Chapter 10: Earth God Zou Qing

"General Guan, you can see it, Sand Barbarian Yu's life star is so bright? Impossible."

In fact, the star they saw at this moment was already dim, because it was already past the fifth watch, and the rising sun was about to rise.

The crescent moon had disappeared, the stars were hidden, and being able to be seen at this time proved it was very bright.

Qingsong Daoist boy turned his head to look at him, saying: "Before, you might have complained in your heart that for the sake of a tiny Sand Barbarian Yu, I, a little Daoist boy, drove the Great Shu's most elite Iron Cavalry Battalion to this bird-doesn't-shit place, and even let the dignified Cavalry Commandant lead the team personally."

"This little one wouldn't dare!" General Guan's face showed panic, immediately bowing his head to apologize to the Daoist boy for his crime with the "As if I were personally present" purple-gold tablet in his hand.

Qingsong Daoist boy smiled, saying: "You have resentment in your heart, which is human nature.

But this little Daoist wants to tell you that this little Daoist is not tossing you around.

This little Daoist is saving your lives, saving the millions of people of the Great Shu Kingdom.

If you hadn't come this time, at most in thirty years, Great Shu would face a crisis of national subjugation.

If Great Qin couldn't spare its hands, it would directly perish at the hands of the Sand Barbarians.

Oh, at that time, it wouldn't be the Sand Barbarians, or even the Sand Dune Kingdom, but the 'Western Sand Great Empire'."

"Western, Western Sand Great Empire... you... are you joking?" General Guan's face was full of absurdity.

The iron-clad cavalry behind them were all shocked, everyone shocked.

The old barbarian man in the leopard-skin skirt was also silently following at the very back; at this moment, he lowered his head, clenched his fists, and trembled all over.

Qingsong Daoist boy sighed: "From Hengsha Pass to here, it's more than two thousand miles in a straight line; even if this little Daoist is good at the Five Elements Escape Technique, I can only travel fifteen hundred miles a day (PS).

From yesterday afternoon, this little Daoist started rushing here, one afternoon plus one night, the escape technique didn't stop, didn't eat or drink.

This little Daoist is still far from becoming an immortal, also a flesh-and-blood mortal, will be tired and hungry.

Do you think this tossing is just to come over and joke with you?"

"Think carefully again, the Lu Kingdom has millions of households, hundreds of thousands of armored soldiers, and ten Human Immortals on the surface; when they formed the anti-Shu alliance, why did they personally find the sand dunes and even take the initiative to propose that the Sand Barbarian headman claim the title of King, recognizing the status of the 'Sand Dune Kingdom'?"

General Guan's expression shook, blurted out: "Could it be that the Lu Kingdom also has high people who saw the extraordinary nature of the Western Sand Barbarian tribe?"

Qingsong Daoist boy smiled: "The Lu Kingdom has immortals, and observing star charts and measuring national destiny is not a supreme supernatural power.

However, the Lu people considered more.

The Sand Dune Kingdom, which has the hope of transforming into the Western Sand Empire, is a threat to the Shu Kingdom in the south and a huge hidden danger to the Lu Kingdom in the west.

Pulling the Sand Dune Kingdom into the alliance not only utilized the power of the Sand Dune Kingdom, gathering the destiny of the Thirty-Six Countries in one place to serve the Lu Kingdom's ambition, but also consumed the essence of the Sand Dune Kingdom in the war, letting its vitality wither and national destiny decline—of course, I now know that the key to the Sand Dune Kingdom is Sand Barbarian Yu.

The Lu people didn't know at the time.

After the Thirty-Six Country Alliance successfully destroyed the Shu Kingdom, and after discovering that the star chart of the Sand Dune Kingdom's rise hadn't changed, the Lu Kingdom would inevitably use other means to deal with it."

"Unbelievable, unimaginable, knowing that my mere three hundred iron cavalry swept the ancestral land of the Western Sand Barbarians, and I didn't even draw my saber during the whole process..." General Guan muttered.

Qingsong Daoist boy sighed: "The affairs of the country are in sacrifice and war; the tiny Sand Barbarians are all complete."

He sighed, tidied his hair and Daoist robe, and bowed respectfully three times toward the wooden tablets and stone statues in the kiln.

After bowing, seeing General Guan still sitting high on the saddle with a look of incomprehension, Qingsong Daoist boy said indifferently: "Do you know who is enshrined in the kiln?"

"Should be Buddha?" General Guan thought for a while, then said: "Earlier the old barbarian man said that this place was dug by Sand Barbarian Yu, and she personally carved the Buddha.

Probably she also understood that her carving skills were terrible... really very terrible, later she didn't carve the Jade Emperor and the Three Pure Ancestors, just cut a few wooden tablets to represent the shrines of the Three Pure Ones and the Jade Emperor."

Speaking of this, he immediately woke up, hurriedly jumped off the horse, and learned from Qingsong Daoist boy to bow three times toward the inside.

Those who don't know are not blamed, but knowing what they represent and still being arrogant and rude is a great crime.

General Guan wasn't worried that the Buddha, Jade Emperor, and Three Pure Ones would notice this place... he truly felt that Sand Barbarian Yu was a blind person lighting a lamp; their Great Shu Kingdom's temples were more magnificent and the believers more devout, but when had the immortals and Buddhas ever manifested?

However, now that Qingsong Daoist boy was on the side, he only hated that he didn't have more opportunities to perform, and would never miss a stage to act.

"Sand Barbarian Yu has wisdom!" After General Guan finished the ceremony, Qingsong Daoist boy started sighing again, "When the Sand Dune barbarian tribe had only a few hundred people, there were only wild beast disasters.

If the tribe had hundreds of thousands, truly becoming a kingdom, it would inevitably attract the attention of nearby demon kings.

Struggling to develop for decades, only to have the entire population become the demon king's meal, too aggrieved, too pitiful."

General Guan complained in his heart: Why did the Lu Kingdom want to be a rebel? The counties and villages of the Lu Kingdom that turned into empty cities overnight and whose people were all taken by demon kings, didn't they build shrines and temples?

Immortals and Buddhas are definitely true, but whether worshipping them is useful... even the time to think about this question is a waste, better used to cultivate martial arts and develop military power; being strong yourself is the real strength.

"Ritual... etiquette!!" General Guan was truly shocked.

Qingsong Daoist boy chanted the true words, his hands forming seals, and finally pointed to the ground, "Boom~~~"

The muddy ground puffed out a cloud of grey-white smoke, and there was even the smell of charcoal fire and dishes in the smoke... like the smell of cooking in a kitchen.

But the smoke quickly dissipated, and the ground was empty.

General Guan curled his lips, a trace of a smile appearing on the corner of his mouth.

Qingsong Daoist boy's cute, baby-fat round face was covered in frost, and the killing intent hidden in his eyes surfaced again.

"By the Emperor's order, former Minister of Personnel of the Eastern Shu, Third-Class Scholar of the Great Qin Wenhui Hall, current Western Sand 'Heart Demon' Land God, Zou Qing, roll out to see me!"

Besides the tone being impolite and the attitude being stricter, Qingsong Daoist boy also took out a purple-gold tablet.

The tablet was almost as big as Qingsong's face, and I don't know where it was hidden before.

The front only had four cloud seals: As if I were personally present.

The back was a huge "Qin" character.

Seeing this tablet, even General Guan, who was uninvolved, was frightened, immediately prostrating himself on the ground, performing a five-body-to-the-ground salute.

What kind of general armor, inconvenient to salute... completely non-existent.

Not only prostrating, but his forehead was also sweaty, and his eyes couldn't hide his terror: Damn it, how could Qingsong little Daoist boy have this thing? What is he doing, what did he bring me here for? What is he going to do next?

He panicked.

All hardships are whetstones, all enemies are stepping stones.

Sha Man Yu is smart, has spirituality, but her luck is terrible, without a shred of heavenly favor."

General Guan was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized, and nodded repeatedly.

If she had heavenly favor, they wouldn't have come here... especially the little Daoist Qingsong; since he is here, she definitely won't be able to run away.

"Sigh, she actually still has quite a bit of heavenly favor; if it weren't for the Daoist arriving in time, this subordinate would already be a hundred miles away from Sha Qiu."

Daoist Qingsong didn't think so in his heart.

Not to mention a hundred miles away from Sha Qiu, even if the Iron Cavalry Battalion had already returned to Shu, with one word from this poor Daoist, you would still have to run another trip.

This poor Daoist will not be stingy with the saliva of ordering one sentence; anyway, it's not this poor Daoist who is being tossed back and forth.

Since the prophecy "Those who destroy Qin are the Hu" appeared fifty years ago, it was destined that from now on, all "foreign saints" and "foreign holy dynasties" would end in halfway premature deaths.

Great Qin will not perish, cannot perish!

Imprisoning the hidden dragon and cutting the dragon vein is the sacred duty of our Daoists; this poor Daoist swears to repay the national grace, ten thousand deaths without regret!

With his belief strengthened in his heart, a sharp murderous aura flashed in Daoist Qingsong's clear eyes.

It wasn't aimed at Sha Man Yu; his gaze looked forward, the murderous aura collected before it was revealed.

——There are those who eat Qin's salary and have betrayed the Human Emperor!

"This seems to be a temple, what is the Daoist doing here?" General Guan asked.

He had the Red Smoke Steed, and Daoist Qingsong was good at the Five Elements Escape Technique; in the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea, the two of them and one horse had run more than ten miles along the hills where the Sha Barbarians lived, finally stopping outside a dark earthen kiln.

If the river surface of the Liushahe is the baseline, the sand dune where the Sha Barbarians live is five hundred meters above sea level; it is the tallest among the hills stretching for hundreds of miles, but not the only hill.

This place is about two hundred meters above sea level, lower than the sand dune where the Sha Barbarians live; it is bare on top, with not many trees, and a hole was dug in a mountain hollow, like a kiln cave, but the cave is not deep; inside are enshrined several wooden tablets two meters high and half a meter wide, and a stone statue suspected to be a Buddha.

Previously, General Guan activated his Thousand-Mile Eye to sweep around, noticed this place, and saw the Buddha statue, so he called it a "temple".

The Sha Barbarians should have enshrined this place as a "shrine", with a large amount of smoke and fire traces on the earthen walls.

Messy animal bones still remained in the extinguished fire pit at this time.

"Sigh, the great affairs of the country lie in sacrifice and war; the small Sha Barbarians are actually fully equipped."

Daoist Qingsong sighed, tidied his hair bun and Daoist robe, and bowed respectfully three times to the wooden tablets and stone statue in the kiln cave.

After bowing, he caught a glimpse of General Guan, who was still sitting high in the saddle and looking puzzled, and Daoist Qingsong said lightly, "Do you know who is enshrined inside the kiln cave?"

"Should be Buddha?" General Guan thought for a while, then added, "Previously the old barbarian said that this place was dug by Sha Man Yu's order, and she personally carved the Tathagata Buddha.

Perhaps she also understood that her carving skills were terrible... really very terrible, so later she didn't carve the Jade Emperor and the Three Pure Ones, just cut a few wooden tablets to represent the shrines of the Three Pure Ones and the Jade Emperor."

Speaking of this, he immediately realized, hurriedly jumped off his horse, and learned from Daoist Qingsong to bow three times inside.

The ignorant are not blamed, but knowing what they represent and still being arrogant and rude is a great crime.

General Guan wasn't worried that the Buddha, Jade Emperor, and Three Pure Ones would notice this place... he genuinely felt that Sha Man Yu was a blind person lighting a lamp; their Great Shu Kingdom's temples were more magnificent, and the believers were more pious, but when did the immortals and Buddhas ever manifest?

Just like this Sha Man Yu, a barbarian also knows how to worship the Daoist Ancestor, Jade Emperor, and Buddha, which is too rare, but what was the result? Her clansmen were still destroyed, her tribal land was lost, and she herself wouldn't have a good end.

However, now that Daoist Qingsong was on the side, he only hated that he didn't have more opportunities to perform, and would never miss a chance to act on stage.

"Sha Man Yu has great wisdom!" After General Guan finished his ritual, Daoist Qingsong began to sigh again, "When the Sha Qiu barbarian tribe had only a few hundred people, there were only the troubles of wild beasts.

If the tribe had hundreds of thousands, truly becoming a kingdom, it would inevitably attract attention, possibly attracting the attention of nearby demon kings.

Working hard to develop for decades, only to have the whole city of citizens become the demon king's meal, is too aggrieved, too pitiful.

Worshiping gods doesn't necessarily mean getting the gods' favor, but places with temples, even spirits will have some scruples."

General Guan complained in his heart again: Why did the Lu Kingdom become a rebel? The counties and villages of the Lu Kingdom that turned into empty cities overnight and had all their people taken away by demon kings, didn't they build shrines and temples?

Gods and Buddhas must be true, but whether worshiping them is useful... even the time to think about this question is a waste, better to use it to bitterly cultivate martial arts and develop military power; being strong yourself is the real strength.

"Taiyi Zheng-Yang Palace, disciple Qingsong, arrives here under the order of the Human Emperor; Left Society, Right Millet, Earth God, come out to see me, Yuan Heng Li Zhen, Edict~~~"

Daoist Qingsong chanted the true words, his hands pinched the seal, and finally pointed to the ground, "Peng~~~"

A puff of gray-white smoke emerged from the mud ground out of thin air, and there was the smell of charcoal fire and dishes in the smoke... like the smell of burning fire and stir-frying in a kitchen.

But the smoke quickly dissipated, and the ground was empty.

General Guan curled his lips, a trace of a smile seemingly on the corner of his mouth.

Daoist Qingsong's cute, baby-fat round face was a sheet of frost, and the murderous aura hidden in his eyes emerged again.

"By the order of the Human Emperor, former Eastern Shu Ministry of Personnel Minister, Great Qin Wenhui Hall Third-Rank Scholar, current Western Sha 'Heart-Demon Howl' Earth God, Zou Qing, roll out and see me!"

In addition to the tone being impolite and the attitude being more severe, Daoist Qingsong also took out a purple-gold token.

The token was almost as big as Qingsong's face, and no one knew where he had hidden it before.

The front only had four cloud seals: As if I were here in person.

The back was a huge "Qin" character.

Seeing this token, even General Guan, who had nothing to do with it, was frightened, immediately lying on the ground, prostrating.

What general armor on his body, inconvenient to salute... completely non-existent.

Not only prostrating, but his forehead was also sweaty, and he couldn't hide his horror in his eyes: Damn it, how does little Daoist Qingsong have this thing? What is he going to do, why did he bring me here? What is he going to do next?

He panicked.