Chapter 309

"Oh! Master Fan, Master Lin, and Lord Pan have also come! And Daoist Qingxuan and Daoist Jiang from the True Zhen Jian Gong! It is so good that you have come!"

Vice Minister Zhou also saw them and immediately showed surprise and a smile, then hurriedly invited them over.

It is not hard to hear that the relationship between the Ministry of Rites' Ancestral Temple Department and the Gathering Ju Ju Xian Fu is not only closer than their relationship with the Star Gazing Palace, but also closer than their relationship with the True Zhen Jian Gong.

It is interesting to say that because when the Gathering Ju Ju Xian Fu was first built, it was under the direct jurisdiction of the Prime Minister of the You Dynasty. Later, it was managed by the Imperial Preceptor and managed by the Emperor himself. In this dynasty, it is logically also under the direct jurisdiction of the Emperor, but it is only managed by the Ministry of Rites' Ancestral Temple Department. On the contrary, for these temples and monasteries, the Ministry of Rites' Ancestral Temple Department should have been their direct superior.

But here, it is the extraordinary experts of the Gathering Ju Ju Xian Fu who are closer to him.

It is not hard to understand—

After all, the Star Gazing Palace and the True Zhen Jian Gong are both unusual, and they are self-contained and self-sufficient, completely able to ignore the Ancestral Temple Department. On the contrary, the extraordinary experts in the Gathering Ju Ju Xian Fu often deal with them, receive their monthly stipends from them, and are invited by them to eliminate demons, and they are the ones who distribute the rewards, euphemistically called tea money. Sometimes when they encounter lazy experts, the Gathering Ju Ju Xian Fu will regularly arrange for some old women to clean their residences, and sometimes when they encounter high-ranking experts, the officials of the Gathering Ju Ju Xian Fu will do some chores for them.

As a result, the Ancestral Temple Department is naturally closer to the extraordinary experts in the Gathering Ju Ju Xian Fu.

"Naturally went. But contacting the Guanxing Palace is not the subordinate's responsibility, so there are other colleagues who went to ask."

Otherwise, he would not have sent someone to invite himself after having invited the Star Gazing Palace and obtained their promise, and his clerk would not have said those words euphemistically.

"Oh! My fellow villagers and elders! Just now the Daoists of the Star Gazing Palace promised you, but you were still not at ease. Now it is good; our Gathering Ju Ju Xian Fu's Master Fan has come here in person! And Master Lin and Lord Pan!

"You must have heard of Master Fan's great name, but you may not know that Master Lin is an expert as famous as Master Fan, living with Master Fan, and his skills are no less than Master Fan's! Lord Pan is the reincarnation of the Wei Shui River Yili Shenjun. The Wei Shui River is not far from your Jinping County; you should know that, right?

"And these three Daoists have come from the True Zhen Jian Gong! The True Zhen Jian Gong worships Emperor Yu Jian and Lord Yi Li. You should have heard of the honorable names of these two immortals, right?"

Vice Minister Zhou shouted to the many people of Jinping County:

"Now, what else is there to worry about?"

Many people raised their heads one after another and looked at Master Fan.

They came from the northwest of Qinzhou, and the northwest can also be considered the north. How could they not have heard of Master Fan's great name?

Then, following Vice Minister Zhou's introduction, they looked one by one at the young Daoist walking beside Master Fan, the middle-aged man who looked like a fisherman, and even looked at Lord Luo and the white fox, and then, under Vice Minister Zhou's introduction, looked at Daoist Jiang and Daoist Qingxuan.

Few people noticed that among the several Daoists of the Star Gazing Palace, some had rarely encountered such unpleasant things in their lives, and their complexions were already somewhat ugly.

Some also showed surprise.

I don't know if it was because they didn't expect the Ancestral Temple Department to invite them and then go to invite the Gathering Ju Ju Xian Fu and the True Zhen Jian Gong, or if they didn't expect Lin Jue, who had had his gold medal deducted, to come here, or if they didn't expect Vice Minister Zhou, who had always been respectful to them, to praise these few Daoists so much in front of them and the many people.

And Lin Jue and the others actually walked through the crowd and came up.

Daoist Jiang had a calm face, said nothing, and didn't even look at these Daoists.

Daoist Qingxuan performed a Daoist salute, maintaining the proper etiquette, but did not ask or greet them either.

Only Lin Jue saw the expressions on the faces of the Star Gazing Palace Daoists, smiling all over his face, and walked over to salute them:

"Compassion, fellow Daoist."

The few people from the Star Gazing Palace had to bite the bullet and return the salute:

"Compassion, fellow Daoist."

But they didn't expect that as soon as the two sides finished saluting, the old man who had been kneeling behind them kowtowed to them, and the other people immediately responded. Everyone either remained silent or wept bitterly, just following the old man and kowtowing to them continuously.

There were no other words.

People from small places don't know how many etiquette rules there are, nor do they know how to speak; they only know how to express the longing and prayer in their hearts in this way.

Lin Jue's expression became serious immediately.

Not only that, but most of the people present were like this.

Including Vice Minister Zhou.

However, several Daoists from the Star Gazing Palace were somewhat evasive.

Daoist Jiang cast her gaze at them, and that gaze was undisguised, immediately making the expressions of those Daoists even more evasive.

The fox didn't know what this meant, and turned its head left and right with a confused face, looking back and forth.

Another person whose heart was not calm was Master Fan.

Master Fan knew very well that the kowtowing of these people might be accepted by the Daoists of the True Zhen Jian Gong, might be accepted by Fellow Daoist Lin, because after they accepted it, they would really go to eliminate the demons, and even Lord Pan could accept it, because he could contribute a little bit.

Only he was not at ease in his heart.

He felt ashamed to accept it.

It was just that he had already arrived here, and was with Fellow Daoist Lin and Lord Pan, so it was impossible for him to avoid it no matter what, so he had to bite the bullet and accept it.

In the end, Vice Minister Zhou reacted the fastest and hurriedly shouted:

"What are you doing, fellow villagers? The ground is cold, and the floor tiles are hard. Since the Immortals and Daoists have already agreed to eliminate the demons, why do you have to do this? Please get up quickly, please get up quickly!"

"Have Master Fan, the Immortals, and the Daoists agreed to eliminate the demons?" After the old man was helped up by Vice Minister Zhou, he said tremblingly, taking the lead in casting his gaze at Master Fan.

Lin Jue also turned his head and glanced at Master Fan.

Master Fan happened to be looking at him too.

The two exchanged a glance.

How could Master Fan not know what he meant?

Indeed, he did not have the ability to eliminate demons, but he had other abilities and other uses, and at this very moment, it was time for him to play his part.

After a moment of hesitation, he still stood out. Naturally, his face was still calm and indifferent, with the air of an immortal:

"Fellow villagers and elders, please rest assured. This poor Daoist will definitely not tolerate such harmful demons, and will definitely summon the divine beings to eliminate them!"

He couldn't help but think of the last time, when Lord Pan set up a scheme, it was also using a similar scene and similar emotions, which made him hot-headed for a moment, and he decided to go find the Tuo Dragon King.

That time was truly thrilling.

Before he returned, before he arrived, while still halfway there, he had already regretted it endlessly, secretly swearing that he would never make a similar mistake again.

How could today...

Master Fan was helpless.

Fortunately, today is different after all.

Today, there is Fellow Daoist Lin as his backing, and there is Daoist Jiang who said "not return to the capital until the demons are eliminated." It should be different.

His cheeks were a little hot, as if reminding him that the Daoists of the Star Gazing Palace were staring at him, but he hesitated for a moment, paused, and actually said another sentence:

"If the demons are not eliminated, this poor Daoist will not return to the capital!"

Summer nights are late, and there was still light around, but at this moment, whether it was the people of Jinping County kneeling on the ground or the people of the capital watching from around, they were all stunned.

Immediately after, there was an uproar.

Hope shone in the eyes of the people of Jinping County.

And this sentence was equivalent to Master Fan betting his reputation, which he had managed for a long time in the capital, in order to stand on Lin Jue's side, to appease the people, and to disgust the Star Gazing Palace.

Only the Star Gazing Palace's complexion became increasingly ugly—

In this capital, Master Fan was all alone, yet his reputation seemed to be no weaker than the entire Star Gazing Palace, and at this moment, he spoke such words, with an extraordinary bearing, and was heard by so many people... Even if the divine beings under Lord Tianweng finally repelled the demons, in this capital, I am afraid that some of the credit would be taken away by this Master Fan, and in Jinping County, the people might not all be grateful to Lord Tianweng.

More or less, some credit would be taken away by him.

"The True Zhen Jian Gong is the same!"

Daoist Qingxuan, under Daoist Jiang's signal, also stood out, his expression gentle and firm, and said the same.

"Lin is also the same."

Lin Jue, with his peripheral vision on the Star Gazing Palace, smiled and said the same.

"Great! With Master Fan and Master Lin speaking, and the Daoists of the True Zhen Jian Gong, oh, and the experts of the Star Gazing Palace! Why worry that the demons won't be eliminated?" Vice Minister Zhou was overjoyed. "Fellow villagers, please all get up, and go call the fellow villagers at the palace gate to get up, and tell them this good news. Tonight, our Ministry of Rites has prepared an inn for you. Eat something first, and sleep for a night before talking."

"Please get up."

Master Fan also went to help.

Seeing this, the old man complied and got up, but he could no longer stand steadily and had to be helped by Vice Minister Zhou and Master Fan together.

The other people also got up one after another.

Some fell to the ground immediately, some staggered, and it was only with great difficulty that they stood firm.

The old man, with an aged, tearful voice, grabbed Master Fan's hand, while telling Master Fan about the immortal deeds he had heard of Master Fan in the northwest, and begging Master Fan to help no matter what.

Master Fan responded repeatedly.

The Daoists of the Star Gazing Palace were already expressionless.

It seems that it was not just Master Fan who was sharing the credit.

However, at this time, Lin Jue had already walked in front of them and asked with a polite smile: "Senior Lingxiuzi, I wonder when Lord Tianweng plans to dispatch Celestial Soldiers and Generals to descend to the mortal realm to eliminate the demons?"

"This kind of thing, this poor Daoist also does not know." Lingxiuzi turned around and returned the salute. "It should be choosing an auspicious time."

"Why don't we join hands to eliminate the demons?"

"If there is an opportunity, it should be so."

"That would be great!"

"Yes." Lingxiuzi was also polite and said again, "This poor Daoist heard that last time Fellow Daoist Lin accepted the Ministry of Rites' request and eliminated a great scourge in the capital, but in the end, he failed to get a gold medal. This poor Daoist thought that you would be somewhat angry because of this and would not come today. It seems that you are truly concerned about the people."

"There is no way." Lin Jue also shook his head helplessly. "Everyone has a heart. I live in the Gathering Ju Ju Xian Fu, such a large courtyard, without paying a penny, and I receive stipends every month, and the Ministry of Rites sends some things during festivals. It can be said that all my food and clothing are the people's fat and ointment, and my life depends entirely on the support of the people in the capital. When encountering such things, if I sit idly by, wouldn't I be worse than a pig or a dog?"

"Hmm..."

"What does the senior think?"

And in the cave, the Flower Daoist split his mouth, spat out his tongue, held the few catties of cylinder bones in one hand, touched the soft flower quilt in the other, and looked at a big red rooster running around, and the sheep huddled in the corner. For a moment, his split mouth could not close, and his wagging tail could not stop.

After the Konggu Daoist, the Fuqiu Temple also had successors who came to the capital one after another. Not counting Lin Jue, there were three who came here to see him, but those Daoist priests before, why were they not as likable as this Daoist priest?

"..."

The Flower Daoist was overjoyed for a moment. ===== CHAPTER 305 =====

In the dim sky, a large group of people, all ragged, I don't know if it was because they had been kneeling for a long time or because they hadn't eaten well on the way, were all light-footed, staggering as they walked, often falling on flat ground, or helping each other to continue the journey.

"It's dark! Disperse!"

Wu Lingshi shouted to the people around.

Paper Yaksha, Paper-Cutting Technique.

Paper-cutting into Yaksha, those with deep attainment, the power can be no different from a real Yaksha and can appear during the day, even better than a real Yaksha.

Because they are made of paper, they are afraid of water and fire.

"..."

It seems that the Paper-Cutting Technique also counts as a large category, in which some spells occupy a page alone in the ancient book.

Lin Jue pinched the paper page and listened carefully.

It has to be said that everyone has their own strengths, and even immortals are not necessarily better than mortals everywhere, not to mention that Flower Senior is not a mortal—the author who wrote these two spells in the ancient book has far less attainment in these two spells than Flower Senior. Even Lin Jue listened carefully, but only heard the method of applying oil for waterproofing, and did not have the method of applying human oil and then refining with secret methods for fire prevention.

Immortals don't know, but Flower Senior knows.

It seems very likely that it is his exclusive secret technique.

It is indeed as Lin Jue thought: the Paper-Cutting Technique has things in common with Bean-Carving-into-Soldiers and Soul-Moving Technique, and they also have differences. Now Lin Jue put the three of them together, repeatedly compared them, and carefully savored them, both gaining insights into the profoundness and pondering more mysteries.

Perhaps the true way of Bean-Scattering-into-Soldiers is among them.