Ancient Idols in the Miao Village Tribes

Since the Idol Spirit of the four-thousand-year Years of Incense before him could not yet be devoured, Duan Rong's thoughts stirred, and he appeared above the river like a ghost.

He glanced at the rushing waters below. The next moment, his figure flashed, and he appeared beside a temple on the western bank of the river, a thousand meters away.

When Zhou Can and Ma Genshan saw Duan Rong suddenly appear, they immediately knelt in worship.

Duan Rong said, "Where is the Mountain God Statue with a thousand years of incense?"

Hearing this, Ma Genshan raised his hand and pointed toward a mountain ridge across the river, beneath the moonlight. "At the foot of that mountain. Tongbai County is nestled among mountains and rivers, so there are several Mountain God Temples. But that Mountain God Temple is the oldest, with a history of a thousand years."

Duan Rong looked in the direction Ma Genshan indicated. Under the moonlight, the mountain ridge resembled the spine of an ox. He immediately swept up Zhou Can and Ma Genshan and flew toward it.

Duan Rong held the two of them as he hovered in the night sky beside the ridge. Below the ridge lay villages and fields. Ma Genshan, standing beside Duan Rong, suddenly pointed toward a spot at the mountain's foot. "It's there."

This side of the ridge was in shadow, beyond the reach of moonlight. Yet amid the pitch-black darkness, there truly glimmered mottled, dim yellow lights like beans.

Duan Rong swept the two men along and flashed toward the lights. After landing and raising his eyes, he saw that it was indeed a Mountain God Temple built against the mountain. Duan Rong set down Zhou Can and Ma Genshan, then stepped into the Mountain God Temple, where an Eternal Lamp