Folklore Horror: It Begins with the Blood God of Xiangxi
Chapter 107

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He had no intention of using the Land God’s Six Tones to save anyone.

To Lin Feng, the Land God’s Six Tones were not a healing art.

They were a method of killing.

How could the Land God’s Six Tones of the Han Dynasty Land Gods be a means of saving people? Compared to saving lives, they were far better suited to killing.

We Land Gods of the mighty Han never went in for that touchy-feely nonsense.

They were like the Great King of Miraculous Response in Journey to the West, operating under a complete system of "sacrifice—protection."

Give me the offerings I want, and I'll ensure favorable weather for your lands and keep outside evils from invading.

You offer sacrifices; I grant you favors.

If you don't offer sacrifices, I'll be the most vicious god in your territory.

When there's no danger...

I'm the greatest danger here.

By the same token...

Their Land God’s Six Tones worked the same way.

Their primary purpose was to drive off and slaughter the Uncanny of the Underworld, protecting the tomb owners who made offerings to them and escorting them safely to their destinations.

Not just anyone could pray for a Land God's help.

The inscriptions on wooden tablets and bamboo slips in Han tombs made that perfectly clear.

Those contracts were agreements with the Land Gods. Wealthy tomb owners contributed a portion of their assets to the Land Gods, who took the money and performed an escort mission.

If you had money, they helped. If you didn't, naturally they ignored you. Do whatever you liked.

If something eats you, it eats you. What's that got to do with me?

Lin Feng sat beside Xu Nian and began considering how to deal with the trouble inside her.

He now had methods for dealing

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