From the Carp that Brings Children to the Celestial Officials

Chapter 341 The Iron Refining Sect...exploded?
If we can help this river goddess give birth to a child, it will be of great help to the development of Yuanling Mountain.

This River God is a high-ranking deity of the third rank, possessing immense divine power that extends to all prefectures and counties.

Although You Ming has Bixia Yuanjun's backing, she is still too far away, and Bixia Yuanjun simply won't pay attention to many minor conflicts.

Therefore, the earth spirits in the human realm treat Youming with "respect but keep your distance".

Many religious activities do not invite him at all, and they do not usually associate with him. Only the City God of Changning Prefecture and the River God of Fengshui might visit You Ming once or twice.

Therefore, You Ming's position is also awkward.

From the perspective of the Earth Deities, he belongs to the Heavenly Officials, and is not of the same faction as us by nature.

In the eyes of the Heavenly Official, this carp in the mortal realm is not even an immortal, much less one of their own.

On the contrary, if he could get in touch with this River God, at least in the northern states, people would give him some face, and his situation would improve accordingly.

“Your idea is not bad, but I am not sure what caused Cangyuanjiangshen’s difficult birth. If we cannot help deliver the baby smoothly in the end, it will turn a good thing into a bad thing.”

You Ming hesitated.

"My lord, please forgive my bluntness."

"Given the situation of our Yuanling Mountain, even if we ultimately fail, the pressure from that Jiang God won't have a significant impact on us."

Wu Mo hesitated for a moment before continuing.

"Uh...it seems so."

You Ming thought about it and realized that what Wu Mo said actually made a lot of sense.

Nowadays, there are very few outsiders in Yuanling County because the incense in Youming was so efficacious that it previously attracted a large influx of outsiders.

However, after the local city gods discovered the situation, they naturally took great measures to curb it.

Population is the foundation of the divine way; if even people are gone, then there is naturally no need for the gods to exist.

It was precisely because of this that other prefectures and counties in Bingzhou were quite hostile to You Ming, and even secretly joined forces to blockade and resist Yuanling Mountain.

The reason why the Iron Refining Sect refused to forge weapons for You Ming was most likely because the sect had a close relationship with the Earth God.

Of course, they also knew about You Ming's background and dared not openly target him.

Therefore, even if the River God took his anger out on You Ming because of his failure, as long as he didn't destroy Yuanling Mountain, it would have almost no impact on Yuanling Mountain.

On the contrary, if it works out, it can help them break into a new situation.

"Registrar Wu, you have done a great job. If it succeeds in the end, you should be credited with the greatest merit!"

You Ming was also very happy.

Today, even including the villages under Yuanling County's jurisdiction, and even if we add the mountain spirits and those enlightened monsters, the total population is less than 200,000. Many of these are newborns, and there is simply not enough to provide for their needs.

The covert blockade of Yuanling County by local deities greatly restricted his expansion.

Without a continuous influx of new people, Youming can only rely on the natural growth of its existing population. As a result, the increase in incense offerings has reached a bottleneck in recent years, with the annual growth rate hovering only a few tenths of a percent.

If any natural disaster or man-made calamity occurs, it may even fall into negative growth.

Without a sufficient population, there will be no more offerings, and You Ming will be unable to get promoted.

He was hoping to ascend to the heavens as soon as possible.

"Then I'll make some preparations and go to Cangyuan River soon."

"Please send a document to Cang Yuanjiang for me. We can't just go there like this; we still need to follow the proper procedures."

You Ming rubbed his hands together, his mind already starting to devise specific plans for delivering the baby.

His innate divine authority, the "Fetal Light Divine Contract," should have little effect on a third-rank deity.

Since the other party is experiencing a difficult birth, there might be some deeper reasons behind it.

After all, such beings could give birth quickly even with the most extreme method of "cesarean section." "The simplest way is to go to Lady Bixia and borrow the [Xuanjun Birth Forceps]. Although these forceps were originally mortal objects, they have undergone incredible transformation after being blessed with merit and wielded by the Lady."

"It is now undoubtedly the supreme artifact for granting children and ensuring the continuation of a lineage."

You Ming began to make plans in his mind.

The [Xuanjun Life-Giving Pliers] were crafted by the divine craftsmen of the [Craftsmen's Office] in the Divine Path by You Ming. Originally made of ordinary copper and iron, it now certainly contains characteristics such as "natural childbirth" and "midwifery".

However, he felt he didn't have the clout to borrow this item from the Empress.

Since this method doesn't work, we'll have to resort to cheat codes.

Over the years, he would tinker with the compass whenever he had free time, and he accumulated quite a few cheat codes. Most of the cheat codes were either pretty useless or he didn't really need them, so they just sat there collecting dust.

Perhaps one of these cheat codes can help with childbirth.

You Ming then closed his eyes slightly and began to review the information in his mind.

"this is not OK……"

"This can block out pain... but that won't work, will gods be afraid of pain?"

"This is for bestowing blessings, but the content of the blessing is random, so it won't work either..."

"This... um... this cheat code seems to work..."

He began to consider things in his mind. Wu Mo waited for a while, then bowed slightly and prepared to leave the main hall.

"boom!"

But at that moment, Wu Mo felt a faint, almost imperceptible explosion in his ear, and the earth's veins seemed to be slightly disordered.

He initially thought it was a hallucination, but then he discovered that You Ming had also opened his eyes.

The earth veins of Yuanling County are connected to the main veins of the entire Bingzhou and are also connected to the dragon veins of the entire dynasty. Now the earth energy of the entire Yuanling County is somewhat unstable, which is obviously due to changes in the earth veins of other places.

Moreover, they seemed to hear a booming sound, indicating that the explosion occurred not far from them.

You Ming raised his head slightly, and a golden-white slit appeared between his eyebrows, revealing a golden vertical pupil.

This is the ability brought about by the [Original Nature Great Divine Power].

"It seems to be in the direction of Ping'an Prefecture."

In You Ming's field of vision, he could see a mountain peak that looked like it had collapsed and broken. After calculating the distance and location, he figured it was probably Ping'an Prefecture under Bingzhou.

Ping'an Prefecture borders Tai'an Prefecture and Changning Prefecture, and is only about a hundred miles away from Yuanling County.

"Is there a barren mountain in Ping'an Prefecture that is dark gold in color?"

You Ming's pupils closed, and he turned to look at Wu Mo.

“Um… There is a mountain in Ping’an Prefecture called Jinshan, which should match your description.”

Wu Mo's heart skipped a beat.

"Jinshan? That name sounds familiar."

You Ming felt like he had heard the name somewhere before.

"Jinshan... is the headquarters of the Iron Refining Sect... the sect that refused to let us refine weapons."

Wu Mo quickly spoke up.

"Oh, so that means..."

"The Iron Refining Sect... has exploded?"

(End of this chapter)