If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 302: Building a Shrine and a Temple
Including the "immortals", there were more than 560 heroes who joined the ghost-slaying army at the Shudong Martial Arts Conference, but less than one-third of them returned to Tianmen Town alive.

Those with serious injuries are still recuperating in the city, while those who are not injured or have minor injuries have begun to leave one after another.

For example, Taoist Chengxin from the Wendao Temple who has a good relationship with Xiaoyu.

Taoist Chengxin was good at talismans but not very good at fighting. He did not enter the ghost country of Guaizi Mountain, but stayed in the camp to draw talisman formations.

He was not injured. The next day after he learned that Xiaoyu had saved the remaining ghost soldiers, he wore hemp clothes and hemp shoes, held a whisk in his left hand and a fishing drum in his right hand, put on a magical vest, and floated away alone.

There was no chance to see others off.

Like him, many Shudong heroes are not native to Tianmen Town.

After the ghost hunting is over, one naturally has to return to his hometown, or continue traveling around.

Except for those who left quietly, every time a group of Shudong heroes left the city, there was a huge farewell team.

Xiaoyu is now famous and has made the greatest contribution in the ghost-suppression operation. He has the reputation of being the "uncrowned leader", so naturally he was invited.

She was happy to see off the Shudong hero who had fought with her, without any reluctance. She escorted him all the way from the city gate to Sanlitun, drank a few glasses of wine, sent out a few words of blessing, and said, "The journey is long, we will meet again if we are destined to."

For the disabled, she would also add a gift, although they probably didn't lack that little money.

Li Jiahao spent a huge amount of money, taking out 500,000 taels of gold to settle the families of the deceased and reward the survivors.

Xiaoyu also had a bounty, but she didn't want it.

The Shudong hero, whose injuries were not so serious, basically did not take any reward money from the Li family.

If they don't take it, the seriously injured and the families of the deceased can get more.

However, sending off the guests is a courtesy and a token of appreciation.

Even a disabled hero would not rely on that little bit of silver to survive.

As the initiator of the martial arts conference, Li Xianzhi should have come forward to see off the heroes.

He didn't show up because he had been busy with Li Qianyue's affairs these days.

Most of the time, he is not in Tianmen Town.

The Shudong Hero knew about the Thirteenth Princess and even returned to the underworld paradise of Guaizi Mountain a few days ago to help search for her.

Now that the prince is unable to come out to see them off, the Shudong heroes can understand.

Just because Li Xianzhi didn't show up in person to see everyone off doesn't mean he didn't pay attention to this matter.

In fact, Cheng Jijiu was the organizer of the farewell procession.

Today, as usual, Cheng Jijiu and Xiaoyu left the city together, saw off the hero and returned together.

Until she heard people quarreling in the West Market, and the quarrelers were the famous shopkeeper Hu from Xiaolianghe East Street, Xiaoyu naturally wanted to go and eat some food. Cheng Jijiu just watched her squeeze into the crowd, and turned around and was stopped by his master.

Upon learning that Li Xianzhi and Chi Jiuluo were looking for Xiao Fengxian, Cheng Jijiu subconsciously pointed to the crowd, "Miss Yu is right there! I'll go call her."

After searching for several rounds, I still didn't see anyone.

When Xiaoyu walked out from beside Cheng Jijiu, not only Cheng Jijiu and the people nearby were shocked, but Li Xianzhi and Chi Jiuluo were even more shocked.

The owner of Cai's silk shop was arguing with his father-in-law.

This is not uncommon in the market, and it can attract some onlookers, but it won't be crowded with people.

In fact, the total number of people who stopped to watch the excitement was no more than fifty.

Xiaoyu is one of the fifty people.

If we distinguish between men and women, old and young, there are less than ten girls of her age.

But Cheng Jijiu looked for him several times but couldn't find him.

There was a Yu Fengxian standing next to the crowd of onlookers, but they couldn't recognize her.

Even though they were reminded by Cheng Jijiu, they still looked confused, thinking that they had never seen Yu Fengxian before.

Li Xianzhi and Chijiuluo were not interested in the quarrel between the father-in-law and the son-in-law in front of the silk shop.

Although he stood aside without moving, his eyes followed Cheng Jijiu all the time, scanning the crowd, but he still didn't recognize Yu Fengxian.

If Yu Fengxian used stealth tactics and concealed herself with the help of crowds and buildings, they could barely accept it (in fact, they still couldn't quite accept it).

But she just stood there, without hiding her figure, and came directly into their sight.

What's even more ridiculous is that she didn't even bother to disguise her appearance, and she was still dressed the same as before. Li Xianzhi felt that she looked a little more plain today than usual.

In the past, even though she didn't wear gold or silver and her clothes were not gorgeous, the fabrics of her clothes were first-rate quality materials.

Good material is not for looking good, but for being comfortable to wear.

The green cloth skirt she was wearing today was just the most ordinary Shu brocade.

Shu brocade is definitely much better than the coarse linen worn by the villagers, but the residents of Tianmen Town are relatively wealthy, and citizens wearing Shu brocade can be seen everywhere on the streets.

"What kind of village girl's swordsmanship is this?" Li Xianzhi couldn't help but ask.

"A sword technique similar to the Nine Flower Sword, but with the spirit of a village girl. It is an advanced version of the previous "Universal Flower Sword".

The Village Girl Sword is just for your convenience, its real name is "Clear Water Washing Flower Sword" - the sword technique was created by the girl washing flowers by the Qingshui River, that is, me."

Xiao Yu explained earnestly, smiled and gestured to the people around him, then looked back at Shopkeeper Hu in front of the silk shop, left the crowd, walked up to the prince and the master, and greeted them softly, "Master, are you healed from your injury? Congratulations."

Then she took two more steps outside, and waited for them to leave before asking, "Prince, do you have something urgent to talk to me about? But is the Qingfeng Patriarch from the Wanshou Mountain Wuzhuang Temple here?"

Li Xianzhi looked around and pointed to a teahouse not far away with a plaque reading "Xiang Man Lou" and said, "Let's go in and talk."

After a while, they arrived at the second floor of the teahouse and sat down at a table near the window in the corner.

"I'm not sure when Grandmaster Qingfeng will arrive, or whether he will come in person. I'm not looking for you for the Grandmaster this time." Li Xianzhi said.

Xiao Yu said, "Last time, the prince said that Patriarch Qingfeng might come down the mountain in two days. How many 'two days' has it been?"

Li Xianzhi also looked puzzled and said, "To be honest, I am also confused.

I have already made preparations to receive the old master.

A few days ago, I wrote to Luodu to ask my father, but he didn’t know and just told me to wait patiently.

After a pause, he changed his words with a look of regret, "I'm afraid I won't have the chance to entertain the old master, I have to go back to Luodu in two days.

Now we can only hope that he can arrive within two days.

But you don't have to worry, Xiao Fengxian.

After I leave, there will be another member of the Li family in charge of Yingxiang Mansion, probably one of my cousins, a prince, or even the crown prince.

At that time, he will accompany you to receive Qingfeng Patriarch, or the earthly immortal sent by Qingfeng Patriarch. "

——Could it be that Qingfeng Zeidao knew about her plan to cling to Wuzhuang Temple to deal with the revenge of the demon cicada, and he despised her for being stinking dog shit and a great plague god and was unwilling to pay any attention to her?

Xiao Yu muttered to herself, and then asked, "What did the prince want to see me about?"

Li Xianzhi pondered and said, "The ghost problem in Guaizi Mountain has been completely eliminated. The villagers who were forced to move away have now all returned to their hometown.

The village elders gathered together to discuss building an ancestral hall on the original site of the ghost-suppressing camp.

It is not only a memorial to the heroes who exterminated ghosts, but also a wish to suppress evil spirits and keep Lianghe Beach peaceful forever.

Since it is an ancestral hall, there must be a statue of the main deity.

You deserve the greatest merit, and the village elders will build a shrine for you, carve a statue for you, and worship it as the main god."

Xiao Yu was so happy that she smiled like a flower, but she kept refusing, "I'm so young and I'm a living person, I can't bear it, why don't you let Princess Thirteen——"

She paused and asked, "Have you found Princess Qianyue, Prince?"

She also knew what he was busy with recently.

Li Xianzhi's face was filled with sadness, but there was also a hint of joy in the sadness. "There is no news, not even her 'Rushuang Sword' has been found."

Xiao Yu sighed, "I appreciate the kindness of the villagers. But a living person cannot bear the ancestral temple. Besides, I said at the beginning that the dead have the greatest merits, and I am only the first among the living.

If they must worship a statue, they should worship Princess Qianyue."

In fact, Li Qianyue was not the only "immortal" who died in the battle that day.

Shuilong Taoist's best friend, Master Fufeng, and Bikongzi, who was also good at thunder magic, both died.

The body of the old fairy Yuchen was destroyed, but her ghost survived by hiding in the magic weapon "Fire Thunder Pearl".

If the battle had not been so brutal, Guan Chenghuang would not have gone so crazy to activate the City God Seal and smashed the blessed land into a huge crack connecting to the outside world.

If he hadn't fought desperately, they would have been wiped out.

But even though Guan Chenghuang tried his best, he still couldn't break the second layer of Purgatory seal maintained by Yu Chan himself.

Of course, Guan Chenghuang’s desperate efforts were not without effect.

The second level of purgatory was smashed through, but the seal was not broken. However, major earthquakes occurred again in Guaizi Mountain and Lianghe Beach in the mortal world. Xiao Yu realized something was wrong and asked the dog-meat Taoist priest to immediately summon the gods to go to the second level of purgatory to investigate the situation.

Then, with the help of the magic mace, Taibao tore the seal and forced the demon cicada out from the darkness.

"Xiao Fengxian, thank you!"

Li Xianzhi left the table and bowed to Xiaoyu.

Seeing her surprised expression and her hasty attempt to stand up to return the greeting, he explained, "If it was just about the shrine, I wouldn't be in such a hurry to come see you."

A trace of embarrassment appeared on his handsome face. "I came to you because I wanted to ask for the position of Lord God for Qianyue."

Even the establishment of a shrine near Lianghe Beach was his hint to the village elders.

However, when the village elders heard the hint, they immediately showed a look of realization and took it for granted, and shouted: "That's right, we should build a temple for Fairy Yu.

Firstly, I want to thank the fairy for saving my life.

Secondly, with the help of Fairy Yu's high prestige among the ghosts, no evil spirits dare to approach Lianghe Beach."

It’s not that Li Qianyue’s status is not noble enough, nor is it that her death was not heroic enough.

However, the story of Yu Fengxian killing eight ghost kings and liberating 100,000 ghost soldiers alone is too legendary.

Well, Xiaoyu only saved the souls of more than 80,000 ghosts, but the folk legend never mentions "80,000". The starting number is "100,000". After a few years, it might soar to "1 million".

She used a trick to plot against the Ghost King and his generals, but the principle was too complicated and it was not easy to publicize the story of the monsters from outside the domain, so she simply said that she killed all the eight Ghost Kings with her sword.

He killed the eight ghost kings with a sword and liberated 100,000 ghost soldiers. He is simply a mythical figure.

Li Xianzhi had no way to force public opinion.

"I want to use the power of incense and prayers to canonize Qianyue as a ghost. If her soul still has a trace of intelligence, it can gain strength from the villagers' worship and find the way home," he explained.

All that will be gained from coercion is hatred and disgust; it is impossible to gain the power of faith.

Xiao Yu asked, "How can I help? Go to the village elders and suggest that they erect a statue for the princess?"

Li Xianzhi said: "After the shrine is completed in a few days, the village elders will come to Tianmen Town to find you. You should explain your ideas to them.

Maybe your cooperation will be needed when erecting the statue.

I did not mean to enshrine Qianyue alone in the temple. The village elders are grateful to you and will definitely erect a statue for you.

What I want is only the position of the main deity, that is, to place Qianyue's statue in the main hall, so that it will be easier to gather incense and wish power."

Xiao Yu thought for a moment and said, "I am young and of little virtue, so there is no need to erect a statue specifically for me.

It would be better to erect a monument to the heroes who exterminated ghosts and record the names of all the heroes of East Shu on it.

Just put my name on top and I’ll be content.”

Li Xianzhi said, "I have no objection. When the time comes, you can discuss the details with the village elders, and the money for erecting the monument and building the temple will be paid by the Li family."

Then he asked, "Did you know that Lord Dongfang Shuo left Luodu with the demon-suppressing army?"

Xiao Yu nodded, "Even the neighbors are talking about it. Everyone is a little panicked, and some not-so-good news is circulating in the market."

Dongfang Shuo named the "Prince Qin Army" "Jing Yao", the meaning of which is so clear that even ordinary people understand it - as Dongfang Shuo leaves Xishu, the conflict between humans and monsters in the Xisha region will inevitably intensify.

That would have been fine, but just two days after the Demon-Suppressing Army left, news came out again—the Li family’s national treasure, the Bagua Tianshi Talisman, had been stolen.

Without the Eight Trigrams Heavenly Master Fu Zhenguo, wouldn't the demons be able to enter and leave Western Shu at will?

It would be strange if ordinary people didn't worry and be afraid.

Li Xianzhi said with a serious expression: "It was the 'Eight Immortals of the West' who deliberately spread rumors all over Western Shu.

It’s not just Tianmen Town, similar rumors are spreading in other counties as well.”

Xiao Yu glanced at the old monk who had remained silent the whole time and said, "Did the demon cicada from Guaizi Mountain reorganize the Western Eight Immortals?"

Li Xianzhi said: "Ever since Dou Yilin formed the Western Eight Immortals, this organization has never really disappeared.

Even on the day of the assassination at Feixiandu, there were more than eight human immortals, but they still called themselves the "Eight Immortals of the West".

Even if the eight human immortals in the open were all dead, they still had friends and disciples.

For example, Dou Yilin has a daughter and three students.

Those disciples may not necessarily possess the strength of immortals.

I may not be able to seek revenge on you, but I can secretly do something against Western Shu and the Qin Dynasty.

As soon as the demon-suppressing army left, rumors about the Bagua Tianshi Talisman immediately spread throughout Western Shu. It was obvious that this was premeditated.

They wanted to take revenge on Xi Shu, but they were also worried that the Yao-suppressing Army would anger the demon tribe and cause a demon plague in their own country.

Publicizing that Xishu has lost the Heavenly Master Talisman can attract the attention of many demon kings. "

Xiao Yu asked, "Does the prince have any countermeasures?"

Li Xianzhi tilted his head to look at Chijuro, and after a moment of hesitation, he asked, "How is the research on the Great Transport Escape Technique going?"

"It's only been a few days? I'm still busy dealing with the revenge of the demon cicada." Xiaoyu said.

Her first task now is to comprehend the sword's meaning and recast the sword's bones.

Reforging the sword bone can bring about a qualitative change in her strength and greatly enhance her physique, so that she will not become a "glass cannon" that can be killed instantly by the enemy.

She turned to the old monk and asked, "Master, what do you think of the demon cicada?"

Since they met, Chijuro had considered that she would ask this question and had thought about the answer.

Hearing the question, he did not hesitate and said immediately: "The demon cicada has profound Buddhist knowledge, and he must be a demon who listened to the Buddha's lectures.

There are quite a few such goblins in Xiniu Hezhou.

Alas, the Buddha's original intention was good. He allowed the aliens to approach Lingshan Mountain to listen to the Buddha's teachings, hoping to influence them with the Dharma and persuade them to be good. "

"Teaching without distinction and saving all sentient beings is definitely a good thing and a great merit. But if the demons use the Buddhist teachings learned in Lingshan to do evil and ruin the reputation of Lingshan Buddhism, will the Buddha and Bodhisattva do nothing about it?" Xiaoyu said.

——That demon cicada must be a disciple of some Bodhisattva or Buddha. How can we control it?
Chijiuluo sighed inwardly, his skinny old face wrinkled into a ball, "Fairy Yu, I was also in the second level of purgatory that day, and I almost died."

Xiao Yu was filled with righteous indignation and said, "Yao Chan is so bold. Master, you are the direct descendant of Buddha Dipankara. He doesn't care about your life or death at all, which is equivalent to not taking Buddha Dipankara seriously.

Master, please stop being merciful and report this to the Buddha Dipankara. Please let the Buddha be angry.”

Today there are only two big chapters, totaling 9,000 words.

On November 1st, I will update five chapters at a time.

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