Red Dust Daqian

Madam Fengrun's words made Zhou Sen even more confused. What the hell is Huaxi God? Why is the word "God" added before Huaxi Society? Madam Fengrun's expression became serious when she talked about Huaxi God, and she said piously: "Huaxi Society is the first society in Jiangxia Prefecture known to the world. Huaxi Society grew up under the management and protection of Huaxi Shrine. Huaxi God is the god of blessing and all living things, and he also protects every messenger of Huaxi Shrine. Only those who are recognized by Huaxi God can have the opportunity to join the shrine and become Huaxi God's messenger. We will all be driven by Huaxi God's official messenger."

So that's how it is. Huaxi Society and Huaxi Shrine are two different organizations. One is an external organization and the other is a core organization. Huaxi Shrine is the real head force of Huaxi Society.

Zhou Sen asked, "I am a destined person and have been chosen as the Huaxi messenger." Madam Fengrun said, "Young master is a destined person, but whether you can become the Huaxi messenger depends on your luck." Zhou Sen had more questions but was interrupted by Madam Fengrun, who asked Zhou Sen to enter the temple first. There would be messengers on the left and right inside the temple to answer more of Zhou Sen's questions.

Zhou Sen sighed, it was quite exciting. Huaxi God, you actually created a god, isn't it just a cover to pretend to be a god and control the members? I am a materialist who traveled from the 21st century, how can I be fooled by you? I just pretended to swear allegiance, I don't believe Huaxi God can judge the sincerity, pretending to be loyal to me, let's see what you can do to me.

Seeing Zhou Sen and Xiangcao lost in thought, Madam Fengrun confirmed with them again: "My lords, please decide whether you want to join the Huaxi Shrine. Once you join, there is no turning back. If you are sure to join, I will take you to the Huaxi Temple to worship the Huaxi statue and meet the Huaxi Envoys."

Xiangcao grew up in Longhu Mountain, so she believed in Taoism. It was not easy for her to believe in other gods, and it was not okay to pretend to believe in them. Zhou Sen did not have so many concerns, and he agreed without thinking too much. Xiangcao believed that Zhou Sen was just pretending to believe in Taoism for clues, so she let Zhou Sen go.

Madam Fengrun took Zhou Sen and Xiangcao through the lobby of Huaxi Building again, passed through a deep tunnel, and came to a majestic and solemn gate, the gate of the temple.

When they arrived at the main hall, Xiangcao was stopped and told that only Huaxi God followers could pass through the door of the temple. Zhou Sen told Xiangcao not to worry about waiting outside, and prepared to enter the Huaxi Temple alone.

At the entrance of the temple, there was actually a step to verify one's identity, and one had to sign one's real name on the entrance register. Zhou Sen wanted to test the so-called divine power of the gods, so he wrote his real name, Zhou Sen, on the register.

However, the temple guards looked at the list and did not allow Zhou Sen to enter the temple. He smiled contemptuously, as if he knew everything, and rebuked: "Why did you, the famous champion of the Qixi Poetry Competition, write a fake name to fool Huaxi God? Aren't you afraid of Huaxi God's punishment?"

Zhou Sen only lamented that this was all. He pretended to admit his mistake and said with an apologetic smile, "The God of Huaxi is truly omnipotent. He saw through my true identity at a glance. I will correct my name on the list now. I hope the God of Huaxi will forgive my random attempt to test me. Please serve me with peace of mind in the future." The temple guards did not make things too difficult for Zhou Sen and handed the list to him again.

Zhou Sen wrote down the name of Taoist Zhang Mumu from Mount Longhu in the name list. The door of the temple slowly opened from the outside to the inside. It was unclear whether there were two strong men pulling the door hard. The door of the temple opened wide, and the temple guards invited Zhou Sen to enter the temple.

The temple is majestic and deep, with various statues of gods and immortals on both sides of the main road, Taoist, Buddhist, etc. There are also some that are unrecognizable. At the end of the avenue, in the middle of the temple, there is a towering statue, which must be the so-called Huaxi statue.

Zhou Sen looked at the Huaxi statue and felt nauseous for some reason. The trunk stood tall like branches and leaves, and on the trunk there was a big chrysanthemum. In the middle of the chrysanthemum there was a tall head about one meter wide. The head looked familiar, and Zhou Sen felt that he had seen it somewhere before. After thinking carefully, the head in the chrysanthemum seemed to be 8% similar to the King of Chu. Damn! Zhou Sen sighed, could it be that the behind-the-scenes boss of the Huaxi Society was the King of Chu? Then the matter of saving people would be a bit difficult. At this stage, they did not have the ability to fight against the royal family.

On both sides of the Huaxi statue's torso sat two people wearing chrysanthemum masks. Seeing Zhou Sen standing in front of the Huaxi statue, staring at it, the man with the chrysanthemum mask on the right asked, "How dare you! Who are you? Why don't you kneel down before the Huaxi God?"

Zhou Sen really didn't want to kneel down to an ugly statue, so he argued, "I come from Taoism, and I don't kneel when I see a gift. Let me ask if Taoists are allowed to believe in the God of Huaxi." The two people with chrysanthemum masks on the left and right looked at each other and exchanged a few words. The one with the chrysanthemum mask on the right said, "The God of Huaxi has specially bestowed a gift to allow Taoists to believe in it without kneeling down."

Zhou Sen performed Taoist rituals to the Huaxi God statue and the two people with chrysanthemum masks. The two people with chrysanthemum masks also introduced themselves. It turned out that they were the left and right great gods of the Huaxi Shrine, acting on behalf of the Huaxi God. Then, the left and right gods sang in unison and brainwashed Zhou Sen for an hour. They spoke in a mysterious and exaggerated way, and with the rendering of fire and smoke, they interpreted the Huaxi God as omnipotent and the best of gods.

If ordinary people in Daqian were subjected to this kind of brainwashing like a pyramid scheme, coupled with the magic-like performance, they would probably be inevitably fooled and willingly believe in the Shanghuaxi God.

But who is Zhou Sen? How could he be fooled by such a childish trick and the endless brainwashing? Zhou Sen thought the words and deeds of the two great gods were ridiculous and childish, and he felt sleepy after listening to them.

When the brainwashing was over, Zhou Sen didn't know whether he had listened to everything the messengers on both sides said and understood it thoroughly.

Zhou Sen only knew that the ultimate meaning of the left and right divine messengers should be: swear to believe in Huaxi God, be loyal to Huaxi Shrine, serve Huaxi Shrine, and become Huaxi messengers in Huaxi Temple. Huaxi messengers can directly worship Huaxi God, have the supreme power granted by Huaxi God, override ordinary believers, and enjoy wealth and honor. Of course, they must also shoulder the responsibility of guarding and strengthening Huaxi Temple and complete the tasks assigned by Huaxi Temple. The specific process seems to be to submit a letter of surrender, swear allegiance, and there should be a process of taking medicine to prevent something. Moreover, those who have just joined can only be called trainee messengers. After completing the task, they will gradually unlock their rights and become real Huaxi divine messengers.