Confucian and Taoist scholar

Chapter 271 Immortality Tablet
"Auntie, do you know Mr. Lu?" An Jing asked.

The old woman narrowed her eyes in a smile. "Mr. Lu has been to our village and even personally treated me! Everyone in the county knows Mr. Lu. The officials in the government all say that without Mr. Lu, we wouldn't have the money to build roads, hire people to kill demons, and teach our children to read..."

The old woman chattered on for a long time, with endless praise.

"Now in our village, every household has set up a longevity tablet for Mr. Lu."

"Everyone in the city says that Mr. Lu is Wenquxing who has descended to earth. Setting up a longevity tablet for Wenquxing can also bless us common people with peace and safety. We worship him from time to time, and hope that Wenquxing will stay in the mortal world for a little longer."

Anyang, who was standing next to him, had a flickering expression when he heard this. There was no real Wenquxing descending to earth in this world. It was just an ancient rumor and a symbol.

Only ordinary people believe this.

Of course, the fact that the people can give Lu Zhengli an immortality tablet clearly shows how important Lu Zheng is in the hearts of these people.

An Jing couldn't help but ask, "Can I go and take a look?"

Upon hearing this, the old woman smiled and said, "Miss, you want to go and pray too? It's good to pray, and it will keep you safe!"

The old woman invited the two of them into the lobby. In addition to the ancestral tablets, there was also a new tablet on the incense table. It was indeed Lu Zheng's longevity tablet.

The government also has requirements regarding the incense and tablets offered as offerings.

It is strictly forbidden for the people to privately worship the tablets of wild gods, demons and ghosts. The tablets for the longevity of living people must be for people of fame and status.

It is strictly forbidden for those who practice cultivation to deceive the people into setting up longevity tablets in order to practice certain special skills.

An Jing looked at the Changsheng card, her beautiful eyes flashing with a strange color.

She found that the sign contained a trace of faith, proving that this family had offered incense with sincerity.

Even if you don't practice Shintoism, you can still use the power of faith to nourish your soul.

The Confucian temples in various counties and prefectures of Anguo enshrined the statue of the Anguo saint, which actually brought some benefits to the saint to a certain extent and prolonged his life.

However, this tablet has no connection with Lu Zheng himself, and Lu Zheng cannot obtain the power of faith contained in it, which will dissipate over time.

If Lu Zheng were to establish a connection with such a small amount of faith power, it would be more harm than good.

The government built a Confucian temple and erected a statue of the saint, but did not force the people to worship the saint of Anguo.

It is for this reason that even if one gains the power of faith after offering sacrifices, it is still difficult for the saint to collect it, so there is really no need to do so.

And it is hard to say how much power of faith such compulsory offerings can really gain.

The people of Kaiyang County set up a longevity tablet for Lu Zheng because Lu Zheng really gave them the benefits of settling down and making a living, otherwise who would worship him?

It is said that water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it.

The fall of the previous dynasty was also partly due to the fact that many of its gods were not worthy of being gods, and thus lost the respect and support of many people.

An Jing looked at the tablet and couldn't help but have some thoughts in his mind. He bowed to the tablet of longevity.

Anyang beside him was stunned. No, you really are worshipping?

When Anyang saw An Jing looking at him again, he bowed with his head held high, wondering what was going on.

A bright pearl appeared in An Jing's hand, and with a thought, invisible power emanated from him.

Soon, all the power of faith in the longevity tablets in the village was absorbed into the pearl.

When she meets Lu Zheng in the future, she plans to give the beads to him so that he can see the people's gratitude to him.

Afterwards, Anjing and Anyang left the village.

On the way, An Jing suddenly said, "Anyang, you were not sincere just now!"

"Hey?" Anyang glared, "Royal sister, you really want me to worship him, I can't bear it."

Asking her to worship Lu Zheng's longevity tablet, she felt uncomfortable no matter how she thought about it, and it was difficult for her to be sincere!

An Jing whispered, "He has done so much for the people, shouldn't we pay our respects to him?"

Anyang twitched the corner of his mouth, "This has nothing to do with me?"

An Jing's face turned serious. "You are a worker who earns a living. How can you say that it doesn't matter? Our An family is able to gain a foothold in this world..."

An Jing spoke so much that Anyang's scalp tingled.

Anyang quickly hugged Anjing and apologized in a coquettish manner.

……

"Ah!"

Lu Zheng suddenly sneezed.

He rubbed his nose and slowed down as he fell from the sky.

When riding the wind, the faster the speed, the greater the resistance, which makes it a little unbearable, and a lot of energy is consumed along the way.

Lu Zheng felt that it would be faster to run on solid ground.

"No wonder Yun Xiao and the others, even after reaching the Fourth Realm, rarely fly directly. They always rely on various equipment. Their own strength can't withstand the consumption. They really can't do without a means of transportation..."

Lu Zheng touched his chin, wondering whether he should get some wings and learn from those flying birds. This way, maybe things would be much better.

It was easier for him to condense his righteous energy into wings than for other practitioners.

"I still need to practice more to master my current strength."

Lu Zheng found a place and prepared to cook some food to replenish his own energy.

Wait until you have recovered your strength, then slowly explore again.

A pot of meat porridge was slowly cooking, and Lu was reading a book on the side, learning about cultivation experience and increasing his experience.

Suddenly, he heard Qingwan's cry from his sea of consciousness.

Lu Zheng's thoughts flashed through his mind, and he went to the Wen Palace courtyard.

Standing before him was a little girl, dressed in green. Her face was delicate and adorable, like a porcelain doll. The girl was clearly an enlarged version of Qing Wan, though not much bigger. She looked about three or four years old.

Lu Zheng blinked, "You've made a breakthrough, and you've grown bigger?"

It is rare for a pea to become a spirit. Lu Zheng thought Qingwan would only be a tiny bit big, but he didn't expect it to grow so big.

Judging from the aura emanating from Qing Wan, she should have reached the third realm. She is breaking through realms very quickly and there is no bottleneck.

Qing Wan nodded excitedly and said, "Yes! I have become a little adult now!"

Qingwan was also very surprised that she had grown so much.

She used to be no bigger than her palm now.

Qingwan felt that growing up so quickly was an incredible and remarkable thing, and her joy was beyond words.

"Congratulations!" Lu Zheng said with a smile, "Keep practicing hard, and you will become an adult."

At this rate of cultivation, Qing Wan should be able to grow a lot by the time she reaches the fourth realm.

It is not easy for a pea fairy to grow to this point.

Of course, Lu Zheng provided a lot of invisible help in this.

"Hehe!" Qing Wan grinned.

Lu Zheng thought for a moment and said, "When we get to the next state capital, I'll get you an identity certificate. With an identity certificate, it will be much easier to do anything in the future."

The Anguo government can provide ordinary household registration for monsters.

However, the conditions were rather harsh. One had to be fully transformed, have a clean background, have someone of high rank and status as a guarantor, and also pass a number of tests...

The reason why Qingwan was not given an identity in Hongzhou City before was because she was too small at that time and did not have the conditions to open an independent account. The most she could get was a certificate for a spirit pet.

Lu Zheng did not regard Qing Wan as a spiritual pet, but as a traveling companion and fellow Taoist, so he did not obtain such a certificate.

Even though he was very familiar with the Hongzhou government office, he did not want to make an exception.

Moreover, Qingwan was so small before that an ID card was bigger than her. There was really no need to apply for any identity card. No one cared about such a little girl.

But now that I'm grown up, I need an identity.

Qing Wan's eyes sparkled when she heard this, "Okay, okay!"

Lu Zheng couldn't help but smile and said, "That requires an exam, don't fail it."

"What's the test?" Qing Wan asked quickly.

Lu Zheng went to the room to look for the law and quickly found the relevant regulations.

Qing Wan held the thick legal book and looked through it, and a special feeling arose in her heart.

She was quite excited because she was not even as big as a book before, but now she can turn the pages of a book like this.

"Eh, this seems quite troublesome..."

Qing Wan looked at the regulations. Not only did she have to check her spiritual energy, but she also had to take tests on laws and classics to prove that she was familiar with human knowledge and was qualified to live with humans.

Lu Zhengdao: "Of course I have to be a little harsh. You have such an identity, doesn't it prove that you are very powerful?"

"Very impressive!" Qing Wan's eyes sparkled. "Then, did the previous Ruyu have such an identity?"

Lu Zheng thought for a moment and said, "Probably not."

If Ruyu had a legitimate identity, she wouldn't have to hide herself.

However, if Ruyu is willing in the future, she may be able to apply for a demon registration.

Of course, revealing the demon's identity will inevitably have some impact.

There is a difference between humans and monsters after all, at least for ordinary people, most people stay away from them.

Given Ruyu's personality, Lu Zheng felt that she would not change her identity.

After all, the government has already been informed and Ru Yu's existence has been tacitly acknowledged, so there is no need to expose it to others.

Qing Wan couldn't help but say, "Then I have to pass the exam in one try! And get the identity!"

Lu Zheng encouraged: "Very good, work hard!"

The two of them left the courtyard again and came to the outside world.

Qingwan was holding a book and jumping around barefoot in the wild, adapting to her grown-up self there. She looked excited and seemed to have endless energy.

Lu Zheng finished cooking the meat porridge and looked at Qing Wan who was not far away. "Do you want to eat it?"

Qing Wan came over with a hop and a skip, "Well... I still prefer to eat vegetarian food!"

Although her body size has grown, Qingwan's habits have not changed. She is not very interested in this kind of food, even though meat porridge contains a lot of spiritual energy.

Lu Zheng sat aside and drank the meat porridge slowly.

"The Master said..."

Qing Wan was shaking her head, and a literary aura emanated from her as she spoke, more than a foot long.

Lu Zheng couldn't help but look sideways. What a guy, he even cultivated to the second level of Confucianism and Taoism?

If other scholars saw this, they would be jealous.

"what?"

Qing Wan looked at herself, stretched out her white and tender little hand to scratch her head, and said a little confusedly, "Am I a scholar?"

Lu Zheng couldn't help but laugh and said, "Yeah, you've improved a lot."

Qing Wan looked confused and had no idea how she became a scholar. She just thought she had broken through to the third level of the demon realm.

(End of this chapter)