The Spirit World

Chapter 244 The era when good people are rewarded will never return.

The evening breeze swept away the summer heat, and a six-member elite team called the Wolf Fang Guild was escorting a small group of people out of the city.

Tilon was the vanguard, riding at the head of the team, Bachi and Li Xiangyi were on both sides of the team, followed by the brothers Kaili and Lhodra, and Jacob was the rear guard.

When leaving the city, the scale of their mutual escort was very small. The team of six only escorted each other in two carriages. One of them was naturally occupied by Chang Yufeng, and the other was occupied by Rosades and Kallen.

When everyone was silent, Xunhuangying, who was laughing happily, suddenly poked his head out of the window, and in front of him were the two brothers, Kaili and Lhodra. Both brothers were very tall. Kaili had blond hair and blue eyes, but his eyes were drooped and he seemed unable to open his eyes. He looked depressed.

And Rodela had blond hair and big blue eyes. When he saw Xunhuangying's head show up, he looked over with joy. He led the white horse and stopped for a moment until he was parallel to Xunhuangying.

Xun Huangying looked at Lhodra with interest, squinting his eyes and smiling: "Hey, is there anything to eat? I'm hungry!"

Xun Huangying's woolen braids swayed in the wind, and she held up the window with her hands, like a young girl sticking her head out, with a smile on her pretty face.

Rodela obviously knew about Xun Huangying. He shook his head in a friendly manner and glanced at Bachi who turned back.

"No." Lodra looked at Kerry again, and Kerry shook his head very seriously. They were all wearing white shirts with their sleeves rolled up. Their blonde hair swayed gently in the breeze, brushing across their extremely energetic faces.

"Well, we'll probably have dinner when we arrive at the post station. Don't worry." Lodra held the horse with one hand and took out a handful of candy from his pocket and let Xunhuangying take it.

Xun Huangying was so happy when he saw so many candies that he couldn’t hold them all with his hands.

"I know. I just want a snack. Sheep don't get hungry that easily."

Xun Huangying stuffed the candy into his woolen trouser pocket, then quickly put his hands on the window, looked around and asked: "Thank you, what's your name?"

"Lodra...haha." Lodra thought this sheep was quite cute. He answered simply, then scratched his head embarrassedly.

"Haha, hello, I'm Xun Huangying. You can call me the Supreme King. Or call me Lord Xun Huangying." Xun Huangying stretched out his hand. Lodra was a little confused when he heard it. After he understood the meaning, he smiled and shook hands with Xun Huangying.

"Hello, Mr. Xun Huangying."

"He's your brother?" Xun Huangying noticed Kaili. Kaili was quite suspicious of Xun Huangying's offensive look, so Xun Huangying simply pointed at him.

"Ah, yes." Lodra glanced at his brother, and seeing his green face, he also smiled happily: "Hey, Mr. Xun Huangying, can you really communicate with the goddess? With the help of the goddess's power!"

"What? Oh! Sure, it's just a small matter. When they see me, they are all little maids who come to massage my legs and back. They are not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning." Xun Huangying shook his hands and described these words as if they were a joke. He also shook his head with an evil smile on his face.

"Hahahahahaha, Mr. Xunhuangying, you are so funny." Luodra found Xunhuangying interesting, so he used the reins to slow down the horse and catch up with Xunhuangying again.

"But, to be honest, I haven't heard anything about the goddess in a long time since that incident."

"what?"

Xun Huangying was suddenly startled, and hurriedly slipped into the car and pulled out Chang Yufeng who was sitting quietly.

"Can you tell me again? Tell me in more detail."

Xun Huangying pulled Chang Yufeng, and Chang Yufeng looked at Luodra blankly. Luodra also looked at Chang Yufeng blankly. The girls in the car also heard the noise, opened the sunshade curtains and looked at Luodra.

"Mr. Xun Huangying, I don't understand what you mean."

Rodela had never seen the scene in this world before. The children's heads popped up one after another like bamboo shoots after a spring rain. He looked at Xun Huangying in embarrassment, and glanced at his brother with a frown and sweat on his forehead.

"Just, tell me about what you just told me?"

Xun Huangying was very excited, as if he already knew what Luodra would say. However, the four little heads were all looking at Luodra, thinking that Luodra would tell some new story. Luodra shrugged awkwardly and sighed, "Mr. Xun Huangying, I still don't know what you want me to say. I'm sorry."

"What? About the goddess! What goddess?! I want to hear it. Didn't I tell you that I can use the power of the goddess? I am interested in any information about the goddess!"

Xun Huangying rubbed his hands. He looked at Chang Yufeng with a grin. Chang Yufeng frowned and hid backward, wondering what Xun Huangying was going to do next.

"Oh, that's what you're talking about."

Lodra's horse walked a little crookedly. Lodra gently moved the reins, and the horse took a breath and walked straighter.

"My grandma told me this as a bedtime story."

Lodra looked at Kerry, as if seeking his brother Kerry's consent, so that grandma's bedtime story could be told to the children.

"Well, Rodela, you never told us any stories." Shirley took out a small fan from somewhere, a green emerald paper fan with a fluffy edge. Every time it was waved, the green emerald light would sparkle in the sun.

"Hahaha, Miss Shirley, isn't this what our goddess guide is going to hear?"

Lodra looked at Chang Yufeng, Chang Yufeng looked at Shirley, Shirley snorted and turned her face away, Chang Yufeng looked at Xun Huangying innocently, Xun Huangying looked at Lin'er, and Lin'er looked at Chang Yufeng.

"Okay, it's me." Chang Yufeng shrugged helplessly: "I want to hear about the [Goddess]. After all, the power I'm relying on is..."

Chang Yufeng curled his lips as if he had succeeded: "It comes from the goddess."

"Ha, indeed!" Xun Huangying put his hand on Chang Yufeng's shoulder and explained to Luo Dela in a playful manner: "Our power comes from a certain goddess, ha, goddess..."

"But I don't know if this goddess is... the goddess you mentioned."

"It doesn't matter, little brother Lhodra, it doesn't matter what goddess it is. As long as she is a goddess, it's fine."

"Okay... okay." Lodra noticed Bucky looking here. He hesitated, leaned forward, and motioned for Bucky to tell the order. Bucky threw the cigarette butt in his hand on the ground, turned around, and then he faced this group of "radish heads" again.

"Well, actually, I think this bedtime story is terrible. It can't make me fall asleep, but instead keeps me awake all night. Because I will keep thinking about what this goddess wants... After so long, I guess it should be faith. After all, there are no more believers in Wenti County."

Lhodra imitated her grandmother's tone and said, "A long time ago..."

[Legend has it that there was an ancient goddess who had great powers and could do anything. Her fame had been spread in Wenti County a long time ago.

People worship her, regard her as their faith, and pray for her help.

She was too helpful and listened to people's prayers and requests for help almost all the time, and then gave them patient advice or begging-like assistance.

She always persuades people to be good and guides them towards hope...】

“There are many stories about this goddess because she travels the world, advising people to be good, listening to sincere prayers, and then helping them.”

Lodra's eyes became gentle, and he looked at Chang Yufeng: "Legend has it that a giant frost dragon fell in Wenti County, and the dragon's body turned into all the lush things growing in Wenti County. The dragon's spirit has been nourishing the magic of Wenti County, which is why our Wenti County has such a thriving vitality with its outstanding people and beautiful scenery."

"Get to the point, dear."

"Looking for the shadow of the wilderness!"

Xun Huangying was a little impatient and was stopped by Chang Yufeng. Chang Yufeng was interested in everything that happened in the spirit world, especially the ancient legends or history, which could help him understand the spirit world better and get used to living here.

"Okay." Lodra touched his hair.

[“Run…Sophia…”

"Autumn!!!"

Qiu was holding Sophia's hand, blood was dripping all over. Qiu held Sophia's hand tightly. Exhaustion forced him to collapse on the ground. He supported himself by kneeling so that he could look Sophia in the face.

"She can help us...she will help us..."

Autumn is like praying for everything that is empty and cannot be responded to.

Sophia also knelt on the ground, her long skirt fluttering. The cold blue wind swept across the entire sky. A huge wailing sound roared in the sky, and the golden staff pierced through the frozen blood!
Those roars were like arrows echoing through the sky, piercing their hearts with thousands of arrows! 】

"They put their hands together, looked into each other's eyes, and embraced each other under the torches and steel forks of the villagers! They kissed passionately!"

“How romantic…”

Tears flowed from the corners of Shirley's eyes. She suddenly hid in Mami's arms, touched by the love story told by Rodela.

"Yes, even though in the end, the forest spirit and the human girl were driven away by the villagers, and they were put into danger again and again. They were burned to death by the villagers, and no one could help them..."

"In the raging fire, their love was tested by true gold, and even death could not separate them."

Rodela looked at Shirley and Tomoe Mami and smiled with relief: "How beautiful and romantic! My grandma probably wants us to learn from the forest spirits in the story... so..."

"Where is the...the goddess?" Xun Huangying slapped his head and interrupted Rodela's description.

"The goddess listened to their prayers and used magic to help them. The two lovers finally got married and lived happily together in seclusion in the mountains."

Lodra placed her hand on her chest, moved by the love story she was telling.

"What a terrible love story."

Xun Huangying's right eye kept twitching: "The goddess appeared for less than three minutes at the end. Oh my god..."

"I think so too..." Chang Yufeng scratched the back of his head and watched Lhodra's actions: "It's a pity. Didn't your grandmother tell you how the goddess helped this couple? Or is it too complicated?"

"Um... no... Mr. Jack, there might be, but I forgot."

"Lodra, that's enough, stop telling weird stories." Lodra's brother Kaili scolded Lodra harshly. Lodra apologized to the "radish heads" awkwardly: "I'm sorry, kids. If I keep telling stories, I'll teach the kids bad lessons."

"Get back in the carriage. We need to speed up. We'll be there soon." Bachi signaled to the people behind him. Seeing this, everyone had no choice but to go back to the carriage.

The two carriages did move quickly. They were a little bumpy at first, but then became much smoother.

The moon finally climbed to the position it needed to be, and the sun had not yet disappeared, and they both hung in the sky at the same time.

"Huh, how boring! I thought I would hear some useful news."

Xun Huangying muttered to himself, leaning his head to one side, "It's such a boring story."

"Humph, country bumpkins don't understand the romance of love."

Shirley snorted coldly, and when Xun Huangying looked at her, her eyes met his.

"Humph, if you humans really understand love so well, there wouldn't be a male protagonist who is not a human. At the very least, he would have to be a poor boy, and the female protagonist could be changed to the daughter of a duke, so as to highlight the ignorance of aristocratic women and their petty and lowly expectations of love!"

Xun Huangying mocked Shirley mercilessly.

Shirley was so angry that she stood up from her seat, but was stopped by Mami again.

“If true love is so easy to obtain, does it need to be celebrated and pursued?”

Xun Huangying also snorted coldly: "That goddess really wants to take a hand in everything... She even wants to help with love affairs."

Chang Yufeng didn't quite understand what Xun Huangying meant. What did he mean by this? Shouldn't the goddess help others?

"Being cursed and losing your faith is no joke."

"What do you mean?"

Chang Yufeng asked Xun Huangying quietly, and Xun Huangying looked at Chang Yufeng as if he was a fool.

"A goddess like her is obviously a natural deity at first glance. She is a being that needs others' faith or service in order to exist and possess spiritual power."

Xun Huangying also expressed his firm disdain for Chang Yufeng's ignorance: "Is it easier to be believed by two people or to be cursed by thousands of people?"

"what?"

"The more people believe in a natural deity, the stronger its presence will be! The stronger its spiritual power will be. Otherwise, it will be weaker! For someone like her to save two people and offend the entire village or town, it must have had a huge impact on her belief. The fact that few people remember her today is proof of that!"

"Is this...?"

Chang Yufeng seemed to understand something.

"The couple begged to save them, while the villagers begged to burn them to death... Do you understand? But no one has ever stipulated that only the couple's prayers should be listened to..." Chang Yufeng suddenly realized: "Is this what you mean?"

"Of course the couple will think this goddess is good, but if you were a villager, would you think this goddess is good? Wouldn't you curse this goddess to death?"

Xun Huangying's ideas are always surprisingly cruel and ruthless.

"If the gods lose the faith of too many believers, they will naturally degenerate into monsters and then die." Xunhuangying shook his head angrily.

The people in the car looked at each other, all shocked by what Xun Huangying said. The logic behind this was very cold-blooded, but also cruel and understandable.

A kind nature spirit will not be worshipped simply because it listens to the prayers of a couple in need.

It seemed that it was already unknown whether there were any villagers who hated her.

I agree too, don’t be a good person who is not smart.

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(End of this chapter)