Main text Chapter 25: Sprouting
Divided into categories of gods.
Qiu Yan was originally possessed by a clay sculpture and became the God of the Mountain Niuyuan. His level of god is the seventh level, and he can condense incense and gather divine power.
It's just that because Ziyuan Mountain is relatively desolate and the mountain temples are deserted, there is not much incense for him to collect. He can only rely on the fear of the wild beasts of the mountain hunters and the reverence of the mountain birds for nature to accumulate these ideas. It turned into willing power, but it was extremely meager. After several decades, it only condensed ten stars of divine power.
On the other hand, precisely because of these constraints, Qiu Yan had to conduct in-depth research on divine power in order to use it effectively. This allowed him to have certain attainments in the use of seventh-level divine power. Although it was not structured, in terms of control and understanding alone, he was not necessarily worse than other gods, or even better.
After joining the City God's Divine Division, Qiu Yan's divine power exceeded 100 stars, which was unprecedentedly abundant, but he was still limited to the seventh-grade divine position. But at this moment, as he sat on the priest's seat, the divine grade finally changed——
The divine power stars rotate around the inner and outer layers of the core talisman, like a flooded vortex.
Star Swirl.
"For seventh-grade positions, divine power can control existence and non-existence, and to interfere with the present world to a certain extent within the scope of the legal profession. And this sixth-grade divine position..."
Within the mural, there is a vast void, connected to the City God's Yin Division, in which the god himself is suspended. The light and shadow on the god's body fluctuate, and the faint white light is gradually replaced by green light.
Suddenly, he raised his left hand, and a green light flashed in his hand, and a handful of red flames appeared, beating, twisting, and releasing light and heat.
Immediately afterwards, he raised his right hand again, and the green light flashed in his hand. When the light dimmed, what was revealed was a piece of dry, old and hard mud.
Then, the gray robe on my body rippled, and wisps of smoke drifted out.
"With the sixth-grade divine position, the divine power has changed in nature..." His brows gradually wrinkled, "When I lived in the mountain temple, I studied the divine power and found that it contained changes in the legal domain, but I have not been able to detect it, and it is difficult to find out. Utilization, now that he has ascended to the position of Kitchen God, he is actually canonized by someone. He does not know the nature of the divine power, so he can use it freely and transform the divine power into fire and clay. "
He pondered for a moment and remembered the characteristics of the "natural gods" mentioned by the land and the city god.
"Innate gods can improve their divine status on their own. Looking at it on the other hand, doesn't it mean that the promotion of the path of Shinto is not controlled by the gods themselves, but is controlled by canonization? In this way..."
With a thud in his heart, Qiu Yan realized that he had grasped the key.
"Divine positions, divine powers, derivation of divine power, and even grade improvements are all given by others. If they are taken back one day, will they be returned to their original form all of a sudden? Just like the Liu family and his son, working in Pan Mansion , seems to be beautiful, but when a wave hits, he is kicked out by the Pan family, and he is left helpless and in trouble! "
Thinking of this possibility, Qiu Yan, even though he was a god, felt a coldness on the back of his neck and a chill in his heart.
"Is this the essence of the Shinto path? The truth? That's why the natural gods are so precious?"
Qiu Yan was still thinking, but suddenly his complexion changed slightly, he put back his chaotic thoughts, turned around and looked back, and saw a glowing figure floating behind him.
What came into view was an elegant man wearing a green robe and a beard. He was the god who was sitting on the left side of the city god that day.
When gods and gods meet, they don't need words. They only need a thought or idea to know. Qiu Yan raised his hand and saluted: "I have seen Bai Wenfan."
This elegant man is the chief aide of Yuanning City God, a god who holds the position of civil judge, and his surname is Bai.
Bai Wenpian returned the courtesy, and then said: "Pu Yuanwen is very polite. You and I have the same position. From now on, we will be colleagues, and there is no need to see anyone else. I am here this time, for no other reason than to share responsibilities with Pu Yuanwen, so as to save money." I wonder if there will be trouble in the future?" As he said that, he raised his eyes and glanced at Qiu Yan, with no emotion in his eyes.
"There is no need to go to such trouble. The little god has just arrived, and there will be nothing to deal with. The duties and responsibilities of Wenjian are still in charge of you, Bai Wenjian. As for me, I only need to control the fire in the city with peace of mind and gather more incense. To be honest, , The little god has always had little power, but he is afraid of poverty.”
After hearing this, Judge Bai Wen's expressionless face suddenly changed, revealing a smile: "I'm serious, these things are not difficult..."
Since Qiu Yan didn't mean to fight for power in his words, Judge Bai Wen took the opportunity to put down his airs, and the atmosphere of the conversation also changed. The two said a few more words, and after a few breaths, Judge Bai was about to leave. Before leaving, he left Next sentence——
"In the past two days, ghosts will come into dreams to spread your name. Soon, this temple and ancestral hall will be built."
"Thank you for your work..."
After bidding farewell to Bai Wenban, the deity himself fell silent in the murals of the Chenghuang Temple.
Before the Kitchen God's ancestral temple was built, he lived here temporarily. However, as a member of the City God's Department, there are still many benefits to staying in the God's Temple and being close to the incense believers.
Time passed, and three days passed in the blink of an eye.
In these three days, a strange incident began to spread among the people——
Many people met a god in their dreams.
This god is said to be the City God Wenjian, who is in charge of lighting fires to cook and have a safe meal.
The sudden appearance of this god did not make everyone feel abrupt. On the contrary, after it was confirmed that many people had similar dream experiences, many people no longer doubted the existence of this god. Some of them, Before cooking every day, he would also show appropriate respect for the new god.
However, despite the rapid rise in fame and reputation, it is still a long way from the establishment of the ancestral hall. Premonitions and dreams are not enough to cultivate believers, and no one is willing to spend money and sweat to build a ancestral hall or temple for a god.
Only day after day, year after year, can the concept of the new god be deeply rooted in people's hearts, and temples and ancestral halls will naturally appear. This process will be very long, perhaps it will take several generations.
However, for gods, a long time is not a problem. It may be several decades later when they open their eyes after a deep sleep.
However, the gods themselves can ignore the passage of time, but the scholar's clone has to count the days.
After writing the last word horizontally and vertically, Qiu Yan's scholar's clone put down the pen in his hand, stood up, tidied up the papers on the table, blew a few breaths to dry the ink, folded it and put it in his arms, and then pushed the door out.
Three days.
Three days have passed since the fierce battle at Pan's mansion that night. During these three days, Qiu Yan practiced calligraphy every day. After many attempts, he gradually grasped the trick of strengthening the soul with calligraphy.
However, after all, he was exploring by himself, and the method was a bit rough. While the soul was growing, it would produce a lot of impurities.
In fact, the practice of soul is bound to produce impurities. No matter which method is used, it is difficult to avoid it, but a good method of inheritance has its own set of methods to purify the soul, remove and peel off impurities, and gradually make the soul stronger.
Like Qiu Yan, by practicing calligraphy, he immersed his mind in the article, strengthened his will, and inspired the articles of sages to strengthen his soul. In fact, it can be regarded as a kind of self-hypnosis, which inevitably brings emotions into it, which becomes impurities in the soul.
However, compared with others, Qiu Yan has a huge advantage, that is, the existence of the deity itself-
Every night, when it is late at night, Qiu Yan will pull the divine power through the black hole in the center of the living soul, use the divine power to comb the living soul, eliminate impurities, purify the soul, and eliminate future troubles.
Practicing calligraphy during the day to strengthen the soul, combing and guiding with divine power at night, in three days, Qiu Yan not only consolidated the skyrocketing soul power, but also mastered the rapidly growing living soul, and the whole person's spirit is getting better day by day.
Walking out of the room, I saw an empty courtyard. Liu Huai and Liu Yue went out early in the morning, and the women in the family stayed by Pan Rongniang to take care of her at any time.
In the past three days, the Liu family father and son tried to find a job, but they have not been able to do so.
"After offending the Pan family, I am afraid that no family in Yuanning City will dare to hire my uncle and cousin again."
Qiu Yan knew this very well, but Liu Huai and his son would not give up easily.
"Well, let them hit a wall. When I have arranged everything, my uncle and the others will give up. It's a good opportunity to leave this place of trouble together. In the future, we can study and nourish our souls with peace of mind and understand the cause and effect of this life."
As he was thinking, his ears suddenly moved and the corners of his mouth curled up.
"Finally they are here."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a "bang" and the gate of the yard was violently knocked open, and several people entered one after another.