allendalepharm Chapter 16 River God Temple
Chapter 16 River God Temple
At this time, a long queue had already formed outside the temple gate.
Most of the people were elderly, clutching incense and candles in their hands, muttering incantations.
Some young people said they were "just here to take a look," but after entering the temple, they still knelt down properly.
Several children rode on their father's shoulders, staring blankly at the faceless stone tablet.
Mu Yuan stood inside the stone tablet, looking down at the crowd outside the temple with a wisp of his true spirit.
The elderly men selling snacks were all smiles. People meant money, and with the River God Temple open, their business was three times better than usual.
Mu Yuan's gaze passed over the crowd and landed on an old figure who was desperately trying to squeeze in.
Old Liu.
One of the oldest people in the old town, and the first person to propose building a river god temple, he heard the shouts of "The river god has appeared!" and disregarded his advanced age, using his cane to push his way in, just wanting to see it for himself.
Mu Yuan looked at him.
That's a good candidate.
The moment the first worshipper knelt down!
A wisp of warm air rose from the incense burner, passed through the smoke and the stone wall, and was accurately sensed by Mu Yuan.
[Incense offerings +1]
[Incense offerings +1]
[Incense offerings +1]
……
One, two, three.
Each individual drop is small, some so faint as to be almost imperceptible. But when they come together, they are like trickles flowing into a river.
Mu Yuan closed his eyes.
He sensed what those kneeling before the stone tablet were thinking.
Some people pray for peace.
Some people are seeking relief from misfortune.
Someone simply said softly, "Thank you, River God, for giving us a clean river."
There were no insatiable pleas, no hysterical cries.
Most people simply kowtowed lightly, put down the incense and candles, and then turned and left.
It's like doing something perfectly natural.
You protected us.
We respect you.
That's it.
Mu Yuan opened his eyes and his gaze fell on the faceless stone tablet.
There is no face.
It was him.
He raised his hand.
A wisp of azure divine power separated from the true spirit and gently touched the stone tablet.
next second...
Suddenly, the blurry lines carved on the stone tablet lit up. A faint blue light seeped from the cracks in the stone, flowing slowly along the knife marks, as if it were alive.
The light danced across the surface of the stone tablet, eventually converging into a faintly visible outline.
A young man.
He wore a white robe, the hem adorned with gold patterns. A smile graced his face as he surveyed the world.
Just one glance was enough to bring a sense of peace to one's heart.
"The river god has appeared!"
Someone shouted.
The crowd outside the temple gate instantly stirred, everyone wanting to squeeze in for a peek.
But the blue light only lasted a few breaths before dissipating into the air, and the stone tablet returned to its original appearance.
Apart from a few people who happened to be inside the temple, almost no one could see it.
But the words "the river god has appeared" had already caused the crowd to erupt in excitement.
"Really? Is there really a river god?"
"Is it some kind of lighting effect?"
"Never mind, let's just pray first!"
The news spread very quickly.
By evening, the news that "the stone tablet at the River God Temple glows" had become a hot topic in the old town.
At that moment, the system panel in Mu Yuan's mind flickered quietly.
Incense offerings: 326
[The first temple established by the host has been detected]
[Anchor point has been set! River God Temple in the old town of Cangjiang City]
Mu Yuan closed his eyes, and a sudden realization dawned on him.
He finally understood the purpose of temples...
Exorcising evil spirits and warding off evil.
A wisp of divine power resides within the stone tablet. Whenever someone afflicted by ghostly energy enters the temple, the stone tablet will automatically release its exorcising power to suppress the evil spirits.
It manifested itself.
Once the anchor point is established, even if it is thousands of miles away, it can descend instantly with the help of the temple. However, the spirit that manifests only possesses one-tenth of the original body's strength, and the further away it is, the greater the weakening.
A dream.
One can send one's thoughts into the dreams of creatures near the temple.
Simply put, it's a blessing... briefly bestowing a trace of divine power upon the dreamer, enough to enable them to protect themselves when facing low-level anomalies.
The effect is short-lived.
But that's enough.
Mu Yuan's gaze fell once again on the old figure who was squeezing in front of the stone tablet.
Old Liu knelt down.
"We earnestly pray to the River God to protect the safety of everyone in the old town!"
His voice trembled, yet every word was clear.
Mu Yuan gave him a deep look.
Immediately afterwards, a wisp of divine power silently entered Old Liu's body.
In this way, as long as Old Liu falls into a deep sleep, he can sneak into the other party's dream, bestow blessings, and officially transform him into a temple keeper.
A temple cannot be without an owner.
The best person to manage a temple is someone with the deepest faith and highest moral standing.
Mr. Liu is just right.
However....
The moment that wisp of divine power entered Old Liu's body.
The city's ring river and the depths of the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers.
A figure suddenly opened its eyes.
At the deepest part of the city's ring canal, dozens of meters deep, lies a dilapidated shipwreck.
Inside the sunken ship, a beautiful, half-rotted and half-intact figure suddenly sat atop the bow, its black and white eyes slowly rising as if they could traverse an endless river.
They landed inside a temple.
"God...is it a god? I beg you, God, save my child!" Lady Shenyuan screamed, and then her body flashed rapidly, flying towards the location of the River God Temple.
Meanwhile, in the deepest part of the Yellow River, a massive figure, several meters tall, slowly twisted its body, emitting sharp black energy several times.
They literally rotted a two-meter-long bluefish into a pile of meat.
"What kind of power is this? Why does it fill me with fear?" The ship-like creature muttered to itself, looking down at its arm.
He's actually trembling? Is he afraid?
He can actually feel fear!
"God?" Impossible, those are just false legends.
There can't be a God in this world!
Even if it's a god, it's nothing more than a so-called supernatural being stronger than oneself.
But? No fear was felt? It was merely a suppression of power.
"Has a strange force been born to restrain me? I cannot let you live!" Tunzhou roared, and the Yangtze River in the area where he stood suddenly began to shake!
"What are you doing?" Just then, the figure who had been about to appear appeared, frowning as he looked at Tunzhou's roar.
"Destroy! Eat them!" Tunzhou shouted.
"Don't rush! Didn't we agree that I would transform into a dragon first?" The burly figure said with a headache, followed by a tremor in his body.
The figure, several meters long, instantly transformed into a human form, dripping with slime, and its two long whiskers floated in the direction of the river's flow.
"How much longer do I have to wait! How much longer?" Turning its head to look at the figure above, it cried out, "Old mudfish, is your talk of cooperation real or fake?"
"Of course it's true! Otherwise, why would I have traveled over a hundred miles to find you?"