Controlling mountains and rivers since the Warring States Period

Chapter 13 Use
After staying in Ye County for a while, He Bo returned to Tongdi again.

Only this time, something was different.

“Isn’t this progress a bit too fast?”

He Bo turned himself into a giant salamander, lying on a half-exposed stone in the Tongdi River, feeling the comfort of the water washing over his back.

Although it cannot be turned into a physical entity, because of this, He Bo can make any kind of leather case he wants for himself.

And as the illusion technique improves, the corresponding perception gradually increases.

Although he still can't eat anything, he can already slowly savor the flavor.

But He Bode put the food in his mouth, chewed it, and then spit it out, just like chewing sugarcane.

After all, food is physical, and without his illusion, He Bo is just a piece of air.

Food can emit fragrance in the air, but it cannot float in the air.

Since he couldn't eat, He Bo gave up most of his obsession with the "human form".

Life is alive,

If you can't eat something good,

Then what’s the point of being a human being!
Therefore, He Bo, who was clear-minded, tried to transform himself into many creatures in his subsequent attempts. It was quite interesting to see the world from different perspectives.

It's just a technique of transformation. The larger the scale, the more consumption there is. When it comes to the mysterious beings in mythology, the transformation becomes even more difficult.

Although spells will automatically recover, they cannot be wasted at will.

When He Bo doesn't feel like being a human, he will transform into a common flying bird or swimming fish, or lie in the grass pile on the river bank, or lie on the bottom of the calm water, patiently brushing up the progress and striving to conquer Tongdi Water as soon as possible.

Therefore, not long after returning to Ye County, he returned to Tongdi.

Anyway, they are just jumping up and down in a river. It may be difficult for people to jump over it because it is thousands of miles away, but for He Bo, it is just a matter of thought.

As for Zhangshui, he is now fine, so naturally he has to focus more on Tongdi!

After two days, Ximen Bao announced that he would officially open the sluice gates to release water and divert the Zhang River into the canal, and it would be okay for him to go back.

However, the impact of the "incense" incident on He Bo was more than just adding a new communication channel.

He Bo, who had been staring at the progress bar, clearly noticed that the loading speed of the progress bar was much faster due to the "special effects" presented by the incense.

Even the repulsive force he felt when he wandered into the mountain through the copper-filled springs was much lessened.

"Could it be possible that the incense can help me master other mountains and rivers in advance?"

He Bo blinked, stood up and sat on the big rock in the river where he was lying.

If others saw this, they would probably be scared to death.

Because in the eyes of mortals,
A limp four-legged creature suddenly turned into a living person, and everyone who saw it was scared!

Fortunately, the mountains are high and the forests are dense, so no one comes here.

"This way, I can speed up my progress!"

He Bo originally thought that
The time required to control the Tongdi Water and even the Tongdi Mountain has to be calculated in years.

After all, he had been soaked in the Zhang River for two or three years.

The Tongdi River is naturally not as long as the Zhang River, so He Bo has the advantage of being "from above", but no matter how you look at it, it will take several months.

If He Bo had not been washed round by the surging Zhang River before, he would not have had such patience.

But if the goal can be achieved sooner, who would refuse?

"Incense is best used on the outside, but if it works on the inside... I'm still worried that something might go wrong."

When He Bo was still a human being, he had naturally heard the saying "incense is poisonous" while surfing the Internet.

After personally experiencing the "prayer of all living beings", he couldn't help but feel that "the descendants will not deceive me" -

If there is no way to isolate oneself from the various prayers that come with the incense, then no matter whether the incense has side effects or not, no one can stand hearing people muttering about wanting this and that every day.

He Bo is just a ghost.

They are not ordinary parents.
How can I bear it? Therefore,

He Bo was of course happy about the newly discovered effect of incense and vows.

“Unfortunately, there just aren’t enough.”

No one knew how the power of the incense and vows was calculated. Just like the yellow law, there was no numerical value prepared. It was just displayed, lingering above the law, telling He Bo "I am here".

As for where exactly it is and how much it is, He Bo needs to judge for himself.

But even so, He Bo could understand that the money that was spent on burning offerings on wooden boards when the temple was completed was not enough for him to keep moving around on Tongdi Mountain.

If a little bit of incense and vows could bring about such a contribution, He Bo would be able to live off Ye County alone for the rest of his life!

"Do you want to think of a way to get them to offer more offerings?"

Offerings,

He Bo naturally didn't want it.

Now give him the best food from the mountains and seas,

He could only smell the scent.

Taking handsome men and beautiful women as sacrifices,
In the environment of that era, unless one is as naturally beautiful as Xi Shi, He Bo would have to be careful that he would be at a disadvantage.

Therefore,
He Bo only covets the incense and offerings of mortals.

He Bo put out the prayers he had received before and piled them into bamboo slips. He carefully checked them from beginning to end and found that there were actually not many of them.

This means that the actual amount of incense received is not much.

There are also many people who do not believe in ghosts and gods, they just worship them like the crowd.

He Bo believed that this level could not meet the needs of his plan.

"It seems that we still need to help Ximen Bao and govern Ye County well!"

If a place famous for poverty and desolation could be transformed into a prosperous place, it would be able to attract more people to worship it and contribute more incense.

Even if people don't believe in it originally, and just want to use the Chinese talent of "worshiping gods when they see them, just in case it helps", if it really works, then they can change from casual rewards to a long-term stream of rewards.

He Bo originally just wanted to go with the flow.

After all, Ximen Bao's ability was recognized by history books. Even if he had not intervened, Ye County would have become a big city in the north in the future. Thousands of years later, it would even have the chance to become the capital.

But now, there is no time to delay.

If Ximen Bao had governed Ye County one day later, the reputation of Zhangshui Hebo would have been known to the world one day later. The villagers in Ye would not have been sincere and would not have contributed their beliefs to He Bo!

So he stayed in the Tongdi Water for a while, waiting for the progress to return to normal. After hinting that the incense and vows he had received before had run out, He Bo again sent a dream to Ximen Bao.

"When are you going to put the water into the canal?"

As his skills improved, He Bo's appearance in Ximen Bao's dream seemed more real this time.

It just so happened that the two of them were already familiar with each other, so He Bo did not use the "giant form" that he had used when they first met. He just used his normal human form and conjured up a manor in the dream and brought the guest Ximen Bao into it.

As soon as Ximen Bao fell asleep, he came to an unfamiliar courtyard.

Because the perception was too real, he didn't even realize that he was in a dream. He just kept exclaiming in surprise. It was not until he saw He Bo that he realized what had happened.

"Meet Habaek."

Now that ghosts and gods have appeared, all the strange things are no longer a problem.

Ximen Bao quickly calmed down and bowed deeply to He Bo to make up for his previous disrespect.

The area of Ye still relies on the Zhang River for its livelihood!

"Please come in quickly!"

He Bo stretched out his hand to him, and an invisible force helped Ximen Bao up.

Then he turned around and walked towards the phantom room.

(End of this chapter)