What's more important is that there is a little girl sitting on the toad's back.
The clear and sweet singing voice just now was produced by the little girl.
Seeing Duan Zhenghou looking blankly at the toad in the distance, the young man beside him thought that Duan Zhenghou was frightened.
In fact, outsiders who have just arrived in the town will be more or less shocked by the size of the toad.
On the contrary, the residents in the small town are used to it and take it for granted.
"Don't be afraid, Mr. Duan. Although that frog looks a bit big, it is very docile and obedient and will not eat people!" the young man said with a smile.
frog?
Or does it just look a little big?
Duan Zhenghou looked at the young man with a puzzled look, "Aren't you surprised by such a big... frog?"
He is a monk, and he has seen monsters bigger than this toad. The reason why he was surprised just now was purely accidental.
After all, ordinary monsters rarely appear in secular towns.
"I used to have some, but then I got used to it!"
The young man smiled.
The people in the town grew up watching the toad. When the toad grew to be about the same size as a puppy, they were a little surprised, but they didn't think much about it.
It wasn't until the toad grew to be as big as a big dog that the residents of the town discovered that there was something different about the toad raised by the mayor.
At that time, this incident became a topic of conversation among the town residents after dinner.
Fortunately, the toad raised by the mayor is very docile, and the toad was raised by Xiao Xibao, who can bring blessings to people, so the residents of the town did not feel disgusted with the toad.
Nowadays, some people are even curious about how big the toads in the mayor's house can grow.
Duan Zhenghou couldn't help but look up at the giant toad.
This toad has an aura comparable to that of the Immortal Infant Dzogchen.
Although the little girl on the toad's back had restrained her aura, he could still vaguely feel that the little girl was a monk in the foundation building stage.
To be able to practice to the foundation building stage at such a young age, one must either have extremely high spiritual root qualifications or have a huge cultivating family behind him.
Duan Zhenghou was about to ask which family the little girl belonged to, but the young man beside him raised his hand and greeted the little girl riding a toad.
"Little Xibao!"
The toad suddenly stopped.
Little Xibao poked out his little head from the toad's back and blinked his big bright eyes.
"Hello Uncle Shitou!"
Little Xibao greeted the strong young man politely.
"Where have you been?" the young man laughed.
"I just went to give my mother a barbecue!" Xiao Xibao's voice was childish and pleasant.
"Barbecue, it must be delicious!" the young man said again.
"Hmm, it's delicious!"
Little Xibao connected the dots with his little head, looking like he agreed very much.
"Uncle Shitou, I want to go home, so I won't talk to you anymore!"
Little Xibaoke still wanted to rush home to have barbecue, so he said goodbye to the young man and then hummed a little tune while riding a toad back home.
The strong young man smiled as he watched the toad go away.
"I wonder which family this little girl comes from?" Duan Zhenghou asked curiously.
"This is the little daughter of our mayor's family. She is very cute and sensible. There is no one in our town who doesn't like this child." The young man said with a smile.
really!
Duan Zhenghou glanced at the toad going away with complicated eyes.
Raising a Nascent Soul Dzogchen Demonic Beast, being able to refine the Xuantian Spiritual Treasure, and the magic circle in this town undoubtedly told him that the mysterious monk living in seclusion in this town was the mayor.
Moreover, he could conclude that the mayor's cultivation level was extremely high, but he didn't know exactly how high it was.
Later on the road, Duan Zhenghou wanted to know something about the mayor from the young man beside him, but he knew better than to ask directly.
Therefore, I first asked about the name of this strong young man.
This young man's surname is Wang, his given name is Shi, and his nickname is Shitou, but people who are familiar with him usually call him that.
Seeing that the time was right, Duan Zhenghou asked about the mayor's affairs sideways.
But what he didn't expect was that after he just asked, Wang Shi told him the mayor's deeds like he was pouring beans on him.
When the mayor was the village chief, the village had a bumper harvest every year, and he became a famous lucky little village chief in the village.
After that, he was always willing to help others. He helped people in the village treat their illnesses, opened an academy, and made the village better and better.
Especially for the town to become what it is today, the mayor must have contributed a lot.
The more Duan Zhenghou listened, the more interested he became in the mysterious mayor.
A dignified monk actually does so many things for mortals. What is he trying to do?
But from Wang Shi's respectful and admiring eyes, Duan Zhenghou knew that the mysterious mayor was very popular among the people in the town.
"That's the archway of our town, and the words on the archway were written by our mayor!"
Wang Shi raised his hand and pointed in the distance.
Duan Zhenghou raised his eyes and suddenly froze on the spot.
I saw a majestic, tall and magnificent archway standing in the distance.
There are three words engraved on the top of the archway, "旮旯城", and the stone pillars on both sides also have a couplet, which reads, "The sea is boundless and the sky is the shore, and the mountain is the top and I am the peak."
These words instantly echoed in Duan Zhenghou's mind one by one. Every word, every stroke, and every stroke was full of majesty, and there was also a faint...
"The way to refine weapons?"
Duan Zhenghou was shocked in his heart.
That's right, the words in front of you not only contain endless Confucianism and Taoism, but also the true meaning of weapon refining is engraved on the words.
"Master Duan also studies calligraphy?"
Seeing Duan Zhenghou staring blankly at the archway, the young man did not show any surprise.
After all, students from the town's academy and scholars from outside often come to the memorial arch to observe the mayor's calligraphy.
According to them, the mayor's calligraphy skills were at least among the top ten in the Wei Dynasty.
"Brother Wang, do you think this word was written by your mayor?"
Duan Zhenghou suppressed the shock in his heart and looked at Wang Shi.
"Yeah, how is it? Our mayor's calligraphy is pretty good, right?"
Wang Shi looked quite proud. You should know that even officials from the county would often come to appreciate the calligraphy written by their mayor.
Duan Zhenghou nodded in agreement.
Before, he guessed that the mysterious monk living in seclusion in the small town had the lowest level of cultivation in the combined stage, and he even thought that he might be a Mahayana monk.
But after seeing the words in front of him, he was not sure.
But he can be sure of one thing.
That is to say, the monk who lives in seclusion in a small town is definitely an unparalleled hermit master.
"Perhaps the mayor doesn't bother to come out to meet him?"
Duan Zhenghou smiled bitterly inwardly.
Before, when he stepped into the town, he found that there was a monk living in seclusion in the town, but he didn't even say a word of greeting. He felt a little unhappy.
After all, monks generally live in seclusion somewhere. If a monk from outside passes by, they must either send a message to them or come out to meet them.
It is a bit rude to refuse to come out even though you know that outsiders are coming.
However, this would only happen if the other person's cultivation level is equal, or if the other person's level of cultivation strength is higher than yours.
If the monks who live in seclusion are extremely advanced, who would lower their status and come out to meet a junior?