Chapter 29: Kongchen Xianjun Temple
Several village elders from all over the country rushed towards the Shiqiao Village Ancestral Hall. They seemed to be in a hurry and out of breath.
Behind them came a large number of villagers.
Just now, some villagers hurriedly said that they saw a fairy going out on the road, which immediately broke the atmosphere of the whole Linjiang Township, which was decorated with lights and colorful lights and was even more lively and festive than the Chinese New Year.
Several village elders who were preparing to entertain the immortal and leave a good impression stood up instantly one by one. The oldest one no longer even used a cane and ran without falling behind at all.
I ate the river god's meat last night, and when I ran today, I felt like I was getting stronger and stronger.
Everyone gathered at the Shiqiao Village Ancestral Hall and saw the door open. The wind swept through the door and made a squeaking sound.
I suddenly felt bad in my heart.
"Great Immortal Kongchen?"
"Is Grandpa Donkey here?"
I called several times to ask for permission, but received no response.
Several village elders led people in, only to see that it was empty inside.
There was no one meditating in the past on the futon in the main hall, and there were no people in the side rooms either. It looked like they were really gone.
Everyone suddenly felt lost.
At this time, Sun Tieshan also arrived and shouted as he ran over.
"The immortal has gone."
"How do you know?" the elder from Linjiang Township asked immediately.
Sun Tieshan pointed to the distance: "I watched the immortal walk with my own eyes."
The old man from Linjiang Township was so angry that he yelled and cursed, raised his cane and slapped him: "Sun Tieshan, why didn't you stop the immortal?"
"The Immortal killed the river demons for us from all over the country, and also got rid of those demons in the River Temple who have been eating our flesh and drinking our blood."
"He also made elixirs to save the children in our village and gave us the river demon's flesh."
"For these buildings and pieces, we will never be able to repay you enough even if we work as cows or horses in the next life."
"But we didn't show any expression at all, and we didn't even get a hot meal from the immortal. You asked us, people from all over the place, how will we behave in the future, and how can we live up to the kindness of the great immortal? Others don't say that we are from all over the place."
The people in my hometown are all ungrateful people."
The other person, Sun Tieshan, was as strong as an ox and usually very authoritative, but when faced with this old man, he acted like a child and couldn't avoid it, forcing him to slap him a few times.
Sun Tieshan said with a sad face: "I stopped him, but I couldn't stop him!"
"That old donkey under the constellation of Great Immortals ran so fast that he disappeared in the blink of an eye."
At this time, one of the village elders stepped forward and stopped the village elder from Linjiang Township: "Forget it, what kind of person is the immortal? He is the existence of Chaoyou Beihai Mu Cangwu. He can stay or leave at will between heaven and earth. If you want
No one can stop you from leaving."
"It is a great blessing that we from all over the country are lucky enough to meet this kind of immortal who is like a dragon but never sees its tail. At the end of the day, there is no one among us in the eight villages who has not touched some of the immortal spirit."
"Such a great fate is already a blessing gained through countless lifetimes. How can we force it anymore?"
The elder of Linjiang Township could only sigh: "Alas!"
The old man from the village asked Sun Tieshan, "Did the immortal say anything when he left?"
Sun Tieshan thought about it for a moment and said immediately: "I told you."
After that, he told the whole process of the immortal's departure in detail, and how he met the immortal when he came back from hunting in the mountains.
Finally, Sun Tieshan conveyed the last words of the immortal to everyone before he left: "The immortal also said that if you are really grateful to the poor Taoist, there is no need for banquets, no need for gold and silver, and sincerely do more good deeds and bear more good fruits.
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After listening to it, several village elders were even more moved.
Among the villagers gathered outside, many burst into tears, especially the three families with children who were rescued yesterday, as well as those villagers who had a big grudge against the Heshen Temple.
"This is the real living god!" The old man from Linjiang Township leaned on his crutches on the ground, nodded and sighed.
"In the world of slaying demons and demons, one does not ask for gold or silver but seeks good results, one has an immortal style and is full of righteousness." Another village elder who seemed to have a scholarly demeanor said this.
At this time, someone asked: "Didn't we promise the Immortal Kongchen that we would build a temple for the Immortal?"
"Although the immortal has left, this promise must never be forgotten. It is time to fulfill it."
Everyone also remembered it, and immediately responded: "That's right, from now on, all our villages will worship Kongchen Immortal."
A fisherman among the villagers shouted: "Only such a true immortal is worthy of our worship and can truly protect us!"
Many villagers brought by other village elders also shouted: "That is, demolish all the river temples and turn them into Daxian temples in the future."
Several village elders looked at each other, smiled and nodded.
Among them, a village elder from Linjiang Township stepped forward and said in front of the excited villagers, looking at the expectant eyes of everyone: "We promised the immortal that we would build a temple for the immortal."
"Although immortals don't care about these foreign objects, we can't forget our roots."
The villagers responded one by one and shouted: "That's right! People in our village will repay kindness and never forget their roots."
"That's right, that's right."
The village elder pressed his hand and his voice gradually became quieter: "So the temple must be repaired. Recently, we also need everyone's help to help build the temple for the statue of the immortal. We must also write down and engrave the story of the immortal who passed through our ten miles and eight villages.
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"Even many years later, our descendants will remember these things and know that our ten miles and eight townships are truly places where immortals have stayed, a place with immortal people and outstanding people, and a blessed place blessed by immortals."
At this time, the elder of Linjiang Township smiled slyly and revealed his premeditated plan.
"When the Immortal came to us in Shili Ba Township, he lived in Shiqiao Village in Linjiang Township, which is where we are now. When the Immortal made elixirs, it was also in this place under our feet, where he ate monster banquets and judged monsters.
It’s here.”
"What does this mean? This is a treasure land that even the immortals are interested in."
"So the first Great Immortal Temple was built from here."
As soon as he said this, people from other towns could refute him, as if they were opposing an immortal.
Young men from all over the country got involved one by one. Carpenters, masons, and others came to help and quickly built a temple on the original framework.
The ancestral hall in Shiqiao Village was changed into the Kongchen Xianjun Temple, and the ancestors' tablets in Shiqiao Village were moved to the side hall, which can be regarded as indirectly contaminated by the incense and fairy spirit of Kongchen Xianjun.
The villagers of Shiqiao Village were also overjoyed. Later, people from other villages and other townships also found ways to move some of their prominent and distinguished ancestors here to worship.
Since then, many extraordinary characters have appeared in Shiqiao Village and Shilibaxiang. The local people believe that they are contaminated by the immortal spirit, and they even think that this place is a geomantic treasure.
Even after many years in later generations, the stone carvings were gradually worn away, and the story gradually changed.
When the descendants of Shiqiao Village saw the ranking of the ancestors of Shiqiao Village in Kongchen Xianjun Temple, many even suddenly thought that they were all descendants of immortals. Otherwise, why would their ancestors and gods be enshrined in the temple?
Chapter completed!