Chapter 44 Merit Stone

This stone house is very similar to a folk land temple. It is only half a person's height. Many red cloth strips are tied to the stones and the branches around it. In front of the house, there is an altar built with stones and filled with soil. There are many incense sticks in it, which have been burned, leaving only the bottom.

Judging from the incense sticks left behind, this small temple is quite popular.

Pan Jun stared blankly and asked uncertainly: "Is this... our master?"

"That's right," Wang Feiyin said, "Mr. Pan is the mountain god of Mount Sanqing. This area is under his jurisdiction and protection. There are three such mountain god temples within 50 miles of Mount Sanqing. This one has existed the longest and is the largest."

Is this still big?

Pan Yun: "Brother, have you ever thought about building a bigger temple for Master?"

“It was originally planned to be built, but I prayed to Master several times and he refused.”

Pan Yun was puzzled: "Why?"

Wang Feiyin: "Maybe the person who prayed was wrong."

"Ah?" Pan Jun's heart moved, and he pointed his finger at himself, "Do you want me to come?"

Wang Feiyin handed her the incense and candles he brought, "Please burn incense for Master first."

Pan Yun put the cat aside and squatted down to burn incense and candles.

As for the incense and candles, you have to rub the heads before lighting them, but it is not easy to light them. In the past, it took Pan Yun a long time to light the incense and candles, but this time, the incense and candles lit up as soon as the fire was turned on, and it was so fast that she was distracted.

Pan Jun was stunned for a moment, then turned the fire lighter, inserted the incense stick and started lighting the incense.

This time the incense burned quickly and smoothly.

Pan Yun gave half of the incense to Wang Feiyin, and held a handful himself, standing in front of the temple and looking ahead. After a moment, he closed his eyes and said sincerely in his heart: "Master, the incense and candles burned so smoothly today. It shows that you really love your little disciple, right?
Don't worry, I will come to burn incense for you often in the future and spread the reputation of the Sanqing Mountain God to the world. 】

Pan Yun bowed and lit the incense.

Seeing the smoke rising, Pan Jun smiled and felt relieved. She turned her head and looked at Wang Feiyin expectantly. The word "gift" was written on her left eye and the word "meeting gift" was written on her right eye.

Wang Feiyin picked her up and flew up, stepping on five or six trees and flying towards the huge rock behind the mountain temple.

The mountain rises slowly, the trees gradually disappear, and only a huge rock barrier like a sky screen stands in front of us.

Wang Feiyin was like a cloud of smoke, floating up with the breeze, holding Pan Yun in his hand, who was shouting "Cat, cat, cat".

He flew up on the huge rock and landed between a rock layer. He put Pan Yun aside, clapped his hands, and the rock broke. The broken rocks fell off the cliff on his side.

Pan Yun turned her head and saw a fist-sized golden-white stone in the middle of the broken rock. It was twitching faintly. She blinked and asked, "Is it alive?"

But when I looked carefully, it was not moving again.

It is embedded entirely in the rock, seeming to be one with the rock, yet not seeming to be.

"It can't be jade, right? Isn't this granite?" Pan Jun looked at the hands of the eldest senior brother and thought he was also very powerful, as he could break granite with his bare hands.

Wang Feiyin put his hand behind his back and explained to Pan Yun, "This is the incense stone, also known as the merit stone. More than a hundred years ago, if people wanted to pray to the mountain god, they had to climb here to burn incense."

Pan Yun glanced down and felt dizzy. She immediately looked away and stared at the stone that looked like gold but not gold, like jade but not jade, and tried her best to stick to the innermost rock. "It's so high, how can ordinary people get up?"

Wang Feiyin: "People who have something to ask for will naturally find a way to come up. For thousands of years, the people nearby have prayed in this way. Taoist priests and believers who come from afar also come here to pray. It was not until the establishment of the Ming Dynasty that the mountain temple at the foot of the mountain began to be built, and then everyone started to burn incense and pray below.

But no matter where it is, the incense will eventually drift to this incense stone."

Wang Feiyin stretched out his hand, grasped the jade, and using his internal energy, he broke it with force and took it off completely. He handed the jade to Pan Yun.

Pan Jun reached out to take it. It was cold at first, but became warm in a moment.

She was very close to this stone, holding it in her hand and liking it a little. She did not hide her liking for it, and said to Wang Feiyin with starry eyes, "Big Brother, I feel like I have seen this merit stone before, and I am very close to it."

Wang Feiyin: "This is a merit stone, a gift and recognition from heaven. Not to mention you, even livestock, such as pigs, cows, dogs and sheep, will feel close to it when they see it."

Pan Yun: "I thought it was the people's telekinesis or something, but it turned out to be a gift and recognition from the Heavenly Dao?"

"Of course, this also includes the people's telekinesis. Things here are very complicated, and I can't explain it clearly."

Pan Yun touched the stone and muttered, "How can I not explain it clearly?" Wang Feiyin: "If I can explain it clearly, it means that I have figured out how this Merit Stone was created and what the Heavenly Dao thinks. If I can think the same as the Heavenly Dao, I am not a human being now, but the Heavenly Dao.

For those of us who practice Taoism, what we think about and study all our lives is, what is Taoism, isn't it? "

Pan Jun seemed to be lost in thought. She seemed to have never thought about this question. She just wanted to practice superficially to make herself stronger.

Whether in her past life or this life, she has never delved into what Tao is.

Pan Yun looked down at the Merit Stone in his hand and asked, "Master, are you going to give this Merit Stone to me?"

Wang Feiyin nodded.

"why?"

Wang Feiyin: "He will tell you in the evening."

That is to say, He would come to her in her dreams at night.

Pan Jun clenched the merit stone in his hand, feeling a little nervous.

Wang Feiyin reached out and patted her head, saying, "Junior sister, you must remember that even if it is a gift from God, there is a price. You have to see if the price is something you can afford. If you don't want to obey, God cannot force you."

He said meaningfully: "Whether it is gods, ghosts, or monsters, they all seem to be more powerful than humans. However, everything in the world is under the rule of heaven, and heaven allows humans the right to refuse."

So she could reject the mountain god.

Pan Yun hugged the Merit Stone tightly and nodded to Wang Feiyin, "I see, Senior Brother, do you know what this Merit Stone is used for?"

Wang Feiyin said: "There are many benefits. It can calm your mind and spirit, and it can also make people and things like you have a good impression of you, just like you are holding it and not willing to let go. Others will also find you lovely when they see you."

In other words, to make her charming?
Pan Jun: “Is that it?”

"Then what else? Calculate the merits of the person who carries it? The more recognized a person is by the Heavenly Dao, the thicker the golden color will be?" Wang Feiyin said, "In the end, isn't it just to make you more approachable?"

Pan Jun's eyes widened and she tightly grasped the merit stone in her arms. She knew what this thing was used for!
She looked down at the stone in her arms stiffly, so the mountain god knew everything.

That’s right, Sanqing Temple is on Sanqing Mountain, which is equivalent to them living in the body of Mr. Pan. Naturally, her and Pan Xiaohei’s every move cannot be hidden from others.

I don’t know exactly how much He knows.

Pan Yun felt like being stripped naked and seen by others, and she really didn't like this feeling.

Before she could figure it out, Wang Feiyin had already picked her up and flew out again, this time facing directly below the cliff.

Flying down from the sky, Pan Jun's legs went weak and his whole body shook uncontrollably. He screamed "Ahhhhhhhhh" and the wind kept blowing into his mouth.

Wang Feiyin descended rapidly and put her on the grass as soon as he reached the ground. Her legs were so weak that she could not move and she sat down on the ground with a plop.

Wang Feiyin confirmed it now, "Are you afraid of heights?"

The wind rushed into Pan Jun's stomach, and she burped. Her eyes were red, and she denied it flatly, "No, I'm not afraid of heights! It was you who came too suddenly, Senior Brother. Why didn't you tell me in advance that you were going to fly down?"

Wang Feiyin looked at her steadily for a while and then nodded, "I'll tell you next time. Let's go up the mountain."

Pan Jun held the Merit Stone in one hand and supported himself with the other as he climbed up with difficulty, stumbling after Wang Fei had disappeared.

Seeing that she had left him like this, Pan Xiaohei could only follow her, meowing and making a lot of noise along the way.

Pan Yun: "If you keep making noise, I won't let you into the house, do you believe it?"

Pan Xiaohei suddenly didn't dare to make a noise anymore.

Wang Feiyin smiled and said, "Junior Sister, your cat is so smart. Have you been raising it since it was a child?"

Pan Jun nodded, "Yes, I have raised it since I was a child. It has been with me since I was born."

Upon hearing this, Wang Feiyin couldn't help but look at the black cat and frowned, "This cat is eight years old?"

"This is a civet cat. It grows slowly and will live a long life." Pan Yun changed the subject, "Brother, can this merit stone be used to make an array stone or something like that?"

　The lucky number for this chapter is still the number ending in 3, as shown in the screenshot
　　
　
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