"Are those little silver butterflies scary? They aren't that bad ... they look really cute!" Of course, this was something that he would never say out loud to all of them. However, it was not surprising that Nan Feng and Fu Yao's skin turned ugly instantly when they heard him mentioning the silver butterfly. It can be assumed that they also suffered at the hands of the masters of silver butterflies along with the two Generals they served,
A Heavenly Officer asked, "Your Highness the Crown Prince, you met Hua Cheng. He, he, he ... what did he do to you?"
In a tone like this, it sounded more like he asked, "Have you lost your arm or leg?"
Xie Lian said, "He didn't do anything to me, just ..."
When he spoke up to that point, he was actually rather speechless. Xie Lian began to brood over his head, "Just what? Looks like he can't say, he just robbed my wedding sedan, then then held my hand and guided me all the way. Errmm with".
After a short pause, he could only say, "He just destroyed the confusing Array arrangement that was placed on Mount Yu Jun, which was created by Xuan Ji's female ghost, and then took me in."
most Heavenly Officials began to ponder his words, either muttering to themselves or remaining silent. Only after a while do other Heavenly Officers ask, "Everyone, what do you think?"
Just by listening to their voices, Xie Lian could already imagine the appearance of all the Celestial Officials as they repeatedly shook their heads in their hands.
"No opinion, I really don't have an opinion!"
"I don't know what he wants to do, it's kind of scary."
"As usual, no one can understand what Hua Cheng wants to do .."
Even though Xie Lian had just been told that Hua Cheng's reputation was actually a demonic incarnation, against this person, Xie Lian didn't really think he was as scary as in the story. If he really had to say something, he thought this time, it could even be considered that Hua Cheng had helped him. In short, the first prayer for the reward he received after ascending and returning to Heaven, was finally considered paid off or finished in this way.
It was also long agreed that all the benefits of the Yu Jun Mountain case would be considered Xie Lian's. Regardless of how much time had passed before the official remembered to make up for his oath because of the death of his daughter, he still fulfilled his promise with a broken heart, though inevitably, he ended up paying less. However, after collecting it from here and there and together they let it be a little, eight million, eight hundred eighty thousand reward was considered more or less paid.
Without debt, Xie Lian's body felt light and free, his heart practically like a clear and boundless sky. Really carefree and roomy. With high spirits, he is completely free from worry and very happy. Xie Lian decided to truly become a diligent god and work hard in the future, and it would be better if he could become at least half friends with other Heavenly Officials.
Although there is usually peace in the arrangement of Celestial spirit communication, when the schedule is busy, the screaming in it can last for days. Moreover, when the moods of the Celestial Officials are good, and maybe when they see something interesting, they will talk about it in an array peacefully. When that time comes, they will chuckle for a while and a few times will joke around together.
Even though Xie Lian didn't know who it was who he was, he quietly listened to everyone talk. However, he could not remain silent forever. So, after he listened for a while, he sometimes also wanted to seem to say something warmly, like:
"This is really very interesting."
"I read a very beautiful little poem, let me share it with everyone."
"There is a little little secret, this secret which is very effective in dealing with low back and leg pain, let me share it with everyone."
However, this is unfortunate, every time he sends carefully selected things that are thought to be quite beneficial to the body and mind, the structure of spirit communication will be silent. After a while, Ling Wen really couldn't take it anymore and personally said to him, "Your Majesty, the things you sent in the spirit communication arrangement are all very good, however, I'm afraid even though there are a few Heavenly Officials in some of them may be a hundred years older than you, but you don't need to have to send them either. "
Xie Lian began to feel somewhat depressed. In fact, he was clearly not the oldest. However, when he was with other Heavenly Officers, why was he arguably like parents who could not follow the topic of young people?
He might stay away from Heaven for too long. Besides, he was always stupid and uninformed, and never cared about many things from the outside world.
Because he can't fix it, it's better to just forget it. Xie Lian gave up on this problem, and as a result, stopped being gloomy too.
However, he still has one left: even now, no one in the mortal world has built a new temple for him. No, maybe there is, but in any case, Heaven certainly cannot find anything when they have trouble searching and thus there is no record of it.
It must be remembered that even the local earth god had some kind of temple of his own. But even to this day, Xie Lian, someone who earnestly in fact rises to become a Heavenly Officer and even does it three times, does not have a single temple or a single devotee who will consecrate and burn incense for him. This is really really weird. Where could he get strength if not from those who deified him?
Although, only other Heavenly Officials felt strange about him. Xie Lian himself still thought that everything was fine. In addition, one day, he was suddenly carried away by his behavior and suddenly inspired. "If no one wants to give me an offering, then it's okay if I make an offering for myself, right?"
All Heavenly Officials don't know how to respond. Who has ever heard of Heavenly Officials providing offerings to themselves ?!
Are they that crazy, frustrated ?!
Being miserable to this extent as a god, what kind of feelings were left for them to have ?!
As for Xie Lian, he had long been accustomed to the awkward silence every time he spoke. He thinks that entertaining himself and making himself laugh can also be considered interesting. So, after making a decision, he once again jumped into the mortal realm.
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This time, when he reached the land, his location was a small mountain village called Pu Qi Village *.
* Pu Qi means water chestnut in Chinese.
Although some say it is a mountain village, in reality, it is only a small, rather fertile land slope. Xie Lian saw that this place had an elegant view, with green hills, clear waters, and rice fields that seemed to reach to the horizon.
In his heart, he thought, "Thank God. This time, I really landed in a nice place."
Xie Lian looked around again and saw a broken, bent hut on a small slope of land. When he asked people about it, all the villagers said, "The damaged hut has been abandoned and has no owner. Sometimes a wanderer comes in to sleep last night and leave the next day. You can stay there if you want. "
Isn't this what Xie Lian wants? What else is he waiting for? With a steady he immediately walked toward the cottage.
Only after walking closer did he realize that although this small hut looked quite dilapidated from afar, in fact it looked much more dilapidated when viewed at close range. Two of the four pillars in the corner of the hut were rotted and rotted. Once the wind blows, the whole cottage will start making strange creaking noises, making people doubt whether it will fall at any time or collapse at once.
However, being 'beaten' at this level was still within Xie Lian's acceptable range. After entering the hut and looking around, he began to clean up the items.
When the villagers saw this, they were all very surprised. Is someone really going to live there? So, they all gathered there to enjoy watching him who was busy.
Contrary to what was expected, the villagers here turned out to be very enthusiastic. Not only did they give him a broom, after seeing his dirty appearance after cleaning, they also gave him some freshly-picked water chestnuts. The skin in the water chestnut is peeled off and so each of them is definitely white and soft, sweet and runny. Very enjoyable.
Xie Lian squatted in front of her dilapidated hut and had finished eating her delicious water chestnut. Happily making a pose holding his hands together, at that moment in his heart he decided to name this place as the Pu Qi Temple Monastery.
Initially there was a simple little table in the inner corner of Pu Qi Monastery. After being scrubbed twice, the shape can be used as a table for offerings. As Xie Lian kept busy, the villagers who surrounded him to watch, realized that this young man really wanted to make room to make his small Taoist monastery.
They all found this even rarer and bizarre, and so they alternately came to ask one after another, "This temple, to whom do you want to offer it?"
Xie Lian lightly coughed once before saying, "Ah, this temple is for Prince Crown Prince Xian Le."
Everyone was annoyed, "Never heard of it. Who's that?"
Xie Lian said, "I ... I don't know either. I think he is a ... Crown Prince."
"Oh, what is he doing?"
"He may be someone who guarantees peace." And then continue to work collecting garbage on the side and arranging it.
Everyone began solemnly asking, "Then Your Highness the Crown Prince, does he deal with giving to deliver wealth and prosperity ?!"
Xie Lian thought in his heart, not owing money was good enough. Then, he said in a warm voice, "It's regrettable, but it doesn't seem possible."
One by one, people started giving him advice. "Or rather you better offer it to Water Master, it will invite wealth! The burning of incense here will surely prosper."
"Or maybe you can offer it to Ling Wen ZhenJun! Who knows, maybe someone from our village will become Zhuangyuan *!"
* This is the top scorer in the Imperial exam.
A woman blushed and shyly said, "That. How about that. Have you ... have you considered that ..."
Xie Lian maintained her smile and said, "That?"
"General Ju Yang *."
If he really intended to open the Ju Yang Temple, he was afraid that Feng Xin would immediately shoot an arrow from Heaven to hit him!
After roughly cleaning the Pu Qi Temple, there were still some incense burners, Qiantong *, and various other things. However, Xie Lian had completely forgotten about the most important thing of a temple which was the statue of a God. He brought a bamboo hat and walked out the door, oh right, this place doesn't have a door either.
After thinking for a while, Xie Lian decided that this cottage definitely needed to be rebuilt. So he wrote a sign and placed it at the door.
It said: "This Temple Monastery is really dilapidated. Very sincerely looking for people who are kind, willing to contribute and renovate it a little. Collect the merits of goodness and virtue."
After leaving the hut and walking for seven or eight li *, he arrived in a city. For what reason did he go to the city? Well, it's naturally not confusing and actually aims to find food to eat. Therefore, once again he took his old job.
In legends and folklore, it is said that immortal beings no longer need to eat and drink. In fact, this is very difficult to say the truth. Even though those who have great power can truly absorb the spiritual energy that the body needs from sun, rain or dew. But the problem is - even though they can do that, if they don't have to, who wants to do it? Why do they want to do such a thing?
But some Heavenly Officials are required to keep their five viscera * clean and pure, because they practice the path of Buddhism. Indeed, these people could not stand the meat and fish in the greasy mortal world. If they are polluted by these things, it will be the same as if humans ate poisonous lice or raw mud, because they would begin to vomit and diarrhea. Therefore, they don't eat, they only eat things that were born in a clean and pure place, things that promise longevity. And This is an eternal fruit and spiritual animal that will aim to increase their energy and spiritual efficacy.
However, this kind of problem did not apply to Xie Lian. With the curse on him, he is now no different from an ordinary human, so that he can eat everything. And because he was an experienced veteran from a hundred battles before, whatever he ate, he would not die. Whether it was steamed buns that had been lying for a month, or cakes that had been covered with some green mold from mushrooms, he would definitely be fine after eating those things. Because he has a body state like this that opposes the sky, he really gets well during the period he collects used items. On the contrary: opening a monastery means losing money, collecting garbage or scavenging means making money, so collecting rubbish is really better than going to heaven.
He looked as elegant as polished Chinese jade and as elegant as a pure white swan with eternal air around him, so he had the advantage of gathering used goods. It didn't take long before Xie Lian collected the value of a large, decent bag. In the sense of earning a decent income from his hard work, and collecting it.
On the way back, he saw an old cow pulling a cart with straw from a rice stem on top of it piled up to the sky. Xie Lian remembered that he had apparently seen this hand-made wagon in Pu Qi Village before, so they must have gone in the same direction as him. He asked if he could hitchhike, and the owner of the wagon lifted his chin, indicating he could climb onto it.
Thus, Xie Lian sat on the wagon with a large bag of leftovers that he had collected. Only after he had climbed did he realize that behind a tall haystack, there was already someone lying there first.
This person's upper body is hidden by a haystack. His left leg is bent at the knee and supports his right leg, and it seems like he uses his arm as a pillow to rest. He seemed very relaxed and satisfied. This person's complacency was actually rather envious of Xie Lian. A pair of black boots were tight, fit in the legs are slender, straight and look more clearly in the eye.
Xie Lian remembered what she saw behind the wedding veil that night at Mount Yu Jun, and couldn't help but glance at the boots again. After he confirmed that there were no silver chains hanging on these boots made of who knows what animal fur was, he thought, "This must be the Young Master of a rich family who ran out to play, right?"
The wagon slowly sways on the road. Still carrying a bamboo hat on his back, Xie Lian took out a scroll and prepared to read. In the past, he had never paid much attention to all the news circulating in the outside world. However, due to the amount of silence and awkwardness that he himself caused in the ranks of the Spirit Communication Array at that time, he decided that perhaps it was best that he should do the tracking. Alright he will learn it little by little first.
After the oxcart swayed for who knew how long, it turned out he was now passing through the forest. Xie Lian raised her head to look around in all four directions, only to see the rolling green fields and the beautiful maple that resembled a blazing fire seemed to dance in its branches, carrying a breathtaking view between the mountain pass in the wilderness. Such scenes are very intoxicating, anesthetizing one's eyes and penetrating anyone's heart by presenting a cool and fresh atmosphere. Xie Lian couldn't help but stare blankly.
When he was young and still cultivating inside the Huang Ji Temple, the Huang Ji Temple was built on a mountain close to its peak. Covering the mountains and the surrounding plains is a maple forest, looking as bright as gold and as strong as fire. This situation and view made it difficult for Xie Lian to not remember the past. He stared into the distance for a few moments before he lowered his head to continue focusing his eyes on the scroll.
After he opened the scroll, he saw a series of words in his first glance that read:
Crown Prince Xian Le, who climbed three times. The martial god, the devil who caused the epidemic, the scavenger god.
Xie Lian said, "Well, if you carefully think about it, as there are martial arts and old gods, there really isn't much difference between the two. All gods are the same, all living things are the same."
At this moment, a light laugh came from behind him when a voice from a young man said, "Is that true?"
The teenager spoke in a lazy tone, "People always like to say that all gods are the same, all living things are the same. But if it really happens, everything about the various gods and goddesses will not be the same."
This sound came from behind a haystack on the wagon. Xie Lian turned to peek and saw that the teenager was still lying there lazily. He didn't seem to want to wake up, so he might just say the sentence without thinking too much about it. As such, Xie Lian replied with a smile, "What you say also makes sense."
He turned and continued to see the scroll, which said:
Many people believe that as a demon representing a fatal epidemic, anything with the handwriting and personal portrait of Prince Crown Prince Xian Le has the ability to curse people. If you stick it behind someone or maybe the main entrance of someone's family, it will cause bad luck, deadly bad luck to the family or the person in question.
This kind of comment makes it difficult for someone to know whether they are talking about a true god or ghost.
Xie Lian shook her head, and couldn't bear to continue looking at comments related to herself. He decided that it would be better if he first learned about all the heavenly officials who were currently present in Heaven. In this way, he could avoid always being unclear as to who this was, who was rather impolite. He remembered how the villagers had just mentioned that Water Master and thus began to search the scrolls for comments about the Water Master. He flips to the sentence that says:
Shi Shi Wudu. Use water and wealth. Therefore, in the shops and homes of most traders, they will all have a Water Master statue to ensure their luck and good fortune.
Xie Lian felt somewhat confused. "Because he's a god of water, then why does he also use power over wealth and prosperity?"
At this time, the teenager who was lying behind a haystack spoke again, "When the caravans are peddling goods, they must first send it using the waterway. Thus, each time before they start the journey, they will go to the Water Master temple and burn candles and high incense smoke for him They will pray to have a smooth and good journey, and promise to do this and that once they come back in. Because it has been like this for a long time, the Water Master has also gradually begun to wield power over luck and good fortune. "
He actually specifically clears his confusion.
Xie Lian turned and said, "Is that the problem?"
Interesting. Perhaps, this Water Master is a very powerful Heavenly Officer. The teenager sneered and said, "Yes, water that abuses the power of the sky (Water Tyrannizing the Skies)."
The tone of his voice made him look like he didn't really care about this Heavenly Officer. It seems like he didn't say anything good. Xie Lian asked, "What is 'water that pollutes the sky'?"
The teenager casually said, "When a ship crosses a large river, whether it moves or remains all depends on one word. If someone does not make offerings to him, their ship will only capsize, very tyrannical. That is why he is given the nickname, which is precisely "Mentirani Langit Langit." It has an idea which is more or less the same as Ju Yang, 'General General of the Great Male Virility' and 'Floor Sweeper'. "
For Heavenly Officers who are famous for echoing titles, they usually all have several nicknames in the mortal and heavenly worlds. Things similar to the laughing stock of the three realms of Xie Lian, Famous Strange People, Lucky Bearers, Stray Dogs, coughs, and so on. Usually, using a nickname to talk with heavenly officials is something that is very lacking in courtesy. For example, if someone dared to call Mu Qing as the 'Floor Sweeper' in front of his face, Mu Qing would definitely be very angry and angry. Xie Lian noted that he could not use the nickname before saying, "This friend, you are still very young, but apparently there are many things you know."
The teenager said, "I don't know much. Just unemployed. When I have free time, I'll see it, that's all."
In the mortal world, people can find many pamphlets about mythology wherever you look, all talking about the stories of these gods and ghosts. The stories range from the big ones about kindness and animosity, to the little things that are trivial. Some stories are false, and some are true. So, even though this teen knows a lot, it can't be considered too strange. Xie Lian put down the scroll and said, "Well then, this friend, you know a lot about the gods. However, do you also know about ghosts?"
The teenager asked, "Which ghost?"
Xie Lian said, "The Rain of Blood Reached the Flowers, Hua Cheng."
When he heard that, the lowly teenager chuckled twice before he finally sat down. When he turned around, Xie Lian's gaze suddenly raised.
He saw that this teenager was about sixteen or seventeen years old. Red in the color of his clothes surpassed that of the maple leaves themselves, and his skin was pure white like snow. The eyes shone like stars, containing a smile as he glanced suspiciously. The teenager was very handsome, however, his expression was unstoppable containing a little wildness. Her black hair was even intentionally tied loose, and even tied slightly crookedly. It looked very casual, like he would do whatever he wanted as he pleased.
The two of them were currently passing through the fiery and colorful maple forest. Maple leaves dance as they fall, one at a time, and even leaves fall onto the teen's shoulders. The teenager lightly blew it, made the leaves fall, and only then did he raise his head to look at him. With a smile that didn't look like a smile, he said, "What do you want to know? Don't hesitate to ask."