1348 The Temple Of The Four Guardians

The information about the four guardian beasts was something that had eluded Lin Mu since he had arrived on the Rust Sky world. Even the people he had met here, like Huyun Chuan and Kunzi had not told him about this.

Hang on a second why did no one tell me about it? Lin Mu wondered.

Is the existence of such a temple kept secret, Senior? Lin Mu asked.

No quite the opposite, actually. They prefer for everyone to know about them, so that they can obtain their wors.h.i.+p. Xukong replied. Even commoners can pray to them freely and no one can restrict them from doing so. This has been decreed by the four guardian beast clans themselves. He elaborated.

Then how did no one tell me such important intimation? Lin Mu was doubtful.

Well why dont you just ask them? Xukong suggested.

Yeah! I should do that. Lin Mu opened his eyes and called for Kunzi.

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The man appeared to meet Lin Mu rather quick.

Kunzi, do you know about the Temple of the Four Guardian beasts? Lin Mu questioned.

I think Ive heard of it. Kunzi said after thinking for a bit.

Why didnt you tell me about it before? Lin Mu asked.

Umm, I dont know much about it either. The only thing I know is that they are a religion that is wors.h.i.+ped by two of the three Empires; the Dao Wind Empire and the Huiqing Empire. Kunzi replied.

There arent any such temples located in the Eight Kingdom Alliance? Lin Mu raised a brow.

No. There are only temples in the three empires. Kunzi replied.

Even in the Holy Topaz Empire? I thought you said it is wors.h.i.+pped in only two empires? Lin Mu asked for clarification.

I dont know the exact situation. Ive only heard this in pa.s.sing from merchants from the other empires. Some of them were wors.h.i.+pers of these temples. Kunzi replied.

I see Lin Mu felt confused.

He dismissed Kunzi and asked Immortal Taegu the same question. Lin Mu reckoned, since the man used to be a merchant too, he might have better information. And the answer he got from the man was a definitely better than Kunzis.

The Four guardian beasts are actually wors.h.i.+pped in all three empires. The only differences is that for the Huiqing empire and the Dao Wind Empire, it is the main religion. In the Holy Topaz Continent their main religion is different.

The Four guardian beasts are wors.h.i.+pped along with the ancestor of the Holy Topaz Empire. They take ancestral wors.h.i.+p as their priority. Or at least the royal family and n.o.bles do.

The commoners mostly wors.h.i.+p the four guardian beasts. Immortal Taegu explained in detail.

I understand now Lin Mu felt it clearly. Though why is it that there is no temple in the Eight Kingdom alliance? he asked.

I dont know. But the main religion here has always been Ancestral wors.h.i.+p. Perhaps thats why no new temples were ever made. Immortal Taegu guessed.

He is probably right. Xukong spoke at this time.

He is? So its not needed for the entire world to wors.h.i.+p them? Lin Mu asked.

No the four guardian beast clans are not arrogant enough to ask for exclusive wors.h.i.+p. Further more since they are aligned to the orthodox path, almost no orthodox power has conflicts with them.

Or rather, most powers will want to try to curry favor with them. After all, the benefits they provide are quite big. Xukong replied in detail.

Hearing about benefits made Lin Mus ears perk up.

What kind of benefits? Lin Mu inquired.

The temples of the four guardians often hold compet.i.tions and allow the winners to obtain some reward from them. This reward can be in the form of cultivation technique, Qi skills, raw resources or more.

But the one that is most sought after is none other than their bloodline essence. Xukong answered.

Wait they offer their bloodline? Lin Mu was stunned.

By now he had understood that the four guardian beasts would be really strong and were literally wors.h.i.+pped. This meant that whoever obtained their bloodline would become very strong and have great talent as well.

Offering such a reward was not light either. After all, to do bloodline a.s.similation one needed to kill a beast and extract its bloodline essence. Doing that meant that such guardian beasts would have to be killed.

This seemed rather opposite to their existence.

Yes, they do. Though it isnt pure. Xukong confirmed. Which is also why they can be a.s.similated by humans. If it was pure bloodline essence, it would be too strong for most cultivators to bear. He added.

They dont need to die to get this? Lin Mu was still stuck on that part.

Of course not. For beasts on the level of the four guardians, even a strand of their fur would contain their bloodline. Pa.s.sing this on as a reward basically costs them nothing. Xukong explained.

No wonder Lin Mu took a breath of relief.

For normal beasts, one needed to utilize their entire body to get the bloodline essence. And even then, the chances of a proper bloodline essence crystal forming werent 100%. One might need to do multiple tries before making a proper one.

Lin Mu himself had made them before and knew how difficult they were to refine and make.

But this information gave Lin Mu another thought. One that was a lot more ambitious.

Then can I obtain their bloodline too? Lin Mu couldnt help but wonder. It should be above the Great Slumber Bear Bloodline, right?

If you are in luck, you might be able to obtain it indeed. Xukong said giving Lin Mu hope. But it wont necessarily be comparable to the Great Slumber bear bloodline. Dont forget what they give out as reward isnt a full or pure bloodline. Your Great Slumber Bear Bloodline alone is enough to take you to the peak of Immortal realm and perhaps even above it.

Though it is still a good thing to visit the temple. You can still obtain their techniques and skills.