In the City of Miracles, a van left the bustling city.
The Southern Region not only has the ocean, but also endless mountains and rivers.
Among the five regions, the terrain and environment of the Eastern Region are the most even.
The Northern Territory is mostly composed of grasslands and snow-capped mountains, the Western Territory is deserts, plateaus and loess plateaus. The Central Territory is the smallest, with basically only bustling cities, while the Southern Territory is the richest area among the five territories.
It includes all five types of landforms: oceans, mountains, loess plateaus, plains, and rainforests. It is also the most vast among the five domains. ?.?????.???
Liu Chunliang took Ye Feng away from the City of Miracles, and the car drove all the way to the foot of a large mountain in the Southern Territory.
It is already one o'clock in the middle of the night. The nearby villages have long been turned into county towns. The mountains are very barren and there are almost no traces of people.
"Let's go, I don't know if that guy is still on the mountain."
After Liu Chunliang finished speaking, he took Ye Feng up the mountain.
The mountain road was winding and winding, and the two of them almost walked on the grass to reach the mountainside.
A slightly dilapidated but clean wooden bungalow courtyard appeared.
The courtyard was in darkness without any light, and seemed very quiet.
"Shen Shouyun! Open the door! Me!"
Liu Chunliang did not knock on the door, but shouted loudly.
The originally dark and silent courtyard suddenly lit up with a candlelight, and there was a creaking sound of the door opening. It should be that the people inside walked out of the bungalow.
"Junliang?"
A slightly hoarse voice came from behind the door, and then the door was opened. What appeared in front of Ye Feng and the two was a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties, but his hair was almost completely gray.
"Old Shen, why don't you turn on the light?"
Liu Chunliang asked with some confusion, while Shen Shouyun shook his head helplessly and said:
"Those who wanted to develop the mountain forced me to leave and dug up my wires. How could I turn on the lights without electricity?"
"No, I didn't see any trace of anyone else when I went up the mountain?"
"They cut off the electricity for me at the foot of the mountain. My health is getting worse and worse. It's hard to go down the mountain even once. There's nothing they can do about it. But fortunately, some friends in the county will regularly send me some daily necessities up the mountain. Otherwise, I can’t live this life anymore.”
As Shen Shouyun said this, he led the two of them into the courtyard.
After entering the courtyard, Ye Feng discovered that there was a temple in the courtyard, which occupied more than half of the bungalow courtyard.
Just now he thought this was a place where people lived, but now it seems that he is overthinking it.
In the living room of the wooden house, Shen Shouyun lit several oil lamps and the three of them sat on chairs.
Liu Chunliang took out a stack of red banknotes from his backpack, which amounted to one hundred thousand, and placed it on the table and pushed it to Shen Shouyun.
"Old Shen, as usual, you know."
"If it were before, I would have wanted this money, but now...it doesn't make sense."
Shen Shouyun smiled bitterly, shook his head, and returned the money to Liu Chunliang.
Liu Chunliang couldn't help but be startled when he heard this, and then he understood what he was talking about and said:
"The mountain god...is gone?"
"Um."
Shen Shouyun nodded, then sighed:
"The mountain god has protected the mountains and us as our backers for thousands of years, but now he has been almost forgotten by people. The alien monsters are in trouble. Because there are not many people who worship him, he is weak and still fights to protect us. The alien monsters have run away. , he also ran out of gas and energy, and all his last strength was used to hang on to my life."
Shen Shouyun was diagnosed with terminal cancer ten years ago. His life was saved by the mountain god when he was a child, so he began to live in the mountains to accompany the mountain gods in the last moments of his life. The temple in the courtyard is the mountain temple of this mountain.
God has a spirit and has been using his power to provide Shen Shouyun with vitality.
God has spirit, but the times are ruthless.
Due to the invasion of alien monsters and the rapid development of science and technology, the birds and animals in the mountains have almost disappeared, and people have gradually begun to forget this god.
God without faith will eventually die.
This is the case with the mountain god of this mountain.
Liu Chunliang sighed helplessly after hearing this.
"Chunliang, you should give this money to other people in need. There are many gods in China, and many folk gods have protected human beings. We cannot let them have no shelter from the wind and rain."
Shen Shouyun looked at the burning flame of the candle and smiled with a hint of sadness.
It is enough for me to live for so many more years.
Ye Feng looked at Shen Shouyun like an old man before he died and wanted to help, but was powerless.
A person has completed a life that he thinks is satisfactory. If he tries to reverse life and death, it will be counterproductive.
For him, this is the best ending in life.
"I'm going to another world to find the Mountain God. I'm really sorry that I can't stay with you tonight."
"It's okay. It will definitely be more comfortable if we go to a nearby county hotel for one night than staying here."
Liu Chunliang smiled and patted his old friend on the shoulder, then led Ye Feng out of the wooden house.
The breeze blew through the window and blew out the candle that Shen Shouyun had just brought in on the table.
The extinguishing of the fire also symbolizes the disappearance of a god.
Before Liu Chunliang walked out of the courtyard, he glanced at the mountain temple in the courtyard and couldn't help but raise his head and shout to the starry sky:
"Mountain God! You have done enough for mankind! Have a good rest!"
Ye Feng looked at Liu Chunliang, a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes.
A god disappears, what a ridiculous thing.
The power belonging to the mountain god floating in the mountains entered Liu Chunliang's body. The power was very weak but full of warmth.
The mountain god was born because of his faith, so even when he disappeared, he still loved the descendants of humans who once believed in him.
Ye Feng suddenly understood at this moment that Liu Chunliang might be a profiteer, but his tricks would only be used on rich people.
Taking money from rich people to do what he thinks is a good thing, this guy is really weird.
The two men went down the mountain very quickly.
Maybe Liu Chunliang was really sleepy, so the two of them stayed in the county hotel at the foot of the mountain for one night.
Early the next morning, Ye Feng was woken up by a knock on the door.
Liu Chunliang said he was going to the next place.
On the van.
Ye Feng was eating steamed buns while looking at his phone, while Liu Chunliang was eating steamed buns while driving.
"So you make so much money just to keep the gods in folk belief alive?"
"How should I put it? It's like business. The only gods that most people in China know are Taoism and Buddhism. The gods of local folk beliefs are gradually forgotten. They are also protecting one side and should not be forgotten.
As long as I have enough money, I can repair their temples, and then spend money to find people to spread their beliefs locally, so that they will not die. Once the alien monsters defeat humans, then they will be the last of mankind. protective umbrella. "
Liu Chunliang's words made Ye Feng couldn't help but be speechless. Unexpectedly, Liu Chunliang, who seemed the least serious, turned out to be the most serious person.
The van drove all the way to another county, but what Ye Feng did not expect was that the person they were looking for this time was Wan Tianle, a middle-aged, thin man who looked to be in his forties and ran a funeral supplies store.
Gao Hui held a cigarette in his mouth, looked at Liu Chunliang, blew out a puff of smoke and said:
"Chunliang, it's not that I won't help you. After all, if you have money, you won't be a bastard, but I can't help it. I'm really grateful that you helped me build the Patriarch's Palace before. I owe you a favor, but you asked me to transfer the people of our lineage It’s taboo to spread faith culture. You are a Dharma believer like me, so you should also understand this situation.”
"That's true of what you said, but I'm really worried. There are quite a lot of people in Lushan, and we are not the only ones who believe in the Patriarch, but you..."
"I know that too, but rules are rules."
Gao Hui patted Liu Chunliang on the shoulder and said that I understand the truth, but I really can't help it.
With a helpless sigh, Liu Chunliang and Gao Hui exchanged a few words and left the funeral parlor.
"That person just now is also a member of the folk teaching?"
Ye Feng asked curiously, while Liu Chunliang nodded and said:
"In the Yinshan Sect, the ancestors worshiped by this sect are also gods. They are almost the only ones in the family. If their inheritance is interrupted, I am afraid those gods will be like the mountain gods yesterday."
Ye Feng had also heard of the Yinshan Sect.
But it was just because I had heard of him that I was even more surprised.
"That's not right,
