Qifu Temple was just a place where Tang Yan passed by and he took it in casually. He originally thought that Qifu Temple was a black temple with a sinister heart and greed for money, but it turned out to be a cornucopia of rich and powerful people.
The cornucopia is hateful, but the powerful are even more hateful!
It's right to think about it. Those who live well in the feudal world are those who work as dogs for the powerful.
There are still so many people who want to kneel down but can't find a way.
The most powerful person today is the emperor. Having the opportunity to kneel and lick the emperor is an opportunity that many people dream of.
But if you just kneel down, you can live well, and the world will not become like this.
I wanted to burn this temple to the ground, but I discovered the talent of Zhi Zhi.
It is rare to study mechanical transmission, compile Buddhist scriptures, and invent miniaturization of steam equipment in this era.
It's a pity to kill him, and nothing will be changed by killing him. It's better to preach to him and make this world more variable.
Following the Yellow River, Tang Yan went westward.
The roaring Yellow River and the rolling mountains are like walking on flat ground to Tang Yan now.
After passing Xiaolangdi, Sanmenxia, and Dayutan, the river suddenly turns northward. This is the intersection of the Yellow River and the Weihe River, and it is also the territory of the three-headed dragon.
This place is the "ji" character of the Yellow River, the point where the right foot turns. The straight-line distance from Luoyang is about four to five hundred miles. Tang Yan ran all the way, flying and running, and arrived in about an hour.
The main reason was that I was not familiar with the road, I almost took the wrong route in Heibrondong, and I didn’t have a navigation system. If it were a straight line distance, Tang Yan would probably be faster.
The Yellow River here moves from north to south in the upper reaches and then to east to west. There are several huge sandbars on the west bank of the river close to the Wei River.
Tang Yan saw lights on the sandbank, which seemed to be a temple. He stepped on the river to the sandbank and followed the lights.
The knocking sound of "Bang Bang~" was particularly clear in the silent night.
"Who is it!" Huang Zhongtou was woken up from sleeping in the gatehouse of Dragon King Temple, and he shouted outside. He was on duty today, and he never expected that someone would come in the middle of the night.
"Passing by here, let's stay overnight." Tang Yan said.
"..." Huang Zhongtou in the concierge was silent for a moment, then hesitantly said, "Could it be Suicune who was passing by?"
The so-called "Suijun" is the honorific name given to the monsters in the river. In the Dragon King Temple, there are often monsters passing by, coming to seek refuge or to see the Dragon King.
"Since you know, why don't you open the door?" Tang Yan didn't expect that he would be misunderstood. He followed the words and continued.
"Here we come, Sui-kun, wait a moment." Huang Zhongtou quickly put on his clothes and opened the temple door in a panic.
The temple door is about one foot high, very thick and heavy. It was difficult for him to open it alone, but Tang Yan came in and closed the door for him.
Huang Zhongtou saw that Tang Yan had white hair and red eyes, and was extremely powerful, unlike ordinary people. He believed it 70% to 80% of the time, and said quickly: "The villain's surname is Huang, and he is Zhongtou in the temple. Where did Shuijun come from? I'm going to tell you now. Take Suicune to the wing."
"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask." Tang Yan said with a sullen face.
"A villain talks too much, a villain talks too much."
Tang Yan used the rotation of the magnetic field to sense Huang Zhongtou's thoughts and see his thoughts clearly, but he also saw the past of the Dragon King Temple.
This Dragon King Temple was built a few years ago by passing boatmen and surrounding counties. They just asked the three-headed dragon not to cause trouble, flood the county, capsize merchant ships, and devour passers-by. Even on the first and fifteenth day of every month, a pair of boys and girls, as well as a number of livestock, must be presented.
Because the three-headed dragon lives in the river, the sailing schedule of passing boatmen is very unstable, so one of the important functions of the Dragon King Temple is to foster boys and girls. Every merchant passing through this channel must pay a "share of money" to buy boys and girls.
In previous years, there were masters who killed demons, but these three-headed dragons were very cunning, and they could only be beaten once encountered and swallowed in one gulp. If they encounter something that cannot be defeated, they will huddle in the river, manipulate the wind and waves to interfere with the direction of the river, and flood the town.
Coupled with the fact that he was quite capable, as time passed, the person who exterminated the demons left on his own due to pressure.
"If I serve the Dragon King, I can still survive. If I remove the Dragon King, I will be flooded first."
"When we kill dragons, the dragon king is always alive and kicking. We riverside people suffer first."
These are the local people's views on the Dragon King in Huang Zhongtou's mind.
Poor and pathetic, incompetent and helpless.
"Since we have come to the Dragon King Temple, how can we not meet the Dragon King?" Seeing that he was about to arrive at the wing, Tang Yan suddenly said, he was not really here to stay overnight. He saw from Huang Miaozhu's memory that most monsters came to the Dragon King Temple and offered incense to Shuijun.
In the eyes of many monsters, especially the monsters in the Yellow River, the three-headed dragon is really awesome!
The weather was getting colder, and the night wind made Huang Zhong's head shiver. He just wanted to make arrangements for the unknown Suicune, and wait until dawn, when a temple priest would come to question Suicune.
"Ah, yes, yes, that's the truth. It's the villain who is confused. I'll take Suijun to the main hall." Huang Zhongtou pretended to have forgotten, then turned around and took Tang Yan to the main hall of the Dragon King Temple.
The main hall of Dragon King Temple is about one acre in size and about ten meters high. The interior of the palace is mainly red and yellow, very luxurious, decorated with pearls, jade embellishments, and gold walls. There are many oil lamps placed on the stands on both sides of the main hall. The oil lamp was very tall and lasted all night, just like day. The light that Tang Yan saw before came from here.
In the center of the hall is a statue of the Dragon King, dressed in red dragon robes and wearing a crown. Different from other dragon king statues, the head has three sides. It is not as majestic as the ordinary dragon king, but rather fierce.
This is the image of the Dragon King.
There was a palace leader who was dozing off in the main hall. He heard the sound and saw Huang Zhongtou coming with someone, so he quickly stepped forward to ask.
"It's Suicune who's passing by."
Hearing that it was Suicune who was passing by, the head of the palace immediately cheered up. Although they are mortals, they have dealt with monsters a lot and know that some monsters are difficult to deal with. However, since he is a member of the Dragon King Temple, as long as he is not rude, it will be difficult for the monsters to give him a hard time.
"Do you have something to ask of the Dragon King, Sui-kun?" the head of the palace asked cautiously.
"Exactly. I have something to say to you Dragon King." Tang Yan replied, as long as you burn incense at the Dragon King Temple, your thoughts can be conveyed to the ears of the three-headed dragon with the incense.
Before entering the Dragon King Temple, he just walked along the river bank and did not find the three-headed dragon cave. Presumably, the magnetic field induction did not find any particularly huge creatures below the Yellow River.
Tang Yan had never gone into the water to fight with people. It seemed a bit overwhelming to enter the water to fight the dragon. It was better to let the three-headed dragon come out on its own before taking action.
When the head of the palace heard this, he solemnly took some incense sticks from an exquisite cabinet and handed them to Tang Yan.
Tang Yan took it over, lit it on the incense candle, then inserted it on the incense burner in front of the Dragon King statue, and said silently in his heart:
"I'm your father!"
Three-headed dragon, I am your father.
(End of chapter)
