Chapter XII - Village Worship

　　Li Chang'an walked to the backyard Qingxue Qingyu room door, creaked and pushed open the door into the room, behind the screen bed, Qingxue Qingyu is lying inside the quilt crying. 　　Li Pingan walked in and said with a smile, "Getting up ah! Hungry?" 　　Qing Xue sniffled and huffed, "Master ...... Master!" 　　Li Pingan walked over to the bedside and sat down, saying in a warm voice, "Alright, don't cry. When you grow up and learn the skills, you can go find them." 　　Qingyu looked up at Li Chang'an and said with slightly red eyes in anticipation, "Master, is it true?" 　　Li Pingan said smilingly, "Naturally it's true, when you learn the means of the Dao, you can go anywhere in the heavens and the earth." 　　Qingyu nodded his head repeatedly and said firmly, "I will definitely learn well with master." 　　Li Pingan smiled and said, "Good, now get up and eat." 　　Qing Xue wiped her tears and said, "Master, what are we going to eat today?" 　　Li Pingan smiled and said, "What do you guys want to eat? I haven't done it yet for Master! Will you guys help me make it together?" 　　Qing Xue rolled over and got up and said, "Good!" 　　Qing Yu called out, "I want to help too." 　　Pingan Li smiled and said, "Okay, let's cook together." 　　...... 　　After having lunch, Li Pingan took them for a stroll around the Taoist temple, which was still very beautiful, with trees overgrown with abundant grass, and strange rocks undulating with hundreds of flowers competing for color. 　　The three of them also stopped by to take a look at the traps dug by Li Pingan, but unfortunately there were no new prey, after playing all afternoon, Qingxue Qingyu's state of mind was obviously much better. 　　After dinner, in their expectant gazes, Li Pingan again told them the story of the Dragon Han's Hijacking, the Dragon Phoenix Kirin White Tiger's struggle for supremacy, the Devil Race's secret plotting, the Dao Ancestor's battle against the Devil Ancestor, a barbaric and magnificent picture appeared in their minds along with Li Pingan's descriptions, and their eyes continued to blossom with shocked splendor, and their worldviews were constantly being refreshed, it was so awesome, so terrifying. 　　...... 　　In the early hours of the next day, the morning class went on as usual, Li Pingan took the gong and thumped it, calling them up, and in a wave of wailing and complaining, Li Pingan pulled them out of their blankets. 　　Stuttering chanting sounds resounded inside the main hall. 　　The sun rises in the east, the sky and the earth return to light, and after the three of them have eaten breakfast, in the courtyard Ping An Li teaches them to practice, twisting and turning their taijiquan. 　　Bang Bang Bang~ A knock on the door came from outside. 　　Qingyu, who was boxing in a disheveled manner, was instantly energized and looked up in surprise, calling out, "Master, someone's here, I'll go open the door!" Twisting around, he ran towards the outside. 　　Pingan Li also pressed down with both hands and slowly exhaled to close his stance. 　　Qingxue sneaked a glance at Li Pingan and whispered, "Master, don't be angry, Qingyu just slept late yesterday and has no spirit today." 　　Li Pingan lost his smile and said, "Being playful is childish, what am I angry about? Let's go, let's go and take a look as well, strange who would come so early in the morning!" 　　Li Pingan led Qing Xue out of the Taoist temple, outside Qing Yu had already run to the door and opened the door of the Taoist temple, a group of people were standing outside the Taoist temple. 　　Qingyu was first startled, then turned her head and called out happily, "Master, it's Uncle Mangshan!" 　　Ping An Li walked over and said smilingly, "Immeasurable Heavenly Father~ Are you all here to retaliate?" 　　The leading Mangshan's face changed, and he took a step back in fear and hurriedly shook his head, "I don't dare, I don't dare! Even if we were given ten guts we wouldn't dare offend the Divine Magistrate!" 　　The rest of the people also bent down and bowed, "Magister forgive me!" 　　"Don't dare, we don't dare to retaliate against Magister!" 　　...... 　　Li Pingan pulled Qingxue to the door and asked curiously, "So what are you guys doing?" 　　The leader, Mangshan, respectfully said, "Hearing that this is a divine temple, we have specially prepared offerings and come to pay homage to the gods." 　　The rest of the people also nodded their heads in succession, their eyes showing anticipation, gods! If we could have the blessing of the gods, there would be no ghosts or monsters coming to cause trouble in the future, right? 　　Pingan Li's eyes lit up smilingly and said, "Immeasurable Heavenly Father, all good believers please come in!" 　　The group of people all looked towards Mangshan. 　　Mangshan honestly walked in towards the courtyard, and after a few steps without encountering any strikes like those of the Great Forest Erlin, he secretly let out a breath of relief. 　　Pingan Li smiled and said, "Don't worry, as long as you don't harbor malicious intentions, you can walk freely within the Taoist temple." 　　Mangshan stood with restraint and said with a sarcastic smile, "Magister is joking, we don't dare to offend God's authority." 　　The rest of the people walked in cautiously and looked around curiously, is this the temple of the god? A long-haired, green-horned ox was led in by an old man. 　　Li Pingan looked at the old ox twice more and said with a smile, "Old man, please also tether the ox outside the temple, old man feel free to rest assured that there are no wild beasts around the Taoist temple." 　　The old man first froze, then looked at Mangshan in fear. 　　Mangshan squeezed out an uneasy smile and said, "Magister, this is an offering to the gods, kill the blood sacrifice later. The offering is not rich enough, please forgive me, Magister." 　　Pingan Li frowned for a moment and said, "Immeasurable Heavenly Father, the poor Taoist here is not a temple for the gods, and there is no need for a blood sacrifice." 　　The many villagers were terrified and all knelt down in an instant... Is the Divine Magistrate disliking the sacrifice? Or are they blaming us for our previous offense. 　　Mangshan also knelt down and bowed his head in supplication, saying, "Please forgive us, we were forced by the spirit of the sacrifice to offend the Magus, please be merciful and let us go!" 　　"Great God, please spare us!" 　　"Lord Magus, please let us worship!" 　　"Lord Magus ......" 　　"Lord Magus ......" 　　...... 　　The sound of crying and screaming audio went on and on. 　　Qingxue also pulled on Li Pingan's sleeve and raised her head to call out in a small voice, "Master~" 　　Li Pingan took a long deep breath and drank, "Silence!" 　　Everyone instantly quieted down. 　　Pingan Li said, "Poor Taoist told you that I am not a temple, but a Taoist temple. Poor Taoist is also not a magus, just a small Taoist priest, if you want to worship you can go into the temple, but the blood sacrifice is never allowed." 　　All the villagers looked at Mangshan uneasily. 　　Mangshan hesitated and asked, "God ......" 　　"Call me Taoist!" Pingan Li interrupted. 　　Mang Shan hurriedly changed his tone and said, "Taoist Master, you won't let us kill the cow, how should we worship? I came in a hurry today and only brought this cow up the mountain." 　　Li Pingan revealed a hint of a smile and spoke, "Qingxue, Qingyu, you guys take them to worship, just like we usually do during morning lessons." 　　Qing Yu excitedly shouted, "Yes!" 　　Qing Xue also smiled and said, "Yes, Master!" 　　Qing Yu beckoned and called out happily, "You guys follow me!" 　　All the villagers hesitantly looked at Pingan Li. 　　Pingan Li waved his hand and said, "Go! Go!" 　　Only then did the villagers get up and follow Qing Xue and Qing Yu towards the middle of the Three Qing Hall.