Chapter 152 Joy [From now on, just be an ordinary person. ]...
Tai Sui calmed down temporarily.
The God of Joy stroked its back and looked at the ugly black piece of flesh exposed under the clothes. What emerged in his mind was the old figure in ragged yellow clothes.
He was the first abbot of Jinxuan Temple, a cynical and irresponsible evildoer.
She built the Taoist temple just for fun. Her path of cultivation had come to an end, and there was no hope of ascending to heaven, so she might as well establish a sect, recruit disciples, and attract pilgrims.
The old Taoist priest spent all her family wealth, made arrangements, and spent two or three years to transform Jinxuan Temple into the best temple in the world. Then she abandoned her disciples, who had only been accepted for a few years, and the pilgrims who came because of her fame, and ran away secretly.
Now that the Taoist temple is built, isn’t it time to have fun?
Before the disciples had mastered their skills, the reputation of Jinxuan Temple plummeted, and the number of visitors to the temple became less and less every day.
A few good disciples discussed it and took turns going out to capture the abbot.
The people nearby were also enthusiastic and would report to them as soon as they found any clues about the master of the temple.
For several years, the old Taoist priest repeated the cycle of running away, being caught and brought home, and then running away again.
Finally, the old Taoist priest thought of a way. She left behind a spell of transmitting sound through paper cranes. She taught her disciples to fold a kind of origami called a thousand paper cranes. As long as they silently recited the spell while folding the paper cranes, the old Taoist priest could hear the origami priests' wishes through the thousand paper cranes.
From then on, the disciples only needed to fold a thousand paper cranes to summon the master when they encountered difficulties, and they no longer had to go through the trouble of finding her.
This method was passed down from generation to generation. When it came to the third generation of disciples, some people began to wonder, how old is the old master now? How can he still hear their wishes and use his magical powers to help them?
The old abbot had been away for too long, and the third generation of disciples had completely lost track of her. Jinxuan Temple was prosperous, with pilgrims coming to pray and make wishes in an endless stream, but none of the later disciples could comprehend the scriptures left by the old abbot, so they really did not need this method.
Therefore, despite great doubts, the method of the thousand paper cranes was still passed down from generation to generation.
It was not until the seventh generation that a young Taoist priest went down the mountain to catch a group of rat monsters that stole people's lamp oil. After being besieged by the rat monsters, he was defeated. He used this method to ask the ancestor to possess him, but he sensed an extremely strange and cold breath.
It was a new god that was quietly born through the long-lasting wish-making and wish-fulfilling rituals.
It turned out that the old abbot was traveling around the world, living a carefree life, and had long forgotten the thousand paper cranes he passed down.
The new born deity took over the duties of the old master diligently for decades. With the feedback from the incense, his own power continued to grow, and gradually, he was no longer satisfied with hiding under the name of someone else.
He wants His name to spread among the world, He wants to establish His own temple, believers to sing praises of His kindness, and the government to regard Him as the orthodox.
He calls himself the God of joy.
The God of Joy was born from people's wishes and possessed the heart of the little Taoist priest, intending to occupy her body, become a walking god in the world, and further seek the position of a true god.
Unexpectedly, just when He possessed the body of the young Taoist priest, the old abbot who should have died long ago, had a sudden idea that day and returned to the Taoist temple he founded.
After playing around in the human world for so many years, the old temple master not only survived, but was one step closer to ascending to heaven.
Although she was only one step away, and she didn't understand where the step was, but in the human world, she was qualified to be called a land immortal.
Although the God of Joy has become a god, he will not die as long as his willpower remains. He was taken out alive from the young Taoist's heart by the old temple master and sealed in a mask.
Not only that, the ninety-nine escape routes that the God of Joy had left for himself were all found by the old temple master, and not a single life was left.
These escape routes were hidden in the hearts of the young Taoist priests in Jinxuan Temple. The old master's "heart-opening" act shocked everyone. The court thought that a demon had come here, and the head of the Demon Hunting Department personally led people to encircle and suppress it.
Fortunately, the next moment after the Demon Hunting Bureau launched its attack, the young Taoist priests who had fallen to the ground woke up one by one, and the old temple master who had been unable to defend himself was finally cleared of all charges.
Everyone in the Demon Hunting Bureau suddenly realized that the old abbot was only trying to exorcise evil spirits and was not going crazy and killing people.
The God of Joy took advantage of the misunderstanding between the two parties and escaped into his own kingdom of God.
If it were someone else, they would probably eradicate all the evil.
The old temple master was a carefree person. After showing his divine power, he returned to his nonchalant appearance and even stopped the demon-hunting chief who wanted to hunt down the God of Joy. He persuaded him that the God of Joy had satisfied many people's wishes over the years and his merits and demerits offset each other, so there was no need to kill him.
Because of her attitude, the Demon Hunting Bureau had to deal with the good and evil of the God of Joy carefully. After much discussion, they finally gave an ambiguous attitude, neither classifying her as an orthodox religion nor a heretical religion. Those believers with acceptable conduct would be given certificates of ordination, while those who did not would be eliminated.
The God of Joy himself didn't know why the old master let him go.
Until Tai Sui appeared.
...Perhaps, this is the meaning of His life until now.
In order to change his fate, Tai Sui took the initiative to provoke that person, hoping to wake him up, but he didn't know that if he really woke up, everything would return to nothingness.
Before the Sui Sword is recast, Tai Sui must not make any mistakes. Under his watchful eye, the only one who can protect it is the God of Joy.
The God of Joy looked down at the Tai Sui in his arms and saw it quietly extend its spores and go around behind him.
How could the desire to live be moved by a few words? Tai Sui's silence just now was just a diversion.
One spore after another extended from the back of his head and adhered to the edge of the mask of the God of Joy. Tai Sui's dark "face" twisted again, with infinite hatred in his hideous look: "You are so righteous, why don't you make that pill?"
All the spores exerted force together, and the mask inlaid with gold and silver and colored glaze was pulled and creaked, but the face of the God of Joy remained indifferent and cold.
He touched Tai Sui's head and said, "Then there is nothing we can do."
Bang! Sizzle!
The tightly closed temple door was torn apart by the huge and sacred light, and then the entire Four Goddesses Temple turned into ruins.
A brilliant figure made up of thousands and thousands of worms stood outside the temple gate, raising his hand as if to knock on the door.
"Ah..." The voice of the figure seemed to come from a very far away place, vague and inaudible, "...This door is not very solid."
As the worm's mouth opened and closed, Tai Sui felt a vast atmosphere of both sacredness and profanity.
It stared blankly at the brilliant figure. Even though it had no eyes, it still felt an urge to cry.
Then, it found that it was indeed crying. Its sticky gelatinous body showed a tendency to melt in the light. The soothing and low flute sounded in its ears, driving away the hostility in its heart and making its eyelids become very heavy.
Other Tai Sui incarnations scattered around looked in this direction hesitantly. Some of them reacted with a start, lowered their heads and burrowed into the ground, constantly digging deeper and deeper, trying to hide completely.
Some shook their heads in disbelief, muttering to themselves in confusion: "What am I doing? After the meeting between 'Xue Jingzhen', the person 'I' transformed into, and 'Him', didn't 'Him' doubt his own identity?" Obviously, this is the way to awaken "Him".
Tai Sui in the arms of the God of Joy screamed and tried desperately to escape, but was held tightly by the God of Joy.
"You yourself will be eaten by Him, aren't you afraid?"
"There's nothing we can do about it." There was a hint of fear in the God of Joy's cold voice, as if he was remembering something from the past.
"Let me go." Tai Sui started crying, and his harsh tone turned into a humble begging, "Master Xi, please, fulfill my wish." As long as he could survive, it would be okay to make a wish to a god he despised.
"It's too late." The God of Joy said, and the mask on the face of the master's wife in red fell off. The master's wife was supported by a force and fell softly to the ground.
The next moment, a mask of the God of Joy transformed into dozens of others, surrounding Tai Sui.
"But what I said still counts." He said softly, "At least before the last moment, you won't feel pain anymore."
Tai Sui looked up in a daze. The part surrounded by the hollow mask no longer had that terrifying feeling of being about to melt.
It quickly gathered its overflowing body, condensed it into a human-sized piece of flesh, and curled up in the center of the mask of the God of Joy.
One hollow mask after another wrapped and protected the black piece of flesh. The next moment, a glowing worm figure stepped forward and looked at Him in confusion.
"There's only a big piece of glutinous rice cake." Li Zhou fell into deep thought. Why was the Tai Sui she was looking for gone?
This Tai Sui is not a good guy and does bad things everywhere.
The righteous Li Zhou searched everywhere and looked at the unconscious master's wife and soldiers lying on the ground.
"It seems that Tai Sui has heard of my reputation and has fled." Li Zhou said to everyone, "Don't be polite. I don't need any reward."
"..." No one responded.
After waiting for a while with his hands behind his back, seeing that no one spoke, Li Zhou said embarrassedly: "If no one wants this glutinous rice cake, I will take it away first."
The most important thing in life is not to waste food!
Li Zhou looked around, grabbed the glutinous rice cake and stuffed it into his mouth.
[Congratulations on obtaining: Fragments of the God of Joy * 85! ]
[Congratulations on collecting all the fragments of the God of Joy and unlocking the surprise hidden by the God of Joy! ]
Two pop-up windows shining with golden light popped up in front of baby Li Zhou. Li Zhou opened his eyes wide in surprise. Wow, is this unlocking a hidden achievement?
Yue Niang saw that Li Zhou was lost in thought again and was about to speak, but the Taoist priest in yellow clothes beside her held her hand.
After a slight pause, Yue Niang turned to look at the Taoist priest in yellow and saw her taking out a book from her arms.
Li Zhou was so busy looking at his hidden achievements that he didn't notice the interaction between his mother and the Taoist priest in yellow.
The originally ordinary cultivation panel was also added with a layer of gold frame after the golden pop-up window appeared.
[Ding ding dang dang! The ordinary person's immortal cultivation simulator has been successfully upgraded! ]
[The God of Joy has helped you earn gold, and your ascension is just around the corner! 】
A progress bar then emerged, indicating that Li Zhou's cultivation was increasing rapidly and he would be able to ascend soon.
Li Zhou frowned: No, if she ascends to heaven, what will happen to my mother?
This is not just surprise, where does the joy come from?
Li Zhou was feeling unhappy when he saw a new pop-up window pop up in front of him:
[He also left you a paper crane to contact your family. When you miss home in the future, you can use the paper crane to fly back home! ]
Great! Li Zhou smiled and threw himself into Yue Niang's arms.
In the dark abyss filled with chaos and madness, the masks of the God of Joy that wrapped Tai Sui layer by layer were constantly broken and reborn, but they always protected Tai Sui inside very well.
“When… Jupiter… returns… to its place… and the Jupiter Sword… is born…” He spoke with difficulty in broken sentences, “…we…will all…be liberated…”
In the ruins of the Temple of the Four Goddesses, the glorious figures gradually dissipated, and wisps of divine power floated out from the broken statues of the Four Goddesses, falling on the generals and soldiers who had worshipped Her for many years.
The generals and soldiers woke up one after another and took a deep breath when they saw the dilapidated buildings in front of them.
When everyone saw the wives of the masters who were still unconscious, they hurriedly carried them back to the barracks, hoping that they could know something.
However, when the wives woke up, they spread out the white paper in their palms and saw only one line of words:
【From now on, just be an ordinary person. 】
Your God can no longer respond to you.
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