Start as a Temple Spirit

As soon as Shang Liangshan said that he would add the temple guards, Da Niu and Da Gou quickly said, "We don't want to work hard. We don't want it."

They said no, but their bodies were honest and they looked at Yibao with anticipation.

"Master Temple Spirit is right. You two are guarding day and night, which is really too exhausting. I will go and talk to the elders about this matter later. Times are different now, and it is time to expand the temple guards." When the Leopard said this, he looked at the happy faces of the Big Ox and the Big Dog, and said with a smile:

"Don't be too happy, the selection of temple guards is the same as that of village militia. After selecting the people, you two will have to train them personally."

Upon hearing this, Big Bull and Big Dog's faces turned serious. The former said stiffly, "Training is training. Practice makes perfect."

"Haha, they are all here." A hearty voice was heard, and Yiwu came over with Yijin. They came to burn incense.

"Greetings, Master Miao Ling." After paying his respects, Yi Jin introduced Yi Wu to Master Miao Ling.

"Yiwu greets the Lord Temple Spirit." Yiwu greeted respectfully.

"Greetings, Chief." Shang Liangshan returned the greeting and said with a smile, "The Chief and the Elders are our seniors. It would be strange for the Temple Spirit to call them that. So I gave myself a name, Shang Liangshan. You two elders can just call me Liangshan."

"You can't do that." Upon hearing that, Yi Jin shook his head like a rattle, and ended up getting kicked in the butt by Yi Wu.

Yiwu said angrily: "Master Miao Ling gave you face, but you are still polite, and you don't even think about Master Miao Ling's intentions."

"What do you mean?" Yi Jin asked, scratching his head.

Yi Wu smiled at Shang Liangshan and said, "Master Miao Ling, you will definitely move around the village more often in the future. If we keep calling you Master Miao Ling, not only will it be unfamiliar, but it will also expose Master Miao Ling's identity."

"Pa" Yijin slapped his forehead and suddenly realized.

"Chief, how do we address the Temple Spirit?" Yibao asked with a frown.

"Seventh Elder." The remaining monk Liangshan said in unison, and then smiled at each other.

Shang Liangshan's identity in the Forgotten Township was determined from then on, but that is a story for later.

When Yibao saw the clan leader and the second elder were there, he mentioned Shang Liangshan's proposal to increase the number of temple guards to relieve the dark circles under the eyes of Da Niu and Da Gou.

Yiwu thought for a moment, pointed to the hillside and said, "Recruit two groups of temple guards to build a small training ground in this open space."

"This is a good suggestion." Yijin was the first to agree, and the matter was settled.

Shang Liangshan suggested that he wanted to take a walk around the Forgotten Township, so the group set off.

"Ga Ga" Heizi joined later and had a funny exchange with Da Niu and Da Gou.

Yiwu looked at the black spot on the top of Daniu's head and said happily, "I didn't expect that this little guy could be subdued by you, Liangshan. Yifeng has fought against this little guy many times before."

"Haha, this was suggested by Big Dog. Strangely enough, ever since Heizi was baptized by the power of incense and vows, he can not only hear the calls of believers, but also sense the invasion of ghosts." Shang Liangshan responded happily.

"Oh, so in that case, Heizi has become the spiritual beast of the village." Yiwu said in surprise.

"Heizi has really made a lot of contributions to the village. The boss is willing to be stepped on by him." When Yi Jin said this, everyone laughed, even Heizi laughed.

The feeling of walking in the village during the day and at night is different.

The night is a quiet mountain village, while the day is a bustling village.

The thatched houses seen everywhere add vitality and ancient charm.

What surprised Shang Liangshan was that the terrain of the village was not a slope as he felt under the cover of night, but a gentle slope.

In fact, Forgotten Town is built in a valley surrounded by rock walls.

The lowest point of the rock wall has a drop of thirty meters, and the highest point is undoubtedly the rock peak of the Fuzang General Temple, which has a drop of hundreds of meters and covers a large area of ​​ten miles in radius.

The magical thing about the village is that there is a small spring with abundant water, enough for 10,000 people to drink.

Moreover, according to Yi Jin, in order to prevent the springs from drying up, they organized people to dig wells everywhere in the village. As a result, they only needed to dig to a depth of six or seven meters to reach a small water vein.

In the end, no less than fifty wells were dug from top to bottom, and all of them became the source of life for the villagers.

This is also one of the main reasons why the Forgotten Town can take root.

The highlight of the Forgotten Village is undoubtedly the rock wall that seems to embrace the village with open arms.

The group climbed up the steep rock wall through the village wall and the stairs connected to the rock wall.

Looking down at the curved rock wall, it is actually quite large. The simply constructed passage is ten meters wide. The higher you go, the wider the wall becomes and the higher it becomes.

Outside the rock wall is a rocky plain, which is the grassland of the Forgotten Village, where herds of cattle, sheep and horses are leisurely eating grass.

Outside the grassland is a small river with fast-flowing water.

This scene made Shang Liangshan stop and admire from a high vantage point this landscape painting full of vitality.

Upon seeing this, Yiwu and others also stopped silently and admired the homeland they had fought for all their lives, with a feeling of pride in their hearts.

Looking back, a group of deserters, half-naked, hungry, homeless, and in constant fear, fled to the valley and held a meeting to decide their fate.

The final meeting decided to settle down here and build a home for themselves.

There were really a lot of emotions, so many that Yiwu and Yijin's eyes became blurry.

Because settling down here is not all smooth sailing, but involves many hardships. For this reason, many old friends could not become self-sufficient and turned into ashes, or even no remains were left.

Yibao and the others did not have such feelings. They enjoyed the scenery just like Shang Liangshan.

Time passed by minute by minute, and with a sigh, everyone woke up and continued to move forward.

As the saying goes, looking at the mountain will kill the horse, and the same is true for looking at the rock wall.

When the group reached the main peak, the sun was already setting in the west, and what they saw was the charred peak that had been flattened by lightning and fire.

"Hey, why is the top of the mountain like this?" Yiwu asked in surprise, looking at the flattened top of the mountain covered with charred rubble.

"Shua shua shua" everyone looked at Shang Liangshan, who scratched his nose embarrassedly and said: "Because the Purple Shadow Chain needs to absorb the power of thunder to advance, so it came here to attract lightning during the thunderstorm."

Upon hearing this, Yi Wu looked at Shang Liangshan in surprise, then at Yi Jin.

Yi Jin happily explained the purple shadow chain mentioned by Shang Liangshan and the scene of the roaring thunder.

After listening to Yi Jin's story, the old patriarch's respect for Shang Liangshan reached a new level.

"Clan leader, what is the Tongxuan realm?" Shang Liangshan asked out of curiosity as they walked.

"The Tongxuan realm actually means opening up the meridians, opening up the orifices, and gaining Xuanli." Yiwu paused and continued:

"Once the meridians and acupoints of the human body are opened up and split into a cycle, the energy can be released to attack."

"The release of Yuanli to attack is a manifestation of the initial Tongxuan realm."