From the Carp that Brings Children to the Celestial Officials

Chapter 170 Good fortune, good methods
The mountain was shrouded in a thin mist at dawn, before the sun had risen.

Yuanling Mountain now stands a thousand feet tall. Although it is inconspicuous among the immortal and divine mountains, it is several times taller than before.

Most importantly, now that the mountain has a spirit, this Yuanling Mountain will continue to grow.

Just like a human child who is born and eventually grows into a heroic young man.

However, this period of time will be incredibly long.

The original Zhenshan King was the mountain spirit of the ancient divine mountain, Zhenshan. However, because it had lived for a long time and accumulated power little by little, it is now unfathomable.

The stone steps wind around the mountain and extend all the way to the ground.

Although the height of Yuanling Mountain has increased several times over, the stone steps are guided by the spirit of the mountain's embryo. Anyone walking on them will not feel that the journey has become longer, but will instead feel that they are closer than before.

"Greetings, Your Majesty."

You Ming slowly walked out of the Yin World Temple. He still traveled in the form of a Yin God, taking the form of a mermaid.

However, whether it was Wu Mo and others who had already been deified, or those alien servants, they were all slightly stunned when they saw him.

This left You Ming feeling quite helpless.

At this moment, he seemed to be enveloped in a layer of light and jade-like texture, with light blue, silver and light pink water patterns rippling on his skin, like the spiritual light flowing under the ice of a mountain spring.

As he walked, his aura flowed around him, making him seem like a celestial being descended to earth.

Although his appearance hadn't changed much compared to before, it was as if he had been given a beauty filter, and his looks had improved several levels.

If you open [Equal Adjustment] right now, you'll find that his appearance has reached 8 points. Of course, it's actually [5+3] points, with the extra points coming from the mountain's enhancement.

The second ability of the Mountain Embryo is to enhance the appearance of its host when they are in the mountains.

An 8-point appearance is considered exceptional, even in the celestial realm.

Although the cultivation world seems to think that appearance is not very useful, it seems that after it is raised to 8 points, the quantitative change has led to the qualitative change.

Ordinary people would be deeply attracted to it and unable to extricate themselves after seeing it.

Even cultivators would be slightly lost in thought upon seeing this.

Even if it were an enemy, they would not be able to help but feel a little goodwill towards him and reduce their resentment.

However, You Ming still feels that the number of good-looking people is a bit too much. He personally thinks that when it comes to appearance, "good enough" is fine.

He was so handsome that he felt a bit burdened.

"Wu Mo".

You Ming tried to keep a straight face and summoned his head butler.

Wu Mo, who was far away, suddenly became ethereal and appeared next to You Ming the next moment.

“Recently, the appearance of our Yuanling Mountain has changed a lot, which may be inconvenient for the worshippers. Please lead everyone and provide guidance.”

After giving Wu Mo a few instructions, You Ming returned to the depths of the temple to continue his secluded cultivation.

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"What a stroke of luck, what a skillful maneuver."

You Ming planted the mountain embryo, which took eight years to incubate. Now, it has grown Yuanling Mountain into a thousand-foot-tall mountain in one day, which is naturally no small matter.

Changning County is only a few dozen miles away from Yuanling Mountain, so all the actions taken there naturally could not escape the eyes of the many gods.

Even when the mountain embryo was fully hatched, many gods stood on the city walls, watching from afar the earth-shaking changes that were taking place on Yuanling Mountain.

"What good fortune, what a clever scheme, it's all just for show."

"It seems that this Carp Spirit God intends to declare war on us." In a low-lying temple in the western part of the city, where incense offerings were not particularly abundant, several figures sat together, talking about You Ming.

If someone stands outside the temple, they can see the small characters “Si Tai Fu Ren Miao” (Temple of the Lady of the Fetal Development) written on it.

The signboard was already faded and clearly had not been repaired for a long time.

"After all, we stole his offerings, so naturally he wouldn't let it go."

Deep within the temple, several figures slightly raised their heads, their faces outlined by the dim candlelight.

"To be precise, he stole our incense offerings."

The leader was a woman around thirty years old, dressed in a plain crimson robe with wide sleeves, her hair tied in a crescent-shaped bun with a white jade hairpin.

Her skin had a cool glow, and there was a silver birthmark between her eyebrows. She always had a faint smile on her face when she spoke, which made people feel an instant goodwill towards her.

The woman looked around and slowly spoke.

Her aura was connected to the entire temple, so it seems that this [Temple of the Goddess of Pregnancy] is her sacred site.

"Absolutely, absolutely. The gods who bestow children and protect them are as numerous as carp crossing a river. This child has already overstepped his bounds by occupying the people of twenty-three villages in Changning. He's even sending midwives everywhere to deliver babies for free. It's clear he's not going to leave us a single drop of soup."

The second person to speak was an old woman, whose sideburns were like withered vines, and who wore a long green velvet cloak with moss-like edges.

He carried a cane made of tree branches, his hands as bare as withered tree bark, and a bell jingled softly as he walked.

She looked like a shaman who performed exorcisms in most villages.

But in fact, she is the "Green Bell Granny," who is a spirit that resides in a tree and whose conception is determined by dreams. She is a banyan tree that attained enlightenment, and her experience is somewhat similar to that of You Ming.

However, her strength is far inferior to You Ming's.

"Fortunately, we worked together to prevent his rapid expansion. If he had obtained the fertility and incense offerings of the entire Changning County, and Changning were to be upgraded from a county to a prefecture, he would have truly become a dragon swimming in the sea, which would mean that the influence of the person behind him in the human world would have increased significantly."

The last person to speak was a somewhat sinister-looking young man.

He was dressed in a white robe embroidered with feathers, with real, swan-like wings growing from his back. He had a slender neck, eyebrows and eyes like those of a bird spirit, and slightly red corners of his eyes.

If this image were placed on a bird, it would naturally be lively and adorable.

But when applied to humans, it seems extremely cruel.

This person, whose name is [Cloud-Necked Immortal Child], is also a deity who gave birth to a lineage.

“I already knew about this boy.”

"The reason he can make the birth rate of the people under his jurisdiction so high is simply because he is a natural symbol of fertility. Aren't you two the same?"

"He was indeed diligent in his work, but being a god is by no means that simple."

As the woman spoke, the corners of her mouth turned up slightly. It was perhaps an unintentional gesture, but it caused the perceptive Granny Green Bell and Fairy Cloud Neck to change their expressions slightly, though they did not react.

While her remarks appeared to be praising Granny Green Bell and Granny Green Bell, they actually revealed their identities as demons.

Those fertility-symbolizing spirits and such were simply objectifications of women.

They believed that they were no different from tools.

In reality, the status of demons in this cultivation world is extremely low. They are alright in the divine realm, but if they enter the immortal sect, they would probably only be pets for the formal disciples.

This woman was of human origin and was a cultivator when she was alive, so she instinctively looked down on these two demons.

Naturally, they also looked down on You Ming, this carp spirit.

(End of this chapter)