landbeastnovel Chapter 1: The Strongest Taoist Temple Outside the Pass!
Chapter 1: The Strongest Taoist Temple Outside the Pass!
"He died at the age of twenty, what a pity."
Lu Yuan murmured something, then added, "Let's burn some incense."
chap——
The match was struck, and the pale blue flame flickered.
Lu Yuan lit three incense sticks and bowed three times to the lonely grave in front of him.
"This is the first incense offered at the Jade Emperor Temple on Mount Tai on Earth. Even the emperor used this back in the day. It's a really good thing."
"You got off easy."
After saying that, Lu Yuan carefully inserted the three incense sticks into the soil on the grave mound.
The incense sticks are placed properly.
hiss~
A cold wind crept in through the back of my neck.
Lu Yuan twisted his neck, and his joints made a cracking sound.
This feeling is... eerie...
Before he could think it through, he heard hurried footsteps and panting behind him.
"Brother Lu, all the incense has been offered at these graves over here!"
Lu Yuan turned around.
Two boys, one fat and one thin, were running towards him, their faces bearing the innocent charm typical of teenagers.
The fat one is called Xu Erxiao, and the thin one is called Wang Chengan.
The two were his junior brothers in this small, dilapidated Taoist temple outside the Great Wall.
Lu Yuan is the senior disciple.
"Okay, let's find a place to rest."
Lu Yuan dusted off the hem of his Taoist robe and spoke concisely.
"Wait until dark, then catch it."
He walked towards a dead tree to the side.
Xu Erxiao and Wang Chengan hurriedly followed, pulling out hardened dry rations from their pockets while lowering their voices, their eyes full of curiosity.
"Brother Lu, has Old Master Xu really turned into a zombie?"
Lu Yuan paused, his gaze sweeping over the desolate graveyard and landing on a magnificent stone monument in the distance.
On the stone tablet, a line of blood-red characters, invisible to ordinary people, was faintly emerging.
Name: Xu Chengxuan
Type: Zombie
[Cultivation Period: Forty-eight years]
Weaknesses: Lightning, Electricity, Fire
[Distance from breaking out of the coffin: 11:58:35]
【Danger Level: ★☆】
This is the foundation that Lu Yuan has built for himself and his livelihood over the past year since he transmigrated.
Lu Yuan withdrew his gaze, sat cross-legged under the tree, and tore open his dry rations.
"Wrapped."
Lu Yuan spoke with certainty.
"I'll definitely sit up in my coffin at 10 PM tonight."
Upon hearing this, Xu Erxiao and Wang Chengan exchanged a glance, immediately dispelling their doubts, and sat down as well.
Although they had just gone around in circles, the compass in their hands did not react at all, and they did not smell any corpse odor.
But compared to the tools passed down from their ancestor, they believed in Brother Lu more.
Because Brother Lu never makes a mistake.
"Brother Lu, you have nowhere to go for the New Year? Why don't you come to my house for some fun?"
Xu Erxiao munched on the cold pancake and asked indistinctly.
"My home is in Qixia Town, not far away. My mom makes dumplings with thin skins and lots of filling—they smell amazing!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Chengan, who was standing next to him, got anxious and pushed him aside.
"Come to my house, come to my house! Brother Lu, my sister is so beautiful! If you don't come soon, my brother-in-law will really become someone else!"
Lu Yuan ignored the two clowns' fight and just looked down the mountain.
Below the mountain lies Ningyuan Town.
The town was teeming with people, and the noise seemed to reach the mountaintop; it was incredibly lively.
He tore off a large piece of smoked meat tortilla, stuffed it into his mouth, and mumbled:
"We'll see. There are a lot of things going on at the temple during the Lunar New Year, and the old man might not let us go."
Today is the last market day in Ningyuan Town before the heavy snow closes the mountain passes.
In a few days, the white blizzard will rise outside the pass, and the heavy snow will bury the houses, so no one can go out and they can only stay on the kang (heated brick bed) to get through the whole winter.
So everyone went crazy.
Those selling animal hides, those selling mountain products, those making sugar figurines, and those performing acrobatics all used their best skills.
Even the prostitutes on the second floor of the town's brothel were working extra hard today.
Each of them waved a red silk scarf, their large, fat buttocks twisting like wound-up tops, as if trying to draw the souls out of the guests.
Everyone wants to earn enough grain to last the winter today.
Looking at this lively scene, Lu Yuan was momentarily reminded of his hometown from his previous life.
It's the same kind of bustling market day, just as lively.
It's been almost a year since I entered this world.
Unlike other novel protagonists who transmigrate into the body of a king or general and start at their peak, this one didn't.
What about yourself?
An ordinary high school student fell here naked.
Fortunately, after only two days, he was taken in by that disrespectful old Taoist priest from Zhenlong Temple, and the system was unexpectedly activated.
At least I didn't starve, and I gained a small reputation.
Over the past year, thanks to the system and the old Taoist priest's teachings, his reputation as the "White-Robed Taoist" has become quite well-known in the surrounding area.
This time-travel experience was not quite what he had imagined.
They work hard to subdue demons and monsters, earning a pittance of money, only to have to "pay tribute" to the old Taoist priest in exchange for wine.
Oh well, who told that old guy to dig me out of the snow back then?
Consider it paying off a debt.
"Oh my god! Brother Lu, look! That woman has such a fat ass!"
Wang Chengan pulled out a monocular telescope from somewhere and excitedly moved closer to Lu Yuan while peering through it.
Ok?
Lu Yuan glanced at him.
Wang Chengan's face lit up, and he excitedly handed over the binoculars.
Lu Yuan didn't take it, giving him a "you guys are so boring" look, and continued to eat the smoked meat pancake in his hand.
Xu Erxiao, who was standing nearby, couldn't wait any longer and snatched the binoculars.
"Where? Where?"
Wang Chengan pointed out the flaws in the situation from the sidelines:
"Fangshikou! Did you see that group of people who just came out?"
A few seconds later.
Xu Erxiao opened his mouth slightly, his Adam's apple bobbed up and down, and he let out a heartfelt exclamation.
"My goodness...that's so sexy!"
"Her buttocks are wider than her shoulders, and her breasts are bigger than her head! She's even more impressive than that big foreign woman we saw at the border last time!"
Are breasts bigger than the head?
What an outrageous description!
Lu Yuan's heart skipped a beat, and he stopped what he was doing.
The next second, without changing his expression, he reached out and took the binoculars from Xu Erxiao's hand.
"That's utter nonsense. Let me offer my critique."
With the camera focused, Lu Yuan skillfully aimed at the market town below the mountain.
Xu Erxiao was still smacking his lips, looking like he hadn't had enough:
"My goodness, if I could marry a woman like that in this lifetime, I'd be willing to shorten my life by ten years..."
Lu Yuan ignored him and quickly locked onto his target in the crowd.
He couldn't look away after just one glance.
She was a woman who was... stunningly beautiful and mature beyond belief.
She sat on a large palanquin, carried by six strong men, which still swayed slightly.
This woman was simply too tall and voluptuous, probably over 1.9 meters tall, completely overshadowing the generally thin men and women of this era.
She leaned languidly against the soft couch, wearing a well-tailored silk cheongsam underneath, the smooth fabric tightly hugging her breathtaking curves.
A heavy black sable cloak was casually draped over his shoulders.
Her jet-black hair was styled into an exquisite bun, with a golden orchid hairpin shimmering with a soft light.
From earlobes to slender swan neck, each piece is adorned with plump pearls, exuding both allure and elegance.
In her hand, she was still playing with a long pipe with a jade-like mouthpiece.
One perfectly sculpted leg was crossed, and the slit in her cheongsam revealed glimpses of her cleavage.
Those legs were plump and long, dazzlingly white, and surprisingly, they weren't wearing any of the currently fashionable stockings.
Indeed, with legs this beautiful, no amount of embellishment would be necessary.
What's even more deadly is that raised jade foot.
The insteps were fair, while the toes and heels had an intoxicatingly pinkish hue.
The five tiny toes were painted with bright red nail polish.
simply……
It tastes just like a strawberry-flavored Alpenliebe candy!
This thought inexplicably popped into Lu Yuan's mind.
"This woman is absolutely stunning!" Wang Cheng'an remarked, "Even a fox spirit with a thousand years of cultivation wouldn't have her kind of seductive charm!"
Xu Erxiao nodded vigorously: "Mom, she's really impressive, just like the Queen Mother of the West in the painting..."
Lu Yuan didn't say anything, but just glanced at it silently again.
Lu Yuan noticed that this woman's group was not simple.
Besides the palanquin bearers, there were more than twenty black-clad guards accompanying them, each with bulging temples and sharp eyes, clearly skilled in martial arts.
At the very front of the procession, there was even a group of Taoist priests clearing the way!
The Taoist priests were dressed in snow-white robes of fine material, clearly not ordinary items, a stark contrast to the coarse linen clothes worn by the three of them.
Lu Yuan aimed the lens of his binoculars at the insignia on the chests of the group of Taoist priests.
It was a complex pattern embroidered with gold thread, resembling auspicious clouds.
The moment Lu Yuan saw the pattern clearly, his pupils suddenly contracted.
He abruptly put down the binoculars, his relaxed and carefree expression vanishing completely, replaced by astonishment and solemnity.
Wuqing Temple?!
The largest and most powerful Taoist temple outside the Great Wall!
How could their people appear in a poor, remote town like Ningyuan?!
Eek~
This is not a good sign...