Mythology: Erlang Shen begins to show his divine power in the heavens

Chapter 58, Sichuan Lord Li Bing: Suddenly there is a son?
At the beginning of heaven and earth.

All gods are gods of nature, either mountain gods or water gods. They are conceived by the spiritual power of nature and each one is born powerful.

But later.

These natural spirits went to heaven one after another and were also known as celestial gods.

However, the remaining mountains and rivers have lost their original spirituality and divinity, and there is no more magical manifestation, only ordinary water and soil.

later.

The human race prospers.

They worship the ancestor gods inside and name the mountains and rivers after them. As a result, these ancestor gods occupy those mountains and rivers, endow them with new powers, and become the new generation of mountain gods and water gods.

However, compared to the gods who can leave naturally and have an innate divine nature, these ancestral gods are created by incense and are essentially a kind of ghost, confined to mountains and rivers.

Therefore, he is also a god of the earth.

The gods of heaven and earth form the Shinto system of this world.

Some ancestral gods with great merits may enter the underworld and become a judge and ghost emperor, or even ascend to heaven and become one of the five heavenly emperors.

Such as the Eastern Green Emperor Taihao Fuxi, the Southern Red Emperor Shennong Kuiwei, the Central Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan Youxiong, the Western White Emperor Shaohao Jintian, and the Northern Black Emperor Zhuanxu Gaoyang.

The ancestors of the human race all had great merits, and because of this they were able to ascend to the heavens, and at one point they were even equal to the Lord of Heaven, and became one of the Six Imperial Gods.

At the beginning of human reproduction, there were more people than monks as earth gods, and people worshipped specific earth gods based on the places where their ancestors were born.

But now, most of the mountains and rivers in the world have names and surnames, and the situation has become that there are more monks than porridge.

In order to increase the number of places.

The God of Heaven ordered that there should be a land god every ten miles and a city god every hundred miles. Every household should have a kitchen god, door god, household god, well god, and toilet god. It can be said that the land gods are everywhere people live.

Moreover, people are no longer allowed to offer sacrifices to their ancestors as gods as they please as in the past, otherwise they will be regarded as offering sacrifices to wild gods.

In such a situation, all earth gods are ancestral gods, and ancestors cannot be worshipped as gods at will.

I don’t know when.

Some people began to worship some fictional, non-existent gods.

Take them as your spiritual sustenance.

This actually exploits a loophole in the rules. After all, this fictional earth god is not a real ancestor at all, and worshipping him as a god is not against the rules.

Li Bing's second son, Li Erlang, is a typical example.

Li Bing actually did not have this Erlang, but the people believed that he helped Li Bing to dig the river, so they spontaneously erected a statue for him and worshiped it with incense every day.

Over time.

The huge and rich power of incense is accumulated inside the statue of Li Erlang Shen.

Perhaps after waiting for some time, the power of these incense sticks will spontaneously transform into the divinity of Li Erlang, making him come into being out of nothing, turning him into a true god who is not an ancestor god, but still a god of the earth.

Such places are rare.

But his characteristics are extremely mysterious, and he even possesses some characteristics of a god, and can freely leave the place under his jurisdiction.

But it’s different from the gods.

The gods do not need to be maintained by incense, because their existence represents a certain nature.

Although this type of earth gods can move freely, they still rely on incense to exist.

If the incense is extinguished, it will truly die.

In this regard, they are even worse than the ancestor gods.

Although the ancestor gods have lost their incense and their power has been greatly reduced, they still have the opportunity to reincarnate. Relying on their merits as earth gods, they have a great chance of being reborn into a wealthy family.

But in general, this kind of earth god and the ancestral god earth god each have their own advantages and disadvantages.

And Lin Yuan.

Now he has taken the initiative to create such a kind of earth god and replaced it with his own divine thoughts.

Haotian felt the connection between heaven and earth for a moment, and found that it was just a little strange, so he didn't care much about it.

But the main god of the Sichuan area, Li Bing, the lord of Sichuan and the King of Saintly Virtue, Broadness, Prosperity and Benevolence, was immediately alarmed.

He was the Lord of Sichuan, in charge of the city gods, land gods, mountain gods and local deities of the entire Sichuan area. Part of the ghost city of Fengdu was located in the Sichuan area. In a sense, Li Bing had a great connection with Fengdu and had great power.

He immediately revealed his true form, came to Guan County, and found the source of the throbbing.

However, he saw that the statue of Li Erlang, who was worshipped by the people as his second son, had actually condensed a real divine body and spirit at this moment, and its aura was not weak, almost as strong as that of him, the Lord of Sichuan.

"This"

Li Bing was stunned.

He didn't expect that for no reason, he would actually have a second son.

But soon, he discovered that this situation might be related to the majestic general beside him.

He looked at Lin Yuan:
"I don't know who you are"

He felt that Lin Yuan had an extraordinary aura and a hint of divinity, and he might be a god from heaven who had descended to earth.

Lin Yuan directly took out the Earth God Seal that Haotian gave him.

"I am the City God of the world, the Chief of the Earth, the Chief of all the Earth Gods personally commanded by the Lord of Heaven, the True Lord of Qingyuan Miaodao!"

Li Bing was shocked and bowed quickly:

"So it's you, the True Lord, who has come. I'm sorry that I didn't come to greet you."

In name, Lin Yuan is his immediate superior.

Lin Yuan waved his hand:

“This statue of Li Erlang is destined to be with me. From now on, this incarnation of my divine consciousness will replace Li Erlang and become the patron saint of Guan County. I will also change the name of this place to Guanjiangkou.

Therefore, my incarnation will be Erlang Shen of Guanjiangkou, enjoying the incense and offerings of the human world.

These matters still require your assistance.”

Li Bing hesitated when he heard this:
"This"

"Do you have any objections?" Lin Yuan asked with narrowed eyes.

Li Bing shook his head:
"I dare not, but this matter is not something I can decide alone. I have to report to God."

Lin Yuan snorted coldly:
"Don't tell me that you don't recognize the Earth God Seal bestowed by the Lord Haotian? Don't you recognize me as the leader of the Earth God?"

Li Bing said:
"It's not that I don't recognize it, it's just that this is against the rules."

Even if he is the chief of the earth gods, he can't just send another god to occupy his place of origin, right?
The belief of Guan County is still very important to Li Bing.

Lin Yuan said:
"It's against the rules? My orders as the Lord of the Earth are not against the rules. Then tell me, what is against the rules?"

Li Bing opened his mouth, not knowing what to say for a moment, and could only say:
"This place, Guan County, is extraordinary. This is where I originated from."

Lin Yuan scolded again:
"Since you value Guan County so much, where were you when the people of Guan County were persecuted by the county magistrate and the demons?!
As the Lord of Sichuan, has enjoying the incense for so many years already corrupted your original intention?

Since you don't protect Guan County, then get out of here and find a god who can protect this place!"

Lin Yuan's voice was like the sound of a huge bell, which made Li Bing's ears deaf.

He lowered his head, stammered for a moment, then sighed and said:

"It's not that I don't want to protect the people of Guan County, but the earth god can only manage ghosts and gods, and cannot interfere in the affairs of living people. This is the rule, and even if I am the Lord of Sichuan, I cannot violate it."

"What about the Jiao Demon? I don't remember the God of Earth allowing demons to wreak havoc in human cities. It would be fine if you don't have the ability to fight against it, but for you, you can suppress the Jiao Demon with just a wave of your hand."

Lin Yuan sneered.

Li Bing raised his head and looked at the old dragon that was getting closer and closer to here in the distance, and said in a deep voice:

"But that Jiao Mo, his father, has a very complicated background."

(End of this chapter)