Facing Jiang Tieshan's expectant eyes, Luo Hong said with a serious expression:
"Now that we have encountered it, we, the immortal cultivators, naturally cannot stay away from it.
Junior Nephew Qi, you immediately take your two junior brothers to the place where the boys and girls are imprisoned, and then ambush them on the spot.
When the monster appears, you can take action to eliminate it according to the situation."
"Yes, Uncle Luo!"
The three of them were in awe of Luo Hong, who was taciturn and often had a cold face. After hearing his order, they immediately saluted.
"Junior Sister Yingming, go and watch them, just in case."
After nodding slightly, Luo Hong turned his head and looked at Ying Mingdao beside him.
"Does this count as one time?"
"It doesn't count."
"Huh, stingy! But forget it, it won't cost much anyway."
This kind of errand, which does not even use 10% of her strength, will not give the human world a chance to extract her vitality, so Ying Ming doesn't care about doing a small favor.
After all, she didn't want to see anything happen to the three little guys, otherwise she would be back to the boring state of being alone with Luo Hong in the future.
"Uh, Immortal, why don't you come with us?"
Jiang Tieshan looked at Luo Hong with flashing eyes and said very worriedly.
In his opinion, among all the people, Luo Hong has the most noble demeanor, and the other immortal cultivators also treat him with respect, so he must be the one with the highest cultivation among the people.
But he had no intention of taking action at the moment. How could this not make Jiang Tieshan feel confused and anxious.
"When it's time to take action, Luo will take action. Shopkeeper Jiang, before the monster arrives, take Luo for a walk in the town."
After that, Luo Hong didn't care whether the other party answered or not, and walked eastward along the street.
"Ah this"
Looking up at the four people who had already raised their swords, Jiang Tieshan hesitated for a moment, then suddenly slapped his thigh, told his father to go back to the house in peace, and quickly followed Luo Hong.
"Chief Immortal, there is really nothing to see in this town. Everyone is very poor, and there are no spiritual mines nearby."
Jiang Tieshan was very puzzled by Luo Hong's behavior, and now he had the courage to persuade him.
"The monsters are causing trouble, but the residents of your town can remain calm. Everyone is huddled in their homes, worshiping Buddha and chanting sutras. Can this be used to drive away the monsters?"
Luo Hong ignored Jiang Tieshan's persuasion and asked alone.
Ordinary buildings and structures naturally could not stop Luo Hong's spiritual consciousness. Without much effort, he discovered that most of the mortals in the town were chanting sutras and worshiping Buddha in front of the Buddhist niches.
Even Jiang Tieshan's mother didn't show up just now because of this.
If it were Tiannan, this town would have been empty a long time ago. All the ordinary people would have to flee for their lives. How could they stay at home and wait for death?
"Chang Immortal, if it had been before, it would have been possible.
This has been extremely effective for as long as I can remember.
I remember one time my eldest brother fell ill. His body was alternately hot and cold, and he lost consciousness.
My mother knelt in front of the Buddhist shrine all night. Early the next morning, an eminent monk came to the house to cure my elder brother's illness.
At that time, I was young and didn't understand the truth very well, but now that I think about it, that eminent monk was actually a cultivator of immortality."
Jiang Tieshan showed a look of reminiscence and nodded involuntarily as he spoke.
"So that's it. Shopkeeper Jiang is now considered half a person in the world of immortality. He must have figured out the secrets, right?"
After hearing this, Luo Hong seemed to have expected it, but said calmly.
"Luo Immortal is overrated. I am a mere mortal, how dare I call myself half a person in the world of immortality.
However, Wu did realize something.
The temple outside the town is probably a place of spiritual practice, and those eminent monks who come to visit it should be from it."
Jiang Tieshan was too busy to say anything.
"So, the Buddhist cultivators in Xilingzhou take better care of ordinary people than monks like us. Why did Shopkeeper Jiang leave his hometown and go to Guangnan Mansion?"
Luo Hong continued walking without squinting, and noise gradually came from the front.
Jiang Tieshan was stunned by Luo Hong's question. He really hadn't thought about this question carefully. He wanted to use the excuse that it was impulsive, but decades of experience in surviving outside told him that this was not the real answer.
While they were thinking, the two of them had reached an intersection and saw a group of people gathering in a circle not far away on the left, making it very noisy.
"It must have been three days, right?"
"Not only that, it will be the fifth day after tonight!"
"I didn't expect that Shopkeeper Zhou looked so honest and had such a dirty heart that even the Buddha would not show up to save his daughter!"
"It's already evening, when will it be announced? Doing a good deed is so procrastinating, no wonder the Buddha doesn't like the Zhou family."
Listening to the comments in the crowd, Jiang Tieshan felt as if he had been hit hard. His body suddenly shook twice, and a layer of white sweat suddenly broke out on his vest.
Yes, he remembered.
He didn't just act impulsively to find the caravan and leave Xilingzhou, but he took the initiative to escape because he was inexplicably afraid.
He wants to escape, escape from this cage where he prays to Buddha when he is hungry, prays to Buddha when he is sick, and thinks of praying to Buddha for everything!
"Oh, what a will power factory, it feeds all the people to waste!"
Luo Hong shook his head, flicked out a stream of blue light, and then heard cries of joy coming from the room.
"Let's go, it's time to get down to business."
After saying that, Luo Hong took out a small spiritual boat, loaded Jiang Tieshan on it and fled outside the town.
In fact, as early as when he arrived, he felt that something was not right with the residents of the town.
After scanning the town with his spiritual consciousness, he found that most of the residents in the town were lifeless. It did not mean that they were physically weak, but that they were mentally decadent.
Each and every one of them looked numb!
It was precisely because he noticed such an abnormality that Luo Hong decided to stay and find out what was going on, lest he lose face even though the demon was eliminated.
But now it seems that this is not the work of monsters or evil cultivators, but the characteristics of Xilingzhou.
If you think about it carefully, it is actually not difficult to understand that Buddhist monks will not have an easier time practicing than monks of both good and evil paths, so they obviously have a purpose in being so willing to spend time on mortals.
Looking at the Buddhist practice system, the most distinctive feature is its use of the power of aspiration.
Another spiritual relic that is very characteristic of Buddhism, its main function is actually to absorb and store the power of aspiration, so that Nascent Soul Buddha can better utilize this power.
It can be said that the power of aspiration is one of the cores of the Buddhist cultivation system.
Unlike mana, wish power can be regenerated, but it is used less.
As a Buddhist and Taoist sect that has stood for tens of thousands of years, it is natural that the Leiyin Sect has the means to collect wishes on a large scale.
Although Luo Hong couldn't stand it, it was hard to say anything. After all, if someone was willing to do good deeds by treating illnesses and providing soup, there was no reason for him to stop him!
Furthermore, the Leiyin Sect's system does not block all roads. As long as ordinary people have enough enterprising spirit, they can naturally wake up and jump out of the framework.
Luo Hong felt unhappy because he came from an era where everyone was respected as a dragon, and most of the mortals under the Leiyin Sect were happy to do so.
If he tries to dissuade him, people will most likely scold him for meddling in his own business!
On the other hand, Luo Hong also obtained an important piece of information.
Willing power is like evil spirit. Generally, there is a source of blame and a debtor, so it is not easy for an individual to collect it.
Low-level Buddhist cultivators have little demand for vows and can still use inefficient methods such as door-to-door service to collect them, but high-level Buddhist cultivators obviously cannot.
Therefore, the role of relics in absorbing the power of unclaimed wishes comes to the fore.
It is precisely for this reason that Buddhism has to fabricate a Buddha. After all, once the power of aspiration falls on a living being, the law does not allow it to be transferred easily.
Based on this reasoning, a considerable part of the relics accumulated by the Pure Land Sect over tens of thousands of years should be scattered in temples around major mortal towns within its sphere of influence.
Silently, Luo Hong knew what to do next.
On the other side, on a barren mountain outside the town, government officials were escorting fifty pairs of boys and girls toward the Maple Leaf Temple, which was originally very popular.
The parents of these young children fell hundreds of feet away. There were nearly two hundred men and women, far more than the government officials, but no one dared to step forward and take back their children.