Nancheng, the capital of Zhao.

In Nancheng Market, in an open space that is neither too big nor too small, there is a small temple with an area of ​​less than half an acre - the Tutu Temple.

There are many earth temples in the Zhao territory of the Divine Continent. Almost every city, every town, and even larger villages will build their own temples.

The people of Zhao State worshiped earth temples, which were mostly small sacrificial places built spontaneously. They were not large in area, with a radius of three to four feet. However, earth temples in towns were mostly built by the government, and their scale was naturally larger than elsewhere.

It is used for the people in the city to burn incense, offer sacrifices and pray for blessings, etc.

The god worshiped in the Earth Temple is naturally the Earth God.

The three states of East, Central, and Ze in the southern part of the mainland have fertile land and crisscrossed water networks. The people are mainly engaged in farming, so naturally they have special respect for the land. The so-called "soil can produce all things, and the land can bring out thousands of auspiciousness" is the beautiful saying.

It reflects the people's respect for the earth.

The earth produces grains, which are the "food and clothing parents" of the people, so people worship the land and pray for a good harvest in the coming year. As a place where people gather to worship the earth god, the earth temple naturally prospers accordingly.

According to the folk customs of Zhao State, whether you are going out for business, planting in spring or harvesting in autumn, or starting construction, you must go to the Earth Temple to worship, hoping that the Lord of the Earth will bless you and grant good luck. Even after a person dies, before he is buried in the earth, he must pay homage to the Earth.

A dojo is built in front of the temple, and three sticks of green incense are burned before being laid to rest.

It can be seen from this that the people of Zhao have great respect for the land god or the land.

Therefore, the earth temple in the south corner of the street, which is less than half an acre in radius, has never been extinguished.

Although the incense has never been cut off in Nancheng Tutu Temple, and people come to burn incense and pray for blessings from time to time, but they are only in twos and threes, and it cannot be considered a prosperous place.

But now, the front of the Earth Temple is overcrowded and blocked, and the people are praying in awe. If you ask why this is so? It's just because the Earth Temple has appeared!

Beyond the yellow wall of the temple, which is one person high, the courtyard is already filled with people kneeling and praying devoutly. In the worship hall, the statue of Lord Tutu has long since disappeared! There are only tributes in front of the incense table and substitutes for Lord Tutu.

A Taoist priest in Qingyi.

The Taoist in green clothes is sitting cross-legged on his head with a majestic appearance, and the colorful glow behind him is shrouding his body. It seems that the Taoist is quite young. He wears a black mask on his head and holds a snow-white fluffy whisk like a dog's tail!

The whisk sways from side to side from time to time, shaking away the light and misty clouds wrapped around it. It really looks like a fairy and a master!

And this person is naturally the protagonist of the city gate sea arrest notice, Taoist Ergou!

Ordinarily, notices of sea arrests have been posted all over the city, so the Ergou Daoist should be careful where he goes. But I never thought that not only did he not hide, but he didn't care. When he came to the bustling south city of Zhao Capital, he simply regarded the sea arrest orders as if they were nothing.

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Taoist Ergou does not take the government into consideration, and often wanders around thinking he is a Taoist immortal. Strange to say, the people believe everything they see and even prevent the government from arresting him! In addition, Taoist Ergou's whereabouts are erratic and elusive.

There was nothing the government could do against him for the time being.

No, Taoist Ergou actually appeared majestically in this earth temple, and an immortal appeared.

Secretly glancing at the people below who were constantly paying homage, Taoist Ergou suddenly felt interesting. He pretended to be peaceful: "...I have temporarily borrowed the land of the Immortal Friends Temple for a long time.

People only want to inherit my mantle and cultivate the road to immortality..."

After hearing that the 'immortal' had discovered the immortal sound, he wanted to find a destined person to become his disciple. Immortality and so on... all the people suddenly became excited! I wonder, who doesn't want to live forever?

I saw a fat man dressed in silk and satin, with a round body, hugging his big belly in surprise, and humming: "Shangxian! I am the round person you are looking for! What do you think of my disciple?

I have been waiting for you to come so smoothly...!"

When Taoist Ergou saw the round and jiggling belly outside the fat man, he immediately grinned and praised: "There are indeed 'round' people..."

Hearing this, the fat man wanted to bow down happily, but Taoist Ergou continued: "However, your qualifications are mediocre, and it is difficult for you to reach the path of immortality..."

The fat man suddenly sat on the ground like a deflated rubber ball! When the strong man next to him saw this, he secretly exclaimed that an opportunity had come, so he hurriedly pushed the fat man out of the way, buried his head and bowed: "Shangxian

, Immortal! Look at me!"

The strong man straightened up and kept beating his strong chest, making a thunderous "dong dong" sound, which shocked the people around him and avoided him!

When Taoist Ergou, who was sitting cross-legged in the mist, saw him, his eyes widened in surprise. He unconsciously reached out and scratched his thin chest, muttering unhappily in his heart, 'Is this guy here to humiliate Ergou?

?snort...'

At this moment, the strong man who had no idea was saying proudly: "Sir, I have been working hard all year round, and my qualifications are not equal at all. You see..."

As he spoke, he actually pulled off his shirt, exposing his muscular upper body, and at the same time bent his arms!

When the biceps on both arms bulged high, he actually raised his eyebrows at Taoist Ergou!

When Taoist Ergou saw him, he took a deep breath and his hair stood on end!

I saw him hurriedly waving his fly whisk, pointing towards the outside of the courtyard and exclaiming: "Look, flying man!"

"Flying Man?!" Upon hearing this, all the people turned their heads to watch in unison.

But at this moment, Ergou Taoist figure had phantomed down at a very fast speed, shouting: "Let's go~!"

As he spoke, he raised his foot and kicked the strong man who turned his head away from the courtyard!

The common people looked at the figure flying over their heads, wrapped in light clouds and mist, and suddenly exclaimed!

After Ergou Taoist kicked him, without any pause, he returned to his original position and sat cross-legged as before! Seeing that the people in the courtyard had turned their heads in discussion, he waved his hand slightly and said calmly: "Just now

But if a fairy friend passes by, there is no need to be surprised."

Seeing everyone's expressions of relief, Taoist Ergou continued: "If you want to join me and achieve immortality, I will never accept someone with mediocre qualifications..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw a plump woman praying devoutly and saying in a voice like a hundred spirits: "Exalted Immortal, do you think this little girl's qualifications are average?"

Listening to the numbing voice and looking at the woman kneeling in front of him, with her front and back bulging, Taoist Ergou suddenly became short of breath and said in a trembling voice: "It's not fair... it's not fair! Extremely high... extremely high!"

When the woman heard this, she immediately raised her head happily and said, "Sir, if you are willing to accept this little girl as...! Oh, Shangxian! You are bleeding!"

At this moment, Taoist Ergou was sitting upright in the misty clouds, with nosebleeds gurgling from his nostrils half-covered by his mask!

Taoist Ergou can be said to have quick reactions and is calm in every situation. He has encountered these exciting and embarrassing moments all the time.

I saw him calmly reaching out to wipe away the nosebleed, and pretending not to care, he raised his head and smiled: "~This Taoist priest saw that you are extremely qualified, and my heart was filled with joy and blood. A little nosebleed is normal..."

"Yes...it's normal!" When the people heard this, they all smiled and nodded.

At the same time, they also looked at this plump woman with envy, especially the annoying "extremely high" part. Obviously, Immortal Ergou wanted to accept this "extremely high" woman as a disciple.

Inside the Earth Temple.

Just when Taoist Ergou was ‘accepting disciples’, a figure suddenly jumped onto the wall of the Earth Temple without any sound!

She was dressed in fancy clothes, wearing a small purple bamboo hat, which vaguely covered her eyes. Her exposed delicate nose, small cherry mouth, and petite figure all showed that she was a girl of about fourteen years old.

Girl. Under this girl's purple bamboo hat, there is a red headband about three feet long, floating out in the wind, bathing in the sun.

If Luo Yu were here, he would be able to recognize at a glance that this young girl is his sword attendant Xiaofan! As for why Xiaofan appeared here alone? That is not known.

Xiaofan noticed at a glance that Taoist Ergou was hiding in the Earth Temple! She immediately reached out and pointed at Taoist Ergou, and shouted: "Ergouzi, look where you are running!?"

Taoist Ergou immediately raised his head when he heard this. When he saw the figure of Xiaofan standing on the wall, he immediately jumped off the altar with a strange cry: "Why is this little aunt chasing you again?"

When Xiaofan saw that he was about to run away, how could he let him go? In an instant, under the surprised eyes of the people in the courtyard, she jumped up and ran towards Taoist Ergou: "You still want to run away?"

Seeing that the situation was urgent, Taoist Ergou immediately called out to the people around him and pointed angrily at Xiaofan who was chasing him: "Little girl, you are so unreasonable to this immortal for a reward of silver? That's fine... For the sake of your young age, I won't be with you.

Your general knowledge..."

With that said, he turned into an afterimage and flew away outside the courtyard! At this moment, Xiaofan just landed in the courtyard.

Seeing that the Taoist Ergou was about to run away again, she immediately became angry, stamped her feet and started to chase him again!

But at this moment, people who didn't know the truth gathered around her, pulled her back and questioned her!

"How can you, a little girl, be rude to an immortal?"

"Yes! You are so young and you are so greedy for money..."

How could Xiaofan pay attention to them? He broke away from the aunts and uncles and continued to hunt for Taoist Ergou.

But at this moment, a plump woman with heavy makeup rushed next to her! The woman looked weak, but her arms tightly hugged her head! And her chest was constantly squeezing Xiaofan, who had difficulty breathing, and she was resentful at the same time.

Said: "You return my master..."

Obviously, Xiaofan didn’t expect that the ‘qualification’ gap between the two women would be so big!? He was caught off guard and almost died of depression...!

...

a moment ago.

At this moment, Luo Yu, who was dressed as a scholar in civilian clothes, happened to turn around an alley and saw the overcrowded Earth Temple not far away. Seeing this, he suddenly raised the corner of his mouth, thinking that the two Taoist priests should still be inside.

But just when he was about to take a step forward.

Suddenly! Only an afterimage was seen flying out of the Earth Temple in an instant. Then the afterimage moved back and forth, seeming to be escaping towards the distant city wall!

Luo Yu's eyebrows suddenly condensed, and he snorted: "You are trying to hack me everywhere, and you still want to run away?"

Before he finished speaking, he took a step forward and instantly turned into an afterimage and a stream of light flying after him.

...

Wanren Mountain, the forbidden land of the Mo family.

From the entrance of the Mo family's forbidden area to the secret room where Jiucunxin is, there is a winding passage about nine feet long. Even though the passage is only nine feet short, it is heavily restricted by barriers, making it difficult for outsiders to break through.

enter....

At this time, the ancestor of the Mo family, Mo Lai, who had cultivated in the late stage of Shenying, was sitting cross-legged at the entrance of the cave, wearing an old and faded lavender gown.
To be continued...