Chapter 199: Stupid Mountain God
Dazhuo curled up his body as much as possible to prevent the surrounding cold air from further eroding him.
He was wearing a set of immortal clothes made in the style of immortal gods on earth, but the clothes were a little damaged, with some threads getting torn at the edges.
The clothes woven by the goddess and the silk spun by the silkworm should not be so durable. But it is not that the quality of the clothes is bad, it is just that Dazhuo himself "does not take care of them".
What happened last time?
Dazhuo looked at the small piece of broken tissue on his cuff, his eyes filled with thought.
Yes, it was a little child abandoned in the mountains.
Dazhuo remembered that he had met the child's mother before. She was a very well-behaved girl, but he did not expect that she would abandon a baby when she grew up.
However, Dazhuo did not blame her, because he saw clearly that the girl had put her trust in the wrong person and was deceived by a foreign scholar who came here to study. In the end, she had no choice but to do such a thing.
Dazhuo remembered it very clearly. That day, she went up the mountain in the heavy autumn dew before dawn, knelt in front of Dazhuo's temple, and begged him to save her child.
She said she knew it was wrong, but she had no other choice.
Being pregnant before marriage, no matter when, will at the very least be looked down upon, and even the whole family will be unable to hold their heads up.
She left her child in a mountain temple, then left her hometown and went to an unknown place.
Dazhuo never saw her again because she never appeared around Benshan again after that.
However, Dazhuo's spiritual consciousness could only barely cover Benshan.
and after?
Dazhuo asked himself the questions and answered them in his heart.
Later, he cut off a piece of fairy clothes, put it on the child, and then carefully sent the child to the frequented road at the foot of the mountain.
This is a child whose origins cannot be revealed, but as long as there is a piece of the mountain god's fairy clothes, the people will raise this child and will not show any contempt or disdain to this innocent child.
At least, you will grow up safely.
In fact, Dazhuo could use a simpler and more direct method, such as showing up in person, which would be more convincing than a wisp of fairy clothing.
But the teacher said that according to the rules of heaven, gods cannot easily appear before people except for sacrifices.
But you can dream.
But Dazhuo knew very well that anyone who had not woken up at that time must be a lazy person, and a lazy person would not be able to raise a child well.
what?
Force the people he favors to enter his dreams, and then have them tell him in their dreams to come to the temple and take the child away?
No, no, the teacher also said that according to the rules of heaven, mortals cannot be forced to do anything.
"Because they are all my children..."
Dazhuo muttered to himself.
He recalled that the child grew up safely. Although he could not read or write, he did not become a playboy.
The child was very smart and set up a tea stall at the foot of the mountain and started his own small business.
It was this career that brought him a wife who was equally down-to-earth.
Well, now, the kid should be in his sixties?
Dazhuo was a little uncertain because he rarely calculated time since he became a god.
When did I become a god?
Dazhuo wrapped himself in his immortal robe and fell into memories again.
Only by doing this could he temporarily forget the coldness that seemed to be everywhere around him.
'Crash...'
As he moved, the iron chains that bound him rattled, and the cold air stirred up again.
The great man from heaven said that these cold iron chains were what a sinful god like him should bear.
But Dazhuo remembered very clearly that his teacher had told him that according to the rules of the Heavenly Court, the immortals and gods waiting to be investigated only needed to do nothing and wait for the investigation.
Moreover, the investigator, that is, the supervisory envoy, must have solid evidence before he can punish the immortal god.
And the inspector never said from beginning to end what crime Dazhuo had committed.
But Dazhuo did not resist, because he felt a little guilty - when he was first invited to participate, he did not follow the rules, but secretly managed Benshan for another year.
Maybe this is why I have to be punished?
Dazhuo thought to himself, and the cold air made him shiver.
By the way, what did you just think of?
Oh yeah, how did I become an immortal?
Yes, at that time, I was also an orphan and grew up eating at many people’s homes.
At that time, Benshan was not called Benshan. The mountain had no name and was not as spacious as it is today.
If you want to climb over the mountain, you can only use the most stupid method and climb it up little by little. But even so, many people die on the way to climb the mountain every year.
Dazhuo wanted to do something for the elders and fellow villagers at that time.
So he started digging the mountain.
He heard from the peddlers who told stories that there was a man called Yugong who, through hard work, dug away two very high mountains.
Dazhuo looked at Benshan at that time and felt that compared with Yugong, his workload was not that heavy.
So he started digging.
It was a very hard and tiring job, but Dazhuo did not complain. He had always been a step slower than other people since he was a child. He always failed to grasp the key points, let alone guess what girls were thinking.
But he had heard of a saying, "Diligence can make up for lack of talent."
So he made himself work harder, but Benshan was too big, at least for him.
He dug for ten years, but only managed to dig out a passage that was barely wide enough for one person to pass through.
Even this passage is not very long, and it is far from being able to dig through the entire mountain.
At this time, Dazhuo met an old man who was very kind and gentle to him.
He also said that he wanted to be his teacher. Dazhuo knew what teacher meant and said sincerely that he was not a good apprentice. He was very stupid and did not know how to serve his master.
But the old man said it didn’t matter, and said that there are too many smart people in this world, and there are also many stupid people pretending to be smart, but there are very few people who can realize that they are stupid.
He said that Dazhuo was such a person.
Dazhuo was a little flattered, so he took the old man as his teacher.
The old man did not teach him how to read or write, nor did he teach him martial arts. He just hung a big white seal on his neck and told him that he should not leave it even if he died.
Dazhuo is very obedient.
The old man began to make him memorize some things, all of which were rules, some very strange rules.
The word "Heaven" appears in almost every rule.
He didn't quite understand why the teacher asked him to memorize these things, but he was very obedient and spent a long time memorizing those complicated rules by heart.
The teacher is very satisfied.
Until one day, the teacher asked him: Why are you so persistent in digging the mountain?
Dazhuo replied: Because the mountain hinders the people in the mountain from traveling, they need money, they need a livelihood, and they need to exchange necessary things with the outside world.
Therefore, he had to dig a road for the people to pass through. Even if one person could be saved from death because of this road, it would be a good thing.
Dazhuo also told the teacher the story of Yugong, and said he wanted to be Yugong.
I want to open a way for the villagers.
The teacher didn't say anything at the time, just watched Dazhuo sweating profusely.
Dazhuo discovered something strange. As he worked with the seal every day, his strength grew and his body became stronger. He even went without food or water for seven or eight days and was still energetic and vigorous. However, the teacher was visibly getting older day by day.
Although Dazhuo is stupid, he is not a careless person. He realized that this might be the reason for the seal, and he wanted to return the seal to his teacher.
But the teacher said that Dazhuo must abide by the agreement and cannot take down the seal even if he dies.
Dazhuo was very conflicted and in pain.
But the teacher said, it's time.
Dazhuo didn't know when the time was.
The teacher said: Dazhuo, there is a second half to Yugong’s story.
Yugong did not dig away the two mountains by himself, but moved the Emperor of Heaven, who sent two mountain gods to move the two mountains.
But Yugong's persistence was also the reason that prompted the Emperor of Heaven to make this decision.
After listening to this, Dazhuo asked: Then how can we let the Emperor of Heaven see us?
The people here are also suffering and have been in poverty for a long time because of this mountain.
The teacher smiled and said: The Emperor of Heaven is too far away, but the Mountain God is right in front of us.
Although the teacher did not have the magical power to move Wangwu and Taihang, he could still do it if he just opened a crack.
However, once this crack opens, rocks are bound to fall from both sides, so a new mountain god is needed to protect and maintain it.
It was at that time that Dazhuo realized that his teacher was a god, the god of this mountain.
He was very surprised and asked: Why do we need a new mountain god? Can't the teacher just open a crack in the mountain and maintain it himself?
But after asking, Dazhuo suddenly remembered that there was a rule in the rules he had memorized: Any gods such as mountains, rivers, land, etc. who arbitrarily change the terrain under their jurisdiction, causing feng shui to be blocked and qi flow to stagnate, shall be punished by death.
Dazhuo didn't understand feng shui or fortune, but he knew that if a crack opened, it would be a good thing.
Why did the teacher die?
But the teacher said: It is a good thing for the people, but not for the mountain. A crack in the mountain is like a bloody wound in the human body. Even if it is healed, a scar will be left, and the person will have to endure the pain of the scar all the time.
He said it was not an easy job, but one he could endure.
He observed . for sixty years before making this decision.
He used his life to give the people in the mountains a glimmer of hope, and then, Dazhuo would inherit his position as the mountain god and endure the pain of opening a bloody mouth.
The teacher said to Dazhuo, I’m sorry.
But Dazhuo said he was willing.
The teacher said: Originally, after the death of the God of Sin, a new Mountain God should be appointed by the Tianshu Court of Heaven.
But he was born in heaven, and although he made mistakes and was exiled here, it also has its benefits.
The good thing is that this mountain is not a famous mountain and has no spiritual energy. After a crack was opened, the feng shui has deteriorated and is even worse.
The gods in heaven don’t care where the new mountain god came from.
It would be better to say that a ready-made new mountain god would save them more trouble and make them happy to do so.
Dazhuo didn’t understand what the term “heavenly man” meant, but he knew that it was something that required the efforts of both him and his teacher.
The teacher used his life to create a glimmer of hope, and he will spend who knows how many years of the rest of his life to bear the consequences of this glimmer of hope.
The mountain really opened up, and the people cheered and thought it was a miracle.
The price he paid was that the teacher was tied up by chains that fell from the sky and was slowly pulled up into the sky.
The teacher said to Dazhuo for the last time: Give this mountain a name. This is a new mountain. You are its first mountain god, so it should have a name given to it.
Dazhuo thought about it and shouted to the sky: Stupid Mountain!
He is not a smart man and this mountain is also very ordinary, so he is called Dazhuo and this mountain is called Benshan.
There's no harm in being a little stupid.
Dazhuo woke up from his memories and felt that the surroundings were even colder.
He sighed and tried to think of something else again.
But he failed because two people suddenly appeared in this airtight stone prison.
One was the Inspector General whom he had seen before and who tied him up without saying a word.
The other one was a young Taoist priest wearing a green Taoist robe and a pitch-black cloak.
It should be a Taoist, right?
Dazhuo looked at the Taoist who was vaguely standing in front of the Inspector and couldn't help but think: Could this be a greater god who has come to judge me?
Because Dazhuo sensed a hint of frightening aura from the young Taoist priest.
His perception has always been dull, so dull that it can only be effective within the range of this stupid mountain.
"My lord, this is the sinning god of this place."
The supervisory envoy bowed to the young Taoist priest, pointed at him and said: "This sinner has hidden incense, disrespected the gods, deceived the people, and abused public power for personal gain. His crimes are unforgivable."
"I have already reported the evidence to the Tianshu Court, and will be detaining Shangtian for trial soon."
Dazhuo suddenly raised his head. Although he had never been to heaven, this was one of the rules his teacher asked him to memorize!
Any deity in the lower world who disrespects heaven, conceals offerings of incense, and deceives the people shall be punished with death!
Dazhuo struggled violently!
Under the influence of the cold, he couldn't speak, but his eyes were glaring at the inspector fiercely!
He is just stupid, not foolish!
He promised the teacher that he would never break any rules!
Dazhuo was very sure that he had not done what the Inspector General said!
He paid the full amount of incense offerings every sixty years!
Even if the merits passed down are sometimes less than what is stated in the rules, he will not say anything!
Jiang Lin looked at the struggling Benshan Mountain God, his rather tattered immortal clothes, his old eyes and his equally old body, and frowned.
To be fair, this was the most...ordinary immortal god he had ever seen.
It is so ordinary that there is no shining point at all and nothing to praise at all.
But Jiang Lin knew that it was just judging people by their appearance.
"The messenger said that the evidence has been handed over. So even if I want to see it, I can't see it, right?"
Jiang Lin withdrew his gaze and looked at Tan Daoxian.
The latter smiled helplessly and said, "The Master also knows that this is against the rules."
"I know this, and I don't intend to force you. You are worrying too much."
Jiang Lin smiled and shook his head, then looked back at the Mountain God of Benshan and suddenly asked, "Do you think you are a good god?"
Upon hearing this, Dazhuo was stunned for a moment, stopped struggling, thought about it, shook his head seriously, and then nodded.
I don't know if it counts, but I did everything I could.
Jiang Lin understood the meaning of this.
Then, he looked at Tan Daoxian and said, "Let him go. He is a good immortal."
"What does this mean, Master?"
Tan Daoxian said with some amusement: "In this situation, who would say that they are a bad god?"
"Master, please stop joking with me, the Sin God, with his sophistry."
"Am I kidding you?"
Jiang Lin lowered his eyes, his tone suddenly became cold, and he raised his hand.
Dazhuo saw that a very beautiful girl suddenly appeared and handed a stack of papers with words on them to the Taoist priest.
Then the Taoist priest's voice came.
"Compared to the so-called evidence of guilt from the Tianshu Court, this judge believes more in the joint guarantee of all the mountain gods within the surrounding ten thousand miles!"
(End of this chapter)
