Before the green light came, the monk seemed unwilling to give up and kept insisting: "Young man, good deeds will be rewarded with good deeds. If you form a good relationship, you will definitely be rewarded with good deeds."
Aguan responded casually: "What good reward?"
The monk was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "If you form a good relationship, the gods will protect you from all diseases..."
"Is there such a rule in heaven?" Aguan looked back at Lin Shan.
"Never." Lin Shan smiled bitterly and shook her head.
"Little sister, you are wrong..." The monk heard what Lin Shan said and wanted to speak again. Before he finished speaking, the red light turned green, Aguan stepped on the pedal, and the stone fire wheel flew away. The monk was originally kind. His expression suddenly became much stiffer.
"It's so boring -" Aguan complained to Atai on his mobile phone.
It has been more than ten hours since I returned from Dongtian to the Second Stronghold in the morning.
Aguan was assigned to the second stronghold in the central part. It was a high-rise building in the central town. It was similar to the third stronghold in the northern part, but larger. It was a large house of about thirty square meters.
Atai and Liupo were sent to the third stronghold in the central part, only five kilometers away from the second stronghold. Aguan had nothing to do in the building of the Second Stronghold, and the main operation did not assign a single task. He just asked Aguan to quietly recuperate and have a good rest.
Lin Shan originally wanted to take Aguan out for a walk to relieve his boredom, but the main camp issued an order for the resourceful Lin Shan to rush to the south to support Taibai Star and Yinghuo Star. Lin Shan, who received the order, although she was reluctant, immediately set off south.
As a result, only one backup position, Tai Sui, was left at the Second Stronghold.
In fact, there are not as many disputes in the central part as there are in the north and the south. Most of the evil gods here are scattered small evil gods and do not have large-scale organizations. The second stronghold is just to allow the backup Tai Sui to have free time and safety. You can just take care of your tasks. The main reason for this arrangement was naturally to avoid any accidents happening to the backup Tai Sui.
"Wow!" Artest was not feeling well either. On the other end of the phone, he waved his right hand and said, "I heard that you have come back from Wonderland. You can also go to Wonderland for sightseeing. I've been writing so many talismans in the past two days. Cry!"
The two chatted for a while, made an appointment, and planned to go out.
Ten minutes later, Aguan rode a stone fire wheel to the agreed-upon location, which was under a striking fast food restaurant.
Artai was squatting on the ground with a cigarette in his mouth, his eyes sweeping across every young woman who walked past him like lightning. If he sees a girl he is satisfied with, Artest will blow out a smoke ring towards the girl's back. If he is not satisfied, he will shake his head and blow out the smoke.
"Are you bored?" Aguan couldn't help but park the Stone Fire Wheel in the parking space outside the fast food restaurant.
Aguan was about to walk into the fast food restaurant when he saw Atai still squatting and staring at a middle-aged monk not far away with disdain in his eyes.
"Fuck! Here we go again!" Artai muttered to himself as he stood up. A girl of seventeen or eighteen years old happened to walk past him.
"Wow -" Artai inhaled the fragrance and was intoxicated when he saw that the girl was walking in the direction where the monk was praying for alms.
Artai made a humming sound from his mouth and suddenly said "fuck". As expected, the girl was stopped by the monk.
"Damn!" Artest scolded and strode after him.
Aguan didn't know what was going on, so he followed him. Then he remembered that when he came back from the cave today, he also met a monk who was asking for alms.
The monk, like the previous monk who asked for alms from Aguan, had a smile on his face and said skillfully: "Miss, let's make a good relationship..."
The girl was at a loss, shook her hand and wanted to leave.
The monk still did not give up, and continued: "Good deeds will be rewarded with good deeds, and forming good relationships will be rewarded with good deeds..."
Aba pretended to be weird, staggered to the monk, pulled the monk's corner, and said unclearly, "Ah Ah ⋯ ⋯ ⋯ ⋯ ⋯ ⋯ ⋯ ⋯ ⋯ ⋯ ⋯ ⋯ ⋯ ⋯ ⋯ 阿 阿 阿⋯⋯”
The monk was taken aback and didn't know how to respond.
Atai shook the monk's arm more vigorously and said: "Monk... you are so kind... so compassionate... I haven't eaten for several days... I'll give you a few dollars..."
The girl was stunned for a moment and took the opportunity to leave.
A trace of anger flashed across the monk's face, and he waved his hand, trying to get rid of Atai.
At this time, the red light on the opposite street turned green, and a crowd of people had already arrived.
"I'm so hungry -" Artest pointed at Aguan and said, "Look at my brother... he's sick and has a fever, his brain is burned out... he doesn't have money for medical treatment..."
Aguan and Atai have been getting along for a long time, and they already have a perfect understanding of each other. They also said "um um ah ah" a few times, showing a look of dementia.
"What are you doing?" The monk shook Atai away, straightened his cassock, and walked across the street.
Aguan looked at the monk's back and then noticed that the cassock on the monk's body was different from the red and yellow of ordinary monks, but bright seven colors. He remembered that the monk he met earlier was also wearing this colorful cassock, which seemed particularly eye-catching.
"Grandma told me that these guys are liars who specialize in defrauding people of money. They used the money to build beautiful temples and buy beautiful cars, but they never did any good deeds..." Atai whispered to Aguan.
"Then it's the same as before..." Aguan chuckled.
"Fuck!" Artest groaned, "I've changed my ways!"
Suddenly, a burst of yellow smoke rolled up in front of their eyes, and a short mother-in-law wearing a gray robe appeared in front of them.
"I've been looking for you, sir, for a long time!" The mother-in-law stretched her body and sounded a little unhappy.
Artest took two steps back and said in surprise: "What kind of monster?"
The mother-in-law yelled angrily: "What kind of monsters!"
Seeing the old woman's figure and the wooden staff in her hand, Aguan quickly asked, "Is he the God of the Earth?"
"Yes!" The mother-in-law nodded.
"What happened?" Aguan asked.
"The Jade Emperor sent me to assist you and jointly guard the second stronghold, but you sneaked out to play by yourself." Tutu Po said.
"Ah, I'm sorry, I didn't know you would come. I was so busy in the stronghold that I came out for a walk..." Aguan quickly apologized. "Grandma Land, what should we call you?"
"Chives." The landlady replied.
Artai chuckled and said, "This landlady is so good. She speaks simply and neatly, not like that old potato who talks nonsense!"
Aguan pointed to the monk who was walking across the street to continue alms and asked, "Liao Cai, do you know who that person is?"
Liao Cai only glanced at him twice and replied casually: "Oh, that's an ordinary mortal sect. It has become famous in the past two years, with many believers and a lot of property."
Aguan and Atai had nothing to do anyway, so they went to a fast food restaurant and ordered some takeaway meals. They brought leeks to the park and chatted about this strange sect while eating.
Leek doesn't talk much, but he is quite interested in the Mortal Burger. He eats it big and talks a few words here and there. Aguan listened hard, asked questions when he didn't understand, and finally pieced together the whole story.
It turns out that the alms monk belongs to a new sect in central China - the "True Immortal Sect". The leader claims to be the "Supreme God of the Nine Heavens". He has the magical power of the Nine Heavens, can go up to the world, and is omnipotent.
Unlike the evil gods that Aguan had encountered, the Nine Heavens Supreme God was just a mortal. With his sharp tongue, he deceived a large number of believers into donating money to him willingly. After three or five years, he actually accumulated hundreds of millions in property.
"Isn't that a magic stick?" Aguan frowned and said.
"Yes." Leek nodded.
"Since he is a magic stick, why haven't the gods dealt with it?" Aguan asked puzzledly.
"Sir, I don't understand what you mean." Liao Cai looked at Aguan.
"I mean, since the gods knew that those guys were magicians, why didn't they interfere and instead allowed these magicians to cheat the common people by cheating them of food and drink?" Aguan explained.
"People are stupid and have no choice but to be deceived." Liao Cai was expressionless before laughing.
Aguan was stunned, but Liancai continued: "Sir, it has been thousands of years since the gods created humans. Mortals have already had a complete social organization. Mortals should take care of their affairs. Heaven does not interfere in mortals' private affairs. This has been the rule for many, many, many years."
Leek continued: "Gods give wisdom to mortals so that they can think; mortals who cannot think must also learn to think. Although gods have the responsibility to protect mortals, it does not include taking care of their shit and peeing for them."
"That's right..." Aguan seemed to understand, nodded and looked at the sky.
After finishing their burgers, Aguan and Artest chatted for a while before returning to their respective bases.
Another day passed, and Aguan got up very early in the morning. In the past few days, due to the strongest cold wave since the new year, Aguan stood in the cold bathroom, his hands and feet were uncomfortable with the cold.
