Hutao uses me to judge my performance

Even he couldn't help but want to put this stone sculpture in a resting place and worship it every day.

Seeing that Mandrill liked it, Jiang Bai chuckled and told the purpose of their visit.

"We plan to release some stone sculptures with the image of Yaksha on the market. We will use your image to ask for your permission."

Mandrill looked away from the sculpture, "My image?"

"Yes! You are the only Yasha we know."

Mandrill lowered his eyes and was silent for a while.

"I am not the only Yaksha. The emperor sat down with five guardian Yakshas, ​​and I am only the youngest."

"Tell us about their deeds." Jiang Bai and Hu Tao looked at him expectantly.

There are not many deeds left by Yaksha, and they know even less about the other Yakshas.

Mandrill was silent for a while and told them the story about Yasha.

"Yaksha is a general term. We are all immortal beasts from Liyue. We are ferocious and terrifying by nature, fierce and good at fighting. We do not hesitate to kill in order to protect the emperor's rule. We are called Yaksha.

"As you all know, after the death of the devil, the resentment will remain on the earth and turn into evil spirits. Whenever the evil spirits are restless and start to attack, plagues, ghosts and mutations will occur.

In order to protect the people of Liyue, the emperor called us Yaksha to destroy the evil spirits.

Fushe, Yingda, Fenan, Minu, and Jinpeng, we five yakshas are the strongest among the yakshas. We follow the emperor to fight against evil spirits many times and eliminate plagues and miasma. The world calls us [immortal yakshas]. "

"Yeah, I know that. That's how the name [The Great Sage of Conquering Demons] comes from."

Hu Tao nodded. These things may not be clear to the general public, but they are common sense to her.

Jiang Bai knew about Yaksha before, but didn't know why, but this was the first time he understood this in detail.

"You also know the horror of karma. For thousands of years, we have been fighting against the remnants of the devil. We will inevitably be polluted, die unexpectedly, become possessed, or encounter swords and swords...

"Due to what I encountered when I was young, I have a certain resistance to these demonic contaminations, so I persist until now..."

Mandrill's expression didn't change much when he talked about these things, but the sadness was conveyed.

Jiang Bai wanted to comfort, but didn't know how to comfort him in this kind of thing.

I can only sigh.

"We are here this time because we don't want the achievements of the Yakshas to be forgotten by the world..."

Liyue has been inherited for too long, but many things have been lost in the long river of time.

When it comes to immortal things, he may be able to tell a few things, but if he asks about Yaksha, he looks around at a loss.

"Well, thank you very much." Mandrill thanked him softly.

This thank you is not for myself, but for those comrades who died for Liyue.

"Can you use immortal magic to let us see the appearance of those yakshas? I will record them so that their images can be known to the world."

Mandrill nodded, and the two of them seemed to have entered a dreamland, with vivid and energetic faces reflected in their eyes.

In addition to the four guardian yakshas, ​​there are many unknown yakshas.

Each of these Yaksha died for Liyue, and Mandrill remembered the appearance of each of them.

This magic is just like an illusion. Jiang Bai couldn't take pictures of them with a photo camera. He could only quickly pinch out stone sculptures one by one while watching to prevent their images from being forgotten.

After a while, Jiang Bai was surrounded by stone sculptures.

Mandrill picked up a tall stone sculpture of a Yaksha with four arms, and lowered his eyes as he looked at the familiar face on the stone sculpture.

"Brother Fushe..."

He rubbed the bright smiling face on the stone carving, feeling a pain in his heart.

Yingda, Fengnan and Minu are all dead. Fushe is the only one among the Yakshas whose whereabouts are unknown. They are like a thorn in the heart, and it is difficult to let go.

He looked towards the vast abyss of rock in the distance.

There, there was news about Fu She.

Walnut interrupted his thoughts.

"I heard Kong say that he once met the remnant soul of a Yaksha named Tongque. I visited that temple and it was too shabby.

"I plan to build a Yaksha temple next to the Bronze Bird Temple and put all the Yaksha stone statues in it for people to worship. What do you think, Mandrill?"

Mandrill nodded, somewhat grateful for their plan.

Yakshas do not leave their bodies behind after they die, and their souls return to heaven.

Now there are temples, stone statues, and a roof that can keep out the snow.

"It's a very good thing."

"Whoo~"

After making hundreds of statues in one go, they were all different in shape and appearance. Jiang Bai felt a little tired.

But now is not the time to rest.

He took out the photo camera and said, "Wow, you pose in a nice and handsome pose, and I'll take a picture of it."

"?"

Mandrill didn't know why.

"It's just a good-looking pose, like this." Hutao demonstrated to Mandrill.

Mandrill refused directly, "I don't know how to put on airs."

What's the point of the majestic Great Sage Conquering Demons with these flashy and useless postures?

"Oh, if you put on a nice pose, more people will read our book, attract more people to learn about Yaksha worship, and the world will respect you more." Hutao said sincerely and did some ideological work for him. .

Everyone in the world looks at faces, and there are few people in the world who can match Mandrill's face.

Coupled with the immortal's cold and decisive temperament, few people can control it.

Once the illustrations are in the book, why should we worry about the promotion of the book?

Why don’t you buy a copy of such a beautiful book, The Great Sage of Conquering Demons, to learn more about it?

"I don't need the admiration of the world."

Chapter 595 Do you like it?

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Mandrill was a little moved, but he still felt that such meaningless postures would hinder his image of a fairy.

The tips of his ears turned a little red at the thought of being photographed in such a flashy pose.

Hu Tao could see Mandrill's awkwardness at a glance.

Isn't it just shyness? It's not that I can't overcome it.

"Mandrill, this is not a question of whether you need the respect of the world, but that the world should know your tall and mighty image and see your domineering and heroic appearance when fighting the enemy.

"For you, these things may not be important, but people like me who respect you need them."

Mandrill lowered his eyes and looked at Hu Tao, who was talking eloquently. He really couldn't see where her respect lay.

"The world's belief in Yasha cannot be based on imagination. They need to be given a concrete image. If you think the pose is flashy and you can't let go, it's easy. Let's go find some monsters to fight, or I can fight with you. Pass the fight."

The walnut was rubbed hard and soft for a while, but Mandrill finally let go.

"Ok."

Mandrill really has nothing to do with her, so just take the photo and don't let the emperor see the photo.

The three of them found a gathering place for monsters nearby. Hu Tao and Jiang Bai took pictures around him with a photo camera. The flash of the photo camera made Mandrill's posture holding the gun stiff.

Holding a pile of photos, Hu Tao was extremely satisfied.

It's a pity that Mandrill doesn't use those flashy moves. Even if he keeps his hands, those Qiuqiu people still can't survive a few rounds in his hands.

But it doesn’t matter, these multiple photos are available from all directions, which is enough for the artist to draw a majestic and charming demon-conquering sage.

The two of them were not in a hurry to leave. They asked the yakshas one by one about their life stories and recorded them.

There are hundreds of yakshas, ​​and none of them should be forgotten.

Perhaps it had been a long time since he had talked about the past with anyone like this, so Mandrill talked about it until late at night without knowing it.

For those yakshas who have not left their names in history, Mandrill's few words are their whole lives.

Hu Tao and Jiang Bai wrote furiously, their arms already numb from writing.

“I can’t do it anymore, I can’t write anymore.”

Hu Tao placed the brush on the pen holder, slumped on the chair and rubbed her sore wrists.

She used to think that the book she and Xingqiu wrote about Yaksha was pretty good, but after hearing Mandrill talk about so many Yaksha deeds, she suddenly felt that the content of the book was too little.

You have to change things when you go back, you have to make big changes.

If one book is not enough, she will publish a second one, and if the second one is not enough, she will write a novel. She wants to write down all Yasha's stories.

Before she knew it, her alley style dark night limerick poet had turned into a novelist.

Akimbo with pride.

Jiang Bai and Hu Tao stayed at Wangshu Inn for three days.

Since the contract was terminated, Mandrill has been much freer.

But this leisure is also relative.

He will still visit some key locations regularly, and will still clean up the demonic remnants when he finds them. These responsibilities have been engraved in his bones for thousands of years and will not disappear when the contract is terminated.

The only difference from before is that on the way to eliminate demons, you often meet some alchemists. When you meet Qianyanjun, some people will come to see him from time to time and give him a piece of almond tofu.

Even the emperor would come here to sit here occasionally.

Mandrill carefully wiped the statue of the emperor given to him by Jiang Bai. When the Yaksha Temple mentioned by Hu Tao is completed in a while, he will also go to the Layer Rock Abyss to see it.

The Yaksha Temple cannot be built in a day. Even if the Gosheng Hall, which has made a lot of money by selling stone sculptures, has sufficient funds, and Jiang Bai takes over the lion's share of the statue expenses, it is still very difficult to build a large temple alone.

Therefore, Hutao went to Gan Yu to apply for financial support from the General Affairs Department. When he heard that he wanted to build a temple for Yasha, Gan Yu approved a lot of money with a wave of his hand.

After the money was received, Hutao directly left the design and supervision to Zhongli.

As the most knowledgeable person in the Rebirth Hall, Zhongli is the best person to supervise the construction of the temple. He can easily introduce those ancient details and customs that have long been forgotten by mankind.

Even with the embarrassing arrangement of the Yaksha statue, no one had any objections to his arrangement.

In just one month, the magnificent Xian Yaksha Temple was completed.

Zhongli personally wrote the "Xianzhong Yaksha Temple", and the magnificent golden plaque was hung in the center of the attic, solemn and solemn.

"It's really good!"

Looking at the completed temple, Hu Tao was extremely satisfied.

Gan Yu, who came to attend the consecration ceremony on behalf of the General Affairs Department, was also very satisfied.

Today is the day when the temple is completely completed, but it is not the day it is open to the public.

There are a series of complicated rituals for the consecration of temples, not to mention the Immortal Yaksha Temple established for all Yakshas.

Not only the immortals who got the news will come to pay homage to their deceased friends, but all the Seven Stars of Liyue will also come to pay homage to the heroes.

Mandrill on the side looked at the temple built for them in front of them, and emotions surged violently in his heart.

When you walk into the main hall, you will see five tall statues of yakshas.

The statue is solemn and majestic, and the yakshas are all holding weapons and wearing ferocious masks.

These ferocious Nuo faces are the symbol of the Yakshas.

In order to intimidate monsters, suppress evil spirits, and intimidate all directions, Yakshas cover their faces with ferocious Nuo masks.

Every time they kill evil spirits, they will definitely bring Nuo noodles.

And behind the statue, this is their original immortal beast form.

At the beginning, Jiang Bai and Hu Tao had a dispute over whether the statue should cover Nuo's face or show its face directly.

Jiang Bai felt that since he was making statues for the yakshas, ​​of course he had to show his face. If he didn’t show his face, who would know what those yakshas looked like?