No abstraction, no cultivation

Chapter 38 Clay Sculpture
It was a man in a gray-blue robe.

He was probably in his forties, with two wisps of beard, his chin slightly raised and his eyes slightly narrowed.

Judging from his attire, he is the priest of City God Temple.

Seeing that Xu Shun was also wearing Taoist robes, he thought he was a fellow Taoist and said, "Daoist friend, why are you so reckless?"

"How can we look directly at the City God?"

"You must know that there is a god above your head!"

"Huh?" Xu Shun was a little stunned by what he said.

It's really absurd for you, a temple priest who is not without any cultivation, to tell me that "there are gods above your head".

Taoist Lan is about to ascend to become an immortal, but he never said “There is a god above your head”, so what makes you think you can do that?

It's not the god Cthulhu, so you can't just look at him directly!

As if seeing Xu Shun's unconvinced look, the temple keeper said in a tone of an experienced person: "Whose disciple are you?"

"What, you're still not convinced?"

"If you don't respect this god and I don't respect him, how can others respect him?"

What's wrong with disrespect?
What is there to respect about a clay sculpture or a wooden sculpture?
Do you have the guts to come down and beat me?

Xu Shun still refused to accept it!
The temple keeper was slightly angry when he saw that Xu Shun was still unconvinced. He threw his sleeves and said, "You are such a rotten tree that cannot be carved! You can't even eat four dishes in your lifetime."

"Get out!" he said, pointing at the gate of the City God Temple.

"Heh..." Xu Shun just sneered and continued to look at the City God statue, too lazy to pay attention to him.

"You... are so brave!" The temple keeper stepped forward and pushed Xu Shun, but he found that Xu Shun was not tall, but was like an iron tower and he could not push him at all.

Xu Shun saw that the temple keeper was the first to attack, and said, "What's wrong? Didn't you eat? You have the energy to talk, but not to push people?"

"So you are relying on some ability!" The temple keeper was amused by Xu Shun's sarcasm, thinking that Xu Shun had some ability and came to cause trouble.

He came to the palace gate and shouted, "Where is the fire and water warrior? Get him out!"

The so-called water and fire warriors are the thugs holding water and fire sticks in the City God Temple.

Hearing the temple keeper's shout, three or four people immediately came out from the side hall. They held a stick with a black end and a red end in their hands, and quickly came in front of Xu Shun and chopped at him without any mercy.

Xu Shun dodged lightly, without any tricks, and just kicked the strongmen a few times. The strongmen were kicked by Xu Shun randomly, and flew two or three meters away.

It’s so easy for a cultivator at the fourth level of Qi training to beat up a few ordinary people!
It's like beating a cub!
When Xu Shun wanted to cause trouble for the temple keeper, he saw that the keeper had already run not far from the door.

When the temple keeper saw Xu Shun flash past, he realized something was wrong and quickly ran out of the temple.

If you want to survive in the world, you must have good eyesight.

He's going to call for help.

So he hurriedly ran to the bedroom and pushed open the door of the abbot's room: "It's a disaster! It's a disaster! Director! Someone is here to cause trouble..."

He stopped talking midway because he saw the abbot, the director of the abbey, talking respectfully to a shirtless fat man.

The abbot known as Guan Dao Chang is the abbot of the City God Temple and also the master of the City God Temple.

He looked at the temple keeper with great displeasure and said sternly, "Didn't you see the distinguished guest in front of you? How can you be so flustered?"

While you are at home, the wise will come from heaven.

He didn't expect that a real monk would come to the temple today.

Not only did he meet him, he was also able to ask him a few questions about cultivation in person. How could he not be overjoyed?

Now that he was interrupted by the temple keeper, he was very unhappy.

"Master, you know that I am a villain." The temple keeper heard the Master's harsh rebuke and bowed his head and said flatteringly, "It's not a big deal, why bother the Master?"

"It's actually a little Taoist priest who came to the City God Temple..." "Don't bother with him, he's a distinguished guest! Get out!" Without listening to what he said, Supervisor Guan drove him out.

With a "bang", he closed the door, then turned to Lan Dao Ren and whispered, "The people down there are ignorant."

"Well... whether he comes or not, our fate has ended. The three of us, master and disciples, will stay here for one night and answer your three questions." Taoist Lan said, lying on his side on the mat.

The captain looked at Lan Daoren, then looked at himself.

Practicing Qi, building foundation, and communicating with the gods, he is only at the level of communicating with the gods. In front of the real cultivators, he is really like an ant.

It is extremely rare for a true monk to be able to answer his own three questions.

If you force it, you really don't know what is good for you.

Therefore, he prostrated himself and said respectfully, "Thank you, senior!"

"You're welcome. When I meet a junior, it's nothing to give him some pointers occasionally." Lan Dao Ren said calmly.

He is so casual. If he meets a monk he likes, he will not mind giving him some advice.

No reward or favors are sought.

He just thought.

"Senior!" The pipe man still prostrated himself and continued, "Senior, can I still make a breakthrough in this life?"

Only after reaching the ninth level of spiritual enlightenment and forming the “tiger self” can one reach the realm of dragon and tiger.

He has been stuck at the eighth level of spiritual enlightenment for a long time and has not been able to form the "I-Tiger".

Every attempt to concentrate his mind and transform into a tiger ended in failure.

"In the spiritual realm, 'I'm turning into a tiger' doesn't mean I'm turning into a tiger." Lan Dao said that their fate had ended, but he continued, "It means 'I' am turning into a tiger."

Not turning into a tiger? But making me a tiger?
The pipe man didn't understand, and he wanted to continue asking, but he saw that Lan Daoist had stood up and said, "I want to go see what my disciple is doing to cause such a commotion."

"I'm with the real person!" The pipe man couldn't ask any more questions and hurriedly followed Master Lan.

"I don't like being followed, so you stay here!" Lan Dao Ren said as he pushed open the door.

The pipe man had no choice but to stay, he didn't dare to disobey Taoist Lan.

Taoist Lan walked through the wind and snow, passed through the corridor of the City God Temple, and came to the City God Hall.

He said to Xu Shun, "My disciple, what are you doing? You are making quite a fuss. Are you pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger?"

He learned the phrase "pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger" from Xu Shun, and Lan Daoren found it very interesting.

But he didn't want his disciple to show off in front of ordinary people, as that would be too unproper.

He hopes that his disciple will be a serious person.

"I'm looking at God! I'm wondering if there really are Gods in the world?" Xu Shun said blankly as he looked at the seven or eight meter tall, majestic statue of the City God in the Temple.

Although he was only at the fourth level of Qi training, he was still a cultivator after all. He had already realized that this was a real clay sculpture or wooden sculpture.

There is nothing strange about it, it is just clay sculpture and wood sculpture!
In order to make clay and wood sculptures, these people built a huge City God Temple.

This is clearly a world of cultivating immortals, so why are there fake temples and fake gods?

This is where Xu Shun felt confused.

Shouldn’t there be a real City God in the City God Temple?
At least he must be a real "God"!

Otherwise, who would believe it?
"God? Of course there are gods!" Lan Daoren said. When he followed Xu Shun's gaze and saw the City God Temple, he said, "Of course, it's not this."

　The pipeline person is Guan Zhong, an alias provided by a book friend of the previous book.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)