. They will not be allowed to wander around without reason.
But this woman's clothing, no matter how you look at it, is the style of a hundred years ago, not modern at all.
Seeing that the fire in the temple had dimmed, the two of them looked around the door nervously for a while, and then carefully crossed the threshold to enter.
Xie Bai didn't know what their purpose was, he frowned slightly, and moved his fingers.
"It's okay, my lord." Li Dong, who was leaning on the ground statue's feet, noticed his movements when he turned around, waved his hands and said in a low voice, "They just came in to worship the land, I recognize them."
"You know him?" Xie Bai asked.
"Yes." Lidong nodded. He held the octagonal copper bell that he took out not only when, and while scratching his fingertips and dotting blood on each corner, he explained to Yin Wushu and Xie Bai: "A hundred years ago, when I had a good relationship with this fat land, Occasionally, I will come to this earth temple to drop by."
"At that time, I hadn't entered the Taixuan Dao, and I didn't have many things to do. I was quite idle. I often chatted here for a whole day. Once I happened to bump into this man coming to the Earth Temple to kowtow. I was quite surprised at the time, because There is actually a temple with a wide gate not far from here. At that time, the people in the nearby villages and towns preferred to go to the temple to burn incense and worship Buddha. This earth temple can only eat incense on certain days every year. So When this man came in, Fat Land and I were stunned for a long time."
Lidong picked his chin at the woman behind the man, and said: "He said his wife was seriously ill, and it was useless to see a doctor, and she could only hang her last breath at home. He came to ask for the blessing of the land, to protect her. She lived a little longer, saying that she suffered a lot when she was a child, and she couldn't leave after a few days of good life. He is willing to use his own life in exchange. , for three hundred years."
"Fulfilled?" Xie Bai glanced at the two ghosts who came through the door, and asked.
Lidong said "hmm": "At that time, the fat land was actually not very good. You know, my lord, monsters can rely on cultivation, and we are born spirits, on the surface, we rely on incense, but in essence we rely on cultivation. The thoughts of the people in the world. If someone believes in it, it will exist, and if no one believes it, it will dissipate. It is rare for a man to come to ask for blessings. The fat land is very happy. A lot, but it can also help a little.”
"Later, I heard that his wife's health gradually improved, and he lived for another year. In that year, his life was pretty good. He always came to the Earth Temple to burn incense and kneel down. After his wife was able to get out of bed, he would come back and follow him. Come here." Lidong said as he patted the belly of the land and said: "But then there was a river disaster in the village, and the man accidentally fell into the river. The water was too fast and he couldn't get his head out. Pushed to the river, he was out of breath. His wife was too thin to carry him, and cried all day by the river, but she couldn’t breathe, so she followed him.”
Xie Bai almost thought of the follow-up: "They don't have children?"
"Yes, but the couple are honest people. They said they would offer incense for three hundred years, so they really came every year. I met them twice in the vicinity, but I just took a look at them from a distance. , didn’t come here. Calculating until now, it’s almost three hundred years.”
"Three hundred years..." A hoarse voice answered Lidong's words, with a cautious tone.
It was the man with the arched back who spoke, and he led his wife and moved a little bit in front of the land statue.
Probably because of the presence of Xie Bai and Yin Wushu, the two shrank a little. When they knelt in front of the statue, their hands trembled slightly.
Lidong moved away from the feet of the statues of the earth, and moved to the side, allowing them to kneel down with peace of mind.
The husband and wife kowtowed three times, but because there was no substance, the heavy heart fell to the ground without making any sound. It's as if they kept their promises and worshiped the incense for three hundred years, and the fat land still disappeared.
Because ghost offerings and incense have no effect on the land.
"How many years have you been in the circle with the errands?" Yin Wushu put his elbows on the armrest of the wooden chair, his fingers loosely intertwined, and asked suddenly.
The couple turned their heads to look at him in trepidation, and replied: "Three hundred years, the sky will be so good."
They glanced at the grass rings on their hands and feet, and said, "This is the last time my husband and wife are here. If we don't leave before dawn, we will die out of our wits."
"Well, it's not easy to swim for three hundred years without stopping, so it's time to go." Lidong patted the belly of the land statue again, and said: "Those who keep their promises will be rewarded with blessings, that's what the fat old man always said."
Hearing the word "blessing", the woman clicked frequently