Secular world: My destiny has no taboos

Chapter 349: Pig-Tian Gang Venerable

"The person has gone far away!"

Seeing that Sheshan Hu Xian and his group who were transporting the armaments had gone far away, Shen Tingmiao slowly turned her head to look at Lin Beixuan.

"It just so happens that the military equipment has arrived today. When does the general plan to leave Bicheng and start to reduce the number of Xuanhuang Hungry Ghost's followers with the central plain of Luozhou as the center?"

Luo Bingzhong nodded slightly. There wasn't much time left for them to train.

"Let's rest today and set off early tomorrow morning."

Lin Beixuan walked to the ox cart that had previously held the armaments, and raised his eyebrows when he saw several other ox carts full of goods.

“I didn’t expect Sheshan would send so much food and water.”

"The escorting guards told me that the grain planted last year in Sheshan will soon be harvested, so they moved the grain in the warehouse to us. When the harvest comes, we won't have to worry about not having enough grain."

Lin Beixuan nodded with satisfaction. Cooperating with Sheshan was simply the best decision he had made since entering Luozhou.

He had originally thought that he would take some time to go to the real world to make some purchases, but now it seems that there is no need for this at all.

With the silent support of the entire Sheshan Huxian clan behind him, it undoubtedly saved him a lot of trouble.

Just at this moment, Xi Xuan and a group of people walked in from the reserved city gate passage.

The group of people were full of curiosity. They looked around the scene in Bi City, and their eyes stayed on each soldier of the Beiming Army for a long time.

"Didn't they say that Luozhou has no remaining forces? Why are there still troops stationed in this small county?"

A well-behaved and quiet girl who looked less than 20 years old opened her rosy little mouth, looked around in surprise, and whispered to her companions.

Her companion also looked confused.

"There are so many people! This is the first time I've seen so many people since I came to Naju!"

"Oh, this is an army, how can there not be a lot of people?"

"Didn't you see the ox carts that were sent into the city just now? They were full of armor and food. They must be the supplies for this army."

"But the ones delivering the supplies weren't humans at all, they were a group of fox spirits! Didn't you see that except for their faces, they walked like humans?"

"You mean, the remaining people in Luozhou have formed an alliance with those fox fairies?"

……

There were constant whispers of discussion among the team of more than a dozen people. Yu Changqing, who led the team, also had an expression of inexplicable horror in his eyes. It was hard to imagine that there was a county town that was guarded deep in Luozhou.

His gaze shifted to Xi Xuan who was leading the way ahead.

Because Xi Xuan's body was completely covered by a black robe, he had not realized that Xi Xuan was actually a zombie all the way here, and always thought that the other party was a good person.

"Brother Xi, you said before that there were quite a few people in Bi City. I thought they were just a group of a dozen or so people who survived like us. I didn't expect there were really 'quite a few people'!" Yu Changqing smacked his lips.

Xi Xuan stopped when he heard this and said, "Well, there are quite a few living and dead people here, almost 20,000 people in total."

Xi Xuan's way of speaking remains as straightforward as ever.

Yu Changqing: “???”

He was stunned and couldn't react for a moment.

What does it mean that the total number of living and dead people is almost 20,000? Is this some new word that has just been born in the secular world?

Can the dead be counted as a body count?

Just when he was feeling puzzled, he suddenly saw a tall and slender figure standing in the middle of a group of people in front of him. His aura was like a dragon entering the sea, and almost everyone's attention was focused on him at first sight.

Lin Beixuan noticed Yu Changqing earlier than he did. The two had met several times in Huangshi Village. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, he put on the remnant mask of the Qiang God that he obtained after killing Xuanming.

Xi Xuan brought Yu Changqing and others to Lin Beixuan, and then stood behind Lin Beixuan as if he had completed his mission.

As each pair of eyes turned to look at them, Yu Changqing and the others couldn't help but feel a little nervous. The discussions in the team gradually died down, and the newcomers lowered their heads, not daring to even breathe.

Lin Beixuan did not speak, but first looked around at the group of people.

However, what seemed like a very normal action to him, turned out to be a huge pressure for some newcomers around Yu Changqing.

Because the Qiang God mask worn by Lin Beixuan was itself very strange and had a certain deterrent nature, and his eyes through the mask were very deep, as if he could see into people's hearts, which made these newcomers feel an unprecedented sense of oppression.

In the team, Su Hongying did not avoid eye contact like the others. Her condition was very strange. She exuded a sad aura from her whole body and her face looked numb.

She raised her head, and her lifeless eyes met Lin Beixuan's gaze.

Lin Beixuan paused slightly and frowned slightly.

'There's something wrong with her!'

Since entering the realm of summoning gods, his perception has become many times stronger than when he was in the realm of establishing a mansion. Moreover, with the blessing of his own divinity as the Lord of the Netherworld, it can be said that even if a secular god incarnates as an ordinary person in front of him, he can accurately distinguish it.

At this moment, in his eyes, Su Hongying's whole body was shrouded in a dark yellow mist. Lin Beixuan had only felt this kind of aura in the outer barrier body of the dark yellow hungry ghost.

Yu Changqing saw that Lin Beixuan had been staring at Su Hongying, and immediately frowned, stepped forward and bowed, saying: "General, if you feel that this is inappropriate, we can leave this county now."

Lin Beixuan glanced at Yu Changqing and shook his head expressionlessly: "Nothing, I just felt that this person looked familiar." Yu Changqing was stunned, moved a few steps to the side, and silently stood in front of Su Hongying.

"My friend was upset because of something. Please forgive me if I have offended the general."

"What stimulated her?" Lin Beixuan asked.

"We came across a temple in central Luozhou, which enshrined a secular god." Yu Changqing felt that there was nothing to hide about this matter, so he told it immediately.

"Incense temples, secular gods..."

Lin Beixuan, including Shen Tingmiao, Luo Bingzhong and others behind him, all became solemn after hearing this.

There are more than twenty secular gods in Luozhou, and no one knows how many temples dedicated to them are located in various places.

However, with the outbreak of drought and famine, the incense temples in various regions have long since declined and collapsed.

The main reason is that people's belief in secular gods is declining, and the three-year drought in Luozhou caused too many people to starve to death, resulting in a decrease in the number of believers in secular gods.

With the rise of the Xuanhuang Hungry Ghost, in addition to devouring the provincial government, the second thing the Xuanhuang Hungry Ghost did was to destroy all the temples of secular gods in Luozhou.

Well, since most of the incense temples in Naju were destroyed by starving ghosts, who owns the incense temple located in the central area of Naju?

Lin Beixuan narrowed his eyes slightly, and his gaze towards Yu Changqing was full of interrogation.

"Who is the secular god worshipped in that temple?"

Yu Changqing guessed what Lin Beixuan and the others were suspecting. His expression changed, and he shook his head and said in a deep voice, "You are wrong. The one enshrined in that incense temple is not the original hungry ghost, but another being that it cannot afford to offend."

"Now the central plain of Luozhou is covered with yellow sand and is barren. There are almost no human figures to be seen. The incense temple stands in the sand."

"So who is it enshrined?" Lin Beixuan didn't like to hear what the area around the temple looked like.

Yu Changqing glanced at Lin Beixuan and said in a deep voice with some taboo: "One of the twelve gods and secular masters, Tian Gang Zun."

"Haizhu!"

When Luo Bingzhong heard this, an expression of "I see" appeared on his face and he said.

"I thought that the Xuan Huang Hungry Ghost was so crazy and unscrupulous that he turned Luozhou upside down, but in the end, he didn't even dare to overturn the temple of Tian Gang Venerable."

"No wonder!" Lin Beixuan murmured.

If it was a secular master, it would be understandable that the Xuanhuang hungry ghosts would not dare to destroy his temple.

The incense temple is something that is closely related to one's own divinity. If the Xuanhuang hungry ghost destroys the temple, Venerable Tiangang will naturally feel it. If he then comes looking for him, the Xuanhuang hungry ghost will really not be able to withstand his anger.

Of the twelve zodiac gods and secular masters, Lin Beixuan has now indirectly encountered four of them.

The first time I saw the ugly ox - Cang Ran Xian was when I happened to see him at the village chief's house in Huangshi Village.

The second is the former leader of the Five Rats, the Rat - Old Man Kongyun, and the third is the Sheep - Lord Huanxin, whom they met face to face when they fled with Qingyun Village.

The fourth person I met indirectly today was Pig-Tiangang Zunzun.

In the secular world, the Twelve Zodiac Gods have always been a legend, and very few people have seen the descent of the Gods with their own eyes.

Because of their status, they no longer care too much about the incense offerings in the incense temple. Even if they collect incense, they will only let their subordinates do it.

The previous Kongyun Five Rats is a very typical example.

However, the Five Rats are obviously not capable of helping the secular master collect incense and offerings, and can only be apostles who help the temple officials to burn incense and light lamps.

But then again, since Yu Changqing and others had seen the incense temple of Lord Tiangang in the Central Plains, why did Su Hongying have the aura of the Xuanhuang Hungry Ghost?

Lin Beixuan's eyes fell on Su Hongying, making sure he was not mistaken.

Yu Changqing sighed and continued.

"When we saw this temple, we went in without thinking much, but what we didn't expect was that the Yuanchu Hungry Ghost had set up many restrictions outside the temple and even arranged for one of its officials to be in charge."

"The official guarding outside the temple happens to be a former friend of ours."

When Lin Beixuan heard this, a strange look flashed in his eyes.

He knew clearly the true background of Yu Changqing and others.

The subordinates of the Xuanhuang hungry ghost were in Luozhou, and Yu Changqing and others came from other states, so they could not be friends they made in the secular world.

Then there is only one possibility.

The starving ghost official who sits outside the Tiangangzhunzhe incense temple was once a secular boy.

Thinking of this, Lin Beixuan glanced at Su Hongying who was in a state of dismay.

"That secular prince should have a close relationship with Su Hongying."

"I didn't expect that a secular prince could be transformed into a subordinate of a secular god. Things are really becoming more and more complicated!"

(End of this chapter)