People Worship the Kitchen God Statue, a Peak Falls Amid Mountains and Waters
This is a statue of the Kitchen God.
Upon seeing the statue, the crowd erupted in excitement. Some of the older people immediately knelt down, bowed devoutly to the statue, and uttered words of gratitude.
Even the composed middle-aged people could not restrain themselves. After hesitating for a while, they also stepped forward to worship. As for the young people, they were pulled down by their elders and knelt down as well.
At the front of the crowd stood several cooks from the Military Governor's Residence, including Li Fuming and others. Li Fuming looked at the statue in front of him, glanced at the fat man with big ears beside him, and had a complicated expression.
"Head cook, I didn't expect you to have quietly invited the Kitchen God into our home." Li Fuming's words revealed a sense of frustration.
The fat, big-eared man he was looking at was none other than Liu Jinwu, the head chef of the Military Governor's Residence's kitchen.
After listening to Li Fuming's words and worshipping the Kitchen God, his cooking skills indeed improved greatly. He kept thinking about it and couldn't eat or drink when he got home. He only felt at ease after he invited the Kitchen God statue into his home.
At this moment, upon hearing Li Fuming's slightly sour words, Liu Jinwu did not respond. Instead, he looked at his idol with a fanatical expression, took the lead in kneeling down, and kowtowed several times.
After kowtowing several times, Liu Jinwu's forehead was covered in bruises, but he didn't seem to care. He just muttered, "I thought the Kitchen God could only help me improve my cooking skills, but I never expected that he could also protect me. If it weren't for his intervention this time, we would all be dead. Even the families in Wuxin City would have been destroyed, and the entire city would have become a dead zone!"
Hearing this, the other cooks nodded in agreement, sincerely echoing, "That's right. The Kitchen God has saved us from this calamity. We must invite him into our homes from now on, not only to worship him morning and evening to express our gratitude, but also to pray for his protection and peace in our homes."
Upon hearing this, Li Fuming nodded in agreement, realizing that he had been too materialistic and short-sighted in his previous actions, and that his respect and worship of the Kitchen God had been too superficial. He reflected on his actions in secret.
The words of the cooks slowly spread among the crowd.
The group of people who gathered here came here in order to see God.
Statues of deities are the embodiment of gods; seeing a statue is like seeing the god.
Just now, the mountain peak fell from the sky, accompanied by a fierce wind, and scattered all over the city, pressing down on it and blocking out the sun. The people in the city were terrified, thinking they were going to die, and were in utter despair!
But unexpectedly, things took a dramatic turn. A figure appeared in his mind, awakening hope, and finally manifested as a spirit, turning the tide and moving the mountain away, thus saving tens of thousands of lives in the city.
This was already a life-saving grace, and what had happened before seemed like a dream. It made people wonder if they were dreaming. But once it was confirmed that it was not a dream, the idea of a deity immediately took root in people's hearts. Whether it was the simple people, the resolute soldiers, the cunning merchants, or even the Marshfolk with ulterior motives, they were all affected and remembered the outline of the deity.
This sense of remembering and gratitude led to a sublimation of thoughts, which spread and subtly brewed a powerful momentum.
At this moment, someone suddenly said that they knew the identity and Divine Name of the deity. This gave the brewing momentum a breakthrough and allowed it to be released!
Soon, news of the Kitchen God statue spread throughout the city. One person told ten, ten told a hundred, a hundred told a thousand, and people flocked to see it. Having survived the great calamity, they had no mind for anything else but to express their gratitude for being saved.
Having just experienced a life-or-death ordeal, these people's State of Mind had changed slightly. Their hearts were warm, and they felt a sense of comfort. Surprisingly, their arrival Order, without any pushing or shoving.
As time passed, when everyone knew the appearance of the gods and their names, their gratitude and reverence finally found a concrete purpose, transforming into the thought of sacrifice, which soared high and was entrusted to the gods!
Boom!
The entire Wuxin City was instantly filled with intense thoughts. These thoughts, which were difficult for ordinary people to perceive, were exceptionally clear to cultivators. Many spirits and monsters that had gathered in the city couldn't help but covet the immense thoughts, but they restrained themselves, for they too were grateful for the divine grace and dared not profane it.
As the thought arose, a portion of it flowed into the scholar's clone through the connection, while a faint trace of the thought split into two groups to search for Chen Yan and the Crosscut Mountain God. The vast majority of the people's Votive Thoughts, however, soared into the sky and rushed towards the horizon!
The remaining portion permeated the city, settling in every corner and filling every place. Unbeknownst to them, the people of the city were bathed in this feeling of gratitude for divine grace, and were subtly influenced.
Gradually, a call arose in their hearts, as if some the Unseen consciousness, some pair of eyes, were watching them.
More and more people are joining in the sacrificial prayers. Even without a statue of a deity nearby, the image of that deity in their hearts becomes clearer under the influence of their thoughts.
Gradually, more and more popular Votive Thoughts arose and spread rapidly, including some ideas about spirits and recruiting people!
This thought pierced the sky at an extreme speed, rushing forward for dozens of miles before finally converging around a mountain peak that seemed to be flying through the air, completely enveloping the entire mountain!
Call!
The people's Votive Thoughts are stirring, let's pour some into them!
The deity seated on the mountain opened its eyes, its Divine Body suddenly expanding. The Divine Power Stars that had been excessively depleted due to the continuous battles and blocking the mountain peaks were replenished, and the central Divine Pool expanded rapidly, with Incense Faith churning.
Expansion! Convergence! Increase!
In the blink of an eye, his Divine Body increased more than tenfold!
"Hmm?" The deity's brows furrowed. With a thought, the swollen Divine Body compressed back to normal. The people's Votive Thoughts were absorbed by the Core Talisman, transformed into divine power, released, condensed into stars, and refined into Incense Faith, which were then poured into the Divine Pool.
The Stellar Vortex expands, and the Divine Pool grows larger.
But the deity's brow furrowed even more deeply.
"The number of people's Votive Thoughts surged forth this time was enormous, even more so than when the porridge was distributed. They were also much purer. Having experienced a life-or-death crisis and been suddenly rescued, their gratitude was the purest and most unadulterated, which is why they received such a reward. But the key is not just this one reward, but to make this gratitude last, to make it a habit, and to integrate it into life. Even if we don't think about it all the time, we should at least hold regular rites."
With this thought in mind, his senses spread outwards from the mountain, reaching all around him.
"However, the most urgent task at hand is to settle this Stove Mountain properly. This mountain is a single, unified entity with many mysteries. It is filled with restrictions, and at its core is the soul of Horned Dragon. I heard the Circuit City God say that this mountain is a Law Treasure. I wonder how it differs from Law Artifact. However, since my true form has not yet reached the Fourth Grade, I cannot change the nature of external objects and cannot take this mountain to the Netherworld. I can only choose a place in the Mortal Realm to place it."
Fourth Grade deity can alter external objects with divine power, while Fifth Grade deity can only attach their thoughts and divine power to external objects.
Stove Mountain is the Red Leaf Peak that Tang Lai used to smash the city. Human Fire are connected, and it is controlled by the deity himself. It flew swiftly all the way and has now flown to the sky above a continuous mountain range.
The mountain range stretches from west to east, with dense forests that exude a sense of vastness. Beside the mountain range, a river flows swiftly, and even from high above, one can hear the sound of the water splashing.
This is Nine Spirits Mountain and the Great Snow River.
Even though the four-hundred-foot-high Stove Mountain is suspended in the wilderness, it still exudes an indescribable sense of awe and oppression!
Not only do wild beasts live in the continuous mountain range, but many powerful demons also gather there. Demon strongholds and caves are scattered on the mountains. When the monsters see a tall mountain flying in, covering the sky and blocking out the sun, they are all terrified.
Soon, Stove Mountain slowly moved to the center of the Nine Spirits Mountain Range, which is also the junction of the Great Snow River and Nine Spirits Mountain. The river flowed over the mountain, turned south, and went deep into the Five Marshes land.
"General! General! Something terrible has happened! A huge mountain has appeared out of nowhere, hanging in the sky, and it looks like it's about to fall!"
In the Lin Zhong and beside the river, there was a cave abode. Two little demons outside the cave saw the scene in the sky and were so frightened that their hands and feet went weak. They hurriedly ran into the cave, screaming all the way.
The cave was deep and secluded, with many lesser demons and wild beasts along the way. They were puzzled by the appearance of the gatekeeper demon, but soon enough, the cave abode's master, the heavily armored Water-Crossing General, carrying a long sword, hurriedly ran out of the cave abode. As soon as he reached the outside, the old demon howled, "Good heavens! What are we going to do now!"
Before he could finish speaking, a vast and powerful thought descended, its majestic aura spreading outwards. The thought's words filled the hearts of every spirit and beast, conveying only four words—
"Get out of here immediately!"
"General..."
The lesser demons looked at each other, instinctively fearful. They wanted to obey, but were intimidated by the Water-Crossing General and dared not make a move.
But then, a rumbling sound came from above, the cave abode shook, and there was a faint sign of collapse. Even the river outside the cave churned up, and the splashing water gave the feeling of the sky falling and the earth cracking.
Sensing all this, not to mention the lesser demons, even the old demon who crossed the water felt his legs go weak. However, the Water-Crossing General did have some knowledge, and he sniffed and exclaimed, "This will carries divine power! It must be some wild god using the Divine Ability to move mountains! We cannot fight it! Let's retreat for now, but our cave abode is our foundation, and we must fight our way back! Minions, follow me!"
In a panic, Water-Crossing General left behind some polite words and fled first, while the remaining lesser demons scattered like birds and beasts.
Not only the fairies, but also the wild beasts, followed their instincts and fled quickly.
In the blink of an eye, the cave, both inside and out, was completely empty.
Immediately afterwards, with a loud rumble, the earth shook and most of the Nine Spirits Mountain Range trembled. A new peak appeared in the center of the mountain range, with fire on its summit and a river flowing around its base.
On the mountain, the deity himself floated in the air, with countless Votive Thoughts flowing through his Divine Body.
Suddenly, a series of sparks appeared in the eyes of the true body. Qiu Yan's heart stirred, and he sensed it deeply. He immediately discovered that as the people's thoughts increased, the Core Talisman gradually changed.
The talisman is divided into two parts: the central Divine Script represents the Divine Rank and Divine Name, while the peripheral Law Script reflects the Divine Office and Divine Ability.
Right now, the Divine Script and Law Script runes of the Core Talisman are changing, faintly revealing New Law role... (To be continued)