It has been more than ten days since the people returned to the city and regained their stability. Regarding the specific casualties of the flood, the government has not announced the specific number of casualties. It only said that the number of casualties was thousands.
On the contrary, the incense of Bailong Temple has ushered in its most prosperous period in the past hundred years. When the flood poured into the city that day, almost all the people in the city saw the appearance of Buddha. It is conceivable that the incense of Bailong Temple has reached unprecedented prosperity. The people of the whole city,
From the storytellers in taverns and teahouses to the urchins on the roadside, people are spreading word of mouth that there is a real Buddha in Bailong Temple and that the Buddha has appeared in Bailong Temple.
Bailong Temple became the savior of the people in the whole city.
 The incense of Buddha is at its peak as never before.
Those who are looking for children, those seeking marriage, and those who read fortune-telling all go to Bailong Temple. Every day there is an endless stream of incense believers. The incense burning during the day is still not extinguished at night, shining the entire Bailong Temple brightly all night long.
The steps up the mountain from Bailong Temple are almost worn out by people.
Although Bailong Temple stood up and explained that the master who really subdued the dragon was another mysterious person, because Bailong Temple could not tell who the mysterious person was, the people would only think that Bailong Temple was humble and not arrogant, but instead became more
Praising Bailong Temple.
 Under the deliberate guidance of the government, the mountain god suffered a catastrophe ten days ago. In line with the popular propaganda, the Dragon King came ashore, and was then jointly killed by several major monasteries and Taoist temples in the Yinyi River. The truth was not announced.
However, the matter about the mountain god's calamity can be hidden from ordinary people, but it cannot be hidden from the central court and the Jade Capital Golden Tower, Zhenguo Temple, Tianshi Mansion, and Fucheng. In the past few days, a large number of Taoist priests and monks with unfamiliar faces have begun to appear.
, an extraordinary court official.
 The three major power agencies under the direct jurisdiction of the central court, Dali Temple, Yushifu, and Criminal Investigation Department, all came to Fucheng.
　　　There is a folk slang saying.
 Chi Xiaobaduo.
So the big fat man Li Que has been running around recently to entertain colleagues from the capital and report on the work he is doing. Except for a quick visit to Jin An in the middle of the way, he really doesn't even have time to drink tea.
The Tianshi Mansion has the largest number of people settled in Fucheng. In the past few days, there have been a large number of Feng Shui masters hanging Feng Shui bells on the streets of Fucheng. They are asking around among the people, but it seems that the progress is not going well. These Feng Shui masters are showing off every day.
With such a bad face, even the people in the city began to hate these arrogant Feng Shui masters and were too lazy to answer their questions.
On the other hand, the Wu Zang Taoist Temple, which is located in a remote area, seems sparse compared to the unprecedentedly prosperous Bailong Temple.
Since he is about to leave Kangding and travel to the Western Regions, the journey is far away and he may not be able to come back in a short time. Jin'an has been busy saying goodbye to old acquaintances in the city these past few days.
 He family, Xue family, Jia family.
 Master Fu Yin.
　　Captain.
The big fat man Li Que has been busy for several days and I haven't seen him for several days. I heard from the lady of Dahe Mansion that it seems that Dali Temple and Yushi Mansion were unfavorable to the Criminal Investigation Department's intelligence collection this time.
He impeached the Criminal Investigation Department and wanted to take the opportunity to beat the Criminal Investigation Department to death.
There are too many interests involved in this kind of partisanship. Once you get the handle, everyone will be eager to step on you.
If not for the identities of the antique dealers and the gang, all the foreign spies in the Wuzhou Prefecture Yamen who had liaised with foreigners and gained official positions by stealing the sky and exchanging nobles' lives would have been wiped out.
, I’m afraid that the Criminal Investigation Division will have to shed eight layers of skin this time even if he doesn’t die.
During this period, Jin'an also went to Changchang County to retrieve the bones of the Taoist priest Wu Zang, cremate them, and store them together with Yu Youzi's ashes in the Hall of Merit, where they will return to their roots.
Of course, he also stopped by Chang County to say goodbye to his natal family.
Jin An made a lot of preparations for this long journey. He told his ancestor that no one should be missing from Wu Zang Taoist Temple. He must find the lost old Taoist priest and his sword.
After the visit, Jin An carried a whole roasted lamb and took advantage of the night curfew and the coffin shop was closed at night to find Uncle Lin.
“What are you, Master Jin’an?” The coffin shop had no business at night, and when Uncle Lin was about to close the door, he saw Jin An walking towards him, carrying a roasted whole lamb with his head in his hands, his eyes full of confusion.
 Ahem, Uncle Lin's face is more sallow than before, and he has to cough even after saying a few words.
Jin An smiled and said: "Uncle Lin, do you have time tonight? How about we have a few drinks? I plan to go on a long trip to the Western Regions to find clues about sword sharpening, so I wanted to come over and say goodbye to Uncle Lin for the last time.
I also specially brought Jixianlou’s roasted whole lamb and Jixianlou’s most famous deer blood wine.”
 Speaking of this, Jin An also specially raised the wine jar and roasted whole lamb in his hand.
Hearing that Jin An was going on a long trip, Uncle Lin was silent for a moment, and then invited Jin An into the house, saying that he had nothing to do tonight.
Although there were only two people, there were four dishes and chopsticks on the table, one for the old Taoist priest and one for the sword sharpener. Jin An still remembered that when the old Taoist priest was still there, he was most active as soon as there was something to eat.
His lively voice is indispensable to the president.
Now that the talkative old Taoist priest was suddenly gone, the dinner table suddenly became much deserted, and he still couldn't get used to it.
He once promised to sharpen his sword and treat him to a roasted whole lamb after leaving the Paradise of Cave Heaven. But now that he had bought a roasted whole lamb, he was the only one left in Wu Zang Taoist Temple.
This roasted whole lamb was bought for sharpening the sword.
 But things have changed and people have changed.
When there is an old Taoist priest who is sharpening his sword, the three of them like to go out with goats on their backs to secretly eat haggis noodles and lamb chop rice. They enjoy the delicious food only when there are people competing to eat it together. Now he is the only one who can eat the roasted whole lamb alone.
Instead, it lost its taste... That's why he found Uncle Lin tonight. Uncle Lin was the person most familiar with Wu Zang Taoist Temple. It was thanks to Uncle Lin's help that the three of them quickly established themselves in the unfamiliar city.
, so he brought a roasted whole lamb to Uncle Lin to eat together tonight.
Jin An has been in a low mood for the past few days, and the atmosphere was a bit dull at first. They said that men's friendship comes from eating, drinking, whoring, gambling, and smoking. After a few sips of deer blood wine, the two slowly started talking.
Jin An poured a bowl of yellow wine for the owner of the coffin shop, and then asked: "Uncle Lin, you have met many people in Fucheng. Wuzhou Prefecture is located in the southwest of Kangding Kingdom, bordering the northwest prefectures, plus Wuzhou Prefecture
The waterways are developed, and many merchants from the Western Regions regard Wuzhou Prefecture as an important stopover. Uncle Lin must have come into contact with some merchants from the Western Regions. How much do you know about the Western Regions and the Kingdom of the Immortal God?"
Uncle Lin was silent, then picked up the wine bowl and took a sip of wine: "Leaving the Western Regions? Are you going so far?"
It seems that he is reluctant to say goodbye to Jin An.
Jin An raised his head and looked at the Wu Zang Taoist Temple across the door. Today, the Wu Zang Taoist Temple was much deserted after nightfall. It was no longer noisy and lively as before. He was in a trance for a while, then came back to his senses and nodded to Uncle Lin: "I cut it before.
Jian recovered a small amount of memory and said that the Kingdom of the Immortal God appeared in his memory, so... I plan to go to the Western Regions to look for the Kingdom of the Immortal God and try my luck. Maybe Chi Jian and the Water Goddess are in the Kingdom of the Immortal God."
“Even if you are not in the Kingdom of the Immortal God, you may still be able to find out who Xiajian was before he lost his memory.”
Uncle Lin looked at Jin An solemnly: "The Western Region is vast, and you will have to travel thousands of miles. Do you really want to travel so far?"
Jin An nodded firmly.
Seeing Jin An nod, Uncle Lin looked at Jin An with complex eyes. He knew that Jin An had decided to go and he could no longer stop him, so he told Jin An all the clues he knew about the Kingdom of the Immortal God in the Western Regions.
"In that place in the Western Regions, there are many small countries. They often fight against each other in order to compete for a well in the desert. There are also businessmen who discover new water sources in the desert and recruit hundreds of people to call themselves a kingdom, and then attract refugees in the desert to come to the water source.
But it often happens that after a sandstorm passes, the small country is completely buried in the yellow sand, never seeing the light of day, or even the river dies, resulting in a large country with a population of 100,000 or 200,000 that has relied on this river to survive for thousands of years.
Destroyed overnight."
“In the past few thousand years, countless large and small countries in the Western Region have perished due to sandstorms or man-made disasters. The Kingdom of the Immortal God is the most mysterious and least known of these perished countries.”
"About ten years ago, for some reason, a lot of news about the Kingdom of the Immortal God spread in Fucheng overnight. It was said that the Kingdom of the Immortal God was filled with gold and women. It was said that the Kingdom of the Immortal God was a kingdom of immortal daughters. There were only
Women don’t have men.”
"The real name of the Kingdom of the Immortal God is actually the Kingdom of Women. At its peak, it had a population of hundreds of thousands. It was one of the few powerful civilizations in the history of the Western Regions. Later, the country was destroyed overnight and mysteriously disappeared from the desert overnight, so this
The Daughter's Kingdom began to become mysterious. Later, some people said that the Daughter's Kingdom had found the legendary River of Eternal Life and the Heaven of Eternal Life. Otherwise, how else could it be explained that the Daughter's Kingdom was full of women but could thrive for thousands of years without being subjugated... because
There are too many mysterious legends circulating in the Daughter Kingdom, so it was later named the Kingdom of the Immortal God."
Well.
Jin An had a surprised expression on his face when he heard this.
 When talking about the Kingdom of Women, the first thing that comes to his mind is the Scorpion Spirit.
Lin Shuxiao looked at Jin An's reaction: "Are you surprised?"
Then he continued: "Although this kind of thing is quite illusory, most people listen to it as a story after dinner, and not many people take it seriously, but when faced with gold everywhere, facing the hidden treasure of immortality,
The mysterious Eternal Life River and the Eternal Life Sky, there are still many people pursuing the illusory Kingdom of the Immortal God."
“But without exception, none of these people can come back alive.” When he said this, the expression on Uncle Lin’s face was extremely solemn and serious.
Jin An was startled: "No one came back alive?"
This news surprised him even more than the fact that he had heard that the Kingdom of the Immortal God was a daughter's kingdom with all women. Anyone who tried to find the Kingdom of the Immortal God would definitely die!
 Uncle Lin nodded firmly, no one came back alive.
 No one is seen alive, no body is seen dead.
 Some people say that anyone who seeks the Kingdom of the Immortal God will die in the sandstorms of the desert.
Some people say that there is nothing but yellow sand in the desert. People will lose their way in the vast ocean and eventually die of thirst and lack of water. People in the endless sea of ​​sand can also easily lose their way and die of water and thirst.
To be continued...