"please!"

Cheng Fan naturally knew that he could not refuse the request of the middle-aged Taoist priest in front of him, so he had no choice but to agree.

But my heart is always on guard.

"Thank you, fellow Taoist, haha..."

The middle-aged Taoist priest bowed his hands again and saluted, then glanced at Cheng Fan and said with a special smile: "The Taoist will just drink the water and leave. Fellow Taoist, there is no need to be so guarded against the Taoist."

Being pointed out directly, Cheng Fan felt a little embarrassed, but did not accept the words.

The middle-aged Taoist leader followed Cheng Fan into the Taoist temple and took a brief look at the environment and layout of the Taoist temple.

Cheng Fan placed the middle-aged Taoist priest on a chair in the main hall and then quickly entered the backyard and started brewing a pot of spiritual tea.

"There is nothing to entertain fellow Taoists in the Taoist temple, please forgive me."

Hearing Cheng Fan's words, the middle-aged Taoist priest didn't care.

With a smile, he took the teapot and poured himself a cup, smelled it, and said with a smile: "Well... although the spiritual energy is thin, the tea fragrance is quite strong."

“I didn’t expect that Taoist friend is so good at growing tea!”

The middle-aged Taoist priest sighed in admiration, and then drank the tea in the cup in one gulp.

"It's a pity that the old Taoist himself is not the kind of refined scholar who knows how to taste tea, so he failed to live up to the good intentions of his fellow Taoists."

After drinking the tea, the middle-aged Taoist priest smiled and said: "My fellow Taoist, this Taoist temple is quite pure."

Cheng Fan smiled and said lightly: "The Taoist temple run by my family only has few people, so it is naturally clean."

Hearing Cheng Fan's words, the middle-aged Taoist priest smiled and said, "You humans will still enjoy it..."

As soon as these words came out, Cheng Fan didn't show any surprise on his face.

Cheng Fan had already sensed an incense-like aura from the middle-aged Taoist priest in front of him before.

When he revealed that he was not a human race, Cheng Fan was not surprised.

However, one thing Cheng Fan was sure of was that the middle-aged Taoist priest in front of him did not show any ill will towards him.

This is good news for him so far.

After thinking for a moment, Cheng Fan finally asked the doubt in his heart: "Fellow Taoist, is he the god of incense?"

"Incense god?"

The middle-aged Taoist priest was stunned for a moment, and after he came to his senses, he nodded with a smile: "Hahaha, the old Taoist had never thought about this before, but when my fellow Taoist mentioned it like this, it seems that the old Taoist really is somewhat similar to the incense god."

"Old Taoism is indeed born to gather the faith of all living beings, but it is not a god of incense."

The middle-aged Taoist priest stood up at this time, cupped his hands towards Cheng Fan and said with a smile: "I didn't fully identify myself as a Taoist just now, please forgive me, fellow Taoist."

"Old Taoist Nian Suixi is a ferocious beast transformed by the faith of all living beings, and is called Nian by the world!"

Cheng Fan: "!!!"

Nian... Nian beast?

Cheng Fan was a little dumbfounded.

By the way, it’s not the Chinese New Year yet, there’s still more than half a year until New Year’s Eve!

Why did the Nian beast come out?

Seeing Cheng Fan's reaction, the middle-aged Taoist priest smiled and said: "Fellow Taoist is very surprised, hehehe..."

Cheng Fan felt a little embarrassed, and then asked: "Shouldn't fellow Taoists appear at the turn of the old and new years? Why..."

Before he finished speaking, the middle-aged Taoist priest stopped and interrupted Cheng Fan's intention to continue. He already knew what Cheng Fan was going to ask.

Then he smiled and said: "I didn't expect that fellow Taoist fellow Taoist would be willing to sit down and chat with me after knowing my identity."

Hearing this, Cheng Fan also smiled slightly.

The middle-aged Taoist priest took a sip of tea, looked at the cup in his hand, remained silent for a long time, and suddenly asked: "Fellow Taoist, would you like to hear me tell a story?"

"Huh? Uncle wants to tell a story? Can my daughter come and listen?"

Just as the middle-aged Taoist priest finished speaking, a small head suddenly poked out from the door of the main hall.

The little girl was lying on the threshold, showing a smile that seemed to heal people's hearts.

Seeing the little girl, the middle-aged Taoist priest was obviously surprised in his eyes. Then he smiled and waved to the little girl: "Come if you want to listen to uncle tell stories."

"I'm quite happy that someone is willing to listen. I haven't talked to anyone in a long time..."

After hearing what the middle-aged Taoist priest said, the little girl immediately ran over and shrank into Cheng Fan's arms.

Cheng Fan put his two hands as if he were hugging her, and then only exposed his small head. His big round eyes looked at the middle-aged Taoist priest opposite, with a look of anticipation in his eyes.

Cheng Fan was a little dumbfounded when he saw this.

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"I can't remember how many years have passed since I woke up."

"Normally, I basically rest in the mountains, waiting for the lively days of the new year and the old year."

The middle-aged Taoist priest had a nostalgic look on his face, but he seemed a little depressed.

"I woke up from the faith of sentient beings, and the duty given to me was to go out and cause trouble at the turn of the new year and have everyone drive away with the sound of firecrackers, haha..."

"I was quite bored with this responsibility at first. I didn't understand why the belief in all living beings would give birth to someone like me."

Having said this, the old Taoist suddenly smiled with a heart-warming smile: "But later, when I walked out of the mountains and came to the city and saw the bustling people and the streets full of lanterns, I was like

I fell in love with days like this.”

"Then that night I transformed into my true form, no longer resisted this responsibility, took on the identity that everyone had been driven away from last year, and had a lot of fun with everyone."

"I said I was scared away by the sound of firecrackers. In fact, I saw everyone was tired every time, so I took the initiative to leave, haha..."

"Since then, I have been looking forward to the coming of the new year every day in the mountains."

"I like the excitement, and I also like the atmosphere of everyone celebrating together on a day like that."

At this point, the little girl in Cheng Fan's arms suddenly laughed.

"Uncle was just as playful as my daughter when he was young, hehehe..."

As soon as these words came out, the middle-aged Taoist priest opposite was amused and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, I used to really like to play, haha..."

After saying that, the smile on the Taoist priest's face disappeared and turned into melancholy and nostalgia.

"It's just that now, gradually, those days of celebration are almost gone."

“Everyone is gradually forgetting about New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Eve.”

Hearing this, Cheng Fan suddenly thought of the old mountain god who once ruled the Wuzhen Mountain.

Being forgotten is indeed a very sad thing for the incense gods.

It means they are no longer needed.

It means how they appeared, how they disappeared...

"Fellow Taoist, you..."

The middle-aged Taoist priest gave up and had a free and easy smile on his face.

But the sense of decadence in his body has not diminished at all.

"The old Taoist knows that sooner or later, the old Taoist will be like those incense gods forgotten by the world, and then completely disappear and disappear in silence."

"After all these years, I have never had a good look at the scenery of this great river and mountain."

"So I thought, while I still have some time, I would like to see as much as possible..."

"Maybe that day, I won't be able to see it again..."

Cheng Fan's heart was slightly blocked by these words. He looked at the middle-aged Taoist priest in front of him and sighed slightly in his heart.

There is no Nian beast here.
Chapter completed!