Chapter 15 Five Towns Mountain God
[Ding! The task has been refreshed, please check carefully.]
"Um?"
Cheng Fan, who had just returned to his room, suddenly heard this voice coming from his mind and was slightly stunned.
"Why is this mission only refreshed after noon?"
Cheng Fan muttered and then turned on the system.
The next second, a light curtain the size of a computer screen appeared in front of Cheng Fan.
In the light curtain in front of you, the tasks that have been refreshed are displayed.
Every time the system refreshes new tasks, there are three.
Only after all are completed, the three new tasks will continue to be refreshed.
[Task 1: Collect the power of incense from ten pilgrims. 】
[Reward for completing the mission: Spell-Ju Shen!]
[Task 2: Solve the problems of three pilgrims. 】
[Reward for completing the mission: Supernatural power - spirit possession!]
[Task 3: Complete the last wish of the God of the Five Towns Mountain.]
[Reward for completing the mission: The method of incense and Shinto.]
The rewards for the three missions are quite generous, and even incense is included!
However, when Cheng Fan finished reading these tasks, the original look of anticipation on his face instantly froze.
"Even gods will die..."
Cheng Fan knew where the mountain temple in Wuzhen Mountain was.
I once tried to expand my spiritual consciousness and checked the situation of Wuzhen Mountain, and I saw the location of the mountain temple.
However, I don’t know if the mountain god is in the temple.
Because in Cheng Fan's memory, the mountain temple in Wuzhen Mountain had long been abandoned and overgrown with weeds.
Originally, Cheng Fan thought it was just an abandoned building, but now it seems that the mountain god of Wuzhen Mountain is most likely there!
Then Cheng Fan thought for a moment, and finally decided to go over and take a look.
So I told Xiao Nannan and Dahu to let them look after the house.
After seeing the little girl nodding, Cheng Fan immediately took out his flying sword and flew towards the mountain temple on the other side of Wuzhen Mountain.
Seeing that Cheng Fan had left, the little girl immediately felt as if she had come to life in an instant.
"Yeah! Master is leaving!!"
"Dahu, let's go play..."
With that said, the little girl ran into the room on her short legs.
Then he found the place where he hid the candies, grabbed two handfuls of candies and put them in his pocket.
"I am the one who deserves to be, the one who deserves to be, the most handsome..."
After coming out, the little girl climbed up on the big tiger's back while humming the song taught by Cheng Fan.
One person and one tiger walked outside, with very unhappy faces.
As for guarding the house?
Going to the door to play with Dahu is also looking after the house!
…………
On the other side of Wuzhen Mountain, in the forest, a dilapidated Taoist temple stands in the dense forest.
Throughout the mountain temple, many roof tiles have fallen off, and some walls have even collapsed.
The color of the clay statues of mountain gods in the temple has completely faded, and even some places have been pitted by raindrops from the roof.
The entire mountain temple is half covered by shrubs and weeds.
There is no trace of popularity or vitality, only decadence and silence.
Suddenly a ray of light flashed in the sky, and Cheng Fan's sword stayed in the sky above the mountain temple, staring at the mountain temple below.
After a while, Cheng Fan landed slowly and walked into the temple.
Performed a Taoist ritual towards the clay statue of the mountain god.
Then he said: "Dishui Temple Daoxuan, asking to see the mountain god of Wuzhen Mountain."
When Cheng Fan said this, he was slightly inspired by his spiritual energy.
In this way, even if the mountain god is not in the mountain temple at this time, as long as his clay statue is there, the mountain god in Wuzhen Mountain can still sense it.
really!
Not long after, a strong wind suddenly blew up in the originally silent mountain temple.
The strong wind was so strong that even if Cheng Fan activated his spiritual energy to resist it, it seemed to have no effect at all.
The wind made him unable to open his eyes.
However, the wind came and went quickly, and it dissipated in a short time.
But when Cheng Fan opened his eyes again and looked around the mountain temple, he found that he was less than two meters away in front of him.
I don't know when a thin old man, less than 1.5 meters tall, wearing simple linen clothes and with a stooped body appeared.
Cheng Fan could tell at a glance that the old man in front of him exuded the aura of dying age.
Seeing this, Cheng Fan naturally knew who the visitor was and did not dare to neglect him.
He quickly saluted and said, "I have seen the mountain god."
The mountain god gave up and said with a slight smile: "After so many years, I didn't expect that there are still people who remember my mountain temple, haha..."
"My fellow Taoist, do you have any questions that you need my help with? If I can help you, I will naturally not be stingy."
"It's just that my magic power is very weak now, and I don't have much time left to live. I won't be able to help fellow Taoists with slightly more difficult things."
After the mountain god of Wuzhen Mountain finished speaking, he smiled openly, with a hint of ridicule in his tone.
Cheng Fan: "..."
"Why don't you say anything, fellow Taoist? When you come to me, don't you want me to help you with something?"
Cheng Fan asked back: "How long can Lord Mountain God live?"
These words stunned the mountain god, and he didn't care after he reacted.
After a long time, he smiled and said: "I... there are about two days left..."
"Aren't gods immortal?"
The mountain god gave up and said: "Of course the gods are immortal, but we, the gods in the human world, are different." www.bǐqυgetν.℃ǒm
"Without incense and without believers, that is when we will disappear..."
"Mountain gods, land gods, city gods...all are no exception!"
After saying that, the mountain god glanced at the entire mountain temple and said with a smile: "Fellow Taoist also saw the current situation of my mountain temple. Naturally, it is impossible for incense to exist."
"And my last believer... now only has two days to live..."
Once a believer dies, no one in the world will believe in the existence of the mountain god on Wuzhen Mountain.
The mountain god of Wuzhen Mountain will also disappear from now on.
Perhaps one day in the future, someone will rebuild the mountain temple on Wuzhen Mountain and re-establish incense and belief.
But the mountain god who reunited after that was another newly appointed mountain god.
"I see……"
Only then did Cheng Fan realize that this was the reason why the mountain gods of Wuzhen Mountain had disappeared.
At the same time, he also knew that this was inevitable.
As more and more people believe in science, they put an end to superstition and no longer believe in or worship gods.
The incense of the gods is getting less and less, and the faith is getting less and less.
As a result, these gods on earth will probably one day exit the stage and disappear from the world!
"Lord Mountain God, do you have any regrets?"
The mountain god was stunned, and then he burst into laughter.
He didn't expect that in the hundreds of years since he became a mountain god, he has been helping people.
Unexpectedly, one day, someone would want to help him.
This actually made the mountain god look at Cheng Fan with admiration.
Chapter completed!