Chapter 2: The Temple and the Golden Dragon
On the banks of the Grand Canal.
In front of me is a one-room tiled house, which is very dilapidated.
Fang Yi stood in front of the wooden door with the Golden Dragon Gate Couplet attached to it. He squinted his eyes and sensed that his golden elixir was inside, but it was suppressed by a magical force and could not return to his physical body.
He immediately knocked on the door and went in because he knew someone lived there.
If I remember correctly, the temple keeper was called Lao Miao, a village guardian, or Shu Ge in modern terms.
This man is in his sixties or seventies. Because he is lazy and likes to eat and work, not only has he never married and had children, but even most of his relatives have died. He relies on the minimum living allowance every month, but he likes to smoke and drink, so the minimum living allowance is not enough. The village committee took pity on him and arranged for him to look after a small temple, giving him a few hundred yuan more every month.
"Could it be that Lao Miao stole my golden elixir? Is he also a cultivator?"
Fang Yi, who was about to knock on the door, stopped and frowned in thought, "If Lao Miao is really a cultivator and has the ability to take my golden elixir, isn't knocking on the door a way to seek death?"
no!
You can't knock to get in!
Fang Yi was a very cautious person, and finally decided to use his soul to spy on the situation inside the temple before deciding whether to knock on the door.
Finished thinking.
He cleared his mind of distracting thoughts and guided his thoughts to transcend his body.
At the beginning, I was a little unskilled and couldn’t let my mind break free from my body.
once.
twice.
Five times.
As he continued to try, Fang Yi gradually gained some experience.
Finally, on the ninth attempt, the mind broke free from the body again!
A wonderful vision suddenly appeared, and he seemed to have built a bridge of connection with an energy source in the temple and saw the origin of the world again.
Just about to break into the temple to take a look.
The next moment, the "boom" sound of Lei Long's roar rang out again.
This time Fang Yi clearly saw a ball of red light in front of him, and then two golden dragons burst out from it with bared fangs and claws, roaring at him madly!
The dragon's roar was even more ferocious than before, shaking his "soul" to the point of being dizzy!
If it were before, Fang Yi would definitely return his consciousness to his body to avoid the attack.
But at this moment, he just wanted to get his golden elixir back, so how could he give up just like that?
He tried his best to keep his mind steady and not let his soul be shaken.
At the same time, look carefully at what is in front of you.
There was red light all around, and no sunlight could be seen.
Only two huge, lifelike golden dragons were circling and roaring, as if warning people not to trespass.
With every roar, heat rolled up, and Fang Yi felt as if his soul was about to be baked and withered, or even steamed and boiled!
"If you won't let me in, I'll force my way in!"
Fang Yi's will was as strong as iron. He took a light step forward despite the heat.
This action angered Jin Long.
I saw the golden dragon on the right open its mouth and yelp.
A golden light burst out from its mouth and instantly turned into flames, causing the temperature of the entire red light space to rise rapidly and become extremely hot.
Fang Yi felt like his soul was burning.
Before he had time to think about it, he was horrified to find that the entire space was on fire.
There were flames everywhere in the sky and on the ground, and it seemed as if this place had turned into a sea of fire!
"No, I can't hold on any longer!"
Fang Yi had a premonition that if he did not regain consciousness and return to his physical body, he would probably be burned to death.
In desperation, his thoughts retreated back into his body like the tide.
The next moment, the red light, the golden dragon and the sea of fire disappeared.
The night before my eyes was still pitch black, as if what happened just now was just an illusion.
It was just the "pain" coming from the "depths of the soul" that made Fang Yi realize that everything that had just happened was real.
"What's going on with these two golden dragons?"
Fang Yi frowned, and he understood one thing clearly: if he didn't deal with the two golden dragons, he would never be able to take back the golden elixir.
Golden Dragon...
Wait!
His eyes fell on the door couplet and he guessed, "Could it be that the two golden dragons are the two on the door couplet?"
Fang Yi thought it was possible and reached out to take down the door couplet.
However, as soon as his fingers touched the door couplet, the golden dragon broke into his consciousness!
Fang Yi quickly retracted his hand, and the golden dragon disappeared again. He did not dare to touch the door couplet again.
"Let's knock on the door and go in to see what's going on, but not now. Otherwise, if Lao Miao is really a cultivator, I might be scared to death. Let's wait for someone to come and burn incense first."
Since modern society has never seen extraordinary people, it seems that secular laws have certain restrictions on extraordinary people.
If there were someone around, no matter how arrogant Lao Miao was, he would not dare to do anything to himself in front of others.
Fang Yi simply found a place to sit down and waited quietly for dawn.
One hour.
Three hours.
Soon, daybreak came.
There were footsteps in the distance.
Then, two women's voices were heard.
"Is your old man feeling better?"
"Alas, he is still half dead. I don't know what evil has happened to him. It has been almost a week, so I came to ask the gods for protection. What about you? Today is not the first or fifteenth day of the lunar month. Why are you here to burn incense?"
"My grandson just graduated from school. I want the gods to bless him and help him find a good job."
Fang Yi was very familiar with these two voices and remembered that they were his neighbors Aunt Wang and Grandma Wu.
Although the sound could be heard clearly, it was still quite early in the morning so it might take a while for the two of them to get here.
Fang Yi felt much more at ease when someone came.
He stood up and pretended to have just arrived, then reached out to knock on the door.
Perhaps because the door couplet was not touched, the golden dragon did not enter his consciousness this time.
Boom, boom, boom.
After ringing several times, an old voice came from inside, "Who is it? So early."
Fang Yi said: "Miao, I, Fang Yi, just came back from outside and want to burn some incense."
"I'm so annoyed. Wait a minute."
Lao Miao's unhappy voice sounded.
After waiting for about a minute, the small wooden door with two golden dragon patterns on it creaked open from the ground.
Then a foul smell hit my nose. A skinny and slovenly old man in his sixties or seventies poked his head out and said unhappily, "Why don't you go to bed so early and disturb others?"
Fang Yi pointed inside and said, "I want to burn some incense for Wong Tai Sin."
Lao Miao had no intention of giving way. "Where's your incense?"
Fang Yi looked at the small shop in the village not far away and saw that it was still closed. He smiled helplessly and said, "You have some incense, can you lend me three sticks to worship Wong Tai Sin?"
"The incense here is free. Twenty-three yuan, and I'll give you three sticks." said Lao Miao.
Fang Yi laughed dumbly and said, "I see the money you are asking me for is not for incense oil, but for cigarettes, right?"
Old Miao, who was originally impatient, chuckled and rubbed his hands and said, "Money is tight, give me some money to buy a bag of Yuxi."
Fang Yi had no choice but to take out his wallet, take out twenty-three yuan and hand it over, shaking his head and saying, "The people at work don't smoke as well as you do."
"Of course they don't want to give it up, as they have elderly parents and young children to take care of." Lao Miao snatched the money from Fang Yi's hand and sneered, "If I eat enough, my whole family will not be hungry. If I don't treat myself well, who will burn some for me when I die?"
The words may be rough, but the truth is there.
Fang Yi didn't say anything more, and pointed inside, "Can I go in?"
"Come in."
Lao Miao yawned and made way.
Fang Yi first looked at Lao Miao carefully, but did not sense the same aura from him as himself.
He felt a little strange.
Isn’t Lao Miao a cultivator?
Then who took away his golden elixir?
Fang Yi walked into the small temple while thinking.
It is not much different from what I remember, there is only a statue of Wong Tai Sin here.
The statue was surrounded by red cloth, and the candle sticks and incense burner on the table were quite clean. One could tell at a glance that Lao Miao had put a lot of effort into it.
Lao Miao handed over three incense sticks and said, "Burn them quickly and get out of here."
Fang Yi was a person of easygoing temperament and would not get angry at all because of this. He just said thank you and then took the incense, lit it and offered sacrifice.
While kneeling and kowtowing, he closed his eyes and allowed his mind to transcend his body again.
The next moment, the "boom" sound of Lei Long's roar rang out again.
This time the dragon's roar was as ferocious as before.
Fang Yi returned to his body without even thinking.
Um?
What's going on?
Previously, my mind was attacked by the dragon's roar when I was outside. Why was it attacked again after I went inside?
Fang Yi looked around the statue in confusion, really unable to figure out what was going on.
"Why are you kneeling there? I'm sleepy, hurry up." Lao Miao's impatient voice sounded again.
Fang Yi was sure that the two golden dragons were caused by the door couplet.
Will the situation be different if the door couplet is taken down?
Fang Yi didn't know if his guess was right, so he stood up and pointed at the couplet on the door and said, "Lao Miao, take down this couplet."
"You are such a troublemaker. This was posted by the village committee. Don't you think you will be scolded if I take it down?" Lao Miao's eyes widened.
Fang Yi directly took out a fifty-yuan note from his wallet and asked, "Can I take it off now?"
Lao Miao's expression instantly changed to a full smile, "Okay, of course."
He snatched the fifty-yuan note, then turned around and carefully peeled off the Shenlong door couplet, mumbling, "I have to put it back after you leave, otherwise the village committee will really scold me."
Fang Yi shook his head helplessly.
To be honest, I am not a rich man.
Under normal circumstances, he really wouldn't want to give so much money, but in order to get his golden elixir back, he had to "blackmail" it.
After a minute or two, Lao Miao finally took down the door couplet intact.
At this time, Aunt Wang and Grandma Wu also went into the small temple while chatting.
"Why did you take down the door couplet for no reason?" asked Grandma Wu.
Lao Miao's eyes widened as he asked, "Why do you care about me?"
Aunt Wang rolled her eyes. "Look at your bad temper. Can't you just ask?"
"Stop talking nonsense and burn incense quickly." Lao Miao didn't want to pay attention to the two women.
Fang Yi was too lazy to care and let his consciousness transcend his body again.
This time is completely different from before!
The two golden dragons disappeared as expected!
Moreover, as soon as his thoughts appeared in the void, he immediately "saw" a magical and unusual scene before his eyes!
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