Zhixu Sanren suddenly laughed sadly, and then quickly covered his mouth and returned to normal. He said: "In the past, the forest rangers would bring back some sick villagers. Those villagers had skin diseases, and I kept them." They will be treated in the Taoist temple and will not leave until the illness is cured.
Don't worry, these patients generally don't go out, so you don't have to worry about being infected. "
Bai Huo nodded and asked no more questions.
The Taoist temple has a quiet environment, with a faint scent of sandalwood floating in the air. The old trees in the courtyard are tangled with roots and are cleaner than the Taoist temple they entered at the beginning.
There were almost identical statues of gods enshrined in the hall, surrounded by incense and candles. Su Qingyu noticed that the monkey statue here had a kind face and was sitting on the shrine.
After Su Qingyu and Bai Huo get the remaining blank tickets, they need to patrol according to the rules.
Even during the day, there was still no light coming through the woods.
The dense dark green canopy blocks the sky and the sun, and the shadows of the trees are intertwined and twisted, like a nightmare extending into the real world.
Walk along the path in the woods.
In the dark corner, there seemed to be countless pairs of eyes watching them.
As you walk into the woods, you can see many signboards.
It seems to be left by the villagers living in the mountains.
The arrows on those signboards were horizontal and vertical, pointing in different directions.
Su Qingyu took a closer look and found dark red writing at the bottom of some signs. She used the light on her mobile phone to read the words clearly.
It says "Beware the Moonlight!"
Bai Huo observed the road ahead and said: "There are two forked roads ahead. We can judge from the footprints on the ground. The one on the left is more likely to lead to the village."
He judged it from the width and footprint of the road.
"The rules mention four villages, one for birth, old age, sickness and death. The hilltop village we are in is a sickness village. The rules say that each village has different customs. We need to be careful."
Bai Huo frowned slightly: "The first rule also mentions faith. Is it asking us to believe in the Monkey God?"
Bai Huo is a Taoist priest. He has his own beliefs and cannot change them.
Su Qingyu is an atheist.
[Monkey God Mountain] Ranger Rules (3) Article 1.
[The Monkey God is the patron saint of the mountains. Faith can keep you alive well. 】
Su Qingyu said: "The first rule is a bit strange. The first half of the sentence says that the monkey god is the patron saint of the mountains, and the second half of the sentence says that faith can keep us alive.
But these two sentences are separated by a period. He only said that faith can help us survive well, but did not tell us that we must believe in the Monkey God.
Maybe in this mountain, as long as you have faith, you can find shelter. "
If this is really the case, Bai Huo has a firm belief and is relatively safe, while Su Qingyu is more dangerous than Bai Huo.
On weekdays, Su Qingyu is most willing to believe in herself.
Bai Huo tilted his head, and with a voice like a lyre, he asked: "Does Miss Su have faith?"
"It didn't happen before, but now it does."
Su Qingyu is a pragmatist. Since the rules say that faith can improve survival rate, Su Qingyu has to develop a faith for herself.
"My most devout belief is the God of Wealth."
She clasped her hands on her chest, her long eyelashes drooped, and her words were extremely sincere.
"My most beloved God of Wealth, I am his most loyal believer. I am willing to burn incense and pray every day, just asking him to look at me twice more."
"This..." Bai Huo didn't know what he should say for a moment, "Girl, the so-called faith should be the most pious emotion in the heart, and it should not be mixed with too much utilitarianism."
"This is not a sudden thought, it is a true belief and the most pious emotion.
Let's put it this way, when I usually check my phone, whenever I encounter an event to pick up the God of Wealth, I will post it in the barrage every time, and I will never miss it. It's very sincere, okay? "
Baihuo:......
Su Qingyu said it eloquently: "Beliefs these days need to keep pace with the times. Burning incense and worshiping day and night is not necessarily the most sincere faith. People like me who usually worship when I see them on my mobile phone are more daily, combining faith with Life becomes one.”
"Miss Su, just say so." Bai Huo said in a calm voice, "May the God of Wealth bless you."
Su Qingyu laughed happily: "Haha, let me lend you some good words."
The two followed the mountain road to the sick village.
The big rocks at the entrance of the village are covered with moss.
Go into the village.
The village is filled with a dead atmosphere, the old trees are withered, and there are no leaves on the bare branches, as if the place has suddenly entered a gray-white winter. Overgrown with weeds and abandoned gates, the whole village looked desolate and desolate.
The doors of the villagers' houses were closed tightly, and Su Qingyu saw newly cut trees piled in some courtyards.
Su Qingyu raised her hand and pointed over there: "Bai Huo, look at those firewood, are they cut from the mountains?"
"Some are, some are not." Bai Huo grew up in the mountains, so he was very familiar with the plants in the mountains. He lowered his voice and said, "This is a trap. Some of the wood in it is from tree species found in the mountains, and some are not."
They need to identify the type of wood so they can issue a ticket.
Su Qingyu looked around and landed on the ancestral hall dedicated to the Monkey God at the city gate. No one had taken care of the ancestral hall for a long time. The walls were covered with wall-crawlers and the interior was full of dust and fallen leaves, making it a bit messy.
"The door of the ancestral hall has the most wood piled up, so let's start there."
"Okay." Bai Huo nodded.
They walked towards the ancestral hall.
From a distance, you can see several figures wearing white robes in the ancestral hall. The robes cover those people from head to tail, only revealing a pair of dark eyes.
In the center of the ancestral hall, there were two humanoid objects lying on the wooden frame, covered with white cloth. Several other villagers in white robes were throwing themselves on the wooden frame, crying sadly.
The monkey statue is enshrined high above the shrine, with a kind face, looking at everything from top to bottom.
At this time, someone shouted: "The new ranger is here!"
Those people in white robes rushed out one after another as if they had seen the savior.
——"Forest ranger! The ranger is here to help us treat our illnesses!"
——"Bless the monkey god, the new ranger is finally here!"
——"Wow, my son is finally saved! Let me just say, with the blessing of the Monkey God, those damn monkeys will not steal my son!"
People in white robes surrounded Su Qingyu and Bai Huo.
Each of them was talking, which gave Su Qingyu a headache.
Some even reached out and pulled.
Su Qingyu raised her hand, "Everyone, please be quiet. You'd better send a representative to speak out."
Those people were still talking nonsense.
"Yingluo." Su Qingyu called.
"As you command, Master."
Huge vines grew from Yingluo's body, surrounding Su Qingyu and Bai Huo in a circle, isolating them from the crazy mountain villagers.
