Chapter 40: Building a Land Temple

That night, Zhang Ming did not sleep, but sat cross-legged in the house to cultivate his soul. His

soul was out of his body to fight at night, which consumed a lot of energy.

However, the surrounding yin energy was very strong, and his soul was greatly nourished after leaving his body, which played a great role in his soul cultivation.

The next morning, he was full of energy, not only did his soul recover, but it became even stronger.

That day, what happened last night had spread in the village.

After asking, Zhang Hong and others told some of the things that happened last night.

In addition to what Zhang Hui and Zhang Mengmeng said, the people in the village probably knew the process.

It was that Zhang Hong and the other four went to explore, but were stopped by Zhang Ming, and went to the cemetery without listening to his advice, and saw all kinds of ghosts and evil spirits.

Finally, it was Zhang Ming who pretended to be a ghost to save them, and Zhang Ming almost couldn't get out.

For this matter, the village chief scolded his grandson Zhang Hong, which made Zhang Hong very upset, but he had nothing to say.

Because they were really courting death yesterday, and it was Zhang Ming who saved them.

Although it is not known why those ghosts said that Zhang Ming is a ghost, it is obvious at this moment that Zhang Ming is not a ghost.

The village chief was holding a meeting in the village ancestral hall, with a worried look on his face.

The village has been filled with fog these days, and strange things have happened frequently, and people have been panicking for a long time.

Zhang Hong and his friends had another accident last night, saying that they saw ghosts with their own eyes. Obviously, this incident has had a great impact on the village.

When the villagers were all frowning and at a loss, Zhang Ming, who was standing behind the grandfather, suddenly came out and said loudly:

"Let's not talk about the evil spirits in the village. Just say that this yin energy is spreading and will invade our bodies sooner or later, causing great harm to us. So this problem must be solved, otherwise the village will become a ghost village sooner or later!"

Hearing his words, some of the old people in the village also frowned, and the village chief looked directly at Zhang Ming and said:

"You know all this? If you say so, then what can you do?"

Zhang Ming said, "I know a Taoist apprentice in the city, and I have heard a lot about this kind of thing, and I have also made some analysis.

First of all, the master said fifty years ago that the peach tree below the village can resist the evil spirits from the cemetery and prevent them from invading the village.

But once the peach tree was destroyed, the village became gloomy, and the evil spirits from the cemetery began to disturb the village. So, the peach tree is indeed very useful."

Hearing this, an old man in the village said, "But the peach tree has been destroyed. Can we move another one from somewhere else? There is nowhere to find such a big century-old peach tree!"

"The peach tree is definitely gone, and even if we find it, we can't move it. But there is another way. The peach tree itself has a spirit, but it was struck by lightning, and the lightning and fire burned it all, leaving only the stump.

But fortunately, the stump is more than one meter high and very strong, so its power is still there. I saw before that the ghost chased Zhang Hong and others, and when it reached the peach tree stump, it didn't dare to get close."

Zhang Ming said, revealing a faint smile.

His words immediately excited the villagers in the ancestral hall.

The village chief also asked hurriedly: "In other words, the peach tree stump is still useful? But why is there still negative energy entering the village?"

"It is useful, but not as good as before. It doesn't have too much spirituality, but the positive energy is abnormally strong, so the peach tree stump must be spiritual. But in order to ensure that nothing will happen in the future, I have a better suggestion."

Hearing Zhang Ming say this, the villagers hurriedly asked Zhang Ming politely what he could do.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Hong gritted his teeth.

He became the target of the villagers' rebuke, and Zhang Ming obviously became the villagers' hope.

Therefore, Zhang Hong was very unhappy. But what can he say now? He can only watch Zhang Ming talking here.

"Zhang Ming, do you have any suggestions? Tell me!" The village chief looked at Zhang Ming expectantly.

Zhang Ming took a deep breath and said, "The skilled carpenters and carvers in the village, carve the wood stump into a statue of the God of Land in the shortest possible time.

Then build a small temple on it. We can use the peach wood stump as the statue and invite the God of Land to protect the village."

"Carve a statue and invite the God of Land?" Everyone in the village looked at each other in confusion.

The village chief looked at Zhang Ming and said, "Will it work? Will the God of Land... come?"

"I have my own way. I can invite the God to live in the peach wood statue." Zhang Ming was very confident.

He had a good understanding of inviting gods through the magic encyclopedia, and he also knew the ins and outs.

In some places, if there is no God of Land or God of Mountain, then you can set up your own statue and build a temple to invite the God to live. There

are countless Gods of Land in the world, but they are the lowest level gods.

Generally, only those who have accumulated virtue and done good deeds in their lifetime and have enough Yin De will be granted the qualification to be candidates for the God of Land after their death.

If a place has a statue or temple, these candidates for the God of Land can be officially enthroned as the God of Land and take office.

However, the God of Land was also a human being in his lifetime. When they choose a fiefdom, they will also think of going to a good place.

In any case, the temple of the God of Land should at least be decent, right?

So Zhang Ming did not want to use a clay statue, but directly carved a peach tree stump as a statue.

There are century-old roots under the peach tree stump, which absorbs spiritual energy all year round. It was also a spiritual object that could scare away ghosts and evil spirits.

This thing can be made into a statue, which can be said to be a very rare statue with its own spiritual energy. By then, the God of Land will probably be eager to come.

So Zhang Ming was very sure and told the village chief directly to find someone to carve the peach tree into a statue of the God of Land and build a small temple.

The village chief had no other choice. Now that Zhang Ming said this method was feasible, he could only give it a try. After all, it was just a small matter.

So he hurriedly started to work, and everyone in the village helped. From morning to dusk in the afternoon, he only finished half of it.

Seeing that it was getting dark, Zhang Ming also knew that it would be impossible to finish it today.

But he was still uneasy in his heart, and he always felt that something might happen tonight.

He looked in the direction of the cemetery not far from here. It was getting dark, and there was a faint sound of opera singing.

"Those ordinary ghosts can leave the cemetery, but they probably won't dare to destroy this half-carved peach tree stump..."

What Zhang Ming said was exactly what he was worried about.

"Everyone, stop carving. It's getting dark. Let's go home!"

Zhang Ming asked everyone to go home first. It was dark and it was too dangerous to go here near the graveyard.

After everyone left, Zhang Ming took out some talismans to drive away ghosts and evil spirits from his body and pasted them near the peach tree to prevent the evil spirits from approaching and damaging the unfinished statue.

After doing all this, Zhang Ming went home.

After returning home, he was still worried. In the end, he took the peach wood sword and some magic tools and walked towards the peach tree below the village. He decided that it would be better to stay there tonight.

However, as soon as he approached the peach tree, he found a figure in front of the peach tree.

The figure seemed to be holding an axe in his hand, and was slowly raising it.

Zhang Ming was startled, and rushed forward quickly, shouting: "Stop!" As

soon as he finished shouting, the figure turned his head and looked at Zhang Ming, revealing a pair of terrifying eyes with a faint green light.

(End of this chapter)