I can enlighten everything

Chapter 568 Standing City God

Very far away from Kyushu, on the other side of the mainland, there is also a plain, on which a group of human races also live, but the customs and customs of this place are completely different from those of Kyushu...

"I heard that Duke Yan is seriously ill? Is it true?"

"It's true. When I went to visit Duke Yan, Duke Yan couldn't eat and fell into a coma."

"Hey, is a sage like Duke Yan going to leave us? If possible, I am willing to bear this kind of illness on behalf of Duke Yan. I only hope that Duke Yan can recover."

"Me too. I went to the mountain god temple to pray for this, but the mountain god master didn't respond to me. Maybe it's because my heart is not pious enough."

"It's not a question of piety. The mountain gods only care about the affairs of the hills, but they can't control our life, old age, sickness and death. It's useless for you to worship the mountain gods because of this matter. I heard that there is a new man in Zhangshui. The temple here, called Chenghuang Temple, is in charge of these things, maybe we should go there to worship."

"It's useless, Zhangshui is too far away from our side, and we can't control it. The gods have their own domains, and there are limits to the places they manage. You don't know these common senses, do you?"

"How could I not know, of course I know, it's just that I was flustered about Duke Yan's condition and forgot about it for a while."

"Because of the illness of a sage like Duke Yan, which person with a conscience is not flustered? I blamed you wrongly. You are a person worthy of association."

"Your concern for Duke Yan is the same as mine, and you are also a person worthy of association."

Outside a wooden yard, several groups of people gathered in twos and threes, looking at the yard sadly, their eyes full of sadness, but there was nothing they could do except sadness, which made them feel helpless, as if They are about to lose their shelter from the wind and rain, like the pillars that support it from collapsing.

An indifferent girl with a compassionate face and bright eyes, who seemed to be used to these things, stood in the crowd like no one else.

She was dressed in Taoist robes, with an elegant temperament, clean and dust-free, obviously out of tune with the people around her, but the people around her seemed to be collectively blind, no one saw such an independent and eye-catching young girl.

As time went by, more and more people gathered around the yard. A young man came out of the yard, looked at the surrounding crowd, and said to everyone with a face full of exhaustion and sadness:
"My father came to his senses just now. He heard that everyone gathered here without working. He thought it was wrong. Birth, old age, sickness and death are human nature. All the folks and elders, don't worry about it. Don't delay your family work because of my father. , which made my father very uneasy."

The young man seemed to be speaking the same words as the people around him, but his clothes, demeanor, conversation, etc. were obviously different from the people around him, as if he was from two different places.

If people from Kyushu are here, you can definitely see that this young man has a strong "taste" from Kyushu.

"Duke Yan is conscious? That seems to be a great thing. Auspicious people have their own appearance!"

"Yeah yeah!"

In fact, some people have different ideas in their minds. A person who is seriously ill and comatose suddenly regains consciousness may also be a flashback. However, people would rather forget this point and believe this point of view.

The sadness in the young man's eyes grew stronger, but he bowed to everyone with a forced face and a smile: "Thank you for your kind words."

After dissuading everyone, the young man hurried back to the yard and went straight to his father's bedroom, but he didn't notice that the mysterious Taoist robed girl followed him into the yard and came to this bedroom.

"How's it going?" There were men and women around the hospital bed, a dozen people, old and young, and when they saw the young man coming back, they immediately made way for him on their own. The young man who came back asked anxiously.

The young man said sadly: "Father, I have been persuaded to go back."

The middle-aged man lying on the bed who was seriously ill and was about to die finally breathed a sigh of relief, and murmured: "That's good, that's good."

The middle-aged man obviously also knew that his life was long. First, he confirmed in front of everyone that the young man would inherit everything after his death. Then, in order to avoid everyone, he confessed some secret things that only the heir can know. Everyone understood. Exited the bedroom.

"Xiao'er, I know you don't understand what I'm doing. You think that I have loved those common people more than you and my family in the past 20 years. Even before I died, I was still obsessed with it. I thought it was wrong..."

The young man didn't expect his father to say such a thing. He had been admonishing his father earnestly before, but his father just didn't listen. He was obviously not in good health, and he still didn't rest. Life is more important, which made him very puzzled, and even once thought his father was crazy.

Unexpectedly, when my father returned to his light, he finally woke up and clearly realized...

The young man continued to listen: "Actually, there is a reason for doing this for the father."

reason?

what reason?
"This involves a secret."

Secret?

What secret?
"Xiao'er, you should have heard of the City God Temple, right?"

The young people have continued to work together, and the Town God's Temple has been slowly built in one city after another in the past 200 years. Although it accounts for less than half of the total, it is not a rare thing.

The city god, like the mountain god and water god here, is a magical existence here. It can have the domain of the gods and great power. It is completely different from the customs and customs of Kyushu.

Although he has never been to Kyushu in his life, and only heard about it in books and the mouths of his elders, he has always been proud of being a native of Kyushu, and proud of being a wealthy family of Kyushu.

Although he was the descendant of a wealthy family who had to escape from Kyushu after the defeat.

However, their inheritance has not been broken, and their roots have always been there.

"It took nearly 200 years for the family to figure out that the god of mountains and water here is the work of Immortal Dianhua."

This anecdote was really beyond the young man's expectation. It is said that this place is one hundred and eight thousand miles away from Kyushu, and there is even a legend about this Great Immortal Dianhua.

Dianhua Daxian, young people are no strangers, in the ethnology he has studied, Dianhua Daxian appears very frequently, it even looks very incredible, it feels like a fabrication.

According to ethnology, this great immortal Dianhua is a true land god, who seems to be omnipotent, even more powerful than the mountain god and water god here.

Unexpectedly, when his father was dying, he heard the name of the Great Immortal Dianhua from his father's mouth.

Is the god of mountain and water the work of Immortal Dianhua?

is it possible?

Although the legend left by the family is that the Dianhua Daxian is as powerful as the land god, but he has never seen it before, and he has actually seen the mountain gods and water gods around him. He does not think that he has such supernatural powers. Will the gods of Dianhua be the opponent of Dianhua Daxian.

Not to mention that the mountain god and water god were written by Dianhua Daxian.

With the cognition of youth, I instinctively disbelieve what my father said.

It's just that when his father was dying at this time, it was not easy for him to interrupt him.

Alas, just pretend to believe it, and treat it as a filial piety.

"It's not just the God of Mountains and Water, this Town God's Temple is also the handiwork of Daxian Dianhua." Speaking of this, the seriously ill middle-aged man's face turned rosy, and he spoke with full confidence. He couldn't tell at all that he was seriously ill and was about to die look like.

Naturally, the young man still didn't believe it.

How is it possible, the handwriting of the mountain god Dianhua Daxian more than 600 years ago, and the Town God's Temple that appeared more than 200 years ago are also the handwriting of Dianhua Daxian.

At this time, the young man knew that the old people in the family were too superstitious about the Great Immortal Dianhua. Anyway, as long as it was related to the gods, they would put it on the Great Immortal Dianhua. It was all written by the Great Immortal Dianhua .

"We don't need to think about the god of the mountain and the god of water. This is for those monster races and aliens, in order to better protect the human race living on this plain, but the god of the city god can be contested. According to our exploration and verification To become a city god of a locality, it is both difficult and simple to say, that is, to serve the people of a locality wholeheartedly, and with enough positive reputation, there is a certain probability of becoming a city god of a locality, becoming a god-like existence gone."

Apotheosis after death?

There is no way to verify this kind of thing, and some people believe it?
Also verified?
Alas, these elders of the family are really...

The girl who followed in stood by the side quietly like a background board, without any response until she heard this, she looked up in surprise like the middle-aged man on the hospital bed, shook her head and said inwardly:

"Sure enough, these aristocratic families should not be underestimated. Even the aristocratic families who were defeated during the Kyushu Rebellion 600 years ago should not be underestimated. It took the other party only more than 200 years to discover the truth about the mountain god, water god and city god. Amazing!"

The seriously ill middle-aged man seemed to sense the approach of death, and he didn't know where the strength came from. He suddenly held the young man's wrist tightly, panting, and said hastily and solemnly:
"Xiao'er, remember, if you fail as a father and do not become a city god, you must inherit your father's will, inherit the people-oriented, and accumulate fame. Our family must produce a person who is in charge of the life and death cycle of the people in a place. Chenghuang, do you understand? This is the most important thing, remember, remember..."

After speaking, his body tilted and he died.

The young man finally understood why his father was so obsessed. It was rumored that the City God was in charge of the cycle of life and death of the people in a place. This was really important to the family. This was a "big plan" for the family to continue after death.

Although there are quite a few town god temples, and there are many rumors among the people, young people do not completely believe that the town god has the supernatural power to control the life and death cycle of the people in a place. This should be a rumor.

However, my father has already passed away, so it is useless to think about it. Thinking of my father leaving me forever, the memory of my father can't help but come to my heart, I can't help feeling sad, and weep loudly.

It's strange, the memories are all good memories, and those bad memories seem to be forgotten by him all at once.

The family members waiting outside the door, when they heard the young man's cry, immediately realized something, broke in the door, and saw that the middle-aged man on the bed had died, they also felt grief from it, and wept along with the young man.

In the same space, it seems to be in two different dimensions. What everyone can't see is that the middle-aged man's soul has left his body and is floating above his body. The soul is about to be polluted by the evil spirit in the air. A shallow golden radiance gushed out, forming a mask to protect himself, so that he was not corroded by these filthy evil spirits.

It's just that the golden light is a bit thin, as if it might be exhausted at any time. At the same time, there is a suction force from the sky, which is constantly pulling something deep in his soul.

Although the strength of this pulling force is not great, the victory lies in its persistence and never stops.

"Is this what happens after a person dies? This layer of golden light is the merit I have gained for the people for more than ten years? I have been doing things that are beneficial to the people for more than ten years, but I have gained so little merit?"

What should he do if his merits are exhausted?

Thinking of this, the middle-aged man panicked a little, instinctively feeling that something terrible would happen to him.

"It's not the city god! Alas, it seems that I have failed!" The middle-aged man sighed in disappointment.

After the middle-aged man was familiar with his current state, he turned to look at his relatives who were crying bitterly because of his passing.

The middle-aged man felt a pain in his heart, shook his head and said: "Could it be, am I wrong? If I don't persist, my body won't collapse so quickly, and I should be able to live another 30 to [-] years, until my grandson grows up." When I was growing up, wasn’t it good? When I was alive, my family was obsessed with what to do as a city god? Alas——, it’s too late to regret!”

The middle-aged man scanned around, and suddenly found something, staring at the only girl in Taoist robe standing there.

Just now, I didn't realize... Was it my negligence, or the other party's supernatural power?
Seeing the other party standing here majesticly, but his family members turned a blind eye and didn't notice at all, they immediately understood that it was the latter.

Who is the other party?

Why are you here?
What is the other party's purpose?
The middle-aged man suddenly thought of something, pointed to the Taoist robe on the girl, and said: "This is a Taoist robe, are you a Taoist priest? Are you an expert in the Taoist sect? Huh? I seem to have some impression of this appearance, who is it... "

I remembered, she is the eldest disciple of Dianhua Daxian, our family has her portrait handed down from generation to generation, but...

In the portrait, the other party was younger than he looked now, and he didn't recognize him for a while.

What is the other party's name, what is the Taoist name, alas, the memory is too long, I can't remember clearly.

I vaguely remember that the other party's lay name is... By the way, the other party's lay name is Li!

The middle-aged man immediately saluted the other party respectfully: "I have seen Fairy Li."

recognize me?
Although it was a bit of a surprise, it was also expected with the previous secrets of the deathbed.

Li Fei looked indifferent, and didn't intend to talk nonsense to the other party. He flipped his right hand, and a bronze mirror appeared, and threw it to the other party casually, saying: "You have passed the test, refined it, and you are the City God of this place."

(End of this chapter)