Chapter 145: Goddess of Hongshan

Chapter 145: Goddess of Hongshan

Chapter 145: Goddess of Hongshan

Chen Shi's eyes could see clearly at night, but he could not see far. He concentrated his eyes with great effort and saw that the black shadow was a black bear. It was wearing human clothes, a Taoist robe of a scholar, and had its hair in a bun with a hairpin.

Its robe is quite wide, covering its fat body.

——The rumor that scholars wear Taoist robes originated from Emperor Jiajing, who was a Taoist priest and was known as the Emperor of Longevity and the Immortal of Purple Extreme. He also bestowed Taoist robes on civil and military officials. Later, scholars were proud to wear Taoist robes.

If you encounter this bear at night, you will definitely think it is just a fat female scholar. Only when you get close to it can you see that it is a bear.

However, by the time you see it clearly, it is often too late. The black bear will pounce on you and eat you!
The black bear was eating the scholar's leg while looking around vigilantly. It made very little noise while eating, probably because it was worried about waking up others.

Suddenly, it seemed to have noticed something and turned its head to look at Chen Shi.

Chen Shi's eyes flashed, and he was about to cast a spell to kill the black bear, when suddenly a divine light appeared in the room, and a shrine and a divine fetus appeared behind Zhao Kaiyun's head. With a hum, a sword energy flew out!
The black bear was extremely agile. It managed to avoid Zhao Kaiyun's Ziwu Zhanxie Sword at such a close distance. It reached out and grabbed the half-eaten scholar, then crashed through the wall with a bang and escaped from the room!

"Evil spirit, you still want to escape!"

Zhao Kaiyun did not expect that it could actually avoid his sword energy. He immediately turned over and jumped up, chasing after it. Suddenly, a whistling wind blew past him, almost causing him to fly forward.

Zhao Kaiyun was shocked and confused, and tried to steady himself, but he saw a short figure rushing out of the hole. It was Chen Shi, who went straight towards the black bear!

"Don't get close!"

Zhao Kaiyun screamed in surprise, but saw that the figure just touched the leaping black bear, and a huge black shadow was struck by lightning and flew to one side, booming, and crashed through several walls before stopping.

The other scholars were immediately awakened and stood up to look outside.

They were all scholars who had been granted divine fetuses by God. At this moment, lamps were lit up in the shrines, and the divine fetuses emitted light, illuminating the post station as bright as day.

"What happened?"

There was a lot of noise all around, with questions everywhere.

Zhao Kaiyun hurried forward, only to see that the black bear demon had all its bones shattered and fell under the wall like a puddle of mud, dead.

Zhao Kaiyun was shocked and confused, and hurried to Chen Shi's side. He saw Chen Shi's blood steaming, forming a blood cloud outside his body, which held the scholar whose calf had been bitten off in the air.

"He was hit by a charm that bewitched his soul, and his spirit was bewitched, wandering between the Yin and Yang worlds, so he has been in a coma and unable to wake up."

Chen Shi supported the scholar with his blood and qi, and made a sword gesture with his right hand, saying quickly, "I will use the soul-summoning talisman to summon his soul and let his soul return to his body!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he used the sword finger of his right hand as a pen and drew a soul-summoning talisman in the air. His energy and blood condensed into the talisman, which then became brighter with a humming sound. The twisted and mysterious words sparkled and were gently pushed by Chen Shi into the scholar's body.

"It hurts!"

The scholar woke up, holding his calf and screaming miserably.

Chen Shi ignored the scholar and came to the dead black bear demon, as if he was groping for something.

Zhao Kaiyun saw this and hurried over. He couldn't help but admire him very much and said, "Brother Chen, you have such a high level of attainment in talismans. If you go to Hongshan Hall, I'm afraid you can get a monthly salary of thirty taels. After all, you are a coach! This evil spirit actually dared to run to the post station to eat people. It's really bold!"

Chen Shi shook his head and said, "He is not evil."

"Isn't it an evil spirit?" Zhao Kaiyun was stunned.

Chen Shi touched the back of the black bear's head and suddenly grabbed a hard hair and pulled it out with force. The black bear's body began to twist and change, and soon it turned from a bear into a woman!
"This is the art of animal creation, a kind of magic. This woman must have practiced the art of animal creation. She can turn other people into livestock, and she can also transform herself into a wild beast."

Chen Shi guessed, "She turned into a black bear and couldn't control her animal nature, so she came out to eat people."

Zhao Kaiyun was surprised when he saw the wooden token hanging around the woman's waist. He cried out, "She's a disciple of the Tianmu Society! She's in trouble! Brother Chen, let's go!"

He pulled away the wooden token and turned away.

Chen Shi hurriedly caught up with him and asked, "What is the Tianmu Society? Brother Zhao, this time the Tianmu Society's artificial animals got out of control and ran to the post station to eat people. We are in the right place. Why do we have to leave?"

Zhao Kaiyun motioned him not to speak, and hurried out of the post station, then said: "Even if you have a reason, you can't explain it! The government of Gongzhou doesn't care about things, where else can we talk about reason? I am the talisman master of Hongshan Hall. Let's go to Hongshan Hall and place this token behind the incense burner of Hongshan Hall. Use the incense of Hongshan Hall to suppress the token. Tianmu will not dare to provoke Hongshan Goddess!"

Chen Shi was worried. During the day, he had seen the evil spirits worshipped by Gongzhou Cao Lao Hui, Yan Lao Hui and Hongshan Hall. They were extremely powerful, just like evil gods. If he was targeted by such a being, it would not be a good thing!
"Brother Zhao, let me take the Tianmu Order to avoid implicating you." Chen Shi said.

Zhao Kaiyun hesitated for a moment, then gave him the Tianmu Order and said, "This item cannot be damaged. If it is damaged, Tianmu will sense you. If it finds out that you killed a disciple of the Tianmu Society, it will definitely capture you and make your life worse than death!"

Chen Shi thanks you.

Zhao Kaiyun and he had just met for the first time and had exchanged a few words, but he was very warm and enthusiastic. Although it was obviously just Chen Shi's business, he took the initiative to take it on and help Chen Shi with advice.

"He is someone worth making friends with." Chen Shi thought to himself.

Although the world is dangerous, he still meets many people with hope, such as Zhuge Jian, Li Tianqing, Ding Ding, and Zhao Kaiyun who is by his side.

The main altar of Hongshan Hall was not too far from the post station, only two miles away. When Zhao Kaiyun arrived at the main altar, he saw several strong men from Hongshan Hall guarding outside the door, and two stone lions, more than one meter tall, standing in front of the door.

Seeing them coming, the two stone lions suddenly moved. One of the stone lions jumped down from the stone pier and raised its huge front paws to block the two men.

"Stop!" said a strong man from Hongshan Hall.

Zhao Kaiyun took out the token of Hongshan Hall, and the stone lion let them pass.

The Hongshan Hall strongmen did not stop them.

Zhao Kaiyun quickly asked: "Senior brothers, is the hall master here?"

A strong man shook his head and said, "The hall master is not here. A demon appeared in Pengbao, and several brothers died. Master Xiao Xiang was unable to capture it and was seriously injured, so the hall master rushed over in person."

"Is there an incense master at the main altar?"

"Master Lu is in the incense hall."

Zhao Kaiyun hurriedly took Chen Shi into the main altar. Chen Shi looked around and saw that this mansion had carved beams and painted rafters. There was an incense burner with incense burning every three or two steps, and there was a lantern every ten steps, and it was a red lantern.

The road inside the main altar is winding. You have to pass through a long corridor under the tall building and then go through several doors along the wall before you reach the incense hall.

There are ninety-nine incense oil lamps in the incense hall. Although there are many lights, they are not very bright.

There were several people sitting on cushions in front of the incense and oil lamps. One of them was in the process of producing his Nascent Soul, wandering among the lights of the incense and oil lamps, going in and out of the flames.

That person should be a talisman master. Around the cushion under his seat, the qi and blood showed the structure of golden talismans. He must have been injured. The golden talisman is also called the golden amulet, which can guard the heart of Taoism and prevent invasion by external evil.

His Nascent Soul was not big, only the size of a finger. He walked in the flames, absorbing the pure yang energy in the scented oil lamps to make up for his own injuries.

The flames of the lamps that his Nascent Soul passed by would quickly dim, and would only recover after a while. Chen Shi was not from Hongshan Hall, so he stayed outside. Zhao Kaiyun walked in, first greeted the people on the futon, then came to one person, bowed and whispered a few words.

Chen Shi stood outside the incense hall and looked behind it. He saw moonlight as bright as flowers, which suddenly fluttered down from the sky and fell behind the hall. It was colorful and brilliant, like pear blossoms falling from a tree.

Behind the incense hall was a mountain of meat, but there was no unusual smell.

That mountain of flesh is the Blood Tai Sui.

The Blood Tai Sui absorbs the moonlight, which creates the scene where the moonlight looks like pear blossoms!
"Xue Tai Sui is so strong!"

Chen Shi was quite shocked, but also a little puzzled, "Xue Tai Sui actively absorbed the moonlight, isn't he afraid of being transformed by the moonlight?"

It is common sense that if you absorb the moonlight, you will turn into evil spirits.

Chen Shi's grandfather, Chen Yindu, had run out of life, so he arranged a funeral for himself to deceive the underworld and escaped death. However, he could not escape the moonlight, which caused him to be sometimes lucid and sometimes confused, and he wanted to eat his grandson.

Later, Chen Yindu fought with the evil Bodhisattva and could not suppress his evil nature, so he took the initiative to enter the underworld, but his evil nature was also caused by the moonlight.

Chen Shi found it quite strange that Xue Tai Sui was actively absorbing the moonlight and had not yet started a killing spree.

At this time, the incense master Lu in the incense hall turned to look at Chen Shi and whispered, "Since it is a righteous act, we in Hongshan Hall have to help."

Master Lu was still sitting there and said, "Brother Chen, come in."

Just as Chen Shi was about to walk into the incense hall, Zhao Kaiyun hurriedly said, "Walk slowly, don't stir up the wind. Master Xiao's Nascent Soul was damaged and is still healing. He can't be blown by the wind."

Chen Shi slowed down and entered the incense hall.

Master Lu ordered, "Brother Chen, hang the Tianmu Order behind the incense burner and burn three incense sticks to Crane Boy. If Crane Boy accepts the incense and reports to the Goddess, then everything will be fine. If he doesn't accept the incense, the three incense sticks will fall down, and we at Hongshan Hall can no longer take care of your business."

Chen Shi thanked him and walked in the direction of his finger. Sure enough, he saw a three-legged incense burner, like a big toad, lying on the platform.

The incense burner was filled with the aroma of incense, and curls of green smoke were floating towards the cranes behind.

The crane had a red crown and a white body, with a row of black on the tips of its wings. It should be a piece of porcelain, standing there on one leg.

Chen Shi hung the Tianmu Order on the claws of the porcelain crane and lit three incense sticks.

He stood in front of the incense burner and waited for a while, but the incense in the burner never fell out.

He was still waiting when a clear childish voice came to his mind, saying with a smile: "The Queen said that the disciples of Tianmu Society were doing evil. You are acting on behalf of heaven and are not a bad person. The Queen will take care of this matter. Tianmu will not trouble you."

Chen Shi breathed a sigh of relief and bowed to express his gratitude.

The crane boy said in a voice, "I dare not. The queen said that the young master is very lucky, and the queen is just adding icing on the cake."

Chen Shi was extremely surprised.

"The Queen Mother said that the people of Tianmu Society have already known about the death of the disciple and reported the matter to Tianmu. Tianmu Society is here to kill you. You must stay in the incense hall tonight."

The crane boy continued, "After tonight, if everything is fine, you can leave tomorrow."

Chen Shi thanked him and stepped down from the incense burner.

Xiangzhu Lu said, "Since Crane Boy has accepted your incense, you should stay in the incense hall. Xiangzhu Xiao's Yuanying was damaged, so he also stayed in the hall. You should sit next to Xiangzhu Xiao and don't go out. If you go out, the queen may not be able to protect you."

Chen Shi thanked him and sat next to Master Xiao Xiang.

Xiao Xiangzhu's face was pale and her lips were bloodless. She nodded slightly to Chen Shi.

Chen Shi also nodded.

Master Lu Xiang said, "Brother Zhao said that you are very good at talisman techniques and can draw talismans with your bare hands. Brother Chen, can you show me how to do it?"

Chen Shi immediately drew a talisman with his sword.

Seeing this, Incense Master Lu's eyes lit up and he said with a smile, "Brother Chen is young, but his attainments in talismans are extraordinary. There are probably less than ten people in our Hongshan Hall who are better than you, and they are all Incense Masters and Hall Masters. Brother Chen, are you interested in joining Hongshan Hall? I can give you a position as a coach, with a monthly salary of thirty taels of silver."

Chen Shi said, "I need a lot of money. Thirty-two taels a month is enough for three days."

Master Lu was shocked: "Spending ten taels of silver a day! Did you grow up eating silver?"

He thought for a moment and said, "We, the incense master, only get fifty taels of silver every month. If it's not enough, we have to go out and kill evil spirits to exchange for money from the government. Originally, it was the government's responsibility to eliminate evil spirits, but the government found it troublesome, and many government servants died, so later it was handed over to our Hongshan Hall Talisman Master Association. If you are strong enough, you can hunt evil spirits and make some more money. If you kill enough evil spirits, you can also become the incense master and get fifty taels every month."

He added: "Don't imagine our Hongshan Hall as a place to worship evil gods. In fact, we were all poor. I think you have seen Gongzhou. We can't survive without some power. So we, the talisman masters, gathered together to form Hongshan Hall. The full name of Hongshan Hall is called Hongshan Hall Talisman Master Mutual Aid Association. We are in the business of saving the world and the people, not the business of killing people."

Chen Shi originally thought that Hongshan Hall was a bit strange, but he was relieved after hearing this. He asked, "I came to Gongzhou just to take the exam. I will return to Xinxiang after the exam. Will it have any impact?"

Master Lu smiled and said, "Hongshan Hall is already very idle, you can leave if you want. But after you leave Gongzhou, you will no longer receive a monthly salary."

Chen Shi agreed immediately.

As everyone was talking about this, suddenly there was a sound of wind outside, the wind was howling, and the sound of ghosts crying was getting closer and closer.

In the incense hall, the flames of the incense oil lamps were dancing around, and suddenly they exploded, bursting into a green flame that shot up five or six feet high!
Xiao Xiangzhu's Nascent Soul was healing in the flame of the lamp. When the cold wind blew, his whole body felt as if it was being cut by a knife. He couldn't help but let out a scream and rolled around on the ground.

"Quickly activate the wind-calming talisman!" he shouted.

Master Lu Xiang hurriedly activated his qi and blood, trying to stop the evil wind. Unexpectedly, as soon as his qi and blood flowed, the surroundings became brightly lit. It turned out that Chen Shi had already activated his qi and blood to form a wind-fixing talisman to stop the evil wind.

The green flames that had been shooting up suddenly turned back to their normal color and the flames began to subside.

"His talisman technique is superior to mine!"

Master Lu looked at Chen Shi in shock, "Most of the talisman masters in our Hongshan Hall are not as good as him. I'm afraid only the hall master can beat him!"

"Hongshan, your people killed my disciple, are you going to protect him?"

An old woman's voice came from outside the incense hall, shouting, "Hand him over, or I will massacre your Hongshan Hall with blood today!"

As soon as she finished speaking, there was a sudden roar, and the windows and doors of the incense hall were blown open by the roar. A strong wind rushed into the incense hall, and all ninety-nine oil lamps were extinguished!

Chen Shi looked into the yard in the moonlight, but saw that the yard was filled with a huge old woman's head. The old woman's face blocked their sight, and she opened her mouth wide and roared!
"Tianmu, you are being presumptuous."

A pleasant female voice was heard. Hearing this voice, one could not imagine that the owner of the voice was the meat mountain behind the incense hall, but only a young girl!
——Brothers, it’s the middle of the month, please check if there are any monthly tickets. Please give me a monthly ticket to get on the list!!

(End of this chapter)