Chapter 114 The rat spirit steals incense (Second update, please subscribe)

In the Dragon King Temple…

Although the rat spirit-turned-miaozhu looks old, he is very energetic. Sitting at the desk, when someone comes to buy incense from him, he will smile and say good luck...

People in the front bought incense, worshiped, offered incense, and prayed. Some prayed for rain, some prayed for peace, and some prayed for a good harvest in the coming year...

The world is not peaceful, and it seems that only in the Dragon King Temple can we find some spiritual comfort...

Xu Boqing quietly looked at the temple selling incense in the crowd. When the people in front of him left, he stepped forward and said with a smile: "Old man, I'm new to Guibao. How can I sell this incense?"

The old Miao Zhu raised his finger when he heard this and said with a smile: "One copper plate, three sticks of incense..."

"oh?"

Xu Boqing was surprised, picked up a stick of incense on the desk, put it under his nose and smelled it. The scent of some herbs mixed with mugwort tickled his nose...

You can smell that the fragrance sold on this desk is not bad.

The incense sold in mountain temples, especially those where incense is popular, is not cheap. Some high-quality incense sticks can even be sold for several taels of silver...

What's more, the temple directly states the rule that "it is not allowed to bring incense from outside into the temple", saying that "burning external incense does not add merit", "burning external incense will cause ashes" and the like...

The purpose is to make money!

And the incense sold by the old temple in the Dragon King Temple is three sticks for one Tongbao. This is no longer a conscientious price, it should be a loss price...

"Is this incense so cheap?"

"Most of the people who come to the Dragon King Temple to pray are fellow villagers. They only need to pay a copper plate to express their feelings..."

The old temple Zhu explained with a smile: "I don't make a living from this. If the pilgrims don't bring any money, just explain that the incense can be used for free..."

"My father-in-law is very righteous."

Xu Boqing picked up three sticks of incense and asked casually: "I would like to ask, what are the details of burning incense in the Dragon King Temple?"

"It depends on what you want..."

Laomiao Zhu patiently explained: "Three sticks pray for oneself, six sticks pray for two generations, nine sticks pray for three generations, it doesn't matter, it just depends on what you want..."

"..."

At this moment, a woman behind Xu Boqing interrupted impatiently and said: "Young man, if you want to talk aside, don't block us from worshiping the Dragon King..."

"Sorry sorry..."

He glanced behind him and realized that he was blocking others. He quickly apologized and moved away to the desk next to the old Miao Zhu...

When the woman saw this, she didn't say much. She took a copper plate from her body and threw it into the merit box. She quickly picked up three sticks of incense and went to the main hall of the Dragon King Temple to worship and burn incense...

Xu Boqing's eyes moved slightly when he saw this, but he didn't say much.

He stood beside the desk, like an outsider, quietly watching the pilgrims coming and going, looking at the old temple blessings to the pilgrims wishing them good luck, peace and blessings.

Do not know why…

A sense of absurdity arose in my heart...

It seems as if what is being prayed for is not the pilgrims coming and going, but the temple blessings transformed by the rat spirit. It is very mysterious...

Wu Qin, who was outside the Dragon King Temple, also regained his composure, wiped away the blood under his nose, and said dryly: "Young... Young Master, I'm afraid this person is not an ordinary person."

If an ordinary monk or a little demon loses three hundred years of life, let alone spit out blood, he may die suddenly at the end of his life...

And he is an old turtle, and his lifespan is much longer than that of other demon cultivators. Even so, he felt heartbroken when his life span of three hundred years was shortened...

"I see..."

Ao Xing looked at the Dragon King Temple with a slightly focused gaze, and saw the man in the moon-white gown looking at the temple blessing with a strange expression on his face, and muttered: "He should also have seen the temple blessing..."

"This person's aura is not visible, and his numerology is like a cloud covering it, making it difficult to see clearly. I have shortened my lifespan by 300 years and have not been able to detect anything. I can only feel a vague sense of great terror..."

Wu Qin's voice paused, and he said with a depressed expression: "A person with this appearance must either have a very profound spiritual practice, or have a strong background. No matter what it is, it is not surprising to see that the temple has a demon body."

Ao Xing nodded slightly...

I thought to myself that it must have been an illusion just now. I had just left the Dragon Palace not long ago and had never seen this person before. How could I be involved in cause and effect with him?

Impossible, absolutely impossible...

At this moment, a group of officers and soldiers rode horses from the official road in the distance. The leader was Kong Qing, who had followed the governor's orders.

People who were setting up stalls on the official road for the temple fair heard the sound of horse hooves in the distance. After seeing the figures of the officers and soldiers, they hurriedly began to close the stalls and moved to the edge of the official road...

I'm afraid I'll take the official's whip slowly...

When the officers and soldiers approached, several people who had ridiculed Kong Qing before were so frightened that their legs trembled and they wished they could bury their heads in the soil and act like ostriches...

Kong Qing paid no attention to those people and made a gesture. The officers and soldiers dismounted and divided into two groups. One group dispersed the crowd attending the temple fair, while the other group surrounded the Dragon King Temple and dispersed the pilgrims.

Zhu, the old man in the Dragon King Temple, was slightly startled when he saw this...

He looked at Xu Boqing at the desk and saw that he was calm and composed, without any sense of panic. He seemed to have thought of something...

He narrowed his eyes slightly and asked in a deep voice: "I ask myself that I have no grudge against you, and there is no cause and effect, but I don't know why you are so aggressive and want to force me to death?"

"Why am I so sure that this person was summoned by me?"

"Isn't it you!?"

"it's me…"

Xu Boqing did not deny it and waved his hands to those outside. Kong Qing, who was outside the temple, also made a gesture with understanding and led a group of officers and soldiers to retreat further.

He didn't rush to shout and kill, but picked up a few sticks of incense on the desk, played with them, and asked casually: "I wonder how many years have I been practicing?"

Seeing his gesture, Laomiao Zhu was a little unsure of what he meant...

But he also knew that since the other party asked this, he must have figured out what he was doing.

It's just that this person's aura is not visible, and standing in front of him like this, his cultivation level is probably far above his own.

Therefore, after thinking for a while, he responded in a deep voice: "It has been more than four hundred years since I was born, more than three hundred years since I opened my spiritual wisdom, and more than a hundred years since I transformed."

"It is not easy for a rat spirit to gain the Tao..."

Xu Boqing nodded slightly and asked: "Xu Guan, although you are transformed by a rat demon, you don't have any violence in your body. How come you are stealing incense from the Dragon King Temple?"

"Stealing incense??"

The old temple Zhu looked a little ugly when he heard this, and his old face also pulled down, and said: "I built this Dragon King Temple, and the incense I offer is all good. I only took a penny for my heart. Whose incense did I steal?"

?”

Xu Boqing nodded thoughtfully and asked: "Since it's not stealing, then why didn't you build the Rat King Temple? Instead, built the Dragon King Temple? And why did you serve as a temple blessing in the Dragon King Temple?"

"you……"

"Isn't this stealing by borrowing someone's name?"

"so what?"

Lao Miao Zhu did not deny it at this time, his eyes were red with embarrassment, and he gritted his teeth and asked: "You immortal cultivators have a blessed land of caves, inherited Taoism, and each one of you has a high level of cultivation, but have you ever asked this question in this human world?"

?Um?"

His voice paused, and he said angrily and righteously: "Although I am just a wild spirit, I also know the sufferings of the world!"

"..."

Xu Boqing was silent.

"I am a rat spirit, so I am not qualified to build a temple!"

The old temple congratulatory man paused and asked in a cold voice: "But I have done no evil, and I have not harmed anyone. I enjoy the fragrance of the village and protect the peace of the village. What is my fault? What crime am I guilty of!?"

After saying that, he glared at him fiercely, and then his body suddenly sank into the ground, and he used the earth escape method to escape from the Dragon King Temple.

Xu Boqing looked at the ground with slightly focused eyes, his Heavenly Eye could see him running swiftly underground...

He was playing with three sticks of incense in his hand and glanced at the Dragon King statue in the temple. Considering the great cause and effect between the rat spirit and the statue, if he offered incense, his fate would not be much lighter than that of the toad spirit...

He hesitated for a while, but in the end he just sighed and did not perform the act of offering incense. Instead, he jumped out of the Dragon King Temple and chased after him on the branches...

At this time, outside the Dragon King Temple...

The villagers who were dispersed by the officers and soldiers did not go far, but watched the excitement from a distance with their heads raised. They were all speechless when they saw someone flying away...

When Ao Xing and Wu Qin, who were mixed in the crowd, saw this, they looked at each other, used their invisibility method and flew over...
Chapter completed!