A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.
Chapter 126 City God’s Temple
Chapter 126 City God’s Temple
The Chenghuang Temple in Xiangu County is said to have a history of thousands of years and has been renovated several times...
This temple is almost as old as the history of this remote county town...
In Xiangu County, there have always been some bizarre legends that have been passed down from generation to generation, telling the story of the City God in the City God Temple...
When the escort team arrived at the City God Temple, Ruan Fengshan was already waiting there!
Ruan Fengshan would never miss this ritual of worshiping the City God as long as he was in Xiangu County, unless others were not there, then the chief Luan Jingfu would preside over it on his behalf!
Ruan Fengshan knew very well that this kind of scene would increase his majesty and mystery in the hearts of the escort agents in the escort agency, so that they would not forget that he was the head of the escort agency!
Ruan Fengshan arrived at the City God Temple in advance and had asked Zhou An to arrange the sacrifices. He also gave some silver money to the temple priest as a service offering!
All the members of the escort team dismounted in front of the temple gate and followed Ruan Fengshan into the temple. Only Zhou An and a few others were guarding outside!
"May the City God bless you!"
In front of the incense table of the City God statue, there was a roasted suckling pig and two braised fat chickens!
Ruan Fengshan stood in front of the team, taking the lead in holding incense and bowing!
All the escorts and porters followed suit and shouted, "May the City God bless us!"
Then, everyone held incense and kowtowed in unison!
Then, people lined up in turn, inserted the incense in their hands into the incense burner on the table, and then walked around to the statue of the City God, placed their hands on the City God's feet, and silently made a wish to the City God!
This is also a tradition passed down for thousands of years in Xiangu County. The City God's feet have long been rubbed to a shiny black finish...
Soon, it was Duan Rong's turn. Duan Rong put the incense in his hand into the incense burner, bowed, then walked around the incense table and stood under the statue of the City God!
Duan Rong looked up and saw that the statue of the City God was a stone sculpture. It was dark in color and even had a few tiny cracks that showed obvious signs of repair. It seemed that the statue was quite old.
Duan Rong imitated the escorts, placed his hands on the City God's feet, and murmured: "May the City God bless you and have a safe journey! All demons and ghosts, retreat! All evil and dangerous things, avoid them all!"
Duan Rong was thinking, and suddenly an idea came to his mind, and he said secretly: "Read the spirit of the weapon!"
Duan Rong lowered his head and looked at the data appearing in front of him. His breathing stagnated and his mind was shaken!
Artifact: Stone statue of the City God
Spirit Level: Level 21
Devouring requirements: Host's mental strength level 21 (not met)
Devouring effect: Thousand-year incense (initial understanding of the power of the law of time)
"Twenty-first level? The power of law?"
The level of the City God's weapon spirit broke Duan Rong's previous record of the highest level of weapon spirits. The previous highest level weapon spirit was the thousand-year-old mulberry tree at the entrance of the City God Temple, which had a weapon spirit level of fifteen!
The City God is mighty! Duan Rong thought to himself.
The twenty-first level weapon spirit had almost nothing to do with him now! As for the power of law, Duan Rong had no idea what it was!
Just admire it, there is no point in thinking about it!
Duan Rong prayed to the City God again, and this time he was even more devout!
After Duan Rong finished praying, he left the statue and walked to the side of the hall entrance and stood there.
There were already some people standing there, and Ruan Fengshan was also standing at the door chatting with the temple keeper. Ruan Fengshan looked at Duan Rong and said, "Duan Rong, if you encounter any problems along the way, please consult your master and Sun Biaotou, and don't act on your own!"
"Yes! Thank you for your advice, shopkeeper!" Duan Rong said obediently.
Ruan Fengshan nodded and said, "We are old! From now on, the escort agency will rely on you young people to support it! Work hard, and you will have a place in the world!"
Duan Rong's expression remained unchanged. He thought to himself: It's already a done deal, isn't it a bit too fast? This is only your father's first time to go on a dart mission!
Although Duan Rong thought so in his heart, his face was sincere, and he said: "Thank you for your teachings, shopkeeper!"
Ruan Fengshan looked at Duan Rong and nodded.
After the escort team paid tribute to the City God, they said goodbye to Ruan Fengshan at the gate of the City God Temple and rode out of the East Gate!
Ruan Fengshan watched the escort team leave the city, exchanged greetings with the temple keeper, and then got into a sedan chair at the temple gate. He was carried by the sedan bearers back to the escort agency.
When the temple keeper saw Ruan Fengshan leaving, he put the whisk in his hand behind his waist, put his hands behind his back, hummed a little tune, and turned into the temple. He glanced at the offerings on the incense table and swallowed his saliva.
The roast suckling pig and braised chicken would be removed from the incense table at night, and then they would go back into his stomach...
After the escort team left the East Gate, they sped up a little and raised a cloud of dust at the city gate!
However, the escort team was not moving very fast. In Duan Rong's opinion, it could even be said that they were moving very slowly...
After all, their trip to Ruyang Prefecture was a one-month round trip, so the important thing was not how fast they ran at the beginning, but to complete the journey at a steady speed. This was actually the same as running a marathon.
The escort team had only walked a distance when Duan Rong's eyes suddenly became fixed on one of them.
This man was a strong and sturdy man with broad shoulders. Sitting on a black horse, he looked like a small mountain.
Duan Rong stared at him, not because this man was unusually strong, but because there was a black mole the size of a copper coin in the middle of the back of his neck!
This black mole reminded him of the spirit of the oxtail knife that he devoured in the front yard where charcoal was piled more than ten days ago!
The weapon spirit was at the minor success stage of the Five Tigers and Sheep Sword. While it was digesting and absorbing the energy, Duan Rong vaguely saw the majestic figure and the black mole in his dream!
"Isn't this a bit of a coincidence?" Duan Rong thought to himself.
"That's Escort Master Liu Ao!" Xiao Yu, who was standing beside Duan Rong, noticed his gaze and introduced him to him, "Escort Master Liu Ao has been escorting for more than ten years. Like you, he was selected from the menial disciples! He has now reached the minor success stage of the third level of Inner Breathing!"
As Xiao Yu spoke, she looked at Duan Rong with clear eyes. There was encouragement in her words.
"The third level of internal energy?" Duan Rong's heart skipped a beat, and he felt that another piece of information overlapped. He thought to himself: It seems that the oxtail knife he swallowed was eliminated from this person's hands!
"He has a nickname in the escort team, called the Nine-Fingered Death Warrior!" Xiao Yu continued.
"Nine-Fingered Death Warrior?" Duan Rong was quite surprised by this nickname.
Xiao Yu saw Duan Rong's expression and said with a smile, "Once we encountered a robbery, the enemy was quite strong and we lost several escorts! The escort Liu Ao was protecting the truck and his little finger on his right hand was cut off, but he still fought to the death and refused to retreat. That's why he got this nickname!"
As Xiao Yu spoke, her face changed slightly, as if the scene of the bloody battle at that time flashed before her eyes again.
Duan Rong's eyes moved as he recalled the oxtail knife he had swallowed. One third of the handle of the damaged oxtail knife was cut off. It seemed that his little finger was also cut off in that battle!
Liu Ao, who was at the front of the team, seemed to hear Xiao Yu talking about him. He looked back and his eyes swept over Xiao Yu and Duan Rong!
Liu Ao has a strong chin, a straight nose, and cold eyes, like the gaze of a wild beast patrolling its territory.
Duan Rong's face was stern, and he thought to himself: The physiognomy book says that a mole in the middle of the back of the neck is commonly known as a monkey riding on the neck, which is a very bad omen! And this person's appearance is so fierce, I'm afraid it has fulfilled the prophecy in the physiognomy book...
(End of this chapter)
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