0p0 Chapter 1009 Meeting the City God
Chapter 1009 Meeting the City God
Chapter 1009: Meeting the City God Da Yunchao. Thanks to Xiao Han's secret efforts, the development of productivity has indeed yielded significant results.
But there's no emphasis on scientific concepts here.
After all, Xiao Han herself is a living example of charlatanry, so how could she expect Zhao Qinghe to dispel superstitious beliefs?
Therefore, whether it is a flood or a drought, offering sacrifices and prayers is a perfectly normal practice.
Shui Wuhen hadn't paid much attention to the county magistrate's prayer for rain, but the conversation between the two vendors piqued his interest.
Then the fruit vendor said, "For nearly a hundred years, our Shou'an County has enjoyed favorable weather. No matter how much floods or droughts the surrounding counties and prefectures suffer, this place seems to be blessed by the gods."
Later, the villagers of Xialing Village, the hometown of Emperor Xining, said that their village chief had been seen in a dream and then led the whole village to the Earth God Temple to pray for rain. Everyone saw the Earth God Temple shining brightly with golden light and an old man with a white beard appeared.
Then, in an instant, a torrential downpour relieved the drought. Therefore, everyone says that Xialing Village is a blessed place, not only producing an Emperor Xining, but also having the personal protection of the local earth god.
Another vendor selling candied hawthorns said, "I heard that the person who appeared in the golden light that time was a kind-looking old lady?"
The fruit vendor waved his hand and said, "The Earth God and Earth Goddess are all one family. They might even have revealed themselves. This just proves that there really are gods in that Earth God temple."
Shui Wuhen wondered who was pretending to be a ghost to fool these ordinary people.
He didn't listen any further and continued walking.
The changes in the Great Yun Dynasty are tremendous.
In the present-day Great Yun Dynasty, the status of merchants has been elevated, commerce is thriving, many workshops of all sizes have been established, and commercial taxes have far surpassed agricultural taxes.
In particular, during the more than seventy years that Emperor Xining ruled the country, the ratio of male to female officials in the court reached almost 50/50 in the later period.
This greatly improved the prevailing societal preference for sons over daughters.
Shui Wuhen recalled that his original purpose in establishing the Dayun Dynasty was to improve the status of women.
Seeing the current state of the Great Yun Dynasty, I am naturally extremely gratified.
Many people in the county town followed the county magistrate to Xialing Village to perform a ritual to pray for rain, and the entire county town became much more desolate.
Shui Wuhen wandered around and came across a City God Temple, so he casually walked in.
It's likely that everyone went to the local earth god temple in Xialing Village to pray, so the City God Temple was deserted.
Shui Wuhen walked in and saw a rat stealing offerings from the altar.
He instinctively flicked his finger, ready to kill the rat.
However, he was immediately surprised to find that he could not cast his spell.
But you were able to use the Cleansing spell before, right?
Shui Wuhen tried casting a few more minor spells, and then realized that he could only cast auxiliary spells; he could not cast offensive spells.
It seems that this interface has specifically restricted the extremely powerful attack forces within the space for the sake of these mortals.
As Shui Wuhen was pondering the matter of spatial suppression, the clay statue of the City God inside the room suddenly flashed with golden light.
Immediately afterwards, the phantom of a round-faced man with small eyes appeared inside the room.
"Huh, you're actually a living cultivator?"
Shui Wuhen looked at the other person speechlessly after hearing this.
The person was enveloped in light, making him look like a phantom, a spirit.
Shui Wuhen then performed the etiquette of a peer cultivator and said, "I am Shui Wuhen. Fellow Daoist, is your soul residing here?"
The round-faced, small-eyed man chuckled and said, "Yes and no. My name is Mu Yang. Tell me first, are you the new local earth god? How come you can run around like a normal person?"
Shui Wuhen was even more surprised.
Could there really be a local earth god or a city god?
He didn't hide anything and said directly, "I came from the Abyss of Heavenly Prison and fell into this mortal space."
Mu Yang asked again, "Where in the God Realm is the Abyss of Heavenly Prison? I've never heard of it."
Spirit world?
This completely stunned everyone who saw the water without leaving a trace.
After exchanging words, the two learned about each other's origins.
Shui Wuhen's eyes lit up immediately. Even though he knew the hope was very slim, he couldn't help but ask, "Brother Mu, have you ever met a female cultivator named Xiao Han? She ascended to the God Realm more than a hundred years ago."
I wonder how Xiao Han is doing after ascending to the God Realm. Now is a good time to find out.
Mu Yang shook his head, "She has only been in the God Realm for such a short time, it's impossible for her to enter the Second Heaven. I usually live in the Second Heaven, so I probably won't have the chance to meet her."
Even though she was mentally prepared, a faint sense of disappointment still welled up in Shui Wuhen's heart.
Forget it, I shouldn't worry unnecessarily. She was able to leap from the Nine Heavens Mystic Immortal Realm to the God Realm in one leap; with such heaven-defying luck, why should I worry about her?
Mu Yang had probably encountered a rare cultivator he could talk to, and he began to chat with Shui Wuhen for a long time.
Doing this mandatory task is really boring.
Being confined within this ten-mile radius, unable to eat, drink, or have fun, is practically like being in prison.
If I could attain enlightenment, things would be better, but unfortunately, this is just a mortal world.
For a while at first, he sat on the statue with great interest, listening to the mortals who came and went every day asking for this and that.
As time went on, he grew tired of it. After all, seeking wealth, children, fame, and good health were not things he should be doing.
Then, like many of his colleagues who were doing tasks, he spent his time sleeping.
He would still be fast asleep if it weren't for the spiritual energy fluctuations from Shui Wuhen's spell.
Shui Wuhen sat cross-legged on the futon, listening to Mu Yang recount the various aspects of the divine realm. He found it very interesting and longed to visit it even more.
I never imagined that the divine realm would have such a forced task of making mortals gods.
"Is there any reward for completing this task? Or will I be rewarded with merit?" Shui Wuhen asked.
Mu Yang curled his lip, "I've never heard of any merit. Many of my colleagues even secretly ask others to do their tasks for them. Anyway, as long as you take the task jade token and stay in the mortal realm for a hundred years, it doesn't matter who comes down."
Shui Wuhen, recalling what ordinary people said about the efficacy of local earth god temples, asked again, "So, there's a local earth god temple in Shou'an County that's said to be very effective. Could it be that your companion is doing a mission there?"
Mu Yang laughed and said, "When I came down, the cultivators over there had just finished their mission and returned to the God Realm. There shouldn't be anyone doing missions at the Earth God Temple recently, otherwise I would have known."
Shui Wuhen nodded in understanding. No wonder those mortals said that the Earth God's prayers for rain hadn't been effective lately, and even blamed the county magistrate. It must be that the cultivators who were on the mission earlier were very responsible, and now that they've returned to the God Realm, without the gods there, of course their prayers wouldn't be answered.
Of course, at this moment, Shui Wuhen never expected that the previous Earth God was Xiao Han.