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Chapter 2 The Lion Dances its Claws

"Let me interrupt, I actually don't think it's necessary to do this."

Su Chen's words made everyone look at him. Wu Kun and Li Yi on the side were also surprised, not understanding what Su Chen was talking about at this time.

Seeing everyone's eyes looking at him, Su Chen smiled and explained: "There is a saying that people rely on clothes and Buddha rely on gold clothes. The old man wishes to repay his kindness and wants to repair the God of Land Master, but I think the God of Land may not like it."

"What are you talking nonsense? Can you still know whether Landlord likes it? If you want to say this, why do those Taoist temples need to be renovated?" Qi Mingli's grandson immediately refuted Su Chen's words.

"Xiaoxuan, don't be so rude. This young man, you said the Landlord doesn't like it, but what's the reason?"

Qi Mingli was not angry, but when Su Chen heard the other party's inquiry, he pondered for a moment and replied: "My family is also from the countryside. There is also a land temple in our village. The land temple in our village has a history of almost hundreds of years. There is also a large camphor tree that has been around for hundreds of years behind the temple. Because the camphor tree continues to grow, it has already hit the eaves of the land temple. At that time, many people in our village suggested that the land god repair the temple or move the land, but were rejected by the old man in the village."

"The old man in the village said that the Land Lord is different from other gods. Every Land Lord is transformed by an outstanding local figure after his death, so in the Land Lord's heart, as long as the people live a good life."

"The people are striving for progress and struggle, which is the best reward for the Lord of Land. The Land Temple is so well decorated. Everyone burns incense and worships Buddha every day, hoping that Lord of Land will bless him, which will make Lord of Land unhappy."

Su Chen's words made Qi Mingli silent. Lin Quan, who was standing beside him, replied: "Yes, my father also said this. It would be great to respect Master Land. My father said that he had done a good job of practicing, and he might not live in Master Land at that time."

"Who lives in the land is not the Lord of Land. Could it be that other gods and Buddhas can live in?"

Li Yi couldn't help but say something, Lin Quan scratched his head. His father told him this, but he didn't know the specific reason. His father didn't explain it to him at the beginning.

"I have heard an old man in our village say that the old man said that the landlord was transformed by outstanding local people after their death. They only enjoy the incense offerings of locals. After a long time, successful people can be ranked in the immortal class. Entering the immortal class is like the formal organization in the secular world, you can enjoy the incense offerings of thousands of families. If you have not entered the immortal class, you will be a temporary worker."

Seeing that Lin Quan couldn't answer, Su Chen took over and continued, "This is how temporary workers are treated. You suddenly get him treatment. The working environment is more comfortable than formal workers. Those formal workers are likely to occupy the nest."

"It's true, is it so mysterious? The Landlord is not a god yet."

Su Chen's explanation made Wu Kun and Li Yi look incredible, and the others present were the same, because they felt that Su Chen was too mysterious. If you say that, there was no difference between the gods and the mortals like them.

"It's okay here in the south. There are many places in the north that worship Wong Tai Sin. Can you say these are gods?" Su Chen replied.

"What is it if it's not a god?" someone asked.

"The monster, there is a common saying that is animals that have cultivated supernatural powers. Of course, they are a little different from the Land Lord, but I don't know the specific ones. I just listen to what the old people in our village said."

Seeing the shocked expressions of everyone present, Su Chen smiled and continued, "The old man in our village told me a story, saying that in ancient times there was a poor man who didn't work hard to make money to support his family, so he went to worship Buddha and burn incense every day, hoping that the gods would bless him and make him rich. One day, he found that the couplets posted in the Tudi Temple in the village were blown away by the wind, thinking that he would make a couplet and stick it on, which would be considered as doing something for Tudi Master. Tudi Master would definitely repay him."

"It's just that this poor man has never read books and can't write. When he was in trouble, a scholar who was traveling to the countryside passed by. The poor man stepped forward to ask for words. The scholar agreed readily. With a wave of his brush, he wrote a couplet."

"This poor man was very happy to get the couplet. He found people from the village to post it to the Tudi Temple. However, an old man in the village was shocked when he saw this word and said that the couplet was written by Master Tudi himself, and that Mr. Shu was the incarnation of Master Tudi."

When Su Chen's story was about to be told here, everyone present listened very seriously, obviously a little fascinated. Seeing that Su Chen stopped talking, Wu Kun complained: "Su Chen, please continue talking, why does that old man think that the storyteller is the Land Master."

"I see the problem lies in that couplet. Young man, tell us the content of the couplet." Qi Mingli asked thoughtfully.

"Yes, the problem is that the couplet is on which couplet. The content of this couplet is very simple." Su Chen nodded and then read out the couplet.

"The first couplet is: If I have a spirit, I will not pile up dust everywhere, and the door couplet will fly in pieces!"

"The second couplet is: Don't think about it, you must know that there is diligence and thrift, and there is nothing lazy!"

After listening to this couplet, Qi Mingli sighed: "This couplet is indeed written in the tone of Master Tudi. Forget it, Master Tudi is very kind and doesn't care about these things, as long as you have respect in your heart."

How could Qi Mingli not understand that when he lived to such an age, this young man said so much, just to persuade himself not to touch the God of Land Master. He asked curiously: "What do you do with your little brother?"

"We are students, we are still in college, and we are studying civil engineering." Before Su Chen could answer, Li Yi, who was standing beside him, answered first.

“Civil engineering, good, very professional.”

When Su Chen heard Qi Mingli's words, he did not respond. After smiling, he said goodbye.

However, after walking out of Qi Mingli's sight, Wu Kun suddenly spoke to Su Chen and asked: "Su Chen, tell me the truth, is there any secret to the divine platform of the Land Master just now?"

Su Chen was a little surprised and asked back: "Why did you ask like this?"

"I'm not stupid. You said so many things, both old people and storytellers. Isn't it just that the old man won't touch the divine platform of the Landlord?"

"I didn't expect that you have a very careful observation. Yes, I said so much, the purpose is to prevent the old man from touching the God of Land. As for why I did this, it is because the location of this God of Land is the same as the location of the God of Land in our hometown village."

"What does it mean? So what's wrong?" Li Yi asked curiously.

"Normal, Master Tudi will stay in the temple. The older generation is particularly concerned about this. No matter how poor you are, you won't dig a hole in the mountain and serve as a nest for Master Tudi."

Su Chen's words made Wu Kun nod. He also came from the countryside and knew the situation in the countryside, which was indeed as Su Chen said.

"There is a reason why our village put the landlord in the mud cave on the mountain. According to the older generation, it is because our village commits the Earth Evil, which is the evil spirit in Feng Shui. This Earth Evil will affect the lives of the entire village. This Earth Evil is very powerful and generally cannot be suppressed. In the end, the Feng Shui master in the village thought of a way to use the Earth Evil to suppress the Earth Evil."

"The Lord of Land itself protects a part of the land. He is born with the evil spirits. Putting the statue of the Lord of Land here can suppress and dissolve evil spirits."

Li Yi is from the city. When he heard Su Chen say these things, he couldn't help but question: "It's true or false, is it so magical, and is it so harmful?"

Hearing Li Yi's words, Su Chen glanced at him and said seriously: "Before asking Master Tu Di to suppress the evil spirits, people in our village often get sick and encounter accidents. Some will fall down while walking, and some will drown when swimming. However, since he invited Master Tu Di, these accidents have been rare. Everyone is healthy and becomes normal birth, old age, sickness and death."

"It is precisely because I know this that I am afraid that the Land Lord here will be like this. If this moves the Land Lord's statue or changes the God Platform, it is likely that the suppression of the Earth Demons will fail and harm the entire village."

This is Su Chen's explanation, but in fact, he did not tell Wu Kun and Li Yi some things. These are not his guesses, but true.

The Landlord was placed in that position to suppress the evil spirit. The mountain looked like a lion, but on the side of the mountain, that is, below the location where the Landlord was located, there were several huge stones standing like lion claws.

If it's just like this, it's nothing. The most important thing is that these stones just face the village at the foot of the mountain. Looking up from the village at the foot of the mountain, it's like a pair of lions' claws grabbing the village.

In terms of evil spirit, this is called the ferocious lion dances its claws. It belongs to the physical evil in the earthly evil, and it is a natural physical evil. Its lethality is extraordinary. If it is not suppressed and resolved, the entire village will suffer.

However, this evil spirit naturally formed by mountains and rivers is the most difficult to resolve, because it takes too long to form and it takes a long time to resolve it.

Obviously, there are also experts in this village who are knowledgeable and use the Land Lord to suppress the Earth Demon. Before the evil spirit is resolved, the statue of the Land Lord cannot be moved. As for when the evil spirit can be resolved, a very obvious feature is that the lion's claw disappears.

Some people may be puzzled. How could these stones disappear unless they were removed by hand.

In fact, it is indeed artificial, but this manual requires double quotes.

Heavy rain, mountain torrents, lightning fell, these are removed from natural "artificial" and mean that the evil spirit has been dissolved. At that time, the landlord can be invited away.

Feng Shui metaphysics, gossip and fortune-telling, Su Chen didn't understand these skills before his death. These skills were learned in the underworld after his death. When he thought of his encounter in the underworld, Su Chen was also a little moved. If those old men knew that they had come back magically, they would not know what they would feel.

The sun shines on his body, and Su Chen takes a greedy breath of air. I have to say that the air in the living is still more comfortable than the underworld.
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