Strange Stories

Chapter 524: Savage and Rude
After all, the people below did not reach a conclusion after discussion. Things like cutting down mountains and destroying temples would not be decided in a day or two.

The temperature difference between day and night is huge here. As dusk approaches, the temperature drops sharply and the cold wind blows like a knife. The people below also leave by boat and return to the villages and towns on the shore.

At this moment, the setting sun turned into a huge red pill hanging in the sky, dyeing half of the sky red. The waves below became bigger, hitting the shore and making noises. Next to the temple on the small island, the towering ancient trees rustled in the wind, and on the shore not far away, the water flow also carved a natural tree shape on the earth, and the main trunk and branches were clearly visible, like a wonder of heaven and earth.

The temples on the island are now deserted.

Lin Jue slowly descended into the cloud.

The temple was empty and even locked, but only the outermost gate was locked. The man and the fox didn't even need to pass through the gap in the wall. They could just ride on the cloud and land in the courtyard.

Put your toes on the ground and look around.

What a great temple of Zhenjun!
There is still a ceremonial gate before entering the door. On the left and right of the gate stand two guardian gods. They are all ten feet tall, with broad backs and strong waists. One of them holds a long-handled sword upside down, with eyes wide open, as if he is about to strike you at the next moment, and the other holds two short spears, but holds them high, as if he is about to chop down at any moment.

There are rockery and flowing water in the yard, a fish pond with koi, and a large tank in the middle with a turtle still alive under the water and some scattered copper coins inside.

If you look at the main hall of the temple in the middle, you can see the statues of the former Heavenly Man and Ji Ling Zhen Jun who captured the black dragon. To the sides are the generals and priests under Zhen Jun. The setting sun casts some golden red light obliquely on the temple wall, adding a touch of divine light. As for other gods, no matter how high their status is, in this temple of Ji Ling Zhen Jun, they are all made into small statues and placed on the sides or side halls.

Although it is a desolate and remote place in the northwest, the temple is built very exquisitely, probably because this place is the hometown of the True Lord.

Lin Jue took a few looks and stepped into the main hall.

He took out three incense sticks from his sleeve and shook them slightly. Three red stars appeared in the slightly dim temple, emitting green smoke and were inserted into the incense burner on the altar.

"I wonder if the True Lord is here?
"I wonder if the True Lord is here?
"True Lord, can you ..."

Before the third word was finished, a breeze rushed into the temple from top to bottom, stirring up the smoke and blowing up the dust.

The statue in front of him changed rapidly.

That’s right——

Although it has only been a few short years, this may be one of the few temples of Master Ji Ling left in the world. No matter how lazy he is, he will not be unable to hear this only voice.

In just a few breaths, the outline of the statue in front of him became soft, the colors on his body became vivid, his eyes became more lively, and his facial features became lifelike, as if a statue had transformed into a god - a true martial god who was half in armor and half in a robe, with broad shoulders, a round waist, a rough face and a beard.

Even the black dragon in Zhenjun's hand seemed to come alive, twisting in his hand, slowly turning its head and staring at the person coming into the temple.

"Who is coming?"

When the True Lord glared, there was an extremely strong pressure; when he opened his mouth, it was like rolling thunder, echoing in the temple.

"My surname is Lin, my name is Jue, I am a Taoist from Yishan, I have come to the Zhenjun Temple specially to pay a visit to the Zhenjun."

He saw the True Lord standing high on the altar, leaning over to look at him. He was born tall and strong, and with the power of the altar, he was so high up that he was naturally intimidating, especially since he had a black dragon in his hand. The black dragon's eyes, as bright as light bulbs, were staring at the man, and its breath blew up a strong wind in the temple:
"Which immortal are you?"

"I am currently practicing in Fengshan."

"Hmph!" The True Lord snorted coldly, and it was like thunder. "All immortals in the world who are not working in the Nine Heavens will hide away from the world. In order to be free and easy, they will never get involved with the gods of the Nine Heavens, and will not easily get involved in the disputes of the Nine Heavens! As an immortal, you should know that the Purple Emperor is domineering. You dare to come to visit me at this time, you must have some ulterior motives!"

This True Lord doesn't seem to be as "barbaric, rude, and irritable" as Taoist Jiang described. At least he is very considerate.

"I came with gifts, and I am asking for something."

Lin Jue saluted the True Lord on the altar and looked back. The fox then walked forward, opened its mouth and spit out an exquisite wooden box, then stepped back and looked up to meet the black dragon's eyes.

Youqi tilted his head and looked at the black dragon's beard.

However, he never expected that the "barbaric, rude, irritable and easily angered" side of Ji Ling Zhen Jun would immediately show up -

"Wait!" The True Lord on the altar suddenly paused and took a deep breath, causing a gasp in the temple. He asked in a deep voice, "What's your name?"

"My last name is Lin Jue."

"Lin Fangjue?"

"Exactly!"

"hiss……"

The True Lord took another breath, causing a strong wind to howl and rage in the temple. The green smoke was torn into pieces, and the ashes were rolled up. The windbreakers behind the statues and the talisman paper and ribbons hanging in the temple all shook violently.

After he took a breath, he puffed out his chest and stared at Lin Jue with his eyes wide open, his eyes filled with anger and a bit of disbelief.

"Are you here to see me make fun of you?"

"Of course not!"

"No? You killed my colleagues and annihilated the True Lords under the Emperor of Heaven, causing the Emperor of Heaven to be weak. Now you dare to find my temple hometown to show off your power?"

The black dragon in his hand also swam forward, reaching towards the man and the fox below, leaving only the tail in Zhenjun's hand.

The fox also approached it with eyes wide open, but it did not try to fight it, but looked at it with curiosity, as it had never seen a dragon before.

The Taoist below remained calm, his expression indifferent, neither humble nor arrogant, and spoke with reason and logic:
"The Protector of the Holy Spirit is just like the Protector of the Spirit. He has committed many evil deeds and is hated by both humans and gods. He deserves to be destroyed. If he doesn't die by me, he will die by the hands of other upright immortals and gods. The weakness of the previous Tianweng has nothing to do with the lack of a Protector of the Holy Spirit to fight for him. It is the result of years of corruption and depravity. Excuse me for being blunt, but even if there was a Protector of the Holy Spirit, the previous Tianweng would still be doomed to fail. The truth is that the Nine Heavens and the human world no longer need a Tianweng who is silent and indulges the gods."

The general on the altar became angrier as he listened.

Seeing this, Lin Jue immediately quickened his speech:
"Please do not be angry, Master! I came to visit you today not to show off, but with sincerity. I found out about your temple and came to visit you with gifts!"

Although the original elixir fruit is not very useful to gods and immortals, it is by no means a cheap and worthless thing. Even if an immortal like Lin Jue takes good care of it and uses his immortal energy to catalyze it, it still takes two or three years for it to bear fruit. Such a true god may not have the ability or leisure to do so.

Previously, on the day when Lin Juecheng attained enlightenment, True Lord Baosheng also presented him with a plate of original elixir fruits in order to get closer to him. It is conceivable that True Lords would use this kind of immortal fruit as gifts.

Now the fruits that Lin Jue took good care of himself were of better quality, and he brought more of them, which also showed his sincerity.

Especially for Master Ji Ling, whose temples were demolished, statues of gods were destroyed, and who was beginning to go downhill, this kind of immortal fruit should be even more rare and precious.

However, Master Ji Ling did not even look at him, but continued to stare with wide eyes, accumulating anger:

"And you still say you're not showing off!"

The True Lord grabbed the black dragon with his left hand, stretched out his right hand suddenly, and punched the wall of the temple next to him.

In an instant, divine light spread out.

The divine light began from the wall that was hit by the True Lord's fist, and rippled along the wall toward the entire temple. Wherever it rippled, the walls, altars, statues, and roof tiles, eaves, and beams all disappeared. When the entire temple was dissolved by the divine light, the divine light spread along the earth again, and the rockery, fish pond, and ceremonial gate of the side hall outside also disappeared.

In an instant, this world became empty.

In the distance, the setting sun is touching the horizon, bathed in an orange-red fiery mist. Between heaven and earth is only a vast West Sea with constant waves. In the middle of the West Sea is only a small island. There is no temple on the island, but only a big tree and a man and a fox under the tree, the True Lord and the Black Dragon, as well as guardian gods and priests standing around.

The migratory birds on the Bird Island were frightened and flew away screaming, flying into the orange-red light pool in the west.

"Don't be angry, Master! I have no intention of offending you!"

"You still dare to quibble!" Ji Ling Zhenjun gritted his teeth and said, "You helped the Northern and Southern Emperors to kill the Zhenjuns under the Heavenly Emperor, and now you dare to come here to make irresponsible remarks about the Heavenly Emperor. If this is not a provocation, what is it?"

The body of Master Ji Ling suddenly grew larger.

During this process, he kept staring at Lin Jue. In an instant, his height grew from ten feet to dozens of feet. He also lowered his head slightly to bow deeply, staring at the Taoist below. The black dragon in his hand also changed from a few feet long to a huge black dragon hundreds of feet long.

The huge True Lord wore half silver-white armor and the other half a sand-white robe. It was no longer bright and neat as before, but a little damaged. It lacked some of the holiness and majesty of the gods, but had more of a sense of power in conquest.

Even the scales on the black dragon were somewhat damaged.

The fox turned his head and looked at Lin Jue.

"Please calm down, Master!"

"You are not calm! I don't care what you ask for. Do you think you can control me just by coming here at this time?"

In the evening breeze of the West Sea, the robe, beard and hair of the huge True Lord were shaking constantly. As soon as he finished speaking, he released the black dragon in his hand.

With a terrifying dragon roar, a black dragon suddenly rushed over, baring its fangs and claws, looking extremely ferocious.

Without hesitation, the fox transformed into a gigantic six-tailed white fox, almost as big as the Zhenjun Temple on the ground.

But at this moment, facing a black dragon that was hundreds of feet long, it was just food that could be swallowed in one bite.

The fox did not confront it head-on, but just dodged to the side.

The black dragon missed its target and chased after the fox again.

With just one step, the dragon and the fox flew out of the island. In the blink of an eye, they came to the sea. In the brilliant sunset light, amid the terrified cries of many migratory birds, they entangled and fought, raising winds and waves. From a distance, it looked like a black dragon playing with a pearl, or a white fox playing with a black dragon.

Lin Jue was still standing on the island, facing the True Lord alone, while the True Lord had already raised his foot and stepped down on him.

The little remaining daylight was quickly blocked by the soles of the feet.

"call……"

Silently, the Taoist turned into a gentle breeze.

He didn't even need to hide himself, because the evening wind was already noisy and violent, and the huge True Lord Martial God's every move would stir up strong winds. He didn't do anything, and the wind would blow it away.

"boom!"

One step down and the earth shakes.

Even this island seemed so small under the True Lord.

(End of this chapter)