Ten days later, it seems to be winter.
The group of people had already entered Yuezhou.
The Taoist walked in front alone with his cane, and the maroon horse followed silently. However, the calico cat did not run around, smell and look around as usual. Instead, voices kept coming from behind.
"How did the old Yanxian become the Swallow God?"
"The imperial court conferred the title, and meritorious deeds become gods."
"How did you become a god?"
"The ancestors themselves are gods, and they have incense around them, but they are only limited to Anqing, and there is no imperial decree to grant it to the Heavenly Palace. In the past two years, the entire Xuzhou is a believer, and with the imperial decree, it is natural that it will be automatically transformed by abandoning the physical body. The gods and dharma bodies ascend to heaven and take their place in the Immortal Class."
"Abandon the body!"
"What's wrong?"
"How to abandon the body?"
"It means death." Yanzi explained, "My ancestor was about to end his life. I was standing outside the door at that time. I heard a rooster crow from somewhere, and my ancestor ascended to heaven."
"Like This……"
The calico cat imitated the Taoist's tone.
There seems to be a lot less enthusiasm.
"It's all like this. Many gods are like this. It's just that when it is passed down from generation to generation, it will change. It sounds like it's amazing." Yanzi said in a low voice, "But in fact, many myths and legends are the most It all started out pretty ordinary.”
"Can't understand."
"That's how it is anyway." Yanzi didn't want Mao'er to look down on his most powerful ancestor, so he added, "But our ancestor is very powerful, and thanks to my husband, he has already become a god before he ascended to heaven. Many people sincerely believe in him, and the power of incense and incense is far greater than before. In addition, my ancestor practiced Taoism for thousands of years before he became a god, so he will definitely be a great god in the future."
The calico cat was stunned for a while.
While walking forward with small steps, she turned her head to the side and looked at the swallow flying low in the sky on a bay-red horse separated from her.
Seeing this, Yanzi continued to say to her:
"Do you know where you need to go when you ascend to heaven for the first time after becoming the God of Tiangong?"
"I don't know~"
"There is a mountain closest to the sky in each of the southeast and northwest. The northernmost one is Tianzhu Mountain, which we will go to later, as well as Zunzhe Mountain in the south, Tianjin Mountain in the west, Wubian Mountain in the east, and many emperors in the middle often visit Ding Mountain. They are the highest. If a god wants to become a god in the sky, he has to go up from here for the first time, but after that it’s easy and he can fly up in one go.”
"Amazing……"
This really touches on the knowledge blind spots of calico cats.
Let me ask her, she only has a few followers in a few villages, and there is no kitty wild god who has been granted the title of wild god by the imperial court. She is not even as good as the earth god. How can she know these things?
But she still likes to listen, very much.
It just sounds amazing.
Taoists are used to such conversations.
Since the swallow came back, the two little monsters would talk to each other when they had time.
Most of the time it was Empress Sanhua who pestered him and asked questions. Yanzi was timid at first and didn't want to talk more, but when he got interested, he started talking normally.
At first, Yanzi talked about his experiences overseas, including the ferocious man-eating demons he met, fish bigger than a house, and a turtle that could carry a small island. The calico cat talked about how he and the Taoist traveled together after the separation of Xiangle. The mountain gods she had met, the emperors and snake fairies she had met, the monsters she had killed since arriving in the north, the mountains borrowed from Pingzhou, many details Song You thought she could not remember clearly, but it turned out that she just I don’t usually talk about it, but I haven’t forgotten it at all.
I finally finished talking about it yesterday, and I’m going to talk about it again today.
After a long separation, there is indeed such a magical power that can take the original friendship to a higher level at the right time.
This divine power is effective on humans as well as demons.
After Mao'er and Swallow met again this time, they seemed to be a lot less alive than they were a few years ago.
Maybe it was because after Yanzi left and wandered overseas alone, he often thought of the insects that the calico cat had worked so hard to catch for him on the road.
That's fine too.
Children's growth always requires the participation of their peers.
It turns out that Song You and Sanhua Empress were together. After all, there was a big psychological age gap, and Sanhua Empress's mental growth was different from other people's. In other words, most demons' character growth curves were different from people's. For example, as an adult cat, Sanhua Empress has a mature side, and her ability to take care of herself is much better than that of a teenager. However, as a cat, she also has a childish side, which may only be equivalent to that of a child of several years old, but in detail, it is the same as that of a child of several years old. There are also many differences in the age of children, which is the difference between races.
But this side of her is still changing very slowly.
Although Yanzi is a young man, he has a simple and introverted personality. He has lived mostly in the mountains before and has not been involved in worldly affairs. In addition, monsters, animals and people think differently. Although he is more mature than Sanhua Empress, he is still very limited.
Now that I have returned from overseas, I am just more knowledgeable and less timid.
A cat and a bird do have something to say.
Maybe it would be good for both of them.
It's just that Yan Zi can never change his fear of cats. No matter how much he talks to her, he has to keep a certain distance from her.
"No more."
The swallow flapped its wings and looked into the distance: "I'm going to continue exploring the road ahead."
Saying that, with a little effort, he rose into the sky.
Soon it disappeared into the long sky.
The calico cat stopped for a moment, scratched its head with its hind legs, then took small steps to catch up with the Taoist, and asked hurriedly: "Taoist priest, do the gods really want to ascend to heaven from those places for the first time?"
The Taoist turned to look at her with a smile on his face.
"it is true."
He also answered patiently.
Soon, the swallow flew back.
"Sir, there is a mountain ahead. Go to the left and you will reach Huangsha Mountain. It is about twenty miles away."
"good."
Yuezhou is no longer a grassland. The terrain is similar to that in the south. There are mountains, rivers and trees. The most common trees are slightly different from those in Yizhou, Xuzhou and other places.
After climbing over a mountain, you can see Huangsha Mountain.
Huangsha Mountain is not high but it is very big. It is actually not yellow, but reddish-brown and yellowish rock and soil. The weathered sand is very barren. There are only sparse trees on it, and most of them are dry in this winter. There are many small wooden houses built haphazardly on the mountain. I don't know whether they are old or just like this. They are all dark in color. From a distance, they seem to be just big enough to sleep a person.
A path leads directly to the foot of the mountain.
It doesn't matter whether there is a road or not on the mountain. There is almost no grass anyway, so you can walk everywhere. The places where there are the most people walking are flattened and become like a road.
I could vaguely see someone walking on the mountain.
There were also people carrying red-tasseled guns with wooden poles walking from the foot of the mountain along the path, not knowing where they were going.
In terms of size and number of people, the Changqiang Sect is probably far better than Jianghu sects such as Xishan Sect, Yunhe Sect and Jindao Sect. It is estimated that only profit gangs such as water transportation and private salt can surpass it. However, this kind of profit gang is different from this kind of Jianghu sect that specializes in martial arts, and there is no need to compare them.
The reason is that Dayan was in his prime and naturally had some control over Jianghu sects. For normal Jianghu sects, even if Yunhe Sect has backers in the court and is good at doing business, Xishan Sect hides in the mountains, as long as the core disciples specialize in martial arts training. Yes, a large number of people will arouse the vigilance of the court. Only an organization like the Changqianmen, located in the troubled times of the north, and supported by frontier army bosses, can develop and grow.
After the war more than ten years ago, Yuezhou was basically empty. There were no common people, and naturally there were no officials. Who could manage the Changqianmen.
I heard that later on, many warriors from the north who had lost relatives in the war came to seek refuge with the Changqianmen. Those who are homeless and have nowhere to go, but who want to practice martial arts, will also choose the Long Spear Gate. After they are successful in learning, they can directly enter the Zhenbei Army through the Long Spear Gate. As long as they are capable, they will have a bright future.
Just as he was thinking about it, several men with guns came from ahead.
They were all rough wooden-stemmed red-tasseled guns. They were either carrying them casually, holding them in their hands, or carrying them on their shoulders. They were walking around in scattered directions, not knowing where they were going or what they were going to do. They were chatting while walking. .
Seeing the Taoist, they couldn't help but feel a little strange. They looked at the Taoist a few more times and couldn't help but look at each other.
Now that the war in the north has just ended, it is difficult to see outsiders here. What's more, this Taoist brought a horse but did not use a rein. He also brought a cat and followed him honestly. Looking at this Taoist again, although the Taoist robe is old, it is also old. Although clean and young, he has a calm face.
"This gentleman..."
Someone stopped, carrying a red tassel gun and asked: "But the fellow martial artist from other places who came to my Changqianmen to visit friends?"
There was a common respect among Dayan people for Taoists in his tone.
"No."
Song You also stopped at the roadside, turned sideways, and raised his hands to him: "I am just a Taoist from Youfang. When passing through Yanzhou, I accidentally found many mailboxes on the grassland. They were supposed to be sent from Liaoxin Pass to Yuanzhi. Many of the letters from the defenders in the city or other places should be sent to the Changqianmen, so I happened to be heading this way, so I brought them over."
"What postbox home letter?"
"Take it out and see."
Everyone gathered around after hearing this.
"That's it..."
The Taoist turned around and put his hand into the quilt bag on the maroon horse's back. After a little groping, he took out two bamboo tubes.
Passed it to the man who spoke first.
After the man took it, he looked up and down.
"I can't read..."
Then he turned around and said to the people behind him: "Which of you can read?"
"I can't read either..."
"I know a few, just a few."
"Let's take it back and see..."
There are also a few unintelligible local dialects in the middle.
Song You took the bamboo tube from the man's hand again and said to him: "This one says, "Liu Huxu, the Spear Sect of Huangsha Mountain, Wu County, Yuezhou, there are more than a dozen like this."
"Liu Hubeard?"
"Is this what the Third Hall Master is called?"
"Isn't this the name of Hall Master Liu?"
Everyone said something to each other, discussed a few words, and then started discussing again.
After a while, the discussion came to a conclusion. The man who spoke first took Song You to Huangsha Mountain, while the others continued forward.
Swallows flew lightly through the air, following the Taoist.
"There are birds..."
"It should be beaten down!"
"I eat beans, moles and rabbits every day. I haven't eaten bird meat in a long time."
"Me too."
The swallow flew higher unknowingly.
(End of chapter)
