Secular world: My destiny has no taboos

Chapter 287 Chapter 286: The Huxian lineage has a fox god
The gap in the void is like an invisible bubble film, separating the two worlds.

Lin Beixuan stood at the edge of the crack and looked around, then raised his leg and took a step forward as if he was walking normally.

In an instant, the surrounding scenery seemed to be spinning irregularly, and the whole world turned upside down. When he came to his senses, he was already standing on a flat brick floor.

In front of him were neatly arranged Huxian attendants, their skirts fluttering in the breeze. The exquisite ceremonial objects were sophisticated and the fans were gently rotating, making sounds like classical musical instruments.

As the priestess of Sheshan, Hu Miao would often come forward on behalf of the ancestor to receive distinguished guests when they arrived at Sheshan.

Of course, this is also about identity and status.

But the person who just came to Sheshan was someone she had not only never seen before, but she had never even heard of him. He was a complete stranger.

However, this man's demeanor gave her a very strange feeling.

Is it confidence, nobility... ?
She shook her head imperceptibly.

Give the answer in your heart.

neither!
"Sir, I will lead the way for you!" Hu Miao raised his head slightly and met Lin Beixuan's eyes.

She was educated in the rules of books and etiquette since she was a child. She exudes an elegant temperament rarely seen in the secular world. Her voice is soft, making people who meet her for the first time feel very comfortable.

This was Lin Beixuan’s first impression of Hu Miao.

It is clearly a fox body and has not taken human form, but it does not cause any discomfort to people, and it feels like they are getting along with an alien species.

Instead, she is like a well-educated lady from a noble family, gentle and kind as jade.

Lin Beixuan thanked Hu Miao, and followed the other party's guidance, walking along the flat brick road.

Looking around, a strange look flashed in Lin Beixuan's eyes.

Before, when I was outside the gap, I could only vaguely see Hu Miao and others as if they were in an illusion. Now that I have officially entered Sheshan, I realize that this place is extremely real and it is a real world.

In fact, this is exactly the case.

This place is different from the desolation of Luozhou, nor is it like the stomach of the Bitter River God, which is seven parts fake and three parts real made of flesh and blood. The space is filled with the stench of impending death.

Sheshan is like a new world, with shady trees and the fragrance of birds and flowers everywhere. The breeze blows a new green plant emerging from the cracks in the bricks and stones, brushing against your feet, and you can clearly feel the vigorous vitality.

Just with this comparison, the distance between them is like heaven and earth.

Seeing that Lin Beixuan had entered the gap, the God of Xun also swaggered and stepped in fearlessly.

Wu Huo and Shen Tingmiao looked at each other and immediately called on everyone to follow.

It was the first time for them to encounter such a magical scene. It turned out that there was an alien space in the world they lived in.

There was tension on everyone's face, and they couldn't help but tighten their grip on the weapons beside them.

However, this phenomenon was alleviated when they recalled the calmness of their general, so when they passed by a Huxian attendant, they all tried to straighten their backs and raise their heads.

"Slowly, don't rush..."

Hu Mei grinned at the entrance of the gap, inviting everyone to enter Sheshan.

Only after the last person entered did she put her hands into her robe, and followed secretly behind, the wine gourd swinging from her waist.

Soon after she stepped into Sheshan, the crack in the void slowly closed, as if nothing had happened.

“I really miss it!!”

Hu Mei looked at the world of Sheshan and sighed slightly.

Since she became a small farmer in Zhang Village, she hasn't returned here for a long time.

"I wonder how the old man is doing now, and whether my brothers and sisters are living well..."

The expression on her fox face seemed both happy and sad, making it difficult to read.

Not long after she walked with her hands in her pockets, a Huxian servant quickly walked over and came to her side.

"Miss, the ancestor wants to see you."

Hu Mei's head suddenly drooped, and he nodded as expected.

"I understand. Let me tell the adults, and then I will go to the ancestor with you."

Attendant Hu Xian leaned towards Hu Mei, but did not make things difficult for him. Instead, he followed behind Hu Mei as if he was afraid that Hu Mei would take the opportunity to escape, and quickened his pace to come to Lin Beixuan's side.

"My Lord! The ancestor has called me for something. I may not be able to accompany you for the time being. I have to go first!!"

"Is there any danger?" Lin Beixuan frowned slightly when he heard this.
Hu Mei's eyes warmed up and she bowed to Lin Beixuan. It seemed that after coming to Sheshan, she also became more concerned about etiquette.

"Please rest assured, sir. Although I will be punished, the ancestor will not harm my life."

"Why don't you let me talk to your ancestor first."

"Thank you for your concern, sir. This is not necessary. This is a family matter."

Seeing Hu Mei's serious look, Lin Beixuan didn't know what to say. After thinking about it, he mobilized the forces in his own mansion. The temple-suppressing stele in front of the Beima shrine outside the pass flickered, and a palm-sized token appeared from it.

"If your life is in danger, crush it and I will sense it immediately."

Hu Mei took the token and felt warm inside. A smile appeared on her face again. She made a reassuring gesture to Lin Beixuan and left quickly accompanied by her attendants.

Looking at the other person's departing back, Lin Beixuan turned his head to look at the priest Hu Xian who had been staring at him.

"Why does Miss Hu Miao make such an expression?"

During the short walk before, the two already knew each other's names.

Hu Miao smiled and shook his head, saying, "I am just somewhat pleased with your attitude towards me and Hu Xian."

"Actually, you don't have to worry too much about Hu Mei's safety. At least in Sheshan, no one should be willing to kill her."

"She has a high status in Sheshan?"

Lin Beixuan looked at Hu Miao in surprise. At first, he keenly noticed the exchange of eyes between the two. It was obvious that Hu Miao and Hu Mei knew each other.

Hu Miao smiled softly, inviting Lin Beixuan to continue walking with her while explaining, with a hint of reminiscence in her eyes.

"Her status in Sheshan is different from mine. She is the granddaughter of our ancestor Hu Xian."

"My dear...granddaughter..."

This time it was Lin Beixuan's turn to be shocked. He never thought that the fox spirit he picked up in a small village in Luozhou would actually be the granddaughter of the ancestor of the Sheshan Huxian lineage.

"Hu Mei escaped from Sheshan without the permission of the ancestor several decades ago. She has not yet made any progress in her cultivation, but she has been contaminated by worldly airs in the human world, which has made it difficult for her to make progress in her cultivation. In the end, she became a local deity in a small village without the knowledge of the ancestor." "Although local deities and secular gods are both called gods and worshipped by people, they are actually fundamentally different."

"Because once it is contaminated by the turbid energy of the mundane world, it will be a huge obstacle to the cultivation methods of people like us, Hu Xian."

"She was one of the outstanding geniuses of my Huxian lineage. She was expected to become the second Huxian secular god after the ancestor. Unfortunately, she can't even condense the golden elixir now..."

"Golden elixir... shouldn't it be about summoning gods?" Lin Beixuan asked with some confusion. For so long, he hasn't paid much attention to other types of cultivation systems.

Hu Miao didn't expect that Lin Beixuan didn't know about this, but after a brief moment of stunned silence, she regained her original gentleness and explained.

"We, the Huxian, are also spirits in nature, so our cultivation is naturally different from yours."

"What you humans do is to open a mansion and invite the gods, while what we spirits and monsters practice is to refine spirits and form pills."

Hearing the word "refining spirit", Lin Beixuan's mind was in a trance for a moment. He vaguely remembered that he seemed to have heard these two words somewhere before.

Hu Miao continued, "Strictly speaking, we are all the same, it's just a leap in strength. Your souls are naturally much stronger than ours, so you don't need to refine your spirits. And we, the spirits, have a little more understanding of the energy of heaven and earth than you humans, so we are more able to enter the Tao..."

"There are so many things, but in reality, everyone is pretty much the same!"

"Sir, we've arrived." Hu Miao stopped and looked at Lin Beixuan.

Only then did he come back to his senses from Hu Mei's words and looked ahead at the two of them.

They were standing on an open dam. Looking down, they could see a large village standing among the mountains and rivers.

The village was built on the mountainside, and the houses were much more exquisite than those villages they had seen before, with blue bricks, black tiles, and white walls. There were neat farmlands all around, making it like a painting full of vitality.

What surprised Lin Beixuan even more was that on the roads of these villages, there were actually people.

Hu Miao seemed to have seen through Lin Beixuan's thoughts and said slowly, "In the past few years, there have been constant natural disasters in the outside world, and hungry ghosts have frequently appeared to harm the world. My ancestor couldn't bear to see the lives of the people suffer, so he rescued these people and temporarily placed them in Sheshan."

The group walked along the path, and soon they heard Lang Lang's reading voice.

Lin Beixuan raised his eyebrows and looked towards a school building with its windows wide open not far away, where a group of students were taking literacy classes.

However, these students are not the cute and chubby children in the traditional sense, but a group of little bearded men with fox faces and pointed eyebrows and eyes.

The teacher who gave the class was not a scholar in a silk hat, but a scholar in a brocade robe and holding a feather fan. Perhaps the only thing they had in common was the white beard extending from his chin.

When Lin Beixuan looked over, he was quickly noticed by the old Mr. Fox, who quickly looked back.

"He is the teacher of our Huxian clan children. He has traveled to various states and met many Confucian scholars. He is extremely knowledgeable."

Hu Miao nodded to Mr. Fox, the old man who taught in the school, and only then did the other party retract his gaze.

"Lord Lin, your people please stay here for the time being. I will arrange for my servants to find a suitable place for them to stay. As for you and the God of Xun, the ancestor just told me that he would like to invite you into the hall for a chat." Hu Mei said to Lin Beixuan.

The eyes of the Xun God, who had been following Lin Beixuan, suddenly lit up when he heard this.

"I haven't seen your ancestor for a long time. How is she doing recently?"

"The ancestor is in good health. Thank you, Lord Mountain God, for your concern."

Hu Miao turned her head and smiled kindly. This was not the first time she had met the God of Xun. The last time the God of Xun and several other secular gods came to Sheshan, she was the one who received them.

"That's great, take me to see my old friend!"

The god of Xun had his hands behind his back. He looked like a child of six or seven years old, but he spoke in an old-fashioned manner, which was quite strange.

As she spoke, she didn't even look at Lin Beixuan, but walked forward excitedly, as if she already knew where to go.

After pondering for a while, Lin Beixuan called Wu Huo and Shen Tingmiao, whispered some instructions in their ears, and then, under the leadership of Hu Miao, walked towards the tallest building in the village.

On the way, he met many people wearing various clothes. These people seemed to be rich and rich, but they were all assigned jobs under Hu Xian. No matter how rich or powerful you are outside, you are all treated equally here.

Naturally, these people also noticed the arrival of Lin Beixuan and others, and they glanced over with a hint of curiosity in their eyes.

Lin Beixuan did not pay attention to these people. He just glanced at them and left.

At this time, Hu Miao took the initiative to say: "Sheshan has taken in more than 52,000 disaster victims from Luozhou. Even though Sheshan has abundant resources, it is still a bit overwhelmed. Therefore, we can only use the method of work-for-relief to help them solve the material problem."

Lin Beixuan nodded slightly when he heard this. When Hu Miao said the number of fifty-two thousand, he was extremely shocked.

He initially thought that there would be at most a few thousand disaster victims in Sheshan, but he didn't expect that the number would actually be counted in the tens of thousands.

Moreover, the method of using work as a substitute for relief is very good. He knows about human nature. Even in today's world, many people cannot escape the darkness in this aspect.

If Sheshan didn't do this, the huge number of people alone would probably overwhelm them in no time.

Next, Lin Beixuan learned more about the disaster victims in Sheshan and soon arrived at the door of the tallest building in the village.

"I will just take you here, sir, and will not accompany you inside. The ancestor has been waiting inside for a long time."

Hu Miao stood at the door, gently pushed open the heavy iron door, and made a gesture of invitation to Lin Beixuan.

"Thank you, Master Hu, for all the journey." Lin Beixuan clasped his fists and expressed his gratitude.

Hu Miao smiled and shook his head: "This is what I should do."

Under Hu Miao's gaze, Lin Beixuan adjusted his breathing slightly, and walked in against the breeze blowing in from the door.

The faint fragrance of sandalwood and the smell of incense penetrate into the nose, and in front of the eyes is a huge landscape screen. Looking closely, the mountains and rivers are magnificent, and among the clouds and mist, cloud foxes are dancing in the wind, as if they have life and are lifelike.

As Lin Beixuan walked by, he could clearly feel the countless pairs of fox eyes on the screen following his steps and watching and turning.

The whispers and laughter of foxes reached his ears, and the originally fairy-like scene was suddenly plunged into a gloomy atmosphere.

Lin Beixuan took a deep breath, not being entangled by these gazes, and turned to look into the spacious hall in front of him.

In the secular world, everyone reveres secular gods. No matter whether the secular gods they believe in are good or evil, if they are beneficial to themselves, they will burn incense and make offerings to them, and offer sacrifices to them during festivals.

Since then, many legends about secular gods have spread among the people, and the word "god" has become noble, majestic, and mysterious...

However, apart from those officials, how many people have actually seen the secular gods?

Unfortunately, Lin Beixuan saw it, and a lot of it.

"So I don't have anything to worry about. What I should be more concerned about is what level this fox god ranks in the collection of minor gods, so that I can collect the collection as soon as possible."

Thinking of this, Lin Beixuan's temperament became more condensed. With a smile on his face, he looked towards the ethereal figure at the top of the hall.

　I'm going to the hospital tomorrow to see my hand, I hope it's not a big problem...

　　Regarding the updates mentioned by some book friends, Sanyang will change it, it will definitely change it, otherwise it will be a mess! ! ! !

　　
　
(End of this chapter)