The earth extends nine thousand feet from Yunhan to Han Dynasty, and the sky pillar extends seventy feet to the southeast.
There are seventy-two peaks in Hengshan Mountain. Looking up at the peaks from the bottom of the mountain, one peak comes into view, and there are two peaks above it, like two pillars reaching into the sky. Because the peak is tall and straight, shaped like a pillar, and has the feeling of supporting the sky and the earth, it is named Tianzhu Peak.
The demon's left leg was suppressed on the inaccessible Tianzhu Peak.
To be on the safe side, Zhang Xiu did not go directly to Tianzhu Peak to check the seal. Instead, he took Xia'er and the others to the Nanyue Emperor Temple on Zhurong Peak.
There was an old Taoist priest and three Taoist boys in the temple. The temple seemed a bit dilapidated. There was not even an incense table, and the statues also showed signs of damage.
Zhang Xiu walked into the temple, and the old Taoist priest came up to him excitedly: "Donor, do you want to pray for blessings first, or add money for sesame oil first?"
"Are you out of your mind because of poverty?"
Zhang Xiu glanced at the old Taoist priest in front of him who was asking for money without any pretense, and then looked at the three hungry Taoist boys with green eyes, and said with a lot of ridicule: "Let's eat first."
When Ao Xue heard about eating, she immediately became energetic. She stepped forward and placed a pile of bamboo shoots on the ground and said, "Zhang Xiu, let's eat bamboo shoots for lunch!"
Zhang Xiu looked at the big bamboo shoots on the ground and asked, "Where did you dig them from?"
Ao Xue said with a gesture of asking for credit: "There are many more outside the door of a temple. If they are delicious, I will dig them out again!"
The old Taoist priest's face twitched twice, and his expression became a little complicated: "It seems that the only Guanyin bamboo shoots in Putuo Temple on Hengshan Mountain can grow to such a big size..."
Zhang Xiu showed a relaxed expression: "Oh, it turned out to be a gift from Guanyin Bodhisattva, so I'm relieved."
Old Taoist priest: "..."
But I'm not worried!
The old Taoist priest was full of tangles, watching Zhang Xiu light a fire to cook, and skillfully used bamboo shoots to make four meat, four vegetarian and eight dishes.
Then he looked at the three little Taoist boys who were drooling. He sighed and said, "Eat."
Hearing the old Taoist priest speak, the three little Taoist boys immediately ran forward and joined Zhang Xiu and others in grabbing food.
After eating, Zhang Xiu looked at the sighing old Taoist priest and asked: "Old Taoist, how come there are only three little ones in such a big Nanyue Emperor Temple?"
The old Taoist priest shook his head helplessly, hesitated for a while, and finally explained: "There were originally seven or eight people, but five days ago, for some reason, overnight, they seemed to have changed, and they all went down the mountain to return to the world. "
"Before leaving, they divided all the property in the temple and smashed everything they couldn't take away. If I hadn't stopped them, they would have destroyed the statue of Emperor Nanyue."
Zhang Xiu frowned: "Even the temple was destroyed, didn't Emperor Nanyue show his spirit?"
The old Taoist priest smiled bitterly: "Old Taoist, I have lived in this temple for more than sixty years, and I have never seen Emperor Nanyue appear."
Zhang Xiu fell silent after hearing this, then arranged for Yan Feng to go down the mountain to buy rice and noodles, and settled down in the temple.
The situation was more serious than he expected. Those Taoist priests in the temple who suddenly returned to secular life were obviously influenced by the demon.
Emperor Nanyue has not appeared for many years. Thinking about the worst, something may have happened...
When Zhang Xiu was thinking wildly, suddenly, a voice sounded in his heart.
"There are so many sorrows for mortals. Instead of worrying about life, old age, illness and death all day long, it is better to follow your heart and do what you want to do."
Zhang Xiu was surprised and asked, "Who is talking?"
The voice said: "You don't have to worry about who I am. What do you want to do most now? I can give you the powerful power to fulfill your wish!"
Zhang Xiu thought for a while and said: "My wishes, I have a lot of wishes..."
The voice seemed a little surprised and said: "It doesn't matter if you have many wishes, as long as you have strong power, all of your wishes can be realized one by one!
All you have to do is open your heart and accept the power I give you! At that time, whether it is a title on the gold list or great wealth, everything will be at your fingertips! "
Zhang Xiu hesitated for a while, shook his head and said: "My wish cannot be realized with power. I want my wife's cooking skills to improve. Can you do it?"
"..."
After a moment of silence, the voice continued: "What are your other wishes?"
Zhang Xiudao: "I also want a magic lamp, the kind that can come true if I say my wish! Hey, are you still there? Why don't you speak?"
On the other side, Tianmo felt that the scholar he met was a bit unreliable and was too lazy to pay attention to Zhang Xiu anymore, so he found Xia'er who was meditating in the quiet room.
"Do you crave power?"
Xia'er heard the voice in her head, slowly opened her eyes, and said without sadness or joy: "No, I just want to improve my cooking skills."
Demon: "..."
Are you the wife of the scholar just now? !
Tianmo left with a confused heart and found Ao Xue lying on the bed, eating snacks and reading a storybook.
"Do you crave power?"
"You can have this!"
Ao Xue was stunned for a moment, then suddenly she had a flash of inspiration and took out an exercise book with a look of surprise on her face: "Help me finish these homework first, and let me see how powerful you are!"
"???"
Tianmo opened Ao Xue's exercise book and looked at it for a moment, then fell into silence.
I suspect you are deliberately trying to embarrass me!
I was really confused today. Every one of the people I met was normal, but not one of them was normal!
After a while, the demon left silently and came to Yan Feng's room.
"Do you crave power?"
"eager!"
"??!!"
The demon was stunned for a while, almost shouting with excitement, and asked quickly: "What kind of power do you desire?"
Yan Feng said with deep eyes: "I have a friend. His hobby is cutting down mountains and destroying temples. Therefore, he has many enemies. I want to have the power to protect him."
The demon laughed and said, "As long as you open your heart, I can impart this power to you."
Yan Feng said with some doubt: "Can the power you give me be able to defeat the Jade Emperor and Erlang God? Maybe also include Guanyin Bodhisattva, Queen Mother, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva..."
The demon's laughter stopped abruptly: "..."
By the time Yan Feng finished reporting the names of the three hundred and sixty gods, Buddhas and monsters, he could no longer think anymore.
This... has offended more gods than me. Am I the devil, or is your friend the devil?
Seeing the demon fell into silence, Yan Feng sighed slightly: "I already know the answer. It seems that the power you gave me can't defeat them, so why do I need your power..."
Tianmo took a deep breath and said seriously: "If you can, you should stay away from that friend of yours. This is for your own good."
Yan Feng said with a complicated look: "It's too late, he smashed the temple, and I set the fire..."
Demon: "@#￥%￥#@......"
(End of chapter)
