fairy family

Chapter 108: Assessment, All Actions Are Unrestricted, and the Temple of Yi
In the fire room, the incense is strong.

Yu Que opened his eyes in surprise and took a look at the secret passage in the fire room.

At the opening of the secret passage, a letter appeared silently, emitting a fluorescent light to attract people's attention.

However, Yu Que just took a look at it and didn't want to go over immediately to see what was written in the letter.

He was sitting cross-legged on the altar, naked, with dense red marks of fire poison covering his entire body, looking extremely weird.

These red marks gathered on his chest, forming a ferocious head that looked like a bird and a snake, as if it had been tattooed, and was very lifelike.

By this time, Yu Que had already refined the Fire Crow into a god, removed a lot of its evil nature, and bound it in his ancestral temple.

In his ancient ancestral temple of one zhang in size, which was filled with the aroma of incense, at the center was his Yin Shen, a mere three-inch-tall little man, standing motionless like a puppet.

Below the small figure, on the left and right sides were placed the two household gods, a ghost with a cat face and a human body, and a fire crow. All of them were upright and solemn. Even the fire crow that had just been tamed stood quietly and peacefully in the ancestral temple, with only a hint of violence in its eyes.

The two household gods are constantly absorbing and exhaling the incense in the ancestral temple, converting it into their own ghost incense, and then through the mysterious connection, they feed the thick ghost incense back to the Yin God in the center of the ancestral temple.

In the past few days, after successfully binding the Fire Crow into the temple, Yu Que has been trying to continuously draw incense from the two household gods in order to polish his own Yin God.

And the effect is really good!
Compared to Yu Que's own visualization method, the speed of cultivation is more than twice as fast, and this is the short time he has spent taming the Fire Crow. If the Fire Crow and he become more familiar with each other as time goes by, he will be able to extract more ghost energy and charm from the Fire Crow, and the efficiency of cultivation will increase again.

“No wonder the real cultivation began only after the ancestral temple was opened!”

Yu Que looked inward, and sighed in his heart: "Every additional household god is equivalent to an additional help in cultivation. Compared with people who don't open temples, temple builders can raise up to nine household gods, which means that the cultivation speed is ten times faster.

No wonder those who build temples are called immortals. Those who don’t build temples, even if they have bound their gods, are just ordinary people trying to make a living.”

One day of cultivation by a temple owner is equivalent to ten days of cultivation by an unopened temple owner, and one year is equivalent to ten years. This difference is the difference between immortals and mortals.

However, while Yu Que was amazed, he also knew that the cultivation speed, which was ten times faster than that of those who had not yet opened the temple, was the most ideal state.

Because the lower-level ninth-grade immortals are limited by the strength of the Yin God and the ancestral temple, they can bind at most three Mao gods in the ancestral temple; the middle-level ninth-grade immortals can bind six; only when they step into the upper-level ninth-grade can they bind nine Mao gods.

Even if one is an eighth-rank immortal, when he is at the lower level of the eighth rank, he can only restrain three eighth-rank rampant gods. The remaining six household gods can only be placed in the positions of hairy gods below the eighth rank.

The same applies to higher-level immortals.

It can be said that when the immortals rely on the household gods for cultivation, there are detailed and strict rules and regulations regarding the number and grade of the household gods.

Of course, these precepts are just the lessons learned from our predecessors, and immortals do not necessarily have to follow them.

However, if it is not a special case for their ancestral temple, the consequence of not abiding by the precepts will be that one day the temple will collapse and the gods will fall, and they will suffer the consequences.

Yu Que pondered and warned in his heart:
"The reason why I can draw incense from the two household gods without any scruples is because I have a sacred position and can use the incense from the imperial court to support them. Don't get carried away."

If it were an immortal without a talismanic position, he would have to feed the household god carefully before he could draw incense from the household god.

When practicing, one must always prevent the incense in the household god's body from being depleted too much, which would damage the quality of the household god and be counterproductive.

Moreover, there are many household gods in the world who have a strong demand for incense and are always in a hungry state. They must receive extra feeding from the immortals, otherwise they will have difficulty maintaining their own vitality, let alone giving back to the immortals.

For example, Yu Que had just bound the Fire Crow family god into the temple.

This beast is inherently ferocious and brutal, with a voracious appetite. After transforming into a fire crow, its appetite has doubled. The true fire burning in its body is transformed by the luck of incense at every moment.

If it weren't for the daily replenishment of the country's luck, it would only take a few more days for it to burn itself out and its soul to pieces.

Otherwise, it would either extinguish its true fire on its own and live frugally, or Yu Que would have to use special methods to seal it and force it into a dormant state.

Otherwise, as a ninth-rank immortal, I really can't afford to support this guy.

Such a situation also made Yu Que admire the wonders of "Luzhi" from the bottom of his heart.

Moreover, he possessed a middle-level talisman position. Apart from the two talisman positions that had been given to the Cat-faced Family God and the Fire Crow Family God, there was still one vacant talisman position, which allowed him to bind another family god regardless of the cost.

"But you can't just bind a household god into the temple randomly. Unless you encounter a household god like the True Fire Crow again, you can never make a decision casually again..."

He looked thoughtful, secretly considering what to choose as his next household god.

Unfortunately, after much consideration, he realized that the choice of household god was closely related to the chosen Dharma lineage.

Even if he planned to practice the Tai Sui lineage as a secondary practice, which had few concerns about household gods, he still had to reserve at least five positions for household gods for the main lineage of the King of Hell.

But now, apart from the "Huangshan Baosong Visualization Method" which allows one to concentrate the mind and leave the body, I have no corresponding Dharma lineage to guide me.

At this moment, he was so quiet that he suddenly stood up and walked towards the entrance of the secret passage.

"After so many days of seclusion, I believe that Teacher Zhu must have returned. Is she the one urging me to come out? I can now ask her for the Dharma lineage inheritance."

After unfolding the letter and reading its contents, Yu Que raised his eyebrows slightly and showed a look of surprise.

"It turns out that someone has come from the mountain. It's from the Examination and Assessment Department. They told me to prepare well and leave as soon as possible."

After thinking about it for a while, Yu Que's face showed anticipation.

Although the letter did not specify what rewards would be given after the assessment, for the immortals who had just opened a temple, there was no other urgently needed reward other than the Dharma lineage.

And in the county school, if a sacred temple is opened, there is a certain possibility of being granted the Five Temples Dharma.

What Yu Que opened up was the Temple of Heaven. Once it passed the inspection, it was conceivable that it would be inevitable to grant the Five Temples the Dharma in advance.

Thinking of this, he felt rather sleepy, and that was when the pillow came into his head.

Yu Que was immediately delighted and without further delay, he packed up the sundries in the fire room and prepared to leave.

But just as he was about to step into the fire room, he suddenly remembered the remaining burn marks on his body.

These fire marks are the effects of the true fire poison. Although ordinary flames may also produce them, the people in the Examination and Evaluation Institute must have sharp eyes and may be able to see the clues from them.

And the real fire is no less valuable than the sixth-grade spiritual medicine. Even though the Fire Crow has been taken into Yu Que's body, it does not mean that others cannot take it out.

With a look of alertness in his eyes, he postponed his exit and instead stayed in the fire room. He first used his magical powers to remove the fire poison in his body one by one, then took a bath in the cold water in the fire room, and then used the fire pit in the fire room to warm his whole body.

Repeat this process repeatedly to eliminate as much remaining Fire Crow aura as possible from your body.

Only when his skin turned pale and there was no trace of the fire poison left did Yu Que look happy and step out of seclusion. ……………………

At this time in the county school, the two people from the Examination and Evaluation Institute were still waiting.

They had been waiting for more than three days. Even Xue Zheng and Zhu Jiaoyu had been thinking of ways to entertain the two people these days.

But after tasting the new food, both of them showed impatience on their faces.

If the Temple of Heaven was not the one that the Taoist Palace valued, the two of them would have left without mercy.

Finally, news came from Xie Qingjie that she had been released from confinement. After waiting for half a day, news came from Yu Que that he had been released from confinement as well. No one had to wait for a few more days.

But even so, when Yu Que hurried to the meeting hall and saw the old and young evaluation envoys, he found that they looked very irritable and unhappy.

Under the arrangement of the academician, he and Xie Qingjie entered the hall together.

The two men were wearing county school robes, with the words "Huangshan Seventh County School" embroidered on their chests. As soon as they entered the hall, they bowed and shouted:
"I am honored to meet you two messengers. I beg you to forgive me, elders!"

Upon hearing this, the young messenger immediately revealed a sneer on his face:
“As expected, they all come from schools at the foot of the mountain. Even if they have opened up a temple, they don’t know that they have to wait for people from the mountain to assess them before they can retreat.

You guys are wasting time, it's really impolite!"

Yu Que and Xie Qingjie were both startled by the sudden scolding. Their eyes moved slightly, and they remembered the instructions before entering the hall, so they just remained silent and bowed.

"Alright, alright. The Seventh County School has been established for hundreds of years. This is the first time that a Heavenly Temple has appeared here. It is understandable that they are not clear about the rules."

The old messenger next to him tried to smooth things over, stroking his gray beard, and said calmly: "I am Kuzhu, and I came down the mountain this time to inspect the ancestral temple for you and determine its quality with fellow Taoist Zhongwen. You don't need to panic."

Yu Que and the other two bowed again:

"Greetings to Taoist Master Kuzhu."

"Meet Taoist Master Zhongwen."

The Zhongwen messenger still looked unhappy. He calmly accepted the greetings from the two men and continued to shout:

"Why are you worshipping here? Why don't you quickly open the ancestral temple for us to inspect!"

Faced with such a request, Yu Que and the others looked at Xuezheng and Zhu Jiaoyu. Seeing that both teachers nodded, they responded:
"Yes, I will follow the elder's instructions."

I saw both of them closing their eyes slightly, and a spiritual light emerged above their heads, only three inches in size and gray at first, but then a huge shadow emerged from it and slowly unfolded in the air.

In an instant, the meeting hall, which was not large to begin with, was filled with the two ancestral temples.

Yu Que's ancestral temple is antique and ten feet wide, while Xie Qingjie's ancestral temple is elegant and exquisite, with tiny flames hanging as embellishments, swaying like flower stamens and shining brightly.

When the two ancestral temples were unfolded, the expressions of the two envoys from the Examination and Evaluation Institute suddenly changed. They opened their eyes wide and stared at the two men.

Taoist Master Kuzhu was the first to clap his hands and speak:
"Good, good! It really is the Pozhangtian Temple. You didn't play tricks on us or deceive us."

The young Taoist priest Zhongwen also murmured: "In just a small area, two heavenly temples can suddenly appear..."

At this point, the irritability on both of their faces instantly disappeared, replaced by solemnity.

It turned out that the reason why these two people were so upset was largely because they thought the Seventh County School was falsifying the results of the temple opening.

Xue Zheng and others delayed letting Yu Que and the other two show up, just to delay the matter for as long as possible so that they could continue to commit fraud.

As a result, when they saw the ancestral temple presented by Yu Que and the other man, it was indeed as magical as it was depicted in the painting, and the two people from the Examination Institute immediately changed their views.

When they saw Zhu Jiaoyu and the seventh schoolmaster smiling silently beside them, they were surprised and no longer thought that the attitude of these two people was bad. Instead, they felt that they were very calm and no wonder they were not panicked at all in the past few days.

After a few breaths, Taoist Master Kuzhu said in a deep voice: "Zhongwen, you and I will each check a temple. I will check this student Yu."

"can."

The next moment, both of them took out a piece of talisman paper from their sleeves, silently chanted a spell, and shouted to Yu Que and the other two:

"go with!"

"Hurry up and follow the command, the true form will be revealed!"

Buzz, a yellow spiritual light, like a long snake, suddenly wrapped around the two ancestral temples, sometimes turning into a strong wind, sometimes turning into a raging fire. In the midst of wind and rain, it constantly tortured the ancestral temples of Yu Que and Xie Qingjie.

But no matter how hard the blows and beatings were, the ancestral temple of the two remained as solid as before, without any fading.

And as if a raging fire was burning gold, their ancestral temples became even more vibrant, revealing a mysterious aura and resisting external erosion.

The two Taoists from the Examination Institute stared at him closely, their eyes becoming even sharper, and they began to recite words.

Whoosh, a notebook was floating in front of each of them, with words appearing on the notebook, recording what they had spoken.

"My student Xie Qingjie, the temple is more than 12 feet in size, and the body of the temple is in the shape of a lotus, with a green glow and a green color... It is 90% similar to the 'Qi Huasheng Qinglian Temple' recorded in the Temple Classics. My student Xie is from the Huangshan Xie family, and their ancestors did have this temple, so it is undoubtedly the Temple of Heaven!"

"The students are missing. The temple is more than ten feet wide. The temple pattern is in the shape of a Ganoderma lucidum, and the color is black and red... It is 70% similar to the 'Temple for Exorcising All Evil Spirits' recorded in the Temple Classics, and the remaining 30% is suspected to be a 'Temple for No Taboos'.

This student was born in a poor family of the ninth rank. His ancestors did not have a spiritual temple. When he opened a temple, he took a medicine called Lingzhi. This fits the image of the ancestral temple he opened. It is a fusion of two spiritual temples, so it should be a heavenly temple. "

Xue Zheng, Yu Que and others listened to each other's narration. The comments about Xie Qingjie did not make them look fluctuating, but the comments about Yu Que's ancestral temple made them all thoughtful.

Yu Que himself was stunned: "The two temples merged? All evils are warded off, and there are no taboos?"

He was suddenly curious. What was the specific name of his ancestral temple? Could it be the first time it appeared in history?
Yu Que pricked up his ears and listened, and found that the old Taoist priest Kuzhu stopped talking for a while.

The other party slightly closed his eyes, chanted some magic spells, and seemed to be asking questions to some existence while moving his teeth.

After a while, this person said in surprise:

"According to the appendix of the Temple Scripture, the name of the ancestral temple of this life is determined to be 'Zhuxing Wujian Biyi Temple'!"

Then, the two people from the Examination and Evaluation Institute talked for a while, and then discussed with each other in a low voice, discussing the various qualities.

In the end, they rated Xie Qingjie as "upper-middle quality" and Yu Que as "lower-middle quality", both of which were neither good nor bad.

(End of this chapter)