SCT-Novel #302 - Who would steal this broken thing?
#302 - Who would steal this broken thing?
The Temple of Heavenly Remnants is located outside the city.
It sits on the mountainside outside the city.
Temples and Taoist temples all like to be built on mountains.
The Feng Shui is good.
There are also spirit veins.
In the past, mountains always had spirit veins beneath them.
However, many of the spirit veins in the human realm have been extracted by powerful beings.
Lingzhou is located on the border, close to the Two Realms River. The scattered small spirit veins were extracted by the Western Sea a hundred years ago and turned into spirit stones, which were taken away.
Now, the few mountains that remain are just a bit more beautiful.
Of course, the heaven and earth spiritual energy on the mountaintop is definitely richer than on flat ground.
However, since the Temple of Heavenly Remnants occupies this mountain exclusively, the mountaintop has likely become their territory.
Those who cultivate should all be at the mountaintop.
"These guys are really greedy!" Xu Chengxian grunted.
It was just that his attempt to use the 'gaze technique' to stop Xu Chengxian from eating scallion pancake with fried fish was very foolish.
"Am I the kind of person who would waste food just because you stare at me?" Xu Chengxian took a big bite of the pancake. "You're really overthinking it!"
The pancake was made on a griddle.
It was especially chewy.
The more you chewed, the more fragrant it became.
Especially the lard; this stuff is particularly overpowering when used for frying.
There weren't many pilgrims in the Temple of Heavenly Remnants. Several young novices were already secretly licking their lips.
Cultivators among the monks in the Eastern Earth human realm are allowed to eat meat.
But ordinary monks are not.
This is the rule of the human dynasties.
Xu Chengxian visited the Temple of Heavenly Remnants with a tourist's mindset. He was led all the way inside and found that there wasn't much to see.
The only satisfying thing was that he didn't have to pay an entrance fee.
Moreover, in order not to give incense money, he had specially changed into a conspicuous Taoist robe.
They arrived outside the abbot's room.
Qin Hong was invited in.
Xu Chengxian was stopped outside.
"Taoist friend Xu, the abbot wants to reminisce with Envoy Qin first, and will only be able to receive guests later," the guest monk said with a smile. "Would you like to wander around our temple?"
"Or would you like to rest in a meditation room and have some tea?"
The words were quite polite.
Qin Hong was an old friend, and Xu Chengxian was a guest.
But everyone could tell that this seemingly offered a choice, but in reality, it was just asking Xu Chengxian to agree to find a place for him to stay quietly.
Monks and Taoists rarely wander around each other's territory.
This is also a tacit understanding.
Xu Chengxian certainly didn't know this rule, but he still complied with the guest monk's intention.
He followed him to a quiet meditation room.
Then, he made a very impolite request: "Get some good tea leaves. I just ate something greasy and need something to cut through it."
Without waiting for the guest monk to speak, he continued, "By the way, do you have any tea snacks?"
"Do you have vegetarian dishes? I heard that some temples' vegetarian dishes are very delicious!"
"This…"
"If you have any, bring me some to try!" ( ‵ ▽ ′ ) ψ
"If you don't have any, what did you eat for lunch?" Xu Chengxian said that he was very easy to please. "Get me some to eat too."
"I haven't eaten a monk's meal before. I'm curious."
"I'm begging for mercy, hehe!"
"… …"
The guest monk still agreed and left.
Xu Chengxian: ( ￣ _ , ￣ )
He was very happy to be a jerk.
He came with the intention of taking advantage, so what was there to be polite about?
Of course, he should eat what he should eat and drink what he should drink.
"It would be best if I could take some too." He couldn't help but rub his hands, stick the horsetail whisk behind his back, then sit down cross-legged and strike a cultivation pose.
His divine soul returned to his main body.
His vast divine sense spread out, instantly covering the entire Temple of Heavenly Remnants.
"Let me see if there's anything good in this temple!"
If there really was, Xu Chengxian would not be polite.
If there wasn't…
That's impossible!
He came on this trip with the belief that a thief never leaves empty-handed!
At the very least, he had to empty out the Temple of Heavenly Remnants!
Not only because it was one of the dark hands of the Lingzhou Disaster Bureau, but also because its existence was blocking his path.
His family came to the Eastern Earth human realm not to travel.
Xiao Cui wanted to ascend to the heavens through the divine path.
Xu Chengxian needed more cultivation resources.
That was the purpose of their coming to the human realm.
The demon domain was not large to begin with, and now it was divided into four, with four demon kings sitting in charge, and demon marquises, demon commanders, and demon generals stationed everywhere.
Under the rule of the strong, the acquisition and distribution of natural treasures left very little opportunity for latecomers, especially those without the support of a force.
If you want to become stronger, you have to follow the rules.
Why did Ling Xiao and Ling Yunzi have to return to the Eastern Earth human realm?
Because they didn't want to cultivate naturally.
Cultivation is like crossing a river.
If you don't advance, you retreat!
And the Eastern Earth, here they knew of opportunities that could be obtained, and, moreover, this place was big enough and cultivation resources were more abundant.
Don't forget, the demon race didn't retreat to the demon domain willingly.
What's more, besides natural treasures, there were also spirit pills, magic tools, formations, techniques, combat skills, and so on.
There were also countless mountain gates, sects, forces, and countless geniuses.
"Only a big pond can raise big fish. Murky water is also better for catching fish!" Xu Chengxian didn't reject the way of becoming stronger while sleeping.
But he also didn't reject wading through muddy water to catch fish.
So, children make choices.
He could have both!
One road for snakes to walk, one road for people to walk.
Neither interferes with the other.
Moreover, as soon as he thought of the spirit fields depicted by Ling Xiao and Ling Yunzi, which were inherited within those sects, and even planted with spirit rice of various grades on the spirit fields.
Countless spirit plants and spirit fruits, various spirit beasts raised, and a pill refining hall dedicated to placing pills…
He felt like his saliva was about to drip out!
Furthermore, they also had treasure vaults.
The treasures accumulated by the sect were all hidden inside.
"Goodness, wouldn't that make me eat until I'm full?" Xu Chengxian was already looking forward to the wonderful life of being invited into the treasure vault to eat a buffet.
However, a wonderful life will not fall from the sky.
Why should people give you their family fortune?
So, your own wonderful life must be created with your own hands!
Whether it was the believers needed by Xiao Cui or the cultivation resources he needed, they would not grow out of thin air with a puff of air.
So what to do?
Only rob.
It was most cost-effective to rob from the Xuanmen and Shamen.
It was still the same sentence, even if you rob all the small households, it's meaningless.
You still have to eat from the big households.
Shamen Xuanmen has a long heritage.
Xuanmen Ten Continents, Shamen Hundred Treasures Land.
There are good things inside.
"I'm really not good at framing people." Xu Chengxian muttered to himself.
Fortunately, they are really not clean.
It saved him from having to find a way to splash dirty water.
He only had to put a little effort into inviting the righteous god to compete for believers and the power of incense, and the rest relied on the help of his opponents.
Now, it was time to see if he could take the opportunity to grab some cultivation resources.
However, Xu Chengxian didn't have too much hope.
After all, Lingzhou didn't even have a decent spirit vein. Cultivating entirely on the heaven and earth spiritual energy, even a slightly spiritual dog wouldn't come.
Who would put treasures here?
But he still carefully searched the Temple of Heavenly Remnants with his divine sense, like plowing the ground.
Then, when he searched the back mountain, he heard a voice shouting: "Who would steal this broken thing! Senior brother, let's go down the mountain to play?"