……"
Lin Jue was initially frightened. He had never thought that this city god had such magical powers. After a moment, he immediately came back to his senses.
Where did the little town god come from with such ability?
Then I remembered that one evening under the tree, while chatting after dinner, I heard my master say that the underworld gods such as the City God often deal with extremely vicious demons and ghosts, so Shinto empowers them to deter evil spirits.
The essence of the methods used by demons and ghosts is probably to borrow divine power and authority from the Shinto system. Many demons and ghosts will be frightened by this and dare not resist.
But can such earth gods really be able to destroy heaven and earth?
Lin Jue immediately understood in his heart——
The scene in front of me is exactly the power used by the city god in the Shinto system to frighten evil demons and ghosts.
At this time, he actually used it to scare himself.
If you can't figure it out, you may really suffer from it. If you are really frightened, you may not be completely destroyed physically and mentally.
But Lin Jue not only knew this, but he was not a ghost who had been detained for committing a crime. He felt calm and clear in his heart. There was no unevenness at all. How could the city god's threats have much effect?
"Mediocre God!"
He closed his eyes and shouted angrily, immediately clearing away all illusions.
When I opened my eyes again, I was back in the City God's Temple.
I saw that the City God was still standing on the altar, with the gavel in his hand that he had just photographed but had not yet completely picked up. The previous experience was only a moment, but there was already a figure in mid-air.
It’s the little junior sister who draws her sword and reaches the sky!
She flew towards the altar like a fairy, with the sword in her hand reflecting the cold light, and she slashed down with a twist.
"laugh!"
The smoke in the air was split.
Cuiwei City God had no experience in fighting with people at all. Seeing this situation, he was so frightened that he almost lost his way. He didn't even dare to look at the sword that was coming towards him. He just raised his hands and covered his face with his sleeves like an ordinary person, and at the same time instinctively bent his body.
Lower your waist and move to the side.
But if you don’t look at the sword, how do you know where the sword comes from? If you don’t know where the sword comes from, how do you avoid the sword?
A sword slashed across his shoulder.
"Oh!"
Cuiwei City God cried out in pain and saw the Kun Dao falling on the altar. He didn't dare to think too much and quickly crawled elsewhere, shouting as he climbed: "Wang Military Attachment Liu Military Attachment! Protect me, protect me! Come and protect me quickly!"
"
The city god is running and Kun Dao is chasing after him.
"Look, this City God has been eating incense here for two hundred years. Although he eats incense and we practice spiritual magic, he is still above us in terms of morality and power." The third senior brother has also emerged from the illusion.
When he came out, seeing the scene in front of him, he was not worried or impatient at all. He just stood there and told Lin Jue——
"But you don't have to think that he is so great because of this. Gods are also divided into civil and military forces, and everyone has their own strengths. This mediocre god is just an official robe. Just look at the fear in his eyes."
Lin Jue listened silently and raised his sleeves at the same time.
A strong wind rushed out.
There was a bang, and he was caught off guard. The city god who was crawling like a dog was immediately thrown out, hit the wall, and bounced back silently.
When he stood up, he saw three pairs of feet standing in front of him, with two swords pointing at him.
There was also a fox that came closer and stared at him curiously.
"Several real people, please listen to me..."
The Taoist took the long sword from his hand and stabbed him between the eyebrows.
The junior sister next to him was afraid that he would not die cleanly, so she raised her palm and pushed, and the hot spiritual fire traced the outline of his body.
Your mind has been made up, why bother listening to nagging anymore?
The words in the City God's mouth stopped, and his whole body quickly changed color, becoming rigid, and his outline became stiff. When the flames dissipated, he drew out his long sword and fell to the altar with a clang.
Then he fell from the altar to the ground.
A clay statue shattered into pieces.
Lin Jue shook his sword and put it back into its scabbard.
"Junior brother, you are in such a good mood that you actually woke up earlier than me." The third senior brother said casually, then looked at the fox next to him, "Junior brother, this fox is really extraordinary, and he can wake up so quickly. Logically speaking, the City God
The supernatural powers of the Yin Division will be more effective in dealing with demons and ghosts, and will be less useful to living people like us."
"I see."
No wonder the third senior brother accepted the bean soldiers immediately, probably because he was afraid that the pressure of the underworld spirit of the City God would directly shatter the remaining souls in the bean soldiers.
"But I wasn't the first to wake up. When I opened my eyes, my junior sister had already drawn her sword and rushed to the altar."
"Oh? What did junior sister see?"
"What did you see?"
"Huh? Junior sister, aren't you shocked by this god?"
"What shocked you?" The younger junior sister was confused and looked at them, "Senior brother, what were you doing standing down there just now?"
"Um?"
Lin Jue and his third senior brother all looked at each other.
The two of them talked about the illusion they had just experienced and the origin of the supernatural powers of the gods. After hearing this, the little junior sister suddenly understood, and then felt frightened and confused.
"I didn't see anything, I just listened to the city god banging the table and talking. Thinking that he not only did those things, but also dared to embarrass my senior brother, I went up to look for him with my sword!" The little junior sister opened her eyes wide and thought deeply, "It must be him.
You treat your fellow seniors as your formidable enemies and look down on me, so you don’t care about me."
Lin Jue knew that this was probably not the case.
Master often said that this little junior sister has a transparent heart, and the seniors also said that her five qi are pure, and if it is really flawless, ghosts and gods may not be able to find a gap to deal with it.
"hehe……"
The third senior brother also smiled and patted the Taoist robe: "Never mind, the matter is over, we should leave..."
Walking out of the temple, I felt very free and easy.
The sun is shining brightly outside.
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Chapter completed!