Wonderful!
It's wonderful!
The cloud and smoke floating from a stick of incense, like some kind of tonic, nourishes the soul and frees the spirit.
Xun Xie took a breath, took another breath, and kept inhaling, he was addicted and couldn't stop. Like tobacco with the reverse effects.
Really, it's so wonderful!
Like a cleansing for the soul, traveling through his spirit body like gentle ripples.
"Incense!
This must be the incense offering mentioned by the Lord of the Earth! "
Xun Xie came to his senses and slowly opened his eyes.
Immediately, he saw a series of pictures appearing in the lingering clouds and smoke, which appeared in his eyes like a revolving lantern.
That is what the thin man in front of him, who is the person who prays, is thinking, or, in other words, why is he praying for?
The cause and effect came into view.
The thin and handsome man's name is Duan San, and he lives in Blue Grain Town.
Like most of the people in the town, he is a tenant who rents land to grow food for a living.
Duan San married a wife and gave birth to a pair of children. His wife was virtuous, and the children were well-behaved and sensible. Although he was not from a wealthy family, he had a decent life.
Such a peaceful and good family is good is present time, no eloping daughters or unruly hooligan suns and vindictive wives complaining that they were too poor. Seeing his neighbors and their families he was even more grateful.
Although his home is small, it is very warm.
The daughter is 28 years old has already been engaged to a good family after all this time putting it off and gathering money, and her dowry has been prepared. Everything looks so beautiful.
However, there are unpredictable circumstances under the sky and people's luck comes with misfortune. Who would have thought that Diao Mao came to Blue Grain Town and took a fancy to a piece of land, where his home happened to be.
As a result, the sheltering home was forcibly demolished.
Home, gone.
Duan San was powerless to fight, but the viciousness of the poisonous snake gang was beyond imagination, not only destroying his home, but also driving him out of Blue Grain Town.
The family is helpless with no reliance.
The heavens are weeping. I heard people mention that there is a Yin village at the end of the nine bends, 18 turns. For some reason, the village suddenly became deserted and became a land without owners.
So, Duan San fled with other displaced people and settled in Yin Village.
They repaired thatched huts and reclaimed abandoned farmland as if they had gained a new life.
Just this morning, a happy event came to the door.
His daughter finally got married and she wanted to marry gracefully with poise into the betrothed family in Blue Grain Town.
But who would have thought that when the sedan chair entered Blue Grain Town from Yin Village all the way, Diao Maos's disciple "Southern Tiger" suddenly stepped in.
Southern Tiger stopped the bridal party and pulled the bride out of the sedan chair.
Southern Tiger lifted off the red hijab and found that the bride was beautiful, with evil light in his eyes and held her shoulders to snatch her away.
The groom rushed forward, but was kicked over by Southern Tiger, he vomited blood, and finally died.
When Duan San heard that his daughter was kidnapped by Southern Tiger, he was so anxious that he ran to the door of Southern Tiger's house to kowtow and beg.
Unexpectedly, Southern Tiger smiled gloomily: "Your daughter is very moist, I want to marry her as a concubine, when I get tired of playing with her, I will sell her into a brothel, there’s only one here, so then go to there to redeem her when the time comes hahahaha- ."
Duan San was desperate. It was useless for him to shout and cry. What else could he do?
He has always been smart and he knows who the landlord is vaguely, if they continue being this rampant then will there be a Blue Grain Town in a few years? Probably not, then the landlord will likely intervene and even kill those villains but that’s a few years in the making, his daughter was suffering now!
When people are in despair, they often only do one thing, pray to God and worship Buddha!
He had seen the Temple from the beginning and remembered stories from when he was a child of their own temple in the Town.
So, Duan San walked into the Temple of the Earth that night, fell to his knees, burst into tears, and prayed sincerely.
Only a deity could help him, his daughter his poor daughter..
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A stick of incense burns to the end, disappearing...
Xun Xie already understood everything, the crime of Southern Tiger, and Duan San's wish.
As the cloud of incense was completely absorbed by him, Xun Xie's eyes blurred, and Duan San's voice disappeared.
"The cloud and smoke wafting from that stick of incense can actually nourish my soul!"
Good thing! This was definitely a good thing!
Xun Xie had an idea, got up immediately, woke Lan Yue, and asked her to find a stick of incense.
Ignite!
Put it on the ground!
A wisp of gray smoke rose up and dissipated with the wind.
Xun Xie stood in front of the incense and inhaled, but he didn't feel anything.
Afterwards, Xun Xie asked Lan Yue to hold the stick of incense and asked her to make a wish in her heart. Lan Yue did as he said, but nothing happened.
He sent her back ignoring her weird eyes and acts of checking his temperature.
"It seems that incense is just a medium.
People who pray through a stick of incense can communicate with the God of the earth, provided that the person who prays must be in the temple of the earth. "
Xun Xie also felt that those who pray must be pious, which is also a necessary condition for mortals to be able to communicate with the gods of the land.
The next day.
Before dawn, Xun Xie rode a donkey and left Blue Grain Town, da da da, and soon arrived at Yin Village.
When we arrived, it was just dawn.
In Yin Village, the smoke has already risen.
Xun Xie looked at the village from a high place, and with his current extraordinary vision, he could see clearly even from a long distance.
The collapsed thatched hut has changed, and it has been repaired to look decent, the trees are shaking, the chicken is crowing, the dog is barking.
Everyone came to the well and lined up to fetch water.
Suddenly!
Xun Xie saw a thin and handsome middle-aged man at the back of the team, it was Duan San.
verified!
It wasn’t a delusion or trick.
"On my land, there is the smell of incense." Xun Xie felt a little excited.
Incense can nourish the Yin spirit, which is a huge benefit. Although the specific benefits are still unknown, Xun Xie is reluctant to give up.
"To expand the incense received..."
If there is one person who prays, there will be a second, a third, and countless others!
The question is, not everyone believes in the land god, how can these people be converted into his believers?
Xun Xie's thoughts churned rapidly.
Suddenly, he shuddered from a eureka, and found that the answer was actually very simple, as long as the "Land God appeared and was proved true and real".
Show a miracle!
Give a miracle!
God is real!
For example, if Duan San's daughter was kidnapped by Southern Tiger, if Xun Xie somehow rescued his daughter, he would attribute the credit to the Earth God.
Hmm. Perhaps appearing directly was too crude and flamboyant, he would guise himself as an apostle who carried out the acts of god due to a revelation or something.
Then, as soon as this matter spread, if everyone believed it to be true, one by one they would come to pray.
This land temple will surely prosper with incense!
Thinking of this, Xun Xie took a deep breath and immediately turned back to Blue Grain Town.
"The Viper Gang is in Dust Broken Fang Square, and Southern Tiger's residence is also there."
The east dragon, the west phoenix, the south tiger, and the north leopard, one is more arrogant than the other, and they often do bad things, full of evil, so Xun Xie often hears of their evil deeds and knows them well.
Beasts in human skin doing vile acts with each breath.
Xun Xie came to Dust Broken Fang Square, asked someone casually, smoothly hid his face with a piece of cloth, and confirmed Southern Tiger's specific address.
When he came to the vicinity of Southern Tiger's house, Xun Xie climbed up to a big tree, and he happened to be able to see the situation in the courtyard.
"Southern Tiger has no relatives or reasons in Blue Grain Town, but he is not alone in the family. There are maids, cooks, and handymen."
Xun Xie didn't find the guards, thinking about it too, Southern Tiger is a third-level blood force warrior in the realm of Alienating Blood, who would dare to provoke this guy. With his arrogance, he likely staunchly believed they didn’t dare, and even if they did he was among the strongest in the Town.
The people living in the yard were not his family, so naturally no one attacked here to retaliate against him.
After observing for half an hour, Xun Xie didn't see Southern Tiger, but he didn't find Duan San's daughter either.
I waited until sunset on the west mountain.
Southern Tiger is back, shiny bald head, very easy to recognize.
This fellow is not tall, but is unusually stout, like a wild boar, surrounded by five thugs, all of whom seem to have just drank, walking staggeringly and yelling.
"Master Southern Tiger, how did you feel when you did that little lady yesterday?" A gangster asked with a laugh when he arrived at the door.
Southern Tiger grinned and said, "That little lady, I haven't played yet."
"Never played?" The gangster was surprised.
Southern Tiger: "Last night I played with the village girl you robbed. When I was about to start, I took off my trousers, and that village girl slammed her head into the wall and died. It's too disappointing."
The gangster said in shock, "Didn't you moist your loin?"
Southern Tiger sneered: "You look down on lord tiger, corpses are fun too."
The gangster was startled, and immediately gave a thumbs up: "Lord Southern Tiger is awesome, this villain admires not even corpses are spared.”
“Ha-ha, then whoever is still playing tonight, after I take that little lady. I’ll give it to you, my instincts tell me she might be a tough cookie and do the same or she might just resign herself to her fate hahahaha."
Southern Tiger hiccupped and said with a wicked smile, "Okay, I'll go back and deal with her. After I've played it, I'll give it to you."
The gangster was immediately overjoyed, nodded then bowed, and quickly stepped forward to open the door.
See this scene!
Xun Xie looked at it, followed Southern Tiger into the door, and saw five thugs following Southern Tiger.
"This group of people has already reached the point of unscrupulous robbing of civilian women." Xun Xie's face was sinking. Fortunately, the bride hasn’t killed herself or has been killed. Otherwise, he’d have to wait for another ripe opportunity to gain believers.
In Blue Grain Town, it's not that there are no brothel brothels, but there are quite a few. The only large official one was called ‘Red Clothes Maidens’. The others were like small shacks or stores that offered extra services such as after-sales personal visits and massages by waitresses and such.
In this world, the folk customs are simple and honest, no one drives up the price, and prostitution is not expensive. Men can go occasionally and there is even a practice of baptizing boys as men in these places. Women can even offer their services part-time and go back to their husbands. Of course, these were just for the common folk, the rich and noble were different.
However, Southern Tiger and others, the robbery of civilian women is obviously not only to solve their physical needs. Passing among themselves then selling to the house.
This is probably the highest level of prostitution!
"The world hegemony is too terrifying, and the strong are simply lawless." Xun Xie was indignant.
While his thoughts were racing, the sky was getting darker and darker. Xun Xie pulled a black cloth to cover his face, climbed over the wall, and entered the courtyard.
Southern Tiger and the five thugs went straight to the door of a room, where two handymen stood guard.
Southern Tiger asked, "How is that little lady?"
The handyman replied, "She's been hungry all day, she's honest now, she doesn't have the strength to cry anymore."
Southern Tiger nodded and waved: "Go down." He looked back at the five thugs, hehe grinned, "Five of you, come in with this father. Now Father will open your eyes to you cunts and teach you how to play. Women are the moistest in my hands."
The five thugs looked at each other, all of them were lewd, horny, and drooling.
Bang!
Southern Tiger slapped the door open and stepped inside.