God's Taoism is free and easy, starting with taking in the clam girl

Chapter 133 An Undeniable Choice
Crying, mourning and music resounded in the main room of Zhou's house.

The filial sons and virtuous grandchildren of the Zhou family were busy inside and out, handling the funeral affairs of the deceased in a hasty and orderly manner.

Two phantoms invisible to others stood in the corner of the main room, quietly watching what happened in the arena, like two outsiders.

The phantom on the left looks vague, and it can be vaguely seen that he is an old man, and his appearance is almost exactly the same as Zhou Shun lying on the wooden board in the main room.

Obviously, he is the spirit body left by Zhou Shun after his death.

The phantom on Zhou Shun's right was much more solid, it was a handsome young man with long hair and white clothes, he watched everything that happened in the main room calmly, with a trace of memories flashing across his face.

Unlike Wei Wu who looked calm, Zhou Shun's expression was much more complicated at this time.

It was an indescribably novel experience to watch his descendants take care of his funeral affairs with his own eyes. After watching quietly for a while, he finally couldn't help but speak.

"God, is this the world after death?"

Wei Wu looked indifferent: "You have experienced and seen all this with your own eyes, so is there any doubt?"

Zhou Shun heard that the phantom that made up the body began to distort slightly, and almost failed to maintain its shape.

Wei Wu was startled when he saw this, and quickly reminded: "Don't get excited, you are now gathering your spirit body, if you take in too much negative emotions, what will your spirit body look like then? No more."

"What spirit body?" Zhou Shun was full of doubts. Suddenly, he seemed to think of something, and looked at his translucent body curiously.

"Is the spirit body mentioned by the god my current body? Isn't this my soul?"

"You're only half right."

Seeing Zhou Shun maintain his figure, Wei Wu smiled slightly and shook his head:

"The soul is a part of the spirit body, but it cannot form the spirit body only relying on the soul. You are a village elder, and you are responsible for sacrifices all the year round, equivalent to half of my priest. In your long-term sacrificial activities, you have not Consciously inhaled some of the divine power of incense and fire that traveled under the sacred stone, so I was able to form a spirit body after death."

"Ordinary people, if there are no regrets and resentments after death, will soon become ignorant wandering souls, and then involuntarily report to the City God under the guidance of the City God's divine power. Merit, good and evil shall be dealt with."

"Of course, you have now condensed a spirit body, and these processes are already empty to you."

As a village elder, Zhou Shun also served as Wei Wu's priest. In fact, apart from organizing some sacrificial activities on weekdays, he didn't have the real power of a priest. He was completely a mortal.

He didn't even know anything about the gods, let alone the world after the death of human beings. This was his first and last experience of death, but it made him fall into a deep shock.

When he heard what Grandpa Shenshi said, he was both shocked and pleasantly surprised.

According to Grandpa Shenshi, if he hadn't chosen to serve the village and become the elder who presided over the sacrifice, I'm afraid he would only become a wandering soul after death, and would no longer be sane.

"Don't think about it anymore, if you continue like this, the spirit body you have formed with great difficulty will really fall apart."

Just when Zhou Shun's mind was agitated, Master Shenshi's calm voice sounded beside him.

He took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down, but now he is just a spirit body, and he has never breathed in the familiar air.

Fortunately, perhaps affected by years of living habits, he finally calmed down.

Zhou Shun turned his head, glanced at his body lying on the wooden board, and waved his hand lightly, as if saying goodbye to his past self.

After finishing all this, he walked to the front of Wei Wu, and knelt on the ground without hesitation:

"Grandpa Shenshi, I have a request..."

"you say!"

Wei Wu didn't dodge, avoid or help him up, just looked down at him quietly.

Seeing this, Zhou Shun was not surprised but pleased, and respectfully said: "Grandpa Shenshi, you should know the last words I told Tiedan before I died, that Zhou Shun didn't ask for survival or money, but only for my body to be buried in the Beside Master Shenshi..."

From Zhou Shun's point of view, he devoted almost all his life to the village and the sacred stone, and he should have the honor of being buried beside the sacred stone after death. That's why he made such a request, but Wei Wu's next sentence made him stunned.

"I can't agree to your request." Wei Wu refused his request without hesitation.

Zhou Shun did not expect that Grandpa Shenshi, who has always been kind and kind, would be so decisive, and he refused his request without even the slightest hesitation.

"Why?" He suppressed the discomfort in his heart, and stared at the calm-looking Earth Spirit in disbelief.

Zhou Shun's request was superficially simple, he just wanted to choose his own burial place, but it actually had a deeper meaning.

Wei Wu knew this well, and said calmly:

"If you used to be, you might still be able to win this honor, but now you can't completely convince the public. What's more, even if I agree to you, other people in the village may have opinions. Forced burial will only be counterproductive. The result will be exactly the opposite of what you planned."

"Tie Dan is a good boy, but he still can't bear the weight of the whole village. The position of elder in our stone village can only be held by virtuous people!"

Zhou Shun suddenly became distraught when he heard the words, and he finally realized that his life's hard work was ultimately in vain because of a careless mistake.

He wants to be the first person in the village to be buried on the sacred stone. With this honor, even if he dies, he can still shine on his descendants.

His only son is not competitive, only has strength and filial piety, but he is stubborn, he only follows the rules but never changes.

With her son's personality, if he was only used as a soldier to carry out orders, he would be absolutely outstanding.However, as the elders who mediate many conflicts and preside over the affairs of the village, they are completely unmatched.

Among the three generations of the old Zhou's family, only Tie Dan was the perfect elder despite his temperament and fortune.

However, Tie Dan's age is too young after all, and only by obtaining an unprecedented honor, may he be able to break the rules...

Originally he had a plan for this, but Grandpa Shenshi saw through his thoughts and rejected it on the spot.

Zhou Shun was not surprised that Master Shenshi saw through his thoughts. His plan seemed to be selfish, but in fact his starting point was still for the sake of the village, and he was not afraid of being discovered by others.

After all, the village elders sounded like they had real power, but they actually contributed to the village free of charge.Once there is even the slightest injustice, the villagers will question it. If the injustice is really investigated, they may even be dismissed.

Handling the Zhoulaowu incident by yourself is the most intuitive expression.

Zhou Shun smiled wryly, and patted his thigh with "papa", deeply regretful: "This is my own bitter fruit. One wrong step, one wrong step, and I will lose everything."

"Thinking of my Zhou Shun I's fame, I am conscientious and don't dare to make half a mistake. When the incident comes to an end, it will affect my younger generation. Zhou Shun, Zhou Shun, you really are old and foolish!"

"Don't worry, you are you, Tie Dan is Tie Dan, a small matter can't affect that far. If Tie Dan can get the approval of the villagers, he can naturally inherit your mantle."

Wei Wu laughed lightly, touching the top of Zhou Shun's head like touching a child.

"Xiao Shun, you've already died, why make things so complicated, you might as well speak up if you have something to say in the future."

"hey-hey."

Zhou Shun stroked his head with a simple and honest face. He was already gray-haired, and at this moment he was really acting like an old child.

Seeing Zhou Shun's attitude and cooperating with him incomparably, Wei Wu couldn't help laughing, and patted him on the shoulder:

"Okay, some things go too far, take it easy."

"I have answered all your doubts for you. Now you no longer have to worry about the future. It's time for us to talk about business."

Hearing this, Zhou Shun put away his naive expression, and said with a straight face:

"Grandpa Shenshi has any orders, but it's okay to say!"

"That's right, this is the Xiao Shun I know."

Seeing that Zhou Shun finally got serious, Wei Wu smiled with relief and clapped his hands in admiration, then his expression also became serious.

"Now I have two paths for you to choose from. One path is unimpeded and the other path is flat, and you can directly enjoy your new life. The second path is difficult and dangerous, and you will always face endless loneliness and loneliness, and even full of unknown dangers. There is a possibility of falling at any time, which one would you choose?"

Zhou Shun's gaze was extremely firm: "Zhou Shun has been under the protection of Grandpa Shenshi from birth to old age, sickness and death all his life, so naturally he should completely depend on Grandpa Shenshi to decide where to go."

Seeing Zhou Shun's look of death, Wei Wu waved his hand: "I never force others, let alone help others make choices, even if this person is you who I watched growing up. You can make your own choice today , or I'll find someone else."

Wei Wuyu said earnestly: "The road is long and difficult. Even if I am the god of the village, I can't help you all make decisions forever. In many cases, you still have to learn to face it yourself."

Zhou Shun was silent. He lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then raised his head, looked at the busy villagers in his hall, and finally fixed on Tie Dan kneeling in front of him, his gaze gradually became firmer.

"Please also ask Grandpa Shenshi to elaborate on the differences between the two roads..."

Wei Wu nodded with satisfaction: "The first road is the road of conferring the gods. I can confine you in the unowned wild forest around the village and become a local god. From then on, you will be born with incense. The incense will not stop. You You can live a carefree life forever.”

Zhou Shun's expression was moved, he never thought that the first way Grandpa Shenshi gave him was to become a god!
As a part-time priest of Master Shenshi, although he is only half-level, he still understands the difficulty and gold content of a mortal becoming a god.

Under normal circumstances, there is only one way for a mortal to become a god—to make meritorious deeds, to be conferred by the imperial court after death, and then to become a god of one party, and bound to the imperial court from then on, the imperial court will never die, and the gods will never die!
This is the dream pursued by countless mortals all their lives, so that they can live forever and be able to honor their ancestors, but at this time it is easily placed in front of their eyes.

He even heard something different from the words of his grandfather Shenshi. It seemed that this god was conferred by Grandpa Shenshi!

This is very different from the royal imperial seal!

He knew that Grandpa Shenshi could bestow the gods, and he even personally presided over the bestowal ceremonies several times.

He knew what it meant to be conferred as a god by Grandpa Shenshi, which was different from the deities granted by the imperial court to fellow practitioners in the same country. A fortune dynasty, even if it possessed monstrous fortune, would gradually die out with time.

Once the imperial court dies alternately, the gods granted by the previous imperial court will also be judged as rebellious by the next imperial court and thus wiped out.

This is the only shortcoming of the gods on the road of imperial conferment.

Therefore, those gods conferred by the imperial court will often try their best to maintain the operation of the imperial court. Even if they know that the imperial court may fade away and be replaced by new forces, they can only grit their teeth and persist until the giant ship finally sinks.

But the gods conferred by Grandpa Shenshi are completely different.

Although privately enshrining the gods is tantamount to rebellion, but with Dajing's current control over the place, he can't take care of these trivial things at all.What's more, Grandpa Shenshi is the spiritual wisdom born of the miraculous and extraordinary Shenshi. With extraordinary heels, he will definitely become a giant in the future.

As long as Grandpa Shenshi's strength reaches the level where the Dajing Dynasty can't do anything about it, the wild god who was conferred in private will naturally become the righteous god recognized by the government!
That's not the most important thing!
According to the rules of the conferment of the gods, everything that is conferred on the gods is controlled by the upper gods. The upper gods live and the lower gods do not necessarily live, but when the upper god dies, the lower gods must die together.

There are some unlucky ones who were conferred as gods one moment ago, but disappeared along with them because of the accidental fall of the gods the next moment.

This is the biggest weakness of the deified god, but it can almost be ignored in Grandpa Shenshi.

First of all, Grandpa Shenshi's temperament of aloof from the world, he never relied on his control over the lower gods to force the lower gods to do things against their will.

Even as far as he knew, since the last time he subdued more than 20 gods in succession, Grandpa Shenshi has never summoned the gods once.

Therefore, there is no limit to being a follower of gods with Grandpa Shenshi.

The most important thing is safety!
With Master Shenshi's usual caution, and the fact that his body is a god stone with the same longevity as the sky, no matter in terms of longevity or disaster, it is very difficult to encounter accidents.

If he is conferred as a god by Master Shenshi, maybe he will gain a lifespan far exceeding countless gods.

Thinking of this, Zhou Shun couldn't help being moved. He resisted the urge to agree immediately, and continued to ask, "Then what about the second way?"

Zhou Shun sometimes frowned, sometimes excited, sometimes short of breath, Wei Wu watched clearly from the side, just when he thought the other party would choose this path, he saw him hold back his impulse and became concerned about the second path.

Wei Wu was very pleased that Zhou Shun really lived up to his rhetoric, even when faced with such an attractive choice, he did not make a blind decision.

He smiled and said slowly:

"The second way is to go to another world, a world under my control!"

(End of this chapter)