There are dozens of large and small temples inside and outside Zhelongfu City, and there are nine large temples in the city.

Among them, there are temples such as the Thousand-Eyed Bodhisattva Temple, the Thousand-Eyed Bodhisattva Temple, the Eyeless Arhat Temple, the One-Legged God, and the Wutong God Temple, which Li Yuan is very familiar with.

"Not counting the previous dynasties, there are as many as 420 gods enshrined in the Universiade over the millennium. The most common ones are 123. The Thousand-Eyed Bodhisattva's remaining gods, blood, flesh, bones and sinews, and the four divine Vajras all belong to this category. ......."

In the teahouse, Li Yuan was flipping through a book, or rather, a list of gods.

There are many lists in Yunshu Tower, and the types are even more diverse. Many of them even require a very high threshold to purchase, and are simply out of reach of ordinary people.

It's similar to the foreign talent list.

The List of Gods does not belong to this category, but one copy costs twenty taels, making it the most expensive of the dozen or so books Liu Zheng bought. It lists in detail the 123 most common gods among the people, as well as The distribution of their temples.

"Among the gods, the one with the largest number of temples is Thousand-Eyed Bodhisattva, with as many as 4,346 temples. This number is also the number of Dayun County..."

Li Yuan read it with great interest. There was a short story for each god on this list. It was quite interesting, regardless of whether it was true or false.

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There are three hundred and eighty temples of the Red-haired Buddha, distributed in the five provinces and twenty-eight prefectures and counties..." "Sword Spirit God..."

"Hundred-armed Taoist..."--

Li Yuan looked at it very carefully, mainly because he was also very interested in incense, and it was necessary to understand this.

What made him slander him was that the so-called righteous god enshrined by the Universiade Court was more like an evil god than a righteous god in terms of name, appearance, story, etc.

"In order to make people believe, you must first make them fear?"

Li Yuan closed the book, and after Liu Zheng went out for a while, he took over all the lists he had bought during this period: "Oiran List, Sword Catching List, Divine Weapon List, Unrivaled Skills List... By the way, there is also a list of Spiritual Beasts and Spiritual Insects. "Spirit Fish List." "...It's really comprehensive."

After looking at the sky, Li Yuan took the books and stuffed them into his sleeves, but he was not in the mood to read them at this time. "Find a place to have a good meal."

There is no shortage of food and delicacies on the mountain, but the variety is definitely not as good as in Fucheng. Whenever he goes down the mountain, the first thing Li Yuan does is reward himself.

Although he has not yet obtained the true method of worshiping gods, according to the scriptures of worshiping gods, doesn’t he count it as worshiping gods? He washes and bathes every day, eats the best food, and refuses to listen to all kinds of elixirs. The flowers are like flowing water.

Which god's believer can be as kind to him as he is?

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After dinner, Li Yuan sent Wang Peiyao to search for various information, while he went shopping with Liu Zheng under the latter's resentful eyes.

On the way, Li Yuan went to the stores he frequented and found four pairs of first-order boots, two pairs each in four and six.

The starting price for boots made of spirit animal skins is twelve taels of silver and goes up. Most people would not buy them at all, but most of the time, they are unavailable. Otherwise, spirit beasts are rare.

Spiritual beasts among beasts are like high-quality bones. One out of ten thousand is exaggerated, but one out of ten is still there. It is naturally difficult to catch them.

"There are many people in the city, and there are many restaurants that can be called. No matter how many spiritual beasts there are, it won't be enough."

Liu Zheng picked his teeth with an iron skewer, recalling the delicacy of the spirit beasts. In the past, he was reluctant to eat a meal. "Baihua Pavilion has it every meal."

"Um?"

Li Yuan glanced at him and remembered that he still had dozens of invitations that he had not used. "Well, I can pick a few to check out later..."

Li Yuan does not object to this. He has been promoted to the sixth level of the Army Palm and the Combat Furnace. They are all big consumers of gold and silver. No amount is too much for him. The city of Zhelong Palace is good, but after more than a thousand years, many industries have already been established. , he couldn’t interfere even if he wanted to.

The only way is to cooperate with these large and small families. Small business is also a business, and a little adds up to a lot. "Some of them are quite sincere. They came to entertain me many times some time ago, and they spent a lot of money."

Liu Zheng was very concerned and did not hide anything. He talked about all the big and small events during this period.

Including which banquets he accepted, who gave gifts, how much was returned, how much was left... No wonder Liu Bin was able to fill the vacancy of the county magistrate...

Li Yuan nodded heartily.

Everyone in the world is interested in profit, but he has never wanted to eat alone, and he doesn't like others to eat alone. "Brother Li, are you going to the Bodhisattva Temple?"

Liu Zheng reported on the journey. When he looked up, he saw the towering temple in the distance. "It's rare to go down the mountain, so naturally I have to take a walk."

Li Yuan glanced behind him out of the corner of his eye and had to admit that the inner disciples of the Divine Weapon Valley were quite capable. He was so stunned that he didn't notice the few disciples following him.

"Just in time, I've been here."

Liu Zheng smiled and led the way. He was very poor in talent, but he was familiar with the environment very quickly. In less than half a year, he knew all the various forces in every district of Fucheng.

"I don't know, did Zhao Yunsheng or the people behind him keep an eye on me?" Li Yuan was very curious and cautious.

This was his first time fishing, and he didn’t know if he could catch a big fish.

He had no intention of going down the mountain, and he didn't want to go to Sun Zan's birthday party, but with 80,000 Fang Baoluo there, he thought of giving it a try.

It's not pleasant to be remembered. If you don't kill a group of people, you can probably still calm down and practice martial arts.

The Thousand-Eyed Bodhisattva Temple in Fucheng is much larger than the one in Gaoliu County, and there is an endless stream of believers and pilgrims coming and going. There are various stalls outside the temple with constant hawking sounds, and there is also the aroma of many snacks.

Li Yuan bought some and followed the crowd into the temple.

As soon as he entered the temple gate, the strong smell of incense was spread across the floor. In the center of the venue, which could accommodate thousands of people, stood an incense burner that was larger than the three of his incense burners combined.

[Incense burner in front of Thousand-Eyed Bodhisattva Temple (third level)]

[Made of wrought iron mixed with iron and copper, it has not changed color for thousands of years... The longings of countless believers have turned into wisps of incense here, and gradually become supernatural... [Conditions for mastering: Three-fold power of worshiping gods]

[Controller effect: Roots standing on the ground (light green) Slight good luck (light green) God worship method incomplete (light green) Treasure appearance solemn (light green)]

"This incense burner..."

Twenty meters away from the incense burner, Li Yuan's eyes lit up. The color of this incense burner was pure, not even a trace of blood! "Is this the orthodox method of worshiping gods?"

Li Yuan became interested, but before he stepped forward, he suddenly noticed the commotion in the crowd. "Master!"

Pilgrims around him exclaimed and dispersed one after another.

When Li Yuan turned around, he saw a gray sedan parked outside the temple gate, and an elegant old man walked into the temple accompanied by a head catcher.

"The arrester's name is Ren Jingfei. He is one of the six major arrestees in the city. It is said that his martial arts skills are extremely high. The old man is the new palace master Wang Zhaozhi..."

Liu Zheng introduced in a low voice.

It was two years after the death of the previous palace master that a palace master took office. However, it happened that the gate of Shenbing Valley was opened, and not many people paid attention to it.

After all, the lord of Liushui Palace and the iron-clad Divine Weapon Valley. "Yeah."

Seeing the two people being picked up by several monks, Li Yuan couldn't help but think of Magistrate Lu.

Compared with various sectarian forces, the presence of the imperial court is less noticeable in various prefectures and counties, but as the nominal co-owner of the world, there is no doubt about the imperial court's strength.

He suspected that the orthodox method of worshiping gods was under the control of the imperial court. Otherwise, he could not figure out why the imperial court would support so many temples.

"How does the imperial court use the power of incense?"

Li Yuan was very curious, but did not show it. He walked around the temple with Liu Zheng for a few times and then left. "Li Yuan!"

Just after leaving the temple gate, Li Yuan heard an exclamation. When he turned around, he couldn't help but be surprised: "Is it you?"

The person who called him was a stall owner outside the temple gate, but it was the knife catcher who had stopped him before by pretending to be a fortune teller. "Zhang Yuanfang!"

The stall owner said with complicated eyes. "Are you really good at telling fortunes?"

Li Yuan was a little surprised.

When they met again, Zhang Yuanfang was still dressed as a Taoist priest and still had a fortune-telling stall. However, Li Yuan's sharp eyes saw that his sleeves were empty.

Zhang Yuanfang shook his empty sleeves and laughed at himself:

"I met a group of strongmen on the road and lost my arm. Now I can only make a living by telling fortunes." "Are you the knife hunter from before?"

Liu Zheng also recognized this person. He had seen this person when the city guards arrested him. "You have eyes but don't recognize dragons. You have become a true disciple..."

Zhang Yuanfang sighed. He never expected that a young apprentice he stopped casually in a small county town would now be a true disciple of Shenbing Valley. If he had known it today, he would have lost all his fortune and would have had to climb into this trap...

"Master also values ​​luck and luck."

Li Yuan still had a deep impression on this colleague. Seeing his downfall, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional. Taoist priests who are not naturalized are not easy to get along no matter where they are.

"Luck can't be used as a true inheritance."

Zhang Yuanfang shook his head. He glanced at Liu Zheng and whispered, "How about we talk in another place?" Li Yuan nodded.

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At the restaurant, Zhang Yuanfang devoured his food without delaying his meal with one hand. Liu Zheng wisely went back to the forging shop.

"Is it enough? If it's not enough, order a few more dishes."

Li Yuan put down his bowl and chopsticks. He had eaten a lot of snacks on the way and was not too hungry. "Thank you."

After wiping the grease on his mouth and drinking another cup of tea, Zhang Yuanfang leaned back on the chair with a satisfied expression. He had never entered a restaurant since breaking his arm.

"It's just a meal." Li Yuan waved his hand:

"Brother Zhang stopped me, but what's the matter?" "Yeah."

Zhang Yuanfang nodded and glanced around with his peripheral vision. When he saw that no one was paying attention, he lowered his voice and said, "You are going down the mountain this time for the merit list, right?"

Li Yuan's eyes moved slightly but did not answer.

"I've met the merchant who sent the ranking list to Yunshulou..." "Huh?"

Li Yuan raised his eyebrows.

Before Fang Baoluo took 80,000 people down the mountain, he told him the whole story. The merchant disappeared without a trace, and even the Supervisory Hall could not find it...
To be continued...