If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 76 Who Ruined Hu Chen's Luck

Hu Chen returned to Yingxiang Mansion yesterday evening.

However, his body did not enter the territory of Yingxiang Prefecture until this morning.

The first one to return to Yingxiang Mansion was his soul.

The red smoke horse was still running wildly behind him carrying his remains, but his soul was first led into Yingxiang Mansion by the ghost messenger under Fu Chenghuang.

In fact, the scope of Fuchenghuang's divine power does not have any strict regional restrictions.

If there is no other Fuchenghuang in the nearby counties, Guan Laozu of Yingxiang Prefecture can spread his power and faith there.

That is to say, if there is a vacancy of divine authority in the surrounding area, the City God recognized by the Heaven, the Underworld, and the Human Emperor can perform miracles outside the prescribed scope.

For example, Zou Qing, the land god of sand dunes.

In the prosperous Central Plains area, there is a land god every ten miles. The territory of the land god is ten miles in radius. Further away is the jurisdiction of other land gods.

The dunes are wild and desolate, and there may not even be a small dune tribe within a radius of ten or even a hundred miles.

Zou Qing, the "Xinmohao" land god, had no neighbors and could not see any colleagues. If it were not for the Shu Kingdom's city god and land god at Hengsha Pass, he could even cross thousands of miles to the border villages of Western Shu to enjoy the offerings of the land god.

Shu was a prosperous place with a dense population, and Yingxiang Prefecture was the richest county.

Other ghosts and gods who cannot go to Yingxiang Palace will occupy all the god seats near Yingxiang Palace.

Once a ghost or god has performed his duties in a local area, other ghosts or gods cannot arbitrarily infringe upon his or her divine authority.

Unless one party is the immediate superior of the other.

In addition to the city of Fuhuang, Yingxiang Prefecture also has many county towns and villages. The county towns have community gods, and the villages have well gods and even toilet gods. They are considered subordinates of Guan Laozu.

When Hu Chen's soul returned, Guan Laozu had already arrived at the border of the county and was stationed in a dim, low and cramped blue brick and tile house.

This is the land temple.

After all, the God of Land is not as good as the City God.

The City God Temple is often magnificent, spacious and bright.

The land temple is often just a small stone tower at a road intersection, no bigger than a doghouse.

The blessed land of the netherworld corresponding to the small stone tower is extremely small.

This land temple is a thousand miles away from Guan Laozu’s own City God Temple.

There are more than ten land gods accompanying Guan Chenghuang.

"My grandson is a tiger minister~~~"

Seeing the ghost messenger leading the confused Hu Chen towards him from afar, Guan Laozu couldn't help but call out to him emotionally.

"Grandpa"

Hu Chen was originally in a daze, but Guan Laozu's call seemed to wake him up from a nightmare, and he suddenly woke up.

It’s not that Ancestor Guan used any powerful magic.

This is the common "calling souls".

If an ordinary child is possessed by a ghost, the mother will hold the child's clothes and call the child's name in the wild, or call the child's name through other rituals, which is also a way of calling the ghost.

There is no need to call out to Hu Chen's soul, but his spirit is scattered and he is confused.

Ancestor Guan shouted and "woken up" the spirit - it re-condensed into the soul.

"Grandpa, please save me. Grandpa, please save your grandson. Your grandson is suffering so much. Your grandson has been wronged so much~~~"

As soon as he came to his senses, Hu Chen immediately struggled and threw himself towards Guan Laozu, crying loudly.

Patriarch Guan gave a wink to the local god, and the gods took the initiative to bow to the City God and say goodbye.

Even the real owner of the land temple had fled outside.

In the blink of an eye, only Hu Chen, Guan Laozu, and a ghost messenger with a green face and fangs were left in the dim and low blue brick and tile house.

The ghost servant bowed respectfully to Guan Laozu, and without any special instructions, he stood at the door with a steel fork in his hand and acted as a guard.

"Hu Chen, you were too reckless this time!" sighed Guan Laozu.

Hu Chen was puzzled and asked, "Grandfather, why do you say your grandson is reckless?"

"You still don't know how you died? You are such a fool!"

Hu Chen felt wronged and angry, and shouted loudly: "It was Yu Su who killed me. It was Yu Su who killed me!"

"Shut up!" Guan Laozu shouted, "Marquis Lieyang is an envoy from the upper country, commanding the affairs of the West under the order of the Emperor! Even though we are on different paths, he is in the way of the human world, and I am in the way of the gods. If we ever meet, I will call myself 'old man' and bow down to him.

You are just a common person, and a soldier under his command. How dare you call him "child" all the time?"

Hu Chen was stunned for a moment, put on a pitiful look, and said, "Grandpa, it's not that my grandson doesn't know the rules.

In front of outsiders, my words and actions are so good that no one can find fault with them. "

Guan Laozu pointed at him and cursed: "You stupid idiot! There is an old ancestor who is a city god. He often comes into contact with ghosts and gods in his daily life. Now he is like an ignorant villager, talking nonsense.

When you do things in front of others, people are watching; when you do things behind people’s backs, ghosts and gods are watching.

No matter what you do or say, no matter how secret, heaven and earth know it.

You thought your "Little Concubine Li Plan" was brilliant, but you didn't know that your every word and action was recorded by the Ear-splitting Ear under Marquis Lieyang.

You really deserve the disaster you are experiencing today!"

"What, Shunfenger? Who is that?" Hu Chen was shocked.

"Gao Xianjue, the commander-in-chief of the scout battalion! You met him many times when you served under Marquis Lieyang, didn't you?"

Guan Laozu sneered, "His level of super hearing is two levels higher than your clairvoyance.

If the distance is close enough, you can even eavesdrop on the conversations of ghosts and gods.

For mortal warriors like you who don’t know formations or Taoist magic, it’s like shouting in your ears within a thousand miles.”

"Gao Xianjue, it's actually Gao Xianjue." The shock on Hu Chen's face was mostly replaced by realization, "No wonder, the atmosphere in the Lieyang Marquis's tent that day was quite harmonious.

Marquis Lieyang asked me to leave, but Gao Xianjue walked in and handed a booklet to him. After reading it, Marquis Lieyang's face changed drastically and he looked furious.

Not only did I formulate the "Little Concubine Li Plan", I also cursed Yu Yu behind his back, calling him a brat and a bastard. I said a lot of disrespectful things, and all of them were heard by that bastard Gao Xianjue. The Marquis immediately decided to kill him.

Fortunately, Qingluan descended from the sky and temporarily interrupted his emotions, otherwise - Hey, that's not right! "

Hu Chen asked anxiously, "Grandfather, is Emperor Zheng really dead?"

Guan Laozu glanced at him and sighed, "You finally reacted.

It's not 'fortunately' that Qingluan came, it's that Qingluan brought you news that wants your life."

"So that's how it is. How could it be such a coincidence? If Qingluan had arrived half an hour later, Marquis Lieyang, who believed that Emperor Ren Zheng was still alive, would never have dared to harm me!

Because Yu'er's Shadow God Map is complete, the ghosts and gods already know about it. "Hu Chen lamented.

Guan Laozu stared at his forehead for a while, frowned and said, "What have you done in the past few months? Why did your luck suddenly decline, your forehead turned black, and you are facing a fatal disaster?"

Hu Chen touched his forehead and said in surprise, "Qingsong, you little thief. Ahem, Taoist Qingsong also said so.

Didn't you perform a ritual for your grandson in your early years to condense the 'Nine Colors Pillar of Heaven'? How come your luck suddenly declined?"

A person's qi will appear in different colors, shapes, and thicknesses on the top of the head.

The Nine-Colored Pillar to Heaven is made of nine-colored qi, as thick as a pillar, and reaching straight into the sky, like a pillar to heaven.

This is not the most prosperous omen, but it is the sign of the strongest destiny. Hu Chen's recent adventures, such as the Snake Flame Whip and the Red Smoke Horse, are more or less related to the "Nine-Colored Pillar of Heaven".

"I'm just asking you, what have you done recently to bring bad luck? Why are you asking me instead?" Patriarch Guan said unhappily.

Guan Huchen said quickly: "First of all, my grandson has not done anything evil! My grandson has always kept in mind the teachings of my great grandfather. Even if I cannot persist in doing good deeds every day, I will not do evil things that harm the world.

Serving the country and the king, fighting on the battlefield, killing any number of people is not considered a great evil.

At most, my grandson has picked up some of the habits of the Qin warrior, but he has never done anything evil."

"What are the habits of Qin's fierce generals?" asked Guan Patriarch puzzled.

Hu Chen explained: "It means killing prisoners and massacring the city. My grandson has fought with Marquis Lieyang in many battles, and has mastered the essence of the Qin army - ruthlessness!

So in just a few months, my grandson completed the "Half Ten Thousand Kills".

There were soldiers from the enemy country, as well as women and children from the Jinyang Ji family.

In order to show my loyalty to Marquis Lieyang, I killed fiercely, but I shouldn't hurt the Nine-Colored Sky-reaching Pillar, right?"

"Alas, you went against my will and insisted on joining the Confucian Marquis, just to learn this?
The real military magic is the Three Thousand Fire Crows Army Formation!" Guan Laozu was speechless.

——Even if I can’t learn the Three Thousand Fire Crows Army Formation, if I can practice the “Fire Crow Power” it will be worth it to follow Marquis Lieyang for once.

You are learning the habits of the "Qin's brave general". You don't even think about your origin. The Marquis of Lieyang is protected by the spirit of the Ancestral Dragon. What do you have? Oh, you have a City God Ancestor, but I can't handle the Ancestor!

Hu Chen said: "Grandfather, don't worry, I am just discussing the matter.

Now I'm not going to talk about what I learned in the Fire Crow Army, but just find out the reason for my decline in luck.

In fact, I already have a preliminary understanding of the Three Thousand Fire Crows Army Formation, which is almost as powerful as Cai Sima Ma Liucheng, and I also practice the "Fire Crow Force" diligently day and night.

But the military formation and the Fire Crow Power have nothing to do with the decline of luck!"

"Besides killing prisoners and slaughtering women and children in Jinyang, what other evil things have you done?" Patriarch Guan frowned.

Killing prisoners and slaughtering women and children are the greatest evils!

But Hu Chen was not the main general.

He followed Marquis Lieyang into battle on the orders of the King of Shu, so he certainly wouldn't dare to act on his own.

Even if there were karmic debts, the majestic "Nine-Colored Pillar to Heaven" would not be destroyed into a small fire with water poured on it - only a wisp of gray gas would remain.

Of course, qi is not equal to "luck".

Usually, what we see when we look at the qi is the existing qi, not the future fortune.

Even the Taoist Qingsong only said that Hu Chen "might" be in trouble.

Qingsong does not know what the future disaster will be.

It’s just that Hu Chen’s luck was condensed by Ancestor Guan using magic with the help of Fu Chenghuang’s “Book of Life and Death”.

To put it bluntly, it was Grand Ancestor Guan who personally wove Hu Chen's "protagonist destiny".

Therefore, he could directly see the fortune of Hu Chen through "Qi".

Now the tiger minister's spirit has been broken and his luck has declined.

"Ah, grandson, I remember now. The Qingsong Bandit Dao forced grandson to cut off the dragon vein of the Sand Dune Kingdom!"

Hu Chen suddenly realized what had happened, gnashed his teeth, and began to call Qingsong a "thief" again.

"Cut off the dragon vein of the Dune Nation? Please tell me in detail."

Hu Chen narrated his experience in the Dune Kingdom quickly and in detail.

Guan Laozu kept calculating with his fingers, muttering, "Your bad luck seems to be related to the Sand Dune Country. But it was Song Changqing who dug the pit and nailed the dragon vein to death, not you."

Hu Chen said, "Didn't you say that Song Changqing is connected to your grandson's energy, so not only can we not kill him, but we have to keep him by our side, give him a high position and a generous salary, and make his family rich and prosperous?"

"Song Changqing is not dead. He took on the backlash of the dragon's energy."

Song Changqing and Hu Chen are like two pools connected by a ditch, which can influence each other.

But Song Changqing's pool was not filled with "death dragon energy", because if it was filled, he would die.

If it wasn't filled, the water wouldn't flow into Hu Chen's pool through the ditch. Even if some of the dragon energy of death was poured in, Song Changqing himself didn't die. Why did Hu Chen, who had more luck, die instead?
However, Guan Laozu's tone and expression did not sound very confident.

Because he knew very well that Song Changqing was the one with the real luck and good fortune.

He only knew that Song Changqing had a tough life and good luck, but he was not sure how tough and lucky he was.

If Hu Chen is a pond, and Song Changqing is not a pond but an ocean, it is normal that the ocean does not die but the pond dries up first.

Hu Chen seemed to remember something and shouted, "Oh, Grandfather, your grandson may have been attacked by the dragon energy of the Shaqiu Kingdom, but you also adopted Sha Manyu, who raised the dragon vein, as your daughter.

Not only is she born with wisdom and dragon veins, she also has unparalleled supernatural powers. She is a talented person who can be included in the "Heroes List" even in the upper nation of China!

If I adopt her as my adopted daughter, my grandson's luck will increase a lot, right?"

(ps: Regarding whether worshipping a godfather will bring bad luck to him, I originally planned to leave the question to be answered later, but in order to avoid misunderstandings among readers, I will explain part of it first.

First of all, being adopted as Xiaoyu’s godfather will not harm your luck, nor will you encounter misfortune out of nowhere.

Being worshipped as Xiaoyu's godfather will reduce your blessings.

Losing luck and losing blessings sound similar and both change fate and make it worse, but there are some differences in essence.

To ruin one's luck means that everything that was once going smoothly has now become extremely unlucky, one's teeth get stuck when drinking cold water, and one falls into a pit when walking.

That is to say, encountering unnecessary danger.

If you reduce your blessings, it means that if everything was going smoothly before, it will still be going smoothly now, and if you should encounter dangers, you will still encounter them. Risks and misfortunes will not be increased out of thin air.

However, if you are blessed enough when you encounter danger, you may be able to turn it into safety.

Once your fortune is reduced, you will not be able to turn misfortune into fortune, and misfortune will return to you.

If you have enough luck, you will not encounter any danger at all. All dangers will turn into auspicious signs, such as falling to the bottom of a mountain and picking up a secret book of magical skills.

Just like Hu Chen at this time.

He was beaten to death by Marquis Lieyang, which was related to Xiaoyu. He had an affair with Concubine Xiaoli, cursed Marquis Lieyang behind his back, and even made up stories about other people's mothers. Coincidentally, Emperor Ren Zheng died in Concubine Rou's belly (the superficial reason). Concubine Rou was the beauty presented to the Emperor by his subjects. Hu Chen was caught in multiple traps.

But his death was not brought about by Xiaoyu's adoptive father.

The real impact of Xiaoyu's adoptive father on him was that after he encountered a fatal disaster, his "Nine-Colored Pillar of Heaven" luck failed to help him turn the danger into safety.

The blessing has been taken away.

The book says that his Fire Rat Robe blocked the fiery energy of Marquis Lieyang.

That is to say, if there had been no influence of loss of blessings, he would have had a certain chance of surviving.

If he can't be killed with one strike, Marquis Lieyang won't hit him a second time given his character.

If Hu Chen was only seriously injured, but still able to move and think clearly, since he was despised and hated by Marquis Lieyang, he would most likely ride the Red Smoke Horse away from Feixiandu and avoid the upcoming Eight Immortals Shooting the Sun.

This is the horror of the Nine-Colored Pillar, good fortune comes slowly and blessings are continuous.

As for why being worshipped as Xiaoyu's godfather would reduce one's blessings, I still want to leave it a little suspense. It's basically the same principle as when elders kneel down to younger generations, and old people kneel down to children, the younger generations and children will lose blessings and shorten their lifespans.

To put it more directly, in a world where gods, Buddhas and karma exist, should you shorten your life and reduce your blessings if a saint like the Three Pure Ones calls you dad?
Of course, Xiaoyu is not a saint, her situation is a bit special.

Her golden finger, Da Mie Ba, is not a system, nor is it an alien object in the prehistoric world. It is an original object of the prehistoric world.

It may be a bit mysterious until the truth is revealed.

The mystery will be unveiled later in the article, and those who have read the Honghuang novel probably won’t find it new.)
(End of this chapter)