Chapter 307: Monsters and Divine Beings

"For such monster and ghost matters, why only go to worship the yamen and the palace, and not go to worship the Guanxing Palace?"

Lord Luo behind Lin Jue said coldly.

"Those people are all from Jinping County, a remote place, only knowing the yamen and the palace, how would they know that the capital has a Guanxing Palace?" Wu Lingshi said, "However, many people are watching, and many people sympathize with their encounter. Someone reminded them, and at this moment, someone has already gone to ask the Guanxing Palace and the Zhenjian Palace."

"Zhenjian Palace..."

Lin Jue repeated in a low voice.

That's right, for such things, how can there only be the Guanxing Palace?

Now the momentum of the Zhenjian Palace is flourishing, how could no one go to ask the Zhenjian Palace? Moreover, the Daoist priests of the Zhenjian Palace have a much stronger desire to eradicate monsters and ghosts and gather popularity than the Guanxing Palace. I am afraid they are destined to go and eradicate monsters.

"What about you?" Lord Luo asked coldly again, "Did you go to ask the Guanxing Palace?"

"Naturally, I went. But liaising with the Star Gazing Palace is not my responsibility, so other colleagues went to invite them."

Wu Lingshi wiped sweat repeatedly.

I don't know why, facing this guardian Daoist priest, Lin Zhenren, who almost wears a bamboo hat every day, he felt great pressure, and there was no time to think in his brain, so he had to answer everything truthfully:

"However, although from a nominal point of view, all religious temples in the world are under the jurisdiction of our Ministry of Rites and the Ancestral Temple Division, since the founding of the dynasty, the status of the Guanxing Palace has already exceeded our Ancestral Temple Division. Now, not only can our Ancestral Temple Division not manage the Guanxing Palace, but sometimes the Guanxing Palace will even point fingers at us. Even Zhou Physician has to salute and ask for peace when seeing the Guanxing Palace's master."

Lin Jue and Lord Luo heard this and nodded.

This can be considered a good piece of news.

It is good that someone went to ask and invite the Guanxing Palace.

If the Guanxing Palace agrees, and can invite divine beings to help, naturally there is no business for them and others.

Eradicating monsters for the people is always a good thing.

If the Guanxing Palace does not agree, or cannot invite divine beings, and such a big matter is made, and those people of Jinping County have all asked for help, this will definitely be a huge blow to their reputation and prestige, and it will also be a good thing for Lin Jue.

Therefore, even if no one went to ask, even if Lin Jue decided to go and eradicate monsters, when he saw those people, he would still ask them to go and ask the Guanxing Palace.

One is to have more help.

Second is to cause some trouble for the Guanxing Palace.

Why not do it?

"What about the Juxian Mansion? In the entire Juxian Mansion, did you only come to find my Daoist priest?" Lord Luo continued to ask.

Although he knew that Lord Luo was maintaining his persona, Lin Jue still felt a bit uncomfortable hearing this "my Daoist priest".

Only hearing Wu Lingshi answer:

"Naturally not. But in the Juxian Mansion, those famous high people, True Lords, and Heavenly Masters who are good at eradicating monsters and are still in the capital, we all went to ask. It is just that different people are responsible because the subordinate often comes to see the Zhenren's true appearance recently, so it is the subordinate and two clerks under the subordinate who came to visit the three Zhenren and Heavenly Masters."

Just as he was talking, footsteps came from outside.

Master Fan Tian Shi and Pan Gong walked in in a hurry.

Sure enough, as Wu Lingshi said, each of them was followed by a clerk, who were the two who often came to send tribute money to Lin Jue.

Lord Luo could not help but glance at Wu Lingshi—

This person is quite smart!

Obviously, these Master Fan Tian Shi and Pan Gong came to the capital and the Juxian Mansion many years earlier than themselves and others, and their reputation in the capital is also better than Lin Jue's, but they came to this residence, and he sent two clerks to invite Master Fan Tian Shi and Pan Gong, and he came here to invite Lin Jue.

At the same time, Wu Lingshi also opened his eyes wide, secretly saying "sure enough" in his heart.

Such an urgent matter, and Zhou Physician is urging him tightly. How many officials are there in the Ancestral Temple Division of the Ministry of Rites in the capital? With so many high people, where can they be invited in a short time?

The three of them coming here to invite them is already their importance to this Lin Zhenren, Master Fan Tian Shi, and Pan Gong. It is absolutely impossible for the three of them to go and invite them one by one; that would take too much time.

But who should he go to invite, and who should the clerks go to invite?

Is it Master Fan Tian Shi with the greatest reputation, or Pan Gong who was once a divine being, or this Lin Zhenren who only came to the capital last year?

After struggling for a long time, Wu Lingshi followed his subconscious and came to see Lin Jue, and let two clerks go to invite Master Fan Tian Shi and Pan Gong.

This is both his judgment and his verification.

Sure enough—

Master Fan Tian Shi and Pan Gong got the news, and actually the first time was to come to Lin Zhenren's courtyard, whether it was to discuss or to seek a backbone, the primary and secondary had already been decided.

Although he guessed right, this still surprised him endlessly.

Between pondering, Master Fan Tian Shi and Pan Gong and the two clerks had already walked into the courtyard.

Wu Lingshi lowered his eyelids, looking at the ground, so as not to be seen by these two Heavenly Master high people.

"Did the two Daoist friends also hear about it?" Lin Jue's voice sounded first.

"Heard about it."

"Just heard about it."

"What do the two know about this?" Lin Jue asked.

"Master Fan Tian Shi came from the north, and that Leopard King in the northwest is much more arrogant than the Tu Long Wang before. I heard that there was a great monster in the north before, who was a general under the Leopard King, and was beheaded by Master Fan Tian Shi. Master Fan Tian Shi should know a lot about this." Pan Gong said.

"According to what I know, I am afraid this matter is not that simple." Master Fan said.

"..."

The two said, looking at each other, and then looking at Lin Jue.

"At this time, those people from Jinping County are still kneeling at the yamen and the palace gate. If no one goes to comfort them, I am afraid they will not leave." Pan Gong asked, "Should we go and see first?"

Master Fan Tian Shi hesitated when he heard this.

Because he knows his own ability, if he can't do it and still goes to see, and still gives people hope, it is truly an unbearable thing.

Lin Jue's eyes revealed pondering.

He had heard of that Leopard King in the northwest long ago. If he stayed in the capital for a long time and settled in the Juxian Mansion, he would inevitably fight with this Leopard King to find Golden Core materials from the imperial court.

However, then again, the troubled times have arrived. Even without these, as a person who cultivates the Dao, I am afraid that he will inevitably encounter this monster king.

If there are monsters harming people, arrogant to the extreme, as a Daoist priest, how can he sit idly by?

Like the other high people and Heavenly Masters in the Juxian Mansion, including that Nan Heavenly Master whom Lin Jue suspects is similar to Master Fan Tian Shi, they have all gone to the northwest to confront that Leopard King. Lin Jue is at least an orthodox sect, how can he be inferior to these people? Not to mention that fighting with these monsters can also get other benefits.

It's just that he is not prepared yet.

And the so-called Master Fan Tian Shi beheading the Leopard King's general, even if it is not completely fabricated, it is definitely some kind of misunderstanding or a lie woven with intention, not worth believing.

"Wu Lingshi, rest assured, monsters harm people, and we are not the Guanxing Palace, so we will naturally not sit idly by." Lin Jue withdrew from pondering, first satirized the Guanxing Palace, and then said, "However, there is an old saying: know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles. Now we know nothing about the details of that monster, and we don't know the doorway, so we can't agree immediately. But going to the yamen to see is still possible."

"Zhenren's words are reasonable! Reasonable! That's good!" Wu Lingshi said repeatedly, and asked, "When will Zhenren set off?"

"Please lead the way!"

"Good!"

Wu Lingshi immediately turned around and led the way with two small clerks.

After walking a distance, he found that there was no movement behind him. He stopped and looked back, seeing that those few did not follow, but stood in place looking at him.

Wu Lingshi was stunned for a moment, and instantly understood that they had words to discuss, and probably some content was not convenient to be heard by him.

So he did not stop and walked forward with his head buried.

After walking a distance, the three people and one fox followed.

The one falling behind was Master Fan Tian Shi. He actually didn't have that much confidence, but seeing Lin Jue, Pan Gong, and Lord Luo all moving forward, he gritted his teeth and followed.

It was already dusk. In the alleys of the capital, three officials walked in front, four people followed behind, keeping a distance from them. Beside the four people, there was also an extremely beautiful white fox.

The four people walked while talking in low voices.

"Does Daoist friend Fan know something?"

"I do know some." Master Fan said, "I heard from that clerk that the people of Jinping County heard wolf howling, and some people saw the monster turn into a bird and fly away, and some people saw stone statues and bronze statues come back to life. Then I knew—there were originally four great generals under the Leopard King in the northwest, guarding four places. Later, later one died, and now there are three left, and one of them has this ability."

"So it is really the Leopard King's doing?"

"So it is just a general under the Leopard King?"

Lin Jue and Pan Gong asked one after another.

"It should be so." Master Fan said, "Now several high people in the Juxian Mansion have gone to the northwest to deal with the Leopard King, plus the Southern Jade Mirror Great Emperor built a temple in the capital. I heard that in recent years, those high people in the Juxian Mansion in the northwest have always had the help of the head of the three saints of the south, the Yili Yili Shenjun. From this, it can be seen that it is unlikely that the Leopard King can spare his hands. And he did this, very likely because those high people, with the help of the Yili Yili Shenjun, have already caused him great trouble."

"Daoist friend Fan's insight is very high."

"Dare not, dare not, it's just that I came from the north, so I know a bit more about the northwest."

"What about Jinping County?"

"I also know Jinping County. If it counts as the northwest of Qin Zhou, it is in the far west of the northwest. It was not peaceful a few years ago, and monsters were also making trouble. The county official at that time was also harmed by monsters." Master Fan said, pausing for a long time, and then said, "However, at that time, the Daoist friends of Qiyun Mountain in the south had already built the Zhenjian Palace outside the capital. The newly appointed Jinping County magistrate was from Huizhou. Before taking office, he first went to the Zhenjian Palace to worship the Yili Yili Shenjun. Therefore, when he took office, thunder and fire fell from the sky, burning the monsters in Jinping County to death. Since then, Jinping County has been very peaceful for several years."

When Lin Jue heard this, he was suddenly stunned: "Meaning that the current Jinping County is the incense land of the Yili Yili Shenjun in Qin Zhou?"

"It counts as such. Anyway, since then, the people of Jinping County have mostly worshipped the Jade Mirror Great Emperor and the Yili Yili Shenjun."

Master Fan did not say much.

Lin Jue also nodded and pondered.

In this way, this matter is really not simple, and the Daoist priests of the Zhenjian Palace should definitely go to that side.

And Pan Gong, who was once a divine being, opened his eyes wide when he heard this.

He can be considered to know why Master Fan just said "I am afraid this matter is not that simple, I am afraid what I know is not as much as Pan Gong knows".

Could this matter be related to divine beings?

Sure enough, it is Master Fan Tian Shi, the Master Fan Tian Shi who once invited divine beings to behead the first general under the Leopard King, and dared to go to the Wei River to eradicate the Tu Long Wang. Obviously, he also knows the doorway here.

I even doubted him before...

Pan Gong thought to himself.

Just at this moment, Lin Jue's gaze had already looked at him: "Does Pan Gong think that the Guanxing Palace will agree to invite divine beings? Can they invite divine beings to help?"

"Return to benefactor, I cannot calculate."

Pan Gong was silent for a moment, but still said: "However, what I know is that the current Tianweng divine system is more chaotic than imagined."

"How chaotic?"

Lin Jue is very interested in this.

Intuition tells him that such things are not only very important to himself at the moment, but also very important to his future self.

"Can you talk about it?"

"I am no longer a divine being, and in front of the benefactor, naturally there is nothing to hide. Since the benefactor wants to hear, I will talk about my shallow insights."

Master Fan Tian Shi beside him also pricked up his ears.

Such things, where can ordinary people know? And where would ordinary people dare to talk about it casually?

And this person was once a real divine being.

"I know it is definitely not the whole reason, but it is also part of the reason. It is probably these three."

"First, divine beings were once humans, and they have less transcendence and cultivation than immortals, so human nature is heavier. The matter of civil officials being chaotic in prosperous times and military officials being chaotic in troubled times also exists above the Nine Heavens."

"And divine beings have one more point different from immortals."

"The ability of immortals comes from their own cultivation, while the divine body of divine beings is mostly shaped by incense wishes. However, if the immortal's magical power is gone, they can recover by meditating, but most divine beings' magical power has to be taken from incense."

"Zhenren and Master Fan must know that in the current north and south, the divine beings worshipped by the people are mostly several True Lords, which is the reason."

What reason?

Concentrating incense for military officials?

Do the North and South Emperors want to be Tianweng?

Master Fan's brain flashed several thoughts quickly.

Hearing Pan Gong's words at this time, his expression was as shocked as when Pan Gong heard his words just now.

Such things are really not heard elsewhere.

I am afraid that if a passerby heard it, it would also shock the passerby's chin.

However, Pan Gong's voice was still ringing:

"But in this capital that is as prosperous as a dream, how many temples and shrines do the three see that worship the four guardian True Lords? The incense that is most prosperous is often literature, wealth, longevity, music, and some immortals and gods with great reputations, right?"

"Isn't this the same as the mortal world? In peaceful times, civil officials hold power, and civil officials have eaten enough, but when peace is about to end and war arises, it is time to use military officials. But at this time, how many generals who can fight can there be in the court? Even if there are, how many are willing to serve you with all their strength?"

Master Fan Tian Shi's expression was calm, but his heart was stormy.

Lin Jue also nodded repeatedly as he listened.

This is also about the same as what he thought.

However, Pan Gong was once a divine being after all. Such words coming from his mouth are naturally more reliable and authoritative than his original guesses, and can be considered a kind of verification of his guesses. ===== CHAPTER 308 =====