Chapter 59: Priest
Under the fiery red pomegranate flowers, the temple priest Wu Xi introduced Lu Fei and Jian An Ning.
"Only the blood of God can allow a cultivator to advance in their practice. Only by worshipping the God and fulfilling His instructions can one obtain the blood of God. If one fails to do so, they will be punished by the God."
Lu Fei was a little confused when he heard this, but a thousand thoughts flashed through his mind, and he couldn't grasp any clues. But seeing that Wu Xi still had intentions against Jian An Ning, he said, "But she is not a cultivator."
Unexpectedly, Wu Xi flicked his sleeves and said, "Impossible. If one does not establish a connection with the gods using the blood of the gods, then that person will not be able to see the temple."
Lu Fei really didn't want the priest to keep harassing Jian An Ning, so he said, "I've heard that the effect of God's blood is not only that it allows people to practice, but also that it can completely repair people's injuries. It's no exaggeration to say that it can bring the dead back to life."
Wu Xi shook his whisk and said, "That's right, so the blood of the gods is a gift from the gods to mortals."
But then he changed the subject and said, "But drinking the blood of God at the same time has only one effect."
"What does this mean?" Lu Fei said with some confusion.
Wu Xi smiled slightly, but with a hint of sarcasm in his smile, and said, "Ordinary injuries are naturally not a big deal, but if it is an injury sustained in the trial ground, after drinking the blood of the gods, the blood of the gods will only repair the injury and will not allow that person to enter the ranks of cultivators."
"Recovering your health is a good thing." Lu Fei still didn't understand what Wu Xi meant.
Wu Xi chuckled and said, "Those who drink the blood of the gods must come to the temple regularly to offer sacrifices to the gods, otherwise they will be punished by the gods."
"As for those who drank the blood of the gods to repair their injuries, since they cannot join the ranks of monks, they cannot see the temple either. They can't even enter."
Lu Fei's heart suddenly skipped a beat, and he had a bad feeling, but then he thought, this temple enshrines gods, not evil spirits, so the punishment probably wouldn't be too severe.
Lu Fei and Wu Xi chatted for a while, and then a golden ball of light appeared in front of the altar.
"That's the mission God has given you. Go and take a look."
Lu Fei reached out and touched the ball of light, and the golden light dissipated, revealing a scroll only the size of a finger.
The scroll opened, revealing a string of golden text.
"Take ten hearts."
Lu Fei frowned and said, "Ten hearts? Where can I find them?"
Wu Xi waved the whisk in his hand and said to Lu Fei with an unfathomable look on his face: "You have to figure this out on your own."
Lu Fei was a little confused.
However, it's not like he was asked to dig out the hearts of ten people.
Lu Fei thought about it and went to the vegetable market to buy ten chicken hearts.
The raw animal entrails had a somewhat disgusting smell. Wu Xi looked at what Lu Fei was carrying and backed away repeatedly, saying, "Are you going to use this as a sacrifice to the gods?"
"But aren't there just ten hearts? How can chicken hearts not be considered hearts?"
Lu Fei insisted on his own idea. He put the ten chicken hearts in a bowl and placed it on the altar. Then he imitated Wu Xi and put his hands together and prayed.
After a while, the golden light flashed again, and after the light dissipated, the chicken heart in the bowl really disappeared, and was replaced by a very familiar white porcelain bottle.
Wu Xi's face didn't look good, but he still said to Lu Fei: "The gods accepted your offering with reluctance. Don't be so opportunistic next time."
Lu Fei didn't listen to him. He picked up the white porcelain bottle, opened it and saw that it contained the golden blood of God.
He took the porcelain bottle in his hand, and then said to Wu Xi, "As long as it meets the requirements, isn't it all right?"
After saying that, he pulled Jian An Ning out of the temple, leaving Wu Xi alone to watch their leaving backs gloomily.
On the way back, Jian Anning tilted her head and said with a hint of confusion: "Why not dig out people's hearts? That's what the mission means, right?"
Lu Fei laughed and said, "How is that possible?"
"This sacrifice is to be offered to the gods, not to evil spirits. How could a god possibly want a human life so badly?"
Jian An Ning stopped talking, lowered her eyes slightly, her eyelashes long and slender, and no one knew what she was thinking.
At this moment, they had returned from the temple to Lu Fei's slightly shabby hut. The surrounding furnishings were the same as before. The grayish-white egg brought back from the trial zone was placed under the window, basking in the sun.
Lu Yu is not here, probably he has gone to find a new job.
"Then why don't you just drink it?" Jian An Ning pointed at the white porcelain bottle in Lu Fei's hand and said again.
Lu Fei took the porcelain bottle and walked to the window. The scorching sun shone on him. He held the white porcelain bottle towards the sun and carefully observed the golden liquid inside.
"To be honest, I'm quite curious about what's in here," Lu Fei stared at the golden liquid, lost in thought for a moment. "They say this is divine blood. Could it really be the blood of a god?"
He subconsciously wanted to see what the golden liquid looked like under the sunlight, so he carefully dropped a drop of golden liquid from the white porcelain bottle.
But the droplets fell so fast that Lu Fei couldn't see them clearly at all.
Perhaps because Lu Fei was standing by the window, the drop of golden liquid fell on the grayish-white egg.
Almost instantly, the golden liquid was absorbed by the egg.
Lu Fei lowered his head and said in surprise: "Could it be that this egg is still alive?"
Hair-thin golden textures instantly spread across the entire surface of the eggshell, giving the entire egg a faint golden glow.
The next moment, there was a "crack" sound, and dense cracks appeared on the surface of the eggshell. Soon a piece of eggshell fell off, and then the whole egg shattered. The little creature in the eggshell opened its eyes with a "weeping" sound.
Lu Fei was so surprised that her jaw dropped.
Because the little creature that broke out of the shell was not a feathered bird or a scaly snake, but a fluffy, real red fox.
"Are foxes hatched from eggs?" Lu Fei's years of common sense told him that this shouldn't be the case, so much so that he looked a little dazed.
But Jian Anning pointed it out ruthlessly: "It just came out of the egg."
Lu Fei's mind became clearer, and he thought: This egg was taken out from the trial zone. In that kind of place, there are big monsters that can turn into humans. It is normal to have a fox hatched from the egg, right?
He tried to convince himself in his heart and add appropriate logic to the abnormality he saw before his eyes.
However, since it comes from the trial land, what should this fox do?
Hand it over to the priest named Wuxi in the temple?
Lu Fei was thinking about it, and the little fox seemed to sense Lu Fei's thoughts. It walked towards him slowly, rubbing Lu Fei and Jian An Ning's calves gently with its fluffy head and ears, which made people's hearts melt.
It didn't look like a clever fox at all, but rather like a poor puppy begging to stay in this home.
"It looks like it really wants to stay here." Jane An Ning said expressionlessly, unmoved.
Lu Fei coughed twice, then subconsciously touched the little fox's extremely soft fur and said, "Let's leave it here for now."
After all, if the temple can give out a task requiring ten chicken hearts today, there's no guarantee that it won't want a fox one day.
It looks so cute and there is always food for it at home.
Lu Fei decided to keep the fox at home. He then stroked his chin and said, "Since you're staying here, I have to give you a name. Since you have red fur, I'll call you Xiaohong."
As soon as he finished speaking, the fox looked at him as if it could understand human words, with astonishment written in its round eyes, as if it could not accept this name at all.
The strange thing was that Lu Fei seemed to understand this disbelief. He pondered for a moment and then asked, "Is that called Little Fox?"
The look of astonishment in the fox's eyes remained, even more intense.
Lu Fei was defeated and thought to himself: He really is not good at naming.
So he turned to Jian Anning and asked, "What do you think it should be called?"
Jian An Ning didn't hesitate at all and said directly: "Su Jiang."
As soon as the name was uttered, the fox's eyes lit up, as if it was extremely happy. It slipped to Jane Anning's feet and spun around happily.
"Huh?" Lu Fei was a little surprised, and then asked: "Why is it Su Jiang?"
"All the foxes have the surname Su, and Jiang is the color of his fur, so Su Jiang is his name." She explained softly.
The little fox Su Jiang whimpered, as if agreeing with Jian An Ning's statement.
In fact, there are still many things that Lu Fei hasn't figured out, such as how Jian An Ning knew that the fox clan's surname was Su, and why this fox is so human-like that it is almost able to speak human language.
Maybe he actually wanted to explore it at this time, but just at this moment, there was a knock on the door.
So all my thoughts were interrupted, and there was no chance to continue.
Lu Fei was wondering who was knocking on his door, so he turned and walked out.
When he opened the door, he saw a very unfamiliar face standing outside. Lu Fei could say with certainty that he did not know that person.
The man looked a little sneaky. He whispered something and handed Lu Fei a golden card.
"Can you speak louder? Few people come to my house." Lu Fei said helplessly.
The man looked left and right as if he was extremely alert, and whispered, "I saw you guys coming back from the temple. You have at least one bottle of God's Blood in your hands, right?"
Lu Fei remembered that although he accidentally spilled a drop of the blood of God, there was still almost a bottle left, and nodded to the man.
"It is very difficult to obtain the blood of the gods from the temple, because the gods will become increasingly difficult to satisfy. Therefore, the card contains an address that allows people to easily obtain the blood of the gods."
The man looked around as he spoke, "Every full moon night, that place opens. It's a place known to all monks. I saw you weren't familiar with it, so I came here to tell you."
After saying these words, the man left, looking very cautious, as if he was afraid of being discovered.
Lu Fei looked at the golden card in his hand with disdain.
He thought to himself: Does he look like a fool?
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