Start as a Temple Spirit

Facing a group of dark brown, fluffy wolf cubs, running towards them with their pink tongues hanging out.

A feeling of fondness after a long absence surged over Shang Liangshan, making him squat with a look of joy on his face, and stretch out his hand to greet the wolf cub who was breathing towards him.

When the steaming tongue touched his hand, Shang Liangshan returned to being his neighbor's brother, sat on the bluestone, and played with the wolf cubs.

"Awooo" the wolf cubs called out, rushing to Shangliang Mountain, howling with joy.

"Haha, don't worry, don't worry, there will be rewards for everyone." Shang Liangshan, who had completely returned to his human nature, stroked the wolf cub and passed a ray of spiritual energy to the wolf cub.

The wolf cub, who had been blessed with a ray of spiritual energy, closed his eyes comfortably, and rolled on the ground, howling.

Yiliu, Da Niu and Da Gou couldn't help but laugh when watching this scene. They were infected by the atmosphere and joined in the fun. Even Heizi blew the black wind and teased the wolf cubs. Everyone was having a great time.

From the next day, after Yibao sent him a wooden carving of the human body's meridian acupoints, Shang Liangshan stayed in the Taoist temple to shape his meridians. He used spiritual power to shape the meridians, using Yin Qi as the source, with the Yang and Yin complementing each other.

The process is difficult and time-consuming, but there is hope.

As for the acupoints, we will have to wait until the meridians are fully developed before considering them.

During this period, Shang Liangshan, who was bored with his practice, would leave the temple, play with the wolf cubs, and accumulate spiritual energy, leading a very fulfilling life.

At the same time, in the Forgotten Village, with the selection of temple guards and Yang Chao staying to recruit apprentices, young men and women who are almost adults surrounded the old patriarch and vowed to make contributions to the village.

In this world, men and women become adults at the age of sixteen.

Being surrounded by boys and girls every day, asking them to make contributions to the village, Yiwu couldn't stand it anymore, so he went to discuss the matter with Yifeng.

Finally, it was agreed that, except for boys and girls with academic talent who stayed to study, most of the students over the age of fifteen would be selected by the Alchemy Workshop to form the reserve force of the hunting team.

The newly formed hunting team reserve has a total of thousands of people, divided into ten teams.

As a result, the weapons and equipment of the village were no longer sufficient.

Yi Wu approached Yang Chao with a smile. After the latter learned the purpose of his visit, he could not help but agree with a wry smile. The old patriarch was just going with the flow and wanted to keep him.

In this way, Forgotten Township spent May and June amid the sounds of reserve training.

Shang Liangshan, who was shaping his meridians in the Taoist temple, suddenly felt something. He opened his eyes abruptly, stood up, and sensed the call from the unknown.

"Gaga" Heizi thought that his master was going out to play with the wolf cubs, so he stopped inhaling and exhaling incense and flew to Shang Liangshan's shoulder. He then stepped out of the Taoist temple and appeared in a temple filled with incense.

"Greetings, Lord Temple Spirit." Yishui led the team in the greeting, and his voice echoed in the cave for a long time.

"No need to be so polite." Shang Liangshan raised his hand and smiled at everyone, "Elder Yishui can just call me Liangshan, and everyone can just call me Seventh Elder."

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and then, led by Yishui, they greeted again: "Greetings, Seventh Elder."

Shang Liangshan raised his hand again to indicate that there was no need for formalities. While greeting Yishui, he looked around the cave temple.

You don’t know until you see it. You can tell what it is made of solid wood at a glance.

The cave temple, which is about 30 square meters in size, is built entirely with logs.

Under the blazing candlelight, one could see that the roof and walls were all built with logs as big as heads, and the floor was made of logs that were larger than heads, sawn into square blocks.

Following the lead of the remaining water, Shang Liangshan visited the living area in the mountain built by the hunting team. It was really very simple.

Each area is built with logs, even the wells, sewage pipes, and ventilation ducts are all made of round logs, except for the stove.

"Liangshan, this underground palace was dug out every time we went out hunting. This time we were out hunting for more than a month, and our main focus was on building the temple and repairing the underground palace. It was the same for other hunting teams." Yishui said with some emotion as he returned to the temple passage.

This was built under his leadership after a lot of time and effort in excavation and construction. Finally, the last step was completed, and the temple was built to pray for spirits.

Shang Liangshan couldn't help but feel a little emotional when he heard this. He echoed the words and asked the question in his mind: "Why don't I feel damp in the underground palace?"

"Hey, because there are flints." Yishui pointed to the burning oil lamps on both sides of the passage and the black lampstands like stone plates underneath and said, "These lampstands are all made of flint."

"This flint is a strange stone. It can absorb the heat emitted by the oil and store it in the stone. When the heat source disappears, they will slowly emit heat and dry the moisture. It is amazing."

"Of course, this is time-limited. If you light the lamp for one day, it can last for three days, and the limit is one month. That is to say, if you light the lamp for ten days, they will stop absorbing heat."

Shang Liangshan couldn't help but secretly praise the magic of flint when he heard it. Then he thought of a question and asked worriedly, "Will flint store heat and cause a fire?"

Yishui shook his head and said, "We were also worried about this problem, but the facts have proved that as long as the flints that store energy are not exposed to direct sunlight and there are flammable materials around them, they are stones that emit heat and will not cause fires."

"That's good. I won't say any more. I still have to go to Elder Yihuo." After Shang Liangshan finished speaking, he called Heizi, who was chatting with the militia, and waved goodbye to everyone, then walked into the statue of the scholar.

The next second, he and Heizi appeared again in the temple made of logs.

Yihuo led the hunting team to greet them: "Greetings, Master Temple Spirit."

After a few pleasantries, the straightforward Yihuo took Shang Liangshan to visit the underground palace they had built.

This underground palace is similar to the one built by Yishui's team. The difference is that it has decorations, such as deer heads and antlers, which give the underground palace a wild feel.

After bidding farewell to Yihuo and the others, Shang Liangshan took Heizi to the wooden temple built by Yitu and his team. After visiting the underground palace, he returned to the Taoist temple to continue his practice.

Unable to bear the loneliness, Heizi sneaked out of the dojo and went to talk to Daniu and the others about what he saw and heard today.

"Awoo!" The wolf cubs who were the first to discover Heizi started calling out to him.

"Ga ga" Heizi greeted the wolf cubs playing in the yard, then flew out of the yard.

After growing for more than a month, and with daily meat and spiritual nourishment, the wolf cubs grew very strong, with bodies as thick as their thighs and fifty centimeters tall.

What is surprising is that their original mottled wolf hair turned into soft silver hair after molting, and each of them turned into silver wolf cubs.

The wolf cub's coat changes puzzled Yi Liu, who had been training animals for many years. But he suddenly realized when his son said, "This is the change caused by the Seventh Elder's spiritual energy."

What is interesting during this period is that every morning and evening, believers would burn incense together.

The wolf cubs would spontaneously divide into two teams and stand on both sides of the temple gate, like soldiers guarding a palace, watching the believers burn incense with solemn faces, so they were given the title of Silver Wolf Guards.