infodatos Chapter 153 These gods are all about to "die".
Chapter 153 These gods are all about to "die".
Chapter 153 These gods are all about to "die". (First update, 4000 words)
This is pure nonsense!
Lu Yuan's meaning just now, and even his previous meaning, was simply that after the entanglement of their destinies was resolved, the goddess of beauty would leave.
But when did I manage to support her until she left?!
Hey!!
This goddess!
I just said those words in my dream!
At the same time, the goddess turned her head, raised her eyebrows slightly, and looked at Lu Yuan.
Her tone carried a hint of coquettishness, neither angry nor pleased.
"So you mean you want to kick me out?"
"I said I wasn't leaving, but you insist I am."
"Do you think I don't know whether I'm leaving or not?!"
"Judging from your tone, if I don't leave, are you going to kick me out?!"
Lu Yuan: "????"
Hey!!
How did they manage to get in touch?!
Lu Yuan was about to say something, but then he changed his mind.
Regardless of whether the goddess of beauty will leave after their fateful entanglement is resolved.
Even if the goddess does leave in the future, that's a matter for later.
At least, the goddess hasn't said she's leaving yet, has she?
They're here playing mahjong every day now, I wonder how happy and content they are.
It's rather disappointing to do all that myself.
For a moment, Lu Yuan wanted to explain, but he didn't know where to begin.
Just then, Zhao Qiao'er suddenly burst out laughing.
The laughter was charming and captivating, carrying an indescribable allure, echoing throughout the side hall.
"He wasn't trying to kick you out!"
"They clearly don't want you to leave~"
Well----
As soon as Zhao Qiao'er finished speaking, Lu Yuan and the Goddess of Beauty were both stunned.
First of all, Lu Yuan really didn't intend to "support" Mei Shen's departure.
but----
Lu Yuan was definitely not at the point where he "couldn't bear" for the goddess to leave.
At this moment, Song Meiqin also put down the cards in her hand and took off the gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of her nose.
He gently wiped the lenses with a handkerchief and then slowly put them back on.
Those movements, performed with composure, exuded an unparalleled intellectual beauty.
"That's right~"
"If Yuan'er really wants you to leave, once the entanglement of fate is resolved, we can all go our separate ways, and no one can stop us."
Why does he have to say these things all the time?
Whether you leave or not, what does it have to do with him?
Aunt Qin looked up at Lu Yuan, then at the Goddess of Beauty, a hint of slyness in her eyes.
Aunt Qiao'er, who was standing to the side, also put down the mahjong tiles in her hand. She gently patted her jade-like hands, which were painted with bright red nail polish, and her eyes were full of charm.
"So, he's asking all sorts of questions because he doesn't want you to leave!"
"On the surface, it seems like I keep saying you're leaving, but actually, it's because I'm afraid you'll leave, and I can't bear to part with you, that's why I keep saying it."
"Otherwise, he wouldn't bother asking."
Lu Yuan: "???"
Did I mean that?
Lu Yuan was a little confused.
The explanations given by these two beautiful aunties are perfectly reasonable.
Lu Yuan was about to believe it.
Could it be that I really can't bear to see the goddess of beauty leave?
Whether Lu Yuan sent a letter or not is another matter.
But the goddess of beauty clearly believed it.
After the two "Auntie Mei" spoke, the goddess's expression softened considerably.
No----
The situation has eased considerably.
The sun came out in an instant!
At this moment, the goddess of beauty turned her head, and when she looked at Lu Yuan with her beautiful eyes that were as bright as the Milky Way, they were full of cunning.
"Eek~"
"If you didn't want me to leave, you should have said so earlier~"
"You almost drove me away with this whole thing!"
"Don't worry, even after our fateful entanglement is resolved, I won't leave~"
The goddess's perfect face was now filled with unwavering confidence.
Lu Yuan stood aside, speechless.
Okay then————
Even if the process was wrong, as long as the result was right, that's fine.
Lu Yuan ignored the three of them and went to a corner of the hall to check the prerequisite for the tongue-renewing method: seven days of rootless water.
I glanced at it, and it was fine; nothing had changed.
Next, we need to prepare the things we'll need for tonight.
Although it was outside the gate of Zhenlong Temple, we still had to make the necessary preparations.
Lu Yuan did not intend to have any conflict with these "wild gods".
As mentioned before, "God" is a neutral term.
God may not represent good, but He certainly does not represent evil!
Otherwise, it wouldn't be called a god, but an evil spirit!
Therefore, Lu Yuan did not intend to exterminate these "wild gods".
His purpose in going there was simply to draw a clear line and get to the bottom of things.
However, necessary preparations are essential to prevent the other party from doing anything outrageous if negotiations break down.
Of course, there's no need to worry too much.
Not to mention that Zhenlong Temple is behind them, nor that Gu Qingwan is here.
Tonight alone, the goddess of beauty is standing right next to me.
The goddess's power needs no further explanation.
Otherwise, Lu Yuan wouldn't have started working again after only a few days of recovery.
The third quarter of the hour of Zi (11:45 PM).
The moon is hidden behind the clouds.
Lu Yuan stood alone outside the gate of Zhenlong Temple.
He was wearing a dusty old Taoist robe, and he was not holding any magic implements or making any talismans.
He just stood there, looking like a lazy person who couldn't sleep at night and went out for a stroll.
A mountain breeze blew up from the foot of the mountain, carrying the chill of a winter night, swirling up the withered leaves on the ground and sweeping past his feet.
Lu Yuan didn't move.
He simply looked up at the dark night below the mountain.
There's something there.
Lu Yuan could sense it without even looking.
Those things were gathered on the bluestone steps outside the mountain gate.
It is not an evil spirit, nor a monster, but — "God".
They have no form, yet they have weight; they have no sound, yet they breathe.
The breathing was so light that ordinary people couldn't even detect it.
But Lu Yuan, standing here, could feel the slight tremor brought about by that breathing.
It wasn't the ground that was trembling, but the air itself, as if something was slowly inhaling and exhaling the essence of this world.
Of course, this is somewhat unrealistic.
Why not————
It's better to just use the "Slay Demons and Exterminate Evil" system; it's more straightforward.
Speaking of which—
It's really thanks to Lu Yuan's bad condition and weak strength.
The warning system for "Slaying Demons and Eliminating Evil" is based on Lu Yuan's current strength.
Lu Yuan is very weak now, making it difficult for him to use his true power, his martial arts techniques, or even his magical artifacts.
Even when doing the most ordinary things for a Taoist priest, once the intensity increases, it's easy to see stars.
Lu Yuan now is probably only slightly better than Wang Chengan and Xu Erxiao.
Given Lu Yuan's current situation, he can see all the "gods" below the mountain clearly.
After all, being a "god" doesn't necessarily mean being super strong.
Take braised chicken for example.
It is also a legitimate immortal who has transcended tribulations and attained enlightenment, but the braised chicken has never triggered any danger level warnings in Lu Yuan's eyes.
The Celestial Master realm is still very authoritative!
Especially Lu Yuan, who is at the Celestial Master realm, and not just any ordinary Celestial Master.
As Lu Yuan began to descend the mountain, information about these "gods" gradually appeared before him.
[Type: Reclining Ox Stone]
[Cultivation Period: 362 years]
[Type: A large rock resembling a reclining ox by the field was regarded as a sacred object by the villagers, who believed it could ensure good weather and abundant harvests. People offered incense to it year after year, and gradually a spirit emerged from the rock, thus it became this deity.]
Danger Level: ★★★★★
[Note: This deity may pose a threat, but it is not inherently evil; it is a manifestation of incense offerings and is not a malevolent spirit.]
[Type: Spring Mother]
[Cultivation Level: 377 years]
[Type: Goddess of the source of the springs in Daquan Mountain. The origin and abundance of the water veins are all tied to her. The villagers, grateful for the source of their water, have worshipped her for generations, thus she became this deity.]
Danger Level: ★★★★
[Note: The Water God is inherently gentle and benevolent, but his incense offerings have been cut off for many years, leaving him depleted and in dire need of finding a new source of worship.]
[Type: Flower Lady]
[Cultivation Level: 277 years]
[Type: A wildflower goddess who governs the blooming seasons of a region; young women often pray to her for beauty or to find a good marriage.]
【Danger Level: ★★★】
[Note: If no further offerings are made to sustain it, it may not survive another decade.]
Looking at the "god" hidden in the darkness, Lu Yuan understood something.
These levels of danger appear to be very high.
However, this is based on Lu Yuan's current strength.
In reality, these are just minor deities.
Just like Lu Yuan said before, these are all similar to braised chicken.
Of course, there were still things around that Lu Yuan hadn't seen, since the detection range of the [Slay Demons and Exterminate Evil] system was only five hundred meters.
There were some more 500 meters away.
But there won't be anything stronger, Lu Yuan could sense that.
Therefore, these are mostly just minor rural deities with little real power.
That's strange.
Would a rural deity with such limited abilities dare to bewitch the goddess of beauty?
The difference between these rural folk gods and the goddess of beauty is like the difference between Lu Yuan and Shen Jizhou.
With such a huge gap, do you really dare to come to my door?
Lu Yuan thought about it carefully, and it seemed that there wasn't anything too wrong with it.
After all, were these "gods" just here to persuade the goddess of beauty?
Perhaps they knew that a powerful new god had emerged beyond the pass, so they came to follow the goddess of beauty?
It's like what—
It's like flying a kite in the mountains. If you fly a very large kite, a flock of birds will soon follow.
Of course, Lu Yuan didn't know the specifics of the situation.
Lu Yuan also asked the Goddess of Beauty today.
However, the goddess said she didn't have much contact with these "gods".
These "gods" have only started appearing frequently in the last two days.
As for the conversation between the goddess and them, it only lasted for the first night, when these "gods" made the goddess follow them.
The goddess of beauty naturally disagreed and ignored them.
She simply guarded the gate of Zhenlong Temple, preventing these "things" from coming up.
When Lu Yuan reached the foot of the mountain, he looked around.
Lu Yuan cupped his hands slightly, then said, "Everyone, please show yourselves and let's discuss this in detail."
Lu Yuan spoke, his voice not loud, but it carried far and wide in the quiet night.
The mountain wind has stopped.
The leaves no longer rustled.
The whole world suddenly fell into an eerie silence.
Then, things began to appear on those bluestone steps.
First, there was the fog.
A very faint grayish-white mist seeped out from the cracks in the steps, wisps and strands, gradually gathering more and more.
The mist didn't spread; it just clung to the steps, creeping upwards layer by layer, as if something was stepping on it to climb up.
The fog stopped three feet in front of the mountain gate.
Then, pairs of faint lights appeared in the grayish-white mist.
Those were not real eyes, but two spots of light that were either pale green, dark yellow, or grayish white.
The points of light flickered in the mist, like phosphorescence in a graveyard at night.
But this is definitely not phosphorescence.
Lu Yuan knew what this was.
This is "divine light".
Those wild gods who have received some incense offerings and gained some spiritual power, but are not qualified to be properly worshipped.
They have no physical form and can only manifest in this way.
After all, not all "gods" have a physical form like the goddess of beauty.
Of course, these things that are revealed all seem to carry a hint of evil.
That's not the demeanor one would expect of a god.
But upon closer examination...
In fact—
From a certain perspective—
Deities and evil spirits share the same origin.
The difference between the two is often just a thought.
It's just that—
Gods can transform into evil spirits, but—
Evil spirits cannot transform back into gods.
For a moment, Lu Yuan inexplicably thought of Qing Wan.
Um----
Having overthought things, Lu Yuan shook his head, calmed his mind, and gazed at the faint "divine light" before him.
Lu Yuan counted them.
Seven pairs.
Fourteen points of light.
Seven wild gods.
As he was watching, the points of light in the fog suddenly began to flicker violently.
Immediately afterwards, those points of light began to slowly gather, stretch, and change.
They are trying to become visible.
Lu Yuan didn't move, he just watched quietly.
The grayish-white mist surged up, as if stirred by an invisible hand.
Those pale green, dark yellow, and grayish-white specks of light detached from the mist and slowly coalesced into blurry outlines.
The first thing to take shape was a hunched figure.
It was an old man, and grayish-white mist condensed on his body into a tattered robe.
His face was obscured, except for a pair of ghastly green eyes that gleamed eerily in the mist.
He was slightly hunched over, as if he had been squatting by the field for hundreds of years and could no longer straighten up.
【Sleeping Ox Stone Lord】
The name flashed through Lu Yuan's mind.
Immediately afterwards, a second figure took shape.
It was the outline of a woman, clearer than the first one.
She was wearing a drab gray dress, her hair was loose, and her face was indistinct, yet one could sense a certain—
The air was dry.
Like a riverbed that hasn't rained for a very long time, cracks appear, yearning for something.
This is [Quanmu].
Then—the third figure also took shape.
It was the appearance of a young girl, more blurry than the previous two, like a wisp of smoke that might dissipate at any moment.
She wore a dress that looked like it was made of flower petals, which swayed slightly in the night breeze.
The face was still indistinct, but one could sense an aura of decay.
This is the Flower Goddess.
The remaining four figures gradually took shape.
There were old and young, men and women, and without exception, they were all as blurry as a wisp of fog that could dissipate at any moment.
Their eyes glowed faintly in the mist, all looking at Lu Yuan standing in front of the mountain gate.
Lu Yuan also looked at these "gods".
Then I remembered the hints given by the [Slay Demons and Exterminate Evil] system.
Lu Yuan suddenly realized a problem.
These local deities are not the kind of wild gods who have attained enlightenment but have never received incense offerings.
And they are all deities who have received incense offerings and protected the people of this region!
But now that the incense has died out and the believers have scattered, they have become like this—
Without a physical form or a fixed abode, it can only wander at night, searching for even the slightest trace of incense smoke.
If I had to use an adjective to describe these "gods"—
That is————
These gods are all about to "die".