Chapter 197 Divine Court, Thirty-six Thousand Five Hundred Gods
The dark curtain is dotted with endless stars. Some of them are as bright as pearls, shining brightly, and some of them are like candles in the wind. , misty and uncertain.
A ray of light streaked across the starry sky, fleeting.
The vast universe is no longer unfamiliar to Chu Zheng, but every time he visits the universe in person, he will still be attracted by these celestial bodies that contain endless mysterious aura.
Crossing the starry sky again and traveling to foreign lands is already a familiar journey for Chu Zheng.
In an instant, he saw the starry sky enveloped by the power of incense.
Compared with the first time, Chu Zheng now has a little more energy to stay in the starry sky for a while longer.
Compared to Tianyao Federation, this time, he can clearly feel the existence of Tianyun in the universe. In this starry sky, there is a relatively complete way of heaven.
After thinking for a while, Chu Zheng chose a relatively huge star.
The moment he passed through the star barrier, abundant spiritual energy waves came out, which was even better than the Cangyun Realm before the great changes in the world.
The world was filled with extremely rich incense and wish power. Chu Zheng took a casual glance and saw numerous shrines and temples.
Everyone worships gods, and every family worships the gods.
In the void, various divine sounds echo, and legends about various gods are constantly being circulated in the streets and markets.
Powerful spiritual thoughts fluctuated between heaven and earth. Some spiritual thoughts discovered the existence of Chu Zheng, but they just glanced at it without paying attention.
Chu Zheng began to search for a suitable body. This time, he still wanted to find a suitable body, preferably a child.
In the child's body, the innate Qi has not been exhausted. This step of refining Qi can save a lot of hard work.
The last time he experienced a calamity, most of his consciousness was in his true body, but that time, his cultivation level still increased extremely rapidly. From this, we can see the benefits of a child's body.
On this star, there are gods three feet above the head, but there are still wars between various tribes, and there are many corpses that have just died. Unfortunately, there are very few suitable choices for Chu Zheng. .
All the way through mountains, lakes and seas, passing ancient tribes, and passing by a river, Chu Zheng stopped.
This place belongs to a small tribe with a population of no more than ten thousand. It lives on the water. The god worshiped by the tribe is a river god.
At this moment, this tribe is holding a sacrifice.
Standing by the river is a tall statue of a god with a body and fish tail, a tall figure, holding a steel fork, and a stern face.
On the altar in front of the statue, there are many sacrifices including cattle, sheep, fruits and vegetables, and... a pair of sleeping boys and girls.
There is innate energy in children's bodies, and men and women are divided into yin and yang. It is of great benefit to ghosts, ghosts, and living monsters.
The high priest in robes knelt before the statue of the god and recited the ‘word of the god’.
After a while, the high priest slowly stood up and led everyone back, with a hint of sigh in his cloudy eyes.
Chu Zheng listened for a moment and learned some information.
This starry sky is governed by the Divine Court, which governs the gods in the world. There are 36,500 gods, equal to the number of stars in the sky, and incense and wishes are offered layer by layer.
The top emperor god, who is in charge of the divine court, is known as the "Supreme God of Sky Frost Demon Luo Mingtian" and enjoys worship from the entire star field.
The title of the Great Emperor is above that of the Heavenly Lord. The power of this God Emperor is probably unexplorable, comparable to that of a giant above the Immortal King of Immortal Dao.
This kind of sacrifice is held once a year in this small tribe, but there are no boys or girls among the usual sacrifices.
There are boys and girls on the list, and this is a grand ceremony held once every ten years. For such a small tribe, a big festival held once every ten years is a rare event.
The boys and girls used as sacrifices will be prepared two years in advance.
First of all, healthy young men and women are selected from the tribe and paired, the men and women are distinguished in the fetus, and then the women are given birth on the solstice day and the solstice time of the year.
After birth, the selected child will be taken away and raised by the high priest on the spot to prevent the parents from being emotionally involved and affecting the performance of the ceremony.
Separation of flesh and blood is the most painful thing in the world, and this can also alleviate the grief of some parents.
Chu Zheng was attracted by the pure yang energy in the boy's body. A child who was just one year old and born on the solstice day was the perfect body for him.
However, Chu Zheng had no intention of intervening in the performance of the great sacrifice. This was the tribe’s way of survival. His forced interference would involve the cause and effect of tens of thousands of people.
By then, more people may die.
What's more, he is just a remnant soul now, and if he wants to intervene, he is powerless.
At this moment, Chu Zheng just wanted to know the final outcome of the boy and girl, and also wanted to see the strength of the god who was accepting the sacrifice.
Soon, the sky gradually darkened, and the sky was dotted with stars.
After nightfall, the river gradually rose. Not far away, the high priest led the tribe members and was still watching.
Soon, the river flooded to the altar, and the statue seemed to come to life. The divine light flashed in its eyes, and it opened its mouth and sucked gently, drawing out wisps of pure life essence from the two children's bodies.
Flesh and blood are useless to the Yins and Gods, only this life energy is a great tonic.
[Zhenhe Lingjun (Level 3): Lingjun realm incense god, with more than 700,000 followers under his command. His predecessor was the Shark tribe. After death, the Yin spirit does not die. He resides in the clay body. He is worshiped by others and can channel spirits. He rules the next year. The weather is good and the weather is prosperous. 】
In addition to the tribe in front of you, there are other tribes under the command of this god.
For a third-level god to ensure the survival of the more than 700,000 followers under his command, I am afraid it will take a lot of energy. The sacrifices offered by these tribes, excluding the loss of their own divine power, will not retain much.
If this were not the case, no believers would be willing to offer sacrifices. Without believers, the Incense God could not even guarantee its own existence.
No believer will be willing to worship a god who only knows how to take without giving anything in return.
Looking at the energetic child on the altar, Chu Zheng sighed softly, his life force was sucked away, and he was unable to save himself.
I just don’t know if the repair panel can make up for this ray of innate energy.
The grand ceremony was just halfway through, when suddenly, a sword light lit up in the sky.
Buzz——
The cold light was dazzling, and the void emitted a harsh scream. The sword light passed over the statue of the god and struck it down with a sword.
The huge head was thrown high into the river, causing a splash of waves.
Not far away, the high priest and the clan members turned pale with horror. After reacting, they all looked horrified. They faced the severed head statue and knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly.
A figure came through the air and stopped above the river. He was dressed in white robes and was about forty years old. Extremely powerful energy fluctuations surged in his body.
[Tong Tianye (Level 3): A Qi-Taoist monk, repairing the "Buyuan Jing", with a bone age of ninety-three, and also practicing the Incense and Fire Spiritual Way, and is in the process of compiling the book and setting up a biography. 】
After seeing Tong Tianye's message clearly, Chu Zheng frowned slightly. He didn't expect that he would meet a monk who also practiced the incense spirit way so soon.
Tong Tianye looked indifferent, looked down at the kneeling tribesmen, and said calmly:
"It is better to worship this little demon god than to worship my Tianyue Sect's Patriarch Ming, 'Jiuxiao Changming Lord'."< br>
"I, Patriarch Changming, don't need you to sacrifice your children. I only need a longevity tablet, three kowtows in the morning and evening, and a stick of incense in the morning and evening to protect you and others."
Before he finished speaking, The severed head statue of Zhenhe Lingjun suddenly emitted a burst of intense divine light. The severed head gradually grew completely, and the color of the mud body gradually faded, turning into a solid body. Once manifested, Zhenhe Lingjun didn't say anything nonsense, he rose up from the waves, straight into the sky, raised the steel fork in his hand and stabbed with great force, as if he wanted to pierce the void.
"You dare to make a mistake even if you are a mere spiritual king!"
Tong Tianye sneered, unmoved, he opened his mouth and breathed lightly, the vitality of the surrounding world surged into his mouth, his lips and teeth opened and closed, his throat There is a hint of sword light in it.
The next moment, he spit out suddenly, and a sword light spurted out from his throat, brilliant and dazzling.
Dang——
The sound of gold and iron clashing exploded, piercing gold and cracking rocks.
boom!
There were bursts of divine light in the sky, and two figures were constantly fighting.
Everyone around was paying attention to the battlefield in mid-air. No one noticed that the children and many sacrifices on the altar had fallen into the river after losing their divine power, and were floating in the rapid water. , flowing down the river.
Chu Zheng frowned slightly, without further delay, he submerged into the river and penetrated the boy's body.
As soon as he entered this body, Chu Zheng felt an unspeakable chill. The energy in his body was gone, and his vitality was gone.
Without daring to hesitate, Chu Zheng immediately used the panel to repair the body.
However, this body is too weak and can only drift with the current, sinking and floating in the river, gradually drifting away.
Chu Zheng could only keep using the repair panels to maintain his weak vitality. He had no time to open his eyes, and his mouth and nose were filled with water, floating all the way down with the river.
I don’t know how much time passed before Chu Zheng followed the current and entered a shoal, and his belly was already filled with river water.
The child, who had just turned one year old, had weak limbs. Chu Zheng could only flop around with all his strength, and then he got close to the shore and lay down on the muddy shore.
Chu Zheng didn't waste time and immediately began to look for Qi and tried to introduce Qi into his body.
After a while, a warm current poured into the body from the Tianling and began to grow rapidly.
In the blink of an eye, two days had passed. Chu Zheng had been lying on the shore, motionless. It was not until the weakness in his limbs subsided that he gradually stood up.
Absorbing the energy of the sun and the moon for two days has made his body as a one-year-old child no weaker than that of an ordinary adult.
The ever-present feeling of hunger loomed in his heart. If it weren't for the repair panel, he would have starved to death.
Before entering the spiritual transformation, you cannot eat Qi and nourish yourself, and you cannot do without whole grains.
After jumping into the river again and catching some fish and shrimp to fill his stomach, Chu Zheng began to explore the surrounding tribes.
There are still many things he doesn’t know about the vast world in front of him. The first thing he needs to understand is the mystery of the incense spirit.
There are not only gods and believers here, but also many people who practice the incense and spiritual way.
From what Tong Tianye did before, it can be seen that the competition for believers here is quite fierce.
Moreover, Tong Tianye himself was practicing the Incense Spiritual Way, but he was not preaching for himself, but for the ancestor of the sect to expand his followers, which puzzled Chu Zheng.
After trekking in the mountains for several days, relying on his increasing strength every day, Chu Zheng began to hunt wild beasts in the mountains for supplements. After devouring a large amount of flesh and blood, his muscles and bones began to gradually stretch.
By the time he arrived in front of a tribe, more than a month had passed, and his stature had risen to that of a five or six-year-old child, wrapped in an animal skin.
Looking at the door in front of him, Chu Zheng was a little confused for a moment.
Rather than a tribe, his eyes looked more like a city, with a city wall nearly ten feet high, a dark gate covered with various patterns, and a statue of a god on both sides of the door.
In front of the statue, there is an incense burner, lighting three finger-thick incense sticks.
The door is open, there is a constant flow of people, and it is very lively.
In front of the city gate, there are no soldiers guarding it, so you can come and go at will.
Chu Zheng followed the flow of people and squeezed into the city, trying his best to collect information from the idle words from all directions.
Walking along the long street, Chu Zheng's thoughts gradually stabilized, as if he had some enlightenment.
On this star, there are many people who practice the incense and spiritual way, but they basically all practice it concurrently.
After the death of these monks, relying on the reputation they built during their lifetime, someone will shape a golden body for them, so that these people can return to the world with the power of incense and vows.
This is equivalent to resurrection from the dead. Therefore, many monks flock to the incense and spiritual way.
It is not uncommon for people to become gods by virtue of their physical bodies. However, as time goes by, the physical body will eventually die, and the Yin God is the final destination.
Compared with having a physical body as a shackle, the Yin God's way of action is undoubtedly more flexible and changeable. With a golden body as a node, mountains and rivers hundreds of millions of miles away can be reached in an instant.
As his understanding of the incense spirit way deepened, Chu Zheng's expression became a little hesitant.
This is certainly a great road that can lead to the gods and even exist in the world forever.
However, for a Qi practitioner, the more causes and effects involved, the greater the probability of sudden death.
For a moment, Chu Zheng suddenly thought of Daozu again, and his heart was slightly shaken.
No one can know the true name of Daozu. The golden body he created has no fixed shape at all.
As long as this golden body is given the name of 'Tao Ancestor', that Tao Ancestor should be able to receive the power of incense and fire without having to bear the excessive karma.
This method is undoubtedly quite outrageous.
Thoughts gradually dispersed, and Chu Zheng accidentally bumped into someone’s waist.
Chu Zheng raised his head and was about to apologize when a wrinkled smiling face squeezed into his eyes:
“It doesn’t matter.”
[Yuan Dazun (First Level): Bone age is forty-three, he is proficient in martial arts, and also practices the incense and spiritual way. He has very few followers. 】
Another monk who also practiced the incense and spiritual way, Chu Zheng's eyes narrowed and he subconsciously took half a step back.
“Do you believe in God?”
Yuan Dazun looked Chu Zheng up and down and suddenly asked.
Chu Zheng shook his head subconsciously, and then nodded suddenly.
"Little guy, I see that you are born with different appearances and are not an ordinary person. You will be a dragon or a phoenix among men in the future. Do you want to practice with me?"
Yuan Dazun's expression gradually became serious: "If you believe in me, I can achieve it. All your wishes.”
Compared to those gods who have been famous for a long time and have their own fixed followers, it is undoubtedly quite hard for those who have just started to practice the way of incense gods.
We are both gods. If you want to have followers, the easiest way is to prove your power by fulfilling the wishes of believers.
(End of this chapter)