What kind of Journey to the West is this?

Yan Xia smiled and said, "Don't rush to close the door. There's a distinguished guest behind the door."

Bai Zhu was startled and immediately turned around to look, but as she turned around, the snow lion in cat form immediately appeared.

"Taoist, have your eyes become sharper?"

"Thanks to Xue Shi'er's great blessing and help, I have stepped into the threshold of refining essence and my hearing and eyesight are sharp."

Refining essence gave Yan Xia the feeling of strengthening her body in a subtle and silent way. Once she entered the realm of refining essence, her dynamic vision, hearing, smell, taste, and reaction ability were greatly improved.

Anyway, Yanxia really wants to hold the mouse and keyboard again and play a shooting game.

It's no exaggeration to say that her current reflexes and vision are comparable to those of a human-like aiming rig. Her livestreaming could easily be identified as a lightweight character with the full name "16-Year-Old Genius Shooting Girl" or simply "Hack the Dog, Kill the Whole Family"...

No wonder those who practice Taoism will eventually become "rejuvenated". For the elderly, restoring their health and having sharp eyes and ears is like regaining youth.

Here, Yanxia and Xueshier were chatting intermittently.

Bai Zhu, however, was a little impatient and always seemed to be hesitant to speak.

"Miss......"

Yan Xia noticed that Bai Zhu's tone was a little low, and raised her head and said, "Sister Bai Zhu, do you have something important to say?"

Bai Zhu took a deep breath and said, "This is a very important matter, but I hope you won't get angry after listening to it."

Yanxia was startled.

This doesn't sound like a good thing...

Xue Shier felt that the atmosphere was not right, so he slowly moved to Yan Xia's feet and looked up at the two people.

Bai Zhu lowered his head and said:

"The girl you saved in Kanyang Mountain, the night before yesterday..."

Yan Xia looked incredulous.

She quickly asked, "Dead?"

"Cough cough cough...No, no!" Bai Zhu almost choked.

"oh oh!"

Yanxia smiled embarrassedly.

She thought that the busty master was dead again.

To be honest, when Bai Zhu just said this, she had already thought about how much paper money to burn, which paper house and paper horse to buy, and who to invite to mourn...

This death is not the same as before.

In the past, she used to go back to the game as easily as drinking water, which made Luo Suchang suffer a lot. That was because she thought that going back to the game was a cost-free business.

After she concentrated her mind and built her foundation, the system panel showed "Lifespan of Consciousness: 175/961", and she realized how wasteful she had been in the past.

Her spiritual life span is over 170 years old, so it is impossible for it to increase naturally.

——The consciousness carries all kinds of memories of the seven emotions and six desires. The years she has experienced on Earth and in this world combined are probably less than fifty years. How could she have a consciousness that is one hundred and seventy years old?

The conclusion is obvious: the rollback itself also increases the lifespan of the consciousness, and the increase should be equal to the lifespan of her physical body.

Now if she takes the initiative to go back to the game, she will have to think twice.

Of course, if it is to save the big-breasted master, then it doesn’t matter if it is wasted once or twice.

How can we forget the kindness of teaching and educating ourselves?

However, the situation was beyond Yanxia's expectations: although Luo Sushang was not dead, her condition was not much better.

Bai Zhu sighed and said, "It was an accident. Someone took away his soul."

The Cangzhou Lion Has No Buddha Nature: Chapter 42 [The City God Temple is ablaze with incense]

"The soul was taken away?"

Yan Xia was completely stunned.

The big-breasted master is in Cangzhou City. The only people who can seduce souls under the eyes of the Cangzhou City God are the ones who can seduce the dead in the Cangzhou City God's Palace.

The City God's Mansion is a fairly large organization. The person in charge of the overall situation is the City God of a state. Under him are the civil and military judges, the gods who wander day and night, and below them are the land officials, ghost messengers, ghost soldiers, rampant soldiers, etc. who are affiliated with the City God's Mansion.

In the city god temples in the mortal world, heavenly deities such as Hou Tu Huang Di Ji, Wenchang Emperor, and the Three Officials Emperor are often enshrined.

Upwardly, the City God is responsible to the Capital City God, and the Capital City God is responsible to Hou Tu Huang Di Zhi.

Downward, the City God's Mansion and the Underworld are brothers. They are responsible for birth, old age, sickness and death within their jurisdiction, and are responsible for extraditing the living who have reached the end of their life span to the underworld.

Summoning souls is the duty and power of the City God's Mansion. No one else, not even a monk or Taoist priest, can do it.

Anyone who dares to do so will violate the laws of the underworld and the rules of heaven.

Yan Xia immediately asked, "What does the City God say about this?"

Baizhu was a little embarrassed.

"How would I know how to contact the City God? Doctor Xiong told me about this. He said that during the reign of the previous emperor, someone came to summon the soul of a dead person."

Well, that's true.

Yanxia was so concerned that she forgot that Baizhu was just an ordinary person.

"This old bear really misled me!"

Yanxia couldn't help but get angry.

Doctor Xiong said at the beginning that he could keep Luo Suchang alive for a month, but what about now?

Before the end of August, Luo Sushang passed away and her soul was taken away by a dead person!

Xue Shi'er didn't understand why, but seeing Yan Xia anxious, she also became anxious.

She asked, "Didn't you say he could stay alive for a month? If you're a doctor who treats illnesses and saves lives, you shouldn't speak nonsense."

"If you're sure it was done by the City God's Mansion, you might as well go there and look for them quickly. Perhaps the City God's Mansion saw that there were many people nearing the end of their lives, so the ghost messengers took them all away to save trouble."

Bai Zhu was shocked when he heard this.

She couldn't help but ask, "How can they take him away so early? He's not even dead yet!"

Xue Shi'er's face was full of confusion.

"What's so strange about this? Ghost messengers are also transformed from dead people, so naturally they will be lazy and neglect their duties. They will also accept bribes. There are also human relationships in the underworld."

Well, this was really beyond Yanxia's expectations.

It is true that where there are people, there are rivers and lakes.

After listening to Xue Shier's advice, Yan Xia got up and went to Cangzhou Prefecture with Bai Zhu.

The snow lion turned into a human form and also got on the carriage.

Since it concerned the life and death of her busty master, Yan Xia traveled at lightning speed, not daring to stop for even a moment.

When we returned to Cangzhou Prefecture, it was already noon.

Yan Xia first returned to the Xiong family pharmacy, carefully confirmed Luo Suchang's condition, and asked Xue Shier to check it again.

It is indeed as Bai Zhu said:

Lost my three souls and seven spirits.

But here comes the weirdest part.

——Luo Sushang’s body is not dead yet, and she is even still breathing.

.............

South of the city, City God Temple.

A carriage slowly slowed down, the horse shook its head, sneezed, and stopped.

Yanxia rubbed her butt, feeling extremely uncomfortable.

Ancient horse-drawn carriages had no spring shock absorbers or rubber tires. At most, they had a few layers of soft felt and silk laid on the wooden couch. They could shake people to pieces as they galloped along.

Xue Shier is fine, she is a monster who has successfully refined her essence.

Bai Zhu is also a first-class martial artist who has practiced martial arts for many years.

Only Yanxia was not feeling well, her legs were shaking...

Yan Xia rubbed her arms, thighs, and buttocks, crying, "It hurts! Xue Shi'er, give me a massage."

"Press where, the butt?"

"Shoulder!"

"Oh." The little girl stood on tiptoe and massaged the girl's shoulders.

At the same time, Bai Zhu took a wet silk cloth and gently wiped Yan Xia's cheek.

This is indeed the life of a wealthy landlord...

After resting for a while, the girl regained her strength and asked Bai Zhu to help her get off the car and go to the City God Temple.

The City God Temple of Cangzhou Prefecture is located inside the town square. It has been passed down for more than ten generations. The temple keeper passes the throne to his son. If there is no son, the throne is passed to his son-in-law.

If there is no son-in-law, then the throne will be passed on to the temple keeper's disciple.

But it is absolutely not allowed to pass it on to a daughter.

It's not discrimination or anything, but in these kinds of temples, being a temple priest is essentially being a servant or retainer to the deity. If a daughter becomes a temple priest, she will be considered the deity's maid or concubine.

Once you have such a reputation, the marriage is basically over.

of course there are exceptions.

Regardless of all this, this City God Temple is indeed somewhat effective, as can be seen from the bustling scene on the street outside.

After all, it was ancient times, and many people believed in this person. Therefore, outside the temple, there were many people walking, many people riding horses, many people setting up stalls, and many people opening shops.

The so-called variety includes performers who make money to sell their art, porters who sell medicine, colorful opera performers, drum-beating storytelling troupes and crosstalk performers...you can see all kinds of people.

Outside the City God's Mansion, Yanxia saw a fortune teller setting up a stall on the street. Right outside the temple gate, she blatantly hung a banner that read "All wishes will be granted."

Yan Xia took a look and saw it was fake.

The three people entered the temple, but did not see the City God. Instead, they saw a golden statue of the God of Wealth.

The girl looked again carefully and found that there was a sign on the wall.

Going to the left, you will find Emperor Wenchang;

Going to the right, you will see the Goddess of Childbirth;

Walking to the back, there are the three elders of Fu, Lu and Shou;

You have to walk past the Three Elders Hall and then go to the back to find the City God's Dojo...

They have figured out this marketing tactic.

Yan Xia was stunned and said, "No wonder the incense is so popular..."

Xue Shier couldn't help but nod, feeling a little jealous.

The three of them followed the sign, and the winding path led to a secluded place. After passing the Three Elders Hall and passing through a dwarf pine forest, they finally saw the City God Temple.

At the entrance of the temple, there was a girl carrying a wooden bucket and sprinkling water on the bluestone slabs. She had a copper hairpin in a side bun, her hair was flowing, and she was wearing a black dress with wide sleeves. She was bent over and looked serious.

This should be the temple keeper's daughter.

Yan Xia took a look and whispered, "That sister is quite pretty."

Xue Shier looked at the other person, then at herself, and measured herself. The little girl said, "Wouldn't it feel heavy if I stuffed that big piece of flesh on my chest?"

"Hey, you don't understand."

Yanxia's voice was tinged with sadness.

Over there, the girl looked up and said in surprise:

“I thought they were pilgrims, but I didn’t expect them to be visitors.”

Yan Xia clasped her yin and yang fists, bowed, and said, "I am a cultivator from the Three Mountains Fairy Island in the East China Sea. I have come here specifically to pay my respects to the City God."

The girl laughed softly and said, "So you're a master from overseas. But since you want to see the City God, why don't you go directly to the City God's realm?"