dawn of dynasty

Chapter 142 No.3 God of Service, Fire God Shang Kui!

Shen Guanye had a look of surprise on his face.

Although he had a vague premonition after seeing the colors of the entire Taoist temple, he was still a little surprised when he actually saw the statue.

This is a statue of the god of fire.

In the mountains, it is not strange to worship Taoist gods, nor is it strange to worship mountain gods.

But worshiping the god of fire?
It's really rare.

Aren't you afraid of causing wildfires?

In addition, the incense of the God of Fire has never been very strong, but judging from the scale of this fire temple, the incense must have been quite strong back then.

In the deep mountains and old forests, there is a fire temple with strong incense, which is not consistent with common sense.

"Lord God, this way."

The voice of the ancient sword boy came from outside the door.

Shen Guanye raised his feet and left. Lady Mo Mei removed the water, and the weeds covered the statue of the God of Fire again.

In the square behind the main hall, there are two monuments, one on the left and one on the right.

There was supposed to be a pavilion standing on the monument, but now it has disappeared, leaving only a base.

However, thanks to the original existing pavilion and the fact that these two monuments are made of iron, they are relatively well preserved.

Shen Guanye carefully observed the inscriptions on the stele and quickly figured out the origin of this fire temple.

The Fire Temple was built 800 years ago.

800 years ago, a very serious wildfire broke out in the local area. It burned for three days and three nights. The locals suffered heavy casualties, and some entire villages were even wiped out.

Wildfires also greatly reduced the number of purple jade mushrooms that local people depended on to make money, and they failed to recover for many years.

After that, the locals built a large-scale fire temple at the place where the wildfire first appeared, which was the land he was stepping on at this moment.

I hope Lord Vulcan can protect this land and not bring punishment from heaven to this place again.

Strangely enough, there have been no major wildfires in the area since the Fire Temple was built.

Not to mention large wildfires, even medium-sized wildfires have never happened again, and only small wildfires occasionally occur.

Because of this, the incense in the Fire Temple became more and more prosperous.

The stele on the left was erected when the Fire Temple was originally built, recording the beginning and end of the construction of the Fire Temple, while the stele on the right was erected 100 years after the construction of the Fire Temple, recording the local people's gratitude to the God of Fire for his kindness. It can be regarded as a votive monument.

But time flies, and hundreds of years have passed, and the Fire Temple, which was full of incense at that time, finally fell into ruin.

To this day, the locals have forgotten the mountain fire that threatened to burn the sky, and they have also forgotten that there was such a prosperous fire temple in the mountains.

"Let's go."

After looking at the iron monument a few more times, Shen Guanye said.

Walking towards the main hall, when passing by the statue of the God of Fire, Shen Guanye was suddenly touched when he looked at the mighty and domineering eyes hidden by the grass.

He stopped.

"Master God?"

A look of confusion appeared on Madam Mo Mei's face.

"Can you feel the emotions on the Vulcan statue?"

Shen Guanye looked into the eyes of the Vulcan statue and asked softly.

The Gujian boy and the Momei lady looked at each other, and then felt attentively.

Shake his head.

They really don't feel any emotion.

In their perception, the Vulcan statue was just a lifeless piece of wood with nothing special about it.

"The pillars in the main hall are corroded like this. This statue of the God of Fire is also carved from wood. But apart from the peeling of the paint on it, take a look. Is there any serious corrosion?"

"Isn't that strange?"

Madame Mo Mei was stunned, and suddenly felt that what Shen Guanye said made sense.

The Gujian boy did not waver, he said seriously:

"Lord God, I am so speechless and so powerful that I blame the gods."

Shen Guanye couldn't help laughing.

Do you want to see what you are talking about?
You yourself are a monster of chaos!

He didn't say much more and directly tried to activate his imperial sealing ability.

Difficult and mysterious mantras were spit out from the mouth, and the invisible power washed away.

……

Then, nothing happens.

Gujian Boy and Mo Mei couldn't help but look at Shen Guanye.

Failed.

But even if he failed, Shen Guanye still looked normal. After all, he had failed too many times.

Which one, Gujian Boy and Mo Mei Lady, was not born after countless failed edicts?
At this moment, the two servant gods suddenly discovered that something was beating in the chest of the Vulcan statue, like a heartbeat, like a pulse...

The heartbeat was getting faster and faster, and became more and more obvious. Soon, a little fiery red came out from the chest of the statue, beating like a firefly in time with the heartbeat.

The boy Gu Jian and the lady Mo Mei couldn't help but look at each other in surprise.

A trace of flame appeared in the abandoned hall, like a leaping flame spirit, and soon turned into wisps of flame, converging towards the Vulcan statue like a flaming wind.

The surrounding temperature suddenly increased, and more and more flames gathered, directly covering the Vulcan statue into a huge fireball.

In an instant, the entire Fire Temple ruins were stained with fiery red. Looking from a distance, it seemed as if fire clouds appeared in this mountain forest.

Finally, the fireball collapsed and the fireworks scattered. But where it stood, the statue of the God of Fire had disappeared, replaced by a heroic god.

Different from the statue of the God of Fire, the statue of the God of Fire carved by people is broad-shouldered, round-waisted, with angry eyes. It is quite similar to the portraits of generals in ancient times. It is majestic enough, but it is not handsome.

But the god in front of him is extremely handsome, with a white face and no beard, about one foot tall, wearing a fiery red unicorn armor, holding a heavy mace in one hand, and a snake-shaped sword in the other. A fire dragon is wrapped around each arm, and there are wisps of wisps all over the body. Flames appeared and flew toward the back.

Judging from the appearance alone, the servant god in front of him is obviously the most eye-catching and the most extraordinary among the three servant gods.

The God of Fire lowered the weapon in his hand, clasped his hands and saluted:
"Huozheng Shangkui pays homage to His Majesty."

The voice is like a yellow bell and a big Lu.

"Don't be too polite."

Shen Guanye's eyes were full of surprise.

He had already made a plan to confer a third servant god as soon as possible, and this matter was even ranked first.

Therefore, some time ago, even though he was so busy, he kept taking time to try to consecrate gods.

From the edicts of Gu Jian Tong Zi and Mo Mei Madam, he figured out some rules.

The key to being enshrined does not seem to be how precious or ancient the object is, but whether there is a pure or surging spirit condensed on it.

Like Lady Mo Mei, she is not actually a specific object, but more like a manifestation of stories passed down from generation to generation.

Therefore, in those days, he mostly started with places of interest, myths and legends.

But the imperial edict of the servant god is really a metaphysics. He even sneaked into Zhenlong River one night and tried to entrust it, but failed.

The biggest legend in Zhenlongjiang is that a real dragon was once suppressed. This legend is famous not only among the people of Zhenlong Province, but also throughout the country.

If his guess is correct, he should be able to confer a god of service.

But I don’t know if it’s because he didn’t find the legendary Dragon-Suppressing Divine Sword or something else.

In short, no success.

Unexpectedly, what is lost is gained in the east!

What I couldn't accomplish in my hometown, I actually got my third servant god here, in this deserted mountain and wilderness, in an abandoned earth fire temple, and the rank of this third servant god is astonishingly:

Level 7!
Simply amazing!
"Shang Kui, what abilities do you have?"

Shen Guanye said with great interest.He didn't let the Gu Jian boy and the Mo Mei lady come to test Shang Kui's strength.

Just kidding, Shang Kui is a seventh-level servant god. Who are you trying to make things difficult for him by letting the boy Gu Jian and Lady Mo Mei compete with him?

Especially for Gu Jian Tongzi, he had to activate "Young Chivalrous Spirit and Friendship with the Five Heroes" in order to upgrade his rank to level 6. Facing Shang Kui, the pressure was too great.

"Yes."

Shang Kui directly joined his hands and responded.

Huo was the name of an official in ancient times, not Shang Kui's surname.

next second.

Zhu Rong is raging, Hui Lu is arrogant.

The "Fire Cloud" that had just subsided reappeared.

……

By the time the "Fire Cloud" subsided again, Shen Guanye already knew Shang Kui's ability.

At the ruins of the Fire Temple, the expressions of the Five Zang Gods, Five Immortals and other heroic spirits are still as dull as sculptures.

They have no real soul and naturally have no emotions.But Gujian Boy and Mo Mei couldn't hide the wonder and astonishment on their faces.

The strength of this new companion was a bit beyond their knowledge.

Not only Gujian Boy and Mo Mei Lady, Shen Guanye was also amazed in his heart: He finally had a powerful fighter!
Shang Kui has a total of four skills.

One of them is called "July Fire".

He can transform into a fire meteor and directly hit the enemy with critical strikes. His speed is so fast that it is difficult for opponents of the same level to react. Even opponents one level higher than him have a hard time dodging, and their lethality is also extremely powerful.

This is a skill that integrates pursuit and killing, and is specially used to deal with fast opponents.

The second one is called "Ying Huo Shou Xin".

Yinghuo refers to Mars, and Yinghuo guarding the heart is an astronomical phenomenon, which in metaphysics means that a great disaster and chaos will occur.

Since Shang Kui's ability is called "Yinghuo Shou Xin", its effect is naturally similar.

This is a chaos skill that can judge up to seven enemies. If the judgment is not passed, the enemies will be controlled by Shang Kui and fall into cannibalism.

Based on Shang Kui's rank, it would be difficult for even an 8th-level Apocalypse or a 9th-level heroic spirit to pass the judgment.

The third one is "Huozhengyancong".

The enemy killed by oneself can be transformed into a Huozhengyan Cong, provided that the rank cannot exceed him, that is, the highest level is the 7th level Apocalypse or the 8th level heroic spirit.

In addition, with Shang Kui's current rank, he can transform a total of three Huo Zhengyan servants.

The quantity is not too much, and the advantage is that it can be replaced without paying any price.

The fourth one is "Qi controls Zhu Ming, Zheng Yang is Han".

It can support a Vulcan domain. In the domain, Shang Kui is the master of this world. His strength has increased dramatically, and he is able to resist the ninth-level apocalypse or the tenth-level heroic spirit.

Not only that, in the Vulcan Domain, all friendly units will have a Zhuming Fire and a Zhengyang Fire around them.

Among them, Zhu Ming fire is the master of harm, and Zhengyang fire is the master of exorcism.

The four major skills, combined with the super high "basic attributes", are simply super models. Once they are all activated, they can even surpass the level 9 Apocalypse in a short period of time!
Gujian Boy and Lady Mo Mei are quite supermodels. If their strength reaches level 7, Lady Mo Mei may be a little worse. After all, she is not a fighting warrior god.

But the ancient sword boy will never be worse than Gong Ziqiang, and the stone Buddha monk is already the top apocalypse profession.

In other words, the Ancient Sword Boy and the Mo Mei Lady are no worse than the top Apocalypse professions such as the Stone Buddha Monk and the Dragon and Tiger Martial Master, but Shang Kui is obviously more powerful than the Ancient Sword Boy and the Mo Mei Lady.

Among all the apocalyptic professions that Shen Guanye knows, excluding his own, only Su Yuan's Huang Ting Taoist Priest may be better than Shang Kui.

But there is no telling.

Shen Guanye was full of surprises.

After all, this is still the No. 1 pure combat-type Samurai God he got.

Not to mention Lady Mo Mei, she is obviously an auxiliary god of service.

She has three skills, two assists, one to save her life, and not even a real attack skill.

Although the ancient sword boy has good fighting talent, he is not a fighting god in the true sense.

His abilities tend to be omnipotent, and omnipotence also means mediocrity from another perspective.

Therefore, although the ancient sword boy's combat power is also very good, he does not have that violent and intimidating aura.

And Shang Kui has all of these.

His four skills are as if they were born for fighting.

The appearance of Shang Kui made Shen Guanye feel safer.

This was even better than he initially expected.

At first, he only hoped that he could consecrate another level 6 servant god.

After all, when the ancient sword boy was born, he was only at level 1, and when Lady Mo Mei was born, she was only at level 5.

"Shang Kui, use your ability, we will leave immediately."

After the surprise, Shen Guanye put on a serious look.

"Yes."

Shang Kui responded solemnly, and the heavy mace in his hand suddenly disappeared. Then he raised the snake-shaped sword in his hand in front of him, and put the index and middle fingers of the other hand together in front of his mouth and began to cast spells.

"The bright virtues of heaven and earth illuminate the whole world."

When the sword hilt came out, flames suddenly appeared out of thin air, spiraling around the sword body and finally disappearing.

"Lord God, I already know where the thief is."

"Okay, let's go right away."

Shen Guanye didn't talk nonsense and immediately said in a deep voice.

What Shang Kui used just now was not one of the four major skills, but his ability.

He has the ability to identify hostility and track it.

Of course, the premise is a known enemy.

Unknown hostility, he could not predict the enemy's opportunity.

To be honest, when he learned that Shang Kui had this ability, he was not as surprised as learning the specific effects of Shang Kui's four skills.

Then, making a decisive decision, he decided not to dig the gold mine yet, and immediately set off to kill Gong Ziqiang.

Because Gong Ziqiang's existence really made him feel like he was having trouble.

Not only because of the life-and-death feud between the two parties, but also because this is a time bomb - when the other party settles down, it will probably spread the news that he has many new heroic spirits in his hands, arousing the interest of big shots in him.

Of course, it is also possible that Gong Ziqiang will keep it secret, thinking that one day he can come back and seize the opportunity in his hands.

But no matter which way, Gong Ziqiang is a huge hidden danger to Shen Guanye.

Previously, it was just because I was unable to do anything, so I could only leave it to fate.

Now that we have the ability to eliminate this hidden danger, of course it’s not too late!

Shen Guanye simply didn't want to stay for a moment. He took back all the heroic spirits and asked Shang Kui to follow him away - this kind of thing would be more risky if it was delayed by one day.

In the past, it seemed that Yun Danfengqing was just a choice made out of desperation. Now that he has the ability, he naturally has murderous intentions.

……

In Chijiang Province, the stars hang down on the plains and the fields are vast, and the moon surges along the river.

Gong Ziqiang covered the wound on his chest and leaned against the rock behind him, breathing heavily.

All his men have been abandoned by him.

The reaction from the superiors was greater than he expected, and they pursued him all the way, chasing very closely.If he still has his men with him, it will be difficult for him to escape.

Therefore, after being caught up for the first time, he abandoned his men without any psychological burden.

As for those people who respect him and trust him, so they defect with him without hesitation, what will happen in the end?
He couldn't control it anymore.

After all, this wasn't the first time he had done something like this.

Even when he took people to run with him, it wasn't really like he said he wanted to take them all to have a good time and drink together. It was more of a sense of luck.

If the people of the Bilong clan are not able to catch up, then he has both soldiers and guns. Whether he joins the bandits or another warlord, he can gain a higher status.

And if the people from the Bilong Clan are chasing closely, these people can help him buy time to escape, right?
I just don’t know if it’s because of my miserable situation or because I’m older.

At this moment, listening to the pine breeze in his ears and looking at the mountain moon above his head, Gong Ziqiang suddenly felt a little lonely and a little sad.

He suddenly remembered something from his childhood.

His parents died young and he was raised by his uncle since he was a child. However, his uncle and aunt were not kind to him. They did not give him food or clothing, treated him like a coolie, and often beat and scolded him.

Especially uncle, when his temper comes, he will beat him to death.

My aunt is not a good person either. She is not as strong as my uncle, but she is used to using some underhanded and torturing methods.

The little cubs born between the two of them are not good people either. They follow his example and don't regard him as a human being.

Later, there was a fire in the house. Only he, who was sleeping on the pigsty, escaped, while the others were all burnt corpses.

People in the village said that he was lucky. If he survived a disaster, he would be blessed later.

But only he knew that he was the one who set the fire.

Afterwards, he took the belongings he had taken out in advance and left his hometown.

But for a half-grown boy who has no plan for his life, how can he last long?
The money on hand was quickly spent.

However, he was strong and agile, and after killing people, he became more courageous. He would not starve to death by deception.

Later I met Master.

His master was an eminent monk in the ancient Buddhist temple. After accepting him as his disciple, he took him back to the ancient Buddhist temple.

There, he spent a relatively stable period of his life, and it was also there that he became a monk of the Stone Buddha.

Once he became a stone Buddha monk, his status in the ancient Buddhist temple skyrocketed.

If he was willing to behave properly and stay well in the ancient Buddhist temple, he would probably have become a highly respected monk by now.

But the life in the ancient Buddhist temple was too miserable.

Although monks have to abide by the rules and precepts, there are also many fake monks. If you don't want to abide by the rules, it doesn't matter if you break the precepts secretly, as long as you don't get discovered.

But the ancient Buddhist temple is different. The ancient Buddhist temple accepts disciples very strictly and pays attention to ascetic practice. This life is much more difficult than observing ordinary rules and precepts.

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