Chapter 344: The City God Issues Orders and Calculates the Locust Plague
But he can't.
Firstly, changing the seasons in an entire county was beyond his ability, and if he asked the Water God for cooperation, he would have to sacrifice a lot of face. Secondly, even if he was willing to sacrifice his face and ask, the Water God would not agree.
It is a serious crime to cause frost and snow in the hot summer, changing the seasons and destroying crops.
If this is done out of necessity because of the locust plague, it is understandable. However, if frost and snow fall before the locust plague arrives, who will be held responsible when God calls for punishment?
The Jinhua City God said regretfully, "Since you have no other ideas, then we will follow the fox fairy's plan."
"I ask all my colleagues to inform the gods of all counties, townships, and villages as soon as possible, and work with the county officials and local elders to formulate a strategy for catching and driving away locusts."
"Order the gods to monitor the locusts' movements. If they see a large swarm, exterminate them immediately! After giving the order, return to Jinhua immediately and await further instructions."
"Ask Abbot Huiming, Taoist Priest Xuanxiao, and the Gonghu Society to calculate the time and location of the Locust God's entry into Dongyang. We will make arrangements in advance and ensure that the Locust God returns with satisfaction."
The Jinhua City God issued orders and finally showed the appearance of a county lord.
A fifth-rank county god, in charge of one county and eight counties, was by no means incompetent. It was just a matter of willingness and desire.
The city gods of all counties received the order.
The Jinhua City God gave another order: "Judges, go get my invitation. I want to host a banquet for the gods of Dongyang's mountains and rivers."
Two shadows outside the door bowed to the ground, "As you command."
The Jinhua City God looked at Gong Mengbi and the other two again.
Abbot Huiming clasped his hands together and said, "I will definitely fulfill your mission."
The Jinhua City God took a deep breath and said, "Then let's disperse. Tomorrow at twilight hour, we will host a banquet for the gods of Dongyang's mountains and rivers. I hope you three will spare the time to come."
The City God of Jinhua was annoyed and felt annoyed when he saw Abbot Huiming.
Abbot Huiming did not dislike him and took Taoist Xuanxiao and Gong Mengbi out of the City God Temple.
Abbot Huiming said, "The City God has ordered us to divine the locust god. Do you have any good ideas?"
Taoist Xuan Xiao pondered and said, "The Locust God is a disaster god after all. He has been cultivating for countless years. If we make rash calculations, we will probably suffer backlash."
Gong Mengbi said, "Then we have no choice but to take a roundabout way."
Abbot Huiming and Taoist Priest Xuanxiao were old acquaintances and knew each other's abilities, but they didn't know much about Gong Mengbi. So, they said, "Why don't we each use our own methods and then communicate with each other?"
Taoist Xuan Xiao looked at Gong Mengbi, who nodded and said, "Okay. Where do you two want to go for the divination? Do you want to go north and see the locust plague first?"
Abbot Huiming smiled and said, "I don't need it."
Taoist Xuanxiao also shook his head, and Gong Mengbi invited him, "Why don't you go sit for a while at Lanyin Mountain? Lanyin Mountain is in Beiguo."
Abbot Huiming and Taoist Priest Xuanxiao agreed and followed Gong Mengbi to Lanyin Mountain.
Gong Mengbi turned into the wind and flew away, followed closely by Abbot Huiming and Taoist Priest Xuanxiao.
Before reaching the mountain, you can see the misty clouds and dreamy smoke, which are ever-changing. This is the fog screen that protects Lanyin Mountain. In fact, it is invisible to the naked eye, but when ordinary people come here, they will be dizzy and return to the foot of the mountain.
Only in the eyes of practitioners does this sea of clouds and fog appear.
Passing through the mist, we arrived in front of Lanyin Temple. To the east was the Temple of the Goddess of Mount Tai, where the scent of pine, bamboo, and incense blended together, creating a tranquil atmosphere. To the west was Lanyin Temple. The plaque still existed, but the monks were no longer there, and instead, a quiet, ghostly aura and a lingering demonic aura filled the air.
But its aura is still clear, and it does not appear to be ugly or bad.
Monk Huiming and Taoist Priest Xuanxiao entered through the gate of Lanyin Temple and saw that the Buddha statues and pagodas in the temple, which should have been abandoned, had been wiped clean, and the lights in the hall were always on and the incense was curling.
Monk Huiming went in and paid his respects to the Golden Millet Tathagata. He then said to Gong Mengbi, "The Lanyin Temple has long been abandoned, yet it still needs Hu Zheng to repair and maintain it."
Gong Mengbi laughed and said, "I'm renting Lanyin Temple, so how can I not pay some rent?"
This is a joke. Lanyin Temple's heritage hasn't been preserved. Who would clean the golden bodies of these Buddha statues if they didn't have good intentions? Not to mention a fox.
Monk Huiming didn't know that Zhenru was still alive, nor did he know that Gong Mengbi had really borrowed Lanyin Temple from the Scattering Flower Goddess. Therefore, for the Buddhist incense, he sincerely thanked Gong Mengbi.
Gong Mengbi didn't say it directly, nor was it easy to say it. If he really told the old news about Lanyin Temple, it would be like being dead even if he was still alive.
Now there are traces of foxes everywhere in Lanyin Temple. Seeing Gong Mengbi leading a monk and a Taoist priest back, Xiaoqian served them tea and invited the three of them to rest in the pavilion beside the lotus pond.
On one side are swaying bamboos, and on the other side are graceful lotus flowers.
Xiaoqian is a ghost, but she is not afraid of people. She is a graceful and elegant lady with graceful demeanor.
After drinking the tea, Monk Huiming closed his eyes and concentrated. A thin layer of golden light passed through his body, as if his body was dyed with gold paint.
Gong Mengbi's brows jumped, and he felt like he was being spied on.
Monk Huiming was the one who was truly surprised. He silently used his divine eyes to observe all living beings. He could see all the light, whether coarse or fine, near or far, but it was rarely noticed by others.
But the moment he opened his third eye, he was noticed by Gong Mengbi. This was the first time he had seen such a thing.
Gong Mengbi did not speak to disturb Abbot Huiming, and Abbot Huiming did not look at him again. Instead, he looked across thousands of mountains and rivers to see the locusts and disaster that looked like yellow dust.
Taoist Xuanxiao also took action.
He blew into the teacup, and ripples appeared in the tea, the tea leaves floated up and down, and a cloud of smoke rose.
Taoist Xuanxiao looked at the smoke, and seemed to see something in the teacup through the smoke.
Gong Mengbi glanced at him and didn't look at him any more. Instead, he walked out of the pavilion and looked at the seven stars of the Azure Dragon in the sky.
The light of the stars seemed to brighten up suddenly, revealing the omen of the stars.
Gong Mengbi's mind seemed to be trapped in the chess game of the Blue Dragon and the Seven Stars, or as if he had transformed into the Blue Dragon and the Seven Stars, overlooking Dongyang and looking at the scene of decline on the earth where bad luck and disasters were entangled.
Once you leave Dongyang, you will encounter even more intense and terrifying calamities.
The disastrous energy caused by the locust plague, the calamity energy that continued to evaporate due to the influence of the locust plague, a foggy scene, covered the entire world with a layer of disaster ash.
Gong Mengbi couldn't control himself and accidentally saw too much. He groaned, and the scene in front of him quickly disappeared, and finally returned to the lotus pond of Lanyin Temple.
The spiritual clam surfaced, swallowed a ray of moonlight, turned around towards Gong Mengbi, and then sank to the bottom of the water.
Not long.
Taoist Master Xuanxiao and Abbot Huiming also woke up one after another.
The two exchanged glances, then looked at Gong Mengbi. Abbot Huiming said, "Why don't we write it out together?"
"good."
The three of them worked together to pull the tea out of the teacup, which floated in the air and eventually turned into three identical place names.
"Lanxi."
Seeing that they had the same idea, the three of them started laughing.
Gong Mengbi said: "Come again!"
The water droplets changed in the air and finally turned into two words: "Yongchang".
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