death gap

Chapter 32 Mission
At the junction of the two townships, there is the Jiuyou General Temple.

The ancient temple next to the reservoir has been rejuvenated. Several incense burners are filled with standing incense, and the inner and outer walls have been repainted.

Only the main hall, which was the most severely damaged, has not yet been repaired, but the statue of the god has been recast - Xiao Hu cried for the money and fought over it with his father and mother.

The new statue abandoned the shape of the old statue and was restored to the same proportions by the villagers based on the appearance of General Jiuyou in their memories.

General Jiuyou, who is two meters tall, wears a V-shaped visor with eye holes on his face and gold armor. He stands majesticly at the top of the altar.

Fang Chu, the newly appointed temple congratulator, was burning incense in the main hall.

He was the most devout believer among the villagers, so he was recommended to do the new temple ceremony.

Fang Chu originally had another job, earning not much or not much, and living a comfortable life.

I never thought in my life that I would be a temple priest.

The reason why he took this job was entirely because the original Temple Zhu had passed away, and the Jiuyou General Temple might be abandoned if no one took care of it.

Had to come forward.

I thought it was a casual job and I could continue to do my main job, but it turned out that I was extremely busy every day. Today alone, I received more than 60 believers.

Fortunately, he had a share of the incense money, otherwise Fang Chu would not have continued to work even if he was beaten to death.

He expected that the general temple's popularity would pick up, but he didn't expect it to pick up to this extent.

"The incense is getting stronger and stronger." Fang Chu sighed with mixed joy and sorrow.

In fact, the situation is understandable. The belief of the people in this land is that the spirit comes first, and incense is burned and offered in whichever temple is efficacious.

Today's General Jiuyou is undoubtedly the most efficacious god in the ten miles and eight towns.

After all, a dozen villagers witnessed him killing the demon with their own eyes that day.

Moreover, after the demon was killed, production in the village immediately resumed, and the improvement in the soil quality of the farmland was not a lie.

"General bless you."

Fang Chu clasped his hands together and bowed deeply to the statue.

At this time, the contractor, who had just finished urinating and was about to go back to the work shed to sleep, walked to the door of the temple. When he saw him worshiping the god, he started laughing:
"Lao Fang, you burn three sticks of incense every morning and evening. Are you worshiping the true God?"

"You're here again, right?" Fang Chu turned to look at him and said firmly:
"I don't know if it's a real god or not, but General Jiuyou must exist. I saw it with my own eyes!"

"Shit!" the contractor continued to tease:

"All temple blessings say that the gods in their temples are true gods, but how can there be a true god in the world? I have never seen one in my entire life."

"I would like to advise you, stop worshiping this little god. It would be disrespectful to tell anyone."

"Why don't you believe in Heavenly Father with me? The church will send you some food and oil during the holidays. If anything happens in the future, there will be church members to help you clear it up."

"You're a little rude." Fang Chu frowned:

"You believe in your heavenly Father, don't come to me to preach."

"I have real benefits to take." The foreman looked at the main hall that was still under repair, sighed and shook his head:

"And you...you have worked so hard to do so many things and spent so much money, but it is destined to be in vain."

"I understand your thoughts and I won't argue with you." Fang Chu smiled calmly:
"Actually, I don't believe in God either. I just believe in what I've seen with my own eyes."

Seeing that he was not getting enough oil and salt, the contractor stopped saying anything and turned around and waved his hand.

"I'm going to bed, see you later."

At this moment, it seemed as if a molten golden sun rose from the courtyard, and endless light spread out like a flood, drowning the two figures in an instant.

The entire Jiuyou General Temple, including the internal floor, altar, load-bearing pillars, and the newly built statue, seemed to be coated with a layer of gold foil by the light.

The foreman was so frightened that he threw himself to the ground and kowtowed to the yard like he was pounding garlic:
"Spare your life, spare your life! Sin, sin, sin!"

"..." Fang Chu was blinded by the light and couldn't open his eyes.

I just felt that the endless golden light suddenly tore through the darkness, illuminated the world, and penetrated into every corner of the Jiuyou General Temple.

"General, the old man has shown his spirit again!"

After a brief period of confusion, Fang Chu immediately realized what had happened.

The whole person immediately entered a state of ecstasy.

Under the influence of his psychology, he only felt that this sacred light was all-encompassing, nurturing vitality, and seemed to be able to wash away all filth and sin.

When you bathe in it, it feels as nourishing and comfortable as a hot spring.

The light only lasted for a moment. The figure of "General Jiuyou" suddenly appeared in the courtyard and nodded to the temple.

Indistinguishable from the statue of God!
"I've seen the general! How is the general in heaven?"

Seeing this scene, Fang Chu started talking nonsense excitedly.

General Jiuyou seemed to have come to see me specially. How big of an honor was this?
"..."

However, General Jiuyou, who once again showed his holiness, did not speak. Instead, he pointed to the ground beside him - on this ground, a stone tablet had been erected at some time.

There are only two lines of words on the surface of the stele that were chopped with a knife and an ax:

The devil is causing trouble, recorded here.

I will take care of it soon.

The next moment, the figure of General Jiuyou disappeared in an instant, as if he had never appeared before.

Fang Chu quickly ran to the stone tablet, looked at it calmly, and after fully understanding the meaning of each line, he murmured to himself with enlightenment:
"I understand, the general is conveying a mission to me."

"He will continue to slay demons in the future."

"So, I need to collect those incidents of demons causing trouble and register them on the stone tablet."

"In this way, a little person like me will be able to leave a mark in history a hundred years from now!"

After thinking about it, he left the contractor behind and walked towards the bedroom alone.

Get ready to lie in bed and think about what to do next.

And the contractor... was still prostrate on the ground at this time, his open mouth never closed for a long time, and there was only one sentence that was played back repeatedly in his mind:

"General Jiuyou is real...it is real."

……

In front of the gate of the General Temple, there is a dense orange forest.

The bright moonlight dispelled the haze in the forest, coating the tree crowns with layers of white frost, and beams of straight moonlight shot through the gaps in the branches and leaves to the forest floor, illuminating the thick layer of moss.

It also illuminated Su Chen's figure.

He held his motorcycle, looked towards the temple, and exhaled slowly.

What needs to be done has been done.

What you express should be very simple and clear.

I hope Miao Zhu can understand.

As for why he didn't speak as the Riddler, it was because Su Chen didn't know how the gods should speak and was afraid of revealing his secret.

In addition, he was still a little afraid of society, so he decided to keep silent and use stone tablets to convey the meaning.

All in all, the meaning should be expressed in place. Let’s check back in a few days.

(End of this chapter)