Chapter 16: Grievances
The Jing River is surging and stretches for 9,300 miles, starting from Kunlun Mountain in the west and entering the sea in the east. It flows through countless famous mountains and rivers all the way, absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon, and swallowing the aura of heaven and earth.
Three hundred years ago, there was a dragon who attained the Tao and obtained the Jinghe Dragon King Talisman to unify the waters of the Jinghe River. Since then, ten years and one o'clock, a hundred years of a god, enjoy the incense of the 9,300-mile river basin, and the mana is unfathomable.
In the 9,300-mile basin of the Jing River, there is a section of the river domain Xiuchun Bend, the water flow is gentle, there are towns on both banks, the population is dense, and it is quite prosperous. At the bend of this section of the river from the steep to the gentle, there is a hillside, which is not high, and is both a bank and the last barrier for the towns below the river. Therefore, there is a river temple on this river embankment, although the temple is clean, but there is no incense, and the statue of the river god on the altar is gone. At this time there was a man sitting upright, coarse linen, black hair hanging from a shawl, eyes like cold stars, and a face like a knife. There is a wooden staff on the right, the body of the staff is black and faint, it is engraved with "Jinghe Xiuchunwan River God", and there is a sword out of the sheath on the knee, the sword body is clear as water, there is a faint treasure light flowing, and the murderous spirit is faint.
It's just that his originally handsome face is now gloomy, and his eyes are faintly murderous looking at the heavy rain outside the River Temple.
It has been raining heavily for three days and three nights, and the river is swelling. The black clouds over the river were thick, and lightning and thunder roared. The pouring rain continued, the wind howled on the river, the waves rolled, and in the rain and mist, a small boat-sized carp was faintly writhing in the river, and occasionally when it rushed out of the water, the scales on its forehead could be seen glittering gold.
It is the carp essence in the river, and this heavy rain was not caused by it, but after Chen Jing became a river god just now, it rained heavily in the sky, and the carp essence took the opportunity to make waves. The carp essence has been in this river for more than a hundred years, and the breath is about to faintly fit with this Xiuchun Bay, and through the mana, it can affect the rain to fall bigger and longer, the purpose is to drive away Chen Jing, who is now sitting in the river temple.
Chen Jingde's position as the river god has only been three days, and when he first obtained the position of the river god three days ago, the fish spirit immediately cast a spell to inform the people within 30 miles on both sides of the strait to "demolish the river temple and rebuild it, and shape the statue of the carp god."
It not only wants to drive Chen Jing away, but also to become the river god of this embroidered spring bend.
It's just that Chen Jing has left nowhere, since he got the river god talisman, he is the river god who embroiders spring bends. Among the edicts is a "Heaven and Earth Order", which clearly reads: "Heaven and earth are orderly, yin and yang are constant, all heavenly beings have belonging, all heavens and immortals have ranks, and each performs its own duties......"
It wasn't until now that he knew that the immortals and gods in the world all had ranks, and they were all bound by the heavenly court. And the demons everywhere are also under the jurisdiction of the local gods, but now the order between heaven and earth is a little chaotic, and even the heavenly court has not appeared for too long.
It's just that the prohibition between heaven and earth is still there, and the gods who are forbidden to receive the talismans can't leave the divine domain at will.
The carp spirit in the river is surrounded by countless fish and shrimp, like a king on patrol. Some of them were half-opened, and some of them had only a glimmer of chance, all of them surrounded the carp spirit, and they hissed and made a piercing noise in the water, drumming up the waves, as if they were demonstrating to Chen Jing in the river temple.
Chen Jing was furious, grabbed the sword beside him and threw it into the sky, the sword turned into a streamer that broke through the air and stabbed, the fish and shrimp that opened the wisdom in the river have a natural sensitivity to danger, and saw a sword light break out of the sky from the river temple, and immediately burrowed into the water. And the carp spirit had already prepared, opened its mouth and spit out bubbles, twisted its body, and set off huge waves to roll up the sky to drown the sword.
The sword turned in the air, fluttering and uncertain, the carp could not stop it, the scales were cut a few times, and after eating the pain, it quickly dived back into the water, the rain in the sky was much smaller in an instant, and the sword drew a silver line in the air and flew back to the river temple.
Chen Jing stretched out his hand, and the sword had fallen into his hand. With the hilt of the sword in one hand and the spiritual breath in the other, it was wiped on the body of the sword, washing away the demonic energy contaminated on the sword with spiritual breath.
In the past few days, Chen Jing has fought with the carp spirit in the river more than once, except for the time when he was stabbed in the eye by Chen Jing's sword and suffered a small loss, every time he got into the water as soon as he was in danger, and Chen Jing couldn't help it.
"We can't go on like this, and if we continue like this, it won't be long before the river will overflow the river temple and break the embankment, and the towns on both sides will be submerged, and the faith will surely collapse, and the people will resent, and the soul will be destroyed."
These are things that he naturally knew after he became a river god, and only those who have the faith of all beings can be called gods, and if the gods cause resentment, they will also lose their godhood.
If he wasn't a river god before, people's wishes wouldn't have an impact on him, but now that he is a river god, his spirit has fused with the talisman, and many spells in the talisman will naturally know, but they are also forbidden by the talisman.
Cultivators rely on their own cultivation, and since Chen Jing obtained the river god talisman, in addition to some spells in his mind, he also has an additional "Jinghe Sacrifice Divine Mantra", the function of this divine mantra is not to accept the vitality of heaven and earth as a cultivation method that has been used, but to make himself fit with the spiritual veins of this section of the river basin, so as to attract the spiritual power of this Xiuchun bend river basin. In addition, the Najing River Sacrifice Spell can also turn the power of faith into one's own mana, which is the way of cultivation of the god of heavenly talismans.
But since he became a river god, he has not felt a trace of faith. There was a phantom in his soul at this time, this phantom was the epitome of the Xiuchun Bend River section, it was not true or real, and there was no water at all in that section of the river, the riverbed was dry, and it seemed to be about to scatter faintly.
The riverbed is the edict, and the water in the river represents mana, and now not only is there not a trace, but the riverbed is going to dry up and crack.
Chen Jing was on the bluestone platform in the river temple, his eyes staring at the wind and rain outside the river temple, thinking about how to improve his mana so that he could kill the carp spirit in the river. I couldn't help but think of the old river god's statement that the river god could cure the fish demon, and I was angry in my heart, regretting that I had softened my heart and entered the river temple.
He became the river god of this embroidered spring bend, and naturally there were many spells that could cure the creatures in the river. But all of this is backed by mana, he first got the position of the river god, he has no faith, and he can't mobilize the spiritual power of the river region, so he naturally has no mana, and the current mana is only what he has after three years of sword cultivation in Qianluo Mountain.
Chen Jing, who was a little anxious, stood up, walked to the river temple, looked at the rainy and misty river, and thought in his heart: "Give me a few years, and the wind and rain will be smooth in this side of the territory that I will rule, why worry about no faith, why worry about no mana." ”
Suddenly, a faint fluctuation was born in his mind, and he listened quietly, and a faint murmur suddenly appeared in his ears. It's like walking down the street, with countless people talking, making noise, and not hearing clearly.
Chen Jing knew that everyone's belief in him was too weak, so he couldn't hear it clearly, if it weren't for everyone talking about him now, he wouldn't even be able to hear this noisy voice.
Urging not much mana, he finally heard some words from the noisy voice, and one of the cautious voices said carefully: "Why don't we go to the river temple to worship the new river god, maybe ......"
Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a rough voice: "What to worship, the river temple is about to be flooded, and you still worship a fart." I don't think it's better to go tomorrow to sacrifice the fish spirits in the river than to have our village flooded. ”
Another voice said: "Lao Yan, if you hadn't fished him out of the river with many hands, how could there be now." ”
"yes, you shouldn't have saved him back then."
"It's too late to say this, if you save it, you will save it, and it shouldn't have been placed in the River God Temple at that time, otherwise you wouldn't have become a river god."
"It's just a river god, who knows that he, the river god, can't even cure the fish spirit in the river, and if he can't cure it, he can't cure it, just leave early, how can there be a current thing if he leaves, but obviously he left, why do you want to come back."
Chen Jing's heart suddenly tingled, and he spit out a mouthful of blood with a wow, and his face turned pale in an instant. In horror, he thought in his heart: "If people complain about God, their spirits will be scattered." ”
At this time, if you want everyone to worship, it is obviously not enough. Only by worshipping sincerely can we gain the power of faith. If everyone really worships the carp spirit in the river as a river god tomorrow, then he will also be dissipated and destroyed, and the god position will be taken away by the carp spirit.
He got up slowly, holding a sword in one hand and a river staff in the other, came to the door and looked at the rising water of the river, the sword was held tightly in his hand, if it wasn't for the fact that he was not the opponent of the carp spirit in the water, he would have raised his sword and killed him in the river.
"I just escaped from the death of Qianluo Mountain, do you want to die like this again."
He didn't want to be the river god, but he was secretly attacked by the river god and passed down the river god position. Unwilling, originally dedicated to seeking the fruit of longevity and concentrating on sacrificing the sword, he never thought that he would be killed several times in just a few years. And now it has only been a few days since he was fished out of the river, and he is about to die again.
"Could this be the three calamities and nine tribulations that cultivators have to face?"
Chen Jing crossed such a thought in his heart, and was awakened by the sound of rushing water, only to see that the water in the river was actually going upstream, and the turbid river water more than three feet thick was surging towards the river god.
On the surface of the river covered with black clouds, the carp spirit reappeared, blowing out blisters and pushing the river waves up the hillside. In the river water more than three feet thick to the mountain temple, fish, shrimp, crabs ......, and all kinds of water creatures compete with the waves, and they all rush to the river temple, just like attacking the city on the battlefield, and they all want to be the first to climb the city and get the first merit.
In an instant, the water in front of the river temple was already a foot thick, and there were a few big red carp spitting foam leisurely towards the river temple, and dozens of big black shrimp rows were neatly arranged, waving a pair of big pincers in their hands, showing off their might.
Chen Jing was furious in his heart, and he raised his sword and wanted to kill the river temple, first slaughtering these fish and shrimp who did not know whether they were alive or dead.