From the Carp that Brings Children to the Celestial Officials

Chapter 40 Innate Priesthood!

"Yi Hai one hundred and ninety-two eighty-four seven."

You Ming turned the compass again, adjusting the numbers one by one to the corresponding positions.

[The Covenant of Reproduction] is activated!
In just a moment, it seemed as if a layer of invisible light swept across the void and enveloped the ten villages near Yuanling Mountain.

Covenant of Fertility: Grants blessings of fertility and reproduction to all living beings within a certain range, increasing fertility rates or plant growth rates in the short term.

With this layer of buff coverage, the fertility rate of the new village will surely increase soon.

You Ming transformed into a divine body and sat on a large rock on Yuanling Mountain, from which he could overlook most of Changning County.

After much consideration, the City God finally agreed to Little Carp's proposal for profit sharing.

Although he is a terrestrial god and has basically no chance to interact with Bixia Yuanjun, she is one of the great gods in the world after all. It is better to maintain a relationship with her than not at all.

Therefore, in addition to the original Yangjiaoshui Village, Dadun Village and Dachen Village, seven villages along the Fengshui River to the east of Yuanling Mountain were allocated to Youming's jurisdiction.

Of course, this is only limited to matters such as marriage and having children.

These villages are still guarded by gods such as land gods, well gods, and door gods.

"Om."

In the void, it seemed as if an invisible force was constantly converging towards him.

Strands of silk threads intertwined, and the air was filled with the scent of burning incense sticks. Meanwhile, You Ming's divine body became more solid, appearing closer to a real person.

"Huh? The throne of God is more stable."

You Ming felt it carefully. With the expansion of his jurisdiction, although he had not yet officially absorbed incense, the population under his jurisdiction had more than doubled, and his status as a god naturally increased.

However, he soon discovered that something was wrong. These forces were increasing in number and continued to gather in his divine body.

And inside his divine body, there was a slight pulsation, as if something was about to be conceived.

"How is this going?"

The little carp was a little panicked. He had only been a god for more than a year, and he didn't know whether this was good or bad.

But that mysterious power became stronger and stronger.

At this moment, his thoughts kept scattering outward, like divine consciousness, covering the ten villages under his jurisdiction.

In fact, You Ming has been studying the practice of immortal ways all along, and his knowledge of Shinto is simply lacking.

This is also normal. The authority and position of Shinto come from the entire system. There is no need to learn a lot of knowledge like cultivating immortals. As long as you work hard to do the job at hand and pass the monthly tests, you will be promoted step by step after a long period of polishing.

Most gods have not studied Shinto knowledge.

"Your Majesty, I only ask for a child to continue my family's lineage..."

"Please help me get pregnant this time. I didn't get pregnant with the first two..."

"I'm not afraid of a hard life, I just want to be a mother once."

In You Ming's mind, he heard countless prayers. His "Femal Life Treasure Book" was suspended in the air, emitting layers of light and shadow, and all the prayers were recorded in it.

Among these prayers, most are about praying for the birth of a child.

These voices continued to converge on You Ming's brain, but he didn't feel the slightest bit of confusion. It was as if his consciousness had instantly split into thousands, tens of thousands, each independently processing and responding to these prayers. It was a strange feeling, as if his own consciousness had been detached, observing all this from a superior perspective.

"Tuk-tuk-tuk."

The inside of You Ming's divine body was constantly beating, as if some living thing was gestating and was about to break through his body and appear to the outside world.

But at this moment he did not feel much fear. Instead, he guided the continuous influx of wishes from the outside world and transformed it into the nourishment for nurturing this thing.

"Om."

About a quarter of an hour later, suddenly, a ball of bright light rose from his body and transformed into a red-gold placenta ring on his head. An umbilical cord pattern floated inside the ring, and tiny spots of light swam outside the ring, as if thousands of fetal souls had not returned.

There is a light golden-red flame in the center, and countless prayers and wishes gather here, condensing into a flame-like substance.

The halo cast shadows, spreading outward in circles, looking quite magical.

[Fetal Light Deed Seal]!
The moment this object took shape, You Ming suddenly had an epiphany and immediately knew the name of this object.

This is the innate divine duty.

Deities rely on their positions to wield authority, which is their divine duties. Most divine duties are bestowed by the system. For example, the duties of the Earth God are generally to "ensure a good harvest," while the duties of the City God are to "protect the people."

This priesthood is similar to magical powers and spells, but both magical powers and spells have consumption, but the priesthood is the power of the system, directly relying on the rules of heaven and earth or the authority of mountains and rivers, without consuming the user's own power.

You Ming's status as a god was low, originally he only had a position but no duties.

However, because the blessings and children bestowed by Niangniang Mountain were so effective, he accumulated a wide range of wishes from the people. In the past, due to the restrictions of the City God, he was unable to sense the wishes of other villages.

Now his jurisdiction has increased to ten, and all the strong willpower accumulated in the past has poured into him.

However, it happened to combine wonderfully with the buff of his [Covenant of Reproduction], and actually formed an innate divine position. It was as if this world regarded the abilities brought by the cheat code as his own, and thought it was some kind of special talent of his.

The so-called innate divine power is beyond the Shinto system. It is not bestowed by Shinto, but is the authority that resonates with the rules of heaven and earth and is condensed by itself.

Let’s put it this way, although Shinto does not value aptitude, the moment he condensed his innate divine power, he was a genius in Shinto’s eyes.

Although this is only a ninth-rank priesthood, it can be continuously upgraded as his position as a god rises.

This is the power of the innate priesthood.

The [Fetal Light Seal] floating above You Ming's head emitted layers of light, radiating outwards with Yuanling Mountain as the center, like WiFi.

The prayers of all living beings in those ten villages will converge into the seal and ignite its flame.

Then the Taiguang Qiyin will follow the thoughts of the person praying and fulfill his wish to have a child.

Functionally, the [Fetal Light Covenant] is very similar to the [Reproduction Covenant], but the Reproduction Covenant is the same, whether you want to have a child or not, it is easy for you to get pregnant, and the [Fetal Light Covenant] will increase your chances of getting pregnant only after you pray.

It can also be understood as an enhanced and precise version of the Covenant of Reproduction.

From a Shinto perspective, the Taiguang Qiyin is naturally more in line with the needs of the people. After all, when a wish is fulfilled, the people will often return the favor, which is another source of a large amount of incense.

"So he is... an innate priesthood?"

At the moment when You Ming condensed the [Fetal Light Seal], several gods in the City God Temple were alarmed. They looked at the halo that continued to spread outward from Yuanling Mountain in confusion.

Although this little carp is from the celestial official sequence, isn't it too outrageous that he has an innate divine position as soon as he makes a move?

(End of this chapter)