Chapter 11: Demonic Spirit
There are also priesthoods such as the river god city god in the world of Liaozhai, but Shen Chengping heard the master say that this kind of priesthood is also regulated, and it is not allowed to ask for worship excessively, and generally speaking, for these river god city gods, the important thing is not to worship, but incense, because most of these priesthoods take the road of incense to become a god, and incense is equivalent to the aura of a person who cultivates immortals for them, naturally the more the better, and those offerings have little effect on them, so in Shen Chengping's opinion, This so-called river god is really weird.
Hearing Shen Chengping say that the river god didn't know the rules, the little two were shocked in his heart, and said: "Don't talk nonsense, this river god can manipulate the river water, half a month ago, the river water flooded into the entire Zhoujia Town, you say this to let the river god hear it, and make the river god angry, I will be even more sad!" ”
Looking at the look of this little er, Shen Chengping didn't answer, but said to the little er: "I'm just talking nonsense in anger, I didn't expect such things to happen, so I don't know when you sacrifice to the river god every day?" Ben Gongzi has never seen a ghost or a god? ”
Shen Chengping mentioned the river god, and the little second still had a look of daring to be angry and did not dare to speak, and said: "Every time the river god dreams, we wait for the sacrifice to be prepared in the river temple by the river in the north of the town in the morning, the river god will come before noon every day, the sun is about to set today, the sacrifice has already ended, this son has to wait until tomorrow if you want to see it." ”
Originally, Shen Chengping felt that this river god was strange, and at this time, he naturally wanted to see what the origin of this river god was, so he decided to stay here for one night and wait until tomorrow to see the situation.
"In this case, it happens to be late today, so Xiao Er, you can arrange a good room first, and my son will live here first, and then go to the river temple tomorrow to see it." Shen Chengping wanted to see who this river god was, but he just asked the road in detail, and then gave a reward and asked the little two to prepare the room.
Waiting for the little two to leave, Shen Chengping said in his heart: "I can dream in this whole town without being affected, and I don't feel any sneaky aura nearby, it is very likely that he is the righteous god who has the seal, but he is so inconsiderate of the people's power, and he even dares to manipulate the river water into the town without permission, this is already a violation of the rules, if the river god who is officially pardoned will never do this, is it really a monster doing it?" This matter is very strange, I still need to investigate it carefully, and I don't know what the origin of the river god is, how to cultivate, and it is not the work of a wise man to go directly to the door. ”
After thinking for a while, Shen Chengping suddenly chuckled and said, "But maybe it won't be tomorrow, you may see you tonight." ”
It turned out that according to what Xiao Er said before, Shen Chengping had confirmed that this river god would give dreams to the people of Zhoujia Town every night, so as to ask for various sacrifices, Shen Chengping also wanted to see what this river god had to rely on, so as soon as he lay down, he withdrew the protection of his Yuan Shen instinct, and gradually fell asleep. When Shen Chengping fell into a deep sleep, the scenery in front of him suddenly changed, and he felt that he didn't know when he came to the riverside.
The wind was very strong, and the river seemed to be angry, and the waves crashed on the shore, and the waves were churning, and the roaring sound was very amazing. Suddenly, the waves swirled, and a man emerged among them, covered in glittering golden chain mail, tall and mighty, holding a jade talisman in his hand.
Seeing Shen Chengping, the man was condescending and shouted: "You wait for the people of Zhoujia Town to listen, I will marry a new wife tomorrow, and you must offer the woman to be married in time at home, and prepare three animal incense, otherwise it will be disrespectful to my god, and there will be a flood, and it will be too late to regret it, do you remember?" After speaking, with a bang, a wave several feet high roared up and smashed towards Shen Chengping.
Shen Chengping was also very surprised when he saw it, Huo Ran got up between dodging, opened his eyes, and saw that the place where he was was was still in the room of the inn, and he heard the sound of a rooster crowing, and it was about to dawn.
After waking up, Shen Chengping did not wash, but sat on the bed and meditated: "Originally, I thought that the river god was just a mountain spirit and a wild monster, and he understood the spell of dreaming, and then he made waves in this Zhoujia town, but now I look at the jade talisman in the dream, which contains divine power, which is the orthodox river god talisman edict, and it is precisely because of this that the river god can give dreams to the people of the town at the same time." ”
Speaking of the gods and goddesses in this world, they are all practitioners who follow the path of the gods, among which the orthodox one is recognized by the world, and the priesthood canonized by the imperial court, that is, the so-called righteous god, and there are wild rituals set up by some people privately, which are also strongly suppressed, and this river god has a canonized jade talisman, thinking that it is a righteous god who has been officially canonized, otherwise it is impossible to be recognized by the jade talisman, but Shen Chengping always feels that there is something strange in it.
"No matter what, let's go and see it first, after all, even if this river god is canonized, but it is still too much to squeeze the people's power like this, and the people are still required to offer women, this is probably also a violation, I still have to go and see the situation." After making up his mind, Shen Chengping no longer hesitated, and after washing, he came to the river temple in the north.
Shen Chengping looked at the vermilion wall and green tiles, which had obviously been repaired recently. The statue of the god inside was also decorated very solemnly, and it was the same as the image of the gold-armored god man that Shen Chengping saw in his dream, and it looked majestic.
And the most important point of worshipping the river god is to sacrifice three animals. However, unlike the worship of the land city god, the three animals were not placed on the altar in the temple, but were transported to the riverside, held in a bamboo row, and sent to the river.
Today, the river was very calm, but when the bamboo raft full of three animals and a fifteen or sixteen-year-old woman just floated to the center of the river, it suddenly set off a wind and waves, and a big wave rushed in, swallowing the bamboo raft, and when the bamboo raft resurfaced on the water, the three animals on it were long gone, and the woman was gone.
Seeing this scene, the people in the surrounding towns also kowtowed, tremblingly hoping that the river god would be satisfied, but Shen Chengping, who was watching from the shore at this time, felt that something was wrong:
"Strange, how did I feel a strong demonic aura? To say that this river god has been canonized, although there are many of them are also made by this goblin to accept Zhao'an, but when he is canonized, he should have received divine power to cleanse and remove the demonic energy on his body, but the demonic energy of this river god is obvious, and it is no different from the ordinary wild goblin, even the rune cannot be completely covered, it is really a little suspicious! ”
Thinking of this, Shen Chengping suddenly became suspicious in his heart, and said in his heart: "No matter what, I'll go see this river god first, I always feel that there is something wrong with this river god." ”
Thinking so, Shen Chengping avoided everyone's sight, came to a secluded place, cast a water avoidance spell, and dived into the river.