Honghuang: Red Cloud Lights Incense for Me, Establishes the Mahayana Sect!
Chapter 24

This Temple is Very Effective!

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Tongtian, Houtu, and Nuwa had refined the Great Dao Origin Qin Yun had given them. After refining the origins, Qin Yun could also simultaneously gain their insights.

Thus, Qin Yun's comprehension of the Great Dao Laws had also improved.

Qin Yun was quite satisfied. He unconsciously nodded with satisfaction, a faint smile on his face.

Tongtian, Yuanshi, and Laozi arrived deep in the mountains, coming to the side of that temple.

"This is the temple?" Yuanshi frowned as he spoke.

He looked at the temple before him. It was utterly ordinary, with nothing at all remarkable about it.

Tongtian nodded. "This is the one."

"This temple is so ordinary. Does the Mountain God inside truly possess such means?" Yuanshi said, utterly unconvinced.

Even now, he still felt Tongtian had been lying.

Hearing this, Tongtian did not know what to say again.

Tongtian had already refined those two Great Dao Origins; he could not exactly take them out for Yuanshi to see.

Still, Tongtian's comprehension of the two Great Dao Laws had indeed improved greatly.

But those insights belonged to him, and others might not necessarily be able to tell.

"Third Brother, I don't see anything worth looking at in this temple," Yuanshi said rather arrogantly.

Some Mountain Spirits and Wild Monsters were coming and going from the temple, presumably here to offer incense.

The temple was so ordinary, and so were the Mountain Spirits and Wild Monsters who came here.

In Yuanshi's eyes, there was simply nothing worth seeing in such an ordinary temple!

"Second Brother, the Mountain God of this temple..." Tongtian said.

Tongtian was not particularly skilled at persuading others. Even when it came to his own Second Brother, he was not very good at it.

He had already said so much, yet Yuanshi still did not believe him...

Laozi, on the other hand, was rather calm and did not say anything.

"Eldest Brother, Second Brother, let's go inside and take a look," Tongtian said.

"What is there to do inside? What is there to see?" Yuanshi said, still somewhat arrogantly.

Unlike Yuanshi's arrogance, Laozi was deducing the origins of this temple.

Laozi was also skilled in deduction.

Yet Laozi deduced for a long time without uncovering the temple's origins.

This temple felt exceedingly mysterious...

Although Laozi's cultivation was only at the peak of the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm, his powers of deduction were also formidable. Yet even after calculating for so long, he still could not deduce the origins of this temple.

Just what was the origin of this temple?

He could not even deduce what lay inside the temple...

"This temple is truly strange..." Laozi could not help but say.

At those words, Yuanshi looked at him and asked, "Eldest Brother, how is it strange?"

Yuanshi held considerable respect for his Eldest Brother Laozi.

"I have calculated for a long time, but still could not deduce its origins..." Laozi said.

Hearing this, Yuanshi could not help frowning.

If even Laozi could not deduce it, then he and Tongtian would be even less able to do so.

Tongtian said, "I also do not know this temple's origins, nor do I know the origins of that Mountain God..."

This was the truth.

After a while, Tongtian added, "Why don't we go in? It would be good to offer some incense as well."

Tongtian had not come here for a hundred years. A hundred years ago, when Tongtian came here, Qin Yun had told him to come offer incense more often, and if he had the chance, to bring more people here to offer incense.

Hearing Tongtian say this, Yuanshi's face unconsciously darkened. He said, "Offer incense here?"

Yuanshi's brows drew tightly together. "We, the Three Pure Ones of Pangu Orthodoxy, are going to offer incense at this obscure Mountain God Temple?"

Yuanshi had always prided himself on being one of the Three Pure Ones of Pangu Orthodoxy, and he cared greatly about his dignity.

"Second Brother, this Mountain God is truly formidable. Even I cannot see through him..." Tongtian said.

Yuanshi's brows remained furrowed as he asked, "Just what benefit did this Mountain God give you?"

"A little benefit, and you're offering him incense... The face of us Three Pure Ones..." As he spoke, Yuanshi clenched his teeth.

Hearing this, Tongtian's brows twitched unconsciously.

What did he mean?

Could offering incense here really make Tongtian lose face for the Three Pure Ones?

Damn!

Tongtian gritted his teeth but said nothing. Yuanshi was his second elder brother, after all, and it was not appropriate for him to argue with his own second brother.

"Let's go inside and take a look," Laozi said.

At that, Yuanshi looked at Laozi and said, "Eldest Brother, what is there to see inside?"

"Since we're already here, there's no harm in going in for a look," Laozi said.

With that, Laozi lifted a foot and walked forward.

Seeing this, Tongtian also started forward.

Yuanshi looked at them. In the end, he gritted his teeth and followed.

Mountain Spirits and Wild Monsters still came and went from the place.

"This temple is truly miraculous! My cultivation has improved again!" one monster said, unable to contain its delight.

"I'm so happy! I've always wanted a magical treasure. After making offerings at this temple several times, I somehow stumbled into obtaining one!" a monster said with a broad smile, clearly overjoyed.

"This temple is truly our great benefactor! The Qingyi Mountain God inside the temple is our great benefactor too!" a monster said excitedly.

Hearing their words, Yuanshi was filled with disdain.

In Yuanshi's eyes, these Mountain Spirits and Wild Monsters were nothing but furred and horned creatures, and he had always looked down on such beings.

Moreover, the cultivation of these Mountain Spirits and Wild Monsters was so low that Yuanshi looked down on them even more.

When these monsters claimed the temple was miraculous, Yuanshi did not agree in the slightest.

"Fellow Daoists, are you here to offer incense as well?" a monster asked as it looked at the Three Pure Ones.

At that, Yuanshi frowned in displeasure. Laozi remained calm and said nothing, while Tongtian nodded, indicating that it was indeed so.

The monster said, "Judging by your appearances, Fellow Daoists, you do not seem to be from around here."

The monster's tone was friendly, and it wore a smile on its face.

"Fellow Daoists, this temple is very miraculous. Offering incense here is absolutely the right choice!" the monster said with a smile, recommending the temple to them.

Yuanshi frowned displeasedly without saying anything, merely letting out a cold snort.

Tongtian smiled faintly and said, "I also think this temple is very miraculous."

A hundred years ago, Tongtian had come to this temple and received immense favor from it.

Hearing Tongtian say this, Yuanshi gave another cold snort.

It was one thing for these Mountain Spirits and Wild Monsters to say so, but Tongtian too...

"Fellow Daoists, go in and offer some incense. We often come to this temple to offer incense as well!" the monster said again. With that, it stepped inside.

Tongtian looked at Laozi and Yuanshi. Laozi said nothing and walked inside. Seeing this, Tongtian followed him in.

Yuanshi looked at them, then finally stepped inside as well.

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