From the Carp that Brings Children to the Celestial Officials

Chapter 171 Ghostly Thoughts

"I do have a plan that might be able to curb its upward trend."

Grandma Green Bell, perhaps not wanting to be looked down upon, spoke first.

That carp god is terrifying. Almost every month, around a hundred people are pregnant with new babies. Even for a god, this number is too exaggerated.

While Granny Greenbell and Fairy Cloudneck can increase the birth rate to some extent, it's not nearly as significant.

In fact, it's nonsense to think that a spirit's ability alone can significantly increase the birth rate; most of the time, it's more of a symbolic gesture.

The power of the fertility and child-granting deities is still concentrated in their respective authority and divine duties.

"Tell me quickly."

Lady Sitai and the Cloud-Necked Fairy both became interested and couldn't help but look at the old woman.

“I have an elder brother who serves as a judge in the Yin-Yang Division in the underworld. Recently, a ghost king has been causing trouble in the underworld. I would like to ask him to recruit more ghosts as underworld officials, because there will not be enough ghosts to send to the human world.”

"If the carp god continues to impregnate people, but no souls are reincarnated, wouldn't the children born be all mentally challenged?"

Grandma Green Bell spoke slowly.

As soon as she finished speaking, a look of excitement appeared on Yunjing Xiantong's face, but Lady Sitai's expression changed.

"no!"

"Do you want to die?"

Looking at the two beasts, Lady Sitai suddenly felt a pang of regret for choosing to cooperate with them.

These armored and scaly people have no moral compass by nature.

It's acceptable for you to have disagreements within the Shinto community, and it's even normal for you to fight each other to the death for your respective beliefs. But to resort to such underhanded tactics is tantamount to courting death.

When a large number of mentally challenged people emerge in Youming's jurisdiction, everyone will know there's a problem. If an investigation is launched, it will be easy to trace it back to them.

"Fine, you two will just have to follow my orders."

"If you continue to harbor such thoughts, then we should part ways as soon as possible to avoid your foolish actions implicating me."

The three belonged to different factions, but were forced to unite because You Ming was powerful.

Lady Sitai is a member of the Taiyin Moon Maternal Lineage, and the deity behind her is the Goddess Su Nu. Her previous life was that of a cultivator, and after her death, a wisp of her divine soul remained and entered the realm of gods.

Granny Green Bell, however, has a background in the underworld. Banyan trees attract ghosts, and she spends many years mingling with a group of ghosts. Years ago, she recognized a judge of the underworld as her elder brother and was given a minor deity position.

Behind the Cloud-Necked Fairy Child is the Luan Palace Saint Lord, one of the Four Sages of the Celestial Birds, who advocates "preferential bloodline selection and innate incubation," which, in simpler terms, means eugenics.

However, for the Holy Lord of the Phoenix Palace, giving children is only a secondary responsibility; his primary duty is to oversee marriage.

Among them, the Lady of Pregnancy held the highest position, being a rank-eighth-grade deity. In name, she was in charge of all birth-related work in the entire Changning County.

However, because the divine duties of giving birth and granting children earn a lot of incense offerings, they have always been directly managed by the City God.

This also resulted in her temple, the Temple of the Goddess of Pregnancy, not being very popular, and many people outside the city were unaware of her existence.

“I have a senior brother who died in his previous life after undergoing a tribulation, but he did not choose to enter the path of gods. Instead, he was reborn and planned to spend decades training in the mortal world before embarking on the path of cultivation again.”

"In this life, he devoted himself to studying the classics under a great scholar, learning their meaning, and participating in the imperial examinations. He has now achieved the rank of Jinshi."

"He is about to be transferred to a prefecture, possibly to Tai'an Prefecture as a sub-prefect." "At that time, I would like to ask him to help me to request the prefectural government to appoint me as the head of the county's birth control department, with the two of you as deputies. At that time, not only will we be able to outmaneuver that carp god, but even the City God will have to return the birth control department that was forcibly taken from us."

A glint flashed in Lady Sitai's eyes as she slowly spoke.

The biggest difference between the divine path and the immortal path is that the immortal path is secluded, hidden in mountains and rivers, and does not interact much with human forces.

The divine way governs mountains and rivers, and has many interactions with human dynasties.

For example, many of the deities in the Shinto religion were originally high-ranking officials of human dynasties. Due to their great merits during their lifetimes, they were deified by the dynasties after their deaths, and temples were set up in various places to worship them.

The divine way also recognized these imperial decrees from human dynasties.

Therefore, Lady Sitai thought of taking a different approach. Since it was difficult to open up the path of gods, she might as well start with the dynasties of the human world.

As long as the local government grants the imperial decree, even if the City God's office in Changning County is unwilling, it has no choice but to accept it.

Upon hearing this, Granny Green Bell and Fairy Cloud Neck both showed a hint of joy on their faces.

As expected of a deity of the Taiyin lineage, their background is indeed profound.

The key is that this action is aboveboard, and even if there are private matters involved, the power of the Taiyin lineage can cover it up.

Once they have control over the birth control of Changning County, they can gradually force You Ming to relinquish the villages under his jurisdiction, since these villages were originally under the trusteeship of the City God.

In the end, You Ming had no one left under his jurisdiction. No matter how powerful he was, he could not expand outwards and could only be forced to retreat to one place.

“Madam, you have truly mastered the art. If this matter succeeds, we two will follow your lead without question.”

Granny Green Bell and Fairy Cloud Neck exchanged a glance and then immediately spoke respectfully.

……

You Ming was unaware that someone was plotting against him. At that moment, a panel floated in front of him, reflecting countless pieces of information.

This panel is a cheat code he figured out during his seclusion a few years ago, called [Innate Bloodline].

Function: To trace the origins of the bloodline, recall the hidden glorious genes, and enable them to be reawakened, expressed, and strengthened in future generations, and passed down from generation to generation.

Actually, this wasn't originally a console-adjustable cheat code; it was a feature that was already present in the game.

In the game, different races can unlock their innate bloodlines as they improve their cultivation, thereby gaining various talents.

Needless to say, races like the demon race and the monster race can obtain various supernatural powers left by their ancestors by exploring their own bloodline.

Humans, on the other hand, are not so powerful, nor do they discover any alien bloodlines that would allow them to become half-human, half-demon beings.

However, humans can acquire some of the more powerful abilities from their ancestors.

The more common type is those with skillful hands, intelligence, and beauty, while the more powerful ones may possess a celestial body, a Taoist body, or divine bones.

This means that their ancestors may have included powerful cultivators.

When You Ming has free time, he selects some people and helps them adjust their innate bloodline.

He usually targets older people because by adjusting one person's bloodline, their living descendants will automatically acquire the corresponding abilities.

However, it is also clear that the ancestors of these people in Changning County were not particularly illustrious. The best ability he has manifested now is only [Martial Bone], which gives people a stronger talent for learning martial arts.

(End of this chapter)