Chapter 95: The Elders of Heaven, the Three Corpses, Songhe
Temple of the God of Land.

The temple was filled with incense and smoke rose high into the sky, as if conveying the will of heaven.

The God of Land looks kind, there is a priest in front of the temple who treats illnesses for free, and there is free rice porridge next door.

With these small favors, and the gangsters and bullies killed before, the belief in the land old man gradually took root in people's hearts.

Xu Yang watched among the crowd.

People's beliefs have been passed on to Shintoism when they burn incense and kowtow, and there is no trace of belief outside.

This will prevent wandering ghosts from coming to snatch away faith.

Xu Yang observed the path of faith entering the statue.

The path of faith is not worth practicing.

The main reason is that people rely too much on external things, and the personality of those who practice this method will change to a greater or lesser extent.

If you want to do it, be the one who best understands the way of faith.

Communicate with the land master through divine thoughts.

The old landowner looked at the believers in front of him with satisfaction.

I haven't seen such a scene in many years.

Now the Great Sage has been born again and brought himself back to the past.

When Xu Yang's spiritual sense came over, he vaguely sensed the changes in the fundamental seal on the old land man's body.

"The Savage Buddha's method of conversion may not be that strong, otherwise the whole world would be filled with Savage Buddha spies."

The Barbarian Buddha's method is very effective in dealing with low-level cultivators. Once the Great Fundamental Seal is used, the opponent will immediately submit to him.

If the other party has a foundation-building level or above, there will be a certain psychological suggestion at most, but he will not completely surrender. If the other party really has resistance in his heart, the spell will be lifted one day.

Therefore, you should use more methods in the future and don’t think of solving the problem once and for all.

The other party must comply with one's own interests and agree with the Taoist temple's philosophy.

Zombies are always the most reliable backup.

The old land master in front of him is not bad. As a believer in a god, if he controls the temple, it is equivalent to controlling his lifeline.

Besides, he used a method to refine the essence of the land old man, not just the Great Fundamental Seal.

"Is it possible to rebuild the divine body in the mortal world now?" Xu Yang asked.

The land old man said: "It will be enough if we save it for a while."

"Okay, the next twenty-one townships will also build land temples."

The old land god can also use the prison gate zombie to monitor other places. With the land god temple, his control over the territory will be more powerful.

"By the way, have you ever sensed any traces of other gods?"

It would be better to have more low-level celestial gods like the land god.

Unlike other great gods, they do not have a Taoist tradition passed down from generation to generation. These low-level gods whose names cannot even be recorded in history are just the right ones to be included in Taoist temples.

With the seniority of the land old man in charge, it is still possible to attract talents.

"It's difficult. Before, I was alone in the underworld and had no chance to communicate with the gods in heaven. Now I have the opportunity to rebuild my divine body. Maybe I can look for it."

According to historical records, the gods in heaven completely disappeared more than two thousand years ago.

But it does not mean that the Heavenly Court was at its peak more than 2,000 years ago. The decline of the Heavenly Court followed a certain curve, just like the mortal dynasties. First, a major event caused the situation to take a sharp turn for the worse, and then it was unable to suppress the demons in various places.

Later, they lost control of the territory in the constant wars and eventually collapsed.

"Come here, Jiuyou Temple is recruiting laborers, carpenters, stonemasons, and plasterers... 100 coins a day, food and accommodation included!!"

Next to the land god temple, the village chief was shouting loudly.

Qingping was directing everyone from the side.

Seeing Xu Yang, she walked over quickly.

"Master, besides the temple, do we need to repair other places?" Qingping asked.

"Of course, the roads and ditches must be repaired. Oh, and you should also form a law enforcement team to crack down on illegal activities."

In addition, Xu Yang even planned to build several free private schools, which would provide basic classics and some private goods.

Since you plan to build up your power, do it thoroughly.

Underground forces and certain non-official forces must all be eliminated.

"Fellow Daoist, you have some tricks, but you are too strict. Are you delaying my practice?"

Zhao Xianglu appeared at some point.

The usual governance philosophy of monks is to do less, seek emptiness, and let nature take its course.

If it doesn't benefit you, keep it simple.

People like Xu Yang, who are in charge of all walks of life, may have brought some stability, but they also increased governance costs and employed a lot of people in vain.

Xu Yang had known that Zhao Xianglu was secretly observing him, but he had never spoken up, pretending not to notice. "That's right, but I'm afraid of trouble, so I'll just be stricter."

While speaking, the person opposite took out the Qiankun bag.

"These are three jade coffins and some materials." Zhao Xianglu hesitated to speak.

"Fellow Daoist, do you have anything else to say? Feel free to tell me." Xu Yang said.

"The land god temple is a waste of folk faith. It is better to build a temple for Baosheng Niangniang. The temple priest can treat illnesses and exorcise evil spirits for free on weekdays, which can be regarded as contributing to the Taoist temple."

"How many rooms do you plan to build?"

"From the county to the township level! All areas, the funds will be provided by me."

"Forget it, I'll give you one township at most." Xu Yang refused directly without giving a reason.

Because they don't have Shinto talismans, religious monks like Zhao Xianglu can usually only absorb faith in temples where gods exist. At the next level, they can no longer absorb faith through the air.

Building temples in the countryside is mostly to attract country people to come to the city to worship, which will not bring much improvement.

Moreover, the Baosheng Niangniang Temple is also a mature temple system. Once it is allowed to build a temple, it is bound to attract some believers of the Earth God.

After much thought, Xu Yang refused mercilessly.

"One township will do."

Zhao Xianglu was unhappy in his heart, but he didn't say anything on the surface.

The two chatted for a few minutes, talked about the current situation on the battlefield, and then said goodbye and parted.

On the outskirts of the county town, a palace was slowly being built.

Huangya and Jiuyou are also two buildings that look like ruins, one is thriving and the other is in decline.

Before leaving, Rufeng glanced at the Taoist temple reluctantly.

What he saw instead was the laborers dismantling the buildings.

"One day, I will make you pay the price!"

Ru Feng did not even look back, left sadly, and returned to his original ninth-grade temple.

Inside the charity cemetery, there were three more jade coffins beside the spiritual field.

The coffin is made of jade, with carvings of warriors holding halberds, civil officials holding hu tablets, immortals riding dragons, and goddesses riding phoenixes on all four sides. The twelve zodiac animals are carved in lines, and mountains and plants are dotted around. It looks rich and noble.

"What a nice coffin." Xu Yang couldn't help but admire.

This coffin contains vitality. A coffin that contains dead objects, but can give birth to life. It is undoubtedly a useless magic tool created by ancient sorcerers to satisfy the fantasies of high-ranking officials and nobles about rebirth after death.

If nothing unexpected happens, the corpses of the princes and nobles must have become zombies of the monks.

Calm your mind, sit quietly and regulate your breathing.

The divine mind communicated with the spiritual field and the Taiyin energy, and three bats moved out from the altar, ready to sew up the zombies.

Xu Yang planned to do the same as before.

Taking advantage of the characteristics of the Warring States Silk Book's proficiency, first use low-level zombies to increase the proficiency. After the proficiency is high, you can then refine high-level zombies.

Time passed little by little, and the Taoist temple began to lay the foundation.

After the Taoist temple is built, we will ask the people from Sanjun County Palace to move the formation and report to the court to move the essence of the spiritual field.

The God of Land can actually move the spiritual fields, but if he does it now, it may expose the secret of the God of Land.

While the Taoist temple was being built, various materials and prohibitions were compiled into a list and sent over.

Xu Yang got a headache after seeing this.

“It actually cost so much.”

Fortunately, I managed the Huangya Temple warehouse for Rufeng, otherwise I would have to borrow money to build the temple.

In the next free time.

Xu Yang devoted himself to refining the three-body Taoist soldier. Zombies need years of nurturing. If he wants to quickly improve the combat effectiveness of zombies in a short period of time, he can only rely on his own methods.

Two months passed quickly.

The border war went from a stalemate to a small-scale battle stage.

The army of monks adopted a rotation system, and most of the remaining monks returned to their homes.

Among them are Zhigang, Heiyu, Huangdu and Tongshou.

There are only a few monks of the lower level left, and most of those who survived are their direct descendants.

Taoist Zhigang returned to the forest of corpses and immediately released the nine-headed zombie dragon.

The nine-headed zombie dragon was missing three heads.

"Oh, I'm losing money now." Taoist Zhigang wanted to cry but had no tears.

This trip was just to gain some merits and the corpses of monks, but his foundation was above the nine-headed zombie dragon.

This time I basically lost money and was seriously injured.

"Let's recover first, and then go to Quhuang County."

Taoist Zhigang doesn't like complicated ceremonies, so when the time comes, he can just change the seal on the legal document and bring Xu Yang to the sect to enter the information.

As for other banquets and fasting ceremonies, there was no need to hold them. He could also see that Xu Yang was a troublesome person.

When General Heiyu returned to the yamen, he was immediately shocked by his subordinates who came to report.

"What? Jiuyou Temple? Xu Yang has achieved a breakthrough in foundation building? He has become the abbot of the temple?"

General Blackfish couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.

Wow, it felt like hundreds of years had passed. When I came back, the whole county had changed.

General Black Fish's mind turned and he instantly thought of a way to deal with it.

It seems that I have to keep my tail between my legs.

According to my own experience over the years, when facing such a genius with extraordinary talent, the most important thing is to keep a low profile. Such people tend not to hit anyone who smiles at them, so they are relatively easy to get along with.

"Call Rufeng over here!"

"Yes!"

On the way here, Rufeng was still fantasizing about the government and his master joining forces.

"Rufeng, your master is dead."

As soon as these words came out, they were like wind and lightning.

I returned to my residence in a daze, not knowing what to say.

The capital of the Fire Elephant Kingdom.

The high peak not far from the capital was burning with flames, like a torch standing tall.

After returning, the Fire King claimed that he had gained some insights and went into seclusion to practice for a while.

Those who know the inside story know that it was the Fire King who was injured.

"All ministries, counties and prefectures, listen to my order. From now on, ninth- and eighth-rank officials will no longer be granted by me personally. All ministries and prefectures can discuss this on their own."

Once this order was issued, it meant that the Fire King had completely given up on stifling the genius.

The Fire King's control over the people is further weakened.

Dijie County.

Saga County Palace.

This county palace uses the mountains as its Taoist temple and is named after the rugged and rugged mountains.

The majestic golden roof reveals a different world inside.

There are endless pine trees and flocks of white cranes.

A Taoist temple with green tiles stands tall, with a white-haired Taoist priest sitting cross-legged in the temple.

This is Taoist Songhe, the magistrate of Dijie County.

The Taoist practices the secret method of the Three Corpses, also known as the Three Corpses Pine and Crane, and is the only spiritual embryo cultivator in Dijie County.

But soon it won’t be.

Taoist Songhe has only been focusing on two things these days: Taoist Shenmu is about to come out of retreat and the power of the ninth and eighth ranks will be decentralized.

Needless to say, the former may threaten the position of the county governor. Although the latter is negotiated by the county government, it is still decided by the county governor.

"Four county masters died after the war. Why not bring them all into Saga?"

No, a big tree attracts the wind, which will lead to the other two factions uniting.

Suddenly, Taoist Songhe thought of something.

"Please invite the old eunuch of the Zhang family... ahem, the head of the Zhang family, Zhang Tai, in."

The position of the temple master can be given to the Zhang family, which will not only win over the Chechi Palace, but also allow the Zhang family to fight against the Sanjun County Palace.

You can sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight in the palace of Saga County.

(End of this chapter)