Start as a Temple Spirit

When Yi Daniu heard the temple spirit praising his good name, he was overjoyed.

He scratched his head and laughed, "Hehe, my dad said the same thing. My name sounds better than Big Dog and has more power."

Shang Liangshan heard this, his mouth twitched and asked, "Who is the big dog?"

"My Lord Temple Spirit, the big dog is the one that just left." Da Niu answered seriously.

"Does this seem to be correct?" An illusory black question mark appeared on Shang Liangshan's forehead.

"Master Temple Spirit." Da Niu called softly and respectfully.

"Hmm." Shang Liangshan came back to his senses and looked at Daniu with a questioning look.

"Can you catch ghosts?" Daniu asked expectantly.

"We can only catch lonely ghosts."

"The Great Elder really didn't lie to us."

"Tell me what the Great Elder said."

"The great elder said that once the temple spirit is born, it can fly into the sky and hide in the ground, protect the area, and has the strength of the third rank. Any wandering ghosts who see it will die..." Daniu talked incessantly.

Only when the leopard came running towards him did he stop talking and return to being a sturdy and simple man.

"Master Temple Spirit." Yi Bao greeted him respectfully.

"You're welcome." Shang Liangshan raised his hand, pointed at the statue covered in red silk, and gave Yibao a questioning look.

Yibao understood immediately and began to explain in detail the second step of the temple spirit's plan.

Shang Liangshan suddenly realized what was going on and looked at Yibao and said, "Hurry up, this spirit has no more incense and vows to cultivate."

"What the temple spirit said is absolutely right. The day after tomorrow is an auspicious day. The village will hold a ceremony to consecrate the incense and light the image. It will definitely provide you with a steady stream of incense and blessing power."

"Let's not talk about this anymore. Accompany me for a walk in the village."

"Yes." Yibao responded and bowed respectfully and made a gesture of invitation.

Shang Liangshan then wandered around in the Forgotten Township under the protection of the leopard, the big ox and the big dog.

The forgotten town is quiet under the night.

In fact, it is understandable. There were not many entertainment activities in ancient villages. In addition, it was late at night and lamp oil was expensive. People had to get up and work early in the morning, so it was better to go to bed early.

Those who have wives have children, and those who don’t have wives are worried. In short, they go to bed early and get up early, and roll up their sleeves and work hard to make a living.

Under the starlight, farmhouses are located in an orderly manner on the mountain. Leather boots make a crisp "da da da" sound as they step on the bluestone road.

"Master Temple Spirit, the surrounding courtyards are where the elders and captains live, as well as the school, alchemy workshop, weapon forging workshop, and warehouse. So they are brick and tile houses, and there are thatched houses below." Yibao whispered to Shang Liangshan, explaining the distribution of buildings in Forgotten Township.

The Forgotten Village covers a very large area. The group walked and stopped in the village. Time passed quickly. Shang Liangshan did not see the terraced fields, so he asked.

After Yibao's explanation, he realized that the farmland of Forgotten Township was on the plain outside the village, with thousands of acres of fertile land.

The entire Forgotten Village and farmland are surrounded by two small rivers, and the terrain is unique and fertile.

So Shang Liangshan began to wonder: how could such a unique terrain fall into the hands of Forgotten Township?

Yibao's answer was very plain, but also very decisive. This unique terrain was snatched from bandits.

Well, this world is indeed full of the law of the jungle.

Shang Liangshan asked again about the surrounding forces, and Yibao replied that there were only rural villages within a hundred miles, and he didn't know what forces were farther away.

There is no land transportation in the Forgotten Land, so people travel by boat on the small river, which is also the waterway.

The mountains are rich in resources, with rare treasures, countless herds of animals, and also monsters.

Due to the special nature of the Shiwan Mountains, many demons and monsters were born there.

Yao refers to demon beasts and demon cultivators.

Demons refer to demon cultivators and demon creatures.

Ghost refers to ghosts.

The monster refers to the mountain elf monster.

At this point, Yibao said with a longing look on his face: "I once heard the Great Elder say that among the Hundred Thousand Mountains, there is a powerful hidden sect, and in the sect there are immortal figures who can move mountains and seas."

Shang Liangshan was not surprised at all. After all, this was a world with ghosts and alien beings like himself.

But it seemed as if God liked the existence of accidents. He paused and looked to the left at the farmhouse hidden in the night.

The leopard also sensed something, looked up, and said in a low voice with a strange expression, "It's the little ghost."

"Captain of the guard, is it the human-faced owl?" asked Da Niu, who couldn't see the monster, in a low voice.

"Yeah." Yibao nodded.

In Shang Liangshan's sight, a black shadow shaped like an owl was standing on the crown of a large tree outside the farmyard, looking at his group with a curious look on its face with a pair of big, ink-black eyes.

The human-faced owl, literally means a bird with a human face, the difference is that its mouth is a bird's beak, and its feet are very much like human feet with claws.

What is even more surprising is that its body is a three-dimensional shadow with no substance, as if it were condensed from a ball of black mist. It is truly a world full of wonders.

"Is this human-faced owl good or evil?" Shang Liangshan asked without turning his head.

He felt that the look in the human-faced owl's eyes when it looked at him was full of greed, as if it was looking at a delicacy.

"It eats souls and cannot distinguish between good and evil." Yibao said with a strange look on his face.

There is no doubt that this human-faced owl came for the temple spirit. He is a frequent visitor to the Forgotten Township and the kind of evil guest that cannot be driven away.

"Oh my god." Shang Liangshan cursed in his heart when he heard that.

This world is too dangerous. There are always monsters and demons who want to harm me. I want to go back to Blue Ball, but what can I do? I am an orphan with no one to rely on. I can only eat and wait for death.

"Master Temple Spirit, it can't beat you. Why don't you catch it and keep it as a spiritual creature?" The big dog suggested with a creative mind.

"That makes sense." Shang Liangshan's eyes lit up, turned into purple light, and flew towards the human-faced owl.

"Ga" the human-faced owl was shocked when he saw the purple light coming. He let out a strange roar and soared into the sky, but it was too late.

It crashed into the white fog, and no matter how hard it flew, it couldn't fly out of the range of the white fog.

This is the horror of illusions. Once you are possessed by them, you will be trapped in them.

The human-faced owl thought it was flying, but in fact it was flapping its wings and spinning in circles in the air.

Shang Liangshan flew back on a cloud and said to the three people of Yibao: "I will return to the Taoist temple to tame the human-faced owl. Remember to keep what happened tonight a secret."

After he finished speaking, he controlled the incense sticks from thousands of families and flew towards the cave.

"Captain of the Guards, what level of cultivation does Lord Temple Spirit have? The Human-Faced Owl, which even the Great Elder was unable to deal with, was captured by Lord Temple Spirit in just one encounter." Da Niu asked in shock, looking at the white mist that disappeared in the night sky.

"You ask me, who should I ask? What happened tonight must be kept secret. You two go back on guard, and I'll go to the village gate to check." Yibao slipped away before he could finish his words. He couldn't expose his ignorance too much in front of his subordinates.

The big bull and the big dog looked at each other, then turned around and trotted back in a hurry. They couldn't let anyone disturb the temple spirit and tame the human-faced owl.

It is said that Shang Liangshan, who had received incense from thousands of families and returned to the Taoist temple, took a look at the human-faced owl that was flapping its wings and circling in the illusion, and then ignored it.

He sat cross-legged and began to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to practice.